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Latest news and information about the Carolina Hurricanes.

NHL roundup: Sabres coach Ruff sustains broken ribs (Yahoo! Sports)
Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff, reportedly suffering three broken ribs on Monday after a player lost his balance, slid to the ice and knocked the coach off his feet from behind during a practice session. The hit, from Ville Leino, sent Ruff airborne briefly before he landed hard...

Howard Baldwin, ex-Whalers owner, offers critical look at ‘marginal’ NHL markets (Yahoo! Sports)
Howard Baldwin founded the Hartford Whalers, helped create the San Jose Sharks, and produced "Mystery, Alaska" (yea!) and "Sound of Thunder" (bleech!) among other films. He's seen businesses that work, businesses that fail. He's seen, and done, it all — … Continue reading →

Puck Headlines: Sam Gagner didn’t score 8 points; Stewart waived; Crosby update (Yahoo! Sports)
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Via reader Bryce Rankin, an NHL desk calendar fail of the … Continue reading →

Jack Todd: Canadiens should start planning for next season, because this one is over (The Montreal Gazette)
When the Canadiens were busy tanking the early part of this miserable season, a francophone wit whose name we’ve forgotten suggested that it wasn’t all that bad.

What We Learned: NHL could learn a thing or two from the Super Bowl (Yahoo! Sports)
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about … Continue reading →

Hurricanes’ Tuomo Ruttu likely to be traded? (Yahoo! Sports)
Left wing Tuomo Ruttu has been with the Carolina Hurricanes since 2007, but it appears that he may be soon joining another roster. The 28-year-old native of Finland is an unrestricted free agent this summer and unless his team, which … Continue reading →

Hurricanes Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Defenseman Tim Gleason goes back to the West Coast for the team's next game when the Hurricanes play Wednesday night at Anaheim.

That comes after Saturday night's 2-1 home victory against the Los Angeles Kings, who are Gleason's former team.

So certainly he'll have his share of reminders in the week or so since agreeing to a four-year contract extension with the Hurricanes. In six seasons with the Hurricanes, he has come to a few conclusions.

"A place you want to play hockey, a place you want to live," he said.

Family issues were among the reasons Gleason said he prefers to stay staked out with the Hurricanes. He also tired of the constant trade speculation that was connected to his name.

"It comes with the territory," he said.

Saturday’s Three Stars: Reimer, Vokoun post shutouts; St. Louis nets hat trick (Yahoo! Sports)
No. 1 Star: James Reimer, Toronto Maple Leafs Two straight starts and two straight shutouts for the 23-year old Reimer. After blanking the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night, Reimer followed that up with a 49-save performance during a 5-0 win … Continue reading →

Skinner leads Hurricanes to 2-1 win over Kings (The Canadian Press)
RALEIGH, N.C. - After Los Angeles took an early lead, the Carolina Hurricanes waited for the Kings' travel schedule to catch up with them.

Penguins, Bruins face their challenges in Eastern Conference showdown (Yahoo! Sports)
The three titans of the Eastern Conference are the New York Rangers (69 points), Boston Bruins (66 points) and the Philadelphia Flyers (66 points.) But the Pittsburgh Penguins are stalking that field with 62 points. Saturday's game between the Penguins … Continue reading →

Hard-working Quick notches 44th start of season (Yahoo! Sports)
If he's smart, Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick will keep the electrolyte drinks handy. He might need them in the next few weeks because it appears as though he will be a busy man. On Friday night, the Kings played their 52nd game -- a 1-0 loss to the St.

Campbell: Senators caught between rebuild and playoff push (TheHockeyNews.com)
With the trade deadline closing in, how active will the Senators be and how much of their future would they sacrifice?

Bruins' recent woes reminiscent of opening swoon (Yahoo! Sports)
There were two stories connected to the Boston Bruins at the TG Garden on Thursday night. One was the Bruins being shut out by the Carolina Hurricanes, who completed a sweep of the season series with the Stanley Cup champions with a 3-0 victory.

Thursday’s Three Stars: Gagner’s great 8; Subban destroys Larsson; Dan Boyle’s embarrassing gaffe (Yahoo! Sports)
"Wait, no, I said *drop* the gloves …" No. 1 Star: Sam Gagner, Edmonton Oilers As you may have heard, he had somewhere between nine and seven points for the Oilers in their 8-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. His … Continue reading →

NHL Capsules: Oilers' Gagner has eight-point game (The Canadian Press)
EDMONTON - Sam Gagner had four goals and four assists in the NHL's first eight-point game in 23 years, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8-4 on Thursday night.

Cam Ward makes 47 saves, 'Canes blank Bruins (The Canadian Press)
BOSTON - Sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champions is nice, but the Carolina Hurricanes would trade all four wins for a better spot in the standings.

Ward's shutout completes Canes sweep of Bruins (AP)
Sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champions is nice, but the Carolina Hurricanes would trade all four wins for a better spot in the standings. Cam Ward made 47 saves -- 22 in the first period and 20 in the third -- Brandon Sutter had a goal and an assist, and the Hurricanes finished their first season sweep of the Bruins with a 3-0 victory on Thursday night.

NHL Capsules: Ward helps 'Canes sweep Bruins (The Canadian Press)
BOSTON - Cam Ward made 47 saves — 22 in the first period and 20 in the third — Brandon Sutter had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes finished their first season-sweep of the Boston Bruins with a 3-0 victory on Thursday night.

Puck Previews: Red Wings vs. Canucks; Brian Burke talks gay hockey players (Yahoo! Sports)
Back by popular demand, here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. … Continue reading →

CBA sticking points: The players' cut & team-by-team revenues (Yahoo! Sports)
Neither the league nor union have gone public, but the players' percentage and how much each market makes appear to be the main issues.

Proteau: Apologies from 30 NHL teams (TheHockeyNews.com)
Every NHL team has something to be sorry for so Adam Proteau does it for them in this week's column.

What are the biggest questions facing each NHL team down the stretch of 2011-12 season? (Yahoo! Sports)
The NHL All-Star Game isn't the midway point of the season, but it does drop the checkered flag for rampant trade deadline speculation and big debates about the direction of teams down the stretch. With that, we look at all … Continue reading →

MacKinnon: Belanger pursues lucky No. 13 (The Edmonton Journal)
Eric Belanger didn’t just shoot the puck into an opponent’s net Tuesday night for the first time all season, he made it look easy, natural as you please. Since it was just the second goal all year for the capable 34-year-old veteran two-way centre, rest assured the goals have not come easily in his first season with the Edmonton Oilers.

Tuesday’s Three Stars: Cogliano’s quick trick; Leafs, Wild, blow three-goal leads late (Yahoo! Sports)
This photo nicely illustrates the quality of the netminding Cogliano faced during his second period scoring spree. No. 1 Star: John Tavares, New York Islanders Though Tavares was able to pick up a 2nd goal and a 2nd assist on … Continue reading →

Oilers ice Avs 3-2 as Belanger gets back on the scoresheet (The Edmonton Journal)
It wasn’t that Eric Belanger had such a tight grip on his stick that he wasn’t even shooting the puck. He was eighth on the Edmonton Oilers list through the first 49 games.

All-Star Tavares has 4 points in Islanders 5-2 win (AP)
New York Islanders forward John Tavares is a first-time NHL All-Star, and he can thank the Carolina Hurricanes for being a big part of his success. In the first game following the All-Star break, Tavares had two goals and two assists in New York's 5-2 victory over the Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

All-star Tavares has 4 points in Islanders 5-2 win (The Canadian Press)
RALEIGH, N.C. - John Tavares scored two goals and had two assists to lead the New York Islanders over the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Maple Leafs trading Mikhail Grabovski? (Yahoo! Sports)
The NHL trade deadline is on Feb. 27, but the Toronto Maple Leafs' locker room is already thick with rumors of who is going where for what, according to the Toronto Sun. On Monday, Mikhail Grabovski and Clarke MacArthur both … Continue reading →

'Canes sign Gleason to two-year extension (Yahoo! Sports)
The Carolina Hurricanes on Monday announced the signing of defenseman Tim Gleason to a four-year contract extension that will pay him an average of $4 million per season. The durable Gleason has played in all 51 games this season for the 'Canes and is second among Carolina...