Wolves

Category 5: Hurricanes look to bounce back in Game 2

May 23, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes will look to even the Eastern Conference final on Saturday when they host Montreal in Game 2 at Lenovo Center. 1. Other than the scratches from Game 1, the Hurricanes stayed […]

Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johansson helping biologists protect cattle from wolves

September 8, 2025 Cedar Attanasio

For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones. But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they’re using them to blast […]

Category 5: Hurricanes shake off tough Game 3 loss

April 26, 2025 Cory Lavalette

NEWARK, N.J. — The Hurricanes were licking their wounds Saturday after a deflating double-overtime loss to the Devils in Game 3 of their first round series, but Carolina seemed ready to reset ahead of Sunday’s matinee […]

Category 5: Devils, Nikishin, awards and more

April 19, 2025 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes begin their first round series against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday, but there was plenty of news in the day before Carolina embarks on its seventh straight year in the playoffs. 1. […]

Category 5: Hurricanes-Rangers Game 1 set; changes coming to Wolves

May 3, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes will practice Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Invisalign Arena before traveling to New York City ahead of the start of their second series with the Rangers. Carolina did not practice Friday […]

Minors experience had Hurricanes’ Noesen, Chatfield ready for NHL playoffs

May 5, 2023 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Jesperi Kotkaniemi is just 22 years old, but on Wednesday he reached a career milestone. The Finnish center, who scored in the Hurricanes’ 5-1 win in Game 1 of their second round series […]

Hurricanes’ silver anniversary brings championship hopes

October 12, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — It took until the eighth game at PNC Arena for the Carolina Hurricanes to lose on home ice in last year’s playoffs. It also marked the end of their season. The Hurricanes dispatched […]

Hurricanes host NHL Prospects Showcase

September 14, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — One of the promises made when the Hurricanes christened the recently branded Invisalign Arena at Wake Competition Center in Morrisville was more hockey events coming to the Triangle. That meant youth tournaments, college […]

Hurricanes sign Paul Stastny; hire new AHL coach

August 23, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes signed just one player on the opening of free agency, instead using July 13 to focus on landing defenseman Brent Burns in a trade with the Sharks. Nearly six weeks later, […]

Changes to divisions, playoffs, rosters will make this NHL season unlike any before

January 13, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Hockey’s back, but even for the most knowledgeable fans who track player movement, keep tabs on which coaches land where, analyze and fret over the draft, and scour the salary cap for loopholes […]