CANES OUTWORKED, OUTPLAYED AT HOME
Carolina
With a conference rival Washington Capitals team coming to town, the crowd expected a rough style of game. The problem is, only the fans showed up to represent Carolina.
"Terrible game for us tonight," said captain Shane Doan. "I was embarrassed to be out there tonight."
The Hurricanes were out shot heavily in the game and only because of the heroics of rookie netminder Robert Gherson, were the Canes able to even leave this game with any ounce of respect.
"We cannot depend on Gherson to steal games for us," said head coach Joel Quenneville. "He is there to stop the puck, but he is not the guy who has to score for us. We had no pressure on the Caps all night. We had about 2 quality shots on them. I think we had one solid check all night. The guys were asleep."
Of note, star sophomore center Kyle Wellwood, went down after trying to avoid a check. The general consensus is that Wellwood pulled his groin in that attempt and was helped off the ice. Team officials have not made it clear what the situation is but the general feeling is a pulled groin and an estimated 3 weeks of recovery time.
"I saw him go down and figured it had to be a groin," said Doan. "He is a pretty tough little kid and I doubt he would lay on the ice like that if he was not seriously hurt."
The Canes loss has put more pressure on them from the Panthers to hold the second spot in the conference. With Jose Theodore getting some much deserved rest, Gherson will go again next game. After that, the decision will have to be made to put the veteran netminder back in.
"We cannot blame Gherson for this loss," said Quenneville. "The kid played his life out tonight."
With a conference rival Washington Capitals team coming to town, the crowd expected a rough style of game. The problem is, only the fans showed up to represent Carolina.
"Terrible game for us tonight," said captain Shane Doan. "I was embarrassed to be out there tonight."
The Hurricanes were out shot heavily in the game and only because of the heroics of rookie netminder Robert Gherson, were the Canes able to even leave this game with any ounce of respect.
"We cannot depend on Gherson to steal games for us," said head coach Joel Quenneville. "He is there to stop the puck, but he is not the guy who has to score for us. We had no pressure on the Caps all night. We had about 2 quality shots on them. I think we had one solid check all night. The guys were asleep."
Of note, star sophomore center Kyle Wellwood, went down after trying to avoid a check. The general consensus is that Wellwood pulled his groin in that attempt and was helped off the ice. Team officials have not made it clear what the situation is but the general feeling is a pulled groin and an estimated 3 weeks of recovery time.
"I saw him go down and figured it had to be a groin," said Doan. "He is a pretty tough little kid and I doubt he would lay on the ice like that if he was not seriously hurt."
The Canes loss has put more pressure on them from the Panthers to hold the second spot in the conference. With Jose Theodore getting some much deserved rest, Gherson will go again next game. After that, the decision will have to be made to put the veteran netminder back in.
"We cannot blame Gherson for this loss," said Quenneville. "The kid played his life out tonight."
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