by Matt Karash | Oct 13, 2019 | The Drive Home
After a great run of five wins to start the season, the Carolina Hurricanes lost 3-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night in Raleigh. At a high level, I think there are two takeaways from this game. First is that the Canes were just inevitably going to lose....
by Matt Karash | Oct 11, 2019 | The Drive Home
After a run of lean years, it is an absolutely glorious time to be a Carolina Hurricanes hockey fan. This is not to say that there are guarantees for the rest of the season and end results. As I said on Twitter shortly after Friday’s game ended, the long NHL...
by Matt Karash | Oct 8, 2019 | The Drive Home
Sometimes hockey can be a game of momentum, and the Hurricanes entered Tuesday’s game against the Florida Panthers with a bunch of it. The Hurricanes picked up where they left off on Sunday playing well and doing bunches of little things right. But the team also...
by Matt Karash | Oct 6, 2019 | The Drive Home
The Hurricanes first two wins featured bursts of strong play, the ability to make key plays when needed, high entertainment value and maybe more than anything just a ‘find a way’ approach to winning hockey games. In terms of putting together a complete...
by Matt Karash | Oct 6, 2019 | The Drive Home
After an entertaining and fun even if imperfect season-opening win at PNC Arena on Thursday, the Hurricanes stirred a bunch of fun memories for game 2 with a trip to Washington, D.C. The game was appropriately billed as a rivalry game, no doubt carried some ill will...
by Matt Karash | Oct 3, 2019 | The Drive Home
On steamy summer night…in October? the Carolina Hurricanes kicked off the 2019-20 season with an exciting 4-3 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens. The first period had a decent pace but was fairly controlled in terms of openings and grade A chances. The...
