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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 land Trocheck, Skjei, Vatanen on wild deadline day

February 24, 2020 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes certainly want to win a Stanley Cup in 2020, but they’re more interested in improving their team in the present and for the future. The Hurricanes added one rental at […]

Offseason decisions will come sooner for Hurricanes

May 29, 2019 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The offseason will be much shorter than the Carolina Hurricanes have become accustomed to this summer, thanks to their run to the Eastern Conference Final. There’s also less work to be done than […]

Hurricanes deliver punishment, suffer pain in Game 3

April 17, 2019 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes exited Game 3 of their first-round series with the Washington Capitals battle-scarred but also with a win to halve the defending Stanley Cup champions lead at two games to one. […]

Category 5: Notes from the Carolina Hurricanes, Jan. 18

January 18, 2019 Cory Lavalette

I thought I would try something new and decided on this new notes package, Category 5. In it, you will find a handful of notes, quotes, numbers and facts on the Carolina Hurricanes. I’ll try […]

Crosby, Murray stifle Hurricanes

December 22, 2018 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have Sidney Crosby. The Carolina Hurricanes — well, they do not. Crosby had three primary assists, Jake Guentzel scored on two of them and Matt Murray had 39 saves to […]

Hurricanes still relying on rookie contributions

December 19, 2018 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Coming into the 2018-19 season, the Carolina Hurricanes made it clear their young players would need to pitch in if the team was to break its nine-year playoff drought. “We need everyone to […]

Hurricanes looking for centers in camp

September 19, 2018 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — After four days of drills, systems and skating — lots of it — the Carolina Hurricanes are finally playing hockey again. The team opened its preseason schedule Tuesday night with a 4-1 win […]

Hurricanes name Williams captain, announce Rask injury as camp opens

September 13, 2018 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — After a summer of watching film, mixing and matching potential line combinations and putting in place a plan to return the Carolina Hurricanes to relevance, new coach Rod Brind’Amour finally got his team […]

Aho’s future key to Hurricanes’ offseason

April 18, 2018 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — There are plenty of changes coming to the Carolina Hurricanes this offseason: the team needs to hire a new general manager, perhaps a new coach, and has promised to make changes to its […]