Collin from Home Ice Advantage joins us for a look at Round 1 so far!

We start with the Canes / Isles series, then go around the league.

We talk PP, goalies, and predictions!

Ray and I go through the final weeks of the season, who's hot, and then jump into analysis and expectations of each playoff series for round 1.

Today we talked about.. well, honestly Ray talked about hockey with Kaily and Alex, and I'm going to listen in to find out what they talked about! Then I can update the description. :)

Just Ray and I again today; life happens! Family first!

We talk about the general trend of the Canes the last few seasons as they approach the end of the season, comparisons to previous years, do the Canes need a goal scorer or is scoring-by-committee working? Also Canes have never had a 50g scorer, only 2x 100 pt seasons, is the offense now the secondary scoring, and looking at potential playoff matchups and the soft(?) schedule to finish April.

Just Ray and I this week; our guest Jack Hudec will be on another day (looking forward to that to talk some Wolves)

We preview Bruins / Canes will be over by the time this is out (so is it still a preview?)

Brad does his Steve Dangle impersonation talking about Matthews post-whistle goal from 3/25.

Recapping Leafs and both Rangers games.

Good stuff.

Just Ray and I this week; short and to the point.

We talk about the huge win in Philly, TA gets undressed by Aho.

Looking at the past week and the week ahead

Svechnikov injuries and what that means for fans' expectations

Rod Blend'amour shuffle the lines and why not? Burns is now the Canes top scoring defenseman, move him back to offense?

Predictions for this week, and more.

This week we have on CandleCanyon AKA Emma, an amazing and talented artist who has worked with the Carolina Hurricanes, and whose art is often seen on hockey twitter.  

Ray and I started the episode looking at the VGK game, the standings and wildcards, the weeks ahead, and just general Canes talk.

Emma joined us doing the Storm Cellar Forecast and we got her opinions on the Tropical Storm and Hurricane segments, then dove into her artwork and her Caniac story. 

You can find Emma on Twitter and Instagram at CandleCanyon, both which link to her Etsy store!

This week we talk with Sam Overton, managing editor and Canes beat writer for NCSU's newspaper the Technician.

We talk about being named after Sami Kapanen, coming from a Caniac household, covering the Canes (and Stadium Series) for the Technician, being a young woman in journalism as it pertains to the Canes, and more.

We also talk about the trade deadline, the additions of Shayne Gostisbehere and Jesse Puljujarvi, and the effects on the team. 

Ghostbear's first game in red.

Sunday's matchup against Tampa Bay and the "easy" week before the gauntlet of the following 10 days.

This week we have Jacob Billington from TheHockeyWriters an HockeyBuzz

We talk about the Cam Ward HOF Game, Stadium Series Game, and the last few weeks. We also look ahead at March and the trade deadline.

Special Shout-Outs to the folks we got to see in NC!

This week the Storm Cellar opens up The Sports Bar - our guest Mike Solarte was the Triangle's premier hockey guy when the Hurricanes came to NC. An Associated Press award winning journalist for his Raleigh IceCaps coverage; Mike was THE go-to person for hockey.

We talked about Mike's journey in Raleigh and Charlotte as part of "850 the Buzz" and "Spectrum News 1"

We get some anecdotes about the Raleigh IceCaps including my personal favorite Lyle Wildgoose, the early days of Canes hockey, the tough position of playing/reporting in Greensboro, a terrific story about Arturs Irbe, and more.

Then we talk a little Stadium Series and how both Mike, as well as Ray and I, are expecting to see some Finns and Scots this week.

If you only ever listen to 1 episode of The Storm Cellar, it should be this one.

Welcome ComputerAndCoin AKA Nancia to the show

Nancia's story on starting her hockey journey including:

Doing something totally new post-COVID to get out of the house

Just went online and got tickets, went by herself

Has been to 3 games including Penguins and Bruins

Decided to do the TikToks which have been wildly popular

UNC and Duke Alum - Canes bringing people together across the state

Kochetkov might be her early favorite player, definitely a fan of the tendies

A new fan's thoughts on All-Star weekend vs the two old grumps' thoughts

The NHL needs to do better if it's going to have PHF player take part

(Doing interviews while announcing the PHF players, journalist gets shut down by Hillary Knight)

Mascots might be having the most fun of the weekend

Stadium Series / Canes Hall of Fame game - we need to get the Canes to get Nancia there

Caniacs are good folks in general, Nancia won't ever have to go alone again if she doesn't want to - best fan base in the league

We both agree that  "I want to drive the Zamboni" is a great song  (by the Gear Daddies)

Upper bowl fans vs lower bowl fans (She had fun in both areas fwiw)

Welcome Colin Hayward AKA British Canes

Colin's story

English Premier League Football (EPL) comparison to NHL

RBA is intimidating

Comparing EPL fan energy to PNC energy

Aho and Svech

Dallas game recap (with some Professor Elemental ChapHop sounds)

Pesce lands a big overhand left

Can't spell Dallas without 2 big "L"s from Marty Necas

Sharks game recap

Fans leaving? Yay, Nay, or Nonya?

Stadium Series jerseys are finally out - look better than expected in person

Who can afford Horvat, JR will not get a top 6 guy in return according to Brad

Meier got to see the Caniacs live in action

Look ahead to the Bruins (that we spanked)

Aho 5th all time in Canes goals thanks to his 6th hat-trick

Canes hat-trick leaders

Jordan Staal and Aho lead team vs Islanders

Thursday night game: Patches out torn achilles

Canes still 2nd in the league

Panthers outside looking in

Tom Workrate joins us

Patches has a lot of loyalty already from the Caniacs

Possible Patches replacements

Svechnikov hit was bad but no suspension

Tom's story:

Islander's fan growing up on Long Island

Became a Caniac in 2013

Kevin Westgarth fan 

First Goal Program

Jr Canes

Break in the program to discuss Provorov

Wes AKA JarvyDrury joins us!

Long time Caniac since he was a kid.

Talks 2002,2006, 2009

Dad was a Whalers fan

Inspired by John Forsland to become a sports broadcaster

Eric Staal & Seth Jarvis

Defense is scoring, but offense is not

PP is 0/9 in last 3 games, PK has scored in 3/9 during same 3 games

What's up with Coghlan? What changed since pre-season

Chatfield tearing it up, solidified 5th guy, great wheels

Trade maybe, or bring up Lajoie?

Defensive scoring should open up offense

Burns scores because Bluejackets don't move after faceoff

Andersen is back and looks good, are Raanta and Kochetkov less than 100%?

Remember Kochetkov is a kid, maybe too much pressure too early

Patches minor injury - We know he's a glass cannon

I asked Walt Ruff about RBA's 200th win, but it's Colin's fault

Congrats to RBA for 200th win, 3rd fastest all time, and complete culture change for the Hurricanes

RBA is surplanting Ron Francis as "THE" Hurricanes player

This episode brings in a newer Caniac with another who has been around a little while, and it's a good mix or views and outlooks!

Longstanding Caniac James Connolly joins us to start the show, with newer Caniac Thomas Baker joining us at the mid and finishing strong

James talks about his Caniac story and his love of Cam Ward, Jeff Skinner, Jay Harrison, and Kevin Westgarth.

When Thomas joined us we talk about the All-Star game and our rep Andrei Svechnikov, as well as ways to spread some All-Star love around to other players.

Martinook defers to Necas for the Caniac fan vote. Bring in skill players for the skills comp, bring back more PHF players.

Review the last week's game, Patches debuts to 67 SOG then goes on hattie-watch in game 2.

Carolina is a known home for Finns, and now we're bringing in more Russians - should be a lot of fun going forward if Nishikin gets to the US.

Thomas Baker talks about writing for CardiacCanes, his love of Chatfield and Kochetkov.

Special Guest announcement: Our Stadium Series preview will feature Sports Broadcaster and OG Canes reporter Mike Solarte! 

Happy New Year Caniacs!

This week we talk about:

Brad's new threads

Great finish to December, Canes are streaking

The Metro is a wagon, might send 5 teams to the playoffs

NJ game

The team is getting effort from everyone

Aho sneakily averaging a ppg still

3rd line is best line

the Athletics agrees with Brad about O'Reilly to the Canes AKA Trade Talk & Patches

Leaked Stadium Series Jerseys? Good? Bad? Meh?

Looking forward to this week's games

We'd appreciate you giving us a 5 star review if you enjoy the podcast.

This week in a nutshell:

Special Guest talks about "The Whale's Tale"

We quickly go over the Canes 14 point game streak and one heck of a week from the boys without Aho.

The goalie situation

And we answer your Caniac Questions. Special thanks to Thomas Baker, Bill J, Carey, Matthew, Zachary Martin, Jesse Rutledge, and Duke Dutchy for the questions!

This week we had Collin from Home Ice Advantage back on to talk about the goal-tending situation when Andersen comes back. 

We also talked about that amazing Dallas game, the upcoming Pens game (8-1-1 last 10 vs Canes 8-0-2 last 10), Raanta was NOT the problem last night, the upcoming schedule, and our Boxing Day celebration episode for next week.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Yule to everyone who celebrates, and Happy Sunday to those who don't. 

This week we were joined again by Daniel Wagner. In short we talked through:

The Coyotes and Isles games.

Statsny and KK get on the board.

Aho and Fast out, Anderson soon to be back in.

What happens to Pyotr and why when Andersen is back.

Kase and Patches

December schedule 

North Carolina Night AKA IceCaps Night

and more!

We welcome Kerttu from Finland to the Cellar!

Return of Teuvo

Introduce Kerttu

 Aho & Teravainen

 Canes social media team

 Up at 5:30am

 Just a fun team to watch - very likeable

What a change a week makes

Boston was a game changer

Raanta had some cramping

Kings broadcast saluts Canes Defense - stats

Hurricane/Storm/Depression

Statsny

What do we go with 3 goalies?

Next 3 games? Beat the teams you should beat.

1000+ Followers on Twitter (Thanks Moose)

Brandy Sullivan wins a Storm Cellar Jersey

Thanks again to all our listeners!

Closing out November

Something stinks in the Storm Cellar

3 types of fans

It's the little things

Week in Review

Don't leave it in the Refs' hands

Jack Drury

When is Freddie coming back?

Andersen or Raanta in 2023?

Looking ahead to the roadie

"Win the right games"

NJ / Leafs - 3 goals disallowed

Shame on Matt Murray

Do fines do anything in the NHL?

Rewrite the offsides rules

The Yokohama ad on the boards sucks

Go Canadia and the US in the World Cup

Stick taps for Börje Salming

In today's episode:

Cold weather - sorry Buffalo

NHL Iron Man Phil Kessel

The week in review:

Pyotr the Great on Hatpicks

5v5 domination

Special teams still not good

RBA's comments

Get out of Powerplay free card?

Is special teams personel or system?

Faceoffs are important

So far we're not great, but we're not bad

Jersey and Bruins on heaters, Philly has cooled off

Canes are 4th in the East even not clicking

Patches is skating

How does Patches fit in when he's back (Odd man out?)

Stefan Noesen

PP can go 0fer as long as it clicks in the playoffs

With Andersen out - Who's your number 1? Kochetkov v Raanta

Kochetkov vs Bennington would be a legendary goalie fight (Dec 1)

Is it OK to say "we"?

Upcoming schedule

This week Ray and I were joined by Kyle Sullivan,  host of "Here in Puckberg" @HPuckberg and co-host of "Locked-On Avalanche" @LOPN_Avalanche

With 2 games against the Avalanche in less than a week, we thought it would be good to bring in some opposing viewpoints and talk some puck. 

We briefly (very briefly) talk about the Miller debacle, Canes v Edmonton (2 games, 2 hat-tricks for Svech), then the Colorado game, the parallels of the Canes and Avs, and finish up with a round of WeatherWatch (Tropical Depression/Tropical Storm/Hurricane).

Big win in Philly.

Canes are not playing great, but are atop the Metro - step away from the ledge.

Areas of concern :   Faceoffs, PP%, PK% : PP Net% is 10.

Necas is on fire, he is absolutely killing it 5v5.

Pesce + Skjei are a +19 through 8 games, 3rd line Martinook looks great.

Ethan Bear + Pederson to Vancouver -- honestly a great salary dump, and Bear should be a 3/4 guy there as well. All around win.

Goaltending thus far this year? 

Ray is joined by Caniacs from Raleigh, Calgary, and South Carolina, shoutout to the Flyers, and Chatfield/Noesen have looked very good this year.

Week 1 

2 games down, 96-0-0 to go!

This week we talk Cogs, Necas, Burnsie, Svech's sweet sweet pass. 

Shorty but a goodie

We talk with Collin Fearns of Home Ice Advantage Fame AKA a Canes Historian

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving yall!

We talk about:

Collin's story and podcast

The Season started (but it really hasn't?) 

Go Nino!

25th Anniversary

Martinook Waivers

Season Expectations 

and more!

Welcome Bill Rogers

Maple Leafs fan who became a New England Whalers fan, then followed them to Hartford and now Carolina.

Gotta have that Ron Francis jersey.

The Whale joined the NHL - punitive draft measures?

WHA / NHL merger - how did Edmonton keep Gretzky? How good was Gretzky really?

Paul Coffey talk

Calvin De Haan signs for $850K, that leaves Coghlan, Chatfield, and Bear for 2 spots

Did Don actively seek out to include Coghlan in the Patches deal?

Preseason action - Freddie gives up 3 in 3, no one panics.

164 point pace for Burnsie

Introduction of a new Whalers podcast (Name dropped in the episode)

Caniac Zach

@pours4scores - COVID/Trocheck 

$8000+ raised the first season

Zach's story

Aho is a gimme AKA Superstar

Training camp

Gardiner injury - did they know? is that why De Haan is here?

Bear / De Haan / Chatfield

Will Bear go to Vancouver, and if he does, who QBs PP2?

Culture shift in Carolina

Players in town a month early

Players want to come here

Rod is the heart of the paradigm shift

2022 retirements

PK Subban off the ice good guy

Hockey games start today!

Our guest was unable to join us, but Brad and Ray had a great time talking about the 25th anniversary year!

Weather's turning colder, some Canes take in an NCSU victory, Carter Finley upgrades, and congrats to all the 5K runners! We briefly talk the Prospect Showcase, first pre-season game is in 8 days, eagle eyed viewers see the old single flag logo in a social media piece. Canes unveil 25th anniversary jersey, it's a beaut! Brad admits he likes the single flag logo (it's a symbol, accuracy wasn't the priority!) and we have TWO more jserseys coming this year - Reverse Retro and Stadium Series! Stadium Series ticket sales were completely flubbed by the team and NHL - no communication is BAD communication there people.

Huge shoutout to Shannon, Any, and Carrie Jean for helping us out this week! We can't wait to meet yall in person in February! 

And we need guests! If you want to be on the show, let us know! 

Welcome Bailey Curtis to the Storm Cellar!

Bailey's Story

- Cohost of The Surge Cast with Zach Martin

- Dad influence

- Became a fan during the lean years

- Paul Coffey pick in all times Canes draft was excellent pick 

- Cam Ward fan (Cam's number should be retired)

- Soccer goalie, loves the G-men

- Stamkos story

RBA for HHOF mention

25th Anniversary Logo

Welcome back Tripper!

Welcome Hanna Yates to the broadcast team - campaign to get Hanna on the podcast

Welcome Paul Stasney

Calvin De Haan disses Canes in 2019, PTO 2022

Who gets thes 5/6 spot? Bear, Coghlan, Chatfield, De Haan, and Gardnier 

Win no mode activated

Do the Canes needs to win the Metro or the East?

New Podcast about the Franchise's history coming next month; name reveal coming soon!

Find Bailey at @baileyycurtis

Find @TheSurgeCast at https://linktr.ee/TheSurgeCast

This was originally recorded live on July 4, 2022; the day Ray and I met in person for the first time after 20 years of friendship. Originally posted to Youtube we thought we'd toss this into the mix during this quiet period before the madness begins. How did our predictions of who stays and who goes hold up? If you had billions of dollars, where would you put an NHL team? What NHL rule would you change? Let us know!

This week Ray and I were joined by friend of the show Samantha Wismer to talk puck. We talk about Samantha's hockey journey, Alex Lyon and the Calder Cup Champion Chicago Wolves, Derek Stepan gets a PTO (Professional Try Out contract) with the Canes, and we all wished Team Finland best of luck in the World Juniors last night.

New Intro and our first guest of our 3rd season; we think you'll enjoy both! Daniel Wagner joins the program to talk his Caniac fandom, Patches injury and how it affects the team, Marty Necas is re-signed (but not on 8/8 for a missed opportunity) and we asked the fans who was the toughest Whaler/Hurricane of all time. It was so nice getting guests back on the show and we're ready to get back into game shape for the upcoming season; as of the upload date for this episode we have only 45 days until the first preseason game!

No guest this week, but Ray and I talked about a potential Necas deal may be done, Calgary/Florida trade, and lots about veteran presence. We discuss the next few years' UFA situation, who is a must-sign, how hard it is to lose fan favorites, and why the Canes need to look at winning now. 

This week Brad and Ray talk about the departure of Nino Niederreiter, the re-signing of Ethan Bear and the tangled web of what will happen before opening night as the Hurricanes have $1.8M in cap space and still need to re-sign Marty Necas. Why did Bear sign for $2.2M which was lower than his $2.5M qualifying offer? With Gardiner under contract at $4M+, and Bear now at $2.2M, there is a logjam on defense and both of those guys would be very expensive 5/6 defenders; does one get shipped out, and if so, whom? Where does Necas fit in to the new forward group, or does he get moved for someone else as the Hurricanes also have a glut of potential 4th liners. 

We can't believe we are now starting Season 3!! Thanks to everyone who tunes in to listen to us! This week we talk a bit about our first every in person meeting (URL https://youtu.be/PfdFRZpjS4Q), Johnny Hockey To CBus, then it's all about Burns, Patches and the rest. So join us as we start prepping for October!

No Ray this week (that's on me) but the wonderful Linnea (L) joins me and we talk about her hockey story, her favorite players, meeting Brett Pesce's parents, and play a game of "Stay or Go" with the Canes UFAs.

Short and Sweet on this one Caniacs!

Season Finale for the Podcast for the season, but we'll be doing some episodes during the off-season as well with a "round table" format. 

This week: Wanted to do an episode immediately after the conclusion, probably better off we didn't. 

- Canes v Rangers series and Game 7

 -- Trouba's hit on Jarvis, "Too many men" penalty against a guy who can't stand up?

-- Hockey needs to do away with hits that follow through the head.

- What went wrong?

- What needs to happen next?

- Exit Interviews & RFAs/UFAs

- Can they keep Niederreiter & Trocheck? Should they?

- Jake Gardiner is back off LTIR @ $4M to keep, almost $2M to buyout.

- Do you trust TA to a long term contract?

- the Necas quagmire.

- Bring up AHL guys and spend on a true goal scorer

- The Storm Center (formerly Tropical depression/Tropical Storm/Hurricane)

- Thank you listeners! If you want to be on the podcast this off-season, let us know! We'll be doing round tables every 2-3 weeks all summer.

- We will be launching a 2nd podcast in October all about Whalers history in Season 1, Canes history in Season 2.

- Ray and Brad are super excited to meet in person this July 4th, after 20+ years of online friendship.

Kat Hunter  - Caniac as long as she can remember

 -loves Dmen and goalies (who doesn't?) 

 - 1st jersey Cam Ward

  - TikTok    (katergy74)

- started making vids for friends of the show @pours4scores (shameless plug)

- Pesce and Brock McGinn

Flames / Oilers - The goal overshadows the series

 - Great series, lots of action even if not the best hockey. 

 - No one is talking about 4 goals in 1:11, because of the (in our opinion) no-goal call.

Canes / Rangers so far - Can they win on the road? Why or why not?

Kat shares her thoughts but had to run to prep for the big game tonight, Brad and Ray finish up Canes / Rangers

 - Staal line reminds Ray of the BBC in terms of being the best line at what they do

 - 20 year old Seth Jarvis might be the Canes best player in the playoffs outside of Antti Raanta

BREAKING NEWS - Andersen was in a crease this morning per @Ice_Chip

Ray and Brad discuss Avs / Blues - Heck of a series

- Avs advance to WCF for first time since 2002

 Brad postulates, "worse exit for fans- Blues or Pathers?"  Do you prefer to go out knowing it's coming, or via a punch in the gut when you thought you still had a chance? Very different takes on this one.

Predictions for game 6

On this episode of the Storm Cellar we have Corwin from Boston! Corwin is an amazing hockey fan and goalie, and is perhaps the nicest Bruins fans evah. We talk about Corwin's love of the game, some Bruins, some 2x Isobel Cup Champion Boston Pride (I love them too) and some Canes as well. Being a goaltender themself, Corwin has some thoughts on goaltender interference, and some great analysis on what went right (or wrong depending on your perspective) in round 1. We played Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, Nor'Easter, and Hurricanes, before going quickly around the league to look at the remaining series. Of course we talked some Canes vs Rangers and Cor is fully onboard with sending the New Yorkers home for the summer. A great episode with a great hockey person, definitely tune in for this one, and we hope to have Cor back this summer during our round-table episodes.

A special edition episode for the start of Round 2. Ray and I recap round 1, then delve into Round 2 a bit. I apologize now for the audio quality, we were recording while the family was asleep so it's a little less animated than usual. Hopefully Apple has fixed the issues with the podcast updating properly; fingers crossed. Thanks for tuning in!

Mike from Dallas-Fort Worth (Michael Watson)

- NHL 1994 strikes again!

- 99 playoffs bought first Canes merch

- 2002 cemented the fandom

- Vegas trip #NHL2VEGAS

- Brind'amour / Aho

Useless Facts

Canes 5-0 all time in Game 7s (Whalers 0-3 all time)

2009 Scotty Walker defeats Bruins in game 7; 13 years ago today

Series in which home team won every game:

02 Leafs / Islanders

92 Habs / Whalers

65 Blackhawks / Habs

55 Habs / Wings

Game 7 - Canes vs Bruins

3 factors:

Crowd - you bought a ticket for a seat, don't use it

Shutdown Marchand (1pt in Raleigh, 10pts in Boston)

Crowd - LOUD AND PROUD

Around the league

Canes vs Bruins Predictions

We speak, the team listens!

This week we had on the amazing Lindsey Holmes - Canes, Leafs, Bruins fan. We talk about her finding the Canes, coming from a hockey family, Toronto security won't just let anyone meet Austin Matthews, and more. 

Also in this episode:

Canes v Bruins Round 1 : expecting a road split

Pyotr steps up

Nino proves he deserves a contract

Svech legally crushes Lindholm

No major for boarding Smith?

Google Translate FTW for Baby Goalie

  - language doesn't seem to be an issue on the ice for Pyotr

Martinook out - possible ankle injury

Domi has been invisible in a bad way

Bring in Stepan and Lorentz.

PP did score 2, but is still at 11.8% (needs to be faster and less predictable 1-3-1? overload?)

We play Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, & Hurricane

Jasper Fast is invisible in a good way

Quickly we look around the playoffs.

Happy birthday to the podcast! 

Happy birthday to Luke Prokop!

Bailey Curtis' question - short answer Laurel Wheeler

Some honest talk about the intersection of our podcast and the Canes fanbase

(representation matters, inclusion matters, remember this is OUR team)

Game 4 and 5 predictions

A big shout out to Sydney for being a last minute fill in at guest. She's a long time hockey fan, but a new Caniac who is along for the ride with Seth Jarvis and the boys. We talk about Sydney's back story, delve into Seth Jarvis and Pyotr the Great a little bit, preview Canes v Bruins, go around the league with Round 1 predictions, and finish up talking superstitions. We hope to hear from you about your playoff superstitions, so send'em to us on Twitter or Facebook!

Today's pod is about 2 things; a little Canes history in physical form and then it's all about questions from our listeners. We can't tell you how much we appreciate you tuning in to us. Our listenership has doubled since the All-Star break and we're super excited that we've surpassed 1500 unique listens to our podcast. Thank you all and we hope you enjoy this one!

Calgary Caniac Eljay: Whalers fan since 89 when he got a Whalers jersey. Moved to rural Alberta and was able to watch the Whale on TV, not to mention 2nd cousin and Whaler great Geoff Sanderson. Favorite Player Ronnie Franchise, modern day Andrei Svechnikob.

Are the Canes in a slump? Is there too much line mixing?

6 of 8 against playoff teams in March/April (4 OT/SO) games, PP needs to be less predictable down low; need to adapt to teams playing better defensively.

Caller into NHL network, We need a superstar (but do we? or do we have one or two?) compare Florida, Edmonton, Leafs

Detroit game vs Ned shutout

Canes / Avs - STM trip!

Only Colorado has clinched a playoff birth in the west?!

Vegas may miss playoffs for the first time

Coyotes season ticket prices for 2023

Ref kicks puck to Bruins - how bad is that?

Canes / Avs predictions

Caniac Shawn Dickinson

new hockey fan in late 90s, 2000s memories

what the 2002 cup run meant to the team/fans 

Shoutouts to Brad & Shawn / Blincos

fav players : Jeff O'Neil / Rod Brind'Amour (Erik Cole / Svechnikov)

Jeff O'Neil - eye of the Hurricane, then Brad calls him a prick

2002 Red Wings one of the best teams ever?

RBA for HOF (Great off season episode idea!)

Martin Necas talk

Lost 9 of last 15, 3 of last 5.

"Gassed or Indifferent?"

Cruise Control into playoffs?

PP issues 

We play Tropical Depression/ Tropical Storm / Hurricane (35min)

these are always fun to see how people see the boys

Predictions for Canes / Ducks

Ray and Brad review March, talk about the injury to Jasperi Kotkaniemi, the reworked lines with KK out,  Max (not Tie) is fitting into the Canes system, the Canes are hot since the passing of the trade deadline, TSN article on the disaparity of NHL penalties comparing Avs and Canes, RBA's response to the TSN article, will the article affect the reffing, Keith Yandle ironman streak probably ends at 989. A brief segment on the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chanitlly, VA (planes!) and it's Autism Awareness Month! (#RedInstead)

A last minute phonecall where Ray and I briefly go through the KK deal and the Max Domi trade, how the deal breaks down, and what this could mean going forward. Maybe we'll eventually get yesterday's Trade Talk episode out eventually. 

On this week's podcast, Ray and Brad have Patty on the program talking Canes pucks as always. We talk about Patty's story, another Penguin's convert, moving from CA to NC, long time STH and game 7 of 2006. Patty brings up some great points about how the ACC factors into the Hurricanes growth cycle in NC.  We also talk Kotkaniemi extension, and Brad tosses out a different name for "odd man out" as far as Canes' centers go (you gotta listen to find out whom). We wrap it up talking Canes vs Avs in a "Best of the NHL" match round 1, and quickly preview the Flyers and the Penguins. Also, I might have missed a worty-dird in editing so my apologize if I did!

So what are the topics this week? We speak with Caniac and Wolviac (Trademark us) Erich who speaks to us about the Canes AHL affiliate the Chicaco Wolves. We talk AHL players, do the Canes go for a trade and if so how do our AHLers fit in to the equation. The Avalanche are scary good, do they go after a goaltender like Fleury? The 2023 Stadium Series is officially coming to Carter-Finley in Raleigh on 2/18/23, book your hotels now! We discussed the lack or originality in opponent choice and toss out some of our ideas, and we talk about how tailgating in NC is on a whole 'nother level. We pretend the Caps game didn't happen and jump to the Pens game for our thoughts - Staal and Trocheck lead the way; and don't forget that although the Pens are among least penalized teams, that doesn't mean they commit the least penalties.

This week Brad and Ray talk to Gina T, a home grown hockey fan who exemplifies what it means to be a Caniac. We talk about Gina's introduction to hockey via her boyfriend (now husband) Tom, their switch to Caniacs (sorry Penguins), the Storm Surge, and we answer show friend Erich's question about Gina's favorite player Brett Pesce, Twitch streamer. On the topic of Pesce, we discuss what prompts people to plunk down money for a jersey, what makes those players stand out? We answer Samantha from Philly who asked about what to do on defense with Smith and TDA out long term as well. We hit the high points of the last 4 games including the Pesce OT winner and the ability to close out the month above .500, David Ayres game anniversary (and movie!), and Alex Ovechkin's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We wrap up this week beginning our push in earnest to get Freddie Andersen into the Vezina talk, because he's earned it. WHEW! That's a lot and we had a lot of fun doing it!

Brad and Ray recap what has been perhaps the Canes worst month so far, can it be salvaged? Is the glass half full or half empty on that Florida OT loss? 5 on 3 woes? Say it ain't so! 2 battles against Pennsylvania on Sunday & Monday followed up by some Blue Jackets and Oilers. 

Today we were joined by caniac Haylee, a Bruins fan to start, she's a hard core Caniac now. 

We talked about her favorite player Stephen Lorentz, last week's games - is the bottle half full or half empty, trade deadline coming up - Giroux, Shatenkirk, Haylee says team chemistry > any particular player, the loss of Hamilton & Nedeljkovic (old timers vs newer fan thoughts), Ray tears up still over the Ron Francis to Pittsburgh deal, Vegas odds - Canes chance to win the cup at 10.3%, ideas for improving All Star weekend, Haylee's story about how Seth Jarvis shows he's an awesome person, and Haylee shows she's an awesome girlfriend. 

We also touched on the "Miracle at Molson" which we're linking to here:

https://youtu.be/IjE7yYu0tuc?t=139

Welcome to the weekend Caniacs. This week Brad and Ray discuss the All Star Weekend (for better or worse), some idea to liven up the game (Bring in the PHF All Stars!), Women's Olympic hockey has started, Raleigh is getting a stadium series game in Feb 2023, Toronto/Hurricanes is always a thrill in one Calgary household, and special thanks to last week's guests Beth & Courtney who are some seriously dedicated hockey fans, and we were thrilled we got to spend some time talking with them.

An amazing (and lengthy!) episode with 1/2 of the From Center Ice Podcast team and a writer/editor of for women's sports. We welcomed Beth and Courtney into the Storm Cellar this week to talk about the hiring of Émilie Castonguay, in general about the intersection of women and hockey (as well as women in hockey). These two passionate fans talked about the Castonguay hiring, women in hockey including Olympics, ECHL, and the PHF, as well as their perspectives of being female fans. We give out some mid-season rankings and although they're Blackhawks fans, we can all agree on some Dougie Hamilton love. If you are someone, like us, who truly wishes to see hockey grow and who thinks that hockey should be for everyone, this is the one episode of ours you should listen to. You can find them on Twitter at @wonderbeffers and @vfcentericepod

This weeks' podcast recaps Rangers and Devils, LaFontaine gets the start, new segment "2 minutes minor" explains the basics of the CORSI stat, Andrei Svechnikov earns "Russian Bull" nickname (Him strong, like bull!), 2 racially charged incidents in hockey this week (Boko Imama and Jordan Subban), reference to why Ray dislikes the Habs (2002 Kevin Weekes banana incident), paraphrasing @vfcentericepod's take on the ECHL inciden 35:30), Brad reminds his Bruins loving neighbors what's up, and we talk quickly about next week's schedule including the NJ Devils rematch.

Short week, short description! 

Timo Meier goes ham against LA, Ray oversleeps recording day, McDavid doesn't like growing the game,  could McDavid or Draisaitl be traded, butt whooping by CBJ - good or bad, LaFontaine debut, Canes vs. Bruins biggest game of the year so far (for Brad),  Eric Staal sighting, Go Canes!

In the first episode of 2022, Brad and Ray talk about some amazing Christmas presents and Caniac generosity, RBA's control of the locker room during the team's significant COVID weeks, a heads up that the Canes were featured on Sportsnet's Dangle's Dangits for their 7 goal comeback against the Blue Jackets on New Year's Day, Vegas odds, and the Florida Panthers matchup.

Shout outs this week to Steve Dangle, Courtney Dagger, and Alex Ohari. 

And if you haven't seen it, check out the funniest video on youtube: Steve Dangle's David Ayres Game Reaction https://youtu.be/QFnQ0dcaBUI

On this episode Brad talks with Pours4Scores co-founder Mary C. @pours4scores is a collaboration of twitter users who pledge donations to charity based upon who is scoring, shots taken, or even just by uploading a video tagged #pours4scores when the "Universal Drink" player nets one. This groups has donated over $8,000 in their first year (2020) and hopes to exceed $10,000 donated for 2021 We talk about the pours4scores creation and mission, the western Canadian roadie, and about being a Caniac in general. If you would like to help out, please follow @pours4scores on Twitter, or the Storm Cellar crew will help bridge the gap if you find us at https://facebook.com/stormcellar97.

This was a long one folks, but perhaps our best episode yet!

Caniac Zach Martin talks about his hockey podcast The LampLighters and the intersection of sports and mental health.

Grading the Canes (Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, Tropical Depressions)

Turbo nets 100

Will Brad get hatemail due to his Martinook opinion?

We start talking about Ian Cole & Vinny Trocheck literally seconds before they go back to back in the net. (51min mark)

Ted Lasso puns

English Premier League talk (1:10 - Crystal Palace, Everett, & New Castle)

Some 2006 talk and the January 2000 snow game 

The short version:

West Coast Roadie, Ray gets to watch hockey at normal times; Brad gets to watch on TV and not an iPad.

Keep loses from becoming streaks; Power Play needs adjustment.

Around the Metro / League with 25% of season gone.

December is a mixed bag of games, including 3 tough ones in Canada.

Future Guests: Alex Ohári @futurecanes, Mary from @Pours4Scores, and hopefully a mystery guest

Laurel Wheeler @finnishsunshine - Please use the "alt text" feature in twitter when posting photos, gifs, and videos! This is a huge help for any visually impaired fans.

If you want to be on the show, let us know! If we can partner up and promote a charity or cause, let us know that too!

washington capitals #nocaps  (Brad's foreshadowing when asked who wins "It all depends on the referees")

In this episode Ray and Brad got a chance to meet a wonderful Hollander and Caniac, Linda Paans. Linda started following the team when her favorite player Paul Coffey joined the team in 98, and after he left, she decided that there was something special about the group in Raleigh. In this episode we cover a lot of ground including Brad's Paul Coffey in Boston anecdote, Seth Jarvis, Svech vs Crosby, Linda's amazing Canes collection, OTL points good or bad, and Turbo's 350th regular season game with the Hurricanes. 

This was a tough one to talk about, and it certainly geared towards adults, we left it mostly unedited so it's kind of a stream on consciousness. 

If you have been the victim of sexual assault and need help please reach out and get the support you need.

National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline (RAINN) - 1-800-656-4673

In Canada:

RCMP Victims Services - grc.gc.ca/ccaps-spcca/vic-eng.htm">https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ccaps-spcca/vic-eng.htm

Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centers - https://casac.ca/anti-violence-centres/

Today Ray and I talk with long time Whalers fan (now Canes fan) Mike D. Listen in as we talk about what it was like to be a Whalers fan when the team moved to NC, as well as how the team is seen now that some time has passed. Mike has some interesting takes on the move from Hartford, and the retiring of jerseys from the franchise's storied history. There may be some controversial opinions on this one, so if you agree or disagree, we want to hear your take on things! 

As always you can reach us on twitter @stormcellar97, on Facebook facebook.com/stormcellar97, or at stormcellar97@gmail.com

Happy Halloween! This week we talk about the 7-0-0 Hurricanes' big wins over the Habs, Bruins, and Blackhawks. We discuss the 5 (yes five!) Canes averaging over a PPG, our "3 players to watch for" to see how they're doing, Rod Brind'Amour's coaching style, a potential matchup with the (formerly) undefeated Panthers, and the first look at Seth Jarvis.

We're looking for Caniac stories; if you have a cool story about  being a Caniac, especially if you're outside the triangle, let us know!  You can find us at facebook.com/stormcellar94, on Twitter  @stormcellar97, or at stormcellar97@gmail.com

Thanks for listening!

Sorry for the delay to everyone, including my podcast partner Ray, it took me a week to finally find time to get this out! but it's still relevant! We talk a little offseason, KK, TDA, and our top 3 Canes to watch. We're looking for Caniac stories; if you have a cool story about being a Caniac, especially if you're outside the triangle, let us know! You can find us at facebook.com/stormcellar94, on Twitter @stormcellar97, or at stormcellar97@gmail.com

Thanks for listening!

In this episode we do our first simulcast with Coach Dwayne from the Sports School Podcast. We grade some teams from around the league, talk lots about the Canes successful season (SIGN ROD NOW)  and the playoff run (SIGN ROD NOW), and delve into what to expect during the offseason (SIGN ROD NOW) include who the important UFAs/RFAs are (SIGN ROD NOW) as well as some potential pickups to make the team better. (SIGN ROD NOW)

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Did we mention we need to sign Rod right now, today, seriously Tom, make me change this episode description today...

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In this episode we talk with the Carolina Hurricanes Original #90 - Paul Lawson from Scotland. Paul has been a Whalers/Hurricanes fan since around 1993, and has played in 2 Alumni games. In this episode he descirbes his first alumni game, including netting one on a pass from the Grim Reaper himself, Stu Grimson, as well as chirping on Aaron Ward. 

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This is our first special edition episode where Ray and I interview Laurel Wheeler, a Caniac from Texas, via Finland. Yes we said Finland! Laurel's story gets better as she tells it, and her enthusiasm for the team is palpable. This was a lot of fun to do, we thank Laurel so much for taking the time to be on the show; she epitomizes what it means to be a Caniac.

Brad and Ray discuss the first 3 games of the Hurricanes/Predators series, take a look around the league, and give their game 4/5 predictions.