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Nothing this season has gone well for the Carolina Hurricanes, and everyone involved with the team, and maybe even the league, knows that.
The special teams are bad, the injuries are hitting hard, there are major goaltending issues, troubles with holding leads as well as converting plentiful early first-period scoring chances.
But, recently, there have been signs of life. The Canes salvaged a point last Friday despite falling to the Islanders...
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Someone else can do the math and the Hurricanes may still be the oldest team in the league, but their average age is dipping.
Brandon Sutter, 20, has been in the lineup five games. Zach Boychuk, who turned 20 on Oct. 4, will be in it Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Sutter and Boychuk began the season with the Albany River Rats (AHL) after leading the Hurricanes prospects to the championship in a rookie tournament hosted by...
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Brandon Sutter had played long and hard Friday night in the Albany River Rats' 2-1 loss to the Rochester Americans in Albany, N.Y.
The next morning, he was on a flight to Minnesota, called up by the Hurricanes. He sat through a weather delay in Detroit while changing planes, then arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul International to find out his sticks didn't make it.
Sutter did make it to the Xcel Energy Center — a half-hour before the...
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Center Brandon Sutter, Carolina Hurricanes
Sutter had five points (two goals, three assists) in four games (1.25 points per game) with a +3 plus/minus rating. He had three power play points, 13 shots on goal, and won 34 faceoffs. On the year Sutter has eight points (five goals, 3 assists) with a +1 rating and three power play...
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