by Matt Karash | Feb 3, 2016 | Morning Skate
After a much-needed 1-week rest for everyone except all-star Justin Faulk, the Carolina Hurricanes return to action Wednesday night in Calgary with the first of 3 road games. If the Canes are going to make another push to close the 4-point gap (my math adjusted for...
by Matt Karash | Jan 26, 2016 | Morning Skate
Tuesday night in Raleigh, the Canes will wrap up a whirlwind January with a final home game before the all-star break against the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks. The month featured 13 games in 26 days, a run of 10 straight games with travel before them and 3...
by Matt Karash | Jan 24, 2016 | Morning Skate
With the roads in Raleigh still a sheet of ice in many places and likely to refreeze after dark and the Carolina Panthers playing for a trip to the Superbowl at 6:30pm, the Carolina Hurricanes 6pm match up against the Calgary Flames at PNC Arena is likely an...
by Matt Karash | Jan 22, 2016 | Morning Skate
On the back of a hard-fought but not pretty win in Toronto on Thursday night, the Carolina Hurricanes take to the ice again tonight in snowy Raleigh, North Carolina against the New York Rangers in the second of 4 games in 6 nights sprinting to the NHL all-star break....
by Matt Karash | Jan 21, 2016 | Morning Skate
I wrote in a bit more detail why I thought Thursday’s game in Toronto took on extra significance even above being simply an important game for a team trying to claw their way up into the collection of teams in the middle of the big Eastern Conference pack. You...
by Matt Karash | Jan 17, 2016 | Morning Skate
The hockey and football gods clearly did not coordinate schedules for today. On a day when the Carolina Panthers play at 1pm and the Pittsburgh Steelers play at 4:40pm, the Hurricanes and Penguins play a 3pm game that overlaps with both. The game is a big 1. Riding a...
