2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes season
The 2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 23rd season in the National Hockey League and fifth as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes made it as far as the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost in five games to the Detroit Red Wings.
2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes | |
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Eastern Conference champions | |
Southeast Division champions | |
Division | 1st Southeast |
Conference | 3rd Eastern |
2001–02 record | 35–26–16–5 |
Home record | 15–13–11–2 |
Road record | 20–13–5–3 |
Goals for | 217 |
Goals against | 217 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jim Rutherford |
Coach | Paul Maurice |
Captain | Ron Francis |
Alternate captains | Rod Brind'Amour Glen Wesley |
Arena | Raleigh Sports and Entertainment Arena |
Average attendance | 15,508 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Lowell Lock Monsters Florida Everblades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jeff O'Neill (31) |
Assists | Ron Francis (50) |
Points | Ron Francis (77) |
Penalty minutes | Darren Langdon (106) |
Plus/minus | Sami Kapanen (+9) |
Wins | Arturs Irbe (20) |
Goals against average | Arturs Irbe (2.54) |
Regular season
The Hurricanes had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 NHL teams, with 391.[1]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 217 | 217 | 91 |
2 | 9 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 228 | 240 | 85 |
3 | 13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 178 | 219 | 69 |
4 | 14 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 180 | 250 | 60 |
5 | 15 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 187 | 288 | 54 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Z- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 236 | 201 | 101 |
2 | Y- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 234 | 192 | 97 |
3 | Y- Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 217 | 217 | 91 |
4 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 249 | 207 | 100 |
5 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 239 | 220 | 96 |
6 | X- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 41 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 205 | 187 | 95 |
7 | X- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 243 | 208 | 94 |
8 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 207 | 209 | 87 |
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9 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 228 | 240 | 85 |
10 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 213 | 200 | 82 |
11 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 36 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 227 | 258 | 80 |
12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 198 | 249 | 69 |
13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 178 | 219 | 69 |
14 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 180 | 250 | 60 |
15 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 187 | 288 | 54 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Playoffs
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 6–5–0–2 (home: 4–4–0–1; road: 2–1–0–1)
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November: 6–6–4–0 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 2–5–2–0)
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December: 8–2–1–3 (home: 3–2–0–1; road: 5–0–1–2)
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January: 3–6–5–0 (home: 1–4–4–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
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February: 2–3–1–0 (home: 0–0–1–0; road: 2–3–0–0)
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March: 7–2–3–0 (home: 2–1–3–0; road: 5–1–0–0)
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April: 3–2–2–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 2–1–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) New Jersey Devils – Hurricanes win 4–2
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens – Hurricanes win 4–2
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs - Hurricanes win 4–2
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Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
10 | Ron Francis | C | 80 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −2 | 6 |
24 | Sami Kapanen | RW | 77 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −2 | 6 |
92 | Jeff O'Neill | LW | 76 | 31 | 33 | 64 | −5 | 63 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 81 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −3 | 16 |
13 | Bates Battaglia | LW | 82 | 21 | 25 | 46 | −6 | 44 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 14 |
26 | Erik Cole | RW | 81 | 16 | 24 | 40 | −10 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 9 | −2 | 30 |
63 | Josef Vasicek | C | 78 | 14 | 17 | 31 | −7 | 53 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
22 | Sean Hill† | D | 49 | 7 | 23 | 30 | −1 | 61 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 72 | 13 | 16 | 19 | −1 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
5 | Marek Malik | D | 82 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 88 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
8 | Sandis Ozolinsh‡ | D | 46 | 4 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Glen Wesley | D | 77 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −8 | 56 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
25 | Shane Willis‡ | RW | 59 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −8 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | David Tanabe | D | 78 | 1 | 15 | 16 | −13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Aaron Ward | D | 79 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 74 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
6 | Bret Hedican† | D | 26 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
11 | Jeff Daniels | C | 65 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −6 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
15 | Kevyn Adams† | C | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
62 | Jaroslav Svoboda | LW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 28 |
20 | Darren Langdon | LW | 58 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Niclas Wallin | D | 52 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
12 | Craig MacDonald | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
16 | Tommy Westlund | RW | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −8 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
27 | Craig Adams | RW | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Chris Dingman‡ | LW | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Steven Halko‡ | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Artus Irbe | G | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
35 | Tom Barrasso‡ | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
21 | Josh Holden‡ | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Byron Ritchie‡ | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
48 | Nikos Tselios | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
80 | Kevin Weekes† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
1 | Arturs Irbe | 51 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 1282 | 126 | 2.54 | .902 | 3 | 2974 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 480 | 30 | 1.67 | .938 | 1 | 1078 |
35 | Tom Barrasso‡ | 34 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 886 | 83 | 2.61 | .906 | 2 | 1908 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
80 | Kevin Weekes† | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 1.50 | .927 | 0 | 120 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 180 | 11 | 1.62 | .939 | 2 | 408 |
Awards and honors
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
King Clancy Memorial Trophy | Ron Francis | [4] |
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | Ron Francis | [5] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Sami Kapanen | [6] |
NHL Player of the Week | Tom Barrasso (December 17) | [7] | |
Ron Francis (January 7) | [8] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | David Tanabe | [9] | |
Team | Good Guy Award | Arturs Irbe | [10] |
Most Valuable Player | Ron Francis | [10] | |
Steve Chiasson Award | Ron Francis | [10] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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500th game | Arturs Irbe | January 23, 2002 | [11] |
Transactions
The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.[12]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To Carolina Hurricanes Nashville’s 4th-round pick in 2001 |
To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[13] |
June 24, 2001 | To Carolina Hurricanes Chris Dingman |
To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2001 |
[13] |
July 9, 2001 | To Carolina Hurricanes Aaron Ward |
To Detroit Red Wings 2nd-round pick in 2002 |
[14] |
December 5, 2001 | To Carolina Hurricanes Sean Hill |
To St. Louis Blues Steven Halko 4th-round pick in 2002 |
[15] |
December 28, 2001 | To Carolina Hurricanes Kaspars Astashenko |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Harlan Pratt |
[16] |
January 15, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Kevyn Adams Bret Hedican Rights to Tomas Malec Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To Florida Panthers Sandis Ozolinsh Byron Ritchie |
[17] |
February 13, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Jesse Boulerice |
To Philadelphia Flyers Greg Koehler |
[18] |
March 4, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Ted Drury |
To New Jersey Devils Mike Rucinski |
[19] |
March 5, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Weekes |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Dingman Shane Willis |
[20] |
March 15, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2003 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Barrasso |
[21] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 17, 2001 | Tom Barrasso | Ottawa Senators | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
September 28, 2001 | Josh Holden | Vancouver Canucks | Waiver draft | [23] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 1] | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Rob DiMaio | Dallas Stars | Free agency (III) | [25] |
Kevin Hatcher[lower-alpha 2] | Contract expiration (III) | [24] | ||
Dave Karpa | New York Rangers | Free agency (V) | [27] | |
Jon Rohloff[lower-alpha 3] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [24] | ||
July 26, 2001 | Scott Pellerin | Boston Bruins | Free agency (III) | [29] |
September 6, 2001 | Marc Magliarditi | Houston Aeros (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
N/A | Mark McMahon | Toledo Storm (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [31] |
October 25, 2001 | Josh Holden | Vancouver Canucks | Waivers | [32] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 11, 2001 | Chris Dingman | 1-year | Re-signing | [33] |
July 15, 2001 | Igor Knyazev | 3-year | Entry-level | [34] |
July 23, 2001 | Shane Willis | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] |
July 27, 2001 | Bates Battaglia | 2-year | Re-signing | [36] |
July 30, 2001 | Aaron Ward | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] |
July 31, 2001 | Craig Adams | 2-year | Re-signing | [38] |
August 1, 2001 | Marek Malik | 2-year | Re-signing | [39] |
August 2, 2001 | Craig MacDonald | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] |
Jean-Marc Pelletier | 2-year | Re-signing | [40] | |
Byron Ritchie | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] | |
August 3, 2001 | Greg Kuznik | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] |
Jeremiah McCarthy | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] | |
Randy Petruk | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] | |
August 14, 2001 | Jeff Daniels | 1-year | Re-signing | [42] |
August 30, 2001 | Tomas Kurka | 3-year | Entry-level | [43] |
September 6, 2001 | Rod Brind'Amour | 6-year | Re-signing | [44] |
October 4, 2001 | Ryan Murphy | multi-year | Entry-level | [45] |
Rob Zepp | multi-year | Entry-level | [45] | |
Michael Zigomanis | 3-year | Entry-level | [45] | |
October 5, 2001 | Arturs Irbe | 3-year | Extension | [46] |
March 20, 2002 | Craig MacDonald | 1-year | Extension | [47] |
Ryan Bayda | 3-year | Entry-level | [48] | |
April 12, 2002 | Tomas Malec | 3-year | Entry-level | [49] |
April 24, 2002 | Jared Newman | 3-year | Entry-level | [50] |
Draft picks
Carolina's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida. The Hurricanes have the 15th overall pick.[51]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 15 | Igor Knyazev | Defense | Russia | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
2 | 46 | Michael Zigomanis | Center | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
3 | 91 | Kevin Estrada | Left wing | Canada | Chilliwack (BCHL) |
4 | 110 | Rob Zepp | Goaltender | Canada | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
6 | 181 | Daniel Boisclair | Goaltender | Canada | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) |
7 | 211 | Sean Curry | Defense | United States | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
8 | 244 | Carter Trevisani | Defense | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
9 | 274 | Peter Reynolds | Defense | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
Farm teams
American Hockey League
The Lowell Lock Monsters were the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2001–02 AHL season.
East Coast Hockey League
The Florida Everblades were the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.
Notes
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