Bob Moniz

The puck drops in Raleigh tonight and many fans have never seen this: the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final. Not as a flash-in-the-pan. Not as a feel-good story about a mid-market team getting a taste. As the top seed in the East, carrying a strong regular season record

The 2026 Stanley Cup Final opens soon in Raleigh. And here's the thing: one of these teams is playing like a team that hasn't lost in months, and the other is playing like a team that found itself just in time. Carolina has been dominant to

Here's the thing: the Hurricanes are having an impressive postseason. That number does not get enough attention. The last team to reach the Stanley Cup Final with one or fewer losses was a notable team from the past. And everyone remembers what happened after that. Carolina is not

TL;DR - Carolina is 12-1 through three rounds. No team has reached the Final with just one loss since the NHL went to four best-of-7 rounds in 1986-87. - Taylor Hall, the 2010 No. 1 overall pick, has 16 points in 13 playoff games and is headed to his

TL;DR - Claude Lemieux died shortly after carrying Montreal's ceremonial torch during a playoff game at the Bell Centre. - Drafted by the Canadiens in 1983, he won multiple Stanley Cups across different franchises. - He won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1995. - A hit from

Can the past finally rest? The Carolina Hurricanes dismantled Montreal in Game 4. And now the Canadiens face elimination Friday at Lenovo Center with everything on the line. Carolina leads the series and can close it out and reach their first Stanley Cup Final in many years. When this same