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Fearless predictions for 2025
As we do each year, the North State Journal’s sports staff came up with fearless predictions for 2025. We’re not gamblers, but you can pretty much bet the farm that all of this is going […]
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Kochetkov, Martinook will Hurricanes to 3-2 win over Vegas
RALEIGH — Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour called Pyotr Kochetkov the team’s player of the game in their 3-2 win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights, but he also said Jordan Martinook’s effort on the winning […]
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Category 5: Goalies, Vegas visit, power play and Hurricanes Quarter-Century Team
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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Up-and-down play plagues Canes at midway point
RALEIGH — The first half of the Hurricanes’ season can be summarized in one word: inconsistent. From Martin Necas’ red-hot November to pedestrian December, Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho’s 5-on-5 woes, and a rotating cast […]
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NSJ’s 2025 Newcomer of the Year
This year, the Carolina Hurricanes will be adding what could potentially be one of the biggest pieces for their team moving forward and they won’t even have to make a trade to do it. After […]
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NSJ’s 2024 Comeback of the Year
Did anybody see this type of season coming for Carolina Hurricanes forward Martin Necas? The Czech winger is comfortably leading the Canes in every scoring category with 14 goals and 44 points in 31 games […]
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Hurricanes rally, but Gauthier’s two goals spoil Eric Staal Night in Ducks overtime win
RALEIGH — On the night the Hurricanes retired the No. 12 of Eric Staal, the opening 47 minutes of their game against the visiting Ducks on Sunday looked a lot like the end of the […]
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Staal, Tokarski lead Hurricanes in shutout win over Canucks
RALEIGH — Sunday will be all about Eric Staal. However, over the last two days, his little brother has taken center stage. A day after getting a hat trick in a win over visiting Toronto, […]
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Staal’s hat trick lifts Hurricanes to win over Leafs
RALEIGH — Season after season following each loss, Jordan Staal has waited in his locker room stall to answer for his team’s performance. On Thursday, he got to sit there with a smile on his […]
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Aho, Jarvis lift Hurricanes to OT win over Penguins
RALEIGH — The Hurricanes needed to make a statement Sunday after a lackluster effort the night before against the Wild. It took a while, but Carolina found the right answer. Sebastian Aho scored in overtime […]