Cam Ward Breaks Franchise Record As Hurricanes Pummel Bruins, 5-1
by Bob Wage on Jan 24, 2010 10:19 PM EST
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Cam Ward broke a franchise record for most wins and Ray Whitney showcased his many talents as the Carolina Hurricanes took advantage of a reeling Boston Bruins team, beating them, 5-1 Sunday night at the RBC.
Ward won his 131st game as a Hurricane, breaking Arturs Irbe's franchise record, and did it in 48 fewer games than the Latvian native. After the game, Ward gave credit to his teammates like he always does. "I've been fortunate to be a part of this great organization and play with some quality players here," said the goalie.
While Ward was holding the fort at his end, Ray Whitney was showcasing his talents for the rest of the league at the other end. He scored a goal in the first period on a turnover in the Boston zone, then skated from end to end in the second period, almost undressing the entire Boston team as he skated around them like pylons before shoveling a pass to Brandon Sutter for the easy score.
Immediately afterward all Sutter could say was, "wow!" In the locker room he said a bit more. "I almost feel guilty taking credit for that goal, he did all the work," said the young center.
The Canes took a 1-0 lead into the second period on the Whitney goal, then poured it on.
Jussi Jokinen continued to shine with his play on the top line. He fed Eric Staal a perfect pass for yet another score for the Captain. Staal now has five goals in the last three games since sewing the "C" on his jersey.
Then two minutes later, childhood friend Joni Pitkanen passed across the ice to him for a beautiful opportunity. Jokinen buried it, making the score 3-0. The goal was just another in a long list of scores where the Finnish countrymen combined to make it happen. (Can we state enough how much Team Finland is clueless for not selecting Jokinen?)
I asked the versatile player after the game if he was still hoping to make the Olympic team, taking into consideration the variety of injuries some previous selectees have recently suffered. "Oh yes, I have worked very hard to make the team for the past four years," he said. "I am still hoping to have a chance."
Sutter made the score 4-0 on Whitney's highlight reel move to end the period's scoring for the Canes, but the home team was not finished yet.
Just 15 seconds into the third, the Canes broke into the Bruins' zone with a three on two break. Sutter would make a nice pass himself to Chad LaRose, and "Rosie" made a perfect shot to beat Tuukka Rask, who had replaced Tim Thomas after the Sutter goal.
David Krecji ruined Ward's shutout bid when he put back a rebound during a Bruins powerplay at 8:56 in the third, but the goal would not dampen the mood at the RBC. The fans cheered loudly at the end, having just witnessed one of the best efforts of the team all season long.
The Canes will take the day off tomorrow, then will prepare for their next game in New York as they take on the Rangers on Wednesday night.
Game Notes:
- Whitney, rumored to be at the top of several teams' trade deadline wish lists, didn't do anything hurt his trade value. He finished with one goal, one assist, and was (+3).
- Eric Staal now has 19 points in the last 12 games and has points in the last five straight.
- Joni Pitkanen had his minutes trimmed, (23:52), but had another overall solid game. He contributed two assists, three blocked shots, and a goal saving play made on the goal line in the second period.
- The Canes had 25 blocked shots led by Andrew Alberts with five and Aaron Ward and Tim Gleason with four each.
- The Hurricanes only had 20 shots on goal for the game, but scored on five of them. Obviously, they had high quality chances in this game.
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old rumor?
http://www.thefourthperiod.com/news/phi100123.html
Courier Post suggests Brind’amour may end up back in Philly. Did I miss this? It was posted 1/18
THE QUEST FOR TAYLOR HALL...
Not soon enough…..since one of us will retire him.
A
Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors
We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately
Source article for that sheer speculation is here, containing this reverie of what might could be:
Brind’Amour won a Stanley Cup and played some of his best hockey under current Flyers coach Peter Laviolette when both were with the Hurricanes. His history with the Flyers also makes Philadelphia an attractive choice for him, although the Flyers are overloaded at center and have one of the NHL’s top faceoff men and penalty killers in Blair Betts.
Just pure journalistic navel-gazing. No substance to this whatsoever. Partially debunked within the paragraph itself.
Our Captain did what?…..
Sutter did what?…
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Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors
We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately
please no...
We don’t need Leighton the lemon. We need some better defensemen and maybe another power forward or two to replace Mr. Erik “injury prone” Cole. :(
If Ray Whitney does not retire a Carolina Hurricane, I'll go egg Jim Rutherfords car and TP his house.
here’s what philly has…I am guessing a draft pick only….or Braydon Coburn..
http://www.nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=PHI&season=0910
THE QUEST FOR TAYLOR HALL...
Posted this on HF Boards a little earlier. Finnish players in the NHL this season:
PLAYER TEAM POS GP G A PTS
1 Mikko Koivu MIN C 52 16 31 47
2 Jussi Jokinen CAR L 50 15 22 37
3 Olli Jokinen CGY C 51 10 22 32
4 Niklas Hagman TOR L 52 18 13 31
5 Saku Koivu ANA C 43 10 19 29
6 Kimmo Timonen PHI D 51 4 24 28
7 Joni Pitkanen CAR D 42 2 26 28
8 Antti Miettinen MIN R 49 13 14 27
9 Tuomo Ruutu CAR C 39 11 14 25
10 Teemu Selanne ANA R 30 16 7 23
The Juice is a beast and I think we should lock him up for another 4 years if we can get him nearly as cheap as we are now. I’d definitely throw him in as an untouchable, salary versus point production he has to be near the top in the league this year.
I Too
would love to see “the Juice” stay and play…hell I’d be happy if he retire here… he’s mister consistant even if he doen’t score all the time…90% of the time,the man does his job…Go Canes !!
If you think you can't, you won't !
by CaniacSteve on Jan 25, 2010 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
absolutely. Jussi is amazing, he should definitely be an untouchable. all three of the finns should be untouchables, they do so well together.
by silent_shadow36 on Jan 27, 2010 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
if we rent the "Wizard" out....
is there ANY way we can get him back?….I mean like what the Blues did with Weight in 06?
I am also going to hate seeing Whitney go, but there is a good chance he’ll be back.
I was reading some other blogs and if LA doesn’t get Kovalchuk – what does everybody this of trading Whitney to LA for Wayne Simmonds. He is hot name going around and he’s played well in the games I’ve seen him in (I think he scored one of the goals against us). I think he would be a good power forward – probably a 3rd line with 2nd liner potential.
by PackPride17 on Jan 24, 2010 11:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Simmonds is a beast.
He makes me think of a young Erik Cole — maybe not quite as quick, but with more physicality to make up for it.
I don’t think LA would trade him, though, and if they would, I doubt two months of Whitney would be enough. LA can’t realistically think they have a chance at the Cup this year, not in the West — if I were an LA fan, I’d be irate if they dealt a guy like that for a rental.
That 17-year-old Hokie sitting in the rafters in Greensboro didn't see any of this coming.
Yeah.. I don’t want to see the Whitney go either! The guy is money when’s he’s on his “A” game! He’s a great leader in the locker room, an excellent playmaker, and can score some highlight reel goals! Here’s to hoping for his return to Carolina next season.. but under better circumstances (ie; to get our team back to the playoffs)!
Let the new era of Hurricanes hockey.... begin!
by 3yrsnoplayoffs? on Jan 24, 2010 11:34 PM EST reply actions
I mentioned this in the game thread. Didn’t we start our run last year in mid-January? Maybe we should have a real long preseason, so we’ll hit our stride when the season begins instead of January.
by PackPride17 on Jan 24, 2010 11:35 PM EST via mobile reply actions
There was a report on Hockey Night in Canada that said Whitney was willing to consider waiving his NTC if he could negotiate an extension with the team he goes to. That would indicate he wouldn’t be coming back here obviously. Who knows if that’s true or not.
I believe the nuance of what was actually said was that Whitney reportedly wanted to speak with any team interested in him before he waived his no-movement clause, including determining whether they were interested in just a rental or wanted a contract extension.
To me, that just indicated he wanted full information before making a decision. Prudent course and one obtainable for someone with a no-movement clause. Plus, a contract extension is a contract extension. Bird in the hand and all that.
Doesn’t mean he wouldn’t want to be back here though, so may well favor someone that wanted only a rental, for instance.
This win took out of last place, Edmonton was idle, but still T.Hall could be slipping away, thank god we have the Rangers, Isles and B-Hawks in our future. All teams very capable of beating us. A run right now would just wear the Canes out. Even if, and I mean if we made it to the Playoffs, the gas would run out just like it did last year to Pitt. I feel at this point seeing the complete state of the team, I prefer first pick.
A few photos from the game
I don’t usually post my photo links in the post-game discussion because I usually don’t have the album up soon enough to be relevant, but I went ahead and started one because I knew I had a few I could get out quickly. Check back later in the week because I’ll probably have a couple dozen more photos to add, but in the meantime I did get a good shot of Jussi’s goal as well as a few others (ie. double Timmy on the jumbotron). I had my camera on Cam as the horn went off just to see what his reaction would be to breaking the win record, as you’d expect he was stoic, just bowed his head down, then looked up and met his teammates to celebrate the win.
Sees the world through ruuu-colored glasses...
Sisu
nicely done. I love the one of TT trying to make the save on Jussi.
As my son would caption TT’s reaction: “NOOOOOOOOOO!”
The one of him and Pits after that plays into the Finn karma theme well. Jussi made #2 in the NHL.com 3 stars of the night and #1 at PuckDaddy. How can Team Finland not make that call to him with 3 RW’s on the IR (that’s not including Ruu). It’s gotta happen. Just has to.
GM and soothsayer of the Unofficial Hurricanes' fishtank.
Up this week: Introducing Sutter-fish.
by hockeymomof2 on Jan 25, 2010 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
Oh say can "Jussi"!
Great Picture…Oh say can “Jussi”!…Amazing how poorly Thomas covered this play compared with Ward’s similar save in the first Period! Can you say, “Open Net”.
I had my camera on Cam as the horn went off just to see what his reaction would be to breaking the win record, as you’d expect he was stoic, just bowed his head down, then looked up and met his teammates to celebrate the win.
Wouldn’t expect anything different from him. He’s as humble as they come which is amazing considering the success he had at such a young age. Fair warning, LTD, I may have to borrow those pictures for this year’s scrapbook. Nothing the media put out even comes close to capturing that moment like you did.
"This guy is as meat and potatoes as there is of a man."
Gleason for Emperor!
Cam Ward on NHL Live
Cam’s been named first star of the week on NHL Live.
Also, viewing/DVR alert, he’ll be their guest to discuss his most recent milestone at 1:32 pm today (streaming available at NHL.com).
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