The Hurricanes have several prospects playing on loans overseas this season, a by-product of them not having their own AHL affiliate. One of those is winger Noah Gunler who is currently playing in Finland. However, it appears he’s close to heading back home as Henrik Sjoberg of HockeyNews SE reports that Gunler is close to signing with SHL Lulea for the remainder of the … [Read more...] about Hurricanes Prospect Noah Gunler Linked To SHL
Snapshots: Couturier, Drysdale, Red Wings, Nečas
The Philadelphia Flyers will be without Sean Couturier and Jamie Drysdale in their Monday night game against the St. Louis Blues, as they face an undisclosed injury and illness respectively. Both players also sat out of the team’s Saturday night win over the Winnipeg Jets. Bobby Brink and Marc Staal served as the duo’s replacements in Saturday’s 11-forward, seven-defensemen … [Read more...] about Snapshots: Couturier, Drysdale, Red Wings, Nečas
Injury Notes: Gibson, Kochetkov, Forsberg
Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson left the team’s Thursday night game with an upper-body injury, being replaced by backup Lukas Dostal. Gibson has missed time for a variety of reasons this season, being placed on the non-active list earlier in the year for the birth of his child, missing one game due to illness, and now nursing an injury that could limit him further. The … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Gibson, Kochetkov, Forsberg
Pyotr Kochetkov In Concussion Protocol; Hurricanes Recall Yaniv Perets
The Hurricanes will be without another goalie for the foreseeable future as the team announced that Pyotr Kochetkov is in concussion protocol, meaning he is out indefinitely. In a subsequent move, the team announced the recall of Yaniv Perets from ECHL Norfolk. Kochetkov suffered the concussion in last night’s game against Anaheim, leaving in the second period. The timing of … [Read more...] about Pyotr Kochetkov In Concussion Protocol; Hurricanes Recall Yaniv Perets
Latest On Martin Nečas
Carolina Hurricanes team reporter Walt Ruff has provided updates from head coach Rod Brind’Amour, who says that forward Martin Nečas’ upper-body injury “isn’t too serious,” though it may keep him out of the lineup tomorrow. Necas last played in Carolina’s December 2nd win against the New York Rangers, before getting injured. After scoring 28 goals and 71 points last season … [Read more...] about Latest On Martin Nečas