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Latest blog posts from Red and Black Hockey

RBH is moving
Here's the "major change" that I've been hinting at lately.br /br /I've been asked by the great Paul Kukla to join the Kukla Empire. br /br /From now on, I'll be publishing stuff over there at the following address:br /br /a... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Williams injured
On Wednesday, the Hurricanes got some horrible news. Justin Williams has torn his right Achilles tendon and will miss four to six months. According to the News and Observer, Williams a href="http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/canes-williams-to-miss-4-6-months"suffered the injury in an off-ice... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Thanks, TWC
Thanks to a mysterious Time Warner Cable outage, I was completely out of commission all day yesterday. No internets, no cable. Nothing. It felt like 1979 all over again. br /br /Anyway, I was unable to watch the end of that wacky MNF game between the Eagles and Cowboys. I was unable to check... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Fantasy Hockey league looking for players
Last week, I opened a fantasy hockey league, and it filled immediately. Due to a couple of requests, I opened another. That second league still has a few openings. br /br /Click a href="http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/register/tos?league_id=25035password=zamboni"here/a to join, or... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Braylon Edwards and Ryan Getzlaf
While I was preparing my lineups for my two fantasy football teams, I came across the news that Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards was recently pulled over by an Ohio police officer for driving 120mph in a 65mph zone. The responding officer, who was described as "star struck"... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Staal locked in for seven years
On Thursday, the Hurricanes announce what we all knew was coming. Eric Staal signed a contract extension for seven years totaling $57.75M. br /br /When the Hurricanes announced this morning that they would make a "major player announcement" at 2 pm, everybody with a pulse and a clue knew what... Read more...
Published a month ago

Tim Gleason and the black sweater
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Published a month ago

Canes officially reveal third sweater
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Published a month ago

Staal contract extension in the works
Today, our new beat writer with the NO Chip Alexander tells us that Eric Staal could sign a contract extension sometime in the next week or so. According to a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/1212396.html"his story/a, Staal might get a Crosby-type contract. br /blockquote(Hurricanes... Read more...
Published a month ago

Second fantasy hockey league opened!
Due to the first 2008 league filling up extremely quickly, I was thinking about opening a second league. I've had more than one request for a second league, so I've set it up. The other option was to re-open registration for the first one, but frankly, nobody wants a fantasy league with more... Read more...
Published a month ago

Canes center ice logo changed!
As the season rapidly approaches, the ice crew at the RBC Center is busy building the ice. They are currently in the process of painting the logos and lines and whatnot. The guys at Icethetics already a href="http://icethetics.blogspot.com/2008/09/hurricanes-put-flag-on-ice.html"wrote about... Read more...
Published a month ago

Week one: Panthers stun Bolts
I don't usually write much about football on these pages, but it's something to keep us occupied until the beginning of October. br /br /Yes, I'm aware that my headline looks like a hockey game synopsis. Naturally, I did that on purpose. However, the game I'm talking about was between the... Read more...
Published a month ago