2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 23rd season in the National Hockey League and 5th as the Hurricanes.
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	15	Igor Knyazev 	Defense 	 	Moscow Spartak (Russia)
2 	46	Mike Zigomanis	Centre 	 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2001e.html
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 2001 	3–1 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	1–0–0–0
2 	W	October 7, 2001 	3–0 	Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	2–0–0–0
3 	L	October 9, 2001 	2–6 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	2–1–0–0
4 	L	October 11, 2001 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	2–2–0–0
5 	W	October 13, 2001 	5–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	3–2–0–0
6 	L	October 17, 2001 	0–4 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	3–3–0–0
7 	L	October 18, 2001 	1–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	3–3–0–1
8 	W	October 20, 2001 	2–1 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	4–3–0–1
9 	L	October 23, 2001 	1–5 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	4–4–0–1
10 	W	October 24, 2001 	7–3 	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	5–4–0–1
11 	L	October 26, 2001 	2–3 OT	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	5–4–0–2
12 	W	October 28, 2001 	3–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	6–4–0–2
13 	L	October 30, 2001 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	6–5–0–2
14 	L	November 1, 2001 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	6–6–0–2
15 	W	November 2, 2001 	3–2 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	7–6–0–2
16 	W	November 4, 2001 	1–0 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	8–6–0–2
17 	T	November 6, 2001 	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	8–6–1–2
18 	W	November 8, 2001 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	9–6–1–2
19 	W	November 9, 2001 	3–2 	San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	10–6–1–2
20 	T	November 11, 2001	1–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	10–6–2–2
21 	L	November 13, 2001	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	10–7–2–2
22 	T	November 15, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	10–7–3–2
23 	L	November 17, 2001	0–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	10–8–3–2
24 	W	November 19, 2001	5–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	11–8–3–2
25 	T	November 21, 2001	4–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	11–8–4–2
26 	L	November 25, 2001	0–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	11–9–4–2
27 	W	November 27, 2001	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	12–9–4–2
28 	L	November 29, 2001	0–5 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	12–10–4–2
29 	L	November 30, 2001	2–6 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	12–11–4–2
30 	L	December 2, 2001 	3–4 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	12–11–4–3
31 	L	December 4, 2001 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	12–12–4–3
32 	W	December 8, 2001 	3–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	13–12–4–3
33 	W	December 10, 2001	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	14–12–4–3
34 	W	December 12, 2001	4–1 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	15–12–4–3
35 	L	December 14, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	15–12–4–4
36 	W	December 16, 2001	7–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	16–12–4–4
37 	L	December 18, 2001	1–5 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	16–13–4–4
38 	W	December 21, 2001	5–4 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	17–13–4–4
39 	L	December 22, 2001	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	17–13–4–5
40 	W	December 26, 2001	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	18–13–4–5
41 	W	December 27, 2001	3–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	19–13–4–5
42 	T	December 30, 2001	5–5 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	19–13–5–5
43 	W	December 31, 2001	5–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	20–13–5–5
44 	L	January 2, 2002 	3–6 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	20–14–5–5
45 	L	January 5, 2002 	1–2 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	20–15–5–5
46 	L	January 6, 2002 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	20–16–5–5
47 	W	January 10, 2002 	4–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	21–16–5–5
48 	L	January 12, 2002 	1–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	21–17–5–5
49 	W	January 15, 2002 	2–0 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	22–17–5–5
50 	T	January 17, 2002 	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	22–17–6–5
51 	T	January 19, 2002 	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	22–17–7–5
52 	L	January 21, 2002 	5–7 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	22–18–7–5
53 	T	January 23, 2002 	2–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	22–18–8–5
54 	T	January 25, 2002 	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	22–18–9–5
55 	L	January 26, 2002 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	22–19–9–5
56 	T	January 29, 2002 	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	22–19–10–5
57 	W	January 30, 2002 	3–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	23–19–10–5
58 	T	February 5, 2002 	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	23–19–11–5
59 	L	February 7, 2002 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	23–20–11–5
60 	W	February 8, 2002 	4–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	24–20–11–5
61 	L	February 10, 2002	0–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	24–21–11–5
62 	L	February 26, 2002	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	24–22–11–5
63 	W	February 28, 2002	6–2 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	25–22–11–5
64 	W	March 2, 2002 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	26–22–11–5
65 	W	March 5, 2002 	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	27–22–11–5
66 	W	March 7, 2002 	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	28–22–11–5
67 	T	March 8, 2002 	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	28–22–12–5
68 	T	March 11, 2002 	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	28–22–13–5
69 	L	March 16, 2002 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	28–23–13–5
70 	T	March 18, 2002 	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	28–23–14–5
71 	W	March 21, 2002 	3–2 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	29–23–14–5
72 	W	March 23, 2002 	4–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	30–23–14–5
73 	L	March 26, 2002 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	30–24–14–5
74 	W	March 28, 2002 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	31–24–14–5
75 	W	March 30, 2002 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	32–24–14–5
76 	L	April 2, 2002 	3–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	32–25–14–5
77 	L	April 3, 2002 	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	32–26–14–5
78 	T	April 7, 2002 	1–1 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	32–26–15–5
79 	W	April 8, 2002 	2–1 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	33–26–15–5
80 	W	April 10, 2002 	4–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	34–26–15–5
81 	W	April 12, 2002 	3–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	35–26–15–5
82 	T	April 14, 2002 	2–2 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	35–26–16–5
==Player stats==
===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 	 	 	 	 	
Rod Brind'Amour	 	 	 	 	
Bates Battaglia	 	 	 	 	
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0009792002.html
===Defencemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sean Hill 	 	 	 	 	
Sandis Ozolinsh	 	 	 	 	
Marek Malik 	 	 	 	 	
===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
==Playoffs==
===Stanley Cup finals===
Detroit vs. Carolina 	Detroit vs. Carolina 	Detroit vs. Carolina 	Detroit vs. Carolina
Date 	Away 	Home 	
June 4 	Carolina 3 	2 Detroit 	OT
June 6 	Carolina 1 	3 Detroit 	
June 8 	Detroit 3 	2 Carolina 	3OT1
June 10 	Detroit 3 	0 Carolina 	
June 13 	Carolina 1 	3 Detroit 	
Detroit wins series 4–1and Stanley Cup 	Detroit wins series 4–1and Stanley Cup 	Detroit wins series 4–1and Stanley Cup 	Detroit wins series 4–1and Stanley Cup
Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit)wins Conn Smythe Trophy
==Awards and honors==
*Ron Francis, King Clancy Memorial Trophy Trophyhttp://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinners.jsp?tro=KCT
*Ron Francis, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Trophyhttp://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinners.jsp?tro=LBT
==References==
* Hurricanes on Hockey Database
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