News and views about the Carolina Hurricanes and the NHL
Following their huge comeback win on Thursday, the Carolina Hurricanes are back in action tonight, on the road for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights at 8 PM. The Canes are looking to take a 2-1 series lead. Thursday night was one of the best Stanley Cup Finals games […]
Halfway through the third period in Game 2, the Carolina Hurricanes were teetering on going down 2-0 and dropping both games at home to open the Stanley Cup against the Vegas Golden Knights. Down 2-0 midway through the third, the Canes hadn’t looked like the dominant team they’d been for the entirety of the regular […]
The Carolina Hurricanes were losing 2-0 with less than 10 minutes remaining in the game and the ESPN crew was talking about a Las Vegas Golden Knights’ sweep, but then something happened. With less than 10 minutes left, Logan Stankoven went behind the Vegas net, bodied the defender and then took away the puck. He […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Carolina Hurricanes find themselves in the same position that they did in Round 3, down 0-1 after a game one loss in the series. This time, they can not blame it on a long lay off. This time, the Las Vegas Golden Knights had […]
The Carolina Hurricanes jumped out to a 2-0 lead and looked awesome until they didn’t. The Las Vegas Golden Knights counter-punched and punched back hard as they went on to out-score the home team, 5-4 on Tuesday night to win game one of the Stanley Cup Final. After the Hurricanes outhit the Montreal Canadiens by […]
And so it begins…. Game day has finally arrived and the Las Vegas Golden Knights are in town to take on the Carolina Hurricanes for game one of the Stanley Cup Final. After an expansive “Media Day” yesterday, there are tons of interviews and articles to go through. I won’t even try to list them […]
Twenty seasons and 120 playoff games after raising the Stanley Cup for the first time in 2006 — the eighth season after the franchise relocated — the Carolina Hurricanes are back competing for the best trophy in professional sports. And it couldn’t have come at a better time, nor with a better core. The Hurricanes […]
Let’s start with this—this post both assumes you don’t know much about the NHL hockey team that plays in Raleigh, North Carolina nor will it judge you for it. While a good chunk of the fanbase scoffs at the narratives that have emerged about this team, others—like this author—understand that in this world and the […]
The round 3 results are in and the front-runners look familiar. “formersaint” is leading the way with 47 points and “Canes-N-Bacon” and “Madbaximus” are right behind with 43 each. “RonnieFranchise” is next with 42. Even if you think you are out of it, let’s keep this ball rolling and keep the predictions coming. You could […]
Last night, the Carolina Hurricanes punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2006. Carolina dominated Montreal with a resounding 6-1 victory in Game 5 to close the Eastern Conference Finals. While the scoresheet had offensive standouts, headlined by three-point performances from Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall, the stabilizing force […]
After the game 4 win over Montreal with a 4-0 score, Carolina Captain Jordan Staal was quoted as saying that his team was “playing like a machine”. Well, the machine kept on running without so much of a hiccup as they finished off the Eastern Conference Final series with a 6-1 win over the Montreal […]
The Carolina Hurricanes return home on Friday night with a chance to wrap up the Eastern Conference Finals against the Montreal Canadiens. They currently sit with a 3-1 advantage after their dominating, 4-0 victory over the Habs on Wednesday night. The Canes have accumulated an amazing 11-1 record this postseason, which puts them in rare […]
The Carolina Hurricanes are one win away from their first appearance in a Stanley Cup Final since 2006. A convincing win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 at the Bell Centre on Wednesday night gave the Hurricanes a 3-1 series lead over the young, upstart Habs. Carolina came out of the gate on fire, […]
The Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens will square off for the fourth time in the Eastern Conference Final at Bell Centre on Wednesday night, as they Canes will look to push the Habs to the brink while Montreal will try to even the series heading back to Raleigh for Game 5. The Hurricanes have successfully […]
Round two results are in! My apologies for the delay, I was waiting for a suitable time to submit these, so not to detract from the awesome series going on now. “formersaint” 43, “Ronnie Franchise” 42, “Canes-n-Bacon” 39 and “Madbaximus” 39 are at the top of the heap right now. We are halfway home, we […]
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2, in overtime on Monday night at the Bell Centre. When the Canes needed them most, the top line stepped up. Andrei Svechnikov’s shot 14 minutes into overtime gave the Canes their second straight 3-2 overtime win and a 2-1 series lead. Only two wins separate the Canes […]
The Hurricanes finally got over their Eastern Conference Finals slump on Saturday, notching their first win in the ECF at home since 2006 to tie the series 1-1. After getting dominated in Game 1, all eyes were on the Canes to see how they would respond with their backs against the wall in a close […]
The fourth line for the Hurricanes were arguably the best on the ice, the team as a whole looked like the team that had gone 8-0 in the playoffs before Game One, and Nikolaj Ehlers put his stamp on the game with one of the most beautiful goals you’ll ever see and then one of […]
So, have we flushed Thursday yet? Look, no one expected the Hurricanes to go 16-0. Going 8-0, after all, was a modern NHL record so it told you that the streak was going to end at some point. In fact an eight game winning streak would qualify as their longest streak in nearly two years […]
The Carolina Hurricanes dropped their first 2026 postseason game in grand fashion by a score of 6-2 to the Montreal Canadiens. With the loss, they fall behind 1-0 after game one of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Canes had a record 11 day break between games and many wondered if that pause would cause some […]
In the voice of Rose from Titanic, “It’s been eleven days…” The Carolina Hurricanes finished off the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, May 9th and haven’t played a hockey game that counts since. Their opponent the Montreal Canadiens just played their fourteenth game of the postseason on Monday. In fact since Carolina completed the sweep against […]
The Carolina Hurricanes returned to the ice for practice this morning and everyone available attended. The lines were unchanged as well as the defensive pairings. K’Andre Miller stayed on the second powerplay unit replacing Alexander Nikishin like he did in the Philadelphia series. The rookie had performed very well there during the regular season but […]
Two rounds are finally done so it’s time to make your selections for round three. There are fewer teams to choose from now! I’m sorry, I do not have the results yet for round two but hope to have them soon and will post them when I have them. Here is a link to the […]
The time has finally come. Montreal defeated the Buffalo Sabres in overtime on Monday night and have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals to do battle with the Carolina Hurricanes. The Canes last played on May 9th and have been waiting patiently to see who their opponent would be. They are off today and are […]
Before the second round of the playoffs started, we were all on pins and needles as to when the Hurricanes would start their series against Philadelphia, all the while thinking “surely we’ll have a little bit of a heads up.” The fact that the league announced the start of a playoff series less than 48 […]