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Florida goalie Tomas Vokoun simply wouldn't let the Carolina Hurricanes end their losing streak.

You would think that with how awful the Hurricanes have been to start the season, there would be no shortage of blame to go around -- players, management, coaching staff, everyone.

The Carolina Hurricanes completed a three-game stretch of brutal results Sunday afternoon.

The way Minnesota's Cal Clutterbuck scored the game-winning overtime goal against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday encapsulates everything that has plagued the Canes' first month of season.

The easy story of the Lightning's 2-1 loss to the Hurricanes is another shootout failure.

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Mike Smith scuffles with Carolina Hurricanes' Stephane Yelle during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Oct.

Team-by-team capsules for the Eastern Conference's Northeast Division, listed in 2008-09 season order of finish: BOSTON BRUINS LAST SEASON: 53-19-10, 116 points.

The Carolina Hurricanes look much like the team that won the Stanley Cup in 2006.

So what's new? The Bruins get back to work tonight, facing the Washington Capitals in the season opener on Causeway Street, slightly less than five months after disappearing from sight amid the near-numbing silence of a shocked Garden full house.

Key additions: Derek Morris, D; Steve Begin, LW Key departures: Manny Fernandez, G; Stephane Yelle, C; Phil Kessel, RW; P.J. Axelsson, LW; Patrick Eaves, RW; Aaron Ward, D; Shane Hnidy, D; Steve Montador, D Some people believe the Bruins' stunning rise to the top of the Eastern Conference last season was little more than a fluke triggered by a ...

It's finally here: The end is in sight. Now? We're simply left with the Northeast.

After surprising every expert and hockey pundit and finishing first in the Eastern Conference, and just one win away from a President's Trophy, the Bruins enter this coming season with perhaps even higher expectations after a disappointing Game Seven loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference quarterfinals.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, It's been just over four months since Scott Walker broke Boston's heart with a his overtime garbage goal in the Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. But Causeway Street has been anything but quiet since then... Trade rumors, veteran departures, key acquisitions, surgeries, and recoveries have all made ...

Through the first three Group A practices, Canes coach Paul Maurice has been consistent with the lines he's used.

Hope abounds with the start of every NHL season, and unbridled enthusiasm will be evident today when the Bruins officially start training camp on Causeway Street.

Claude Julien will face new challenges, having lost veterans P.J. Axelsson, Aaron Ward, Stephane Yelle, and Shane Hnidy.

Every season begins the same as optimism overshadows pessimism and hope springs eternal for basement clubs and top-flight teams alike.

A.J. Bloomquist - contributor to "Pucking Awesome" Continuing the whirlwind tour, we head East for our next preview.

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Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment chair Larry Tanenbaum appears to be getting into the so-called racino business in Belleville.