2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

FEBRUARY 9, 1999 — Ron Francis tallies a season-high five points (2g, 3a) in his
1,300th game as the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 in the
team’s last visit to Maple Leaf gardens.
FEBRUARY 18, 1999 — Paul Coffey plays in his 1,300th game, joining Ron Francis
as the only teammates in league history to accomplish the feat in the same season.
FEBRUARY 21, 1999 — Ray Sheppard becomes only player in NHL history to score
20 goals in a single season for six different clubs by tallying two goals in Carolina’s
4-1 victory over the New york Islanders.
APRIL 9, 1999 — Carolina Hurricanes clinch the Southeast Division, marking the
team’s first division title since 1987.
APRIL 24, 1999 — Ray Sheppard scores at 17:05 of overtime as the Carolina
Hurricanes defeat the Boston Bruins 3-2, their first playoff win since April 29, 1992.
MAY 2, 1999 — The Boston Bruins shut out the Hurricanes 2-0 to win the best-of-7
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals 4-2.
MAY 3, 1999 — Hurricanes defenseman Steve Chiasson dies in a one-car accident.
JUNE 10, 1999 — Hurricanes agree to a three-year affiliation with the Cincinnati
Cyclones of the International Hockey League (IHL).
OCTOBER 29, 1999 — Carolina Hurricanes host the New Jersey Devils in their
home opener at the new Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena.
NOVEMBER 5, 1999 — Captain Ron Francis becomes the sixth player in NHL
history to reach 1,500 points.
NOVEMBER 7, 1999 — Carolina defeats the Washington Capitals 3-2 to earn its
first win at the Entertainment & Sports Arena.
DECEMBER 23, 1999 — Paul Coffey becomes the first defenseman in league
history to total 1,500 points. Along with Ron Francis, Coffey becomes part of the first
pair of teammates to reach the milestone during the same season.
JANUARY 23, 2000 — Hurricanes acquire forward Rod Brind’Amour, goaltender
Jean-Marc Pelletier and a second-round pick in 2000 entry draft in exchange for
Keith Primeau and a fifth-round draft pick in 2000.
FEBRUARY 5, 2000 — Competing in his first All-Star weekend, Sami Kapanen
wins the fastest skater event during the Fed Ex/NHL Superskills contest with a time
of 13.649 seconds.
APRIL 3, 2000 — Arturs Irbe named NHL Player of the Week for week ending April
2 by posting 3-1-0 record with a 1.75 goals against average, a .933 save percentage,
and one shutout.
APRIL 8, 2000 — Head coach Paul Maurice becomes the franchise’s all-time
winningest coach with a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers. The win surpassed
Jack Evans total of 163.
JUNE 24, 2000 — Hurricanes acquire defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh and a secondround
draft pick (Tomas Kurka) in 2000 from Colorado in exchange for Nolan Pratt,
a first-round draft pick (vaclav Nedorost) and two second-round picks (Jared Aulin,
Argis Saviels) in 2000.
DECEMBER 18, 2000 — Hurricanes agree to a multi-year affiliation with the
Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL).
FEBRUARY 4, 2001 — Defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh becomes the first Carolina
Hurricane to start in an NHL All-Star game.
MARCH 14, 2001 — Ron Francis earns an assist against Atlanta to become to
first player to total 1,000 points with the franchise.
APRIL 4, 2001 — Jeff O’Neill becomes the first franchise player to score 40 goals
in a season since Brendan Shanahan in 1995-96.
APRIL 6, 2001 — The Hurricanes defeat Atlanta 3-2 in Raleigh to clinch their
second trip to the playoffs in three years.
YEAR BY YEAR
JANUARY 2, 2002 — Ron Francis, playing in his 1,000th career game with the
franchise, beats Byron Dafoe of the Boston Bruins for his 500th career NHL goal.
JANUARY 16, 2002 — Carolina acquires defenseman Bret Hedican, forward
Kevyn Adams and defenseman Tomas Malec from Florida in exchange for defenseman
Sandis Ozolinsh and forward Byron Ritchie.
JANUARY 26, 2002 — Ron Francis assists on Jeff O’Neill’s goal at Philadelphia
to pass Ray Bourque for second on the NHL’s all-time assist list.
MARCH 5, 2002 — The Hurricanes acquire goaltender Kevin Weekes from
Tampa Bay in exchange for forwards Shane Willis and Chris Dingman.
APRIL 3, 2002 — The Hurricanes set a new single-season attendance record,
breaking the franchise mark set in 1987-88. In all, 635,868 fans attend games during
the 2001-02 regular season.
APRIL 10, 2002 — The Hurricanes defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 at the
Entertainment & Sports Arena to clinch their second Southeast Division title in
four years.
APRIL 27, 2002 — Kevin Weekes shuts out New Jersey 1-0 in game 6 of the Eastern
Conference Quarterfinals at the Continental Airlines Arena as Carolina clinches the
franchise’s first playoff series win since 1986 and first best-of-7 series win.
MAY 13, 2002 — Carolina breaks or ties 18 franchise records in its 8-2 game 6
victory over the Montreal Canadiens at the Molson Centre to clinch the Eastern
Conference Semifinals 4-2. The victory marks the first time the franchise defeats
Montreal in a postseason series.
MAY 28, 2002 — Martin gelinas scores at 8:05 of overtime to give the Hurricanes
a 2-1 victory against Toronto in game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Air Canada
Centre. With the win, Carolina clinches the first Conference championship in franchise
history and earns its first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals.
JUNE 8-9, 2002 — The Hurricanes host game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals against
Detroit, marking the first Stanley Cup finals game at the Entertainment & Sports
Arena. The game goes into triple-overtime before the Red Wings’ Igor Larionov scores
at the 54:47 mark of overtime.
JUNE 20, 2002 — Ron Francis wins the Lady Byng Trophy and the King Clancy
Trophy at the 2002 NHL Awards in Toronto.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2002 — A 20-year agreement with RBC Centura is announced to
rename the Entertainment & Sports Arena as the RBC Center.
JANUARY 18, 2003 — Ron Francis plays in his 1,616th career NHL game, a 5-2
loss at New Jersey, moving past Larry Murphy (1,615) and into sole possession of
third place on the NHL’s all-time games played list.
MARCH 18, 2003 — Damian Surma scores his first career NHL goal in his first
game, becoming the fifth Hurricane to accomplish that feat during the 2002-03 season
(Jeff Heerema, Tomas Kurka, Mike Zigomanis, Brad DeFauw). Surma was the eighth
and final Hurricane to score his first NHL goal during the season.
APRIL 6, 2003 — The Hurricanes set a new single-season attendance record,
breaking the franchise mark set the previous season. In total, 642,973 fans attend
games at the RBC Center during the 2002-03 hockey season.
DECEMBER 15, 2003 — The Hurricanes name Peter Laviolette as the franchise’s
11th head coach. Kevin McCarthy is retained as an assistant coach and former
Hurricane player Jeff Daniels is also named assistant coach. Paul Maurice, Randy
Ladouceur and Don Edwards are relieved of their coaching duties.
MARCH 5, 2004 — Kevyn Adams beats Atlanta’s Pasi Nurminen with 0.4 seconds
left in overtime and the Thrashers on the power-play to break the franchise record for
shorthanded goals in a season (5).
JUNE 26-27, 2004 — The Hurricanes host the NHL Entry Draft at the RBC Center,
drawing 15,672 fans for day one – the largest draft crowd in more than a decade.
Carolina makes noise on the floor as well, trading the eighth overall selection and a
second-round pick for the fourth overall selection, taking top-rated North American
skater Andrew Ladd.
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