2001-02 Carolina Hurricanes Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-26-16-5 - 91 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 13-10
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New Jersey Devils 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-1
Coach: Paul Maurice (35-26-16, 5 OTL)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
2001-02 Carolina Hurricanes RosterTeam Record: 35-26-16-5 - 91 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 13-10
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New Jersey Devils 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-1
Coach: Paul Maurice (35-26-16, 5 OTL)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
2001-02 Carolina Hurricanes Results
The Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League ended the 2001-02 season with a record of 35 wins and 26 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 16 ties for 91 points, finishing first in the NHL's Southeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 13-10.
The Hurricanes netted 217 goals and conceded 217. Jeff O'Neill scored 31 goals for Carolina, while Ron Francis contributed 50 assists. Arturs Irbe topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.54 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Paul Maurice coached the team. The 2001-02 Carolina Hurricanes lost in the Stanley Cup finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | C | 80 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 165 | 16.4 |
| Sami Kapanen | R | 77 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 248 | 10.9 |
| Jeff O'Neill | C | 76 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 63 | -5 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 272 | 11.4 |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 81 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 162 | 14.2 |
| Bates Battaglia | L | 82 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 44 | -6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 167 | 12.6 |
| Erik Cole | L | 81 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 35 | -10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 10.1 |
| Josef Vasicek | C | 78 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 53 | -7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 12.0 |
| Sean Hill | D | 49 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 61 | -1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 6.0 |
| Martin Gelinas | L | 72 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 30 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 10.7 |
| Marek Malik | D | 82 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 4.4 |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 46 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 34 | -4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 5.6 |
| Glen Wesley | D | 77 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 56 | -8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 5.7 |
| Shane Willis | R | 59 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 24 | -8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 5.6 |
| David Tanabe | D | 78 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 35 | -13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0.9 |
| Aaron Ward | D | 79 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Bret Hedican | D | 26 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Jeff Daniels | L | 65 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Kevyn Adams | C | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Jaroslav Svoboda | L | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Darren Langdon | L | 58 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Niclas Wallin | D | 52 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Craig MacDonald | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Tommy Westlund | R | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Chris Dingman | L | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 77 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Steven Halko | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Adams | R | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Arturs Irbe | G | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Byron Ritchie | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Holden | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Nikos Tselios | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Weekes | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1562 | 217 | 369 | 586 | 1010 | -49 | 63 | 123 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 2347 | 9.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Irbe | 51 | 2974 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 126 | 2.54 | 1282 | 1156 | .902 |
| Tom Barrasso | 34 | 1908 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 2.61 | 886 | 803 | .906 |
| Kevin Weekes | 2 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 41 | 38 | .927 |
| Totals | 87 | 5002 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 212 | 2.54 | 2421 | 2209 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | C | 23 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | -2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 11.8 | |
| Sami Kapanen | R | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 | |
| Jeff O'Neill | C | 22 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 11.1 | |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 23 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 8.3 | |
| Bates Battaglia | L | 23 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 11.4 | |
| Erik Cole | L | 23 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 8.8 | |
| Josef Vasicek | C | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9.4 | |
| Sean Hill | D | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 7.0 | |
| Martin Gelinas | L | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 9.1 | |
| Marek Malik | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 | |
| Glen Wesley | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |
| David Tanabe | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Aaron Ward | D | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |
| Bret Hedican | D | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 | |
| Jeff Daniels | L | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Kevyn Adams | C | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |
| Jaroslav Svoboda | L | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3.8 | |
| Niclas Wallin | D | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 11.8 | |
| Craig MacDonald | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Tommy Westlund | R | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Craig Adams | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arturs Irbe | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Weekes | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 440 | 47 | 70 | 117 | 259 | 15 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 645 | 7.3 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Irbe | 18 | 1078 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1.67 | 480 | 450 | .938 |
| Kevin Weekes | 8 | 408 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1.62 | 180 | 169 | .939 |
| Totals | 26 | 1486 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 1.66 | 701 | 660 | .942 |
