Peter Laviolette News

The Carolina Hurricanes have activated goaltender Cam Ward from the long-term injured list.

Peter Laviolette, while head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, encourages his team during their NHL game against the Florida Panthers on April 4, 2008 at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

From News and wire service reports. December 06, 2009, 7:54 AM / Carolina 5, Vancouver 3: Erik Cole scored three goals and the Hurricanes ended their five-game losing streak.

The announcement by Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren on Friday night that Peter Laviolette would replace John Stevens as coach of the team was a hot topic of discussion throughout the League some 15 hours later.

Peter Laviolette once instituted a "no fighting" rule when he was the coach of the Carolina Hurricanes.

Erik Cole scored three goals and the Carolina Hurricanes snapped a five-game skid by beating the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA a ' The Flyers couldna TMt wait any longer. Shut out for two straight games and playing lackluster hockey, the Flyers were heading toward the bottom of the conference standings.

The Philadelphia Flyers have fired head coach John Stevens, Sportsnet can confirm.

Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn will be among the guests on NHL Live! on Wednesday, scheduled from noon-2 p.m. on NHL Network and NHL.com and broadcast on XM Radio.

Hockey: Duhatschek Weekly notebook: The NHL's slow starters Eric Staal and the Carolina Hurricanes only have two wins in their first eight games and are averaging less than three goals a game.

This slipped through the cracks last week, but it should be noted that Peter Laviolette is making his return to coaching the same way he did the last time he was fired from an NHL job.

Peter Laviolette has a Stanley Cup ring. Now, he's just waiting for his phone to ring.

Peter Laviolette said there's no secret to the Carolina Hurricanes' success. "We're at our best when we play wide open," said Carolina's head coach, who is looking for a road sweep of the three Eastern Canadian teams when the Hurricanes blow into Montreal tonight.

The Carolina Hurricanes gave up nine goals in their first two games of the season, were shut out by the Flyers at home on Friday, and scored only twice in a 7-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday.

A rematch of an Eastern Conference semifinal series from last year is on tap tonight in Beantown, as the Carolina Hurricanes visit the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.

According to the hockey experts gathered by the NHL on TSN, the Stanley Cup champion is...tougher to pick than ever.

It's not that Craig MacTavish looked uncomfortable in front of a camera while answering a barrage of questions about the upcoming season.

Staal scored a goal in Carolina's 4-2 loss to Nashville on Friday. 2008-09 Statistics 2009 Playoffs 2010 Season Outlook Staal started a bit slow last season, but finished with 26 points in his final 18 games.

Instilling a winning mind-set into a team that has not reached the playoffs in seven seasons is a challenge.

Although head coach Claude Julien and his charges have set the bar impossibly high, a failure to repeat those gaudy stats is no indicator that last season was a fluke.