5-2 loss tonight. Ovechkin had 2 goals, one of them on a penalty shot.

9/25/2008 10:08:47 PM

9/25/2008 10:10:27 PM

Leighton - 1 goal on 16 shots
Manzato - 4 goals on 14 shots (1 was a penalty shot)

9/25/2008 10:54:00 PM

manzato might even be below mike murphy on the depth chart, realistically

9/25/2008 10:59:31 PM

fuck, he might be below Patrick DesRosches, Jamie Storr, and Tyler Moss in my list of favorite goalies to wear the canes uni.

9/25/2008 11:20:07 PM

given two of those were AO..

9/25/2008 11:22:22 PM

and 1 was a PS.

9/25/2008 11:27:05 PM

yeah.

9/25/2008 11:28:34 PM

did we ever get a game out of jean-marc pelletier

9/25/2008 11:33:41 PM

no. per hockeydb, he played 57 AHL games for us.

9/25/2008 11:37:01 PM

Quote :

" We regret to inform you that due to an unfortunate manufacturing error, the distribution of Season Ticket Holder car flags is being temporarily suspended. Our staff is currently in conversations with the manufacturer, and we will be in contact with you again soon to provide additional information regarding the distribution of corrected products. "

haha

9/26/2008 10:15:21 AM

Staal is on the lineup sheet for today!

9/28/2008 1:27:05 PM

The second period just started and the livecast thing is upside down and green.

Awww, they fixed it right when I hit send.

[Edited on September 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM. Reason : doh]

9/28/2008 4:01:37 PM

Cullen's injured again.

9/28/2008 5:06:59 PM

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

9/28/2008 5:09:01 PM

Leighton is ON FIRE.

CANES WIN

1-0

LEIGHTON 21 SAVES

BEAP BEAP

9/28/2008 5:14:41 PM

that one snag leighton made was amazing

9/28/2008 5:25:31 PM

11,265 isn't bad attendance either

9/28/2008 5:43:55 PM

Canes-1 Phantoms + Jeff Carter-0

9/28/2008 6:02:12 PM

LOL ur so rite, the cains wer sportin theyre full roster and the phlyers were all like heres our ahl team, lol

9/28/2008 6:15:58 PM

Cullen not returning to the game scares me.

9/28/2008 6:17:42 PM

Cullen absence 'precautionary'

Quote :

" It was an unsettling moment for Canes coach Peter Laviolette and the Hurricanes players -- center Matt Cullen taking a big hit and then being pulled from the game. Cullen was blindsided by the Flyers' Nathan Guenin in the first period and did not play the rest of the game. Cullen missed several games last season because of vision problems after a pair of concussions. "They checked his head for concussion symptoms and everything seemed positive and clear,'' Laviolette said. "It was more precautionary than anything else.'' "

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/cullen-absence-precautionary

[Edited on September 28, 2008 at 9:13 PM. Reason : txt]

9/28/2008 9:13:11 PM

remember though, according to the team, he never had a concussion last year either. he was just suffering from "illness"

9/28/2008 9:31:06 PM

As pleased as I am to see the boys grab a W, there are some unfortunate negatives.

Injuries:

These things continue to pile up. I think one of the reasons we've seen a few bad games is because quite frankly, we're without a lot of our starting lineup... even our top six and top four.

Lack of offense:

I mean, one could probably tack this up to not having our starters in so far this season, but today's 1-0 victory... while it's good to win, it's just a preseason game. I'd rather see a 7-5 loss in the preseason than a 1-0 win. Hopefully the guys can put a few more pucks in the net.

Goaltending:

Mixed emotions on this. Leighton looks great, but Ward still has yet to get that 06 post-season form back. Hopefully the kid can get his head in the game. Otherwise, we might see a lot more split duties than we did from John "Hey I've got a chick on my helmet" Grahame.

All this being said, I'm still hopeful. Go Canes Go!

9/28/2008 10:54:17 PM

kaberle and melichar were at the jackpot tonight

and not like "one beer and then we realize this place is a shithole"

they were there for a good 2-3 hours

it was surreal, but they were nice

good times

9/29/2008 2:59:39 AM

Someone posted some nice shots of the game in the slr thread in chit chat. There is one pic of Cullen seconds before he got laid out.

9/29/2008 7:47:08 AM

^^ hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

kaberle can never leave now

9/29/2008 12:17:07 PM

^ let's make this clear

since the last time i saw you at jp

i've seen the man who scored the stanley cup-winning goal at jp

9/29/2008 1:08:01 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3616037

Quote :

"RALEIGH, N.C. -- Carolina Hurricanes co-owner Thomas Thewes has died. The team said Monday that Thewes, a general partner, died Sunday after a two-year fight with leukemia. He was 76. Thewes and Peter Karmanos Jr. were two of the founders of Compuware, a Detroit-based software company. The two also acquired the Hartford Whalers in 1994 and moved the franchise to North Carolina three years later. Thewes also was a co-owner of the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League and the ECHL's Florida Everblades. He is survived by his wife, six children and 20 grandchildren. Services are scheduled for this week in Michigan. "

9/29/2008 3:15:34 PM

9/29/2008 3:29:29 PM

sweet pic of leighton's snag

9/29/2008 4:08:17 PM

Quote :

"kaberle and melichar were at the jackpot tonight"

wat

It's not exactly the kind of place you would just happen upon.

But this is awesome.

9/29/2008 8:41:03 PM

Someone must have alerted them to the Czech-friendly nature.

AMIRITE

9/29/2008 8:42:10 PM

Quote :

"RALEIGH, NC—Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that forward Jeff O’Neill has decided to end his bid to make the Hurricanes’ roster. O’Neill and team management met after Sunday’s home game against Philadelphia, reaching a mutual agreement to release the former Hurricanes’ first-round pick from training camp. The Hurricanes training camp roster now stands at 32 players. Carolina will travel to Nashville on Thursday to take on the Predators in an 8 p.m. match-up, before concluding its exhibition schedule on Sunday when the Hurricanes host the Predators at 3 p.m. at the RBC Center."

9/30/2008 9:52:30 AM

^damn, I guess he just quit.

9/30/2008 10:04:59 AM

I doubt that.

I would assume he was told that he had no chance of making the roster or that they would only be willing to sign him to a 2-way deal, so he stepped aside.

9/30/2008 10:08:27 AM

he was camping out in his normal spot at the circle

in a preseason game

WITHOUT A ROSTER SPOT

*sigh*

9/30/2008 12:31:07 PM

Jeff didn't look that impress during preseason.

9/30/2008 12:58:49 PM

Got tickets for the opener, Sec 109, row X. Feel sorry for the people in row W

WOOOOOOO WOOOOOOO WOOOOOOO

9/30/2008 5:10:47 PM

i'm in 111.

beapbeap

9/30/2008 5:11:22 PM

I'm going alone at the moment and CANNOT WAIT!

GOOD GOD its gonna be great to see the team on the ice. It's been too long Canes, so make the fucking playoffs this time.

10/1/2008 2:36:03 AM

i'm still sad about last season

10/1/2008 2:55:10 AM

steviewonder and I spotted Jeremy Hyatt outside the gas station yesterday after ticket purchases. We were also able to secure a Bud Light party ball.

EPIC
TAILGATING
FESTIVITIES

10/1/2008 1:58:38 PM

Glad you posted that, I almost forgot about it. Definitely was Hyatt out there

10/1/2008 2:13:30 PM

semi-hooray: I won 4 tickets to the last preseason game.

10/1/2008 2:40:41 PM

semi-BEAP

10/1/2008 2:50:18 PM

$10 game parking is available at the gas station beside Damon's. Don't let this prime opportunity pass you by!

10/1/2008 3:43:05 PM

Just wanted to remind everyone that fun hockey is like a week away

Well, actually 8 days, but next thursday it will be so close that it will seem like it is already here.

10/2/2008 11:29:45 AM

Do bars or anywhere get the preseason games?

10/2/2008 11:35:32 AM

Doubtful that you can find anymore of the canes' preseason games on tv. There have been a few on direct feed from the jumbotrons at the games via the web.

10/2/2008 11:43:43 AM