Bus crash and a win

Big day in the realm of the Carolina Hurricanes yesterday.

First of all, the Canes' minor league affiliate, the Albany River Rats, were involved in a horrible bus crash early Thursday morning. Apparently the bus was traveling in snowy conditions when it flipped over and came to rest by a guard rail. Luckily, everyone was able to walk off the bus, although 4 players (Casey Borer, Joe Jensen, Nicholas Blanchard, and Jonathan Paiement) and the radio commentator were kept in the hospital with more serious injuries. Hopefully they will recover quickly - it was very lucky that more people weren't seriously hurt.

As for the Hurricanes, they kicked butt in a 6-2 win over the Islanders. A well-played game with some fights in the third period (Conboy v. Jackman and LaRose v. Comrie. Neither was a bout to write home about, but I'll take them considering how rare fights are when your team is the Canes). The Canes really set the tone of the game at the end of the first period by scoring two goals in less than a minute.

Essentially, I think the team should play on the road the rest of the season, considering their recent road streak and their current home losing streak. But, that's not going to happen tonight, as the Canes take on the Lightning at home. The Canes are still ninth in the standings, but have closed the points gap to three.

I have a cold. And the Canes won.

Canes won 5-3 over Atlanta last night.

Canes came out a-blazin' in the first period, scoring three goals to go up 3-0. Then they slipped a little in the second, allowing Atlanta to get two goals in the first five minutes - Joe Jensen scored his first for the Canes, though.

Game was pretty close, I thought. But, then, I have a head cold, so everything in the last 24 hours is a sort of stuffy blur.

Erik Cole scored! That's not a blur.

And I don't have school tomorrow! That's not a blur, either!

Canes play tonight against the Panthers.

Erik Cole stats: 1 goal
On the season: 21 goals, 25 assists

Penguins game up next!

Canes won last night in OT 3-2.

The overtime period was absolutely unnessecary - Toronto scored a goal with 11 seconds left in the game to tie it up, forcing me to lose sleep and watch the OT.

In which Brind'Amour scored the winning goal, so it's all good.

I had a semblance of a post thought up in my mind, but it's all gone now. Probably because there's two Pittsburgh games coming up very soon, and I always look forward to those. (Boo Orpik!)

But here's an oddity for you: Jeff Hamilton was waived Wednesday, but still played for the Canes last night because Matt Cullen was out with vision problems after his concussion that wasn't a concussion but really was a concussion.

I get the feeling I'm not communicating very well today. I'm calling it Pittsburgh Anticipation Syndrome. I really love watching those games. They're always exciting and fast-paced and I get to boo Orpik.

Today the Canes traded David Gove for a Joe Jensen from those self-same Penguins. I guess it's a depth move.

Next game is tomorrow against (guess who?) the Penguins! I can guarantee I will be booing Orpik from the comfort of my own home.