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Hurricanes celebrate ’06 team with 4-1 win over Columbus

December 10, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes celebrated its 2005-06 Stanley Cup on Tuesday, and the current team’s performance against the visiting Blue Jackets had glimmers of the team that captured the heart of the Triangle 20 years […]

Category 5: Goalies, Vegas visit, power play and Hurricanes Quarter-Century Team

January 17, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes return home looking to gain some traction after losing consecutive games to bottom-feeding Anaheim and Buffalo. 1. Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen has been cleared to play ahead of schedule and will […]

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Bryce Young’s roundabout road back

January 17, 2025 Shawn Krest

With a win on the final day of the regular season, the Carolina Panthers fell to the No. 8 spot in the 2025 NFL Draft. That means the Panthers will likely be picking after Miami’s […]

LAVALETTE: Staal, surrounded by struggles, achieved greatness

August 8, 2024 Cory Lavalette

It’s unfair to his legacy that the lasting image of Eric Staal in a Carolina Hurricanes uniform is him sitting alone at the center of the team’s U-shaped locker room after a loss awaiting the […]

Pickleball tour, pro-am come to Cary

April 2, 2024 Cory Lavalette

Legendary comedian George Carlin once opined that all racket games are derivatives of pingpong, with tennis simply being pingpong while standing on the table. Carlin didn’t live to see pickleball storm onto the sports scene, […]

Hurricanes’ point streak ends on Williams Hall of Fame night

January 15, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes’ eight-game point streak came to an end with a 5-2 loss a home Monday to the Kings. Jordan Martinook and Jack Drury scored for Carolina, which lost in regulation for the […]

Jarvis’ 1st career hat trick leads Hurricanes over Canadiens

February 17, 2023 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes dominated much of the first 40 minutes against the visiting Canadiens but only had a tie to show for it going into the third period. Seth Jarvis and his teammates made […]

Look Ahead — 2023 Team of the Year: Hurricanes closer than ever to Stanley Cup

January 7, 2023 Cory Lavalette

The only time the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup was when they were backstopped by a rookie goalie who went from goalie of the future to Conn Smythe winner. Cam Ward’s 2005-06 regular season […]

LAVALETTE: Staal the right captain at the right time for Hurricanes

December 20, 2022 Cory Lavalette

Jordan Staal’s first turn at being captain of the Hurricanes didn’t go all that well. It certainly wasn’t his fault. Since-disgraced coach Bill Peters split the duties between Staal and Justin Faulk by creating a […]

Hurricanes’ power play strikes twice, skid ends against Flames

November 26, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes solved their power play issues on Black Friday, and on Saturday they ended their losing streak. Brett Pesce scored on the power play, his first goal of the season, in […]