Bttt to note that with a win tonight, Carolina will have 100 points and will have effectively clinched a playoff spot.

Here's to a 6-2 win with a spectacular goal by Ovechkin.

3/25/2006 3:53:53 PM

BTW Keith Aucoin is up from lowell for tonight's game

3/25/2006 5:06:14 PM

DEAR GOD MAN ANOTHER PENALTY

3/25/2006 8:12:28 PM

OH WHAT THE?

3/25/2006 9:05:29 PM

Fuck

3-1 caps

3/25/2006 9:18:52 PM

well...this loss was result of some bad puck bounces and some overall bad effort

3/25/2006 9:27:11 PM

That was possibly the worst game the 'Canes have played since the 9-0 smackdown that the Thrashers laid on them back in October.

Ovechkin, though....

The Capitals get some talent around him, and I'll be waking up in cold sweats every night.

3/25/2006 10:18:19 PM

at least its only like the 6th loss at home

3/25/2006 10:34:34 PM

bag skate tommorrow guys!

3/25/2006 11:47:22 PM

^^^^ The GWG was Staal's fault, so blame it on him.

Babchuk looked GREAT, and Kolzig stole a couple of sure goals.

3/25/2006 11:51:47 PM

no im not blaming him, in the NHL, fucking random bounces decide games frequently. this was one of them. we hit post, we had quality chances, it just wasnt there.

3/25/2006 11:55:08 PM

still dont look like a cup team

3/25/2006 11:56:11 PM

A month and a half ago they did.

Now they don't.

They need five points to clinch the SE, but backing into the plxyxffs is a bad idea.

No matter what, I'd prefer it if the star of the team didn't hop off at the end of a shift instead of chasing down a guy on a breakaway.

I'll probably go to the skate tomorrow to see what's said.

[Edited on March 26, 2006 at 12:13 AM. Reason : f]

3/26/2006 12:12:40 AM

I dont want to be a dick i called it or anything
itd be nice to see the canes make a good showing in the playoffs, i still just dont see it happening.

I mean if they get the devils in rd 1, it could be over right there

[Edited on March 26, 2006 at 12:16 AM. Reason : .]

3/26/2006 12:15:27 AM

It'll be interesting to see if anything sparks when Vasicek comes back next week. I didn't see LaRose out for the warmup today but Joe was out there, and for a while I thought he was gonna play tonight.

The biggest thing I see right now is chemistry issues, which will hopefully be resolved when Wallin and Hedican come back and the lineup can go back to 11-7.

3/26/2006 12:17:47 AM

that may be the boost the canes need to at least finish the season with some sort of consistency

aside from the SO loss tonight, my wings look like they are going to bring it home this year

3/26/2006 12:20:59 AM

^ over my dead body.

3/26/2006 8:44:14 AM

well i dont want to see you dead when they are handing the conn smythe to manny legace or zetterberg

3/26/2006 11:17:40 AM

suprisingly light practice today.

3/26/2006 2:07:47 PM

well, thats a good thing imo

3/26/2006 2:20:13 PM

I was thinking after discussing bag skates that Lavi don't roll that way.

3/26/2006 3:06:06 PM

For Jack Johnson trackers, Michigan was eliminated by North Dakota in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday. So, I guess the time for him to decide what he is going to do is very soon.

3/26/2006 3:40:59 PM

More importantly, the Gophers lost to HOLY CROSS.

3/26/2006 3:45:07 PM

This is another one of those times when I'm really pissed that I don't have ESPN-U.

3/26/2006 3:50:28 PM

^who has ESPN-U anyway?

3/26/2006 3:55:52 PM

I guess just people who have a dish, or maybe digital cable.

3/26/2006 4:10:33 PM

Went to my first hockey game in five years and second ever last night and brought along the parents (one was first ever, and one saw the Indianapolis Racers play once when they were in the WHA in the '70s. )

Could someone explain the majority of penalties? I know some of them. but on some I was clueless. What is the penalty where the ref crosses his arms? And was the second Canes' goal disallowed cause a Canes player pushed the goalie out of the way?

And after going to lots of college games, does the constant playing of music on dead puck situations annoy anyone else?

[Edited on March 26, 2006 at 5:35 PM. Reason : .]

3/26/2006 5:33:43 PM

doesnt have to be a push, its sort of a nebulous idea of interference. the goally can be visually screened, but not physically stopped from making attempts to stop a puck.

[Edited on March 26, 2006 at 5:35 PM. Reason : -]

3/26/2006 5:35:11 PM

Crossing arms is interference. It consists of using the body to impede the progress of the puck carrier, or to impede the progress of a player without the puck from getting to it. It's NOT interference if the defender establishes defensive position first, which in hockey basically consists of getting even with the puck carrier (which is why shoulder-checking from the side is legal).

As Joshnumbers said, goaltender interference is very subjective. I've seen a goalie get sat on by a forward who was slightly bumped by a defenseman and not have it called, and I've seen it called when an errant stick slightly pulled a goaltender off a post during a deep cycle. The spirit of the rule is that anything that denys the goaltender the physical presence/movement needed to make the save is illegal.

The entire rulebook is here, plus a video excerpt from the DVD sent to teams about the new interference standard for this season:

http://www.nhl.com/rules/index.html

I'd be glad to explain anything specifically you need to know about, but seeing as there are dozens of penalties and many have discretionary severity, I'd rather not do all of them.

[Edited on March 26, 2006 at 5:46 PM. Reason : d]

3/26/2006 5:39:18 PM

was whitney benched last game? he didnt play at all in the first and only the pp in the second... ne1 know what was going on?

3/27/2006 12:17:27 AM

He has the flu. Notice he played few ES shifts but always on the PP.

Staal should've been benched after that goal, though.

3/27/2006 1:03:52 AM

Looks like the Frozen Four will be on ESPN and ESPN2. Not necessarily Hurricanes related, but I'm guessing nearly everyone who would care probably reads this thread.


Thursday, April 6
11 Boston College vs. 7 North Dakota
3 p.m. ET, ESPN2

12 Maine vs. 1 Wisconsin
8 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Saturday, April 8
NCAA Championship Game
7 p.m. ET, ESPN

3/27/2006 1:22:36 AM

I'm gonna root for the Black Bears, because my team wears Maine-style socks.

3/27/2006 1:32:30 AM

^^^I thought it was a groin injury. Whit left the game early when they played at Buffalo and he hasn't been skating during practices.

3/27/2006 7:14:42 AM

He almost never skates in practices.

3/27/2006 3:21:52 PM

are you allowed to park at the fairgrounds like you can for basketball games?

3/27/2006 5:23:09 PM

Yeah. Did it Saturday night. It's much better than to have to pay $7 to get in.

3/27/2006 5:26:30 PM

John and Tripp said during the last broadcast that it was a slight groin injury. Don't know if that was right, though.

3/27/2006 5:29:36 PM

section 314 tonight, who's with me

3/27/2006 6:05:12 PM

315 here

3/27/2006 6:12:10 PM

I've been holding off on getting a Canes jersey so I can get Jack Johnson's name and number stitched on the sucker. He needs to hurry up and join before I spend the money on something else...like my girlfriend or something.

3/27/2006 8:00:45 PM

w00t

we just grounded the lightning

3/27/2006 9:34:37 PM

w00t for 100 pts

3/27/2006 9:35:49 PM

that was a niiiiice save to cap the game

3/27/2006 9:37:33 PM

WE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!! The Recchi Ice has been broken

3/27/2006 9:48:49 PM

good game tonight
not that i would really know a bad game if i went to one

shout out to Puck_it for the hookup on a ticket

3/27/2006 9:51:19 PM

Big ups to Babchuk, Brind'Amour, Stillman, Gerber, LaRose, and Recchi.

3/28/2006 12:15:15 AM

ticket woulda been mine weeeees

had it not been for intramural softball, and a test tomorrow

3/28/2006 12:18:31 AM

I know I am biased but Babchuk has been one of our best defenders since the Olympic Break and should have a spot even when everyone is healthy, he seemed to work well with Leng Slewey last night. On a side note, the hockey "insider" Eklund has heard from his "inside" sources here in Carolina that Lavi might be a front runner for the GM job in Boston, why he would quit coaching for a GM position job is what makes this only dumb enough for Eklund to dream up

3/28/2006 9:07:09 AM

I'm pretty sure Eklund has never gotten anything right about anything ever.

3/28/2006 9:10:03 AM