August 16, 2005
Opening up a can...
Whoopass!
It's that time again hockey fans.... You know, since we actually have a season and all. Go over to Rocket Jones and sign up for the 2005-2006 Hockey Whoopass Jamboree.
I guess I'll enjoy my Hurricanes logo while it lasts.....
September 14, 2005
So Long Ronnie!
After 23 outstanding years and a couple of Stanley Cups (alas, in exile in Pittsburgh) and 3 Lady Byng trophies (as the league's most gentlemanly player). Ronnie Franchise is calling it quits and is retiring as a Hurricane.
I count it one of the greatest sports privileges that I have ever had to have been able to see Ronnie play as often as I could. And let me be the first to say, you'll always be OUR captain.
Here's one of my favorite Ron Francis moments, scoring the game-winning goal in Detroit vs the Dead Things in the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.
October 05, 2005
Tonight, Tonight
Hockey's BACK!!!!!!!
YAAAAY!
The Hurricanes are in TB to take on the **snort** defending **snort** Stanley Cup Champ Tampa Bay Lightning.
Now! Let's Go Canes!
BTW you can listen to the games for free on the internet. Click here and then pick your favorite team audio.
October 21, 2005
November 21, 2005
For Michele
It's a good thing my 'Canes were winning over the last week and a half. I didn't have any time for the Hockey Whoopass Jamboree.
Here's my penance, Michele:
January 04, 2006
Fight called on account of Hockey
Best. Hockey. Fight. EVER.
The only thing missing was a Roy/Osgood style goalie throwdown....
h/t The Pirate
January 31, 2006
Kick A$$!
Guess who has the #1 record in the NHL so far this year (hint: see the sidebar, or below)
June 05, 2006
One Down!
Thanks to Captain Rod Brind'amour, Carolina takes Game 1, 5-4 with 31 seconds left in regulation.
June 07, 2006
Two Down, Two to Go!
Hurricanes shut out Edmonton 5-0
Game 3 is Saturday, 8pm EDT on NBC in the US, CBC in Canada.
Let's go Canes!
June 14, 2006
Tonight, Tonight
The Hurricanes could win it all tonight, and drink from Lord Stanley's cup!
At home. In the best arena in the NHL, in front of the best fans in the league.
Ok, I'm a little biased, but the truth of the matter is that every game night, 18,000 southerners fill an arena built on what used to be a cow pasture in the middle of nowhere to watch hockey. On ice. A sport that would otherwise be anathema to them.
Let's go 'Canes!
June 20, 2006
Storm Warning
There's nothing else to say, except this:
Justin Williams (left) and Eric Staal know the Stanley Cup is theirs after Williams scored into an empty net to give Carolina a 3-1 lead. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
"It's just surreal," said Rod Brind'Amour, the Hurricanes' 35-year-old captain, after winning his first Stanley Cup in his 16th NHL season. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
