The Home Stretch - Canes at Rangers Preview
by Bob Wage on Jan 27, 2009 12:18 PM EST
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PrintThe All Star break is finally over and hockey commences tonight in the NHL. The Hurricanes are in New York to tangle with the Rangers in a contest which begins a series of important games for the Canes. It's make-or-break time and Carolina can either earn a spot in the playoffs, or fall out of contention in the coming weeks.
Both teams had been playing well as the Canes are coming off a two game winning streak, while the Rangers have won four of their last five.
Cam Ward was outstanding before the break, getting a shut out against the Leafs and allowing just one goal against the Penguins. He stopped 67 out of 68 shots and was named the NHL's 2nd star for last week. The goalie has started 13 consecutive games and is just one victory shy of 100 NHL wins for his career.
The Canes are 11-10-4 on the road while the Rangers are 15-8-2 at home.
Nic Wallin did not make the trip and will be sitting this game out. Frank Kaberle will take his spot. Scott Walker, who left the Penguins game early with an undisclosed injury, will be back in the lineup tonight.
Associate Coach, Ron Francis will not be behind the bench tonight because of a back injury sustained during the All Star break. It's not known when he will return to duty.
Of course, Eric Staal represented the Canes in the All Star game and scored a goal on his only shot of the contest. Staal has participated in the classic three years in a row and has scored in each affair.
After scoring in Toronto, Joe Corvo now leads all NHL defensemen with four game-winning goals.
Coach Paul Maurice is indicating that he will keep the lines the same as they were in Pittsburgh-
- Staal, Williams, Samsonov
- Cullen, Walker, Whitney
- Brind'Amour, LaRose, Ruutu
- Sutter, Bayda, Eaves
Would this be a good opportunity for Wade Brookbank to see some ice time? The Rangers have a tendency to play a physical game and Colton Orr did knock out Matt Cullen a year ago.
The game will be broadcast locally by FS Carolinas starting at 7 or you can listen to it as always on 99.9 The Fan.
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Hopefully the “NHL star” Cam shows up tonight (along with a good team in front of him).
by Cory on Jan 27, 2009 2:18 PM EST reply actions
“Associate Coach, Ron Francis will not be behind the bench tonight because of a back injury sustained during the All Star break. It’s not known when he will return to duty.”
Weren’t we joking about stuff like this when the Canes were dealing with all those injuries?
by John on Jan 27, 2009 3:33 PM EST reply actions
I will be extremely upset if we don’t play Brookbank tonight.
by TOS on Jan 27, 2009 4:12 PM EST reply actions
I would not count on Brookbank playing… Although it would be nice…
by Mateo on Jan 27, 2009 4:17 PM EST reply actions
Brookbank? Who’s that?
:)
Seriously, have we seen him yet in 2009? I think it’s time! But like Mateo, I wouldn’t count on it.
by Andrea on Jan 27, 2009 5:31 PM EST reply actions
why do we HAVE to play brookbank.
any of multiple guys on our team are not afraid to stand up for our players:
walker
ruutuu
GLEASON
even williams gets into it sometimes
brookbank’s services are ALWAYS helpful,
but that being said, we dont NEED him.
im not against playing him, i just cant jump on the band wagon screaming mo is an idiot for not playing him
i really hope things go well tonight.
there is a lot of potential with these new lines for good and/or bad.
i cant wait til williams is our second all star again.
sometimes i forget he went with eric staal a few years back.
i hope he is that player again soon.
-chrisj
by chris j on Jan 27, 2009 6:23 PM EST reply actions
You’re right chris, this time we certainly have had some guys step up – Bayda (Go Bayda!!) and Pitkanen…
I like what I see.
by Andrea on Jan 27, 2009 8:08 PM EST reply actions
I missed the game last night…. but I was sad to see the final score
by Mateo on Jan 28, 2009 10:23 AM EST reply actions
Why at the top right of the screen does it say “Other Entries From Nic Wallin”
?
by Mateo on Jan 28, 2009 1:27 PM EST reply actions
That section shows posts which are “tagged” a certain way. At that time, it showed other articles which had Nic Wallin as a tagline. (or articles which had information about Wallin)
by Bubba on Jan 28, 2009 1:55 PM EST reply actions
got ya… lol… I got excited! It would be awesome (and hard to read… probably) if Nic Wallin would blog…
by Mateo on Jan 28, 2009 2:16 PM EST reply actions
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