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Despite exit, Hurricanes believe best is yet to come

August 26, 2020 Cory Lavalette

As Rod Brind’Amour is fond of saying, every team enters each NHL season with one goal — to win the Stanley Cup. So the fact that the Carolina Hurricanes, a year after reaching the Eastern […]

Hurricanes lose 2-1, eliminated by Bruins in Game 5

August 19, 2020 Cory Lavalette

In the end, the Hurricanes exited the Stanley Cup Playoffs the same way they did last season, at the hands of the powerhouse Boston Bruins. With Wednesday’s 2-1 loss in Game 5 in Toronto, it […]

‘Tough to watch’ Game 4 loss has Hurricanes facing elimination

August 19, 2020 Cory Lavalette

The Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series between the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins has been as much about how isn’t playing as who is. A series that started with Carolina being without Brett Pesce but getting […]

Hurricanes collapse in third period, fall into 3-1 hole in series with Bruins

August 18, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Through two periods, it looked like the Carolina Hurricanes were going to even their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the Boston Bruins. Game 4, as it turns out, included a third period. And the Hurricanes […]

Shorthanded Bruins handcuff Hurricanes, take 2-1 series lead with Game 3 win

August 15, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said he “loved” his team’s effort Thursday. On Saturday following a 3-1 loss in Game 3 of Carolina’s series with the Boston Bruins, his opinion was decidedly different. “We needed everyone […]

Hamilton goal leads Hurricanes past Bruins, adversity

August 14, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour, $25,000 poorer due to his comments after Game 1 of his team’s Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the Boston Bruins, wasn’t about to risk lightening his wallet even more. Especially […]

Bruins take Game 1 over Hurricanes in 2OT

August 12, 2020 Cory Lavalette

The wait, it turns out, wasn’t worth it. The Carolina Hurricanes, scheduled for a week off and then forced to wait another day after the preceding Toronto bubble game went to five overtimes Tuesday night, […]

Hurricanes, Bruins familiar foes in opening round

August 11, 2020 Cory Lavalette

There are plenty of reasons the Carolina Hurricanes look better prepared to face the Boston Bruins in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs than they were more than a year ago when their Cinderella run ended […]

Hurricanes, Bruins set for rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Final

August 9, 2020 Cory Lavalette

They had to wait a while, but the Carolina Hurricanes have their opponent for the first-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It’s a familiar one. The Boston Bruins lost all three of their round robin […]

Back in Toronto, Hurricanes’ Reimer moves beyond ghosts of playoff past

August 7, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Seven years is a long time. Remember the “Harlem Shake,” the craze was running rampant through the internet? That was back in 2013. The Geico “Hump Day” camel commercial debuted the same year. And in […]