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Carolina Hurricanes
CAROLINA HURRICANES NEWS CLIPPINGS • April 7, 2021 With Petr Mrazek back, Hurricanes have goaltending decisions to make at trade deadline By Chip Alexander The goaltending question might be easier to answer if Mrazek had struggled a bit Sunday but he made 28 saves. For the Carolina Hurricanes, the sprint to the finish line of the He was strong when things were tight, in the final minutes of regular season has begun. regulation as the Stars pulled their goalie for a sixth attacker The Canes host the Florida Panthers on Tuesday and and attacked, hunting a tying goal. Thursday in what‘s presumably a preview of what should be “He didn’t have a lot of work for two (periods) and then when a Central Division first- or second-round playoff series. The we needed him, he was there in the last five minutes,” top four teams in each division qualify and the Panthers (26- Brind’Amour said. “He made three or more spectacular, 9-4) go into Tuesday’s game first in the division with 56 especially weird ones that got in that he couldn’t see. They points and the Canes (25-9-3) third with 53, one point behind weren’t Grade-A’s but they were coming from angles and Tampa Bay. screens. He fought through it. He was good, obviously.” The Panthers have played 39 games and the Canes 37, so If the Canes, with an eye to the playoffs, determine Mrazek the Canes’ two games-in-hand on Florida won’t change until will be their No. -
Carolina Hurricanes
CAROLINA HURRICANES NEWS CLIPPINGS • May 18, 2021 The Hurricanes had plenty to celebrate after Game 1 against the Predators By Chip Alexander Brett Pesce got off a shot through traffic from the right point that Teravainen, with one hand on the stick as he jostled with This was what Carolina Hurricanes fans have missed the Ryan Ellis, redirected the puck between the circles at 13:41. most. Steven Lorenz earned an assist on the goal, his first career Playoff hockey at PNC Arena. Tailgating outside. A loud, Stanley Cup playoff point. lively crowd of 12,000 inside. The game has had a physical edge in the opening period, as The pandemic changed so much in our daily lives. The need expected. for normalcy has been almost overwhelming and sports have In the second, Staal gave the Canes their first lead of the been a good respite. And especially hockey. playoffs with a tight-angled shot that Saros couldn’t stop, but For the first time since May of 2019, the Canes had playoff the Preds later tied it 2-2 in the second period. hockey at PNC Arena on Monday. The two-year wait ended With the team playing 4 on 4 after penalties to Forsberg and with Carolina, with a strong third period, beating the Teravainen, Staal took the puck into the left circle in the Nashville Predators 5-2 in Game 1 of their opening-round Preds zone. As he neared the goal line he turned and ripped Stanley Cup playoff series. a rising shot past Saros’ head at 4:19 of the second for a 2-1 “That’s hockey,” Canes captain Jordan Staal said after the lead. -
Florida Panthers Game Notes
Florida Panthers Game Notes Sat, Oct 5, 2019 NHL Game #21 Florida Panthers 0 - 1 - 0 (0 pts) Tampa Bay Lightning 1 - 0 - 0 (2 pts) Team Game: 2 0 - 0 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 2 1 - 0 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 1 0 - 1 - 0 (Road) Road Game: 1 0 - 0 - 0 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 33 Sam Montembeault - - - - - - 35 Curtis McElhinney - - - - - - 72 Sergei Bobrovsky 1 0 1 0 4.07 .862 88 Andrei Vasilevskiy 1 1 0 0 2.03 .946 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Josh Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 R Mathieu Joseph 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 D Keith Yandle 1 0 0 0 -1 0 9 C Tyler Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 D Aaron Ekblad 1 0 1 1 -2 0 14 L Pat Maroon 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 D Anton Stralman 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 L Alex Killorn 1 0 2 2 2 0 7 C Colton Sceviour 1 0 0 0 -1 0 18 L Ondrej Palat 1 1 0 1 2 0 8 C Jayce Hawryluk - - - - - - 22 D Kevin Shattenkirk 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 R Brett Connolly 1 0 1 1 0 0 23 C Carter Verhaeghe 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 L Jonathan Huberdeau 1 0 0 0 -2 2 27 D Ryan McDonagh 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 D Mark Pysyk - - - - - - 28 R Luke Witkowski 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 C Aleksander Barkov 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 C Yanni Gourde 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 D Mike Matheson 1 0 0 0 -1 0 44 D Jan Rutta - - - - - - 21 C Vincent Trocheck 1 1 1 2 0 0 46 C Gemel Smith 1 0 0 0 0 2 52 D MacKenzie Weegar 1 0 0 0 0 0 55 D Braydon Coburn 1 0 0 0 1 0 55 C Noel Acciari 1 0 0 0 -1 0 71 C Anthony Cirelli 1 0 1 1 1 0 62 C Denis Malgin 1 0 0 0 0 0 77 D Victor Hedman 1 0 1 1 -1 2 63 R Evgenii Dadonov 1 0 0 0 -1 0 81 D Erik Cernak 1 1 0 1 1 0 68 L Mike Hoffman 1 1 0 1 -1 2 86 R Nikita Kucherov 1 1 1 2 1 0 73 L Dryden Hunt 1 0 0 0 0 0 91 C Steven Stamkos 1 0 0 0 0 0 77 C Frank Vatrano 1 0 0 0 -2 2 98 D Mikhail Sergachev 1 0 3 3 2 4 95 C Henrik Borgstrom 1 0 0 0 -1 0 President of Hockey Operations & Dale Tallon Vice President & General Manager, Julien BriseBois General Manager Alternate Governor Sr. -
Philadelphia Flyers Game Notes
Philadelphia Flyers Game Notes Thu, Mar 5, 2020 NHL Game #1037 Philadelphia Flyers 39 - 20 - 7 (85 pts) Carolina Hurricanes 35 - 24 - 5 (75 pts) Team Game: 67 23 - 5 - 4 (Home) Team Game: 65 19 - 12 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 33 16 - 15 - 3 (Road) Road Game: 32 16 - 12 - 3 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 37 Brian Elliott 31 16 7 4 2.87 .899 31 Anton Forsberg 2 0 1 0 4.41 .885 79 Carter Hart 40 22 12 3 2.51 .909 34 Petr Mrazek 39 20 16 2 2.71 .904 39 Alex Nedeljkovic 2 0 1 1 3.11 .857 47 James Reimer 25 14 6 2 2.66 .914 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 5 D Philippe Myers 48 4 12 16 17 28 4 D Haydn Fleury 41 4 7 11 -3 6 6 D Travis Sanheim 66 8 15 23 3 30 6 D Joel Edmundson 64 6 13 19 5 70 8 D Robert Hagg 46 3 10 13 14 30 11 C Jordan Staal 64 8 16 24 0 36 9 D Ivan Provorov 66 12 23 35 7 22 13 L Warren Foegele 64 13 16 29 9 30 11 R Travis Konecny 63 24 37 61 -2 28 14 R Justin Williams 16 3 3 6 0 6 12 L Michael Raffl 55 7 12 19 -4 14 16 C Vincent Trocheck 58 10 26 36 -3 37 13 C Kevin Hayes 66 23 18 41 -6 34 18 C Ryan Dzingel 62 8 21 29 4 23 14 C Sean Couturier 66 21 37 58 21 30 20 C Sebastian Aho 64 36 26 62 10 26 15 D Matt Niskanen 65 8 25 33 10 29 21 R Nino Niederreiter 63 10 17 27 -2 40 18 C Tyler Pitlick 60 8 11 19 10 12 23 L Brock McGinn 64 7 8 15 -8 15 21 C Scott Laughton 46 13 12 25 10 20 37 R Andrei Svechnikov 64 24 34 58 11 50 25 L James van Riemsdyk 66 19 21 40 5 8 48 L Jordan Martinook 41 2 9 11 -5 16 28 C Claude Giroux 66 19 31 50 7 28 51 D Jake Gardiner 64 3 16 19 -22 30 38 C Derek -
Hurricanes, Isles Notch 5Th Straight Wins
ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 SPORTS 15 Hurricanes, Isles notch 5th straight wins Baylor beats Texas Tech Watts, Henry lead Spartans to 70-64 victory over Wolverines EAST LANSING, Michigan, March Garza’s jersey No. 55 would be re- 8, (AP): Rocket Watts scored 21 tired after the season, bringing Garza points and Aaron Henry had 18 to to tears. lead Michigan State to a 70-64 vic- It was the 12th double-double of tory over No. 2 Michigan that seems the season for Garza, who leads the to seal coach Tom Izzo’s 23rd con- Big Ten in scoring and is third in the secutive NCAA Tournament bid. nation. He is Iowa’s all-time leading The Spartans (15-11, 9-11 Big career scorer with 2,201 points. Ten) have won fi ve of their last seven The Hawkeyes (20-7, 14-6) have games, beating No. 4 Ohio State, No. won seven of eight and will be the 5 Illinois and their second-ranked ri- third seed in the Big Ten Tourna- vals during the late-season surge. ment. The Wolverines (19-3, 14-3) Micah Potter shot 9 for 12 and closed the regular season getting scored 23 points for Wisconsin (16- routed at home by the Fighting Illini, 11, 10-10), which has lost fi ve of six. beating Michigan State handily to Houston 67, Memphis 64 seal the Big Ten title and losing the In Houston, Tramon Mark hit a rematch three days later. And, Mich- long 3-pointer as time expired to lift igan might have lost more than that. -
Florida Panthers Game Notes
Florida Panthers Game Notes Tue, Dec 20, 2016 NHL Game #487 Florida Panthers 14 - 13 - 5 (33 pts) Buffalo Sabres 12 - 11 - 7 (31 pts) Team Game: 33 8 - 5 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 31 7 - 6 - 3 (Home) Home Game: 14 6 - 8 - 5 (Road) Road Game: 15 5 - 5 - 4 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 1 Roberto Luongo 22 10 9 3 2.41 .918 31 Anders Nilsson 10 5 2 2 2.22 .933 34 James Reimer 12 4 4 2 2.77 .904 40 Robin Lehner 21 7 9 4 2.45 .920 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Keith Yandle 32 1 13 14 1 18 4 D Josh Gorges 27 0 1 1 -3 23 5 D Aaron Ekblad 32 7 3 10 -15 32 6 D Cody Franson 30 1 6 7 2 14 7 C Colton Sceviour 32 5 7 12 -8 14 9 L Evander Kane 19 5 5 10 -4 18 8 D Dylan McIlrath 5 1 0 1 -2 14 12 R Brian Gionta 30 7 6 13 1 12 13 D Mark Pysyk 32 1 6 7 0 6 15 C Jack Eichel 9 5 3 8 2 2 15 R Paul Thompson 7 0 1 1 -3 4 21 R Kyle Okposo 29 9 13 22 2 8 16 C Aleksander Barkov 32 7 15 22 5 4 22 C Johan Larsson 30 5 5 10 -4 16 17 C Derek MacKenzie 32 3 5 8 4 13 23 C Sam Reinhart 30 6 9 15 -1 4 18 R Reilly Smith 32 6 8 14 -5 8 26 L Matt Moulson 30 8 5 13 -1 2 19 D Michael Matheson 31 3 7 10 -3 12 27 C Derek Grant 26 0 3 3 -2 17 21 C Vincent Trocheck 32 8 8 16 -12 12 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 30 2 3 5 -4 4 22 L Shawn Thornton 10 0 1 1 -3 2 29 D Jake McCabe 30 0 7 7 0 16 24 C Seth Griffith 16 0 4 4 3 2 41 D Justin Falk 16 0 1 1 0 7 27 C Nick Bjugstad 13 0 1 1 -7 6 44 L Nicolas Deslauriers 11 0 0 0 -3 4 36 L Jussi Jokinen 22 2 3 5 -6 14 47 D Zach Bogosian 10 0 0 0 -3 6 46 D Jakub Kindl 12 0 1 1 -8 8 48 L William -
Carolina Hurricanes Game Notes
Carolina Hurricanes Game Notes Sat, Dec 21, 2019 NHL Game #559 Carolina Hurricanes 22 - 11 - 2 (46 pts) Florida Panthers 17 - 12 - 5 (39 pts) Team Game: 36 10 - 5 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 35 11 - 7 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 16 12 - 6 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 15 6 - 5 - 3 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 34 Petr Mrazek 22 14 6 2 2.54 .906 60 Chris Driedger 2 1 1 0 1.53 .942 47 James Reimer 14 8 5 0 2.30 .927 72 Sergei Bobrovsky 28 13 9 4 3.09 .902 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Haydn Fleury 19 2 2 4 -3 4 2 D Josh Brown 29 2 2 4 -6 16 6 D Joel Edmundson 35 3 6 9 9 41 3 D Keith Yandle 34 4 25 29 6 10 11 C Jordan Staal 35 5 8 13 3 18 5 D Aaron Ekblad 33 5 16 21 16 16 13 L Warren Foegele 35 6 10 16 10 12 6 D Anton Stralman 34 3 8 11 -9 6 18 C Ryan Dzingel 35 6 13 19 0 19 7 C Colton Sceviour 34 3 6 9 -2 2 19 D Dougie Hamilton 35 12 22 34 23 26 8 C Jayce Hawryluk 8 1 2 3 -1 4 20 C Sebastian Aho 35 21 13 34 12 10 9 C Brian Boyle 25 4 4 8 -4 13 21 R Nino Niederreiter 35 4 11 15 -4 22 10 R Brett Connolly 34 14 8 22 6 12 22 D Brett Pesce 35 3 7 10 5 14 11 L Jonathan Huberdeau 34 12 33 45 10 18 23 L Brock McGinn 35 3 4 7 0 13 13 D Mark Pysyk 25 2 2 4 -2 8 37 R Andrei Svechnikov 35 15 21 36 13 22 14 C Dominic Toninato 16 3 1 4 0 7 48 L Jordan Martinook 20 2 6 8 0 8 16 C Aleksander Barkov 34 11 28 39 4 14 51 D Jake Gardiner 35 2 6 8 -17 20 19 D Mike Matheson 28 2 3 5 -8 2 56 L Erik Haula 16 8 3 11 0 6 21 C Vincent Trocheck 27 5 13 18 4 16 57 D Trevor van Riemsdyk 21 0 3 3 -5 6 52 D MacKenzie Weegar 26 3 9 12 3 22 71 C Lucas Wallmark 35 5 7 12 -3 12 55 C Noel Acciari 31 11 3 14 -1 4 74 D Jaccob Slavin 35 4 15 19 19 6 62 C Denis Malgin 28 3 6 9 -7 6 86 L Teuvo Teravainen 35 7 28 35 13 6 63 R Evgenii Dadonov 34 12 13 25 1 2 88 C Martin Necas 31 6 10 16 -3 10 68 L Mike Hoffman 34 12 11 23 -5 12 77 C Frank Vatrano 34 7 7 14 -6 10 President and General Manager Don Waddell President of Hockey Operations & Dale Tallon Senior VP of Hockey Ops / VP of Rick Dudley / Paul Krepelka General Manager Hockey Ops Sr. -
New York Rangers Game Notes
New York Rangers Game Notes Sun, Nov 10, 2019 NHL Game #263 New York Rangers 7 - 6 - 1 (15 pts) Florida Panthers 7 - 4 - 5 (19 pts) Team Game: 15 4 - 4 - 1 (Home) Team Game: 17 3 - 1 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 10 3 - 2 - 0 (Road) Road Game: 11 4 - 3 - 3 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 30 Henrik Lundqvist 8 4 3 0 3.03 .922 33 Sam Montembeault 4 1 1 1 2.80 .905 40 Alexandar Georgiev 7 3 3 1 2.86 .913 72 Sergei Bobrovsky 14 6 3 4 3.39 .884 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 8 D Jacob Trouba 14 1 6 7 0 6 2 D Josh Brown 13 1 1 2 -2 11 10 L Artemi Panarin 14 8 8 16 3 6 3 D Keith Yandle 16 1 8 9 1 4 14 C Greg McKegg 7 1 0 1 -2 0 5 D Aaron Ekblad 15 1 8 9 2 8 16 C Ryan Strome 14 5 9 14 6 12 6 D Anton Stralman 16 0 6 6 -3 2 17 R Jesper Fast 13 2 5 7 2 4 7 C Colton Sceviour 16 1 3 4 -3 2 18 D Marc Staal 11 1 1 2 2 8 8 C Jayce Hawryluk 8 1 2 3 -1 4 20 L Chris Kreider 14 3 4 7 -3 10 9 C Brian Boyle 8 2 2 4 3 2 21 C Brett Howden 14 2 2 4 -1 2 10 R Brett Connolly 16 6 5 11 3 6 23 D Adam Fox 14 2 3 5 2 2 11 L Jonathan Huberdeau 16 9 11 20 -3 8 24 R Kaapo Kakko 14 3 2 5 -10 4 13 D Mark Pysyk 11 1 1 2 -1 6 25 D Libor Hajek 14 0 2 2 0 8 14 C Dominic Toninato 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 C Lias Andersson 13 0 1 1 -4 4 16 C Aleksander Barkov 16 4 16 20 -3 6 38 C Micheal Haley 8 1 0 1 -1 14 19 D Mike Matheson 11 0 1 1 -1 0 42 D Brendan Smith 14 1 3 4 -3 13 21 C Vincent Trocheck 9 1 5 6 -2 0 48 L Brendan Lemieux 13 1 4 5 2 26 52 D MacKenzie Weegar 16 3 6 9 -4 13 55 D Ryan Lindgren 4 0 1 1 2 2 55 C Noel Acciari 14 4 0 4 -3 0 72 C Filip Chytil 5 3 0 3 2 0 62 C Denis Malgin 14 3 6 9 1 4 76 D Brady Skjei 13 1 4 5 0 14 63 R Evgenii Dadonov 16 7 6 13 -3 2 77 D Tony DeAngelo 14 5 7 12 -5 13 68 L Mike Hoffman 16 6 4 10 -1 6 89 R Pavel Buchnevich 14 2 10 12 4 6 73 L Dryden Hunt 16 0 3 3 2 22 93 C Mika Zibanejad 9 4 7 11 0 0 77 C Frank Vatrano 16 4 3 7 -1 4 President John Davidson President of Hockey Operations & Dale Tallon General Manager Jeff Gorton General Manager Assistant General Manager Chris Drury Sr. -
Carolina Hurricanes
CAROLINA HURRICANES NEWS CLIPPINGS • March 31, 2021 Blackhawks survive rocky start, hold off Hurricanes, 2-1 By Chip Alexander The Canes had been behind just three times this season after 40 minutes before Tuesday. For the fourth time, they The Carolina Hurricanes ended what has been a strong could not make a third-period comeback as the Blackhawks month of March with a loss that coach Rod Brind’Amour hunkered around Lankinen, looked to clog the neutral zone described as “weird” and “gross.” to stymie the Canes and blocked shots -- Chicago had 19 The Canes were beaten 2-1 by the Chicago Blackhawks, blocks in the game. who turned two early goals in the second period and 31 “They did a good job of making it a tough game on us,” Skjei saves from rookie goalie Kevin Lankinen into a grinding said. “it was definitely a more controlled game then the victory Tuesday at the United Center. previous ones.” The Canes (23-8-3) could have moved into first place in the Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic, in his 13th game, took the loss for Central Division after the Tampa Bay Lighting lost Tuesday the Canes, who had center Vincent Trocheck return to the for a third straight time in regulation. But the loss dropped lineup after missing eight game with an upper-body injury. Carolina (49 points) to third after the Florida Panthers won to tie the Lightning with 50 points. The Blackhawks (17-15-5), in Trocheck, called the Canes’ best player Tuesday by fourth, kept pace with Nashville, which also won Tuesday. -
For Immediate Release October 7, 2015 Nhl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 7, 2015 NHL ANNOUNCES OPENING-DAY ROSTERS FOR 2015-16 SEASON NEW YORK (Oct. 7, 2015) -- Following are NHL club rosters, as of 10 a.m., Eastern time today. Some players who recently have agreed to terms with their respective clubs but whose contracts had not yet been approved by the League are not included. The 2015-16 regular season begins tonight with four games. Anaheim Ducks Frederik Andersen, Kevin Bieksa, Andrew Cogliano, Simon Despres, Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf, Carl Hagelin, Shawn Horcoff, Tim Jackman, Ryan Kesler, Anton Khudobin, Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson, Patrick Maroon, Corey Perry, Rickard Rakell, Mike Santorelli, Jiri Sekac, Jakob Silfverberg, Chris Stewart, Clayton Stoner, Sami Vatanen, Chris Wagner. Injured: Kenton Helgesen, Nate Thompson. Arizona Coyotes Mikkel Boedker, Kyle Chipchura, Klas Dahlbeck, Shane Doan, Max Domi, Steve Downie, Anthony Duclair, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Stefan Elliott, Boyd Gordon, Nicklas Grossmann, Martin Hanzal, Anders Lindback, Jordan Martinook, Zbynek Michalek, Connor Murphy, Brad Richardson, Tobias Rieder, John Scott, Mike Smith, Michael Stone, Antoine Vermette, Joe Vitale. Injured: Tyler Gaudet, Chris Pronger, Dylan Reese. Boston Bruins Matt Beleskey, Patrice Bergeron, Brett Connolly, Loui Eriksson, Jonas Gustafsson, Jimmy Hayes, Matt Irwin, Chris Kelly, Joonas Kemppainen, David Krejci, Torey Krug, Brad Marchand, Adam McQuaid, Colin Miller, Kevan Miller, Joe Morrow, David Pastrnak, Tyler Randell, Tuukka Rask, Zac Rinaldo, Ryan Spooner, Maxime Talbot, Zach Trotman. Injured: Zdeno Chara, Seth Griffith, Dennis Seidenberg. Buffalo Sabres Carlo Colaiacovo, Nicolas Deslauriers, Matt Donovan, Jack Eichel, Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno, Cody Franson, Brian Gionta, Zemgus Girgensons, Chad Johnson, Evander Kane, Johan Larsson, David Legwand, Robin Lehner, Jake McCabe, Jamie McGinn, Matt Moulson, Ryan O'Reilly, Mark Pysyk, Sam Reinhart, Rasmus Ristolainen, Mike Weber. -
Carolina Hurricanes
CAROLINA HURRICANES NEWS CLIPPINGS • February 20, 2021 The Carolina Hurricanes’ game schedule has changed again. Here’s what’s what. By Luke DeCock Rod Brind’Amour said. “Honestly, we’re just preparing for tonight and (we’ll) worry about tomorrow tomorrow.” The Chicago Blackhawks will leave town a day early. The Tampa Bay Lightning will arrive at PNC Arena early instead. Tampa Bay had games Thursday and Saturday in Dallas postponed because of the winter weather catastrophe there. The Carolina Hurricanes’ Saturday schedule was shuffled by Saturday’s new 7 p.m. game against Tampa was originally the NHL on Friday, hours before what was supposed to be scheduled for March 28. A new date has not been set for the first of two games against the Blackhawks and is now a Saturday’s postponed game against the Blackhawks. one-game series. All of the games will be broadcast on Fox Sports Carolinas. The Hurricanes will play only the one game against the Blackhawks on Friday at 7 p.m. and host the Lightning on The schedule disruption is nothing new for the Hurricanes, Saturday at 7 p.m. instead, the first of what is now four who had four games postponed in January while they were straight against the Stanley Cup champs. The Hurricanes on a COVID shutdown. Monday’s game against the Lightning were already scheduled to host Tampa Bay on Monday and was one of them, originally scheduled for January 26. travel there for games Wednesday and Thursday. “I don’t think it matters too much,” Hurricanes defenseman “Had we known that was the schedule we probably would Dougie Hamilton said. -
Buffalo Sabres Digital Press
Buffalo Sabres Daily Press Clips September 23, 2017 Sabres’ shorthanded unit has too much time to kill The Buffalo News By John Vogl September 22, 2017 TORONTO – A main goal of the preseason is to evaluate players. The guys Buffalo watched Friday were the penalty-killers. They got way too much ice time – again. The Sabres took nine penalties during a 3-0 loss to Toronto, giving them 18 in the last two games. While a few calls were part of the officials' crackdown on slashing, the rest were a result of flat-footed play. "They were just skating, and we were getting caught behind them," center Ryan O'Reilly said in Ricoh Coliseum. "We know they're going to call it, and there was too much stick-checking, not enough skating." Coach Phil Housley is tiring of the parade to the penalty box. "It's one thing to take a penalty when there's a scoring chance," he said. "It's another thing to take an unnecessary penalty." Buffalo took two slashing and hooking penalties apiece. It was also called for boarding, goaltender interference, cross- checking, tripping and too many men on the ice. "It kind of relaxes as the season goes on," defenseman Matt Tennyson said of the high number, "but that's partly on us. We're taking penalties. We can't blame the refs for that. "With the penalties we had to kill, I thought we did a pretty good job." Indeed, the Sabres' highlight reel consisted of goaltender Linus Ullmark (32 saves on 33 shots) and the penalty-kill unit.