Hurricanes' Staal named NHL All-Star MVP
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Eric Staal got the offense started for the Eastern Conference, and was right there at the finish, too. Staal won the most valuable player award in the NHL All-Star game Sunday night, finishing with two goals and an assist in the East's 8-7 win over the Western Conference.
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Ray Whitney has a goal and two assists, and the Hurricanes beat the Penguins, 4-2, to vault back into first place in the Southeast Division.
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The Carolina Hurricanes will raise their championship banner when they host the Buffalo Sabres in one of the NHL's three season-opening games Wednesday night.
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Rod BrindâAmour and Sergei Samsonov scored in the second period Tuesday night and Trevor Letowski added a goal in the third for the Carolina Hurricanes.
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Cam Ward improved to 5-0 during regulation and the Carolina Hurricanes took over the league lead in power-play goals in their 3-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks.
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Sidney Crosby has a new contract before his 20th birthday and his eye on the Stanley Cup for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The NHL MVP and scoring champion signed a five-year extension through the 2012-13 season worth $43.5 million. The deal leaves room for the team to re-sign other young stars, such as Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal, in the coming seasons.
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Ty Conklin made 35 saves, Jordan Staal had two goals and an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins extended their winning streak to eight games with a 4-1 victory over the Lightning last night in Tampa.
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Young stars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal have the Penguins on the move in the NHL standings. A new multimillion dollar arena agreement has the team staying in Pittsburgh for the foreseeable future.
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Erik Cole and Andrew Ladd's first-period goals guided the Hurricanes to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday, the win allowing Carolina to regain first place in the Southeast Division.
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Bostonâs Kevin Garnett, the most valuable player of the 2003 All-Star Game, was the leading vote-getter for this seasonâs game with 2,399,148 votes, according to totals announced Thursday.
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Carolina captain Rod Brind'Amour scored with 1:40 left in overtime to give the Hurricanes a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
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Anze Kopitar is off to a fast start in the NHL. The rookie forward had three assists, including one on Alexander Frolov's tiebreaking goal, to help the Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 Saturday night.
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Marek Svatos capped a third-period rally with two goals in about 2 minutes, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied three times from two-goal deficits to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Saturday night.
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All-Star MVP Daniel Briere struck a hat-trick as the Buffalo Sabres rolled over the slumping Boston Bruins 7-1 on Tuesday in Buffalo.
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The Carolina Hurricanes' power-play unit is finally showing some, well, power.
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Chad LaRose converts a penalty shot and Eric Staal scores on the power play in the third period to give Carolina a 4-3 win over Boston.
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Paul Stastny can think of a couple of reasons why he won't be calling his dad to gloat about breaking one of his records. First, the rookie forward is more concerned about lifting the Colorado Avalanche back into playoff contention. No. 2, Stastny figured his father, Peter, would be sleeping by the time he had time to call after Colorado's 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.