Back to the Box: Looking at the Hurricanes’ penalty problems

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The Hurricanes are not a dirty team, despite what Capitals fans may want to say about Warren Foegele. They had the fourth fewest amount of major penalties (6) last season and only four teams had fewer misconducts (2) called against them.

Carolina also had no ejections, suspensions or even fines handed out to players — Rod Brind’Amour’s being a different story.

So it’s crazy that despite all of that, the Hurricanes ended up being the most shorthanded team by frequency and on-ice time through the regular season. The team was shorthanded 243 times for the 276 penalties committed, and spent an average of 6:05 per game down a man.

If not for the Hurricanes’ tremendous…