Every year, the sports staff of North State Journal (sports editor Cory Lavalette and reporters Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest) look into our crystal balls and try and predict what some of the bigger news […]
It’s not even worth asking coach Rod Brind’Amour if he is satisfied that North State Journal named his team, the Carolina Hurricanes, the 2021 Pro Team of the Year. His answer would be a resounding […]
RALEIGH — When the Carolina Hurricanes made a circle at center ice to do their postgame Storm Surge following Saturday’s 5-1 win over the Kings, there were a lot of new faces raising their sticks […]
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes, ravaged by COVID-19 and lacking cap space, played with just 16 skaters Thursday. No matter — it was still enough to beat Alex Nedeljkovic and the Red Wings. Nino Niederreiter […]
RALEIGH — We’ve officially entered unchartered waters. The Hurricanes, besieged by positive COVID-19 tests, will only dress 16 skaters tonight — two fewer than normal — to play through one of the many coronavirus outbreaks […]
It doesn’t happen often, but Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl can apparently get shut down. The Hurricanes kept both of the Oilers’ Hart Trophy winners off the score sheet and got three points from their […]
Sebastian Aho opened the game with a goal and ended it with another. Everything in between was a whole lot of Jaccob Slavin. Aho scored 4:14 into the game and at 4:07 of overtime, and […]
For the second straight game, the Carolina Hurricanes had to kill off a five-minute major penalty. And for the second straight game, they came away even on the scoreboard despite the prolonged penalty killing. The […]
RALEIGH — Frustration was clearly at a boiling point for the Carolina Hurricanes. Just 1-4-1 in their last six games despite playing what coach Rod Brind’Amour has called arguably their best hockey of the season, […]
Roope Hintz scored his first career hat trick and the Hurricanes’ scoring woes continued in a 4-1 loss Tuesday in Dallas. Hintz scored in each of the three periods, capping off his night with an […]
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