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

2001-02 IN REVIEW
CLOSING GAME ROSTER vs. Atlanta Thrashers (away 4/14/02)
1 arturs irbe G
2 Glen Wesley d
4 aaron Ward d
5 Marek Malik d
6 Bret Hedican d
7 Niclas Wallin d
10 Ron Francis C
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11 Jeff daniels LW
12 Craig Macdonald C
13 Bates Battaglia LW
14 Kevyn adams C
16 Tommy Westlund RW
17 Rod Brind’amour C
20 darren Langdon LW
FINAL SOUTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS
GP W L T OTL GF GA PTS
CaROLiNa* 82 35 26 16 5 217 217 91
WaSHiNGTON 82 36 33 11 2 228 240 85
TaMPa BaY 82 27 40 11 4 178 219 69
FLORida 82 22 44 10 6 180 250 60
aTLaNTa 82 19 47 11 5 187 288 54
*Def. NJ in Eastern Quarterfinals 4-2; Def. MTL in Eastern Semifinals, 4-2; Def. TOR in
Eastern Finals, 4-2; Lost to DET in Stanley Cup Finals, 4-1.
COMPLETE RESULTS (*Overtime **Shootout)
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
10/5 W 3-1 NYR
10/7 W 3-0 daL
10/9 L 2-6 OTT
10/11 L 2-3 TOR
10/13 W 5-2 at aTL
10/17 L 0-4 NYi
10/18 OTL 1-2* at NYi
10/20 W 2-1* aTL
10/23 L 1-5 at COL
10/24 W 7-3 at MiN
10/26 OTL 2-3* NYi
10/28 W 3-2* La
10/30 L 2-5 deT
11/1 L 3-4 at STL
11/2 W 3-2 NYR
11/4 W 1-0* PHX
11/6 T 2-2* PiT
11/8 W 3-2 at WSH
11/9 W 3-2 SJ
11/11 T 1-1* edM
11/13 L 3-4 at deT
11/15 T 1-1* at OTT
11/17 L 0-2 at TB
11/19 W 5-2 CBJ
11/21 T 4-4* at daL
11/25 L 0-4 TB
11/27 W 5-2 at TOR
11/29 L 0-5 at NYR
11/30 L 2-6 at WSH
12/2 OTL 3-4* WSH
12/4 L 2-4 BuF
12/8 W 3-2 at FLa
12/10 W 4-3* at NYR
12/12 W 4-1 FLa
12/14 OTL 2-3* at BuF
12/16 W 7-0 at PiT
12/18 L 1-5 OTT
12/21 W 5-4* aTL
12/21 OTL 3-4* at PHi
12/26 W 4-3 TOR
12/27 W 3-2 at TB
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
12/30 T 5-5* at WSH
12/31 W 5-4 at BuF
1/2 L 3-6 BOS
1/5 L 1-2 NJ
1/6 L 3-4 PHi
1/10 W 4-1 at edM
1/12 L 1-7 at VaN
1/15 W 2-0 MiN
1/17 T 1-1* MTL
1/19 T 3-1* at NJ
1/21 L 5-7 VaN
1/23 T 2-2* NSH
1/25 T 1-1* FLa
1/27 L 2-4 at PHi
1/29 T 2-2* BuF
1/30 W 3-1 at TB
2/5 T 3-3* PiT
2/7 L 1-2 at La
2/8 W 4-1 at aNa
2/10 L 0-4 at SJ
2/26 L 1-4 at TOR
2/28 W 6-2 at BOS
3/2 W 4-3 at MTL
3/5 W 2-1* at CHi
3/7 W 3-1 at PiT
3/8 T 2-2* WSH
3/11 T 3-3* CGY
3/16 L 2-3 at MTL
3/18 T 1-1* MTL
3/21 W 3-2 FLa
3/23 W 4-2 at NJ
3/26 L 2-3 BOS
3/28 W 4-1 PHi
3/30 W 2-0 at BOS
4/2 L 3-4 at OTT
4/3 L 2-3 NJ
4/7 T 1-1* aTL
4/8 W 2-1 at NYi
4/10 W 4-2 TB
4/12 W 3-1 at FLa
4/14 T 2-2* at aTL
MAJOR TRADES
12/05/01 – acquired defenseman Sean Hill from STL in exchange for defenseman Steve Halko
and a 2002 fourth-round pick (Later traded to ATL, Lane Manson).
01/16/02 – acquired forward Kevyn adams and defensemen Bret Hedican and Tomas Malec
from FLA in exchange for defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh and forward Byron Ritchie.
03/05/02 – acquired goaltender Kevin Weekes from TB in exchange for forwards Shane Willis
and Chris dingman.
22 Sean Hill d
23 Martin Gelinas LW
24 Sami Kapanen RW
26 erik Cole LW
27 Craig adams RW
45 david Tanabe d
48 Nikos Tselios d
62 Jaroslav Svoboda LW
63 Josef Vasicek C
80 Kevin Weekes G
92 Jeff O’Neill C
FINAL STATISTICS (Hurricanes games only)
SCORING (*Rookies)
PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GW GT
RON FRANCIS 80 27 50 77 18 14 0 5 2
SAMI KAPANEN 77 27 42 69 23 11 0 4 1
JEFF O’NEILL 76 31 33 64 63 11 0 6 1
ROD BRIND’AMOUR 81 23 32 55 40 5 2 5 1
BATES BATTAGLIA 82 21 25 46 44 5 1 2 3
ERIK COLE* 81 16 24 40 35 3 0 2 0
JOSEF VASICEK 78 14 17 31 53 3 0 3 0
SEAN HILL 49 7 23 30 61 4 0 2 0
MARTIN GELINAS 72 13 16 29 30 3 0 1 1
MAREK MALIK 82 4 19 23 88 0 0 0 0
SANDIS OZOLINSH 46 4 19 23 34 1 0 0 0
GLEN WESLEY 77 5 13 18 56 1 0 0 1
SHANE WILLIS 59 7 10 17 24 2 0 0 1
DAVID TANABE 78 1 15 16 35 0 0 0 0
AARON WARD 79 3 11 14 74 0 0 2 1
BRET HEDICAN 26 2 4 6 10 0 0 1 0
JEFF DANIELS 65 4 1 5 12 0 1 0 0
KEVYN ADAMS 33 2 3 5 15 0 0 1 0
JAROSLAV SVOBODA* 10 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0
DARREN LANGDON 58 2 1 3 106 0 0 1 0
NICLAS WALLIN 52 1 2 3 36 0 0 0 0
CRAIG MACDONALD 12 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
TOMMY WESTLUND 40 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
CRAIG ADAMS 33 0 1 1 38 0 0 0 0
CHRIS DINGMAN 30 0 1 1 77 0 0 0 0
STEVEN HALKO 5 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
JOSH HOLDEN 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
BYRON RITCHIE* 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
NIKOS TSELIOS* 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDING
PLAYER GP MINS GA GAA SO W-L-T
KEVIN WEEKES 2 120 3 1.50 0 2-0-0
ARTURS IRBE 51 2974 126 2.54 3 20-19-11
TOM BARRASSO 34 1908 83 2.61 2 13-12-5
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• 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 2, 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 – January 27, 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 3, 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 10, 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 – April 27, 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 – May 28, 2002.
• The Hurricanes host Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals against Detroit, marking the first
Stanley Cup finals game in Raleigh. The game goes into triple-overtime before the Red
Wings’ Igor Larionov scores at the 54:47 mark of overtime – June 8-9, 2002.