I started writing the Red and Black Hockey blog back in July 17 2005. It started out over on the blogspot platform, spawned out of another blog that I had created to write about music and movie...
On Friday night, the Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in the home opener at First Niagara Center. They were poorly disciplined, but the special teams stood tall. They got shorthande...
On Thursday, the Hurricanes decided to return defenseman Ryan Murphy to the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. The 2011 first round draft selection survived the final round of rost...
On Wednesday, the Hurricanes finally got their first win of the season with a 3-2 regulation win over the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins. The Hurricanes got goals from Joni Pitk...
On Saturday, the Hurricanes had a much better showing than they did on Friday. Against the defending Southeast Division champion Capitals, they forced overtime to earn a standings point. For th...
The Hurricanes made some personnel changes on the bench and on the ice over the summer. There are a lot of new guys, but the result of the opening night game was pretty much the same as a lot o...
The Hurricanes have announced the opening night roster for tomorrow’s home tilt against the Bolts. There’s a bit of intrigue to it. Ryan Murphy, the highly touted 2011 first r...
On Wednesday, Jim Rutherford announced that the Carolina Hurricanes were returning forward Riley Nash to Charlotte of the American League. This, frankly, came as a bit of a surprise. For now, i...
Due to the overwhelming response to my plea for more managers to fill a league, I’ve opened up a second league. I have a few invitations already out, but anyone who is interested in joini...
I’m looking for a few more fantasy hockey managers to round out a 12-team fantasy hockey league. I run a weekly league with pretty basic settings. 2 players each at C, LW, RW, D, G,...
On Thursday, the Hurricanes trimmed their training camp roster to 24 by sending 12 players to Charlotte of the American League. The group of twelve includes Zach Boychuk, who was projected to m...
Over the summer, the Carolina Hurricanes added a lot of pieces. By now, they’ve definitely shored up the blue line, and they even have a log jam. Barring a trade, no matter how well...
On Friday evening, the Hurricanes announced that they have come to terms with 2011 first round draft selection Ryan Murphy. The 18-year old defenseman, who was selected with the 12th overall pi...
The Carolina Hurricanes lost a family member in the tragic plane crash last week, which wiped out the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team. Josef Vasicek, who played 347 regular season games and 37 ...
On Wednesday, the Hurricanes made a depth signing by inking veteran defenseman Mathieu Roy to a one-year, two-way contract. He will most likely play in Charlotte, where he will make an AHL sala...
It’s a horrible day in the neighborhood. It’s already been a brutal summer for hockey fans. Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak, known for their roles as enforcer, all ...
Things have been slow around here. Not much hockey news. The players are slowly starting to come back to the City of Oaks, the new guys are showing their faces. The unofficial worko...
At this summer’s NHL Research, Development and Orientation camp, they’re testing out a bunch of things that might change our game. Every summer, dozens of things get tested and few ...
There isn’t much going on this summer, but Anthony Stewart, one of the newest Canes, is keeping us entertained. Between appearing on TSN’s “Off the Record” and his tweet...
After the Canes finished signing their own UFAs both at the NHL and AHL levels, things have gotten kind of slow around here. Yesterday, the Charlotte Checkers announced that goaltender John Mus...
The Carolina Hurricanes have come to terms on contract renewals for Brett Sutter and Bobby Sanguinetti. Each has re-signed for one year on a two-way deal. Sutter, who played very well in ...
Although there are some ridiculous rumors circulating about a possible trade involving Ales Hemsky of the Oilers, the Hurricanes are done with signings for the big team. In the last 24 hours, t...
On Wednesday afternoon, the Carolina Hurricanes and alternate captain Brandon Sutter finally came to an agreement. For weeks, the media has been telling us “the deal could be done as soon...
After weeks of hearing “the deal could be finalized as soon as today”, the deal has finally been finalized. According to reliable sources, the Hurricanes and Brandon Sutter have agr...
The most famous family in hockey is the Sutters. Brothers Brent, Brian, Darryl, Duane, Rich and Ron were NHL superstars in the 1970s and 80s. Their oldest brother Gary worked in a lumber ...
There’s a sweater number debate in Carolina that got solved by Twitter. It’s not as exciting as the Mike Commodore situation in Detroit, but it’s still pretty neat. Tim ...
Just seconds after the Tomas Kaberle acquisition, the Hurricanes traded away the guy who had been the “old man” on the blue line when they sent Joe Corvo to the Bruins for a fourth round ...
It was just reported that defenseman Tomas Kaberle, brother of former Hurricane Frantisek Kaberle, has signed a three-year deal with the Hurricanes for $12.75M. Another offensive defenseman? I ...
On Friday, Carolina lost one of its star players to free agency, then added five new players. They added four forwards and a goalie. None was a blockbuster, but all should be great additi...
The Hurricanes have come to terms with 27-year old free agent Tim Brent for two years at a total of $1.5M. This is the fourth line center they were looking for. Good on draws, capable of ...
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