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Necas gets OT winner to extend Hurricanes’ point streak to 10

December 17, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The looks on the faces of Hurricanes Jordan Staal, Jaccob Slavin and Brent Burns expressed both survival and relief. After starting overtime, the trio was on the ice for 1:53, gradually slowing as […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Pivotal offseason awaits Hurricanes

June 16, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Carolina Hurricanes reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive season this year, the first time the team has done that since relocating to North Carolina. The accomplishment, of course, isn’t much of […]

Category 5: Hurricanes look to stave off elimination

June 8, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes will try and extend their season when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series Tuesday at 6:30 p.m at PNC Arena. Category 1 […]

Hurricanes take on Lightning, ‘X-factor’ Kucherov in Round 2

May 30, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — What was long seen as two teams on a playoff collision course becomes a reality Sunday when the Hurricanes host the 2020 Stanley Cup champion Lightning in Game 1 of their second-round series […]

Hurricanes lose in 2OT in Nashville, Brind’Amour thrashes refs

May 22, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes suffered a heartbreaking loss in Friday’s Game 3, losing in double overtime on a goal by Nashville’s Matt Duchene in a 5-4 decision at Bridgestone Arena. The best-of-seven first-round series now favors Carolina […]

Hurricanes ready for first-round series with Predators

May 12, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes won’t need a crash film session to remind them about the systems and tendencies of their opponent in the first round of the NHL Playoffs. After ending their season with […]