by Matt Karash | Jan 4, 2016 | Morning Skate
I wrote in some detail about the Canes disjointed January schedule (at least for the first 3 weeks) that sees even home games feel like road games because of such short stops. You can find that post HERE. This weeks sees the Canes come off a Saturday home game and get...
by Matt Karash | Jan 2, 2016 | Morning Skate
Canes fans who wandered away during the busy holiday season figuring the season and are returning for the new year missed a pretty good run of Canes holiday hockey. The Hurricanes finished December with a solid 8-5-1 mark that included some high quality wins against...
by Matt Karash | Dec 31, 2015 | Morning Skate
When the Carolina Hurricanes faced the Washington Capitals in the final game before the Christmas break, the Caps were staking a claim to being the best team in the NHL and were red hot. Fast forward about a week, and the Caps have tacked on 3 more wins without a...
by Matt Karash | Dec 29, 2015 | Morning Skate
Fresh off winning at home against New Jersey and then on the road in Chicago, the Carolina Hurricanes play Tuesday night in New Jersey aiming to run a win streak to 3 games. That does not sound like anything too significant, but the Canes have accomplished this only...
by Matt Karash | Dec 28, 2015 | Morning Skate
In my game preview for Saturday’s match up against New Jersey, I declared the stretch of games right after the holiday break as important for determining the direction of the rest of the season. Do the Canes muster 1 last valiant push to climb into the 2015-16...
by Matt Karash | Dec 26, 2015 | Morning Skate
The Carolina Hurricanes enter the post-Christmas break part of the NHL season right about where most of the experts picked them to finish before the season started – near the bottom and in better position for the draft lottery than the spring playoff chase. But...