I have been away from the blog for a while...sorry about that. I have been busy at work. Let's talk about a night on the frozen pond! The Carolina Hurricanes faced the New Jersey Devils at home on Saturday night. It was military appreciation night, so the Canes broke out some sweet digital camo sweaters for the pre-game skate. The league did not approve them for the actual game, so the Canes took the ice in their red jerseys. Either way, the Devils never saw the Canes coming! Marty Broduer was out for the Devils due to back problems, so it was up to Johan Hedberg to man the crease for New Jersey. Alexander Semin's backhander scored a power play goal at 12:16 is the 1st. Joe Corvo and Jiri Tlusty got assists on the play. Jay Harrison follwed up with his own backhander at 12:44 in the 1st with Jeff Skinner and Jordan Staal getting the assists. Ilya Kovalchuk tallied a short-handed goal for the Devils at 14:40. The teams went into the locker rooms after 20 at 2-1 Hurricanes. In the 2nd, Jiri Tlusty's wrister found the back of the net at 4:42. It got by with a little help from Alexander Semin and Dan Ellis. (Oddly enough, I have now been at a Hurricanes game against the Devils when a goalie actually scored a goal and another goalie got an assist. I saw Cam Ward score an empty netter against the Devils on 12/26/2011 and saw Dan Ellis get an assist against the Devils on 3/9/2013.) At 11:09 in the 2nd, Chris Terry scored his first NHL goal on a back hand shot with assists from Eric Staal and Bobby Sanguinetti. At 17:15 in the 2nd, Jeff Skinner scored on the night of the back hand shot. He was helped out by Tim Gleason and Jussi Jokinen. After 40 the canes had a 5-1 lead. In the 3rd, the Devils replace Hedberg with Jeff Frazee formely of the Albany Devils. Ilya Kovalchuk and and Patrick Elias both scored before 5 minutes passed in the 3rd and it was now 5-3 Canes. Jiri Tlusty added an empty netter late in the period to give the Canes the 6-3 win. Alexander Semin and Eric Staal picked up points off of assists on Tlusty's goal.
The Hurricanes travel to Washington DC to take on the Caps at the Verizon Center tonight. The puck drops at 7pm. There are only 24 games left in the season for the Canes, who are 1st in the Southeast Division and 3rd in the Eastern Conference.
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