by Matt Karash | Oct 12, 2022 | The Drive Home
With only the home opener sitting in front of a five-game North Carolina State Fair road trip, the Canes gave the home crowd a small taste of hockey goodness with a 4-1 win. The first period was a bit sloppy with some disjointed play trying to advance the puck and at...
by Matt Karash | May 31, 2022 | The Drive Home
Like everyone else, I am spent after a disappointing ending to the 2021-22 Carolina Hurricanes hockey series. And writing a ‘blah’ game recap seems poorly-timed right now in addition to being no fun. Within the next few days, I will write up some more...
by Matt Karash | May 29, 2022 | The Drive Home
Though the goal totals were high in a couple of the other road losses, Raanta has actually been decent or better in the Canes road losses leading up to game 6. That was not the case on Saturday night, and he was gone early in the second period because of it. With the...
by Matt Karash | May 26, 2022 | The Drive Home
The home versus road roller coaster continued for the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night back at PNC Arena in Raleigh. As much as the two losses in New York suggested that the Canes have issues playing away from home, Thursday reinforced the fact that the opposite...
by Matt Karash | May 24, 2022 | The Drive Home
Whereas Sunday’s loss had a decent number of redeeming qualities and even a reasonable case that the Canes deserved a win, that was not so much the case on Tuesday. The Rangers were the better team from the outset, and deservedly, the Canes were never really in...
by Matt Karash | May 22, 2022 | The Drive Home
Though the result was the same and some of the road issues reappeared, the Canes 3-1 loss on Sunday was enough different from the game 3 loss to the Bruins to inspire hope. More on that below. First from a half-empty perspective, the Canes did lose game 3 on the road...