by Matt Karash | Sep 10, 2017 | Canes Chronicle
After another long offseason, hockey is here. As I write this, the Carolina Hurricanes are off to a 2-0 start and are on pace to defend their 2016 championship. Alas, it is not at the NHL level, but what’s not to like about the latest draft classes setting a...
by Matt Karash | Sep 3, 2017 | Canes Chronicle
Does anyone else think of Labor Day as the “holiday before hockey?” That is what I termed years ago since the start of training always sits roughly a week behind Labor Day weekend. We are getting close to finally having more real news once training camp...
by Matt Karash | Aug 27, 2017 | Canes Chronicle
The second half of August has been usual second half of August slow in terms of Carolina Hurricanes or NHL news. But the good news out of Raleigh Center Ice is that we are getting closer as regular reports continue to surface on Twitter about players taking part in...
by Matt Karash | Aug 20, 2017 | Canes Chronicle
Just as Tuomo Ruutu (and too few Hurricanes players since) used to block the entirety of the goalie when screening on a point shot, the moon will completely block the sun not too far from Raleigh. Due largely to lack of much for hockey news in mid-August, this...
by Matt Karash | Aug 12, 2017 | Canes Chronicle
More news bubbled up on the ownership transition front in the middle of an otherwise quiet week in mid-August. Despite the slow time of year, some digging still yielded a decent mix of Hurricanes hockey reading to help pass another slow day in the dead of the...
by Matt Karash | Aug 5, 2017 | Canes Chronicle
As I write this, we have inched almost a full week into August and closer to September when we can see the light at the end of the tunnel with training camp leading fairly quickly into real hockey. Yet again, Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis generously offered...