Carolina Hurricanes

Happy Festivus everyone!  If you don’t know what it is, you can head over to Wikipedia and learn more about this cultish holiday.  I’ve been pretty cranky this week because I didn’t get to make it up to my hometown of Wilkesboro last weekend to celebrate Christmas with my family because they got 10 1/2 [...]

The Carolina Hurricanes have made a three-team deal which will bring Erik Cole back to Carolina. The Canes traded forward Justin Williams to the Los Angeles Kings for center Patrick O’Sullivan (who by the way was the first NC born player ever drafted in the NHL) and a second-round draft pick, then traded O’Sullivan and [...]

So tonight, I’m going to see the Carolina Hurricanes play the Tampa Bay Lightning at the RBC Center, and I have a little dilemma on my hands.  Which jersey should I wear, red or white? For Christmas 2006, my wife bought me a white Hurricanes jersey with my favorite player’s name (Cole) and number (26) [...]

Good gracious, it looks like the Carolina “Tropical Storms” alternate logo for the Hurricanes might be true. The above image pulled from the RBC Center webcam shows off a new logo at center ice. Gone is the traditional “eye logo,” replaced by the shoulder patch logo that features a hockey stick holding a single red [...]

Nineteen minutes past the start of NHL Free Agency, the Carolina Hurricanes traded forward Erik Cole to the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Joni Pitkanen. #26 leaves the Hurricanes after 6 season and 418 career regular-season games. He ranks third all-time among Hurricanes skaters in goals. I have mixed feelings about this, because I own an [...]