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After this week’s random East Coast earthquake I found myself paying extra attention to natural disasters and checking the weather. Of course this included tracking Hurricane Irene who is headed our way. I was dreading even thinking about storm preparations and I blurted out “I hate hurricanes!” That phrase left my lips and it felt like sacrilege. I didn’t mean my beloved hockey club! A friend of mine asked, “Who came up with that name anyway?” Amazingly I didn’t have an answer. According to the Wikipedia, the team’s owner, Peter Karmanos selected the name himself. And who can doubt the [...]

April 3, 2011 Hurricanes are not the only losers tonight.

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 Open.   The [...]

Photo Provided By Yardbarker.com Riley Nash 2007 Oilers 1st Round Pick looks to make impact for Hurricanes in 2010-2011 \The Carolina Hurricanes have only made a couple minor signings, as expected, over the last couple of weeks with the chance that some like Riley Nash could show huge return. The Hurricanes also went the way of cheap and two-way contracts to players such as Justin Pogge, Brett Carson, and Bryan Rodney. The biggest decision the Hurricanes have made in the last couple of weeks was to give Justin Peters and Justin Pogge each two-way deals. With the deals it sees [...]

Photo Provided by Yardbarker.com 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 [...]

Provided By Yardbarker.com 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 for [...]

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 LaRose played 25 [...]

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 [...]