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

CLOSING GAME ROSTER vs. Boston Bruins (away 4/10/10)
5 Brian Pothier d
6 Tim Gleason (injured) d
11 Zach Boychuk C
12 eric Staal C
13 Ray Whitney LW
14 Sergei Samsonov LW
15 Tuomo Ruutu (injured) LW
16 Brandon Sutter C
17 Rod Brind’amour (injured) C
21 drayson Bowman LW
25 Joni Pitkanen (injured) d
26 erik Cole LW
27 Brett Carson d
28 Jamie McBain d
FINAL SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS
GP W L OT GF GA PTS
WaSHiNGTON 82 54 15 13 318 233 121
aTLaNTa 82 35 34 13 234 256 83
CaROLiNa* 82 35 37 10 230 256 80
TaMPa BaY 82 34 36 12 217 260 80
FLORida 82 32 37 13 208 244 77
*did not make playoffs.
COMPLETE RESULTS (*Overtime **Shootout)
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
10/2 L 0-2 PHi
10/3 L 2-7 at BOS
10/6 W 2-1** TB
10/9 W 7-2 FLa
10/10 L 2-5 at TB
10/14 OT 2-3** PiT
10/17 L 0-2 at NJ
10/21 OT 3-4** at NYi
10/23 L 4-5 at COL
10/24 OT 2-3* at MiN
10/28 L 2-5 STL
10/31 L 1-6 at PHi
11/1 L 1-5 SJ
11/4 L 0-3 at FLa
11/6 L 2-3 TOR
11/7 L 2-3 at CBJ
11/11 L 2-5 La
11/13 OT 3-4* NYi
11/15 W 5-4** MiN
11/17 OT 2-3** at MTL
11/19 W 6-5** TOR
11/21 W 3-1 TB
11/23 L 0-2 at daL
11/25 L 2-3 at aNa
11/27 L 4-6 aTL
11/28 L 1-5 at BuF
11/30 L 2-3 WSH
12/5 W 5-3 VaN
12/7 W 3-2 at PiT
12/9 L 2-4 at NJ
12/11 OT 3-4* at WSH
12/12 L 2-4 at OTT
12/16 W 5-3 daL
12/18 L 3-6 at FLa
12/19 W 3-2 FLa
12/21 L 1-3 NYR
12/23 L 1-5 MTL
12/26 OT 3-4** PHi
12/28 W 6-3 at WSH
12/31 L 1-2 NYR
1/2 W 2-1* at NYR
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
1/7 L 2-4 at NSH
1/8 W 2-1 COL
1/10 W 4-1 OTT
1/12 W 4-2 at TOR
1/14 L 1-3 at deT
1/16 L 3-5 aTL
1/18 L 2-3 TB
1/21 W 5-2 at aTL
1/23 L 2-4 at PHi
1/24 W 5-1 BOS
1/27 W 5-1 at NYR
1/28 W 4-1 NYi
1/30 W 4-2 CHi
2/1 L 2-4 at edM
2/3 L 1-4 at CGY
2/5 W 4-3 at BuF
2/6 W 3-1 at NYi
2/9 W 4-1 FLa
2/11 W 4-3* BuF
2/13 W 5-2 NJ
3/2 W 5-1 at TOR
3/4 W 4-1 OTT
3/6 L 1-4 at FLa
3/7 W 4-0 at aTL
3/10 OT 3-4* at WSH
3/11 W 4-3* PiT
3/13 L 0-4 PHX
3/16 L 2-5 BOS
3/18 W 4-3* WSH
3/20 W 3-2* at PiT
3/21 L 3-5 BuF
3/23 OT 2-3* at TB
3/25 W 3-2** WSH
3/27 L 0-4 aTL
3/29 W 4-1 at aTL
3/31 W 2-1 at MTL
4/1 OT 3-4** at OTT
4/3 L 0-4 NJ
4/6 W 8-5 at TB
4/8 W 5-2 MTL
4/10 L 2-4 at BOS
MAJOR TRADES
07/24/09 – acquired defenseman aaron Ward from Boston in exchange for forward Patrick eaves
and a fourth-round pick in 2010.
12/03/09 – acquired forward Jiri Tlusty from Toronto in exchange for forward Philippe Paradis.
02/07/10 – Traded defenseman Niclas Wallin and a 2010 fifth-round pick to San Jose for Buffalo’s
2010 second-round pick.
02/12/10 – Traded forward Matt Cullen to Ottawa for defenseman alexandre Picard and
Ottawa’s 2010 second-round pick.
03/03/10 – acquired goaltender Justin Pogge and Boston’s fourth-round pick in 2010 or 2011 from
anaheim in exchange for defenseman aaron Ward; Traded forward Scott Walker to Washington for
Washington’s 2010 seventh-round pick; Acquired defenseman Brian Pothier, forward Oskar Osala and
Washington’s 2011 second-round pick from Washington for defenseman Joe Corvo; acquired forward
Cedric McNicoll and Colorado’s 2010 sixth-round pick from Colorado for forwards Stephane Yelle and
Harrison Reed; Traded defenseman andrew alberts to Vancouver for Vancouver’s 2010 third-round pick.
2009-10 IN REVIEW
29 Tom Kostopoulos RW
30 Cam Ward G
33 Bryan Rodney d
34 Manny Legace G
36 Jussi Jokinen LW
39 Patrick dwyer RW
44 Jay Harrison d
45 alexandre Picard (injured) d
53 Casey Borer d
59 Chad LaRose RW
67 Jerome Samson RW
FINAL STATISTICS (Hurricanes games only)
SCORING (*Rookies)
PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GW
ERIC STAAL 70 29 41 70 68 13 0 5
JUSSI JOKINEN 81 30 35 65 36 10 0 6
RAY WHITNEY 80 21 37 58 26 7 0 5
JONI PITKANEN 71 6 40 46 72 1 0 1
BRANDON SUTTER 72 21 19 40 2 5 0 3
MATT CULLEN 60 12 28 40 26 1 2 1
TUOMO RUUTU 54 14 21 35 50 5 0 1
SERGEI SAMSONOV 72 14 15 29 32 2 0 2
CHAD LAROSE 56 11 17 28 24 0 1 0
TOM KOSTOPOULOS 82 8 13 21 106 0 2 0
ROD BRIND’AMOUR 80 9 10 19 36 2 0 2
TIM GLEASON 61 5 14 19 78 1 1 0
ERIK COLE 40 11 5 16 29 2 0 1
PATRICK DWYER 58 7 5 12 6 0 0 2
JOE CORVO 34 4 8 12 10 4 0 0
*BRETT CARSON 54 2 10 12 12 0 0 0
*BRYAN RODNEY 22 1 10 11 8 0 0 0
AARON WARD 60 1 10 11 54 0 0 0
*JAMIE MCBAIN 14 3 7 10 0 1 0 1
ANDREW ALBERTS 62 2 8 10 74 0 0 0
*ZACH BOYCHUK 31 3 6 9 2 0 0 0
STEPHANE YELLE 59 4 3 7 28 0 1 0
JIRI TLUSTY 18 1 5 6 6 0 0 0
JAY HARRISON 38 1 5 6 50 0 0 0
SCOTT WALKER 33 3 2 5 23 1 0 0
NICLAS WALLIN 47 0 5 5 26 0 0 0
BRIAN POTHIER 20 1 3 4 11 0 0 1
CAM WARD 47 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
*DRAYSON BOWMAN 9 2 0 2 4 1 0 0
*JEROME SAMSON 7 0 2 2 10 0 0 0
MANNY LEGACE 28 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
*OSKAR OSALA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*CASEY BORER 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STEVEN GOERTZEN 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
ALEXANDRE PICARD 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
*JUSTIN PETERS 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TIM CONBOY 12 0 0 0 24 0 0 0
GOALTENDING
PLAYER GP MINS GA GAA SO W-L-OT
CAM WARD 47 2651 119 2.69 0 18-23-5
MANNY LEGACE 28 1472 69 2.81 1 10-7-5
*JUSTIN PETERS 9 488 23 2.83 0 6-3-0
MICHAEL LEIGHTON 7 350 25 4.29 0 1-4-0
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Goaltender Cam Ward signs a six-year contract extension which begins in 2010-11 and
will run through 2015-16 – September 30, 2009.
• Forward Ray Whitney plays his 1,000th NHL regular-season game in the Hurricanes’
game at Nassau Coliseum against the New York Islanders – October 21, 2009.
• Forward Eric Staal’s 349-game “ironman” streak ends when he misses Carolina’s game
at Florida. The games-played streak is the longest since the team’s relocation, and the
second-longest in franchise history – November 4, 2009.
• The Hurricanes name Eric Staal captain and Rod Brind’Amour alternate captain –
January 20, 2010.
• All four Hurricanes players – Tim Gleason (USA-silver), Joni Pitkanen (Finland-bronze),
Tuomo Ruutu (Finland-bronze) and Eric Staal (Canada-gold) – competing in the 2010 Winter
Olympics in Vancouver win medals – February 28, 2010.
• Paul Maurice coaches his 800th game behind the Hurricanes’ bench, making him the
10th coach in NHL history to coach 800 games with one franchise – March 16, 2010.
• Forward Brandon Sutter finishes the season with 20 goals and only two penalty
minutes, making him the first NHL player since Sergei Berezin (26g, 2 PIM) in 1999-00 to
have at least 20 goals while only taking two penalty minutes – April 10, 2010.
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