Hockey
By Michael Smith UPDATE: The Carolina Hurricanes have retained the fifth overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft. This will be the Hurricanes' first top five pick since the team selected Jack Johnson third overall in 2005. The Canes' last top 10 pick was in 2010, when the team selected Jeff Skinner seventh overall. The Hurricanes held the eighth overall pick in the 2012 NHL Draft but traded it to Pittsburgh with ...
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Eric and Jordan Staal, Skinner, Tlusty, Faulk and McBain to represent countries By Terrell Williams RALEIGH, NC April, 28, 2013 – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that six Hurricanes players will represent their home countries at the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship, to be held May 3-19 in Hel ...
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Checkers host Oklahoma City in Game 3 of playoff series on Wednesday By Terrell Williams RALEIGH, NC April 28, 2013 – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has reassigned forwards Tim Wallace, Nicolas Blanchard and Jared Staal to the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Blanchard, 25, made his NHL d ...
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Hurricanes captain voted by teammates for NHL leadership and community award RALEIGH, NC April 26, 2013 – The Carolina Hurricanes today announced that Eric Staal has been selected by his teammates as Carolina’s nominee for the 2012-13 King Clancy Memorial Trophy. It marks the third time that Staal has been nominated for the honor, which is annually awarded to the NHL player who best exemplifies leadership q ...
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Youngest Staal brother expected to make NHL debut on Thursday By Terrell Williams RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team will recall right wing Jared Staal from the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Earlier today, center Riley Nash and forward Tim Wallace were reassigned to the Check ...
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Forward poised to play 100th NHL game by Ken Preston RALEIGH, NC April 24, 2013 – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled forward Tim Wallace from the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Wallace, 28, has scored one goal and earned one assist (2 points) in 26 NHL regular-season games with ...
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Nash, Skinner score in shootout, as Hurricanes hold off red-hot Islanders with 4-3 victory FINAL SO 1 2 3 OT SO T Islanders 1 1 1 0 0 (0-2) 3 Hurricanes 2 1 0 0 1 (2-2) 4 STATS GOAL SCORERS NYI: B. Boyes (06:04 - 1st) , J. Bailey (07:34 - 2nd) , J. Tavares (18:59 - 3rd) CAR: A. Semin (03:57 - 1st) , J. Staal (16:20 - 1st) , P. Dwyer (17:45 - 2nd) , R. Nash (00:00 - SO) GOALIES NYI: E. Nabokov (L) CAR: D. El ...
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By Michael Smith Raleigh, NC April 23, 2013 - In the penultimate home game of the season, the Carolina Hurricanes are aiming for a clean sweep of their future Atlantic Division rival New York Islanders. In the teams’ previous two meetings, which took place over the span of 13 days, the Canes mounted come-from-behind victories to win 6-4 and 4-2, respectively. The Canes were swept by the Islanders in the sea ...
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The Canes begin the final week of the regular season in Tampa Bay. Hurricanes-Lightning Preview Associated Press Tampa Bay, FL April 21, 2013 - Having been eliminated from playoff contention, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Carolina Hurricanes are left to try to end this season as positively as they can. So far, both clubs are having some trouble accomplishing that modest goal. The Lightning, though, have d ...
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Hurricanes-Senators Preview Associated Press OTTAWA April 16, 2013 - While the Ottawa Senators' final position in the Eastern Conference standings is still to be determined, it's looking more and more like they'll be playing past the end of the regular season. The Senators will try to get back to the business of hockey Tuesday night against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes, one day after tragic events in Bo ...
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