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River Rats CEO calls reports of AHL team's move to Charlotte "exaggerated," but more smoke emerges from possible sale and relocation.

Hurricanes beat writer, Chip Alexander weighs in with some tidbits about last night's officiating and hits which took out Tuomo Ruutu and Erik Cole.

Nearly two month's after the Raleigh News & Observer stopped sending its Carolina Hurricanes beat writer on the road to cover away games, the newspaper has decided to resume its previous coverage for the postseason.

The Raleigh News & Observer has ceased traveling to cover the Carolina Hurricanes on the road, a cost-cutting move that leaves the team without a hometown beat writer at away games.

I couldn't make it to practice this morning, but Chip Alexander posted a quickie over on LSB which got my attention. Time for me to put on my "columnist hat" and interject a little opinion. Chip...

Hurricanes beat writer Chip Alexander recently wrote an interesting story for the News and Observer's Sunday edition. It seems that Jim Rutherford has finally given coach Peter Laviolette a public...

The talk around Raleigh today is that Eric Staal is close to signing a major contract extension. The only remaining questions are, for how much and how long? Chip Alexander at LSB is reporting...

The River Rats media people have done a very nice job of interviewing team members during this offseason. This week their subject was goalie Justin Peters. The youngster started off in Albany...

It was announced tonight that Luke DeCock will be stepping into a new role and will no longer be covering the Carolina Hurricanes on a full-time basis. DeCock has been the Canes beat writer since...