Niclas Wallin News

When Peter Laviolette took over the Hurricanes in December 2003, it took him two months to get the Hurricanes playing the way he wanted them to play.

Michael Leighton knew how the Carolina Hurricanes would try to beat him in the shootout.

Glen Metropolit scored two power-play goals after Andrei Markov had his third in three games, and the Montreal Canadiens routed the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory.

The Montreal Canadiens will aim for a third consecutive victory when they visit the lowly Carolina Hurricanes for tonight's battle at RBC Center.

Brandon Dubinsky scored the game-winning goal early in the third period, as the New York Rangers scored three unanswered goals to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1, at RBC Center.

Canes defenseman Aaron Ward has cleared waivers and remains with the team, but goaltender Michael Leighton has been claimed by the Philadelphia Flyers.

Tuomo Ruutu had his first career hat trick, and Cam Ward made 24 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Dallas Stars 5-3 on Wednesday night.

With defenseman Niclas Wallin injured and a forward spot open, the Hurricanes recalled defenseman Bryan Rodney and forward Patrick Dwyer from the Albany River Rats Tuesday.

27, KTCK-AM 12:25 AM CST on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 By MIKE HEIKA / The Dallas Morning News mheika@dallasnews.com Key matchup: Mike Modano vs.

After such a dreadful October and November, the Carolina Hurricanes have come out quite a bit stronger in December.

Struggling on offense, the Senators used defense to pick up a win last time out.

The Carolina Hurricanes finally have another victory in regulation. Chad LaRose scored his first goal of the season.

The other worst team in the NHL visits the RBC Center tonight, with the Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs each stuck on 11 points.

Canadiens' Guillaume Latendresse, right, gets a piece of Carolina's Niclas Wallin in the first period.

At home in Prince Edward Island, Canada, he's known as Lyle Richardson . But around these parts, he's known as Spector, FOXSports.com's Prince of Pucks.

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.

So much for that strong start to the season that the Carolina Hurricanes deemed so important.

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.Wojtek Wolski, Milan Hejduk, and Ryan O'Reilly each had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche, who have won five of their past six games.

John Tavares scored in the shootout to give the New York Islanders their first victory of the season, 4-3 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.

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