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Carolina Hurricanes tweak roster hoping to get back to playoffs
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, NHL,
The Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup in 2006. Since then, it’s been almost exclusive misery for the fans and team in Raleigh. The Hurricanes have failed to make the playoffs in four of the past five seasons. In that fifth season, they finished sixth and won two seven-game series before bowing out of the Conference Final in four games. This season, Carolina hopes that a few roster tweaks will mean the difference between a playoff berth and early tee times on the golf courses.
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Once in a lifetime play sinks Leafs lower
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, Editorial, NHL,
Well there’s something you don’t see every day. In Saturday’s match between the Maple Leafs and the Penguins, Sergei Gonchar stunned the Blue and White faithful into complete and utter silence with a pair of second period goals. The first came after he rifled a shot that appeared to slam off the post and rebound out to the Leafs defenders, who pushed the puck up to Alexai Ponikarovsky, who, on a breakway, was taken down by none other than Gonchar, and was awarded a penalty shot. The play, however, went to review.
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