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

CLOSING GAME ROSTER vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (home 4/13/97)
1 Sean Burke G
3 Steve Chiasson d
5 alexander Godynyuk d
6 adam Burt d
7 Curtis Leschyshyn d
8 Geoff Sanderson LW
11 Kevin dineen RW
12 Steve Rice RW
14 Kevin Haller d
16 Nelson emerson RW
FINAL NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS
GP W L T GF GA PTS
BuFFaLO 82 40 30 12 237 208 92
PiTTSBuRGH 82 38 36 8 285 280 84
OTTaWa 82 31 36 15 226 234 77
MONTReaL 82 31 36 15 249 276 77
HaRTFORd* 82 32 39 11 226 256 75
BOSTON 82 26 47 9 234 300 61
*did not make playoffs.
COMPLETE RESULTS (*Overtime)
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
10/5 W 1-0 PHX
10/8 W 7-3 PiT
10/12 L 6-0 at FLa
10/17 W 3-1 at NYi
10/19 W 6-2 NJ
10/24 W 4-1 aNa
10/26 L 6-3 at BuF
10/30 T 2-2* NYi
10/31 T 4-4* at BOS
11/2 L 3-2 La
11/4 L 5-1 at deT
11/6 W 5-1 BOS
11/8 L 4-1 deT
11/9 W 4-3* BuF
11/12 W 4-3 at SJ
11/14 W 2-1 at PHX
11/16 T 4-4* at COL
11/20 W 3-1 MTL
11/22 L 7-1 PiT
11/23 T 3-3* at OTT
11/27 L 6-2 VaN
11/29 T 1-1* at FLa
11/30 W 6-3 at TB
12/3 T 4-4* at PiT
12/5 W 4-2 at BOS
12/7 W 6-4 BuF
12/11 W 5-2 FLa
12/12 L 3-2 at PHi
12/14 L 4-0 PHi
12/16 L 5-2 at NYR
12/17 W 5-3 STL
12/20 L 4-1 daL
12/21 W 6-5* TB
12/26 L 5-1 at BuF
12/28 W 3-2 OTT
12/29 L 4-3 at CHi
1/1 L 3-2* at WSH
1/2 L 5-4* BOS
1/4 T 1-1* WSH
1/6 L 4-5 at MTL
1/9 L 3-2 at CGY
DATE W/L SCORE OPP.
1/10 L 5-3 at VaN
1/12 L 2-1* at edM
1/15 L 3-0 PiT
1/20 W 3-1 TOR
1/22 W 2-1* FLa
1/24 L 5-2 NYi
1/25 W 5-1 at BuF
1/30 L 5-3 at La
1/31 L 6-3 at aNa
2/5 L 5-2 at NYR
2/6 W 5-3 at BOS
2/8 L 3-2* at MTL
2/12 L 3-2 NJ
2/13 L 4-0 at NJ
2/15 W 2-1 OTT
2/16 L 4-2 at OTT
2/19 T 2-2* at PHi
2/21 W 7-2 NYR
2/22 W 2-0 WSH
2/26 T 2-2* CHi
2/28 L 3-2 SJ
3/2 L 5-2 PHi
3/5 W 2-0 CGY
3/7 W 2-0 MTL
3/8 T 1-1* at TOR
3/12 W 6-3 BOS
3/13 L 0-6 at NJ
3/15 L 4-2 edM
3/16 L 5-3 at WSH
3/20 L 4-1 at STL
3/21 L 2-0 at daL
3/25 L 4-0 COL
3/27 W 5-2 at TB
3/29 W 2-1 NYR
4/2 L 4-1 MTL
4/3 T 5-5* at PiT
4/5 W 4-1 at MTL
4/7 W 4-2 BuF
4/9 L 5-4 at OTT
4/11 L 6-4 at NYi
4/13 W 2-1 TB
MAJOR TRADES
10/09/96 – Acquired Paul Coffey, Keith Primeau and 1997 1st-round draft pick (Nikos Tselios)
from deT in exchange for Brendan Shanahan and Brian Glynn.
10/12/96 – acquired Stu Grimson from deT by way of NHL waivers.
12/15/96 – Acquired Kevin Haller, 1997 1st-round draft pick (traded on draft day 1997 to SJ (Scott
Hannan) for 1997 2nd-round pick (Brad deFauw) and 1997 7th-round pick (andrew Merrick) and
1997 7th-round draft pick from PHi for Paul Coffey and 1997 3rd-round draft pick (Kris Mallette).
03/05/97 – acquired Steve Chiasson and 1997 3rd-round draft pick (Francis Lessard) from CGY
for Glen Feathersone, Hnat Domenichelli, 1997 2nd-round draft pick (Dimitri Kokorev), and 1998
3rd-round draft pick.
03/18/97 – acq. Bates Battaglia and 4th-round draft pick in 1998 (Josef Vasicek) from aNa for
Mark Janssens; acq. 8th-round draft pick in 1998 (Jaroslav Svoboda) from TOR for Kelly Chase;
acq. Chris Murray from PHX for Gerald diduck; acq. derek King from the NYi for 5th-round draft
pick in 1997.
1996-97 IN REVIEW
17 Chris Murray RW
18 Robert Kron RW
20 Glen Wesley d
21 andrew Cassels C
24 Sami Kapanen RW
27 derek King LW
29 Jason Muzzatti G
32 Stu Grimson LW
44 Kent Manderville C
55 Keith Primeau C
FINAL STATISTICS (Whalers games only)
SCORING
PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GW GT
GEOFF SANDERSON 82 36 31 67 29 12 1 4 1
ANDREW CASSELS 81 22 44 66 46 8 0 2 0
KEITH PRIMEAU 75 26 25 51 161 6 3 2 2
KEVIN DINEEN 78 19 29 48 141 8 0 5 2
NELSON EMERSON 66 9 29 38 34 2 1 2 0
STEVE RICE 78 21 14 35 59 5 0 2 0
GLEN WESLEY 68 6 26 32 40 3 1 0 0
JEFF O’NEILL 72 14 16 30 40 2 1 2 0
SAMI KAPANEN 45 13 12 25 2 3 0 2 0
ROBERT KRON 68 10 12 22 10 2 0 4 1
PAUL RANHEIM 67 10 11 21 18 0 3 1 0
CURTIS LESCHYSHYN 64 4 13 17 30 1 1 1 0
STEVE CHIASSON 18 3 11 14 7 3 0 0 0
ADAM BURT 71 2 11 13 79 0 0 0 0
GERALD DIDUCK 56 1 10 11 40 0 0 1 0
KENT MANDERVILLE 44 6 5 11 18 0 0 1 0
PAUL COFFEY 20 3 5 8 18 1 0 1 0
KEVIN HALLER 35 2 6 8 48 0 0 0 0
GLEN FEATHERSONE 41 2 5 7 87 0 0 0 0
ALEXANDER GODYNYUK 55 1 6 7 41 0 0 1 0
ANDREI NIKOLISHIN 12 2 5 7 2 0 0 0 0
MARK JANSSENS 54 2 4 6 90 0 0 0 0
DEREK KING 12 3 3 6 2 1 0 0 0
MAREK MALIK 47 1 5 6 50 0 0 1 0
KEVIN BROWN 11 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 0
STU GRIMSON 75 2 2 4 218 0 0 0 0
KELLY CHASE 28 1 2 3 122 0 0 0 0
HNAT DOMENICHELLI 13 2 1 3 7 1 0 0 0
SEAN BURKE 51 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0
JEFF DANIELS 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
CHRIS MURRAY 8 1 1 2 10 0 0 0 0
NOLAN PRATT 9 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
BRIAN GLYNN 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
STEVE MARTINS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
JASON MUZZATTI 31 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0
BRENDAN SHANAHAN 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
JEFF BROWN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J-S GIGUERE 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JASON MCBAIN 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDING
PLAYER GP MINS GA GAA SO W-L-T
SEAN BURKE 51 2985 134 2.69 4 22-22-6
JASON MUZZATTI 31 1591 91 3.43 0 9-13-5
J-S GUIGUERE 8 394 24 3.65 0 1-4-0
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Kevin Dineen named team captain – October 2, 1999.
• Sean Burke wins 1st two games and is unbeaten in seven games (5-0-2) from
11/9-11/23 as the Whalers lead the Northeast division.
• Whalers post 16-11-6 mark to rank 1st in the Northeast Division at Christmas break.
it marks one of the team’s best starts to a season. Paul Maurice named asst. coach for
NHL all-Star Game due to 1st place standing.
• Geoff Sanderson named NHL Player of the Week after totaling six points (4g, 2a) in a
2-0-1 week ending 12/8/96.
• Geoff Sanderson named to his second NHL All-Star Team, where he scores a goal.
At the Skills Competition, Sanderson skates to second-fastest time (13.823) and finishes
second in Hardest Shot Competition (98.6 mph).
• Sean Burke posts back-to-back home shutouts against CGY and MTL on March 5th
and 7th.
• Whalers suffer franchise-high 368 games lost due to injury.
• Whalers complete final season in Hartford as Kevin Dineen scores the game-winner in
a 2-1 victory over Tampa Bay – April 13, 1997. Team misses playoffs by two points.
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