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

1997-98 IN REVIEW
CLOSING GAME ROSTER vs. Washington Capitals (away 4/19/98)
2 Glen Wesley d
3 Steve Chiasson d
4 Nolan Pratt d
5 Kevin Haller d
6 adam Burt d
7 Curtis Leschyshyn d
10 Gary Roberts LW
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11 Kevin dineen RW
12 Steve Rice RW
14 Steve Halko d
18 Robert Kron RW
19 Nelson emerson RW
22 Sean Hill d
23 Martin Gelinas LW
FINAL NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS
GP W L T GF GA PTS
PiTTSBuRGH 82 40 24 18 228 188 98
BOSTON 82 39 30 13 221 194 91
BuFFaLO 82 36 29 17 211 187 89
MONTReaL 82 37 32 13 235 208 87
OTTaWa 82 34 33 15 193 200 83
CaROLiNa* 82 33 41 8 200 219 74
*did not make playoffs.
COMPLETE RESULTS (*Overtime)
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
10/1 L 2-4 at TB
10/3 L 3-4 PiT
10/4 L 2-3 at OTT
10/7 T 3-3* La
10/10 W 2-1 NJ
10/11 L 1-4 at PiT
10/13 L 1-3 at STL
10/15 T 3-3* BuF
10/18 L 2-4 at deT
10/20 L 2-4 at NYR
10/22 W 4-3 STL
10/24 T 3-3* at COL
10/26 W 3-2 at CHi
10/31 L 2-3* BuF
11/3 W 5-3 VaN
11/5 W 3-1 deT
11/7 L 2-3 NYi
11/9 W 4-1 OTT
11/12 W 6-4 at edM
11/13 W 4-2 at CGY
11/16 L 1-4 at VaN
11/19 W 2-1 MTL
11/21 L 3-4 NYR
11/23 T 3-3* CGY
11/26 L 2-3 at PiT
11/28 W 2-0 TB
11/29 L 2-3 COL
12/1 W 3-1 BOS
12/3 W 5-3 NYi
12/5 T 2-2* PHX
12/6 L 1-4 at BOS
12/10 L 2-5 FLa
12/12 L 2-3* at BuF
12/16 W 2-1 OTT
12/18 L 2-3 at OTT
12/20 L 1-2 WSH
12/23 L 2-4 at PHi
12/26 L 2-5 FLa
12/27 W 4-1 BuF
12/30 W 2-1 aNa
12/31 L 2-3 at PiT
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
1/3 L 1-6 daL
1/5 W 4-1 OTT
1/6 L 2-4 at NYR
1/8 T 3-3* PHi
1/10 W 2-1* at NYi
1/12 L 1-4 PiT
1/14 L 1-4 CHi
1/21 L 1-2 at BuF
1/22 W 4-2 at OTT
1/24 W 4-3 at MTL
1/27 L 0-3 at FLa
1/28 W 3-2 at TB
1/30 L 0-2 at NYi
2/1 L 3-6 MTL
2/4 T 3-3* TB
2/7 W 3-1 at BOS
2/28 L 3-4 at NJ
3/2 W 3-1 at SJ
3/5 W 2-1 at La
3/6 W 5-4* at PHX
3/8 W 3-1 at aNa
3/12 L 0-2 NJ
3/14 L 1-2 SJ
3/15 W 4-1 edM
3/18 L 0-1 at WSH
3/20 L 1-6 at daL
3/23 W 5-3 at FLa
3/26 W 4-1 NYR
3/28 W 4-2 at PHi
3/29 L 1-3 PHi
3/31 T 3-3* MTL
4/1 W 4-0 at NJ
4/4 W 1-0 at MTL
4/6 W 3-0 at BOS
4/8 L 1-3 at BuF
4/9 W 5-2 TOR
4/11 L 1-5 at TOR
4/13 L 2-3 BOS
4/16 L 1-4 PiT
4/18 L 3-4 WSH
4/19 L 1-2 at WSH
MAJOR TRADES
06/27/97 – acquired Steve Leach from STL for alexander Godynyuk and 1998 6th-round draft
pick (Brad Voth).
07/25/97 – acquired enrico Ciccone from CHi for Ryan Risadore and 1998 5th-round draft pick.
08/08/97 – Traded Jason Muzzati to NYR for 1998 4th-round draft pick (Tommy Westlund).
08/25/97 – acquired Gary Roberts and Trevor Kidd from CGY in exchange for andrew Cassels
and Jean-Sebastien Giguere.
11/18/97 – acquired d Sean Hill from OTT in exchange for Chris Murray.
01/02/98 – Traded Jeff Brown to TOR in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 1999 NHL
entry draft.
01/03/98 – Acquired Martin Gelinas and Kirk McLean from VAN in exchange for Sean Burke,
Geoff Sanderson, and Enrico Ciccone.
03/24/98 – acquired Ray Sheppard from FLa in exchange for Kirk McLean.
08/11/98 – acquired david Karpa and a fourth-round pick in 2000 from aNa for Stu Grimson
and Kevin Haller.
24 Sami Kapanen RW
26 Ray Sheppard RW
27 Steve Leach RW
28 Paul Ranheim LW
30 Mike Fountain G
32 Stu Grimson LW
33 Bates Battaglia LW
34 Steve Martins C
37 Trevor Kidd G
39 Pat Jablonski G
44 Kent Manderville C
46 Mike Rucinski d
55 Keith Primeau C
92 Jeff O’Neill C
FINAL STATISTICS (Hurricanes games only)
SCORING
PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GW GT
KEITH PRIMEAU 81 26 37 63 110 7 3 2 0
SAMI KAPANEN 81 26 37 63 16 4 0 5 0
GARY ROBERTS 61 20 29 49 103 4 0 2 1
NELSON EMERSON 81 21 24 45 50 6 0 4 1
JEFF O’NEILL 74 19 20 39 67 7 1 4 1
RAY SHEPPARD 71 18 19 37 23 7 0 2 0
ROBERT KRON 81 16 20 36 12 4 0 2 1
MARTIN GELINAS 64 16 18 34 40 3 2 5 0
STEVE CHIASSON 66 7 27 34 65 6 0 0 0
GLEN WESLEY 82 6 19 25 36 1 0 1 0
KEVIN DINEEN 54 7 16 23 105 0 0 1 0
PAUL RANHEIM 73 5 9 14 28 0 1 2 0
CURTIS LESCHYSHYN 73 2 10 12 45 1 0 1 0
ADAM BURT 76 1 11 12 106 0 1 0 0
STEPHEN LEACH 45 4 5 9 42 1 1 2 0
KENT MANDERVILLE 77 4 4 8 31 0 0 0 0
KEVIN HALLER 65 3 5 8 94 0 0 0 0
STU GRIMSON 82 3 4 7 204 0 0 1 0
SEAN HILL 55 1 6 7 54 0 0 0 0
BATES BATTAGLIA 33 2 4 6 10 0 0 1 0
STEVEN RICE 47 2 4 6 38 0 0 0 0
STEVEN HALKO 18 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0
NOLAN PRATT 23 0 2 2 44 0 0 0 0
MIKE RUCINSKI 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
JEFF DANIELS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MICHAEL FOUNTAIN 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
STEVE MARTINS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KEVIN BROWN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAT JABLONSKI 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TREVOR KIDD 47 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDING
PLAYER GP MINS GA GAA SO W-L-T
TREVOR KIDD 47 2685 97 2.16 3 21-21-3
SEAN BURKE 25 1415 66 2.79 1 7-11-5
PAT JABLONSKI 5 279 115 3.01 0 1-4-0
KIRK MCLEAN 8 401 22 3.29 0 4-2-0
MICHAEL FOUNTAIN 3 163 10 3.68 0 0-3-0
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Carolina plays its first preseason game against NYI at the Greensboro Coliseum –
September 13, 1997.
• Carolina opens the franchise’s 19th NHL season, and first as the Carolina Hurricanes,
at TB – October 1, 1997.
• Carolina registers its first win with a 2-1 victory over NJ – October 10, 1997.
• NHL shuts down for three weeks in February 1998 as NHL players compete at the
Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Carolina’s Sami Kapanen plays for Team Finland,
winning a Bronze Medal, and Keith Primeau completes the Olympic Tournament tied for
third in scoring for Team Canada.
• Trevor Kidd named NHL Player of the Week on March 9, 1998 after posting a 3-0-0
record with a .968 svs. percentage and a 1.00 Gaa.
• Peter Karmanos receives Lester Patrick Award on March 24, 1998, which is
presented annually to individuals who have performed “outstanding service to hockey in
the United States.”
• Keith Primeau named NHL Player of the Week on March 30, 1998 after totaling eight
points (4g, 4a) and a (+7) in a 3-1-0 week.
• On April 1, 1998, Trevor Kidd begins shutout sequence that will cover three consecutive
road games with a 4-0 win at NJ, a 1-0 win at MTL (4/4), and a 3-0 win at BOS (4/6). The
shutouts are a franchise high for the team and an individual goaltender. Streak ends in BuF
(4/8) in a 3-1 loss. Finishes with 219:21 shutout streak. also establishes new individual
road shutout mark at 234:28.