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Minor League Hockey Team Buys Home for 11-Year-Old Super Fan

By Jane HealeyApr 12th 2011 – 6:39AM
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Charlotte Checkers/YouTube

In January, AOL News first told the story of Zach Bennett, an 11-year-old boy from Albany, N.Y., who suffers from neurofibromatosis 1, a rare genetic disorder in which tumors grow on his nerves. When Bennett's favorite hockey team, the Albany River Rats, a farm team for the Carolina Hurricanes, was moved to Charlotte,...

2010-11 Carolina Hurricanes Preview: Winds of Change

By Hal SpivackSep 27th 2010 – 12:50AM

It was a tale of two seasons last year for the Carolina Hurricanes. After getting off to an abysmal start and winning only 10 games through the first three months of the season, the franchise rattled off an impressive 21 victories in 34 games from Jan. 31 to the end of the season. While the Hurricanes look to build on...

Canadiens Fail to Clinch Playoff Spot

By Drew HalfnightApr 8th 2010 – 11:59PM

After 81 regular season games, life or death for the Montreal Canadiens could be determined in a single game, for a single point, against the worst team in the Eastern Conference. The Habs were shut down 5-2 against the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday, leaving them still one point shy from clinching a playoff spot and...

The Ice Sheet: Hurricanes Blow Away Leafs; Blogger Uses Meteorological Cliché

By Greg WyshynskiOct 10th 2007 – 10:00AM

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.Maple GriefWhen I turned on the television this morning, BBC America was showing highlights from Carolina's 7-1 humbling of the Maple Leafs in Toronto last night. My...

Background on Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL), and play their home games at the 18,680-seat PNC Arena.

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