Hurricanes 4, Thrashers 1
by Bob Wage on Mar 30, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintThe Carolina Hurricanes evened things up against the Atlanta Thrashers on Monday night as they took out the home team, 4-1 at Philips Arena. The two teams ended up splitting their six game season series, 3-3 as each club won their respective games on the road.
Cam Ward made his first start since early February and looked sharp as he made 26 saves on 27 Atlanta shots.
After falling behind 1-0 in the opening period, the Canes came out strong after the first intermission and scored just one minute and change into the second on a blast by Brandon Sutter. It was the 19th goal of the season for the youngster, who was fed perfectly by Ray Whitney.
About midway through the period, Jussi Jokinen marked up his team leading 28th goal when the puck came out to him in the slot area. The Finn would add another goal late in the game on an empty netter to give him 29 for the year.
The two teams battled hard in the third period, but an errant Atlanta pass was picked off by Ray Whitney and he found Erik Cole alone in front of the net. Cole made no mistake as he beat goalie Johan Hedberg, making the score 3-1.
Jokinen then added his empty netter to close out the scoring.
Next up for Carolina will be a game in Montreal on Wednesday night.
Game Notes:
- Quote of the night: When asked about the play of Brandon Sutter, coach Paul Maurice said, "This guy, at 21 years old, is the defining player in our lineup."
- The Canes had balanced shooting as they were led by Sutter, Staal, Jokinen, Carson, and Pitkanen with three shots each. The team combined for a total of 22.
- Erik Cole had a team high three hits while Brett Carson led everyone with six blocked shots.
- The team did better in the faceoff circle than Saturday night and were led by Brandon Sutter who won 57% of his draws, (12-21). In all, the team won 44%.
- Maurice also said after the game that the team had something to prove after a flat performance in Raleigh on Saturday night. The coach said that everyone worked very hard. That effort is to be applauded, but it's just a shame that fans were unable to watch it because the game was not televised.
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a good game…but Bob can you please check with the radio station and find out what happened to the feed from the canes site as and even with google chrome it went down…or would that be the web masters fault ? I tried to look on my regular sports links site…and they did have the canes & a link for nashville on there but after a short while deleteds both of those links and pasted a second link for the boston game…a great win…but what a bummer rom the media aspect…
" Chadness" is contagious ! Go Canes !!
99.9 feed...
I usually just go to http://www.wralsportsfan.com/ and click on the feed there myself. It usually seems cleaner, crisper and better. Not sure how they are getting the one on the Canes site, but it doesn’t seem as good as quality as the one I go to. Hope that helps for future issues. :)
Thank you Jim Rutherford and Ray Whitney for working together for Ray to stay a Hurricane! :)
Yes Steve, try using the feed directly from the WRAL site.
I’m not sure of the technical reasons, but the feed seems to be better directly from the station’s site.
GM of CanesCountry.com
FYI Radio feed
I did call the canes Communications office and got her voice mail and left word…I also talked to the IT guy at 99.9 and he said he’d try and fnd out why that might happen and would attempt to pass the info he finds out to Chip Alexander so he could possibly tweet it or post it on the N&O blog for those who read or post there as well…I aske him if had ever heard of Canes Country and all i got was dead air…meaning silence…personally i remember ewhen some remote broadcasts went dead because of a loose wire or someone got clumsy and bumped the switch and it was off so there is what i do know as of 10 mins ago…enjoy the day folks..Go Canes !!
" Chadness" is contagious ! Go Canes !!
by CaniacSteve on Mar 30, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Nicely done by the Canes to get some revenge!
However, I watched the highlights on nhl.com this morning and was absolutely shocked to see Pitkanen hit somebody on top of Ward while Ward was sprawled on the floor and after the whistle had been blown! What kind of idiotic move was that!? It was completely uneccessary to do it in the first place let alone for it to result in the guy landing on our recently-returned-from-back-injury-keeper’s back!!!!
I think it was around the 2.30 mark in the video if anyone else watches it, keep watch for it!
I noticed that… but also noticed how quickly Cole pushed Pits out of the way and offered a hand to help (get) the Atlanta player off of Ward. ATL guy gave Cole a look like he wanted to fight then realized Cole was just helping him up.
All in all though, it was a good test of Ward’s back. Those hits are going to happen. Better to find out now if the back can handle it.
"The increase in pain is way beyond what you would expect a person to play with," said coach Paul Maurice. "Unfortunately it’s even beyond what Tim Gleason can play with, because he can play with just about anything."
•Quote of the night: When asked about the play of Brandon Sutter, coach Paul Maurice said, “This guy, at 21 years old, is the defining player in our lineup.”
I’m still smiling at this one. Mo may have a bit of a man crush on the kid.
"What Carolina really has going for them is Brandon Sutter. When that kid first showed up, he looked like a skinny little thing that wouldn’t last two weeks. But he’s turned into a real star."
I don’t think so! And he’ll have the added benefit of people knowing that Sutter and Suter are not the same person, so that should cut his wait time by half.
"What Carolina really has going for them is Brandon Sutter. When that kid first showed up, he looked like a skinny little thing that wouldn’t last two weeks. But he’s turned into a real star."
by caniacgirl on Mar 30, 2010 9:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Next up for Carolina will be a game in Montreal on Monday night.
Wednesday night?
Glad to see a successful return for Wardo.
I personally was glad
that the canesbeat ATL…and if by doing so tossed a munkey wrench in their play off hopes all i can is …GOOD !!!! funny thing..i like their coach as a person ( sorry folks no mancrush there) but i feel his days are numbered…especially if they don’t get in …
" Chadness" is contagious ! Go Canes !!
OT: Forslund alert
Forslund to be a guest on NHL Live today, around the 1 pm time segment.
Stand by for more Chuck Kaiton impressions, as they always put him up to it.
Thanks Elsker..i’ll try and watch it…and do many of us caniacs really don’t like Chuck with a K ?? myself he is better than many other play by play guys…but sigh…that’s just my opinion…Be safe…
" Chadness" is contagious ! Go Canes !!
Canes' Practice Fri April 2
Hi, guys. Sorry for the post here but…
I’m attending my first Canes’ practice on Friday. Is anyone else going to be there? Any advice?
I’m excited! Thanks!
The most important advice I can give you is check here or call 861-2345 before you head over because this time of year practices are frequently canceled.
If it’s on, there will probably be a decent-sized crowd because school is out that day so that usually brings the kids over. Park close to the East lots as that’s the entrance you’ll go in, and you can sit anywhere you want in the East Priority section. Media will be on the other side of the arena behind the benches.
If you want to stay afterwards to get player autographs, go back by the security gate at the North side about 30 minutes after practice is over. Don’t forget your Sharpie.
Other than that just go watch and have fun. Take a camera. The players are usually more animated when they can show off in front of the kids.
Phoblographer and aficionado of all things Finnish
Sisu
by Jamie Kellner on Mar 30, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Brind'Amour and the Upcoming Decision
There is an interesting article at www.nhl.com about Brind’Amour and whether he will retire. It sounds to me as if Brind’Amour is going to take the route of seeing if Jim Rutherford will buy him out. Brind’Amour acknowledges this year has been a struggle for him.
for the ladies @ CC
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=64399
i thought those first 2 runway girls were .. um… men.
is livin up north that rough
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