This years NHL trade deadline went down with a decent amount of trades but the damage for the most part was fairly minimal. Besides the Penner deal not a whole lot of big names went places. I had a feeling that the Hurricanes would do SOMETHING but I also knew this something would be fairly […]

There isn’t as much to say about the game itself as there was about the other days and things going on, mainly because unless you were there the game is typically pretty boring. I love hockey more then many other people out there and I even don’t care much about these games most years. It’s b/c the […]

    The Fan Fair was great and a fun night with the kiddies for sure, but after dropping the kids off at the in-laws it was time for what generally is the best part of any NHL All Star weekend. The Super Skills competition. This is on top of the usual Canes fan tradition of […]

The NHL All Star game will be in town here in Raleigh, this weekend and I am severely stoked. I will be at both events and likely lurking around the convention center on Friday and Saturday afternoon as well. The hope is to score a wristband to get in and watch the fantasy draft for […]

Last night the Hurricanes announced shortly before the game vs the Senators (a 7-1 win WOW) that they had dealt hard shooting but useless defensively D-man Anton Babchuk and hard nosed F Tom Kostopoulos to the Calgary Flames for D Ian White and minor league F Brett Sutter. I like this trade for a few […]

First let me get the record straight on the following. A) I am a Canes season ticket holder and lost my voice after the loss to Pitt the other night b/c of how bad the officiating was in the 3rd period and B) I wore my Islander jersey to the game tonight. I guess the […]

Well the GeekJock has returned from the beach and the sun. It was a good week off with some great fun with the family and friends. The week started a bit cooler but that wasn’t anywhere near enough to get the family down. A great beach house and not having to work or go to […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes the leaves are starting to change and that means one thing. HOCKEY SEASON! Last night I took my son (3 yo) to the opening night of the pre-season schedule for the Canes, and despite it being new season-same results it was still good to get back […]

    The Geekjock learned late last week that it was likely time that Aaron Ward was going to retire. I kept a glimmer of hope that one of my favorite defensemen was going to hang around for another season, but yesterday the announcement was made that the 37 year old was hanging them up. Ward […]

Yep, that’s right I am actually happy about 1 of the signings this year for the Canes. Why is this a surprise? Well, normally when the Canes decide to bring back a former Cane, it’s a terrible deal (See Babchuk, Erik Cole). Sometimes tho it is not, such as today’s re-signing of Joe Corvo (also […]