Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Barilkosphere - your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to somehow get from the left of the picture to the right.This task has already proved very difficult for some of the finest minds in the league. And also Ron Wilson. This post will self destruct in ten seconds.... This morning, we start with Dr Steve - in defence of Big Brian and Ronnie W and also keeping a close eye on developments at...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
On Thursday night, the Hurricanes hosted the Maple Leafs with a good chance to stretch their points streak to four games. Although things didn’t go well early on, they battled back. Although they gave up a would-be game winning goal with 30 seconds remaining in the third, they never gave up. Erik Cole scored with two seconds remaining, and then the Finns took care of business in the shootout....
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Enough is a enough. We jumped out in front 3-0, coughed that one up and blew a 4-2 lead in the 3rd. Ian White then scored with 30 seconds remaining, but the Leafs couldn't hold the 5-4 lead. Erik Cole scored with three seconds left to force overtime. The Monster did his best Tosky impression in the shootout, and the rest is history. We couldn't hold a 3-0 lead against the worst team in the NHL. The...
Why? What Have You Heard? (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
"Brandon Sutter (C) DOB: 2/14/1989 6'-3" - 183 lb - Shoots: Right" Raleigh, NC - September 2007 (Click to embiggen) Hosted by Written Inc. The name Sutter is hardly new to the NHL. Back in the day, there were six Sutter brothers who did tours with various NHL clubs including Brent, father of The Hurricanes first round draft pick in 2007. Carolina went for the genes in that draft, and...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
On Saturday afternoon, the Hurricanes and Flyers will meet for the second time this season. Since it’s Halloween, you can find out what the Canes wives will be handing out to trick-or-treaters. Erik Cole’s house should be fun. Interesting that Tuomo Ruutu doesn’t hand out Snickers bars. Remember this? And maybe it’s just me, but every time I see Andrew Alberts, I think he’s...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
PREGAME -Even before the stantdard FSN music starts, we get a "The Staals are brothers." It's going to be a long night. -Paul Steigerwald offers another "Staals are brothers" within five minutes of the start of the broadcast. It might be time to board up the windows or something. -With Carolina sporting a goon-free lineup, Eric Godard is benched in favor of Chris Bourque. Martin...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
A preview of the Hurricanes. When and where: 7 p.m., RBC Center. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Carolina, NHL Network (United States). Record: 2-3-0, 4 points. The Hurricanes are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and 12th place in the Eastern Conference. Leading Scorer: Jussi Jokinen, 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists). Last Game: 5-2 road loss to the Lightning, Saturday . Cam Ward made 34 saves for Carolina....
Hockey Plumber (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
While Canadiens coach Jacques Martin was audibly cursing on the bench last night, he must have been silently wondering if injured, star blueliner Andrei Markov could have made any difference in Vancouver's 7-1 drubbing of Montreal. In another Province, Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson found a blessing in disguise. He no longer has to practice his "I don't make goaltending decisions to please the...
Dailydu Blog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
NHL Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes Live Streaming It was a lopsided affair in 2008-09, as Carolina took all six games from Tampa Bay. The Lightning never scored more than three goals in any of those matches, and were pummeled by a 9-3 score in the series finale on March 7, 2009. After a tremendous run to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Hurricanes obviously entered this new season with...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Erik Cole has played a lot of games for the Carolina Hurricanes. He has also missed a lot of games with injuries. He plays hard, and sometimes he plays recklessly. Even after his gruesome neck fracture in March of 2006, he continues to play and hit hard, which leaves him vulnerable to injury. We all know all about Cole’s fracture of the c-5 vertebrae. He missed a total of 45 games (22 regular...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Penguins -How much upside does Chris Bourque have ? -Can the Penguins make Bill Guerin ( above ) an alternate captain ? -In its time, Mellon Arena was cutting edge . -Can the Islanders find inspiration in the Penguins' past problems with securing a new arena ? -A few photos from EN readers from Friday's home-opener. Kelli Zappas sends us this... well... it's a jersey foul for sure. But we would classify...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
The Hurricanes announced today what we all knew without needing the confirmation: Erik Cole suffered a broken bone in his left leg after a nasty collision with the Bruins’ Dennis Wideman on Saturday night. Wideman’s check was clean, but it unfortunately resulted in yet another injury for Cole. Tuomo Ruutu will slide up to the first line right wing, then some other shuffling will leave a...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
from the Carolina Hurricanes, Tests today revealed that Erik Cole suffered a fracture in his lower left leg from last night’s collision with Boston’s Dennis Wideman and will miss 4-6 weeks of game action. Not exactly what the Canes wanted to hear after an 0-2 start to the season, and certainly some added injury to the insult of the lopsided loss in Boston. A little more adversity than the...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
On Saturday night, the Hurricanes traveled to Boston and left with a lot of cuts, bruises, and possibly a break. They also lost the game 7-2 to the Bruins. The first period did not go well, as the Bruins jumped out to a 3-0 lead on goals by Marc Savard, Michael Ryder and Blake Wheeler. After that, it went from bad to worse as Cam Ward was chased, no fewer than five different Hurricanes players ended...
Stone Soup Station (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
It's a statistical argument that can - and usually does - gain traction in the community, and it doesn't bode well for the future of the camp..... Tent City dwellers return despite plans to evict Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 12:00am By Nate Rau More than a year after plans were put in motion to evict residents of the downtown homeless encampment on the Cumberland River called Tent City, crime...
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