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Which Winter Olympians have ties to North Carolina?

February 21, 2026 Ryan Henkel

The 2026 Winter Olympics commenced earlier this month as athletes from 92 nations arrived in Italy to compete for gold. In total, 2,871 athletes qualified for this year’s games to compete in the 116 different […]

Panthers take Game 5, eliminate Hurricanes from playoffs

May 29, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes built a two-goal lead, lost it and clawed back to tie the game in the third period. It wasn’t enough. Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov wriggled free from Carolina defensemen Dmitry Orlov […]

Hope fades for Hurricanes after third period collapse

May 25, 2025 Cory Lavalette

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Carolina Hurricanes seemed to have a glimmer of hope. They entered the third period of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final tied, having won their first period of the series. […]

Hurricanes listless in 5-0 Game 2 loss to Panthers

May 22, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — A disastrous opening 20 minutes sank the Hurricanes in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final. The question is whether they can recover after losing the opening two games at home to the […]

Final four: Hurricanes to face Panthers in Eastern Conference final

May 19, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — What’s old is new again. In this case, it’s another rematch for the Hurricanes, this time against the defending Stanley Cup champions, who swept Carolina in the Eastern Conference final two seasons ago. […]

Kochetkov shines, Aho stuns Panthers with late goal in 1-0 Hurricanes win

February 22, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes and Panthers put on one of the more thrilling games of the season Thursday, and Sebastian Aho’s goal with 18.9 seconds remaining the only blemish on the scoreboard in a 1-0 […]

Tkachuk strikes in OT again, Hurricanes in 2-0 hole in Eastern Conference finals

May 21, 2023 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Matthew Tkachuk stuck a knife in the Hurricanes in the first game of the Eastern Conference finals. He gave it a turn in Game 2. With Carolina’s Jesperi Kotkaniemi in the penalty box […]

Category 5: Hurricanes, Panthers start battle for Eastern Conference title

May 18, 2023 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes and Panthers will begin their Eastern Conference finals series with Thursday’s Game 1 at 8 p.m. at PNC Arena. Carolina won two of three meetings with Florida during the regular season […]

Hurricanes surrender late lead, lose in OT to Panthers

February 16, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — If the Carolina Hurricanes want to beat the Florida Panthers this season, they’ll have to wait for the playoffs. Florida’s Sam Reinhart scored with an extra attacker on the ice with just 48.3 […]

Shorthanded Hurricanes drop OT decision in Florida

April 25, 2021 Cory Lavalette

Aleksander Barkov scored 24 seconds into overtime to give the Panthers a 4-3 win Saturday in Florida. Dougie Hamilton scored twice and Brett Pesce got his fourth goal of the year. Three Thoughts 1. A […]