Rest is a Weapon for the Canes
Niederreiter: It s great to get a little recovery going and go right back at it by Michael Smith @MSmithCanes / Hurricanes.com
I m going to be honest. I woke up today thinking I had forgotten to write a game preview.
Instead, Saturday, March 6 was just a practice day for the Carolina Hurricanes.
An informal straw poll around the locker room showed that I wasn t alone. Other players and staff had similar thoughts running through their minds this morning. I had to check our team app just to make sure everything was right and I was headed to the right place, Jaccob Slavin said. It s crazy that it seems like every other day we re playing a game. You grind through it.
Hurricanes hope to play next week after facilities closed due to COVID-19
Have had at least three games postponed, five players on protocol list by Nicholas J. Cotsonika @cotsonika / NHL.com Columnist
The Carolina Hurricanes hope to reopen their training facilities soon and resume playing next week after the NHL closed their facilities and postponed their games because of COVID-19. I envision [the training facilities] being closed for the next day or so, general manager Don Waddell said Thursday. But we re hoping that by the time we get here toward the weekend that we could start doing some things. Maybe it won t be a full team but start doing some things, and ramping back up to full practice and then getting ready to play next week.
Canes Navigating Through Temporary Shutdown
Brind Amour: I believe in the group, and I think we can find a way to get through this by Michael Smith @MSmithCanes / Hurricanes.com
Before the National Hockey League returned to the ice for the 2020-21 season, Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind Amour did his homework.
He saw how the COVID-19 pandemic had affected every sports league. He chatted with his counterparts at the collegiate level, as they were dealing in real time with seasons paused and games postponed. Almost every team that got going in every avenue has had it or experienced it, Brind Amour said early in training camp. You hope you don t, but it s certainly not unexpected.