by Matt Karash | Nov 30, 2018 | Morning Skate
The Hurricanes followed up a horrid loss on Saturday with a big road win on Tuesday. The 2-1 win was light on quality play except for goalie Curtis McElhinney who stole a win by saving 48 out of 49 shots faced. As such, the Hurricanes will be looking for the same...
by Matt Karash | Nov 27, 2018 | Morning Skate
After fun home wins before and after Thanksgiving, the Hurricanes took to the road on Saturday and laid an egg. With consecutive 2-1 weeks, I would say that the overall trajectory is still positive even if imperfect. But Saturday’s game was a loss that had...
by Matt Karash | Nov 24, 2018 | Morning Skate
With Friday’s 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers, the Carolina Hurricanes suddenly have a four-game winning streak and have points in six out of seven games. No doubt, the trend is overwhelmingly positive right now. With a win, the team would match its longest...
by Matt Karash | Nov 23, 2018 | Morning Skate
After an impressive 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday and a day off for Thanksgiving, the Carolina Hurricanes are back at it on Friday on home ice against the Florida Panthers. A win clearly pushes the Canes a notch above the fray in the Eastern...
by Matt Karash | Nov 20, 2018 | Morning Skate
Not too long ago the Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs were in a similar boat as teams trying to quickly rebuild around a talented young core. The Hurricanes strength was its young blue line, and the Maple Leafs strength was its dynamic core of young...
by Matt Karash | Oct 25, 2018 | Morning Skate
Thus far, the engine for the Hurricanes early 5-3-1 success has been the team’s aggressive, puck-hounding style of play in all three zones. Brind’Amour hockey as I call it just attacks and to some degree dares teams to try to beat them two or three times...
