Ryan Henkel ([email protected]) is the Site Editor and Reporter for the Carolina Hurricanes team site with The Hockey News. A resident of Raleigh, NC, Henkel has spent the last four years covering the Canes and in his spare time, likes to cook. You can follow him @RyanHenkel_ on Twitter.

The former North Dakota star, who played 40 games in college last season, is approaching 50 in his first pro season.

THW's Hurricanes writing staff turn to the fans for the burning questions surrounding the team from Raleigh, NC in the most recent mailbag.

Will they trade him now, will he walk or could the Jets still re-sign him? You wonder if Cole Perfetti is big or strong enough for his first full playoffs. Some of you just want to get Eric Comrie some run support — and one of you asked a fun statistical question about the Jets’ performance in Comrie’s starts.

The Carolina Hurricanes swept the season series against the Vegas Golden Knights with a 3-2 win at Lenovo Center on Friday night. The Canes survived an early push from Vegas and stormed back in the second and third periods to take and lead and hold it. Here are three takeaways from the win:

THROUGH GAMES OF SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 2025

Pyotr Kochetkov has now stopped all three penalty shots he has faced with Carolina – tied for the second-most penalty shot saves in franchise history behind only Cam Ward (8). Jackson Blake following the win...

Roslovic surprisingly leads the Hurricanes in goals (17), despite a -4 rating and just over 14:00 minutes of ice time per game. Linemates Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis certainly play a factor in this. The former first-round pick had a productive December, when he recorded 10 points on 25.0% shooting in 13 games.

Well it looks like Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour is giving rookie Jackson Blake a shot to make his mark as he's seemingly been moved up to the team's top line before Carolina's Friday night match against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Martin Necas (1g, 2a) and Brent Burns (3a) have points in back-to-back games. Jack Roslovic is three goals shy of 100 career goals.

The Carolina Hurricanes are known for being a team that outworks and overwhelms opponents with relentless pressure and an unwavering compete level. They create chaos in front of the net, hound pucks and their aggressive systems keep opposing players on their toes all over the ice.

Keep an eye on Martin Necas and Tage Thompson in particular on Wednesday, when the Carolina Hurricanes play the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center, starting at 6:00 PM ET. Purchase tickets for this game at StubHub!