Olympic Medals On Display: Senators at Hurricanes, Game Day Preview
by Bob Wage on Mar 4, 2010 2:00 PM EST
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The Ottawa Senators, (36-24-4) are in town to take on the Carolina Hurricanes, (25-30-7) for another important game tonight at the RBC. The Hurricanes are red hot and have won six games in a row and 8 of their last 10.
The Senators lost their last game to the Rangers, 4-1, on Tuesday night.
This will be the first game back at the RBC for Matt Cullen since he was traded to the Sens before the Olympic break. Alexandre Picard will also face his former team for the first time.
The Hurricanes will come into this game with a couple of new faces, and without several old ones. Gone are Scott Walker, Joe Corvo, Aaron Ward, Andrew Alberts, and Stephane Yelle.
Brian Pothier will fill in on defense along with recall Jay Harrison. Zach Boychuk will also play tonight. The lines at the morning skate looked as follows:
- Staal, Jokinen, Whitney
- Sutter, LaRose, Ruutu
- Dwyer, Samsonov, Cole
- Brind'Amour, Boychuk, Kostopoulos
- Gleason, Pothier
- Pitkanen, Picard
- Harrison, Carson
Manny Legace will get the start in goal.
The Hurricanes have some special extras going on tonight. The first 10,000 fans to enter will receive an Eric Staal bobblehead.
Also, the Olympic medals won by Joni Pitkanen, Tuomo Ruutu, Tim Gleason, and Eric Staal will be available for viewing in the main concourse outside section 113. For more information, check out this link.
The Hurricanes will also be honoring the Olympians during breaks in the action.
These two teams split games in their first two meetings this season. Ottawa beat the Canes, 4-2 in Canada's Capital city back on December 12th while Carolina returned the favor, 4-1 at the RBC on January 10th.
Jussi Jokinen has a career best 10 game point streak, (9G 4A) on the line.
For information about the Senators, check out Silver Seven Sens.
The game will be televised by FS Carolinas starting at 7. We will have the open game thread up and running at 6:30.
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Go Canes!
I’ll be in the building. Taking some first-timers with me.
Sees the world through ruuu-colored glasses...
Sisu
allways fun. dont for get the twizlers and junior mints for icing clearification. Ive heard it works well.lol.
by CarolinaCanes on Mar 4, 2010 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Hopefully you will have explained Icing and Offsides beforehand.
Eric Staal...Team Canada first line
Icing
That’s what goes on the cake. Chocolate Fudge icing is the best, for any occasion.
Offsides:
That’s when an offensive player moves after they are set but before the center hikes the ball or when a defensive player touches an offensive player before the ball is snapped or is caught in the neutral zone as the ball is snapped!
If the guys and gals who brought you the financial meltdown deserve big bonuses, where do I sign up?
nhl_canes posted this pic http://twitpic.com/16l8cd
I see a certain someone got his jersey signed…. just have to wonder if that will ever be auctioned…. and how high LTD is willing to go to own it. :-)
we just might be seeing LTD on the late night news tonight. It will be refreshing to see someone finally get away in a high speed chase.
by CarolinaCanes on Mar 4, 2010 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
Is she the one
with a 0 to 60 in 3.26 seconds on the back of her “Town and Country” mini van?
If the guys and gals who brought you the financial meltdown deserve big bonuses, where do I sign up?
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Okay that is quite AWESOME. I saw a picture earlier of Jarkko’s jersey signed by all his teammates, guess baby bro is following the tradition.
I would never take that cherished jersey away from its rightful owner. For now I’ll just be content to wear the one he wore once upon a time on Glen Wesley night.
As far as you all know anyway…. (plot thickens…)
Sees the world through ruuu-colored glasses...
Sisu
by LTD on Mar 4, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
OKAY, FOR THE RECORD
I already have a jersey that looks like that one, minus the autographs, and I will be wearing it tonight. Nothing to see here, people. Move along.
/whistles
Sees the world through ruuu-colored glasses...
Sisu
by LTD on Mar 4, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t forget to root for the Islanders, Leafs, and Penguins tonight along with the Canes. They win and we win, we’re only 6 points out of 8th in the East with 19 games to go.
I think Pothier is going to be a good, solid D for us. Nice to see Harrison back too. Should be a good game!
Sing it Brudder!
Say Hallelujah!
Raise up those arms!
Reach for the goal!
The Cup, the Cup of ever flowing memories!
I said sing it people!
Reach for The Cup!
I’m saying Lord Stanley’s Cup!
Say Hallelujah!
Sing it!
If the guys and gals who brought you the financial meltdown deserve big bonuses, where do I sign up?
Haha….keeping my spirits up. No sense in giving up with so much time left. Even with all the moves we made yesterday, we didn’t really lose anything that we haven’t already been without for most of the year.
LET’S GO CANES!!! WOOOOOO!!!!
by OriginalCaniac on Mar 4, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Can’t wait to hit the game tonight – I’ve been going through live hockey withdrawals from the Olympic break. Interested to see how that Picard-Pitkanen pairing will play. Maybe they were thrown on the same pairing since they have played together for the Flyers.
Here’s a vid with them both on the ice together. Pretty funny since its one of Aaron Ward fighting Picard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmGLlPlcU5M
By looking at the lines – the team certainly is much younger than it was a few weeks ago. Go Canes!
Don't say that.....
LTD and a few others will be all over that like white on rice.
If the guys and gals who brought you the financial meltdown deserve big bonuses, where do I sign up?
Carnage everywhere
too
If the guys and gals who brought you the financial meltdown deserve big bonuses, where do I sign up?
LOL y’all make me sound a lot more exciting than I actually am in person.
Sees the world through ruuu-colored glasses...
Sisu
by LTD on Mar 4, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
Lets just hope...
Cullen doesnt kill us….
Remember- we dont have Corvo to score a hat trick against his former team this time around!! =(
I do like the sound of this new team though. Should be a good game.
by packpigskinfan25 on Mar 4, 2010 4:18 PM EST reply actions
I'd feel a lot more comfortable if Peters was in net
but hopefully we can keep up the hot streak. I wonder if Boychuk and Sutter will get to work together any on the PP. I thought they played well together.
Speaking of goalies who haven’t worked much recently. Pascal Leclaire will be in goal for the Sens tonight. Hasn’t started since Jan 12. Hasn’t won in 2010.
“I’m excited about it. It’s been a while since I’ve started,” Leclaire said on Thursday afternoon. “I feel good in practices, so I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t feel good in games.”
Olympian Tim Gleason in Vancouver: "I don’t care what anybody says, to watch an exciting hockey game, there’s nothing like it."
yeah. that would be some good news if that went our way.
Member of Canes Country and the Cat Scratch Reader
maybe something to reunite the fan base,lol. A promise is a promise we should have it next year.
by CarolinaCanes on Mar 4, 2010 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
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