Carolina Hurricanes Tickets

Carolina Hurricanes represents Raleigh, North Carolina for the game of ice hockey. They are associated with the Southeast Division of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team with its exceptionally talented players is Stanley Cup winner against the Edmonton Oilers. Initially in the early nineties, the team earned fame with a name of Hartford Whalers. Now how did the team land upon the title 'Hurricane' from 'Whalers'? Well the story is, 'Canes' was previously used for the teams of Lethbridge and the University of Miami who were called Hurricanes for long. The name Whalercanes, comes from combining the nicknames Carolina and Hartford. It is seldom used to refer to the combined history of the franchise in North Carolina and Hartford. Fans of the team call themselves Caniacs that is derived from the team's nickname 'Canes'.

The Hurricanes received their new name a few months after a particularly active hurricane season in North Carolina in 1996, which included one major storm, Hurricane Fran that hit Raleigh directly. The Hurricanes' logo uses only one flag so it is an indication for a storm watch.

The New England Whalers was a result of the permission granted to the franchise, by the World Hockey Association, as an award to begin the game of ice hockey in Boston, Massachusetts. For the initial couple of years, the home games of the club were played at fixed venues including Boston Garden, Boston Arena, and The Big E Coliseum. Since the attendance at the championships lagged, the team included Connecticut among its venues for the game. Carolina Hurricanes started playing in the mid seventies at the Hartford Civic Center Coliseum to a sellout crowd. Except for the late seventies, the Whalers changed their venue to play games while their home arena at Hartford was under renovation. The energy level of the team did not remain consistent. Although the fluctuations made the Canes drop in NHL rankings; having faith in its potential, a number of new fans were attracted by witnessing the team's performance in 2002 playoffs.

The outcome of the 2004-05 NHL had a downgrading effect on the payroll, bringing it to $26 million. The fans were not positive about the season of 2005-2006 but still the first game back was played to a sold out arena. The performance of Carolina Hurricanes has always managed to surprise the National Hockey League. It proved its valor in the history of approximately three decades by playing the season to the best of its abilities. Canes were later ranked at fourth position in the overall league. Still, their fourth-place was far and away their best ever as an NHL team.

As far as its competition with rivals is concerned, the statistics of the competing teams are detailed as The Oilers winning Game 3 at Rexall Place, shining the spot light on Ryan Smyth. He was the super star of the game for scoring the last goal to win the game. Carolina bounced back in the fourth game, successfully making a score of 2-1, which brightened the chances of winning the cup. However, in game five, The Oilers made a comeback with an outstanding win by Fernando Pisani on a tough secede in the beginning of the extra session. This suddenly highlighted The Oilers for the game to win the trophy. Carolina Hurricanes in the sixth game, with a score of 4-0 had to face the defeat and the possibility appeared of the team surrendering in the final with a great score of 3-1.

Stanley Cup championship that the Hurricanes won in the following season was the first time the team added a major credential to its list of accomplishments. The team is the second in Southeast Division to have won the trophy consecutively. Not only this, Carolina Hurricanes is the only NHL team of ice hockey to lose approximately more than 9 ice hockey playoffs in a year and still make it to the Stanley Cup successfully.

It was hard for Carolina Hurricanes to maintain its success in the same way. The team was eliminated from the playoff contention after the losing to the Champions Tampa Bay Lightning, in April, 2007. This brought Chicago Blackhawks into the limelight for winning the cup after a number of failed sessions to make the post season happening after the victory.

The Edmonton Oilers couldn't make it to the playoffs as well in 2006-2007, making it the first season in NHL history for both seasonal Stanley Cup Finalists missing to be qualified for the playoffs. Later in 2007, the team didn't contend the playoffs and became the third defending Stanley Cup Champion and was ranked as second to win it after the prior lost playoff seasons.

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