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NC’s first-round exits look ahead to next season
Only Duke remains of the six N.C. schools that earned bids to the NCAA Tournament, and four of those teams made early exits in the first round. Here’s a look at how each of those […]
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Hurricanes ‘lay egg’ in 7-3 home loss to Oilers
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes limited Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid to one secondary assist and one shot on net. Unfortunately, they forgot about Leon Draisaitl. Draisaitl, back playing center after spending the majority of […]
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Hurricanes find a way to hold on in 4-3 win at Islanders
Trevor van Riemsdyk scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:49 left in the third period Sunday night as the Carolina Hurricanes edged the New York Islanders, 4-3, in a battle of nosediving Metropolitan Division teams at Barclays Center. […]
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Hurricanes fall apart in the third period again
RALEIGH — It would be easy to blame the missed chances that again made a rookie goalie look like Patrick Roy. Or perhaps it was the anemic power play that not only failed to score, […]
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Q&A with Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon, Part 2
In Part 1 of North State Journal’s conversation with Tom Dundon, the new Hurricanes owner talked about the GM search — he plans to be back in Raleigh next week to conduct face-to-face meetings but said […]
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Q&A with Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon, Part 1
A week ago, new Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon reassigned general manager Ron Francis to the position of president of hockey operations and promised a “full search” for his replacement. In Part 1 of a […]
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NCAA Predictions: Triangle’s attempt to reach fourth straight title game will fall short
NSJ’s Shawn Krest and Brett Friedlander each took a crack at how they see the 2018 NCAA Tournament unfolding. Each have a Triangle team reaching the Final Four, but both picked a coach who will […]
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Hurricanes’ GM search could go in several directions
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes new majority owner, Tom Dundon, made his first big move last week, announcing that Ron Francis will be moved to president of hockey operations and the team would hire a […]
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Hurricanes at a loss for words after unraveling against Boston
RALEIGH — For 50 minutes, the Carolina Hurricanes looked like a team feverishly battling for a playoff spot. Ahead by three over the Boston Bruins on home ice and scoring all the ways a team […]
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Hurricanes’ playoff hopes slipping away after road loss to Rangers
Jimmy Vesey scored a hat trick, including the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, and Mats Zuccarello added two goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 6-3 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on […]