by Matt Karash | Aug 23, 2015 | Memory Lane
Doug Weight played only 46 games in a Carolina Hurricanes uniform, split exactly equally between the regular season and the playoffs. Though his stay was short, he came with a bang and left with glory. As the Canes moved into the second half of the 2005-06 season, the...
by Matt Karash | Aug 23, 2015 | Memory Lane
Frantisek Kaberle was part of an incredibly successful haul of players that Canes general manager Jim Rutherford added on the cheap during the two off seasons between the end of the 2003-04 season and the start of the 2005-06 (after the 2004-05 was lost to the...
by Matt Karash | Aug 23, 2015 | Memory Lane
Andrew Ladd entered the Carolina Hurricanes organization with a splash and fanfare. Following the burst of optimism and momentum with the 2001-02 season, the team came crashing back to Earth and imploded in both the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons. Following the 2003-04,...
by Matt Karash | Aug 23, 2015 | Memory Lane
Martin Gerber was acquired by the Carolina Hurricanes via trade on June 18, 2004 to be the Canes starting goalie for the 2004-05 season. Because of the NHL lockout, that season never happened. He finally took the ice as the Carolina Hurricanes starter for opening...
by Matt Karash | Aug 22, 2015 | Memory Lane
Niclas Wallin was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes as a 25-year old in the fourth round of the 2000 NHL draft. The hope was that as a mature player, he could fairly quickly develop into a serviceable NHL depth defenseman. He did. But his place in Hurricanes history...
by Matt Karash | Aug 22, 2015 | Memory Lane
Mike Commodore is matched up against Cory Stillman in the first round of the ‘Cup Core’ regional of the Canes and Coffee Summer event 2015. Vote for all of your Canes favorites HERE. Though new to the organization, Mike Commodore was a known quantity to...
