Author: Canadian Network of North Carolina

A social and professional networking group for Canadians living and working in North Carolina

Call for Applications: Canada’s Honorary Consul in Raleigh, NC (deadline extended)

The Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta is seeking applications from interested parties in serving Canada as Canada’s Honorary Consul in Raleigh, North Carolina.  The deadline has been extended to February 17, 2018.

View the Call for Applications for details on the position, the role of the Honorary Consul, requirements, skills and assets, selection procedure and application method.  (En français: Appel à candidatures.)

 

Game Report: Sens vs Canes (Jan 30)

The CNNC sport correspondent and event photographer tag-teamed for the report on Tuesday’s game.

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1, winning the first game of their eight-game home stand. Hopes to make the playoffs rest heavily on this homestead performance. The big news was the return of Sebastian Aho to the lineup after missing two weeks with a concussion and a knee injury. He didn’t disappoint with a huge goal in the third period to even up the score. 
”I was very excited. I’ve been waiting for this since I got hurt,” Aho said. ”It felt really good to get that goal.’’

Aho’s goal brought the crowd alive, the Hurricanes played stronger and Rask fired a power-play wrist shot from the left faceoff circle past Anderson on the goaltender’s stick side with 11:32 remaining which turned out to be the game winner.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau opened the scoring in the second period and Craig Anderson made 37 saves. Ottawa had other scoring chances hitting three posts (two in the first period). The Sens have now lost six games in a row.
 ”I really think we deserved to get out of this with at least one point,” coach Guy Boucher said. ”I really thought after two periods we had a chance to win this one.”
Tom Dundon, the Canes new majority team owner (66%) was concerned about the low ticket pre-sale status for this game and opened up the lower bowl and club level for fans with tickets in the upper level. Many took advantage of the offer and upgrade. A total of 11,448 attended the game, the higher concentration of fans closer to the ice was a boost for the Canes.

Sens and Habs in town this week

A treat for Canadians in The Triangle: both the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadiens will be at PNC Arena this week–on January 30 and February 1, respectively. (Games both start at 7pm.)  If you haven’t purchased your CNNC discounted tickets, you can do so using Google Chrome: www.hurricanes.com/cnnc.
Promo code: CNNC.

(Additional instructions regarding ticket purchase HERE.)

Canada-US Breakfast Roundtable

This morning, members of the Canadian Network of North Carolina Leadership Team met with the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Canadian Minister of Science as well as  Consul General of Canada in Atlanta Nadia Theodore and Canadian business leaders at the Canada-US Breakfast Roundtable.

Game Report: Flames vs Canes (Jan 14)

The CNNC sports correspondent reports on Sunday’s game, where the Flames were on a roll!

The Flames beat the Hurricanes 4-1. Right now the Flames are going so well, they are rolling to easy victories even without their top scorer Sean Monahan, who was out with the flu. Dougie Hamilton scored twice and Mike Smith made 38 saves extending the Flames winning streak to seven straight games. Matt Stajan and Matthew Tkachuk had a goal each and Johnny Gaudreau had two assists. Calgary controlled the entire game. Scott Darling made 26 saves for Carolina, which has lost four of five. Lee Stempniak scored with 4:31 remaining to avoid a shutout.

”We’re feeling good right now, obviously,” Hamilton said. ”We’re doing the little things consistent and we haven’t really had a terrible stretch of hockey yet.”

”I didn’t think we were engaged in the game, period,” Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. ”I didn’t think we skated, I didn’t think we had much emotional engagement to the game. I thought we looked lethargic. We were slow.”

Flames captain Mark Giordano received a match penalty early in the third period for an illegal check to the face of Sebastian Aho and was ejected. Peters said he didn’t have an update on Aho’s status after the game.

Boxscore: http://www.espn.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=400962283

Flames in town on Sunday

The Calgary Flames are hitting the ice at PNC on Sunday at 3pm.  Get your discounted tickets to see the first Canadian team in town in 2018 using Google Chrome: www.hurricanes.com/cnnc.
Promo code: CNNC.
(Additional instructions regarding ticket purchase HERE.)

Game Report: Habs vs Canes (Dec 27)

The Habs versus Canes game on December 27 was part of our sports correspondent’s holiday celebrations. Here’s his report and a couple of quotes as well as some photos:

Sebastian Aho scored twice in the third period to help lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens at PNC Arena on Wednesday. Cam Ward made 23 saves for the Hurricanes (17-12-7), who have won three in a row and six of their past seven (6-1-0). Ward has won five straight starts. Staal played in his 800th NHL game. … The Hurricanes are 15-3-2 when scoring first.

“I think we’re starting to see some swagger from the guys. That’s confidence, right? You get into a bit of a rhythm, you start winning hockey games. Now we’re more talkative in the locker room and on the ice, trying to help each other. It’s all positive signs.” — Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward

Alex Galchenyuk scored for the Canadiens (16-17-4), who have lost two in a row.  The Canadiens’ 24 shots matched their lowest total of the season; they had that many in a 6-2 loss against the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 9. Montreal had six forwards with no more than one shot.

“I think we can do a lot better. It’s a matter of how much you want to throw pucks to the net, how much you want to go there and make things happen. We need to get better in that area, there’s no doubt about it.” — Canadiens coach Claude Julien

 

Happy Holidays 2017!

Best holiday wishes to all the Canadian families living in North Carolina. May your travels be safe and your celebrations joyful.  We look forward to seeing you at networking events in 2018.

Meilleurs voeux des fêtes à toutes les familles canadiennes qui habitent en Caroline du Nord. Que vos déplacements soient sans encombre et vos festivités pleines de joie. Nous espérons vous voir en 2018.

Canadian Network of North Carolina

 

 

Habs in town for the holidays!

The Montreal Canadiens will be in Raleigh on December 27 at 7pm.  Treat the family to a hockey game during the holidays and get your discounted tickets using Google Chrome: www.hurricanes.com/cnnc.
Promo code: CNNC.
(Additional instructions regarding ticket purchase HERE.)

Take our Membership Survey!

We are almost done with the merger between CanSouth and CBA-NC!  We created a survey (only 10 questions!) to know how the Canadian Network of North Carolina can better serve you, our members.  If you are a member who registered or updated their email with us since July 1, you should have received the survey via email.
Not a member?  No worries! Send us an email and we’ll add you to the membership list. No need to wait for a reply to answer our questions! Click on this link to access the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YPWXKX7
The survey will be available until January 6, 2018.  Thank you for your time!