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Hurricanes RW Walker out six weeks (PA SportsTicker) 10/06/08

Carolina Hurricanes right wing Scott Walker will be sidelined six weeks after undergoing surgery Monday morning to repair a torn ligament in his left hand.

Facing Off with Carolina Hurricanes C Chad LaRose (PA SportsTicker) 10/06/08

PA SportsTicker recently obstructed Carolina Hurricanes center Chad LaRose and held him long enough to ask the following questions:

Hurricanes Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) 10/06/08

The Hurricanes have undergone a major overhaul on defense and are counting on the return of healthy forwards to push them into the postseason.

Their frustration from the last two seasons is at the boiling point. There's no lack of motivation, particularly following a painful offseason.

"I think this one was a little bit different (than the summer of 2007)," center Eric Staal said. "We came so close. It took a long time to get over it. There's still a little bit of that there."

Coach Peter Laviolette said, "You're judged on your postseason success and how you do in the playoffs, and we all missed that."

There's no time to waste figuring out how the defense is going to break down.

Whitney, Staal score in Canes' preseason win (AP) 10/05/08

Ray Whitney and Eric Staal both scored to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-0 win over the Nashville Predators on Sunday in the final preseason game for both teams. Whitney gave Carolina a 1-0 lead with 12:41 left after he got to a rebound of Patrick Eaves' shot in the slot and sent the puck past Dan Ellis, who stopped 26 of 27 shots.

Hurricanes sign C Boychuk (PA SportsTicker) 10/04/08

Zach Boychuk certainly had a happy birthday.

Hurricanes sign Boychuk to 3-year entry deal (AP) 10/04/08

The Carolina Hurricanes signed first-round draft pick Zach Boychuk to a three-year entry contract worth more than $2.6 million at the NHL level. Boychuk will make $787,500 per season in the NHL or $65,000 at the minor league level in the deal announced Saturday. He also receives a $262,500 signing bonus.

Staal scores twice, Hurricanes storm Predators 4-2 (AP) 10/02/08

Eric Staal scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 Thursday night in a preseason game. Brandon Sutter and Ryan Bayda also scored for Carolina. Joel Ward and Vernon Fiddler had the Predators' goals. Carolina jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, scoring twice in less than a minute against Dan Ellis.

Power Poll: Gotta go Red Wings for preseason No. 1 (SportingNews.com) 10/02/08

There's a temptation to pick a team other than the Detroit Red Wings as the preseason No.

Canadiens top goalie confidence index; Thrashers ranked No. 30 (Yahoo! Sports) 10/01/08

Friend of Puck Daddy Ryan Kennedy of The Hockey News had a piece in the Sept. 16 edition that ranked the NHL by...

Dark horse with a capital 'C' (Yahoo! Sports) 09/30/08

Alexander Ovechkin is the best thing that's happened to Washington. Now can the Capitals ride him to a Stanley Cup title?

Puck Headlines: Senators opt for Darth Gerber over Khabibulin (Yahoo! Sports) 09/30/08

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O'Neill ends comeback bid with Hurricanes (AP) 09/30/08

Jeff O'Neill has ended his NHL comeback bid with the Carolina Hurricanes. He notified the team of his decision after Sunday's exhibition win over Philadelphia. Hurricanes president and general manager Jim Rutherford said it's difficult for a player who sat out for a season to return to the league, but that O'Neill looked fine in training camp.

Hurricanes release C O"Neill (PA SportsTicker) 09/30/08

Jeff O'Neill's bid to make the Carolina Hurricanes roster has ended.

Hurricanes general partner dies (PA SportsTicker) 09/29/08

Carolina Hurricanes co-owner Thomas Thewes died after a two year battle with leukemia. He was 76.

Not a pretty picture (Yahoo! Sports) 09/29/08

Vancouver needs all the help they can get including, a Superman-like showing from goalie Roberto Luongo.

Puck Daddy chats with blogger Paul Kukla about the new Korner (Yahoo! Sports) 09/28/08

For Web-savvy puckheads, there have been two major site redesigns recently. NHL.com is trotting out a beta...

Leighton stops 21 shots in Carolina victory (AP) 09/28/08

Michael Leighton stopped 21 shots and the Carolina Hurricanes won for the first time in four preseason games with a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. Leighton, who's expected to be Carolina's No. 2 goalie, made nine saves in the third period. He has stopped 36 of 37 shots in two preseason outings.

Richards lifts Flyers over Hurricanes, 4-2 (AP) 09/27/08

Mike Richards scored two short-handed goals to lead the Flyers to a 4-2 preseason victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday in Philadelphia's final game at the Spectrum. Braydon Coburn had a goal and an assist and Joffrey Lupul also scored for the Flyers. Matt Murley and Patrick Eaves scored for the Hurricanes, who are winless in three preseason games.

Washington beats Carolina for 2nd straight night (AP) 09/25/08

Alex Ovechkin got two goals and an assist, and Michael Nylander added two goals to help the Washington Capitals rally for a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in a preseason game Thursday night. This was the second straight night the two Southeast Division rivals met. The Capitals scored a 4-1 victory over the Hurricanes Wednesday in Raleigh.

RotoWire's Keeper League Prospect Rankings (RotoWire) 09/25/08

Fleischmann, Capitals top 'Canes 4-1 (AP) 09/24/08

Tomas Fleischmann scored twice and the Washington Capitals got their exhibition season off to a good start with a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night. Matt Bradley and Mathieu Perreault also scored and Viktor Kozlov added two assists for the Capitals. Defenseman Joni Pitkanen scored with a two-man advantage for the Hurricanes.

Pen them in (Yahoo! Sports) 09/24/08

The return of Pittsburgh's youthful core makes a repeat trip to the Finals a real possibility for the Penguins.

Flyers' Gagne targets Saturday for post-concussion return (Yahoo! Sports) 09/24/08

Simon Gagne, trying to make a successful recovery from last season's concussion, hopes to play his first...