The Buffalo Sabres continued pushing forward with their rebuild as they acquired Jeff Skinner from the Carolina Hurricanes in a trade Thursday night. In exchange for the highly skilled 26-year-old winger, the Sabres sent forward prospect Cliff Pu, a 2019…
The following is a guest post from Bob Wage, who currently covers the Carolina Hurricanes for CanesCountry.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @CanesCountry Did you watch the Carolina Hurricanes last season? Believe it or not, there are few changes to…
The Carolina Hurricanes have extended young forward Jeff Skinner to a six-year contract extension worth $34.35 million. Skinner will receive $4,350,000 in 2013-14 and $6 million per season thereafter until the 2018-19 season. According to CapGeek.com, Skinner’s cap hit will…
In the first of today’s quarterfinal matchups Canada was eliminated as Michael Handzus scored late to give Slovaki a 4-3 victory. With only 2:28 left in the game, Handzus scored a power-play goal to lift his team to the semifinals.…
Jack Johnson was the hero in overtime Saturday as his second goal of the game helped the United States top Canada 5-4 at the World Championships. Johnson’s goal came 1:47 into the extra session, and marks the first time the…
Carolina Hurricanes’ fans gave a collective sigh of relief last night as young forward Jeff Skinner has returned. Skinner, who has missed 16 games, was out because of a concussion. The NHL continues its ongoing effort to curb head-shots, ultimately…
In case you haven’t noticed, the Carolina Hurricanes aren’t doing too hot this season. The team is 2-7-1 over their last 10 games and lingers near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. The team fired their head coach last…
During the start of August, 2011, the NHLPA selected 42 of the best bantam level (1996) hockey players in Canada to participate in the Allstate All-Canadian Mentorship Camp. The young players were mentored by NHL stars such as Jason Spezza,…
As an 18-year-old rookie last season with the Carolina Hurricane, Jeff Skinner was selected to the All-Star team and posted 31 goals along with 32 assists en route to winning the Calder Trophy as the best rookie in the NHL.…
Offseason Losses: Erik Cole, Joe Corvo, Bryan Rodney Offseason Additions: Anthony Stewart, Brian Boucher, Tomas Kaberle Last Season Ranking: 9th in East Offense: The Canes are pretty stacked at the center position. The top three leading scorers from last season…