Joni Pitkanen News

Manny Legace's first start in goal for the Hurricanes will be in his first game with the Hurricanes.

In the winter of 2003, after a dismal six-goal loss to the Los Angeles Kings, the Carolina Hurricanes reached the inevitable conclusion that no matter how hard anyone tried or what anyone did, their season was only getting worse.

The Carolina Hurricanes activated forward Erik Cole from injured reserve Sunday.

David Perron had two goals, Yan Stastny and Jay McClement scored 16 seconds apart, and Chris Mason made 34 saves to help the St.

Cal Clutterbuck came off the injured reserve list Saturday and scored the game-winning goal in Minnesota's 3-2 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Cal Clutterbuck scored 1:55 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 Saturday night.

The Minnesota Wild hope a return home tonight can shake them out of their current funk, as they welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to Xcel Energy Center.

Paul Stastny scored a pair of goals and dished out an assist, as the Colorado Avalanche outlasted the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-4, at the Pepsi Center.

The New Jersey Devils have won all three of their road games, but they've curiously come up empty at home - particularly during a third-period breakdown in their latest loss.

Imagine if the winner of NHL shootouts received two points and the loser none. Or if the shootouts had five shooters from each team instead of three, as in the American Hockey League.

"The knee feels better but I'll have to wait and see this afternoon," said Pitkanen, who practiced with the team for a third straight day.

Only Joni Pitkanen knows if his knee will have recovered enough for the Carolina Hurricanes defenseman to play Wednesday.

Playing against Carolina tonight for the first time since his club swept the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference final last season, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma recalled that series Tuesday.

RALEIGH Defenseman Joni Pitkanen didn't practice with the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday after missing the past two games.

RALEIGH The pain of a miserable start to the NHL season was compounded for the Carolina Hurricanes because of more pain for right wing Erik Cole.

The Florida Panthers are back in North America to continue their 2009-10 campaign as they take on the Carolina Hurricanes tonight in a Southeast Division battle at RBC Center.

Tuomo Ruutu scored the final goal for the Carolina Hurricanes in a shootout, giving them a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.

A pair of Southeast Division members seeking to turn around an undesired start to the 2009-10 season will face off this evening at Raleigh's RBC Center, where the Carolina Hurricanes return home to battle the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Rio de Janeiro is selected over Madrid as host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

A pair of playoff teams from last year will kick off their seasons tonight, as the Philadelphia Flyers visit the Carolina Hurricanes at RBC Center.