what a fun game to be in attendance for

1/23/2006 10:44:02 PM

While I agree that Theodore wasn't getting help from his D, it was far from a shooting gallery. Theodore allowed five goals on eighteen shots.

[Edited on January 24, 2006 at 12:18 AM. Reason : So Forslund is saying "HOO-ay" on the highlights...I could've sworn I was right. *shrug*]

1/24/2006 12:07:36 AM

shit, we're now down to 5 defensemen.

1/24/2006 8:33:17 AM

^welcome to the past few weeks. The Canes will manage - hopefully Wesley will be back soon enough.

[Edited on January 24, 2006 at 11:25 AM. Reason : .]

1/24/2006 11:24:25 AM

^what are you talking about? We've been having 6 defensemen for the past few weeks, until Commodore went down last night.

1/24/2006 12:09:08 PM

Commodore was out the past couple of games with the same injury - sounds like he simply rushed back into the lineup and reinjured/aggrivated the same thing. The Canes have been dealing with injured defensemen all season - it typically hasn't been a problem since Laviolette usually plays 7 guys on defense. Wallin, Hedican, Kaberle, Babchuk, Tverdovsky, Hutchinson - there's your six, unless one of them has an injury that I haven't heard about.

Speaking of the D, I was impressed with Babchuk last night - I'm looking forward to seeing him get even better once he gets situated with the team.

[Edited on January 24, 2006 at 12:51 PM. Reason : .]

1/24/2006 12:51:29 PM

http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/bob_mckenzie.asp

Bob McKenzie says that Jack Johnson may sign with the Canes when Michigan's season ends, and be with the team for the end of the regular season and the playoffs. Not sure what the chances are of that happening, but McKenzie knows his stuff, and it would be awesome if it happened.

1/24/2006 10:21:19 PM

^good to know. We definitely need a defenseman.

1/24/2006 11:20:44 PM

He'll sign because therooster sent him a facebook message.

1/24/2006 11:49:54 PM

what's that bandit? OH, thats right, nothing. You're dead to me

1/25/2006 1:00:26 AM

Carolina Hurricanes (33-11-4, 70 pts) at Florida Panthers (19-24-7, 45 pts)

Hurricanes are 11-7-3 on the road
Panthers are 13-6-3 at home

Wednesdsay, 7:00 PM EST
TV: FSN South
Radio: Y102.9 FM

STANDINGS
Hurricanes - 70 points, 1st place, Southeast Division, 1st place (tied), Eastern Conference
Panthers - 45 points, 4th place, Southeast Division, 12th place, Eastern Conference

TEAM LEADERS
Hurricanes - Staal, 31 goals and 64 points; Cory Stillman, 34 assists; Mike Commodore, 86 PIM
Panthers - Jokinen, 23 goals, 28 assists and 51 points; Chris Gratton, 69 PIM

SPECIAL TEAMS
Hurricanes - Power play: 19.2 percent (61 for 318), 9th in NHL. Penalty killing: 80.5 percent (215 for 267), 22nd
Panthers - Power play: 15.0 percent (38 for 254), 26th. Penalty killing: 82.2 percent (258 for 314), 16th

GOALTENDERS
Hurricanes - Gerber (23-8-2, 3 SO, 2.76 GAA); Cam Ward (10-3-2, 0, 3.58)
Panthers - Luongo (19-20-7, 2, 3.02); Jamie McLennan (0-4-0, 0, 3.09)

SEASON SERIES
Hurricanes, 3-0

LAST MEETING
Dec. 23; Hurricanes, 4-3. At Raleigh, N.C., Rod Brind'Amour scored the only goal for Carolina in 15 power-play chances midway through the third period. Jokinen scored twice for the Panthers.

INJURIES
Hurricanes - Mike Commodore (lower body), Cory Stillman (torso), Aaron Ward (hernia), Glen Wesley (knee), Josef Vasicek (knee)
Panthers - Gregory Campbell (concussion), Gary Roberts (knee), Robert Olesz (shoulder), Stephen Weiss (wrist)

1/25/2006 11:45:08 AM

game time, peeps, i almost forgot

wesley is back, woot

1/25/2006 7:01:50 PM

0-1 Panthers

they scored 47 seconds into the game!

1/25/2006 7:14:16 PM

3-2 'thers

teh suq

1/25/2006 8:16:05 PM

perhaps the canes wont blow it also

1/25/2006 9:04:15 PM

OHHHHHH


YEA~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


3-3

WITH ONE MINUTE TO GO!!!!!!!!!


OT win plz




this is why its so fun to be a canes fan. they actually come thru in desperation.

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 9:28 PM. Reason : -]

1/25/2006 9:27:30 PM

phew.. and i was thinking they werent' going to pull through

1/25/2006 9:27:51 PM

I hope to god peter doesnt leave us.


staal is now at 32 i believe.

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 9:32 PM. Reason : 0]

1/25/2006 9:31:59 PM

wtf happened, we were down 3-2 with 2 min left on the radio on the way home

when did brind score to tie it

1/25/2006 9:33:44 PM

staal at 1min to go. i fucking just posted that.

1/25/2006 9:34:08 PM

will the NHL playoffs be on tv???

1/25/2006 9:37:21 PM

the thread was open when i got back, i just posted when i saw 2:3 left and 3-3

1/25/2006 9:38:05 PM

hey, Wesleys back!! awesome
'
it sounds empty as hell in there too

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 9:41 PM. Reason : dd]

1/25/2006 9:38:16 PM

ummm brindy scored, not staal

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 9:41 PM. Reason : florida is like 24th or something]

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 9:42 PM. Reason : so nobody has a reason to attend a wed night game]

1/25/2006 9:41:38 PM

there's practically no one in the arena.. most of the seats are empty..

1/25/2006 9:42:03 PM

shootout time

1/25/2006 9:42:28 PM

geez, gerber almost set up jokinen for the win there

1/25/2006 9:42:38 PM

has cullen been denied in the shootout yet?

1/25/2006 9:44:01 PM

whitney pwns

1/25/2006 9:45:41 PM

dammit
jinxed cullen

1/25/2006 9:46:47 PM

^^^ now

gerber says no, come on!!!

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 9:47 PM. Reason : ]

1/25/2006 9:46:49 PM

has now

1/25/2006 9:47:02 PM

SHIT

1/25/2006 9:47:33 PM

YAY

1/25/2006 9:47:59 PM

geezle, good save

1/25/2006 9:48:00 PM

YAY

1/25/2006 9:48:24 PM

AHAHAH
YEA!

1/25/2006 9:48:49 PM

victory, sweet victory

1/25/2006 9:48:58 PM

schweeeeeeeeeet

1/25/2006 9:49:55 PM

for the record, i wasnt slamming cullen, I just thought he was perfect this season in the shootout. He is nearly unstoppable 1 on 1 with the goalie

1/25/2006 9:54:20 PM

will the NHL playoffs be on tv???

1/25/2006 9:59:43 PM

with this, we break the 70 pt tie with the Sens and reclaim number 1. I am sure you all know this already, but it just feels so damn good to say

1/25/2006 10:03:54 PM

^^ Don't know any of the exact details, but OLN has rights to all of the NHL playoffs except for games 3-7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, which NBC has.

1/25/2006 10:57:17 PM

Quote :

"will the NHL playoffs be on tv???"

all blacked out

1/25/2006 11:03:08 PM

Carolina Hurricanes (34-11-4, 72 pts) vs Atlanta Thrashers (23-21-6, 52 pts)

Hurricanes are 12-7-3 on the road and 22-4-1 at home
Thrashers are 13-9-4 at home and 10-12-2 on the road

Thursday, 7:00 PM EST
Saturday, 7:00 PM EST (Ron Francis jersey retirement ceremony)
TV: FSN South
Radio: Y102.9 FM

STANDINGS
Hurricanes - 72 points, 1st place, Southeast Division, 1st place, Eastern Conference
Thrashers - 52 points, 3rd place, Southeast Division, 8th place, Eastern Conference

TEAM LEADERS
Hurricanes - Eric Staal, 31 goals and 65 points; Staal and Cory Stillman, 34 assists; Mike Commodore, 86 PIM
Thrashers - Ilya Kovalchuk, 35 goals and 68 points; Marc Savard, 43 assists; Andy Sutton, 84 PIM

SPECIAL TEAMS
Hurricanes - Power play: 19.3 percent (63 for 326), 8th in NHL. Penalty killing: 80.8 percent (219 for 267), 21st
Thrashers - Power play: 20.3 percent (70 for 345), 4th. Penalty killing: 79.1 percent (254 for 321), 28th

GOALTENDERS
Hurricanes - Martin Gerber (24-8-2, 3 SO, 2.76 GAA); Cam Ward (10-3-2, 3.58)
Thrashers - Lehtonen (6-4-0, 1, 2.57); Mike Dunham (4-4-1, 1, 2.79)

SEASON SERIES
Thrashers, 2-1-1

LAST MEETING
Jan. 4; Hurricanes, 4-3. At Raleigh, N.C., Stillman had two goals and two assists helping the Hurricanes rally from a two-goal deficit. Kovalchuk had two power-play goals for the Thrashers, who won the first two meetings for the season by a combined score of 14-2.

INJURIES
Hurricanes - Mike Commodore (lower body), Aaron Ward (hernia), Josef Vasicek (knee)
Thrashers - Bobby Holik (foot)


Big home-and-home against a team that has given us some trouble so far this season. Saturday night should be awesome.





[Edited on January 26, 2006 at 11:52 AM. Reason : .]

1/26/2006 11:52:04 AM

Aucoin sent back down, Zigomanis called up. What was the reason for that, I wonder?

1/26/2006 1:00:23 PM

Aucoin is tiny, Ziggy is big.

Atlanta is full of goons and they're coached by a goon lover...Aucoin would get manhandled.

Ziggy also scored two goals last night.

1/26/2006 2:27:49 PM

^that and the fact ziggy has the power of permanent 5 o'clock shadow

1/26/2006 3:36:34 PM

^ and back hair.

1/26/2006 3:46:15 PM

OPAH! ZIGGY'S BACK!

[Edited on January 26, 2006 at 4:18 PM. Reason : .]

1/26/2006 3:59:10 PM