Carolina Hurricanes Powerplay: Caught In A Bickell

Scoring is down recently for the Carolina Hurricanes. Could part of that be Bickell’s absence on the power play?

The high-flying, goal scoring October is a thing of the past for the Carolina Hurricanes. Much like the colorful leaves are now turned into large piles brown, the Canes offense lost a bit of its vibrancy with the change of month. In their last four games, Carolina failed to score more than two goals a game, two of those games the Canes’ opponent held them to a single goal. The Canes averaged three goals a game in their first 8 games, but only averaged 1.5 since. So why the sudden drop in goals?

One reason was the lack of success on the power play. Carolina’s record with the man…