2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes season

2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes
2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes
Eastern Conference champions
Southeast Division champions
Division	1st Southeast
Conference	Eastern
2001–02 record	35-26-16-5
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	RBC Center
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff O'Neill (31)
Assists	Ron Francis (50)
Points	Ron Francis (77)
Penalty minutes	Darren Langdon (106)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (20)
Goals against average	Arturs Irbe (2.54)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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.

Regular season

The Hurricanes had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 NHL teams, with 391.^[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Eastern Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

Schedule and results

October

Record for the month 6-5-0-2 (Home 4-4-0-1 Away 2-1-0-1)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	W	October 5, 2001	3–1	New York Rangers (2001–02)	1–0–0–0	18,730
2	W	October 7, 2001	3–0	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	2–0–0–0	15,365
3	L	October 9, 2001	2–6	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	2–1–0–0	10,052
4	L	October 11, 2001	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	2–2–0–0	14,106
5	W	October 13, 2001	5–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	3–2–0–0	18,545
6	L	October 17, 2001	0–4	New York Islanders (2001–02)	3–3–0–0	12,237
7	OTL	October 18, 2001	1–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	3–3–0–1	9,647
8	W	October 20, 2001	2–1 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	4–3–0–1	14,219
9	L	October 23, 2001	1–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	4–4–0–1	18,007
10	W	October 24, 2001	7–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	5–4–0–1	18,064
11	OTL	October 26, 2001	2–3 OT	New York Islanders (2001–02)	5–4–0–2	18,730
12	W	October 28, 2001	3–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	6–4–0–2	14,355
13	L	October 30, 2001	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	6–5–0–2	18,730

November

Record for the month 6-6-4-0 (Home 4-1-2-0 Away 2-4-2-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
14	L	November 1, 2001	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	6–6–0–2	16,970
15	W	November 2, 2001	3–2	New York Rangers (2001–02)	7–6–0–2	18,730
16	W	November 4, 2001	1–0 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	8–6–0–2	12,599
17	T	November 6, 2001	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	8–6–1–2	15,938
18	W	November 8, 2001	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	9–6–1–2	15,372
19	W	November 9, 2001	3–2	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	10–6–1–2	17,387
20	T	November 11, 2001	1–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	10–6–2–2	12,390
21	L	November 13, 2001	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	10–7–2–2	20,058
22	T	November 15, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	10–7–3–2	14,117
23	L	November 17, 2001	0–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	10–8–3–2	19,758
24	W	November 19, 2001	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	11–8–3–2	12,479
25	T	November 21, 2001	4–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	11–8–4–2	18,532
26	L	November 25, 2001	0–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	11–9–4–2	13,561
27	W	November 27, 2001	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	12–9–4–2	19,258
28	L	November 29, 2001	0–5	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	12–10–4–2	17,542
29	L	November 30, 2001	2–6	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	12–11–4–2	17,372

December

Record for the month 8-2-1-3 (Home 3-2-0-1 Away 5-0-1-2)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
30	OTL	December 2, 2001	3–4 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	12–11–4–3	18,730
31	L	December 4, 2001	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	12–12–4–3	11,838
32	W	December 8, 2001	3–2	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	13–12–4–3	15,774
33	W	December 10, 2001	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	14–12–4–3	17,554
34	W	December 12, 2001	4–1	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	15–12–4–3	10,281
35	OTL	December 14, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	15–12–4–4	15,787
36	W	December 16, 2001	7–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	16–12–4–4	14,226
37	L	December 18, 2001	1–5	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	16–13–4–4	11,166
38	W	December 21, 2001	5–4 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	17–13–4–4	17,288
39	OTL	December 22, 2001	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	17–13–4–5	19,685
40	W	December 26, 2001	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	18–13–4–5	18,730
41	W	December 27, 2001	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	19–13–4–5	16,413
42	T	December 30, 2001	5–5 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	19–13–5–5	18,672
43	W	December 31, 2001	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	20–13–5–5	18,173

January

Record for the month 3-6-5-0 (Home 1-4-4-0 Away 2-2-1-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
44	L	January 2, 2002	3–6	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	20–14–5–5	12,404
45	L	January 5, 2002	1–2	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	20–15–5–5	18,730
46	L	January 6, 2002	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	20–16–5–5	18,730
47	W	January 10, 2002	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	21–16–5–5	16,322
48	L	January 12, 2002	1–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	21–17–5–5	18,422
49	W	January 15, 2002	2–0	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	22–17–5–5	10,712
50	T	January 17, 2002	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	22–17–6–5	16,589
51	T	January 19, 2002	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	22–17–7–5	19,040
52	L	January 21, 2002	5–7	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	22–18–7–5	10,526
53	T	January 23, 2002	2–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	22–18–8–5	11,129
54	T	January 25, 2002	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	22–18–9–5	18,730
55	L	January 26, 2002	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	22–19–9–5	19,747
56	T	January 29, 2002	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	22–19–10–5	18,730
57	W	January 30, 2002	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	23–19–10–5	13,234

February

Record for the month 2-3-1-0 (Home 0-0-1-0 Away 2-3-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
58	T	February 5, 2002	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	23–19–11–5	18,730
59	L	February 7, 2002	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	23–20–11–5	15,960
60	W	February 8, 2002	4–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	24–20–11–5	10,589
61	L	February 10, 2002	0–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	24–21–11–5	17,486
62	L	February 26, 2002	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	24–22–11–5	19,359
63	W	February 28, 2002	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	25–22–11–5	16,850

March

Record for the month 7-2-3-0 (Home 2-1-3-0 Away 5-1-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
64	W	March 2, 2002	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	26–22–11–5	21,204
65	W	March 5, 2002	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	27–22–11–5	13,255
66	W	March 7, 2002	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	28–22–11–5	15,111
67	T	March 8, 2002	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	28–22–12–5	18,730
68	T	March 11, 2002	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	28–22–13–5	12,665
69	L	March 16, 2002	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	28–23–13–5	21,273
70	T	March 18, 2002	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	28–23–14–5	16,472
71	W	March 21, 2002	3–2	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	29–23–14–5	15,088
72	W	March 23, 2002	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	30–23–14–5	18,099
73	L	March 26, 2002	2–3	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	30–24–14–5	18,005
74	W	March 28, 2002	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	31–24–14–5	18,730
75	W	March 30, 2002	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	32–24–14–5	17,565

April

Record for the month 3-2-2-0 (Home 1-1-1-0 Away 2-1-1-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
76	L	April 2, 2002	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	32–25–14–5	16,371
77	L	April 3, 2002	2–3	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	32–26–14–5	16,587
78	T	April 7, 2002	1–1 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	32–26–15–5	18,730
79	W	April 8, 2002	2–1	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	33–26–15–5	13,729
80	W	April 10, 2002	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	34–26–15–5	18,210
81	W	April 12, 2002	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	35–26–15–5	19,250
82	T	April 14, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	35–26–16–5	18,545

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ron Francis	80	27	50	77	18
Sami Kapanen	77	27	42	69	23
Jeff O'Neill	76	31	33	64	63
Rod Brind'Amour	81	23	32	55	40
Bates Battaglia	82	21	25	46	44

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Defensemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sean Hill	49	7	23	30	60
Sandis Ozolinsh	46	4	19	23	34
Marek Malik	82	4	19	23	88

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Tom Barrasso	34	1908	13	12	5	2	2.61
Arturs Irbe	51	2974	20	19	11	3	2.54
Kevin Weekes	2	120	2	0	0	0	1.50

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Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Carolina Hurricanes (3) vs. New Jersey Devils (6)

Game-by-Game			Score
1	April 17		at Hurricanes 2, Devils 1
2	April 19	OT	at Hurricanes 2, Devils 1
3	April 21		at Devils 4, Hurricanes 0
4	April 23		at Devils 3, Hurricanes 1
5	April 24	OT	at Hurricanes 3, Devils 2
6	April 27		Hurricanes 1, at Devils 0
Hurricanes win series 4–2

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Carolina Hurricanes (3) vs. Montreal Canadiens (8)

Game-by-Game			Score
1	May 3		at Hurricanes 2, Canadiens 0
2	May 5		Canadiens 4, at Hurricanes 1
3	May 7	OT	at Canadiens 2, Hurricanes 1
4	May 9	OT	Hurricanes 4, at Canadiens 3
5	May 12		at Hurricanes 5, Canadiens 1
6	May 13		Hurricanes 8, at Canadiens 2
Hurricanes win series 4–2

Eastern Conference Finals

Carolina Hurricanes (3) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (4)

Game-by-Game			Score
1	May 16		Maple Leafs 2, at Hurricanes 1
2	May 19	OT	at Hurricanes 2, Maple Leafs 1
3	May 21	OT	Hurricanes 2, at Maple Leafs 1
4	May 23		Hurricanes 3, at Maple Leafs 0
5	May 25		Maple Leafs 1, at Hurricanes 0
6	May 28	OT	Hurricanes 2, at Maple Leafs 1
Hurricanes win series 4–2

Stanley Cup Finals

Detroit Red Wings (W1) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (E3)

Game-by-Game			Score
1	June 4	OT	Hurricanes 3, at Red Wings 2
2	June 6		at Red Wings 3, Hurricanes 1
3	June 8	3OT	Red Wings 3, at Hurricanes 2
4	June 10		Red Wings 3, at Hurricanes 0
5	June 13		at Red Wings 3, Hurricanes 1
Red Wings win series 4–1

Awards and honors

Ron Francis, King Clancy Memorial Trophy^[4]
Ron Francis, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy^[5]

Draft picks

Carolina's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida. The Hurricanes have the 15th overall pick.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	15	Igor Knyazev	D	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
2	46	Michael Zigomanis	C	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3	91	Kevin Estrada	LW	Canada	Chilliwack (BCHL)
4	110	Rob Zepp	G	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
6	181	Daniel Boisclair	G	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
7	211	Sean Curry	D	United States	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
8	244	Carter Trevisani	D	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
9	274	Peter Reynolds	D	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)

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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.

Roster

2001-02 Carolina Hurricanes

Goaltenders

1 – Arturs Irbe
35 – Tom Barrasso
80 – Kevin Weekes

Defensemen

2 – Glen Wesley
4 – Aaron Ward
5 – Marek Malik
6 – Bret Hedican
7 – Niclas Wallin
8 – Sandis Ozolinsh
14 – Steven Halko
22 – Sean Hill
45 – David Tanabe
48 – Nikos Tselios

Wingers

13 – Bates Battaglia
16 – Tommy Westlund
19 – Chris Dingman
20 – Darren Langdon
23 – Martin Gelinas
24 – Sami Kapanen
25 – Shane Willis
26 – Erik Cole
27 – Craig Adams
62 – Jaroslav Svoboda
92 – Jeff O'Neill

Centers

10 – Ron Francis – C
11 – Jeff Daniels
12 – Craig MacDonald
15 – Kevyn Adams
15 – Byron Ritchie
17 – Rod Brind'Amour
21 – Josh Holden
63 – Josef Vasicek
Coach: Paul Maurice
GM: Jim Rutherford

References

^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
^ "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". nhl.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
^ ^a ^b http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0009792002.html
^ http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinners.jsp?tro=KCT
^ http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinners.jsp?tro=LBT
^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2001e.html

External links

Hurricanes on Hockey Database

[1] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html

[conf-2] "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". nhl.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

[hockeydb.com-3] ttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0009792002.html

[4] ttp://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinners.jsp?tro=KCT

[5] ttp://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinners.jsp?tro=LBT

[6] ttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2001e.html

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v t e Carolina Hurricanes
Formerly the New England/Hartford Whalers Founded in 1972 Based in Raleigh, North Carolina
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v t e Carolina Hurricanes seasons
Pre-1997	Hartford Whalers
1990s	1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e 2001–02 NHL season
Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis
Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver
Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
See also	Draft Waiver Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Death of Brittanie Cecil Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions