Canes competition to soon ramp up
For the Carolina Hurricanes, the first two days of on-ice practices in training camp have been about skating, passing, systems, special teams. Hitting? Not so much. That may change on Sunday when the...
View ArticleCanes win in OT on Faulk power-play goal
Justin Faulk’s power-play goal — sound familiar? — gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-1 overtime win Monday over the Washington Capitlas in their first preseason game at the Verizon Center. Faulk’s goal...
View ArticleWard sharp as Canes top Lightning
Make it two for two for the Carolina Hurricanes in preseason. The Canes made two preseason victories in two nights on the road Tuesday, topping the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 at Amalie Arena. Goalie Cam...
View ArticleRussians hoping to be a factor for Canes
Sergey Tolchinsky and Valentin Zykov, forwards and fellow Russians, have been friends since they were 10 and once were teammates for six years. Both 21, they’re now in the Carolina Hurricanes’ training...
View ArticleMake-or-break time for Canes’ Murphy
Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Ryan Murphy has been slowed by flu-like symptoms, missing training-camp practice Thursday. Murphy did not play in either of the Canes’ first two preseason exhibition...
View ArticleTorres keeps calm, keeps working in camp
Raffi Torres came to the Carolina Hurricanes training camp with a hockey resume that shows 14 years of experience, including two Stanley Cup finals. And, yes, five career suspensions for dangerous...
View ArticleCanes getting closer to game group
The Carolina Hurricanes are getting closer to turning preseason games into full-scale rehearsals for the regular season. For Friday’s exhibition game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Canes will...
View ArticleLightning tops Canes in OT
RALEIGH For a long time Friday, the Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t find a way to beat Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy. Jeff Skinner’s power-play goal with 1:05 left in the third finally tied the...
View ArticleLightning 2, Canes 1 (OT) | 09.30.16
The Lightning’s Gabriel Dumont (61) dives for the puck in front of the Canes Victor Rask (49) during the third period of an NHL preseason game played between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Tampa Bay...
View ArticleHurricanes offer season preview in home preseason opener – DeCock
Jordan Staal had it right afterward: “Everyone worries about lines and who’s going to play with who, and then by Game 2 it changes.” Still, Friday night’s preseason game, the Carolina Hurricanes’...
View ArticlePeters wastes no time getting back to work with Canes
After listening to a cacophony of voices through the first week of training camp, including a 2-0-1 start to the preseason, the Carolina Hurricanes heard only one Saturday morning. Bill Peters may be...
View ArticleCanes pack up 46 players for trip
The Carolina Hurricanes still have 46 players on the training camp roster, but that can happen when the head coach has been at camp all of two days and playing catchup. Bill Peters put in his second...
View ArticleEric Staal leads Wild past Canes
Eric Staal signed a free-agent contract with the Minnesota Wild believing he can still be a consistent point producer. Staal was on Sunday, albeit in a preseason game. The former Carolina Hurricanes...
View ArticleLeighton looking for another shot at NHL
Goaltender Michael Leighton had added some body art since last playing for the Carolina Hurricanes, in the 2009-10 season. His right arm has a tattoo of a compass on the shoulder, then a map below it,...
View ArticleHurricanes analyst forges into uncharted statistics
Eric Tulsky knows better than anyone that hockey is a complex sport. The 10 skaters on the ice – 10 different variables, from a mathematical perspective – are constantly interacting with each other in...
View ArticleWhat individual Canes need to do to make playoffs
What’s needed for Canes to make the playoffs Tentative roster: Forwards Jordan Staal Continue strong checking play, produce 20 or more goals, provide leadership. Jeff Skinner Having twice scored 30 or...
View ArticleFive questions that will require answers
Five pressing questions for the Hurricanes. 1) What about the start? The annual disruption of the N.C. State Fair, causing a lengthy road trip early in the season, can’t always be blamed for a...
View ArticleStill airing it out after all these years
The way Tripp Tracy tells the story, the Hurricanes were on a West Coast trip and he and Chuck Kaiton were at one of finer eateries in Santa Monica, Calif. Kaiton, the radio voice of the Canes, and...
View ArticleWho gets the NHL’s most bang for the buck?
The Pittsburgh Penguins had the NHL’s highest total salary-cap hit by the end of the 2015-16 season, not that anyone was complaining. When you win the Stanley Cup, as the Penguins did, the price of...
View ArticleYoung Finns create buzz for Hurricanes
Teuvo Teravainen was living in a 48th-floor apartment a year ago in downtown Chicago, playing for the Blackhawks. He has now moved into a fifth-floor apartment near North Hills in Raleigh, a member of...
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