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FSC to televise 65 Canes games
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — Fox Sports Carolinas will televise 65 Canes games this season, all in high definition, the team announced today. The 65-game package will include 35 of the team's road games. John Forslund again will handle the play-by-play and Tripp Tracy will provide analysis. The network’s coverage will begin for the Canes' Oct. 14 game at Ottawa and will continue with each of the team’s seven remaining games in October. Following eight televised games in November, FSC will cover 10 of the Hurricanes’ 12 games in December. A total of 41 of Carolina’s final 46 regular-season games wil...
September 2, 2010For Carson, the wait was worth it
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — Brett Carson figured he had done all he could do. The defenseman played 54 games for the Canes last season, was plus-5, had 89 blocked shots and was solid on the back end. But once the season ended, Carson waited. And waited. A restricted free agent, he did not receive a qualifying offer from the Canes. Come July 1, he was still unsigned and thus unrestricted. "I was surprised," he said. "I thought it was going to be get a qualifying offer and get it signed and be back. But it's a business and that stuff happens. "I was a free agent for a bit. But from the day I went on the...
September 1, 2010Staal healthy, ready, excited about season
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — The captain is back. Eric Staal is healthy. He says he's a little leaner. He says he's ready to get back on the ice, ready to lead the Canes by example. While much has changed for the Canes, Staal is a constant. He's the player everyone will look to for the big goals, for the big plays. He's a player many believe belongs among the NHL's elite, but also a player going into this season with something to prove. "I'm like everybody else on this team, making sure we're pushing forward and getting better every day," Staal said today at the RecZone. "For me, it's about getting to know ...
August 30, 2010Ticket prices set for All-Star weekend
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — The ticket prices for the 2011 NHL All-Star Game weekend at the RBC Center have been set by the NHL. Lower-level and club-level seats are $260 and upper-level seats $200 each for the All-Star Game and All-Star Skills Competition. For the All-Star Game alone, the prices at $180 and $135, respectively. "The pricing is in line with prior games," general manager Jim Rutherford said today. "We're getting the information out to ticket-holders. Once we see how many our season-ticket holders use and the league uses, we will know at that point how many will go on sale to the public."...
August 30, 2010Kostopoulos: 'Whole new ballgame'
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — When forward Tom Kostopoulos first joined the Canes' informal workouts a year ago at the RecZone, he was a newcomer to the room but also a veteran player among many veterans. Looking around the room, Kostopoulos saw Rod Brind'Amour and Ray Whitney, Scott Walker and Matt Cullen, Nic Wallin and Aaron Ward. All that age and experience to go with Eric Staal, Cam Ward, Tim Gleason and the others. His first thought: "We're going to win the Stanley Cup." "That's what I was thinking," Kostopoulos said today after his first informal workout. "Coming in this locker room last yea...
August 30, 2010Monday debate: stretching the bucks
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — The Canes have self-imposed a salary budget of $44 million to $45 million this season, but general manager Jim Rutherford said he expects the team to be competitive and contend for the playoffs. Question: is that wishful thinking, or can the Canes make it work? The floor is open.
August 30, 2010Samsonov to go home, again
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — Many of the Canes will be making their first trip to Russia when Carolina plays its final preseason exhibition game in St. Petersburg in early October. For Sergei Samsonov, it's just going home. Samsonov, a Moscow native, said he returned to Russia this summer for a visit. He last played a game in Russia duing the 2004-2005 NHL lockout season when he got in a few games for Dynamo Moscow. The preseason game against SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL, played a few days before the Canes open the regular season in Helsinki, Finland, should be a "big test," Samsonov said. "It's going to b...
August 26, 2010'Old man' Cole offers direction
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — Erik Cole has been one of the take-charge guys the last few days in the Canes' informal workouts at the RecZone. But don't try calling it "Camp Cole," he said today. "It will always be 'Camp Brind'Amour,'" Cole said, smiling. "It would be a disgrace to Roddy if we took over the title. Let's just call it informal workouts." For the past few years, Rod Brind'Amour has been the man in charge at the RZ. But with Brind'Amour now retired, and working with the players off the ice, others have had to step forward and run things on the ice, including Chad LaRose. "Ros...
August 25, 2010Versus to televise 4 Canes games
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — The Canes will have four regular-season games televised by U.S. national rightsholder Versus, including the team’s two 2010 NHL Compuware Premiere games from Helsinki, Finland, against the Minnesota Wild, Oct. 7-8. Versus also will televise Carolina’s home game on Nov. 29 against the Dallas Stars, and Carolina’s game at Buffalo on March 15. Along with the four games on Versus, the Hurricanes will appear on national television rightsholders in Canada 15 times. The Hurricanes’ 65-game Fox Sports Carolinas schedule has not been announced.
August 25, 2010Aaron Ward announces retirement
Lord Stanley's Blog | News & Observer — Former Canes defenseman Aaron Ward, a veteran of more than 13 NHL seasons and a three-time Stanley Cup winner, announced his retirement from the NHL today through the NHL Players Association. Ward underwent a third surgery on his knee after last season, and it was recently determined that he would not be ready for the start of the 2010-11 campaign. Ward played for the Canes until being sent to the Anaheim Ducks on the trade deadline. “I’m very proud to have played for as long as I did in the NHL, with and against the best players in the game,” Ward said in the N...
August 24, 2010
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- Bolts hire Thomas as consultant Tampa Tribune Steve Yzerman has turned to an NHL veteran to help guide the Lightning's up-and-comers.
- Panthers in HD: Fox Sports to Cover 72 Games, All in HiDef On Frozen Pond | Miami Herald The Panthers television partner is going all out this year, with Fox Sports announcing that all 72 televised games will be in HD. Good stuff for those of you who have been clammoring for more HD games. According to the...
- Thrashers rookie camp information Thrashers Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Here are the details from the Thrashers on the rookie camp Sept. 13-16: The Atlanta Thrashers will hold a prospect evaluation camp at the Duluth IceForum from September 13-16. Thrashers prospects will participate in practices and four-on-four scrimmages over the course of the four-day camp along with off-ice workouts, video sessions and nutrition/strength training. Thrashers Assistant Coach Mike Stothers and Manager of Player Development and Hockey Administration Ryan Bowness, along with Jeff Pyle, head coach of the Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL affiliate), will serve as coaches for the team’s pro...
- Short summer over, Eager reports for voluntary work Thrashers Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ben Eager’s summer was short. That’s what happens when you play into the month of June en route to winning the Stanley Cup. Still the new Thrashers forward – one of four members of the title-winning Blackhawks to join the franchise this offseason – had enough time off. He joined the many other players that have reported to the team’s practice facility for voluntary workouts in advance of training camp. He is the first of the former Blackhawks to arrive. “It was that time,” Eager told the AJC. “I had been off for a couple months. I like to get back at it early and get back on the ice and get ar...
- Mike Knuble: Caps 'can't wait to get to spring' Capitals Insider | Washington Post Mike Knuble was back in his usual spot -- directly in front of the goaltender -- today at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, where he is the latest to join the group of Capitals players skating in the mornings. We're in the home stretch of summer, with more players expected to return to the ice after Labor Day weekend and rookie camp slated to open a week from Sunday. The oldest of the Capitals regulars, 38-year-old Knuble said he feels more comfortable heading into his second season in Washington and that he knows from the get-go what kind of expectations and questions the team will face. "I expect, r...