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

BEST COMEBACKS
MaRcH 19, 1980 (at Hartford) — Hartford trailed Montreal in the third period
5-1, but came back with four goals to tie the game. Blaine Stoughton tied the game
at 19:48 of the third period.
FeBRuaRy 15, 1981 (at Hartford) — The Whalers trailed Chicago 4-1 at the
14-minute mark of the second period, but came back to gain a 4-4 tie. Pat Boutette scored
the tying goal at 2:20 of the third period.
NoVeMBeR 20, 1982 (at Hartford) — Hartford trailed Calgary 3-0 after the
first period, but eventually gained a 4-4 tie when Pierre Larouche scored with just
36 seconds to play in the third period.
FeBRuaRy 1, 1984 (at detroIt) — Hartford trailed Detroit 6-3 with 10 minutes left
in the game, but came back to get a 6-6 tie on goals by Ray Neufeld, Risto Siltanen and
then Ron Francis with just 2:03 to play.
ocToBeR 10, 1985 (at BuffaLo) — Buffalo jumped off to a quick 3-0 lead in the
season opener, but the Whalers battled back and eventually posted a 5-4 victory on
Bobby Crawford’s goal at 18:49 of the third period.
NoVeMBeR 9, 1985 (at QueBec) — Hartford trailed Quebec 3-0 after two periods but
came back with four goals in the third period to win it 4-3. Joel Quenneville scored the
winner for Hartford at 15:24 of the final period.
deceMBeR 13, 1985 (at BuffaLo) — Hartford trailed Buffalo 4-1 in the second period
but eventually posted a 5-4 victory. Paul Lawless, who had three goals in the game,
scored the game-winner at 19:18 of the third period.
ocToBeR 11, 1986 (at Hartford) — Hartford trailed Calgary 5-2 in the third period
of the season opener, but scored four straight goals in the final 13:28 of play to post
a 6-5 victory. Joel Quenneville scored the dramatic game-winner at 19:40 with the
Whalers shorthanded.
NoVeMBeR 16, 1987 (at MontreaL) — Hartford trailed Montreal 3-0 midway through
the game, but goals by Mike Millar, Brent Peterson and Stewart Gavin (Gavin’s with 37
seconds left in regulation time) gave Hartford a 3-3 tie.
deceMBeR 8, 1988 (at Hartford) — Hartford trailed the New York Rangers 4-1 at
15:24 of the second period. Ron Francis tallied a late goal in that stanza to reduce the
deficit to 4-2, and then the Whalers registered three goals in a span of 9:42 of the third
period to win it. Tom Martin scored the game-winner at 14:44.
JaNuaRy 19, 1989 (at Hartford) — Montreal built up a 4-0 lead by the 13:01 mark
of the second period. Dave Tippett scored late in the second stanza to make it 4-1,
and the Whalers registered four goals in a 5:43 span of the third period to take the lead,
with Jody Hull getting the eventual game-winner. Kevin Dineen scored into an empty
net to clinch the 6-4 win.
NoVeMBeR 23, 1990 (at Boston) — Hartford trailed Boston 3-0 after two periods but
took advantage of two major penalties by the Bruins to score four power-play goals to
beat the Bruins 4-3. Pat Verbeek had two goals and two assists to pace the victory.
deceMBeR 13, 1991 (at BuffaLo) — Hartford trailed Buffalo 3-0 after the first period
but scored five unanswered second period goals, two by Zarley Zalapski, en route to
an 8-4 win. It was Friday the 13th.
FeBRuaRy 9, 1992 (at Hartford) — Down 4-1 in the third period, Hartford scored
three goals in a span of 3:25 to tie the Minnesota North Stars 4-4. Jim McKenzie scored
two goals, Steve Konroyd the other. Zarley Zalapski had three assists.
FeBRuaRy 27, 1993 (at QueBec) — Down 3-0 after the first 8:19 of the game, Hartford
scored five unanswered goals in a 5-3 win.
aPRIL 10, 1994 (at taMPa BaY) — Down 3-0 after the first 3:58 of the game,
Hartford scored three times in 4:58 to tie the score after the first period. They went
on to win 6-4.
MaRcH 14, 1995 (at nY IsLanders) — Down 3-0 before scoring at 7:50 of the second
period, Hartford scored five straight goals to take a 5-3 lead by 2:41 of the third period.
They went on to win 6-4.
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NoVeMBeR 23, 1997 (at caLGarY) — Calgary jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second
period before Carolina responded with a goal with one minute remaining in the period
and two scores in the third to end up with a 3-3 tie. Nelson Emerson scored the gametying
goal with 5:24 left in the third period.
NoVeMBeR 5, 1998 (at nY IsLanders) — After allowing three goals in the first 11:59
of the game, Carolina scored in the first and second periods to close the gap to 3-2
entering the third period. Carolina tallied three goals (Jeff O’Neill, Martin Gelinas and
Kent Manderville) in a 3:20 span early in the third period for a 6-3 victory.
MaRcH 15, 1999 (at PHoenIX) — Carolina surrendered two goals to Phoenix in the
first 1:12 of the game and trailed 3-1 after the first period. After trading goals in the
second period, Carolina was in a 5-2 hole with 11:51 remaining. Ron Francis and Jeff
O’Neill tallied goals in a 5:57 span to close the deficit to one. Martin Gelinas notched the
game-tying goal with 1:34 remaining in the third period to tie the game 5-5.
JaNuaRy 7, 2000 (at caroLIna) — After trailing 4-0 to Anaheim midway through
the second period, Andrei Kovalenko scored at the 17:34 mark of the second period.
Jeff O’Neill scored twice and Glen Wesley added another in the third period to tie the
score at 4-4.
*May 9, 2002 (at MontreaL) — In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals,
Carolina trailed Montreal 3-0 heading into the third period. Sean Hill scored a power
play goal at 3:57 of the third period and Bates Battaglia cut the lead to one at 12:43.
Erik Cole tied the game with 41 seconds left in regulation with Carolina skating with an
extra attacker. Then, defenseman Niclas Wallin won it with a shot from the right point
at 3:14 of the overtime period to give Carolina the momentum and propel the Hurricanes
to the series victory in six games.
*JuNe 5, 2006 (at caroLIna) — In Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Carolina trailed
Edmonton 3-0 before Rod Brind’Amour put the Hurricanes on the board with 2:43
remaining in the second period. Ray Whitney opened the third period with an evenstrength
goal at the 1:40 mark and added a power-play goal at 5:09 to even the score
3-3. Justin Williams gave Carolina a 4-3 lead at the 10:02 mark before Edmonton’s Ales
Hemsky tied it 4-4 with 6:29 remaining in regulation. Brind’Amour iced the game with
32 seconds remaining in regulation to give Carolina its first Stanley Cup Finals victory
en route to a 4-3 series triumph and the franchise’s first championship.
JaNuaRy 11, 2007 (at caroLIna) — Trailing 3-0 after two periods, Chad LaRose
broke up Alex Auld’s shutout bid 1:40 into the third frame. Subsequently, Erik Cole (3:06),
Scott Walker (8:02), Cory Stillman (9:35) and Craig Adams (10:02) combined for four
more goals in the 9:22 following LaRose’s tally to give Carolina a 5-3 lead. Olli Jokinen
made the game 5-4 with 56 seconds remaining in regulation, but former Panthers winger
Ray Whitney iced the 6-4 win for Carolina with just 13 seconds to play.
aPRIL 7, 2007 (at caroLIna) — In the final game of the season, Carolina trailed Florida
4-1, 12:14 into the second period with David Tanabe’s goal at 5:46 of the second the
lone high point for the home team. Then, 5:31 into the third period, Tanabe again scored
to bring the Hurricanes to within two goals. At the 12:13 mark of the third, Erik Cole
scored to make it 4-3, followed by Eric Staal who tied the game with just 4:23 remaining
in regulation. John Grahame stopped Bryan Allen’s penalty shot 2:37 into overtime,
and Rod Brind’Amour sent the Hurricanes into the offseason with a win when he beat
netminder Craig Anderson with 24 seconds left in the extra frame.
ocToBeR 11, 2008 (at taMPa BaY) — In just the second game of the regular season,
Carolina trailed 3-0 late in the second period. Rod Brind’Amour got the Hurricanes’ rally
started with less than one minute remaining in the second frame, and Matt Cullen used
a power-play goal 1:56 into the third to cut the Lightning lead to one. Eric Staal tied the
game 3-3 with 10:04 remaining in regulation. The Hurricanes peppered goaltender Mike
Smith with five shots in the overtime period, the last coming when Staal notched his
second of the game with 24 seconds remaining. It marked just the second three-goal
comeback for Carolina since the team’s relocation in 1997.
*aPRIL 28, 2009 (at neW JerseY) — THE SHOCK AT THE ROCK: Carolina trailed New
Jersey 3-2 with 1:20 remaining in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at
the Prudential Center when Jussi Jokinen one-timed a pass from Joni Pitkanen to tie
the game. Eric Staal then notched the game-winner when he fired a shot under Martin
Brodeur’s right shoulder with 32 seconds remaining. Staal’s goal marked the latest
game-winning goal in the third period of a Game 7 in Stanley Cup playoffs history, and
Jokinen’s and Staal’s goals in the final 1:20 also marked the latest in a Game 7 that a
team trailed in regulation and came back to win.
* Playoff game