They were sent by sea, with 50 Hurricanes in crates, travelling around Africa to reduce the risk of attack.

As the Hurricanes were assembled, the pilots were formed into a composite operational squadron, No. 232 Squadron RAF.

The Hurricanes were formed in 1971 as the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ( WHA ), and joined the NHL in 1979 as part of the NHL-WHA merger, renaming themselves the Hartford Whalers.

However, Arturs Irbe and Kevin Weekes were solid in goal, and the Hurricanes won two games in overtime as they put away the Devils in six games.

The Hurricanes were unable to follow up their success.

* FEMA used hurricane aid money to pay funeral expenses for at least 203 Floridians whose deaths were not caused by the 2004 Hurricanes, the state's coroners have concluded.

At Kenley, all ten hangars and twelve aircraft, including ten Hurricanes, were destroyed and the runways badly cratered.

During the air battle over Mersa Matruh Sergente Maggiore Davide Colauzzi and Sergente Mario Turchi from 368 < sup > a </ sup > Squadriglia, while escorting SM. 79 bombers, shot down the Hurricanes of 33 Squadron that were flown by 26-year-old Canadian Flying Officer Edmond Kidder Leveille ( RAF no.

: For over two years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, Kingdom Halls were used as relief centers, warehouses, and fuel depots.

The chosen captains for the 2011 game were Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings and Eric Staal of the Hurricanes.

Spare parts for the FiAF planes were scarce — parts from the US ( Buffalo & Hawk ), Britain ( Hurricanes ), and Italy ( G. 50 ) were unavailable for much of the war.

During this campaign, Hurricanes outnumbered all other British fighters, combined, in service and were responsible for shooting down 55 percent of all enemy aircraft destroyed.

The Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom possessed some very advanced fighter planes, such as Spitfires and Hurricanes, but these were not useful for attacking ground troops on a battlefield, and the small number of planes dispatched to France with the British Expeditionary Force were destroyed fairly quickly.

The Canadiens were, however, eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes the following round in six games.

On 9 September two more squadrons, the Hurricanes of No 302 ( Polish ) and the Spitfires of No. 611 Squadron, were allocated to the " Big Wing " and again Park requested protection of the 11 Group airfields.

The Duxford Big Wing was also a mix of Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons, the Spitfires were thus delayed as they had to fly and climb at the same speed as the slower Hurricanes.

The 1962 edition of the Gotham Bowl, played in Yankee Stadium, was particularly tormented with poor planning and bad luck: the Miami Hurricanes were invited, but no opponent could be found.

As the Sabres embarked on a playoff run to the semi-finals, where they were defeated in seven games by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, Afinogenov added eight points in 18 post-season games.

In 1991, the University of Miami Hurricanes and the University of Washington Huskies were considered the strongest teams in the nation.

Until 1963 the school ’ s baseball teams were known as the " Hornets " and the football teams as the " Hurricanes ".

The instigators of the foundation meeting were Morris Beckman, who served in the Merchant Navy in World War II and was torpedoed twice, Gerald Flamberg, Middleweight boxing champion, 156 Battalion, who won the Military Medal at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, Leonard Sherman, martial arts expert ( Welsh Guards ), and Alec Carson, who flew Hawker Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain.

The Hurricanes were to play in the 1989 Sugar Bowl in the Louisiana Superdome, and Suzanne did not know what the Sugar Bowl was ; thus he found her attractive.

On Decca's British London label, which began in 1949, HL was at first used alone, but from 1957 there was usually a following letter denoting the original American label ; thus Atlantic and Atco were HLE, changing in 1960 to HLK, Sun Records was HLS, Jamie ( Duane Eddy's label ) was HLW, and Big Top Records ( Del Shannon, Johnny and the Hurricanes ) was HLX ; while HLU was used for a number of labels including Phil Spector's Philles, and Monument, home to Roy Orbison.

* Giulio Cesare Graziani ( relative of Marshal Rodolfo Graziani ), who before joining the 132nd Torpedo Squadron, was badly wounded in an encounter with RAF Hurricanes and made a forced landing in the Ethiopian desert.

Hurricanes in 1741 and 1752 forced its relocation to the mainland.

Hurricanes Floyd and Irene in 1999 forced the park to close for two months.

The squadron received 9 Hawker Hurricanes at the end of January to partially replace the Buffaloes, but by 31 January, losses and the ground situation forced a withdrawal to Palembang, Sumatra and a few days later to Tjililitan airfield, near Batavia, Java, where Dutch East Indies Buffalo squadrons were facing a similarly unequal fight.

Hurricanes forced the rescheduling of two Miami Dolphins home games: the game against the Tennessee Titans was moved up one day to Saturday, September 11 to avoid oncoming Hurricane Ivan, while the game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, September 26 was moved back 7½ hours to miss the eye of Hurricane Jeanne.

The club was forced to move Augusta, Georgia as the Augusta Lynx after the 1997-98 season due to the arrival of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, who had begun play in Greensboro in 1997-98 in anticipation of the 1999 – 2000 completion of the Entertainment and Sports Arena and a shift to Raleigh.

It is also the home of Albert Bentley, who attended and played football at Immokalee High School and went on to play for the Miami Hurricanes and the Indianapolis Colts.

The Hurricanes play the majority of their home matches at the 34, 500 capacity Westpac Stadium on Wellington's waterfront.

These are articles about ice hockey players who play or have played in the National Hockey League for the Carolina Hurricanes.

He also made a key defensive play in that game, stealing the ball on the Miami 28 from Hurricanes safety Sean Taylor, who was returning an interception from the end zone of a pass thrown by Craig Krenzel.

Thomas Patrick Barrasso ( born March 31, 1965 ) is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, and the only goaltender to ever play in the NHL directly from high school, without having played major junior, college, or some other form of professional hockey first.

During his freshman season, he backed up All-American tight end Jeremy Shockey and played largely on special teams, and was one of four true freshmen to play during the Hurricanes ' 2001 run to the BCS National Championship, the others being future NFL stars Frank Gore, Vince Wilfork, Andre Johnson, Jonathan Vilma, Ken Dorsey, and Sean Taylor.

) Led by former Miami Hurricanes QB Jim Kelly ( who snubbed the NFL's Buffalo Bills to play in the USFL ) the Gamblers wrecked secondaries across the USFL, getting national media attention in demolishing the league's single season scoring record.

Weinke was recruited by over 70 Division 1 schools, including Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Florida State, Illinois, Minnesota, Miami, Washington, and Wisconsin, but ultimately signed a national letter of intent and committed to play quarterback for the Florida State University Seminoles despite being a diehard Miami Hurricanes fan ( due to fellow Cretin-Derham Hall alumnus Steve Walsh attending the school and starring for the team at quarterback ).

He again did not play in the playoffs as the Devils were eliminated in the first round by the eventual Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes.

Taylor was recruited to play for coach Larry Coker's Miami Hurricanes football at the University of Miami, and he carved a niche for himself in Miami's secondary in nickel and dime defensive schemes as a freshman ( he was one of just four true freshmen to play for the team ).

The home teams that play at the sleeman centre are OHL Team, Guelph Storm and Canadian junior team, Guelph Hurricanes.

The Florida State defense stopped Miami on first and second down, but backup fullback Larry Jones made the end zone on third down from 1 yard out to put the Hurricanes back in front, 17-16, with 3: 01 left to play.

His strong play allowed the Bruins to sweep the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but the Bruins bowed out to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games in Round 2.

In the fourth quarter, with Michigan leading 30-22 with over five minutes to play, the game broadcasters took a studio break where Trautwig came in and made the statement " Now that the top ranked Miami Hurricanes have lost ".

He then went to play for the Natal Sharks, but in the 2008 Super 14 season he was suspended for six weeks after headbutting a Wellington Hurricanes player, and was also suspended for two weeks in the IRB Pacific 5 Nations after dangerously tackling New Zealand Maori Number Eight, Tom Waldrom.

Against the Miami Hurricanes, who had the top-rated defense in college football that year ( with future NFL Pro Bowlers Warren Sapp and Ray Lewis ), Phillips had 96 yards on 19 carries, including a 25-yard run that was the longest rushing play the Hurricanes had allowed all season.

In American football, the fumblerooski is a trick play, famously used by the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers against the University of Miami Hurricanes in the 1984 Orange Bowl.

The play was used by the Oklahoma Sooners four years later, in 1988, also against the University of Miami Hurricanes, who fell prey to the fumblerooski in a national championship game a second time.

After junior college, he received a scholarship to transfer to the University of Miami and play for the Miami Hurricanes football team.

Currently, the Hurricanes play their home games at Citizen's Field, which is also used for home games by other Gainesville schools Eastside High School and Buchholz High School.