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The Canadian PressHurricanes' Rod Brind'Amour says he feels 'really good' about reaching new contract with team
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Thursday he feels “really good” that he will reach a new contract with the team, mirroring optimism from president and general manager Don Waddell a day earlier. Brind’Amour – considered by many the face of the franchise with his long-running ties here that include being the captain of the 2006 Stanley Cup winner – is in the final year of a deal reached in 2021. His status has become a talking point around the league with multip
The Canadian PressIgor Shesterkin has the Rangers looking like a Stanley Cup contender. He says he can be better
Igor Shesterkin has stopped 94 of the 101 shots he has faced so far this postseason and his play in net is a big reason the New York Rangers rolled through the first round and look like a Stanley Cup contender. Says Shesterkin: “I could play better.” “I can do less rebounds, play more confident with the puck and in the net, too,” Shesterkin added. Up next for the Rangers are the Carolina Hurricanes in the secound round. The humbling assessment from the 2022 Vezina Trophy winner as the league's t
The Canadian PressNHL players are refining the art of the bank shot via ricochet off the masks of the goaltenders
Off the goaltender's mask, off a defenseman's back, nothing but net. Well, at least in the net. That is how Colorado's Casey Mittelstadt got his first goal of the NHL playoffs this year, and it is not the only one. Several players have scored by ricocheting the puck in off a goalie's head, including Dallas' Evgenii Dadonov against Vegas earlier this week. It is an art that is becoming more and more refined as skaters find ways to score against the best netminders in the world. Sniping goals in f
The Canadian PressWith 60 goals, Sam Reinhart has made Florida Panthers history. He wants to win the Cup even more
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It has become a running joke with the Florida Panthers. Ask coach Paul Maurice about Sam Reinhart, and he will say something less than glowing about his team’s top goal scorer. These are actual examples: “He’s hard to deal with.” “He’s got a terrible attitude.” “He’s mean to small animals, squirrels especially.” To be clear, Maurice means absolutely none of those things. Reinhart can become a free agent on July 1, and the jabs — all done in jest — are Maurice’s faux