Pittsburgh, PA – Mike Lange, radio voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, is in critical but stable condition Monday morning after being attacked by a wild Penguins fan who attempted to actually scratch his back with a hacksaw. Lang, 63, was attacked late Saturday night while leaving RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina after broadcasting the [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes are accusing the Calgary Flames of sending the wrong Sutter in this week’s trade, claiming instead of Brett Sutter they received an asthmatic, obese man named Jed Sutter. Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said he thought he had sent defenseman Anton Babchuk and forward Tom Kostopoulos to the Flames for defenseman Ian White [...]
Carolina Hurricanes rookie Jeff Skinner’s lifelong dream came true earlier this month – he’s played in the NHL. How he has a new dream – to avoid playing in North Carolina. “I’m hoping they’ll send me back to Kitchener,” said the first-year center. “I can’t bear the thought of going to Raleigh. Finland was neat, [...]
We’re back for round two of our high school superlative previews. In fact, we’ll be posting these every Tuesday/Thursday til the start of the season. So uhh… I hope you like them. Because there’s no going back now. Up today, the southeast division courtesy of the lovely Miss L.M. Ruhland. Southeast Division By L.M. Ruhland [...]
Carolina rookie Jamie McBain has heard all your stupid Simpsons references. He gets it, he shares a name with fictional movie star McBain. Now knock it off. The Hurricanes young gun, who has posted seven points (three goals, four assists) and a plus 5 rating in his ten-game stint in Carolina, said he’s tired of [...]
Several Carolina Hurricanes fans lost their homes last week when the tradition of sounding a hurricane warning siren prior to the start of home games failed to alert a sellout crowd of an actual hurricane approaching the North Carolina coast. Hurricane Herman came ashore last Wednesday packing winds of more than 100 miles per hour, [...]