Eric Staal

Hurricanes by the numbers through 25 games

December 4, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes hit the 25-game mark of the 2025-26 season atop the Metropolitan Division and tied with Tampa Bay for the best record in the Eastern Conference at 16-7-2. The start has Carolina […]

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 […]

Hurricanes rally, but Gauthier’s two goals spoil Eric Staal Night in Ducks overtime win

January 12, 2025 Cory Lavalette

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 […]

Staal, Tokarski lead Hurricanes in shutout win over Canucks

January 10, 2025 Cory Lavalette

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, […]

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 […]

Hurricanes overwhelm Blackhawks in 6-3 win

February 19, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes dominated the lowly Blackhawks and won their third straight game, finishing with a 6-3 win Monday at PNC Arena. Six different players — Michael Bunting, Martin Necas, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Sebastian Aho, […]

Tragic death of hockey player calls attention to unused safety equipment

October 31, 2023 Cory Lavalette

MORRISVILLE — The hockey world turned its eyes and hearts to a place it usually doesn’t this weekend — to England, where former NHL player Adam Johnson died after an on-ice collision in a game […]

Tkachuk, Panthers end Hurricanes’ season with goal in final seconds to complete sweep

May 25, 2023 Cory Lavalette

SUNRISE, Fla. — In some alternate universe, Matthew Tkachuk is playing for the Hurricanes, agitating opponents and scoring big goals. In this one, he was doing all that to the Hurricanes — and ending their […]

Category 5: Hurricanes have to ‘be a little sharper’ in Game 3

May 22, 2023 Cory Lavalette

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Hurricanes will try to start to dig out of a 2-0 hole in the Eastern Conference finals when they play Game 3 against the Panthers on Monday in Sunrise. Carolina dropped […]

Panthers silence Hurricanes with 4OT win in Game 1

May 19, 2023 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The longest game in both Hurricanes and Panthers history took 139 minutes and 47 seconds. Carolina will simply remember it as a crushing loss. After Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin was unable to clear […]