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1 day ago | thehockeywriters.com | Zach Martin

The Carolina Hurricanes now have a 3-1 stranglehold on the series after winning 5-2 in Game 4 on Monday night (May 12) against the Washington Capitals. They look to finish the series in five games, like they did in Round 1 against the New Jersey Devils. Up and down the roster, everyone was getting in on the action during Game 4’s win. Before we set our sights on Game 5 on Thursday, May 15, what three things stood out in the victory for the Hurricanes?

2 days ago | thehockeywriters.com | Zach Martin

On Monday night (May 12), the Carolina Hurricanes were looking to take a 3-1 series lead in Game 4 after defeating the Washington Capitals in Game 3 on May 10, 4-0. The Capitals were looking to avoid being down by a wide margin and having all the pressure on them when the series goes to Game 5 back in Washington, D.C. However, that is what they will have to deal with as the Hurricanes now have a 3-1 stranglehold on the series after winning 5-2 in Game 4 on Monday night.

2 days ago | thehockeywriters.com | Mark Scheig

Zach Werenski has a very busy summer ahead of him. On top of the usual stuff of preparing for next season, he’s preparing for one of the most important days of his life. Werenski is getting married. So are two of his best friends. At Blue Jackets’ exit interview day, Werenski said that he was not going to play for Team U.S.A. at the World Championships. No one would blame him given how much he played throughout the course of the season plus everything upcoming on his plate.

2 days ago | thehockeywriters.com | Mariah Stark |Mariah Holland

The Minnesota Frost hosted the Toronto Sceptres for Game 3 in Round 1 on Mother’s Day Sunday, May 11. The Frost took Game 2 despite being without one of their scorers in Britta Curl-Salemme, who was serving a one-game suspension, but was back in the lineup for Game 3, and Maddie Rooney was back in net once again. The Frost brought their A game as they jumped out to an early lead, but they were ready when the Sceptres pushed hard to get back in the game.

2 days ago | thehockeywriters.com | Zach Martin

Following the Carolina Hurricanes’ 4-0 shutout victory in Game 3 to secure the 2-1 series lead, head coach Rod Brind’Amour and players met with the media postgame. What did Brind’Amour and the players say to The Hockey Writers (THW) after their win over the Washington Capitals back home in the friendly confines of a sold-out Caniac crowd at the Lenovo Center, aka Loudest House in the NHL?