by Canes&Coffee | Aug 28, 2015 | Memory Lane
Jussi Jokinen played 25 games for the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2008-09 regular season and scored… one goal. ONE. That’s a little hard to imagine now, after remembering his seven goals during the 2009 playoffs, followed by a 30-goal season in 2009-10....
by Matt Karash | Aug 28, 2015 | Memory Lane
The rollercoaster ride as a Canes fan has been characterized by some incredible playoff highs that have each time been followed by struggles, bottoming out and then doing it again. During the down times, it takes two things to stay positive as a Hurricanes fan. The...
by Matt Karash | Aug 28, 2015 | Memory Lane
Andrej Sekera came to the Carolina Hurricanes in a draft day trade at the 2013 NHL draft. Not much was known about the unheralded Buffalo Sabres defenseman who was buried on a bad Sabres team. The price to acquire him was fairly high – a high second round draft pick...
by Matt Karash | Aug 28, 2015 | Memory Lane
At the point when the NHL became populated with three Staal brothers (plus Jared in the AHL), talk started about the possibility of them uniting. Hurricanes fans of course pegged this meeting for Raleigh. Two-thirds of that (three-fourths if you count Jared) came to...
by Matt Karash | Aug 28, 2015 | Memory Lane
As a second round pick in the 2010 draft, the Hurricanes hoped that Justin Faulk would one day develop into an NHL player. He has. But I do not think even the optimists would have guessed that he would progress as fast and as much as he has. After winning a spot that...
by Matt Karash | Aug 28, 2015 | Memory Lane
Dennis Seidenberg joined the Hurricanes in the midst of the 2006-07 season and grew into the role of a quiet, steady top four defenseman without a ton of flair. He eventually found his way to a pairing with Joni Pitkanen who was the opposite as a flashy, often...
