Scott Walker News

Jun 15, 2009 5:29 pm US/Eastern The Boston Bruins have signed general manager Peter Chiarelli to a multi-year contract extension .

The Carolina Hurricanes will keep their coaching staff together after their run to the Eastern Conference finals.

Can you believe it's over? We can't. The 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs were among the most exhilarating in the league's long history.

The National Hockey League's disciplinary system is unpredictable, but there is usually some symmetry to it.

The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame may want to consider making Scott Walker an honorary member.

It's Sunday, the Pittsburgh Penguins are up 3-0 over the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and I'm relieved that the threatening phone calls have stopped.

Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin, left, takes a shot at Henrik Zetterberg late in Game 2. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will not be suspended after receiving an instigator penalty in the closing seconds of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final, the NHL announced after Sunday's contest.

Scott Walker delivered another knockout punch, scoring first NHL playoff goal 18:46 into overtime Thursday night to send the Carolina Hurricanes into the Eastern Conference finals with a 3-2 Game 7 victory over the Boston Bruins.

Only two teams in Stanley Cup playoffs past have overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series, and it hasna t happened since 1975.

If there was ever a time when the Carolina Hurricanes needed Eric Staal to come through in the clutch, it would be Tuesday night in Game 4 at RBC Center .

The Carolina Hurricanes know there's no secret to rebounding from a Game 1 loss in any playoff series.

Carolina was terrible and the Pens won easily. But Game 3 was garbage -- the refs gave the Pens 3 PP and Carolina NONE at ALL until the 3rd period! That's not hockey as I know it...and Pitt was not squeaky clean tonight.

A topic in both locker rooms after Carolina and the Penguins had their morning skates yesterday at RBC Center stemmed from the other NHL playoff series.

Playoff comebacks have been commonplace for Carolina, and for the Hurricanes to make the Eastern Conference finals a series again, they'll need their biggest one yet.

With Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final scheduled for Thursday night at Mellon Arena, both teams scaled things back a bit Tuesday.

Every now and then, you get a night like this from Evgeni Malkin, a night when the blinding talent merges with a fire in his belly, and there is no stopping the NHL's scoring champion.

The Carolina Hurricanes have made a habit this postseason of coming back hard, earning the nickname Cardiac 'Canes, but it didn't work out that way for them last night.

The Carolina Hurricanes will be keeping their fingers crossed that two players lost to injury in Game 1 will be ready to return to action in Thursday's Game 2. Winger Tuomo Ruutu did not play after the first period when he was seen limping from the ice after getting tangled up with Pittsburgh defenseman Mark Eaton during a Carolina power play.

That's all the time it took for the visiting Carolina Hurricanes to watch their aspirations of stealing the opener of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final disintegrate last night at the Mellon Arena.

The Eastern Conference finals will get underway tonight in Pittsburgh, as the Penguins welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to Mellon Arena for Game 1 of the best-of-seven series.