
Chip Alexander
Reporter at The News & Observer
Chip Alexander covers UNC and NC State sports and the Carolina Hurricanes for the Raleigh News & Observer and McClatchy.
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1 week ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Chip Alexander |Luke DeCock
Carolina's Shayne Gostisbehere (4), Brent Burns (8) and Jaccob Slavin (74) react after the Panthers scored during the third period of the Florida Panthers' 5-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, May 22, 2025. [email protected] With Scott Morrow essentially benched in the second period and the Carolina Hurricanes' season on the line in Game 4, Rod Brind'Amour turned to Jaccob Slavin.
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heraldsun.com | Chip Alexander
Sunrise, FlaSomewhere it is written that to play hockey, you have to have a nickname. Own skates, own a stick and you soon own a nickname. It’s a rite of passageOn the Carolina Hurricanes, there’s “Fishy” (Sebastian Aho), “Ghost (Shayne Gostisbehere), “Chatty” (Jalen Chatield) and “Kooch” (Pyotr Kochetov), to name a few. Now comes a new one: Niki. Niki? That would be defenseman Alexander Nikishin.
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1 week ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Chip Alexander
Somewhere it is written that to play hockey, you have to have a nickname. Own skates, own a stick and you soon own a nickname. It's a rite of passageOn the Carolina Hurricanes, there's "Fishy" (Sebastian Aho), "Ghost (Shayne Gostisbehere), "Chatty" (Jalen Chatield) and "Kooch" (Pyotr Kochetov), to name a few. Now comes a new one: Niki. Niki? That would be defenseman Alexander Nikishin.
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1 week ago |
newsobserver.com | Chip Alexander
Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) defends as Carolina Hurricanes center Logan Stankoven (22) tries to score in the first period of Game 4 during the Eastern Conference final of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. [email protected] If there was a constant in the Carolina Hurricanes' 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Monday, it was No. 22 flying all over the ice.
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1 week ago |
newsobserver.com | Chip Alexander
Carolina's Frederik Andersen (31) keeps his eyes on the puck as Panthers' Anton Lundell (15) can't score during the second period of the Carolina Hurricanes' game against the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, May 22, 2025. [email protected] The Carolina Hurricanes are turning to goaltender Frederik Andersen to try and keep their season from ending Monday.
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Leafs look lost. Not sure they can turn this mess around. We’ll see.

RT @TomGulittiNHL: Spencer Carbery said no concern about Ovechkin being able to play Game 5 tomorrow. The Capitals did the same with Ovechk…

Brind’Amour says Chatfield had day off ice but expects him to play Game 5.