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Canes Country - 05-Mar-2014

Carolina ends losing streak with hard earned win in San Jose Elias Lindholm scored a goal and set up the game-winning goal as the Carolina Hurricanes won the final game of their road trip, 3-2 over the San Jose Sharks in overtime late Tuesday night.  This was definitely the best overall effort since the Olympic break for the Canes. The Sharks have one of the best home records in the NHL and were...

Canes Country - 05-Mar-2014

Goalie will make $2 million next year and $2.5 million the following The Carolina Hurricanes just announced that they signed goalie Anton Khudobin to a two-year contract extension for $2 million next season and $2.5 million the following.  The team was trying to sign Khudobin before the trade deadline and have now succeeded. We will see if anything happens with Cam Ward now. The team's release...

Carolina Hurricanes - 05-Mar-2014

RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has agreed to terms with goaltender Anton Khudobin (HOO-doh-bihn) on a two-year contract. The deal will ......

Canes Country - 05-Mar-2014

s just what they did in Raleigh on December 6, 2013, when a four-goal third period capped off by a three-point night from Elias Lindholm led to a 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks. Tonight they have an opportunity to close out a disappointing road trip on a positive note if they can muster a similar effort at the Shark Tank. What to know about the Sharks: The Sharks are back home for the first time...

Canes Country - 03-Mar-2014

s first goal. In the third period, Patrick Dwyer and Alexander Semin scored the goals for the visitors.  Semin's goal was on a breakaway with just 65 seconds left. Andersen, a former draft pick of the Hurricanes who could not get signed and re-entered the draft, made 49 saves on a total of 52 shots.  His counter-part, Cam Ward , made 29 saves on 34 shots. The Canes will take tomorrow off...

Canes Country - 02-Mar-2014

t score. They are ranked 27th in the league in goals per game, and 27th on the power play. They play an offensively conservative game and rely on strong goaltending and dominating possession to be successful, and lead the league with the least goals allowed per game, rank 3rd in shots allowed per game, and 6th in five-on-five goal differential. And despite their challenges generating offense, they've...

Canes Country - 02-Mar-2014

Canes lose fourth in a row and now have dropped six of last eight The Carolina Hurricanes continue to put more and more distance between themselves and playoff hockey as they lost a 3-1 game to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday afternoon at the Staples Center. The team was looking for a better effort than they got in Dallas the other night and got it, but it still was not good enough for a win. Suddenly...

Canes Country - 01-Mar-2014

Canes start out flat in Dallas and allow two shorties in third straight loss The Carolina Hurricanes had a slow start in Dallas and ended up losing 4-1 to the Stars on Thursday night in the second game of their five game road trip. Tyler Seguin made it 1-0 on a nice feed from rookie sensation Valeri Nichushkin just 3:18 into the game. Less than three minutes later, Brenden Dillon blasted an open shot...

Canes Country - 28-Feb-2014

t won there in regulation since they were the Hartford Whalers. In the last ten years, Dallas has a 9-0-1 home record against the Canes and a five-game home winning streak. The Stars are 5-1-0 in their last six games against the Canes, with the last Canes win coming in Raleigh on December 16, 2009. Stars News Heading into the Olympic break, the Stars were one of the NHL's hottest teams with points...

Canes Country - 27-Feb-2014

s been since Carolina finished last in the NHL in 2003-04 at 10.6 percent. 2. Cam Ward played well enough in his first game in nearly two months, but he is a long way removed from being Ryan Miller’s equal. Miller proved that Wednesday, standing on his head to send Carolina to a loss in a game they desperately needed. As for Ward, the first goal he allowed is on him — a puck that hit his...

Canes Country - 27-Feb-2014

s number one, at least for now.  In the same number of games that Cam Ward has played in, (20), he has allowed 18 fewer goals while facing 11 more shots. 2013-2014 - Regular Season - Carolina Hurricanes - Goaltender - Summary Player Team GP GS W L OT GA GAA Sv Sv% TOI Anton Khudobin CAR 20 19 13 6 0 41 2.14 523 .927 1,151:48 Justin Peters CAR 21 20 7 9 4 51 2.50 575 .919 1,225:20 Cam Ward CAR...

Canes Country - 26-Feb-2014

Ryan Miller stones Carolina - powerplay disappoints again The Carolina Hurricanes faced the worst team in the league on Tuesday night and came up short as they were defeated by the Buffalo Sabres , 3-2.  The Canes outshot the home team 38-18 but Ryan Miller made 36 saves as the Sabres earned just their 40th point of the season. Cam Ward was in net for the first time since December 31st, but did...

Canes Country - 26-Feb-2014

m adding a playoff countdown snapshot to the game preview. 'Minimum points needed' are calculated based on adding one point to the projected points pace (points/games played x 82) for the last opponent in either the division or wild card spot. Welcome back to the second act of the 2013-14 Carolina Hurricanes season. I hope all the Canes Country readers had a chance to grab some popcorn and a beverage...

Canes Country - 21-Feb-2014

s frame of mind when they come back for their first game.  Will they take things easy and try to work themselves back into a mentality where every period is important, or will they be that way from the drop of the puck in Buffalo? It will be March before you know it, which means that it will be April very soon as well.  There is not much time to right the ship and get above the playoff line....

Carolina Hurricanes - 20-Feb-2014

RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has assigned goaltender Justin Peters to the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) on a......

Canes Country - 19-Feb-2014

ve narrowed it down to 6 Finalist for the Trade Proposal Contest and now it's your turn to pick your favorite. First off, thank you to everybody that participated and submitted a trade proposal. We ended up with 29 specific proposals and I have narrowed it down to my 6 favorite for you to choose from. I did excluded non-specific proposals, because just picks and/or prospects was too vague for me to...

Canes Country - 13-Feb-2014

s final playoff spot, but this time they are coming off a disappointing loss to those same Montreal Canadians. Let's hope the guys take this 2 1/2 weeks off to recover and figure out what they need to do to put some wins together and get back in the playoff picture. Here are the stats from the short week of 2/5/14 though 2/9/14. Canes Weekly Stats Players GP TOI/G G A P /- PIM S Hits BkS GvA TkA Riley...

Canes Country - 30-Jan-2014

Carey Price shuts down Canes The Carolina Hurricanes visit in third place in the Metro Division was short-lived as they fell behind again but could not come back this time while dropping a contest to the Montreal Canadiens , 3-0 on Tuesday night in Montreal. The Canes outshot the Habs and played fairly well, considering it was the second game of a back-to-back, as well as their fifth game in seven...

Canes Country - 30-Jan-2014

s largest accumulation of the season. While the week might have ended on a low note, it was otherwise fantastic. The Canes started the week 5 points out of the final playoff spot and had to play 5 games in 7 days. Not exactly a recipe for success. But Carolina won the postponed game against the Flyers and then traveled to Buffalo for a back-to-back against the Sabres . While the Canes found themselves...

Canes Country - 29-Jan-2014

ve been resting and stewing, waiting for the Canes to come to town tonight.  There is no doubt that the Habs will look to give the Canes their best shot and take advantage of the Canes having played last night. This will be the first meeting between the two teams since New Year's Eve.  Caniacs will remember that as one of the most exciting games of the season.  Montreal took a 3-0 lead...


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