Rockin' In The Free World: Thrashers at Canes, Game Preview

by Bob Wage on Oct 1, 2010 10:27 AM EDT

ATLANTA - SEPTEMBER 25: Zac Dalpe #22 of the Carolina Hurricanes carries the puck against the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena on September 25 2010 in Atlanta Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)

The Atlanta Thrashers are in town to battle with the Carolina Hurricanes in the final stateside preseason game for the Canes. The team leaves for Russia almost immediately following the game and will play against St. Petersburg of the KHL in another tune up contest, on Monday.

This game has an unusual 1:30 start time, but the good news for Caniacs is that admission is free. The club has been handing out tickets at various events throughout the past month, but reportedly there were still tickets left and they will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Hurricanes will be starting several of their regulars for this game, in hopes of finding some chemistry and continuity. The lines should start out like the following:

Staal-O`Sullivan-Cole
Sutter-Ruutu-Bowman
Jokinen-Skinner-LaRose
Dalpe-Dwyer-Tlusty
Gleason-Corvo
McBain-Pitkanen
Sanguinetti-Carson

Cam Ward is expected to go the whole way in goal. Anton Babchuk, Jay Harrison, and Tom Kostopoulos are the healthy scratches.

Sergei Samsonov has been put on the injured reserve list and will not make the trip to Europe.

Hockeymom has prepared a printable, gameday guide for those of you wishing to bring a lineup sheet to the game.

Gameday Guide Oct 1 vs Atlanta

The Thrashers will be leaving Dustin Byfuglien home, the culprit who tripped Samsonov, sending him head first into the boards. But they will be bringing most of their starters with them as well. The Blueland Blog has the listing of players who are making the trip to Raleigh.

Forwards (13)
80   Antropov, Nik
18   Bergfors, Niclas
49   Burmistrov, Alex
15   Dawes, Nigel
21   Eager, Ben
9   Kane, Evander
16   Ladd, Andrew
10   Little, Bryan
19   Modin, Fredrik

56   Pettersson, Fredrik
47   Peverley, Rich
22   Stewart, Anthony
27   Thorburn, Chris

Defensemen (7)
4   Bogosian, Zach
39   Enstrom, Tobias
44   Kulda, Arturs
24   Meyer, Freddy
29   Oduya, Johnny
3   Sopel, Brent
51   Zubarev, Andrey

Goaltenders (2)
50 Mason, Chris
31 Pavelec, Ondrej

It is still not known if there will be live streaming of this game, but we will have an open game thread as usual here, starting at 1. Chuck Kaiton will have the call at 99.9 The Fan.

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Game Streaming a game-time deicision

Just heard back from the Canes through Facebook. They said are still unsure if they’ll be streaming the game, but they’ll post something on their site close to game time if they are.

by Patrick Clarke on Oct 1, 2010 10:48 AM EDT reply actions

I hope they do … I have to miss the game due to a lower back injury … ugh.

by caniac617 on Oct 1, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions

the dreded “lower body injury” almost as bad, and a times worse tha, an “upper body injury”

by CarolinaCanes on Oct 1, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions

It looks like we will get to watch the game (hopefully)!

I’m watching NHL Live on NHL.com and they have the Canes game in the live video queue.

Hopefully they get this to work and are able to sync this up again with chuckandtheletterk. Either way I’ll get to hear Chuck.

by Patrick Clarke on Oct 1, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

gee here

I thought we’d get to hear Chuck with the letter k again….sigh…and i understand why the “scratches” …so lets all hope the canes can win this one and have a better pre-season before they go play in Russia & Helsinki…and the Checkers play tonight too

Everytime you write off the Hurricanes,
They make You Look Bad!!

by CaniacSteve on Oct 1, 2010 11:18 AM EDT reply actions

I LOVE HOCKEYMOM!

"He has all the virtues I dislike, and none of the vices I admire." -Sir Winston Churchill

by SouthernHockeyFan on Oct 1, 2010 11:27 AM EDT reply actions

Thank you. I love you too…. :shrugs:

Twitter @HMof2

by Carolyn Christians on Oct 1, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ve got one of the free tickets. How does the seating work?

by letsgocanes on Oct 1, 2010 11:31 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

ive been looking all over for someone talking about this bu i havent seen it...

shouldnt boychuk get a chance to go to Finland with samsonov not taking the trip?

am i missing something?

"a bit of love"

by chrisj on Oct 1, 2010 11:46 AM EDT reply actions

AND it really sucks that samsonov isnt going because apparently he was quite excited to be going home to play…

"a bit of love"

by chrisj on Oct 1, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

the russian preseaons game of course

"a bit of love"

by chrisj on Oct 1, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

The team is only allowed 24 players in Europe. (different than we previously thought). There was not room for Boychuk.

Editing Manager of CanesCountry.com

by Bob Wage on Oct 1, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

The Canes are now saying the game will be streamed. Go to CH.com at game time for info.

Editing Manager of CanesCountry.com

by Bob Wage on Oct 1, 2010 12:09 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks goodness. I’m stuck in the office and have my ticket in my back pocket. Hoping I can get there but its not looking that way right now. Booooooo!!!

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

by anonymousJ on Oct 1, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions