by Spencer Lee | Sep 30, 2019 | Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Washington Capitals
It’s been a long time since the Carolina Hurricanes had a true rivalry. When the franchise was in Hartford, the Boston Bruins were their biggest rival; likely due the teams’ proximities to each other because the Bruins frequently dominated that series. A few decades...
by Neal McHale | Jun 26, 2019 | Homepage, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals
Not only did the St. Louis Blues title help end the franchise’s 52-year Cup drought, it also returned the Stanley Cup to the Central division, regular keepers of it during Chicago’s three in six modern day dynasty. The Metro, which occupied it from...
by Spencer Lee | Apr 19, 2019 | Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL, Washington Capitals
If you’ve watched any of the the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals series in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, you know it’s been a physical series. The Hurricanes have out-hit the Capitals in three of the four games and the fewest combined hits...
by Spencer Lee | Apr 19, 2019 | Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL, Washington Capitals
Roars came from the stands in PNC Arena Thursday night. Monday night was loud as it was the first playoff game at PNC Arena in nearly 10 years. Thursday nights crowd put Monday nights’ crowd to shame in terms of noise level. Many people wore ear plugs to help fight...
by Spencer Lee | Apr 18, 2019 | Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL, Washington Capitals
After getting off to a slow start in the first two games of the series, the Hurricanes bounced back and took Game Three by storm. So far, the Hurricanes have dominated the series in 5-on-5 hockey, and quite frankly they have even halted the Capitals’ power play...
by Neal McHale | Mar 21, 2019 | Homepage, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals
For years, the Penguins-Capitals second round meeting was the spectacle of the postseason. Long, thrilling and star-powered. That matchup may again repeat itself this spring, but Wednesday offered a preview to what might be the must-see series of this year’s...
