Glen Wesley News

The first thing Bryan Rodney wanted to do was pick up his phone. The bus carrying the 25-year-old defenceman and his Albany River Rats teammates had just rolled over on the Massachusetts Turnpike in the middle of a stormy February night this past hockey season.

If there's anything to take away from this playoff run, it's that Eric Staal and Cam Ward are the franchise players the Carolina Hurricanes thought they were.

NHL Playoffs 2009 RALEIGH, N.C. -- When Carolina GM Jim Rutherford called up Paul Maurice in Toronto to ask Maurice if was interested in returning as the Hurricanes' coach, he might just as well have asked a simpler question: Will you come home, Paul? Because as much as the Hurricanes are a professional sports team and business entity, they have ...

A decade ago, the Carolina Hurricanes went to Boston in an attempt to avoid elimination.

Claude Julien and the Bruins will try to assert their superiority over the Whale ... oops ... Hurricanes.

We've already addressed Aaron Ward's personal connection to this first-round series, but he's hardly alone.

Paul Maurice stood waiting next to the news conference podium as a technician laboriously counted off, from one into the high teens, trying to get the sound right.

The great ones play hurt and Chuck Kaiton played through the closing moments of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Tuesday with phlegm in his lungs and throat.

Exhausted in victory, Ray Whitney sat in a corner of the Carolina Hurricanes' locker room Tuesday night, an electric fan whirring near his face.

Another year has passed without the Whalers in Hartford, running the total to 12 years without an N.H.L. team in Connecticut.

The River Rats, eliminated from Calder Cup playoff contention last weekend, can delay Bridgeport's arrival at the postseason party in tonight's game at the former Knickerbocker Arena.

Here's the online home of News & Observer sports columnist Luke DeCock. Check in for Luke's thoughts on the Carolina Hurricanes, the ACC, pro sports and whatever else catches his eye.

Now 40 and director of defensive development for the Carolina Hurricanes, Wesley went on to play 1,457 games over a 20-year NHL career.

After a day off on Sunday, the River Rats gathered late this morning at the former Knickerbocker Arena for their first practice since being formally knocked from Calder Cup playoff contention.

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Calgary Flames Friday, March 6, 7 p.m. RBC Center * Raleigh, NC Hurricanes: 33-27-5 ; 3rd Southeast Division; 10th Eastern Conference Flames: 38-19-6 ; 1st Northwest Division; 3rd ...

Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has re-acquired left wing Erik Cole from the Edmonton Oilers, as part of a ...

Of all the trophies awarded in voting by the Professional Hockey Writers Association, the Masterton Trophy may be the most sentimental.

So your team has just scored to go up two goals. You can relax, right? Well no. While it's certainly better to lead by two goals than trail by two, multigoal leads are no guarantee of victory.

Glen Wesley Night at the RBC Center turned out to be a well-orchestrated, well-done affair Tuesday, impressive enough to leave the former defenseman calling it "surreal" afterward.

The Carolina Hurricanes are offering 2009 playoff tickets as well as 2009-10 season tickets.