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The Rat Attack

The Rat leads the Hurricanes to a 6-3 victory over the Ducks. Scott Mellanby who’s 4 point effort help sparked the Hurricanes charge as ‘Canes No.1 line of Mellanby, newly acquired Chris Gratton and Anson Carter proved to be too much for Anaheim.

After trailing for most of the first period the Hurricanes defender Mike Rathje one timed a point shot past Marc-Andre Fleury tying the game up at 1-1. In the final minutes of the opening period Scott Mellanby scored sending the Hurricanes to the dressing room with a 2-1 lead. Much of the second period was split down the middle as the Ducks and the Hurricanes traded chances with both teams tallying a goal each.

Any momentum that the Ducks were trying to gain in the 2nd period was quickly taken away in the beginning stages of the 3rd as once again Mellanby was able to get to Fleury and then assisted on Gratton’s first goal as a Hurricanes as the Ducks goaltender was chased from the net and replaced by J-Sebastien Aubin. As the Duck has a sudden push and brought the game to a 5-3 margin David Legwand was once again able to regain the Hurricane dominance as round out the 6-3 victory for the struggling Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes look to build on last night success as they fly home to Raleigh and host the injured Pittsburgh Penguins