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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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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 […]
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Ron Francis out as Hurricanes GM
RALEIGH — Ron Francis, who brought legitimacy to hockey in North Carolina by signing as a player with his relocated former team and went on to be an assistant coach and part of the front […]
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Hurricanes can’t keep pace in playoff hunt, losing 3-2 to Winnipeg
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes held the Winnipeg Jets’ top line of Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor in check. The same was true for the second line of Bryan Little centering Mathieu Perreault […]
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Hurricanes win for second straight night, re-enter playoff picture
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes took a six-game losing streak into the NHL trade deadline, surely contributing to general manager Ron Francis’ decision to stand pat and not add any firepower to the lineup. So […]
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Williams scores twice to help Hurricanes snap six-game slide
Justin Williams scored two goals to lift the Carolina Hurricanes past the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 Thursday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes. Goaltender Cam Ward stopped 21 shots […]