by Matt Karash | Jun 30, 2017 | On The Beat
This week is definitely peak (Apex reference) season for the Carolina Hurricanes off-season. Prospect camp is chugging forward at the same time that Francis has been knocking out a run of small moves leading up to a somewhat bigger one on Thursday night. If you just...
by Matt Karash | May 26, 2017 | On The Beat
As I said yesterday in Cam Ward’s report card, I honestly did not do it intentionally, but perhaps the hockey gods had a hand in dropping the last two 2016-17 Carolina Hurricanes report cards, featuring the Hurricanes goalies, right into the front end of a...
by Matt Karash | Aug 15, 2016 | Daily Cup of Joe
Carolina Hurricanes players facing bigger challenges in 2016-17 The Carolina Hurricanes 2016-17 season will be fascinating from the perspective of seeing players take on new challenges and watching how they perform. At least 1 rookie: Very likely, at least 1 rookie,...
by Matt Karash | Dec 10, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe
Way back when in my series of Carolina Hurricanes season preview blogs, I called out ‘great goaltending’ as requirement #1 for the Canes to rebound and surprise this season. You can find that post HERE. That has not happened – not even close. Cam...
by Matt Karash | Oct 26, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe
To catch anyone up who missed Saturday’s game, there were actually a decent number of positive stories despite the 5-2 loss. The story of the game on the negative side and the biggest reason for the loss was the play of Eddie Lack. He gave up 4 goals on 13 shots...
