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HURRICANES USE SNOW DAY TO HELP LURE NEW FANS WITH GIVEAWAY

          The Hurricanes will make up Tuesday's postponed game
     due to snow with the Coyotes this afternoon, and the team is
     giving fans "a chance to see three" 'Canes games for the
     price of one, according to Cecil Harris of the Raleigh NEWS
     & OBSERVER.   Fans holding or purchasing a ticket to today's
     1:00pm ET game will receive a ticket for home games against
     the Canadiens and Capitals later this month.  Team GM Jim
     Rutherford: "We know it will be difficult for people to get
     here [Thursday] with it being an afternoon game and because
     of the elements.  But with schools being closed Thursday and
     a lot of businesses being closed, this is a good way for
     people to get out of the house for a few hours."  Arena
     parking at today's game will be free.   Meanwhile, the
     Coyotes' game against the Thrashers scheduled for Wednesday
     was postponed because the team was unable to fly out of
     Raleigh-Durham Int'l Airport (NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/27).
          NO PRACTICE, NO PLAY? The Canadiens, stuck in NC since
     Monday, are scheduled to play the Bruins tonight in Boston. 
     In Montreal, Red Fisher reports that "there's a consensus"
     among the team's players that it's "too dangerous to play
     without at least one practice under their belts."  But the
     response from the NHL is that if the Canadiens "fly, they
     play."  But the Canadiens also feel that game equipment
     could be a problem, as it has been on the team plane since
     Monday.  Team Equipment Manager Pierre Gervais: "It must be
     frozen stiff."  NHL Dir of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell:
     "What do you want me to say?  Do you want me to tell the
     Bruins the Canadiens can't play because their equipment is
     frozen?"  Fisher adds the Canadiens "are in no way prepared
     for the game, the outcome of which could be pivotal" in the
     teams' pursuit of a playoff spot (Montreal GAZETTE, 1/27).

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