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THF Top Five Stories of 2006

Yes, I really like those end of year lists. It also nice to sit back and take stock of the year that was and how I covered it as a Tar Heel fan living in North Carolina. So without further ado here are Tar Heel Fan’s top five stories.

#5. J.J. Redick and Duke favored [...]

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Stanley Cup Championship Musings, Part 2

-If there is one issue I have with Raleigh is their penchant to do things in a strange way. When you win a championship, especially in the professional world, you usually have a parade(it also should be noted that if NC State finishes 4th in the ACC and beats Notre Dame in a bowl game [...]

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Stanley Cup Championship Musings

First of all I will make the full disclosure that I have been to this point a bandwagon fan. I actually was, like many people, resistant to the whole “Southern hockey” deal as an assault on traditional Southern heritage. When the playoffs started I softened that stance because I felt that a Raleigh professional team [...]

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CANES WIN GAME 7!!!!!

CAROLINA HURRICANES:

STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS From ESPN.com:

From CarolinaHurricanes.com:

From News and Observer:

The Weekend That Was

I came to a realization Saturday night. I realized how glad I was that the NCAA Tournament does not include a best-of-seven series to win the championship. I just do not know how much I could deal with UNC being up 3-1 on someone and have them lose two straight games and look really bad [...]

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Surveying the Media

The sports spotlight has shone on Raleigh during the Stanley Cup run and produced lots of Hurricane related stories. Here is a sampling of what I found:

Local Media Pessimism Following Game 5 loss:

CANES’ 112 POINT SEASON, PLAYOFF RUN PROVEN TO BE FLUKE BY GAME 5 LOSS RALEIGH POLICE ON SUICIDE WATCH FOR FIRST [...]

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Talking About Momentum

“Momentum” is one of the great buzz words in sports media. There have been whole articles written about it. It even has a nickname(“mo’” or “big mo’”). It stands as one of those incredibly abstract and unproven concepts which sports journalist pontificate on for hours on end as it pertains to the results of the [...]

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Ooops! Canes Lose Game 5

The Carolina Hurricanes lost Game 5 in OT to the Edomonton Oilers on a shorthanded goal off a lazy pass from Corey Stillman to Eric Staal. The Canes were hearding up ice on the power play when Stillman was bothered by a defender and hung the puck out in the open ice. It was taken [...]

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Stanley Cup Finals Game 5 and Other Musings

The Carolina Hurricanes lead the best-of-seven series 3-1 with Game 5 tonight at the Big ATM(aka The RBC Center). This is a great scenario for the Canes, playing at home with a chance to clinch the Cup but is it also fraught with danger. Yes, 3-1 leads are commanding but I would venture to say [...]

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Canes One. Win. Away.

The Carolina Hurricanes took care of business in Edmonton tonight taking a tight 2-1 decision to give them a commanding 3-1 lead with Game 5 Wednesday night in Raleigh, NC.

That’s right on Wednesday night you could have a professional hockey team clinch the Stanley Cup as the home team in Raleigh, NC.

CANES WIN 5-0; NOW UP 2-0 ON OILERS

Or to put it into “redneck” terms the Canes took the Oilers behind the woodshed and beat the ever living daylights out of them with a two-by-four.

Basically the Canes’ players were angry despite winning Game 1 because they played horribly for the first two periods. Game 2 was a different story as the Canes [...]

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