RALEIGH — The Hurricanes entered Thursday’s home game with 15 games remaining on the season, 11 of which were against teams outside of the playoffs. Both Rod Brind’Amour and his players warned against expecting an […]
Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s return to Montreal wound up as predictable as a gruyere-infused romance novel. The 21-year-old Hurricanes forward scored in his first game against his old team, redirecting a point shot at 9:23 of the […]
RALEIGH — Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho said he didn’t have any butterflies before he played his first game in Montreal after signing an offer sheet with the Canadiens the previous summer in 2019. He called […]
RALEIGH — Better, stronger, faster — that was the goal in rebuilding Steve Austin, the fictitious Air Force colonel-turned-cyborg from 1970s TV and film. On Saturday, the Hurricanes added a $6 million man of their […]
RALEIGH — The Montreal Canadiens decided not to match the Carolina Hurricanes’ one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet on center Jesperi Kotkaniemi, giving up on the 2018 third overall pick in exchange for first- and third-round […]
Call it revenge, pettiness — whatever you like. The Carolina Hurricanes fired back at the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday by signing restricted free agent enter Jesperi Kotkaniemi to an offer sheet, 25 months after the […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Instead of calling Steven Stamkos over to accept the Stanley Cup, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman beckoned the Tampa Bay Lightning over as a team. The Lightning sent out another pandemic hockey season […]
MONTREAL — Jeff Petry scored 52 seconds into overtime, lifting the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. Phillip Danault, Max Domi and Brendan Gallagher scored in regulation for […]
RALEIGH — A frequently bouncing puck courtesy of the record-breaking North Carolina heat, a goal horn that needed an oiling up like the Tin Man, and a third-period deficit — none were enough to deny […]
The Carolina Hurricanes open the 2019-20 NHL season at home Thursday against burgeoning rival Montreal. Both teams have legitimate playoff aspirations and could battle for a wild card spot come April. Here are some notes […]
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