Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Puck drop: 4 keys to Hurricanes’ season

October 13, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes will begin the 2021-22 season Thursday when they host the New York Islanders at PNC Arena. It will be the first of three meetings between the two teams many believe […]

Category 5: Hurricanes camp musings following preseason opener

September 29, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes had plenty of positives in their first preseason game, from an effective power play and solid goaltending performance to dominance in the faceoff circle and solid performances from some of their […]

Olympics adds another wrinkle to Hurricanes’ season

September 29, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Since his first day as Hurricanes head coach, Rod Brind’Amour has made it clear there’s one goal for his team — to win a Stanley Cup. So it’s no surprise that the Hurricanes […]

Revamped Hurricanes open training camp

September 22, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The NHL gets back to its usual 82-game schedule this season, but the team returning to the ice for the Carolina Hurricanes will look unfamiliar from the one that was eliminated in five […]

Kotkaniemi ‘felt the confidence’ right away upon signing with Hurricanes

September 5, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Better, stronger, faster — that was the goal in rebuilding Steve Austin, the fictitious Air Force colonel-turned-cyborg from 1970s TV and film. On Saturday, the Hurricanes added a $6 million man of their […]

Canadiens decline to match offer sheet, Kotkaniemi joins Hurricanes

September 4, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Montreal Canadiens decided not to match the Carolina Hurricanes’ one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet on center Jesperi Kotkaniemi, giving up on the 2018 third overall pick in exchange for first- and third-round […]

Hurricanes exact revenge, sign Montreal’s Kotkaniemi to offer sheet

August 28, 2021 Cory Lavalette

Call it revenge, pettiness — whatever you like. The Carolina Hurricanes fired back at the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday by signing restricted free agent enter Jesperi Kotkaniemi to an offer sheet, 25 months after the […]

Hurricanes rally, beat Canadiens in season-opening shootout

October 3, 2019 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — A frequently bouncing puck courtesy of the record-breaking North Carolina heat, a goal horn that needed an oiling up like the Tin Man, and a third-period deficit — none were enough to deny […]

Kochetkov gets 2nd career shutout, Hurricanes win at Islanders

December 9, 0043 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Paul Stastny scored in the second period, Pyotr Kochetkov got his second career shutout, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 3-0 Saturday night to extend their point streak to […]