Mikko Rantanen

Hurricanes await trade deadline

March 5, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — This week, the final days leading up to the NHL trade deadline, is not easy. “Unless you have a no-move, anyone’s game,” Hurricanes center Mark Jankowski said, “and it could happen to anyone.” […]

Category 5: Hurricanes start post-Olympic stretch run

February 26, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The NHL season resumes for the Hurricanes on Thursday at Lenovo Center as Carolina will host the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first of 25 remaining regular season games as teams start the […]

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 […]

Hurricanes spoil Rantanen’s return, beat Stars 6-3

January 6, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Tuesday’s game at Lenovo was a hatefest toward Mikko Rantanen, but the home crowd still found plenty to cheer about. The Hurricanes scored early and often, getting four assists from Andrei Svechnikov, two […]

‘We just kind of ran out of time‘: Rantanen returns to face Hurricanes

January 6, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — They say timing is everything. That very well may be why Mikko Rantanen will be wearing a Stars’ green Tuesday night at Lenovo Center and not a Hurricanes jersey. Carolina acquired Rantanen from […]

Hurricanes schedule filled with reunions, road-heavy ending

July 25, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The start of the NHL season is still 2½ months away, but the league last week released the 2025-26 schedule that includes a three-week break for players to participate in the Winter Olympics […]

Hurricanes trade for Miller, extend Stankoven

July 1, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — With the free-agent market thin and winger Nikolaj Ehlers weighing his options, the Hurricanes looked to the trade market and took care of some in-house business on the first day of NHL free […]

Hurricanes have ability to bolster team at NHL Draft

June 26, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes entered last year’s NHL Draft hoping to re-sign Jake Guentzel and find a new home for Martin Necas. Neither happened, as Guentzel’s rights were instead traded to Tampa Bay — where […]

Stankoven scores twice, Hurricanes overwhelm Devils in Game 1 win

April 20, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour shrugged off a question on the local broadcast before the game about who he thinks his team’s surprise player might be this postseason. Instead, Brind’Amour said his team will […]

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‘Dust settles’ for Hurricanes’ stretch run

March 13, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — All the Carolina Hurricanes can do is move on. The franchise went through one of its most bizarre sagas after making the shocking trade for star winger Mikko Rantanen, who they acquired from […]