The Carolina Hurricanes are hosting their annual Red-White scrimmage in about five hours, here at the RBC Center. Outside in the parking lot is another Canes tradition, the Caniac Carnival.

It is the ninth straight year for the preseason party that formally kicks off hockey season here in the Triangle. It runs from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and free tickets are handed out for the 3 p.m. scrimmage, which typically draws a few thousand folks.

On the ice from 10 to 11:30 is the non-game group, a collection of Canes regulars skating with head coach Peter Laviolette and assistants Kevin McCarthy and Tom Barrasso: Sergei Samsonov, Eric Staal, Ray Whitney, Tuomo Ruutu, Matt Cullen, Scott Walker, Chad LaRose, Joni Pitkanen, Tim Gleason, Niklas Wallin, Joe Corvo, Josef Melichar, Tomas Kaberle, Cam Ward and Mike Leighton.

Here are the lineups for today's scrimmage, which will be updated closer to game time with line combinations:

TEAM RED
Goalies: Justin Peters, Mike Murphy.
Defensemen: Dennis Seidenberg, Bryan Rodney, Tim Conboy, Noah Babin, Michal Jordan, Ryan McGinnis.
Forwards: Ryan Bayda, Dan LaCouture, Wade Brookbank, Trevor Gillies, Joe Jensen, Harrison Reed, Patrick Eaves, Mike Angelidis, Drayson Bowman, Dwight Helminen, Jerome Samson and Jeff O'Neill.
Coaches: Tom Rowe, Glen Wesley.

TEAM WHITE
Goalies: Daniel Manzato, David Leggio.
Defensemen: Brett Carson, Anton Babchuk, Mark Flood, Casey Borer, Benn Olson, Brett Bellemore.
Forwards: Brandon Sutter, Matt Murley, Robert Slaney, Pat Dwyer, Ryan Weston, Stefan Chaput, Jakub Petruzalek, Chris Terry, Samuel Morneau, Justin McCrae, Nicholas Blanchard, Brett Theberge.
Coaches: Jeff Daniels, Geordie Kinnear.