NHL Playoff

Give a Little Bit - Hurricanes in the News

The Carolina Hurricanes might have had a couple of days off recently between games, but they have been very busy doing a variety of things on and off the ice during that time frame. I’m going to try to give a little bit of information on several news items and interviews, just in case you might have missed anything.

On Monday night, the Canes held a season-ticket holder event which included an open practice, an autograph session, and a “State of the Canes” address by Peter Laviolette. To see a clip of one of the candid questions in the Q&A session, check out this link.

During their day off on Sunday, Keith Aucoin, Ryan Bayda, and Tim Conboy flew back to Albany and drove their cars and belongings back to Raleigh where they will spend the rest of the season. For more about that, check out this story. The boys certainly deserve to spend the rest of the year here in the big league, but what happens if the team makes the playoffs and some of the regulars get healthy again? That’s another question for another day.

A reporter from Topeka interviewed Tim Conboy recently and posted an article in his blog. You can see that here. Apparently, Tim is the only player who played in Topeka to ever make it to the NHL. It’s funny how he describes his first NHL fight with bruiser Scott Parker. He said that Parker wanted to go, and wasn’t taking no for an answer.

Carolina Hurricanes.com posted a story about how Eric Staal has stepped up his game since the Brind’Amour injury. Read all about that here. Kudos to Eric, who is living up to the hype of being on the cover of a major video game.

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