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09.05.2019 03:31
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes hope they now have the leadership tandem in place to turn the franchise around. Bill Peters was introduced Friday as the Hurricanes new coach, the first big hire made by new Carolina general manager Ron Francis. Now its up to Peters to prove it was shrewd move. Carolina has made three coaching changes since 2006 and has only one playoff appearance to show for it. "When I did my due diligence and went to look at rosters ... were not far off," Peters said. "I think theres lots of pieces here and its up to us and our coaching staff ... to max our group out." He replaces Kirk Muller, who was fired last month — a week into Francis tenure as GM — and went 80-80-27 in three seasons with no playoff berths. Instead of an established NHL head coach or a popular ex-player, Francis went with Peters — a 48-year-old Detroit Red Wings assistant who has never been an NHL head coach but was in demand this off-season. Peters said he interviewed for two other jobs and Francis says he spoke to 10 candidates during "a pretty extensive search," narrowing that to a three-man short list before deciding on Peters and giving him a three-year contract. "You have to take the time to go through it and make sure you get the right guy," Francis said, "and thats what we did." What dazzled Francis was Peters attention to detail: He penned a booklet breaking down the team and brought it to his first interview with them, and his second one included a PowerPoint presentation, Francis said. "Hes extremely, extremely detailed," Francis said. "Hes going to communicate with our players. Our players are going to know where he stands, and theres no little detail that (will) be overlooked." From the outside, his challenge looks daunting: Making the Hurricanes a consistent playoff team. Muller couldnt do it in three years. Neither could Paul Maurice, at least during his second stint with the team. Even Peter Laviolette — the only Carolina coach to hoist the Stanley Cup — couldnt get the Hurricanes back in the post-season. Now Peters gets his chance to try to revive a club that has missed the playoffs in seven of the eight years since the Hurricanes won their only Stanley Cup in 2006. The lone post-season berth since that Cup run came in 2009, when the Hurricanes reached the Eastern Conference final in the first year of Maurices second term as coach. Peters plan is to address three glaring problems from last season: Starting games strong, producing more on the power play and winning more often at PNC Arena. Carolina was the leagues third-worst team with the man advantage and was just 18-17-6 at home. "Weve got to become a harder team to play against here in Raleigh," Peters said. His hiring caps about two months of turbulence in the Hurricanes organization. Francis, a Hall of Fame player who has been both an assistant coach and an assistant GM with Carolina, was moved up a rung on the organizations ladder and his mentor, Jim Rutherford, stepped aside after two decades — and eventually wound up bolting to Pittsburgh to take over as the Penguins GM. Francis first big move came a week later when he fired Muller and put the players on notice that the responsibility for turning the team around is on them, too. After a 46-day search in which some recognizable names were floated, Francis plucked Peters from Mike Babcocks staff with the Red Wings. He spent the past three years working primarily with the Red Wings defencemen and penalty killers. Before joining the Red Wings staff, he coached Rockford of the AHL from 2008-11 and guiding that team to consecutive 40-win seasons. Eight of his Rockford players helped Chicago win the Cup in either 2010 or 2013, and he also coached Spokane (Washington) of the Western Hockey League for three seasons. 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Myers The gameThe Buccaneers started brightly, taking 10 minutes on their first drive before a three-yard pass from Jameis Winston to Mike Evans put them 7-0 up.However, Atlanta hit straight back through the running game, Devonta Freeman and Taylor Gabriel combining for 42 yards on consecutive plays before Levine Toilolo caught a 32-yard touchdown pass on the next play.The Falcons added two field goals following back-to-back Tampa fumbles, before a costly strip sack from Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy on Ryan handed Tampa possession at the opposition 19-yard line. Winston overcame a five-yard penalty to pass 24 yards to the left-hand side of the end zone for Evans second touchdown of the night. Wide receiver Mike Evans scored twice and made a great one-handed catch, but couldnt prevent the Bucs fourth home defeat But it was the Falcons who finished the half stronger, Ryan leading a 74-yard drive downfield before Gabriel converted the touchdown with a nine-yard rush to give them a 20-14 lead. Atlanta dominated the second half, scoring three unanswered touchdowns as the Bucs 30-24 week eight overtime loss appeared to catch up with them.Fullback Patrick DiMarco scored from one yard for his first touchdown of the season, before Julio Jones three-yard catch completed an 82-yard drive on the Falcons next possession. Buccaneers fans did have something to cheer about when Evans made an athletic one-handed catch at the sideline, reeling the ball in and getting his feet in bounds, before a huge hit from Keanu Neal knocked him out of bounds. Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans catches one handed before a big hit from Keanu Neal But it was the Falcons tight end Austin Hooper who scored next, running in a two-yard score to extend the visitors advantage to 40-14 at the start of the fourth quarter.After completing a seven-yard touchdown pass to Adam Humphries, Winston was forced out of the game following a knee injury on the two-point attempt. Mike Glennon was brought on in as replacement but, despite leading a 75-yard touchdown drive, the damage was done and the Falcons ran out comfortable winners.Following the game, Winston said he felt great, and expects to be back in week 10 for the arrival of the Chicago Bears. Atlanta head coach Dan Quinn will be pleased to have avoided a divisional upset, and another commanding performance from Ryan only serves to strengthen his MVP candidacy. 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