2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes | |
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Division | 5th Southeast |
Conference | 15th Eastern |
2002–03 record | 22–43–11–6 |
Home record | 12–17–9–3 |
Road record | 10–26–2–3 |
Goals for | 171 |
Goals against | 240 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jim Rutherford |
Coach | Paul Maurice |
Captain | Ron Francis |
Alternate captains | Rod Brind'Amour Glen Wesley |
Arena | RBC Center |
Average attendance | 15,682 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Lowell Lock Monsters Florida Everblades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jeff O'Neill (30) |
Assists | Ron Francis (35) |
Points | Jeff O'Neill (61) |
Penalty minutes | Sean Hill (141) |
Plus/minus | Sean Hill (+4) |
Wins | Kevin Weekes (14) |
Goals against average | Kevin Weekes (2.55) |
The 2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Hockey League and sixth as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs, despite making it to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year, finishing the season with an NHL-worst record of 22–43–11–6 (61 points).
Offseason
[edit]Regular season
[edit]The Hurricanes finished 30th in scoring, with just 171 goals for. They also had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 420.[1]
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 219 | 210 | 93 |
2 | 6 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 224 | 220 | 92 |
3 | 11 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 226 | 284 | 74 |
4 | 13 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 176 | 237 | 70 |
5 | 15 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 171 | 240 | 61 |
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 | P- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 263 | 182 | 113 |
2 | Y- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 216 | 166 | 108 |
3 | Y- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 219 | 210 | 93 |
4 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 211 | 166 | 107 |
5 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 208 | 98 |
6 | X- Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 224 | 220 | 92 |
7 | X- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 245 | 237 | 87 |
8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 224 | 231 | 83 |
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9 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 210 | 231 | 78 |
10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 234 | 77 |
11 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 226 | 284 | 74 |
12 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 190 | 219 | 72 |
13 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 176 | 237 | 70 |
14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 189 | 255 | 65 |
15 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 171 | 240 | 61 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Schedule and results
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October: 5–4–1–1 (home: 3–2–1–0; road: 2–2–0–1)
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November: 6–3–3–2 (home: 4–1–3–2; road: 2–2–0–0)
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December: 4–8–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 3–5–0–0)
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January: 2–10–1–2 (home: 1–5–0–1; road: 1–5–1–1)
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February: 1–6–3–1 (home: 1–1–2–0; road: 0–5–1–1)
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March: 4–9–2–0 (home: 2–4–2–0; road: 2–5–0–0)
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April: 0–3–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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 | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
92 | Jeff O'Neill | LW | 82 | 30 | 31 | 61 | −21 | 38 |
10 | Ron Francis | C | 82 | 22 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 30 |
17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 48 | 14 | 23 | 37 | −9 | 37 |
22 | Sean Hill | D | 82 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 141 |
26 | Erik Cole | RW | 53 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 72 |
20 | Jan Hlavac† | LW | 52 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 22 |
63 | Josef Vasicek | C | 57 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −19 | 33 |
13 | Bates Battaglia‡ | LW | 70 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −17 | 90 |
14 | Kevyn Adams | C | 77 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −8 | 57 |
27 | Craig Adams | RW | 81 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −11 | 71 |
24 | Sami Kapanen‡ | RW | 43 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −17 | 12 |
6 | Bret Hedican | D | 72 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −24 | 75 |
47 | Ryan Bayda | LW | 25 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −5 | 16 |
62 | Jaroslav Svoboda | LW | 48 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −5 | 32 |
21 | David Tanabe | D | 68 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −27 | 24 |
7 | Niclas Wallin | D | 77 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −19 | 71 |
4 | Aaron Ward | D | 77 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −23 | 90 |
2 | Glen Wesley‡ | D | 63 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −5 | 40 |
25 | Bruno St. Jacques† | D | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −3 | 12 |
19 | Radim Vrbata† | LW | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | −7 | 2 |
37 | Tomas Kurka | LW | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Craig MacDonald | LW | 35 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 20 |
11 | Jeff Daniels | C | 59 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −9 | 8 |
39 | Brad DeFauw | LW | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
42 | Jeff Heerema | RW | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
36 | Jesse Boulerice | RW | 48 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 108 |
46 | Michael Zigomanis | C | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
71 | Tomas Malec | D | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 43 |
5 | Marek Malik‡ | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 16 |
52 | Damian Surma | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
55 | Pavel Brendl† | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
15 | Harold Druken†‡† | C | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
30 | Patrick DesRochers† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | Steven Halko | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1 | Arturs Irbe | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
20 | Darren Langdon‡ | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
29 | Mike Watt | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
80 | Kevin Weekes | G | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | Tommy Westlund | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
80 | Kevin Weekes | 51 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 1438 | 126 | 2.50 | 0.912 | 5 | 2965 |
1 | Arturs Irbe | 34 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 816 | 100 | 3.18 | 0.877 | 0 | 1884 |
30 | Patrick DesRochers† | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 7 | 3.41 | 0.901 | 0 | 122 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Jeff O'Neill | [5] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Erik Cole[a] | [7] | |
Team | Good Guy Award | Kevyn Adams | [8] |
Most Valuable Player | Ron Francis | [8] | |
Steve Chiasson Award | Kevyn Adams | [8] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Rod Brind'Amour | November 15, 2002 | [9] |
Transactions
[edit]The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.[10]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Carolina’s 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2002 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
[11] |
June 23, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2003 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2002 8th-round pick in 2002 Philadelphia’s 8th-round pick in 2002 9th-round pick in 2002 |
[12] |
November 1, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Harold Druken Jan Hlavac |
To Vancouver Canucks Darren Langdon Marek Malik |
[13] |
December 31, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Patrick DesRochers |
To Phoenix Coyotes Jean-Marc Pelletier Conditional draft pick in 2003 |
[14] |
February 7, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes Pavel Brendl Bruno St. Jacques |
To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Bast Sami Kapanen |
[15] |
March 9, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Glen Wesley |
[16] |
March 11, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes Radim Vrbata |
To Colorado Avalanche Bates Battaglia |
[17] |
May 29, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes Allan Rourke |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Harold Druken |
[18] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 16, 2002 | Ryan Bast | Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [19] |
Ed Hill | Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [19] | |
August 5, 2002 | Steven Halko | St. Louis Blues | Free agency | [20] | |
August 9, 2002 | Mike Watt | Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
January 17, 2003 | Harold Druken | Toronto Maple Leafs | Waivers | [22] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[b] | Ref |
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July 2, 2002 | Martin Gelinas | Calgary Flames | Free agency (III) | [24] |
Ian MacNeil | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (VI) | [25] | |
July 5, 2002 | Tyler Moss | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (UFA) | [26] |
July 19, 2002 | Jeremiah McCarthy | Amur Khabarovsk (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) | [27] |
August 28, 2002 | Ted Drury | Hamburg Freezers (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [28] |
N/A | Greg Kuznik | Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
December 11, 2002 | Harold Druken | Toronto Maple Leafs | Waivers | [30] |
April 11, 2003 | Tommy Westlund | Leksands IF (SHL) | Free agency | [31] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 26, 2002 | Jeff O'Neill | 2-year | Re-signing | [32] |
June 27, 2002 | Darren Langdon | 2-year | Re-signing | [33] |
June 29, 2002 | Ron Francis | 2-year | Re-signing | [34] |
June 30, 2002 | Bret Hedican | 6-year | Re-signing | [35] |
July 9, 2002 | Daniel Boisclair | 3-year | Entry-level | [36] |
July 11, 2002 | Kevyn Adams | 2-year | Re-signing | [37] |
July 24, 2002 | Brad DeFauw | 2-year | Re-signing | [38] |
August 1, 2002 | Kaspars Astashenko | 1-year | Re-signing | [39] |
Jesse Boulerice | 2-year | Re-signing | [39] | |
Jeff Daniels | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] | |
Nikos Tselios | 1-year | Re-signing | [39] | |
August 2, 2002 | Niclas Wallin | 2-year | Re-signing | [41] |
August 8, 2002 | Aaron Ward | 4-year | Re-signing | [42] |
August 13, 2002 | Sami Kapanen | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] |
August 14, 2002 | Randy Petruk | 2-year | Re-signing | [44] |
September 13, 2002 | David Tanabe | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
October 9, 2002 | Sean Curry | 3-year | Entry-level | [46] |
March 24, 2003 | Brad Fast | 2-year | Entry-level | [47] |
April 26, 2003 | Jeff Daniels | 1-year | Extension | [48] |
April 28, 2003 | Patrick DesRochers | 1-year | Extension | [49] |
May 2, 2003 | Craig Adams | 1-year | Extension | [50] |
June 6, 2003 | Kevin Weekes | 1-year | Extension | [51] |
Draft picks
[edit]Carolina's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[52]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 25 | Cam Ward | G | ![]() |
Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
3 | 91 | Jesse Lane | D | ![]() |
Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
5 | 160 | Daniel Manzato | G | ![]() |
Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) |
7 | 224 | Adam Taylor | C | ![]() |
Kootenay Ice (WHL) |
Farm teams
[edit]American Hockey League
[edit]The Lowell Lock Monsters are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2002–03 AHL season.
East Coast Hockey League
[edit]The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.
Notes
[edit]References
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