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

CLOSING GAME ROSTER vs. Florida Panthers (home 4/7/07)
2 Glen Wesley d
4 dennis Seidenberg d
5 Frantisek Kaberle d
6 Bret Hedican d
7 Niclas Wallin d
8 Matt Cullen C
11 Justin Williams (injured) RW
12 eric Staal C
13 Ray Whitney LW
14 Sergei Samsonov LW
15 Tuomo Ruutu LW
17 Rod Brind’amour (injured) C
18 Ryan Bayda LW
19 Trevor Letowski RW
FINAL SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS
GP W L OT GF GA PTS
WaSHiNGTON 82 43 31 8 242 231 94
CaROLiNa* 82 43 33 6 252 249 92
FLORida 82 38 35 9 216 226 85
aTLaNTa 82 34 40 8 216 272 76
TaMPa BaY 82 31 42 9 223 267 71
*did not make playoffs.
COMPLETE RESULTS (*Overtime **Shootout)
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
10/3 OT 2-3* MTL
10/5 W 4-1 PiT
10/6 L 0-2 at WSH
10/9 W 7-1 at TOR
10/11 W 5-3 at OTT
10/13 W 3-1 at MTL
10/19 OT 3-4** at PiT
10/20 OT 2-3* at PHi
10/22 W 3-1 VaN
10/24 W 6-2 BuF
10/26 L 4-7 MTL
10/27 W 8-3 at NYi
10/31 L 2-4 at FLa
11/3 W 4-2 FLa
11/5 W 5-0 WSH
11/8 L 1-5 TB
11/10 W 5-3 at aTL
11/12 W 4-3 at FLa
11/14 L 1-6 at TB
11/16 L 0-3 aTL
11/17 W 2-1 FLa
11/21 L 3-6 PHi
11/23 W 4-3 TB
11/24 L 2-5 at WSH
11/28 L 1-3 PHi
11/30 W 4-3 WSH
12/1 L 1-8 at BuF
12/3 W 4-0 at NYR
12/6 L 1-2 at TB
12/8 W 5-1 at MTL
12/9 L 2-5 at deT
12/12 L 0-6 OTT
12/14 L 3-4 CGY
12/15 W 6-5** at PHi
12/18 W 3-2* TOR
12/20 L 4-5 at FLa
12/22 W 4-1 at TB
12/26 L 2-4 at NYR
12/28 W 4-3 BOS
12/29 L 1-4 at CBJ
12/31 L 1-4 NYi
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
1/2 OT 4-5* aTL
1/4 W 4-3 at aTL
1/5 L 0-1 at STL
1/8 W 1-0 at BOS
1/10 L 1-4 NJ
1/12 L 4-5 COL
1/15 L 4-5 at TOR
1/17 L 1-5 at OTT
1/18 W 7-2 edM
1/21 W 3-2* at NYi
1/22 L 3-6 NYi
1/29 W 3-1 NYR
1/31 W 3-2* TOR
2/2 L 1-4 at PiT
2/5 L 0-1 at NSH
2/8 W 2-1 at WSH
2/9 L 1-6 at NJ
2/12 W 3-2 at BOS
2/14 W 4-2 PiT
2/16 W 5-4 FLa
2/18 L 1-5 at NJ
2/19 OT 2-3** BOS
2/21 W 5-3 aTL
2/23 W 6-3 WSH
2/26 W 2-1* NJ
2/28 L 2-4 NYR
3/1 W 5-1 TB
3/5 W 6-3 at aTL
3/6 W 3-2 MiN
3/8 W 4-3* BuF
3/12 W 3-0 at CHi
3/14 L 1-7 at BuF
3/16 W 5-1 OTT
3/19 W 5-3 at aTL
3/20 W 2-1** at FLa
3/25 OT 2-3** WSH
3/28 W 7-1 aTL
3/29 L 1-2 at TB
4/1 L 1-4 at WSH
4/2 W 6-2 TB
4/4 L 3-4 FLa
MAJOR TRADES
01/08/08 – Claimed forward Sergei Samsonov on re-entry waivers from Chicago.
01/17/08 – Traded forward Craig adams to Chicago for future considerations.
01/31/08 – acquired forward Joe Jensen from Pittsburgh in exchange for forward
david Gove.
02/11/08 – acquired defenseman Joe Corvo and forward Patrick eaves from Ottawa in
exchange for defenseman Mike Commodore and forward Cory Stillman.
02/26/08 – acquired forward Tuomo Ruutu from Chicago in exchange for forward
andrew Ladd.
2007-08 IN REVIEW
24 Scott Walker RW
26 erik Cole LW
28 andrew Hutchinson d
30 Cam Ward G
37 Keith aucoin RW
38 Tim Conboy (scratch) d
42 Tim Gleason d
44 Patrick eaves (injured) RW
45 david Tanabe (injured) d
47 John Grahame G
51 Jeff Hamilton (scratch) F
59 Chad LaRose RW
77 Joe Corvo d
FINAL STATISTICS (Hurricanes games only)
SCORING (*Rookies)
PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GW
ERIC STAAL 82 38 44 82 50 14 0 7
RAY WHITNEY 66 25 36 61 30 6 0 4
ERIK COLE 73 22 29 51 76 10 0 4
ROD BRIND’AMOUR 59 19 32 51 38 6 0 4
MATT CULLEN 59 13 36 49 32 8 0 1
CORY STILLMAN 55 21 25 46 14 10 0 6
SERGEI SAMSONOV 38 14 18 32 10 3 0 2
SCOTT WALKER 58 14 18 32 115 4 2 4
JUSTIN WILLIAMS 37 9 21 30 43 2 0 0
JEFF HAMILTON 58 9 15 24 10 7 0 1
CHAD LAROSE 58 11 12 23 46 0 1 2
FRANTISEK KABERLE 80 0 22 22 30 0 0 0
JOSEPH CORVO 23 7 14 21 8 5 0 2
TIM GLEASON 80 3 16 19 84 0 0 0
ANDREW LADD 43 9 9 18 31 0 0 1
TREVOR LETOWSKI 75 9 9 18 30 0 1 1
BRET HEDICAN 66 2 15 17 70 0 0 0
DENNIS SEIDENBERG 47 0 15 15 18 0 0 0
KEITH AUCOIN 38 5 8 13 10 0 0 0
MIKE COMMODORE 41 3 9 12 74 0 0 0
TUOMO RUUTU 17 4 7 11 16 3 0 0
NICLAS WALLIN 66 2 6 8 54 0 0 0
GLEN WESLEY 78 1 7 8 52 0 0 1
RYAN BAYDA 31 3 3 6 28 0 0 0
CRAIG ADAMS 40 2 3 5 34 0 0 0
PATRICK EAVES 11 1 4 5 4 1 0 0
TIM CONBOY* 19 0 5 5 60 0 0 0
CASEY BORER* 11 1 2 3 4 0 0 0
DAVID TANABE 18 1 2 3 8 0 0 0
WADE BROOKBANK 32 1 1 2 76 0 0 0
JOE JENSEN* 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
BRANDON NOLAN* 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
JOHN GRAHAME 17 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
CAM WARD 69 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
JOEY MORMINA* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MICHAEL LEIGHTON 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDING
PLAYER GP MINS GA GAA SO W-L-OT
MICHAEL LEIGHTON 3 158 7 2.66 0 1-1-0
CAM WARD 69 3930 180 2.75 4 37-25-5
JOHN GRAHAME 17 848 53 3.75 0 5-7-1
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Forward Eric Staal becomes the sixth-fastest player in franchise history (268 games) to
score 100 goals when he beats Johan Holmqvist in a 4-3 win vs. TB – November 23, 2007.
• Eric Staal represents the Eastern Conference at the NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta. Staal
is named the Game’s Most Valuable Player with two goals and an assist on Marc Savard’s
game-winner, helping the Eastern Conference to an 8-7 win. It marks the first All-Star
Game MVP for a player in franchise history – January 27, 2008.
• Defenseman Glen Wesley passes Tim Horton (1,446) on the NHL’s all-time games
played list for defensemen – March 12, 2008.
• Glen Wesley announces his retirement as a player and is named director of defenseman
development. President/General Manager Jim Rutherford announces that Wesley’s No. 2
jersey would be retired to the RBC Center rafters – June 5, 2008.
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