1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes season
1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes | |
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Southeast Division champions | |
Division | 1st Southeast |
Conference | 3rd Eastern |
1998–99 record | 34–30–18 |
Home record | 20–12–9 |
Road record | 14–18–9 |
Goals for | 210 |
Goals against | 202 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jim Rutherford |
Coach | Paul Maurice |
Captain | Keith Primeau |
Arena | Greensboro Coliseum Complex |
Average attendance | 8,188[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Beast of New Haven Florida Everblades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Keith Primeau (30) |
Assists | Sami Kapanen (35) |
Points | Keith Primeau (62) |
Penalty minutes | Gary Roberts (178) |
Plus/minus | Nolan Pratt (+15) |
Wins | Arturs Irbe (27) |
Goals against average | Arturs Irbe (2.22) |
The 1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes season was the second season of the NHL franchise in Greensboro, North Carolina. The club qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1992, and their first winning season since 1990 (and first time as the Hurricanes), placing first in the NHL Southeast division. The Hurricanes lost in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals to the Boston Bruins.
Offseason
[edit]In a re-organization of the NHL, the club was placed in the new Southeast Division. Another major headline was the signing of former Hartford Whalers captain Ron Francis as a free agent.
Regular season
[edit]The Hurricanes struggled on the power-play during the regular season, finishing 27th in power-play percentage, at 10.99%.[2]
The division was weaker than the Hurricanes' previous division, the Northeast and the Hurricanes were able to win the division and qualify for the playoffs, the only team from the division to do so.
Final standings
[edit]R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 34 | 30 | 18 | 210 | 202 | 1158 | 86 |
2 | 9 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 210 | 228 | 1522 | 78 |
3 | 12 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 200 | 218 | 1381 | 68 |
4 | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 179 | 292 | 1316 | 47 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | y – New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 248 | 196 | 105 |
2 | y – Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 239 | 179 | 103 |
3 | y – Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 34 | 30 | 18 | 210 | 202 | 86 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 268 | 231 | 97 |
5 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 37 | 26 | 19 | 231 | 196 | 93 |
6 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 214 | 181 | 91 |
7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 207 | 175 | 91 |
8 | Pittsburgh Penguins | ATL | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 242 | 225 | 90 |
9 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 210 | 228 | 78 |
10 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 217 | 227 | 77 |
11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 184 | 209 | 75 |
12 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 200 | 218 | 68 |
13 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 194 | 244 | 58 |
14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 179 | 292 | 47 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division
bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division
Playoffs
[edit]The Hurricanes drew the Boston Bruins as their first-round opponent. The Hurricanes were defeated in six games.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 4–3–3 (home: 2–1–3; road: 2–2–0)
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November: 7–7–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 4–3–0)
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December: 6–4–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 2–1–1)
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January: 6–4–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 2–3–2)
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February: 4–5–4 (home: 1–1–2; road: 3–4–2)
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March: 4–5–4 (home: 4–2–1; road: 0–3–3)
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April: 3–2–2 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–2–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]1999 Stanley Cup playoffs[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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 | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
55 | Keith Primeau | C | 78 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 8 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 6 |
24 | Sami Kapanen | RW | 81 | 24 | 35 | 59 | −1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
26 | Ray Sheppard | RW | 74 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
21 | Ron Francis | C | 82 | 21 | 31 | 52 | −2 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Gary Roberts | LW | 77 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 178 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 8 |
92 | Jeff O'Neill | RW | 75 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 76 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 2 |
18 | Robert Kron | LW | 75 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2 | Glen Wesley | D | 74 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19 | Nelson Emerson‡ | RW | 35 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Paul Ranheim | LW | 78 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 67 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
13 | Bates Battaglia | LW | 60 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
44 | Kent Manderville | C | 81 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Nolan Pratt | D | 61 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
51 | Andrei Kovalenko† | RW | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Marek Malik | D | 52 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −6 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
77 | Paul Coffey† | D | 44 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −1 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Sean Hill | D | 54 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 65 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −1 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
3 | Steve Chiasson | D | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Adam Burt‡ | D | 51 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Steven Halko | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
33 | Dave Karpa | D | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
46 | Mike Rucinski | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Arturs Irbe | G | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | Trevor Kidd | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
31 | Craig MacDonald | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Byron Ritchie | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Shane Willis | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 62 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 1753 | 135 | 2.22 | .923 | 6 | 3643 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 181 | 15 | 2.21 | .917 | 0 | 408 |
37 | Trevor Kidd | 25 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 640 | 61 | 2.70 | .905 | 2 | 1358 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Arturs Irbe | [6] |
Keith Primeau | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Arturs Irbe (October) | [7] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Arturs Irbe (November 2) |
Transactions
[edit]The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season.
Trades
[edit]June 1, 1998 | To Colorado Avalanche 5th round pick in 1999 - Will Magnuson |
To Carolina Hurricanes Randy Petruk |
July 29, 1998 | To Los Angeles Kings Manny Legace |
To Carolina Hurricanes Future Considerations |
August 11, 1998 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Stu Grimson Kevin Haller |
To Carolina Hurricanes Dave Karpa 4th round pick in 2000 - Blake Robson |
December 29, 1998 | To Chicago Blackhawks Nelson Emerson |
To Carolina Hurricanes Paul Coffey |
March 6, 1999 | To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Burt |
To Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Kovalenko |
Free agents
[edit]Draft picks
[edit]Carolina's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 11 | Jeff Heerema | ![]() |
Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
3 | 70 | Kevin Holdridge | ![]() |
Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
3 | 71 | Erik Cole | ![]() |
Clarkson University (ECAC) |
4 | 91 | Josef Vasicek | ![]() |
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) |
4 | 93 | Tommy Westlund | ![]() |
Brynas IF (Sweden) |
4 | 97 | Chris Madden | ![]() |
Guelph Storm (OHL) |
7 | 184 | Donald Smith | ![]() |
Clarkson University (ECAC) |
8 | 208 | Jaroslav Svoboda | ![]() |
HC Olomouc (Czech Republic) |
8 | 211 | Mark Kosick | ![]() |
University of Michigan (CCHA) |
9 | 239 | Brent McDonald | ![]() |
Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
Farm teams
[edit]American Hockey League
[edit]The Beast of New Haven were the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 1998–99 AHL season.
East Coast Hockey League
[edit]The Florida Everblades were the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Carolina Hurricanes 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- "1998-99 Carolina Hurricanes Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ "NHL Average Attendance since 1989-90". Andrew's Dallas Stars Page. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary".
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1998-99 Carolina Hurricanes Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Irbe Captures Weekly, Monthly Honors". NHL.com. November 2, 1998. Archived from the original on October 4, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.