Carolina Hurricanes News

Cory Stillman watched yet another game from the press box Friday as his Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 5-1. It's getting old. ``It's time to get back playing,'' Stillman said from Boston. A long recovery from off-season surgery on his right shoulder is heading into the stretch run. He's eyeing a mid-December return. ``I've been skating every day for the last 3-4 weeks,'' said the 32-year-old winger. ``Every day ...

After another dismal outing in front of their home fans, the Ottawa Senators can only hope the worst part of their season is over. Ray Whitney scored twice and Erik Cole had a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes came back to earn a 3-2 win over the slumping Senators. The Senators held a closed-door team meeting following the loss at Scotiabank Place where they are a disappointing 2-5-0. Ottawa (5-7-0) is facing their second three-game ...

Former Carolina captain Ron Francis is joining the Hurricanes front office. The team named him director of player development Friday. Francis, the NHL's second all-time leading scorer, will work with and assess players in the club's system and report to director of pro scouting Marshall Johnston. ``Ron's knowledge of the game of hockey and his experience as a player go without mention,'' Jim Rutherford, Hurricanes president and general manager, said ...

Tom Poti scored New York's third power-play goal 23 seconds into overtime, capping the Islanders' rally in a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. Poti, a defenceman who assisted on two other goals, snapped a shot from inside the blue line that passed through a screen by Mike Sillinger and found the net behind John Grahame. It gave Rick DiPietro his first win of the season following a four-game layoff due to a groin injury. Carolina ...

Justin Williams didn't score a goal in his first six games this season. He made up for it big time in the seventh. Williams had three goals and an assist, and Cam Ward made 34 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 Monday night. ``It's nice to get off the goose egg,'' Williams said. ``Sometimes they find a way of going in. I had a lot of scoring opportunities tonight and sometimes that's ...

If Justin Williams and Cam Ward can keep turning in quality performances, the Carolina Hurricanes' bad start to the season will soon be a distant memory. Williams had three goals and an assist, and Ward made 34 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 Monday night. ``It's nice to get off the goose egg,'' said Williams, who had no goals in six games before Monday. ``Sometimes they find a way of going in. ...

Carolina Hurricanes forward Trevor Letowski was carried off the ice on a stretcher after being knocked unconscious by a hit from Pittsburgh's Colby Armstrong in the first period Saturday night, but returned to the team later that night. Letowski needed stitches to close a cut on his forehead and was diagnosed with a concussion at a nearby hospital. Coach Peter Laviolette said he would be released in time to fly with the team to Tampa for a ...

Eric Staal got Carolina's go-ahead goal early in the game to win his personal matchup with younger brother Jordan Staal and the Hurricanes overcame a second scary injury in Pittsburgh in seven months to beat the Penguins 5-1 Saturday night. A night after needing Ray Whitney's goal with half a second remaining to beat Atlanta 4-3 for the Stanley Cup champions' first victory in five games, Carolina effectively wrapped this one up in a few minutes. Scott ...

Carolina Hurricanes forward Trevor Letowski was carried off the ice on a stretcher after apparently being knocked unconscious briefly by a hit from Pittsburgh's Colby Armstrong in the first period Saturday night. Letowski had a gash on his forehead, but could move his arms and legs and speak with Penguins physician Charles Burke before leaving Mellon Arena. Letowski was slightly groggy upon arriving at a hospital, but was able to answer questions from physicians. In the second period, ...

Ray Whitney scored on a tip-in with one-half second left in the third period Friday night, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes past the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3, the defending Stanley Cup champion's first win of the season. Cam Ward stopped 31 shots for the Hurricanes, who were off to an 0-3-1 start. An overtime period seemed inevitable until Whitney's first goal of the season in the final second. Whitney tipped in a shot by Eric Staal. The last-second shot capped a ...

The Florida Panthers had another strong offensive game at home. Gary Roberts and Olli Jokinen each scored twice to help the Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 Wednesday night, keeping the defending Stanley Cup champions winless this season. Florida, which beat Boston 8-3 in its opener, has scored a franchise-best 14 goals in its first two home games. The Panthers' previous high was 10 in 1995-96. Florida has one goal in two road games. ``If I knew the answer ...

Alex Ovechkin broke a tie with two third-period goals, Alexander Semin had a hat trick, and the Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 Saturday night, the third consecutive loss for the Stanley Cup champions. Perhaps frustrated by beginning his sophomore year with five scoreless periods, Ovechkin _ the Calder Trophy winner as top rookie in 2005-06 _ went into a prolonged celebration after putting the puck in the net 8:04 into the third period to put ...

Zach Parise scored twice and Brian Gionta had three assists to lead the New Jersey Devils past the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 on Friday night, sending the Stanley Cup champions to a second straight home loss to open the season. Jamie Langenbrunner and Patrik Elias also scored for the Devils, who opened their season with an easy win in the arena where their playoff run ended last season. Martin Brodeur made 29 saves for his 81st career shutout ...

For one more night, the Carolina Hurricanes got the chance to celebrate the franchise's first Stanley Cup title. The Hurricanes raised the banner for their Cup win Wednesday night before opening their title defence against the Buffalo Sabres, allowing themselves one last look back at a thrilling run to the first major professional sports title in North Carolina history. They just couldn't follow that with a big win in front ...

Daniel Briere scored the only goal in a shootout and Ryan Miller stopped Carolina cold to give the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 victory over the Stanley Cup-champion Hurricanes on Wednesday night in a season-opening rematch of last year's Eastern Conference final. Jason Pominville and Chris Drury each had goals during regulation for the Sabres, who claimed they were motivated all off-season by their Game 7 loss to Carolina. Briere, the ...

It's been a whirlwind four months for the Carolina Hurricanes. They won their first Stanley Cup and delivered Tobacco Road a summer-long party. Now comes the tough part: What can they do for an encore? Nearly a decade has passed since a team won the Stanley Cup two years in a row, but the Hurricanes hope they've found a formula to sustain their success _ keeping the nucleus of last ...

Ray Whitney scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes picked up their first pre-season win with a 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday. Eric Staal had a goal and three assists, and Erik Cole added a goal and two assists for defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina, which ended the pre-season at 1-4-0. Ben Clymer and Jamie Heward each scored early in ...