by Matt Karash | Jan 5, 2020 | The Drive Home
Recap of Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 loss the Tampa Bay Lightning With the Lightning playing last night in Ottawa and arriving in Raleigh late Saturday night and the 5pm start, one would have hoped that the Canes would be able to find a higher gear early and often....
by Matt Karash | Jan 4, 2020 | The Drive Home
Recap of Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals After a rousing 6-4 win only six days ago, round two of the Canes versus the Caps over the holidays took place on Friday night at PNC Arena. The game started well for the Canes. The Canes were the better...
by Matt Karash | Jan 1, 2020 | The Drive Home
I watched only parts of the Canes 3-1 win over the Canadiens in a New Year’s Eve social setting, so I will skip writing my usual recap. My tentative hope/plan is rewatch the game on Wednesday. If that happens at a reasonable hour, I will add my usual...
by Matt Karash | Dec 28, 2019 | The Drive Home
Down two games to zero in the first round of the 2019 NHL Playoffs, the Hurricanes needed someone to step up with a heroic effort at home to start climbing back into the series in game 3 at home. In that game, Warren Foegele emerged as the hero scoring the games first...
by Matt Karash | Dec 28, 2019 | The Drive Home
Starting with context, I think the Canes current situation illustrates how critical it is to be able to close out games that are in hand late. The Canes played reasonably well in a tough return home after a long road trip but did not get results. Then after an abysmal...
by Matt Karash | Dec 23, 2019 | The Drive Home
Eerily reminiscent of an 8-1 thrashing the Canes took two years ago in the Maple Leafs annual holiday matinee game, the Canes slept walked into Monday’s 2pm start. Brett Pesce had trouble finding the puck at his feet in front of the net. Instead, Jason Spezza...
