Perhaps the biggest event of the preseason happens tonight as the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion—not to mention the team who has twice knocked the Canes out of the Stanely Cup Playoffs in the Eastern
Conference Finals round—Florida Panthers roll into Raleigh for what has become an Annual Community Night for the Canes.
Tickets for tonight’s game are only $11.73 a person. It’s adverstised as $10 a person but there are always taxes and fees tacked on. More importantly for folks who have to budget, parking for tonight will be free. There will be people in the lots accepting donations to the Carolina Hurricanes Foundtation, but the donation is completely voluntary. The ticket gains you entrance into Lenovo Center where you get to pick your seat—as long as it isn’t in the first through fifth rows by the glass as those seats went at a higher number and have sold out.
Befitting a major event like this, the Hurricanes released their roster for this game on Tuesday evening. It’s highlighted by the presumed main starter in net, their first line center, the player who’ll star in his own episode of Amazon’s Faceoff that’ll drop starting on October 3rd, and the big free agent pickup in the offseason.
We’ll see who Florida decides to bring up to Raleigh with them as this will only be their second preseason game as well, and they haven’t played at home yet. The Canes will head to Florida next week for their next to last game of the preseason where you’d expect more regulars to be on both rosters.
Note the special start time for this one-6 PM. Yes, 6 PM. Why it’s happening at 6 PM nobody knows but the puck drop will be at 6. This means lots are opening earlier, the gates are opening earlier, and so on.
For fans going you’ll probably be hoping to get a good look at the new view bar that’s on the 300 level, but you’re going to be out of luck. That area was still covered in black plastic during Monday Night’s game against Tampa. Still looking at two weeks before Opening Night, it’s likely they are going to wait to reveal the area until that night as a treat to fans who attend.
Things for this game will also sound a little different inside as all of the sponsorships for in-game items don’t start until the regular season, so things like the Power Play are just going to be…the Power Play. As this game is meant to send money to the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation, expect a lot of the breaks to be highlights of the work the Foundation has done in the past year—which includes Helene relief for Western North Carolina as we start to approach one year since then.
The game itself will again only be available to stream for Canes fans on Hurricanes.com. You’ll have to go to the main site and click the link to watch—once the team posts it we’ll share it with you here. Note the video will be the same feed fans see in the stands, and that feed is paired with the Hurricanes Radio Network Call of Mike Maniscalco and Tripp Tracy. If you can’t stream, the radio call will be on the Triangle on 99.9 The Fan, or to stream from their app.
