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Hurricanes ‘bad, bad, bad, bad’ in 6-0 loss to Columbus

January 13, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The last time the Hurricanes were down four goals to the Columbus Blue Jackets, a goalie change and a barrage of goals led them to a surprising victory. There was no such magic […]

Category 5: Hurricanes ready to face familiar Kraken for 1st time

November 24, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes will play for the first time in Seattle when they face the Kraken on Wednesday in the new Climate Pledge Arena. Coming off a loss, Carolina is still the top team in the […]

Hurricanes get 3 PP goals, strong goaltending in 5-1 win at Columbus

October 24, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The keys to winning in the 21st-century NHL are solid goaltending and competent special teams — and the Carolina Hurricanes got plenty of each Saturday in Columbus. The Carolina power play converted three times, and […]

Time will tell if new-look Hurricanes will succeed

August 4, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes’ 2021 offseason will likely be judged more by how the players who left perform with their new teams over how Carolina’s new additions contribute. The losses of Dougie Hamilton and Jake Bean on […]

Hurricanes revamp roster on busy 1st day of free agency

July 28, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Carolina Hurricanes found out the past two seasons they weren’t quite at the top of the NHL. So it’s no surprise changes were coming this offseason. After trading away homegrown talents Alex Nedeljkovic and […]

Hurricanes make 13 picks in NHL Draft

July 25, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Carolina Hurricanes traded away their first-round pick Friday night during the 2021 NHL Draft, grabbing two second-rounders for the final six rounds on Saturday. It wasn’t the only pick swap the team’s front office […]

Hurricanes trade Bean to Columbus, continue to reshape roster

July 23, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes didn’t know how much Alex Nedeljkovic and Jake Bean would contribute this past season, but both would up playing a role in Carolina winning the Central Division. It still wasn’t enough for either […]

2021 NHL Draft Preview: Hurricanes have 9 picks this weekend

July 22, 2021 Cory Lavalette

A funny thing happened on the way to the 2021 NHL Draft. In a year that many warned would lead to spotty scouting and uncertainty, the top draft pundits and prognosticators mostly agreed on which […]

Kraken select Hurricanes’ Morgan Geekie in expansion draft

July 21, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The official reveal won’t come until 8 p.m., but there won’t be much left to unveil when ESPN hosts the Seattle Kraken’s expansion draft picks Wednesday night. Word of which players have been selected by […]

Hectic July should put Hurricanes in focus

July 14, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — It’s mid-July, so naturally there’s some downtime for NHL players and executives after a long season and frantic start to the offseason. Not so fast. With the start of the 2020-21 season delayed […]