Carolina Hurricanes News

The Carolina Hurricanes said Friday the team has reassigned goaltender Justin Peters to the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League .

The Atlanta Thrashers certainly haven't minded playing on the road this year. The Carolina Hurricanes, on the other hand, probably couldn't wait to get back to the RBC Center for tonight's clash between these two Southeast Division foes.

Petteri Nokelainen scored the go-ahead goal with 7:17 left and the Anaheim Ducks beat Carolina 3-2 on Wednesday night, sending the Hurricanes to a franchise-record 12th straight road loss to start the season.

Eric Staal was off to a slow start before getting injured. The Carolina Hurricanes activated Eric Staal from injured reserve Wednesday after the star centre missed 10 games with an upper-body injury.

After notching points in each of their past four games heading into Saturday's showdown with the Tampa Bay Lightning, it appears the Carolina Hurricanes are turning the corner and second-year center Brandon Sutter has played a big part.

Though they have put the worst losing streak in franchise history behind them, one thing that the Carolina Hurricanes haven't done this year is pick up a road win.

Marty Turco gave the Dallas Stars some badly-needed home momentum. Turco stopped 22 shots for his 38th career shutout, rookie Jamie Benn scored a power-play goal in the first period and the Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Monday night.

Rod Brind'Amour The two old hands have more than 3,000 games between them, playoffs included, so it would be nice to see them facing off here and there.

Matt Cullen #8 of the Carolina Hurricanes battles for the puck against Lukas Krajicek #2 of the Tampa Bay Lightning during an NHL game on November 21, 2009 at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford apologized to fans after his squada s abysmal start to the season.

Blessed with a 3-0 lead after one period of play, the Toronto Maple Leafs looked poised to avoid having the Carolina Hurricanes leap frog them in the standings for the a oecoveteda 29th overall spot in the NHL, the position the Leafs occupied before tonighta s a oeepica battle against the a Canes.

D Paul Ranger , out; D Mattias Ohlund day-to-day. Hurricanes - C Eric Staal , G Cam Ward , C Michael Ryan , out; D Joni Pitkanen , G Michael Leighton , RW Scott Walker , questionable.

The Carolina Hurricanes sent defenseman Bryan Rodney back to their AHL affiliate in Albany.

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price falls to the ice following collision with Carolina Hurricanes Stephane Yelle during second period of game in Montreal Tuesday, November 17, 2009.

Ward, Staal put on injured list Cam Ward, seen stopping a Dany Heatley shot in a November 1 game, has been placed on the long-term injury list by the Carolina Hurricanes.

Carolina Hurricanes' Tuomo Ruutu , Joe Corvo and Bryan Rodney congratulate Ray Whitney on his power-play goal in front of Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Nov.

Nothing this season has gone well for the Carolina Hurricanes, and everyone involved with the team, and maybe even the league, knows that.

The Montreal Canadiens held their fifth Homecoming Game of the season last night, welcoming former family member Tom Kostopoulos back to the Bell Centre.

The Carolina Hurricanes today recalled goaltender Justin Peters from the Albany River Rats after Mike Leighton suffered a lower-body injury Tuesday night in a game at Montreal.

Carey Price stopped all six Carolina attempts in the shootout, Maxim Lapierre scored the winner and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 3-2 Tuesday night.