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Red and Black Hockey
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The end of the line for RBH

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...

06 nov 11

Canes use special teams to beat Sabres

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...

15 oct 11

The ride is over for Ryan Murphy

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...

14 oct 11

Canes finally get first win

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&#...

14 oct 11

Canes steal a point from Caps

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...

09 oct 11

New faces, but same old Canes

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...

08 oct 11

Murphy to sit opening night

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...

06 oct 11

Carolina to carry nine defenseman to start the season—Nash cut

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...

06 oct 11

Auxiliary “Latebird” fantasy league now open

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...

05 oct 11

looking for a few more fantasy hockey managers

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,...

04 oct 11

Riley Nash survives latest cuts, Zach Boychuk doesn’t

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...

29 sep 11

Who will fill out Canes forward lines?

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...

21 sep 11

Canes sign top pick Murphy

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...

17 sep 11

Hurricanes will honor Vasicek on opening night, and all season long

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 ...

15 sep 11

Canes sign Mathieu Roy

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...

15 sep 11

Remembering the Czech Condor

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 ...

07 sep 11

Over heeeeeeeere!

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...

24 aug 11

Proposals from the RDO camp

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 ...

18 aug 11

Getting to know… Anthony Stewart

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...

05 aug 11

Canes get organizational depth in net

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...

20 jul 11

Canes re-sign pair for Charlotte

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 ...

15 jul 11

Minor League Moves

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...

15 jul 11

Brandon Sutter’s New Deal

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...

14 jul 11

Canes, Brandon Sutter agree to terms

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...

13 jul 11

Deal (and no deal) with the Sutter cousins

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 ...

12 jul 11

How Social Networking Helped a Player Pick His Number

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 ...

08 jul 11

Corvo traded

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 ...

05 jul 11

Tomas Kaberle to the Canes

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 ...

05 jul 11

Hurricanes bring in five new players

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...

03 jul 11

Canes sign Tim Brent

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 ...

01 jul 11

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