Posts Tagged ‘Hockey’

Jul27th

Offical 2011 All-Star Game Logo Released

AUTHOR: Wesley | IN: Hurricanes | COMMENTS: None Yet

The NHL and the Carolina Hurricanes released the official logo to the 2011 NHL All-Star Game. The announcements of the logo has been the biggest news since the announcement of the all-star game in Raleigh. The logo is underlined with the Hurricanes logo and looks great in my opinion.
The other news was the announcement of a 5,000 ft banner to hang off the RBC Plaza in downtown. The banner will feature former All-Stars Patrick Kane, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, and Hurricanes captain Eric Staal.  The banner should be completed by Saturday for the 5th annual Raleigh Wide [...]

Jun6th

Hurricanes Summer News Clippings

AUTHOR: Wesley | IN: Hurricanes | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

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The Carolina Hurricanes have had some noticeable things already happen this summer.  The biggest new was when Peter Karmanos Jr. told the world that he was looking for a minority owner to take over 49% of the teams finances.  When giving a statement Karmanos Jr. had this to say, “My partner, Tom Thewes, passed away two years ago, and we have been putting around trying to figure  how to replace the partner,” said Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos Jr. , who currently controls 100 percent of the franchise. “We just went to Allen & Co. to explore the [...]

May26th

Player Review: Tuomo Ruutu

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Tuomo Ruutu was known as a injury plagued player while playing for the Chicago Blackhawks. In 2007-2008 the Hurricanes and Blackhawks decided to make a trade for two former top 5 draft picks when the Blackhawks sent Ruutu to Carolina for Andrew Ladd at the trade deadline. Ruutu helped the team take off after the deadline, but the Hurricanes would be eliminated from the post season on the last day of the season. Ruutu has brought physical element to Carolina along with the ability finish, pun intended, goals.
In 2009-2010 Tuomu Ruutu played only 54 games [...]

May25th

Player Review: Chad LaRose

AUTHOR: Wesley | IN: Hurricanes | COMMENTS: None Yet

Chad LaRose’s season can be summed up in one word, injuries. Chad LaRose has been a energy guy who gives everything he’s got, every night since his call to the NHL in 2005-2006. LaRose coming off of a career year in 2008-2009, which he scored 19 goals and assisted on 12 more for a total of 31 points. However, 2009-2010 would prove to be a difficult one for LaRose as he would fight injuries just to be able to play.
In 2009-2010 Chad LaRose dressed only 56 times compared to 81 games the season before. Even though [...]

May24th

Player Review: Tom Kostopoulos

AUTHOR: Wesley | IN: Hurricanes | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

Tom Kostopoulos came to Carolina in the off-season via free agency with a reputation as a guy who can keep the locker room light and brings grit to the ice. Kostopoulos by coming to Carolina, came to a completely different hockey market. He played in Montreal for 2 season prior to Carolina and totaled 15 goals and 20 assists. Tom has seen four different NHL cities in his career as he went from the Penguins to the Kings to the Canadians while also spending some time in the AHL in between.
This season Kostopoulos became a fan favorite with his [...]

May19th

Player Review: Jussi Jokinen

AUTHOR: Wesley | IN: Hurricanes | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

Oh say can JU-SSI. Yes Jussi Jokinen had a great playoff season last year, but he did not let it end there as he truly had a break out season. Before this season Jokinen was known as Mr. Shootout , because he has the best shootout percentage in the NHL and was perfect in 2005-2006.
This season Jokinen really stepped up his game during his first full season as a Hurricane. When the team was going through a rough patch in October and November, Jokinen was the most reliable scorer. Jokinen came off a season [...]

May14th

Player Review: Erik Cole

AUTHOR: Wesley | IN: Hurricanes | COMMENTS: None Yet

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Erik Cole has been a corner stone to the Carolina Hurricanes franchise and has been on both Stanley Cup final teams in 2002 and 2006.  However, the last couple of years Cole has been fighting the injury bug which continued this past season.
Erik Cole was re-aquired at last years deadline and seemed to be the missing link and sent the team on a run that wouldn’t end until a sweep by Pittsburgh in the Conference finals.  This year the injury bug struck Cole hard as he fractured his leg the 2nd game of the season and never really [...]

Feb3rd

Hurricanes Take On New Look Flames in Calgary

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The Hurricanes look to win their fifth in seven games tonight as they see game two of the road trip take them to Calgary and the new look Flames. This also is a homecoming for Brandon Sutter. This will mark the first time Sutter will play in Calgary as a NHL-er against his dad Brent Sutter and uncle Darryl Sutter. The Flames have completely revamped their team trading away two of their stars in Oli Jokinen and Dion Phaneuf. The Flames have added Ian White, Matt Stajan, Alex Kotalik, Chris Higgins, Niklas Hagman, and Jamal [...]