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| 4th April, 2007 - 11:44 am |  Yahoo.com - The defending Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes will be watching the playoffs from home this season.
The Hurricanes blew a two-goal lead and lost to the Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night to become the first defending Stanley Cup winner to miss the playoffs the next season since New Jersey in 1996.
"We're completely frustrated as a team. Embarrassed," center Eric Staal said. "We wanted to be in the playoffs. We wanted to defend the Cup we won last year, and we didn't get it done tonight. It's unacceptable for the guys we have in this room and the amount of talent we have. Everyone feels just terrible." [READ] |
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