Bryan Bickell Scores First Career Shootout Goal In Final Game Before Retiring Due To MS

Bryan Bickell announced his retirement yesterday due to his multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and the Hurricanes started the longtime NHL forward for the final two games of his career—and gave him first crack when Carolina and Philadelphia remained deadlocked after overtime, even though Bickell had never scored a shootout…

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Bryan Bickell Returns To Hurricanes After Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis, Announces Retirement For End Of Season

Carolina Hurricanes forward Bryan Bickell rejoined the team for two games this week, nearly five months after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Visibly emotional after Thursday’s game, he indicated that retirement might be his next step, as had been speculated after his diagnosis with the disease of the central…

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The Hurricanes Playing Their Equipment Manager As Emergency Goalie Is The Best Kind Of Cheesy Sports Story

Why no one has made a cheesy sports movie about an emergency goalie getting to achieve his dream for one night is a mystery to me, because emergency goalies are some of the best cheesy sports stories that can regularly happen in real life. A 31-year-old bank manager who played club hockey at Arizona State, suiting up for the Coyotes! A former video scout who failed to walk onto his college hockey team, signing a one-day contract for the Sabres! These stories are cheesy as hell, nothing really happens in them, and they’re still fucking great!

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Red Wings-Hurricanes Game Canceled Due To Poor Ice Condition

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Tonight’s Red Wings-Hurricanes game in Raleigh has officially been postponed, nearly two hours after the scheduled puck drop, because the ice at PNC Arena is unplayable. It’s actually pretty cold in Raleigh tonight! But the word on the street is a broken compressor is the culprit.

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