Canes won Thursday against Florida in a shootout 2-1.
So, yeah, I haven't posted in a few days. I was sick and I went to six basketball games over the weekend.
Yep! I got to see Davidson upset Gonzaga and Georgetown, and see the Tar Heels drop 100 points on Mt. St. Mary's and Arkansas...
Right, this is a hockey blog. Well, the hockey I remember from this game is Letowski's goal in the first just ripping past Vokoun in net. And that Cam looked spectactular in net for the Canes in the second. And then Florida tied it up 22 seconds in the third and I promptly turned off the TV and went to bed.
And, actually, most of that I don't remember. Somehow I managed to scribble some random notes on my deskpad in my cold-induced haze. (I don't do well when I'm sick, can you tell yet?)
Anyways, now that I'm caught up, Canes play the C[r]apitals tomorrow.
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Canes lose LaRose
Canes lost a close one against Nashville last night 1-0.
I only saw the second period, so I didn't see Chad LaRose lose an edge, crash into the boards, and break his leg in the first period.
Poor guy. And just what we needed, another person out with injury - especially LaRose who always has a jump in his step.
So the second period was one with a lot of chances for both teams, but no capitalization. (That doesn't sound right... oh well...)
Anyways, that's really all I can tell you about that game.
Tangentially related, I got Tim Gleason's autograph today. Yeah, I went to the Carolina Ale House and bought one of their magnet hearts, and he was there to autograph it.
While he was signing it I asked him if he rooted for UNC or Duke. (NOT a wierd question, as the game is on tonight. Stupid 9:00 start, though. I'm going to be so dead in the morning tomorrow. Why must the game be on so late? I wouldn't think there's a significant enough West Coast viewing share, so why not start it at 7:00?
...Back to hockey, now.) And he said that he didn't really watch it much, but he would choose (and he "thought" about it for a while) UNC. And I smiled and pointed at my shirt and said "Good choice". He laughed (because I guess he didn't know I was wearing it) and then said that he'd tell the lady behind me who was wearing a Duke shirt that he went for Duke.
It's really cool that the NHL players all seem to have a good humor while signing autographs. (At least the ones I've asked to sign my stuff... although somehow I don't think Sean Avery would come across as a nice guy...)
*EDIT 8:26PM* I added super-cool picture! I love my new scanner!
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Curse you Matt Cullen!
Canes lost 2-1 in a shootout against the Rangers today.
I will attribute the shootout woes this season to Matt Cullen leaving the Hurricanes. Coincidentally, Matt Cullen was the player who scored the winning shootout goal for the Rangers.
The Canes have not won any games that went into shootouts this entire year.
The game was well played, I thought. I thought the Canes had a bit of an edge in the second - the other periods seemed even.
Cam Ward left the game in the second period with a laceration above his left knee. He got 11 stitches according to the NBC guys. (I actually liked NBC's broadcast of the game... it didn't seem like they were favoring one team over the other for once.) John Grahame came in and played pretty good for having no warmup whatsoever. He made a few mistakes at the beginning - but none that turned into goals for New York, thankfully.
Justin Williams got the only goal for the Canes.
The next game is at home against the Florida Panthers.
And... for all of those who follow college basketball: the UNC Tar Heels won the ACC Tournament over NC State today. Go Heels!
I will attribute the shootout woes this season to Matt Cullen leaving the Hurricanes. Coincidentally, Matt Cullen was the player who scored the winning shootout goal for the Rangers.
The Canes have not won any games that went into shootouts this entire year.
The game was well played, I thought. I thought the Canes had a bit of an edge in the second - the other periods seemed even.
Cam Ward left the game in the second period with a laceration above his left knee. He got 11 stitches according to the NBC guys. (I actually liked NBC's broadcast of the game... it didn't seem like they were favoring one team over the other for once.) John Grahame came in and played pretty good for having no warmup whatsoever. He made a few mistakes at the beginning - but none that turned into goals for New York, thankfully.
Justin Williams got the only goal for the Canes.
The next game is at home against the Florida Panthers.
And... for all of those who follow college basketball: the UNC Tar Heels won the ACC Tournament over NC State today. Go Heels!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Canes win
Canes won 3-0 over Washington last night.
I didn't really pay too much attention to the game, and the parts that I did pay attention to, I've forgotten anything remarkable about them.
So... Canes are now in 8th place in the East. Tomorrow they play the New York Rangers, who are trailing the Canes points-wise by 2. Game's on NBC, although the 12:30 start time will conflict with the 1:00 ACC Championship game that will feature the UNC Tar Heels and some team not known as of right now.
And to conclude this post that didn't really say anything unique: Happy Birthday Mom!
I didn't really pay too much attention to the game, and the parts that I did pay attention to, I've forgotten anything remarkable about them.
So... Canes are now in 8th place in the East. Tomorrow they play the New York Rangers, who are trailing the Canes points-wise by 2. Game's on NBC, although the 12:30 start time will conflict with the 1:00 ACC Championship game that will feature the UNC Tar Heels and some team not known as of right now.
And to conclude this post that didn't really say anything unique: Happy Birthday Mom!
Monday, March 05, 2007
Network broadcasting foils the Caniac Nation again
Canes lost 3-1 to the Thrashers yesterday.
No one saw this game because the Canes were screwed over by the powers-that-be at NBC who decided that the Penguins-Flyers game or the Red Wings-Avalanche game would be better for its viewers. Yeah, that's right, I'd rather see two teams, who are for certain in the playoffs, play their over-hyped division rivals who are so far out of the playoffs that they couldn't touch eighth place with a 10 foot pole. I'd totally rather see that than two teams who are legitimately vying for playoff position.
Or not.
The point being, all I can tell you is that Rod Brind'Amour scored the lone goal for the Canes.
The Canes will be on a four day lapse in games, during which I will be preparing myself for the inevitable madness that comes with March.
Speaking of which, UNC won over Duke yesterday, taking the first place seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament.
No one saw this game because the Canes were screwed over by the powers-that-be at NBC who decided that the Penguins-Flyers game or the Red Wings-Avalanche game would be better for its viewers. Yeah, that's right, I'd rather see two teams, who are for certain in the playoffs, play their over-hyped division rivals who are so far out of the playoffs that they couldn't touch eighth place with a 10 foot pole. I'd totally rather see that than two teams who are legitimately vying for playoff position.
Or not.
The point being, all I can tell you is that Rod Brind'Amour scored the lone goal for the Canes.
The Canes will be on a four day lapse in games, during which I will be preparing myself for the inevitable madness that comes with March.
Speaking of which, UNC won over Duke yesterday, taking the first place seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Bonus! and Deja vu
I have an incredible sense of deja vu today.
But I'll get to that later. First, my recap of the totally awesome Pittsburgh game that I attended.
Canes won 3-2 over the Penguins Friday, much to my happiness. The Amazing-Power-Forward-Spirit of Cole (see last post) was truly with this team that night.
This was evident in the first period, when Eric Staal laid this incredible body check on Brooks Orpik. I don't think I've ever seen Staal check anyone - especially as hard as he did. And the fact that it was on the most hated player in the NHL (for me, at least) - Bonus!
Actually Staal played one of his best games of the season, in my opinion. But I think that's just because he wanted to show up his younger brother.
This game was just awesome. The sellout crowd was absolutely into it, making this a really exciting game to go to. And the fact that I got to boo my most hated person in the NHL every time he touched the puck - Bonus!
Now, as for today... I'm not sure if it's really deja vu or not. There's just a lot of weird coincidences.
To start off, I'll describe what happened last year on this date. It was a Saturday and the Hurricanes were playing Pittsburgh, and beating them up pretty well. I went to go watch the UNC-Duke game at 9:00, because it was going to be a better show than the hockey game (Plus, if you live anywhere near these teams, you know it's all anyone is talking about Monday morning).
I checked back with the Canes game at halftime - only to find that Cole had been injured - pretty badly, by the way John and Tripp were talking. So, nervously, I went back to watching UNC beat Duke in Cameron on Senior Night.
The next morning, I found several accounts of what Cole was out with - some reports had it was his arm because of the way he went off the ice - but I knew it couldn't be that because he didn't go into the boards with his arm. Finally, the true story came out - that Cole had fractured vertebra in his neck, wasn't paralyzed, but he would be out for quite a long time. (And that Brooks Orpik is an absolute loser...)
Fast forward to today, a year after that Saturday. Both the Canes and Penguins play today, although not against each other. But the teams played each other only played two nights ago. UNC and Duke play each other again - still Senior Night, although this time it's Carolina's night, not Duke's. Cole's out - not with a neck injury, thank goodness.
I don't know where exactly I was going with typing all this out. But, I just think there's way too many coincidences for it to go unsaid that the same events are happening in the same time frame a year later. The more I think about it, the more I think that there has to be some underlying message in all of this.
Or, y'know, I've had too much Mountain Dew within the last week. Take your pick.
But I'll get to that later. First, my recap of the totally awesome Pittsburgh game that I attended.
Canes won 3-2 over the Penguins Friday, much to my happiness. The Amazing-Power-Forward-Spirit of Cole (see last post) was truly with this team that night.
This was evident in the first period, when Eric Staal laid this incredible body check on Brooks Orpik. I don't think I've ever seen Staal check anyone - especially as hard as he did. And the fact that it was on the most hated player in the NHL (for me, at least) - Bonus!
Actually Staal played one of his best games of the season, in my opinion. But I think that's just because he wanted to show up his younger brother.
This game was just awesome. The sellout crowd was absolutely into it, making this a really exciting game to go to. And the fact that I got to boo my most hated person in the NHL every time he touched the puck - Bonus!
Now, as for today... I'm not sure if it's really deja vu or not. There's just a lot of weird coincidences.
To start off, I'll describe what happened last year on this date. It was a Saturday and the Hurricanes were playing Pittsburgh, and beating them up pretty well. I went to go watch the UNC-Duke game at 9:00, because it was going to be a better show than the hockey game (Plus, if you live anywhere near these teams, you know it's all anyone is talking about Monday morning).
I checked back with the Canes game at halftime - only to find that Cole had been injured - pretty badly, by the way John and Tripp were talking. So, nervously, I went back to watching UNC beat Duke in Cameron on Senior Night.
The next morning, I found several accounts of what Cole was out with - some reports had it was his arm because of the way he went off the ice - but I knew it couldn't be that because he didn't go into the boards with his arm. Finally, the true story came out - that Cole had fractured vertebra in his neck, wasn't paralyzed, but he would be out for quite a long time. (And that Brooks Orpik is an absolute loser...)
Fast forward to today, a year after that Saturday. Both the Canes and Penguins play today, although not against each other. But the teams played each other only played two nights ago. UNC and Duke play each other again - still Senior Night, although this time it's Carolina's night, not Duke's. Cole's out - not with a neck injury, thank goodness.
I don't know where exactly I was going with typing all this out. But, I just think there's way too many coincidences for it to go unsaid that the same events are happening in the same time frame a year later. The more I think about it, the more I think that there has to be some underlying message in all of this.
Or, y'know, I've had too much Mountain Dew within the last week. Take your pick.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Heels win; Canes play tonight
Canes play Boston tonight.
According to TSN's Ice Chips, Cory Stillman will miss at least a week after injuring his knee in Montreal.
Great. Just what we need, a change in the lineup after we won a game for the first time in what seemed forever.
In other news, Dook lost their third game in a row to the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Nothin' could be finer...
According to TSN's Ice Chips, Cory Stillman will miss at least a week after injuring his knee in Montreal.
Great. Just what we need, a change in the lineup after we won a game for the first time in what seemed forever.
In other news, Dook lost their third game in a row to the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Nothin' could be finer...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Yes! Kaberle is back with a vengance!
Canes won 2-1 last night against the Montreal Canadiens.
I was not able to listen to the game, as I was too busy, so I can't really comment on the actual play of the players.
Except that: The Canes won! Finally!
And that: Wow. Frank Kaberle scores the game-winning goal in his first game back with the Canes. Hopefully, this is a sign of a significant turn around for the team.
Also that: Andrew Ladd fought with Craig Rivet. I heard from my alternate-viewpoint Caniac, who happened to see some highlights, that Ladd won, but just barely.
Although the news of Kaberle's comeback is good news for the Caniac Nation, it is bad news for Anton Babchuk. Especially after he refused to be sent to Albany, so the Canes had to suspend him.
I'm not quite sure what exactly happens when a player is suspended. I assume that said player gets no pay... but is there anything else that happens?
Anyways... on a purely non-hockey note: Carolina plays Dook tonight, 9 PM. You can guarantee that I, plus everyone who cares about ACC basketball and/or those who live within a 50-mile radius of either school, will be watching it.
I was not able to listen to the game, as I was too busy, so I can't really comment on the actual play of the players.
Except that: The Canes won! Finally!
And that: Wow. Frank Kaberle scores the game-winning goal in his first game back with the Canes. Hopefully, this is a sign of a significant turn around for the team.
Also that: Andrew Ladd fought with Craig Rivet. I heard from my alternate-viewpoint Caniac, who happened to see some highlights, that Ladd won, but just barely.
Although the news of Kaberle's comeback is good news for the Caniac Nation, it is bad news for Anton Babchuk. Especially after he refused to be sent to Albany, so the Canes had to suspend him.
I'm not quite sure what exactly happens when a player is suspended. I assume that said player gets no pay... but is there anything else that happens?
Anyways... on a purely non-hockey note: Carolina plays Dook tonight, 9 PM. You can guarantee that I, plus everyone who cares about ACC basketball and/or those who live within a 50-mile radius of either school, will be watching it.
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