10 Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Carolina Hurricanes. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/car http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12n3n6v96/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-roundup-spezza-return-senators-232026832--nhl.html Ottawa Senators center Jason Spezza will return from injury for Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Spezza missed most of the lockout-shortened season with a back injury. Sat, 18 May 2013 16:20:26 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,2717c434-b3f3-3e1e-9bbe-3d7fde2a8797-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12kckrl81/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/hurricanes-c-staal-injures-knee-182022535--nhl.html The Carolina Hurricanes announced Saturday that center Eric Staal will need about three months to recover from an MCL sprain in his right knee, but will not need surgery. Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:22 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,df766468-06f1-38c3-ba03-d92739d49df5-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ooitppm/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/staal-avoids-surgery-repair-damaged-knee-163951042.html (Reuters) - Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal will not require surgery to repair knee ligament damage sustained while playing for Canada at the ice hockey world championships, the National Hockey League team said on Saturday. Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford said on the team's website that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test revealed a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament and rehabilitation should last three months. It is expected Staal will be healthy and ready to start the 2013-14 season. ... Sat, 18 May 2013 09:39:51 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,51bb96c9-88fa-3c02-aea1-be477b4c881e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12s9612q4/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-staal-avoids-surgery-repair-damaged-knee-163023261.html May 18 (Reuters) - Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal will not require surgery to repair knee ligament damage sustained while playing for Canada at the ice hockey world championships, the National Hockey League team said on Saturday. Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford said on the team's website that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test revealed a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament and rehabilitation should last three months. It is expected Staal will be healthy and ready to start the 2013-14 season. ... Sat, 18 May 2013 09:30:23 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,6e6f9654-781b-3d7b-bc12-0674770a6fc0-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13bjr0p5k/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/eric-staal-won-t-require-surgery-nasty-alex-155017836.html Carolina Hurricanes fans can exhale, put down the whiskey bottle and look forward to training camp: Eric Staal isn’t going to miss significant time after the knee-on-knee hit from Alex Edler of the Vancouver Canucks during the Canada/Sweden IIHF World Championships game on Thursday. According to the Hurricanes, an MRI on Staal’s right knee “revealed a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). Surgery will not be required to repair the ligament, and Staal’s rehabilitation should last three months. It is expected that he will be healthy and ready to play to start the 2013-14 season.” To say it looked a lot worse would be an understatement . Staal needed to be helped from the ice after writhing in pain for a few minutes following the collision with Edler, the Team Sweden defenseman who was given a 5-minutes major and a game misconduct, and then was suspended for the rest of the tournament . Sat, 18 May 2013 08:50:17 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,d632005d-5fad-3b32-83c9-85e4613c2db3-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12ijiebui/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/staal-miss-3-offseason-months-154243588--nhl.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The Carolina Hurricanes say they expect captain Eric Staal to be ready to start next season after suffering a scary-looking knee injury during an international tournament. Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:43 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,67b1bfee-0a9a-30e7-a446-4608356089fd-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12rmks07b/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/swedish-defenseman-banned-hit-canadas-staal-185648183.html (Reuters) - Sweden's Alexander Edler was suspended for the rest of the ice hockey world championships on Friday for a knee-on-knee hit that injured Canada captain Eric Staal. Edler collided with Staal in the first period of Thursday's quarter-final in Stockholm, leaving the Canadian forward on the ice in visible pain and clutching his right knee. Staal, captain of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Carolina Hurricanes, was helped off the ice and did not return to the game, which Sweden went on to win 3-2 in a shootout. ... Fri, 17 May 2013 11:58:20 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,7b9f171c-67d8-3a1b-ae65-efdcabeeff73-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=136v17qrl/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/ice-hockey-swedish-defenseman-banned-hit-canadas-staal-180729568.html May 17 (Reuters) - Sweden's Alexander Edler was suspended for the rest of the ice hockey world championships on Friday for a knee-on-knee hit that injured Canada captain Eric Staal. Edler collided with Staal in the first period of Thursday's quarter-final in Stockholm, leaving the Canadian forward on the ice in visible pain and clutching his right knee. Staal, captain of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Carolina Hurricanes, was helped off the ice and did not return to the game, which Sweden went on to win 3-2 in a shootout. ... Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:29 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,dd0acaf6-2f48-3cd4-b9fe-04fd50bce88a-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13itklr6v/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/alex-edler-suspended-rest-iihf-worlds-kneeing-eric-154130961.html Fri, 17 May 2013 08:41:30 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,2541652d-597d-3833-9b4a-2c9c4eedd092-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12d4mpjm0/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/us-scores-8-beats-russia-185556379--nhl.html HELSINKI (AP) -- Paul Stastny of the Colorado Avalanche had two goals and two assists, and Nashville's Craig Smith added five assists to help the United States rout Russia 8-3 on Thursday in the world hockey quarterfinals. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:44:54 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,e3c66082-8b9a-36d6-8f8a-7893664cee09-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13af7vj7e/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/eric-staal-writhes-pain-knee-knee-hit-alex-195338757.html The IIHF world championships are a way for NHL players who have been eliminated from the playoffs to continue playing while representing their country. Like any international tournament, these players run the risk of suffering some kind of catastrophic injury in an exhibition game. With that, watch Eric Staal of Team Canada in excruciating pain after a knee-on-knee collision with Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alex Edler of Team Sweden on Thursday in Helsinki: You can also watch the clip on Vine. After writhing on the ice for a few moments, the Carolina Hurricanes captain was helped to the back by his teammates. This reverse angle from TSN’s coverage gives some clarity. There’s no effort to avoid the hit as Staal attempts to backhand the puck. But it may have just been a case where the two players were both in unfortunately positions. Edler's not known for his dirty play, for what it's worth. But from a certain angle, that sure didn't look like anything but an attempt to take out Staal. Edler was given a major penalty and a game misconduct for the hit. What he’ll get from the IIHF for it remains to be seen. Hopefully Hurricanes fans didn’t just watch their captain suffer a serious injury is an international tournament whose importance is exclusive to Russia and Scandanavia. Thu, 16 May 2013 12:53:38 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,2f4004b7-0fcb-3cab-a5a1-a7a56dc8c5bc-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13o8ahc4m/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/masterton-trophy-finalists-sidney-crosby-vs-josh-harding-143432760.html Tue, 14 May 2013 07:34:32 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,42520db8-39fe-3730-96d9-e5ed0ce9fc0a-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13eq8dv7d/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/eulogy-remembering-2012-13-washington-capitals-131535740.html Tue, 14 May 2013 06:15:35 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,161de245-a6f9-3f3d-880b-efd49fa046bf-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13h532r17/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-pittsburgh-penguins-rid-marc-andre-fleury-135451781.html Mon, 13 May 2013 06:54:51 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,89bfe4bc-6ee3-320e-a9c4-840640ab8bfd-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13akg56t8/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-why-letting-them-play-nonsense-nhl-134326733.html Mon, 06 May 2013 06:43:26 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,6f0e8df5-ef1f-36b6-a12d-673316037252-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12mp21mjs/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/russia-looks-defend-hockey-worlds-174525234--nhl.html HELSINKI (AP) -- Russia looks defend its hockey world championship title ahead of its home Olympics in Sochi. Thu, 02 May 2013 10:45:25 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,0d09eb78-6565-3943-9bb6-4fe00a208411-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12rf5i3dg/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/seth-jones-avalanche-perfect-hometown-match-160600779.html After winning the draft lottery Monday night, the Colorado Avalanche will pick first overall on June 30, where they're expected to pick Seth Jones Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:06:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,06f44436-d2e1-35f6-8434-f4b4b772f34e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12fe10rqf/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/avalanche-win-nhl-draft-lottery-010028976.html The Colorado Avalanche did not have the worst record in the NHL this season, but they landed the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft by winning Monday's NHL draft lottery. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:00:28 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,4f930a07-80d0-3f4c-b550-9b3d675918ab-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13i91e158/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/colorado-avalanche-win-nhl-draft-lottery-select-no-005348999.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:53:48 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9378864f-a38a-3b27-a234-b7e74065a754-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13fdi95a2/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/phil-kessel-dodges-media-nbc-cup-final-schedule-200023028.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:00:23 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,64b9558f-a234-3d64-9d62-a06086e1af85-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=130v7goi4/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/tough-5-weeks-keeps-canes-outside-playoffs-again-183040225.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The Carolina Hurricanes can't seem to figure out how to play well for a full season - even one that's only 48 games long. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:39:05 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,83b6cbd8-3108-3e15-b4fe-6257f000a9bd-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12g33tjj4/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/panthers-finish-worst-record-nhl-170834023.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:08:34 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,94d40d2b-4db6-3ac6-9ba5-59c36df4c4e3-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13p19d880/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/nhl-draft-lottery-panthers-avalanche-hold-top-percentages-155724703.html The results of #SuckForSeth and #NotWinningForMacKinnon will be revealed on Monday night as the NHL holds its draft lottery at 8 p.m. ET. Broadcast on TSN in Canada and NBC Sports Network in the U.S., this year's lottery will be the first time all 14 non-playoff teams will have a shot to select No. 1 overall. In year's past, winning the lottery meant a team would move down four spots, which didn't always mean choosing the top pick (Hello, 2011 New Jersey Devils). Thanks to this new change, the Edmonton Oilers have a shot to pick first overall for the fourth consecutive draft. With representatives from each team in the house for Monday night's lottery, here are the percentage chances for the 14 clubs involved: Florida Panthers 25.0% Colorado Avalanche 18.8% Tampa Bay Lightning 14.2% Nashville Predators 10.7% Carolina Hurricanes 8.1% Calgary Flames 6.2% Edmonton Oilers 4.7% Buffalo Sabres 3.6% New Jersey Devils 2.7% Dallas Stars 2.1% Philadelphia Flyers 1.5% Phoenix Coyotes 1.1% Winnipeg Jets 0.8% Columbus Blue Jackets 0.5% While the number of ping pong balls is greatest for the Panthers, remember that those 2011 Devils had just a 3.6 percent chance of winning that lottery. Join us at 8 p.m. ET for a Puck Daddy live chat as we find out who has the right to draft Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin. Follow Sean Leahy on Twitter at @Sean_Leahy Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:57:24 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,942ee27a-fc77-3276-b10b-5c9efcd36297-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13ik6ha91/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/learned-want-fun-hockey-play-favorites-stanley-cup-133535929.html Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. The thing that's great about the Stanley Cup Playoffs is that any team can knock off any other one, regardless of seeding or apparent quality. A seven-game series is short, obviously, but it seems as though the NHL produces more postseason upsets on a regular basis than baseball, basketball or football. But this year, I don't care about any of that. I want the favorites to lay waste to the competition with displays of power both horrible and impressive, so that they can meet for what could be the most entertaining Cup Final in years. The Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins are the runaway best teams in the League this year and with good reason: They're deep everywhere and very, very good at everything. Playing each other for the best trophy in sports would produce by far the most attractive hockey in these playoffs. Just think about it: Both teams' first two lines might be the best top-six groups in the sport, with the Penguins having bolstered theirs at the deadline, and the Blackhawks having entered the season with theirs. They're just so deep up front. Pittsburgh has 11 players with 20 or more points this season; Chicago nine. Their D corps are likewise both very deep, though you'd probably prefer to have Joel Quenneville's guys than Dan Bylsma's. In net, Corey Crawford's numbers obviously stand out this season, but it wasn't so long ago that his save percentage was below league average, and that leads one to suspect he's more or less at Marc-Andre Fleury's level overall, which is to say slightly above average. I understand that it's not fun to root for the clear No. 1 seeds who were the only teams to break 70 points in the standings, but they're the heavy favorites for a reason. Pummeling eight- and five-seeds and four-seeds isn't the most exciting path to the Final, and all the romanticizing of the underdog story from the Kings last season shows exactly why. But when you don't have a rooting interest, fans should want to see the most interesting hockey possible, and Blackhawks/Penguins is most certainly that. I'm willing to sit through a mediocre, unsurprising first three rounds if the Final is a classic. A fully operational Penguins team taking on the Presidents' Trophy-winning Blackhawks are all anyone should ever want or need out of these playoffs, because it would be absolutely gorgeous. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:35:35 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,bd0ebdac-13a6-31af-9c93-5e4d158c0466-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13e2b6u5i/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/nhl-3-stars-yakupov-takes-rookie-scoring-title-060923432.html The Wild celebrate the empty-net goal that assured their trip to the playoffs. No. 1 Star: Nail Yakupov, Edmonton Oilers Yakupov erupted in the final frame versus the Vancouver Canucks, scoring three times as part of a six-goal outburst in third to lead the Oilers to a 7-2 win. With 6 points in his final 3 games, Yakupov came from behind to win the rookie scoring race. Justin Schultz added a four-point night and Jordan Eberle scored twice. No. 2 Star: James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins Neal registered a hat trick and an assist as the Penguins beat up on the Carolina Hurricanes, winning 8-3 to close out the season. Neal's last two goals were the beginnings of the 5-goal third period for Pittsburgh. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:09:23 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,c884d289-0ab2-37bd-9a0b-999e62769cf9-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12sge6tmn/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/neal-gets-hat-trick-penguins-beat-hurricanes-023027105.html PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Penguins appear to be getting healthy at just the right time. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:00:52 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,8fddfd9c-f0eb-3e24-9c71-1172d77966a1-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12kthubvk/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/neal-returns-hat-trick-penguins-romp-033050703.html PITTSBURGH -- James Neal was just happy to return to the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup on Saturday night. He certainly wasn't looking for a hat trick. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:30:50 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,3c4130ff-1b9c-32a8-ad27-3c51c75ae916-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12713fr8r/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/penguins-8-hurricanes-3-023034855.html PITTSBURGH - James Neal returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup in grand fashion Saturday night. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:30:34 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,bcd6ff7c-7a4d-3d15-8378-b784c3a0d85e-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12asmuab9/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/rangers-seem-playoff-ready-233024931.html NEW YORK -- The New York Rangers believe they have found their game. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:30:24 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,da166111-a72a-3fa1-be19-a681b7fda266-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=14tmg2pkv/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--nhl-power-rankings--penguins-flying-high-to-end-season--flames--avs--panthers-stay-comfy-in-the-basement-163110688.html The Penguins end the season by edging out the Blackhawks for top position while the lowly Flames, Avalanche and Panthers look to next season to climb their way out of the basement. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:31:10 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9e046ac1-d082-317e-a248-7c3c0de0a454-l:1 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:20:26 PDT