Ron Francis Coddling Alexander Semin? Mark Shiver | January 30, 2015 View image | gettyimages.com Alexander Semin is currently in no-man’s land. Is he going to get onto Carolina Hurricanes ice again this season? Will he suddenly remember who he is…
Hurricanes Puck Talk: Inside Shiver’s Head on Media Row Mark Shiver | January 28, 2015 Ever wonder what a media guy thinks during a game? Let’s have some fun as I take you inside my head on media row during the game between the Carolina…
All-Star Comedy in Columbus Mark Shiver | January 26, 2015 “All-Star Comedy” would have been a more fitting name to the NHL All-Star Game Sunday afternoon. As in the other major sports, (except for Major League Baseball), the event was…
Hurricanes Puck Talk: Bill Peters “We Weren’t Hungry Enough” Mark Shiver | January 17, 2015 Bill Peters, head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, said after last night’s 3-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, “We weren’t hungry enough.” That is a very disconcerting statement for fans…
Those Wacky Staal Brothers Rumors Keep Swirling Mark Shiver | January 16, 2015 Those wacky Staal rumors just won’t go away. Will Eric stay with the Carolina Hurricanes or will he go? They were rampant back in October and I wrote then that…
Corey Perry’s Stupid Hat Tricks Mark Shiver | January 15, 2015 Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks has three hat tricks already this season. In most venues that would be considered stupid – not bad stupid, stupid good. Who has three…
Hurricanes Puck Talk: “Shooting Swedes” Undress Pickard Mark Shiver | January 14, 2015 Hurricanes win! In a game against the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night, the Carolina Hurricanes notched an overtime shootout win 3-2. It was a game of ebbs and flows for the…
Robbed by the All-Star Selection Gurus? Mark Shiver | January 13, 2015 The NHL has announced its 2015 All-Star lineup. The gurus have spoken. Some fans are not happy. They feel strongly that their favorite player on their favorite team got robbed.…
Cam Ward to Wild Not the Move to Make for the ‘Canes Mark Shiver | January 10, 2015 Cam Ward to the Minnesota Wild? The pundits are starting to call for this move. Well, moves in sports are often cloaked in seeming goodness for the near-term. Hockey moves…
Buffalo Continues to Prove They’re Really Bad Mark Shiver | January 9, 2015 Buffalo conjures up images of cold and snow and Bills football. For hockey fans, the Buffalo Sabres are front of mind as well. Lately, Buffalo in hockey parlance has come…
Radical Fix to Hockey’s Overtime Mess Mark Shiver | January 9, 2015 Overtime in the NHL is a mess. Who wants to watch a languid five-minute overtime with guys on tired legs? And who – except for Dad’s of goalies – wants…
Agony to Ecstasy: Jim Rutherford Sniffs a Cup Mark Shiver | January 7, 2015 Jim Rutherford must be grinning from ear to ear right about now. Having left the agony that is the current edition of the Carolina Hurricanes to travel north to Pittsburgh…
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