1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes season

1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes
	Southeast Division champions
Division	1st Southeast
1998–99 record	34–30–18
Goals for	210
Goals against	202
Team information
General Manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Keith Primeau
Arena	Greensboro Coliseum
Average attendance	8,188[1]

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 in franchise history, placing first in the NHL Southeast division. The Hurricanes lost in the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals to the Boston Bruins.

Offseason

In a re-organization of the NHL, the club was placed in the new Southeast Division. Another major headline is the Signing of former Hartford Whalers Captain Ron Francis

Regular season

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

Southeast Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
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

^[3]

Eastern Conference^[4]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

Schedule and results

October

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1998	4–4 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	0–0–1
2	L	October 13, 1998	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	0–1–1
3	T	October 15, 1998	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	0–1–2
4	T	October 17, 1998	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	0–1–3
5	W	October 20, 1998	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	1–1–3
6	W	October 24, 1998	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	2–1–3
7	L	October 25, 1998	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	2–2–3
8	W	October 28, 1998	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	3–2–3
9	L	October 30, 1998	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	3–3–3
10	W	October 31, 1998	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	4–3–3

November

Record for the month 7-7-0 (Home 3-4-0 Away 4-3-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
11	L	November 2, 1998	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	4–4–3
12	W	November 5, 1998	6–3	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	5–4–3
13	W	November 6, 1998	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	6–4–3
14	L	November 8, 1998	2–5	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	6–5–3
15	L	November 11, 1998	4–5 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	6–6–3
16	L	November 12, 1998	0–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	6–7–3
17	W	November 14, 1998	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	7–7–3
18	W	November 17, 1998	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	8–7–3
19	L	November 19, 1998	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	8–8–3
20	L	November 20, 1998	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	8–9–3
21	L	November 22, 1998	2–5	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	8–10–3
22	W	November 25, 1998	3–0	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	9–10–3
23	W	November 28, 1998	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	10–10–3
24	W	November 29, 1998	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	11–10–3

December

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
25	W	December 2, 1998	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	12–10–3
26	T	December 4, 1998	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	12–10–4
27	T	December 5, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	12–10–5
28	L	December 10, 1998	2–3	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	12–11–5
29	W	December 12, 1998	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	13–11–5
30	W	December 15, 1998	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	14–11–5
31	L	December 18, 1998	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	14–12–5
32	W	December 19, 1998	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	15–12–5
33	L	December 21, 1998	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	15–13–5
34	W	December 23, 1998	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	16–13–5
35	L	December 26, 1998	3–6	New York Rangers (1998–99)	16–14–5
36	W	December 30, 1998	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	17–14–5

January

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
37	T	January 1, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	17–14–6
38	W	January 2, 1999	4–1	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	18–14–6
39	T	January 4, 1999	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	18–14–7
40	L	January 7, 1999	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	18–15–7
41	L	January 9, 1999	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	18–16–7
42	W	January 14, 1999	3–2	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	19–16–7
43	L	January 16, 1999	2–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	19–17–7
44	W	January 18, 1999	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	20–17–7
45	L	January 21, 1999	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	20–18–7
46	W	January 26, 1999	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	21–18–7
47	W	January 28, 1999	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (1998–99)	22–18–7
48	W	January 30, 1999	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	23–18–7
49	T	January 31, 1999	0–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	23–18–8

February

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
50	L	February 3, 1999	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	23–19–8
51	L	February 5, 1999	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	23–20–8
52	T	February 6, 1999	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	23–20–9
53	W	February 10, 1999	6–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	24–20–9
54	W	February 12, 1999	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	25–20–9
55	L	February 13, 1999	4–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	25–21–9
56	L	February 15, 1999	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	25–22–9
57	T	February 18, 1999	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	25–22–10
58	W	February 20, 1999	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	26–22–10
59	W	February 21, 1999	4–1	New York Islanders (1998–99)	27–22–10
60	T	February 24, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	27–22–11
61	L	February 26, 1999	0–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	27–23–11
62	T	February 27, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	27–23–12

March

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
63	W	March 3, 1999	2–1	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	28–23–12
64	T	March 6, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	28–23–13
65	W	March 8, 1999	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	29–23–13
66	L	March 10, 1999	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	29–24–13
67	W	March 12, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	30–24–13
68	T	March 15, 1999	5–5 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	30–24–14
69	L	March 18, 1999	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	30–25–14
70	L	March 21, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	30–26–14
71	L	March 22, 1999	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	30–27–14
72	W	March 24, 1999	2–1	New York Islanders (1998–99)	31–27–14
73	L	March 26, 1999	2–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	31–28–14
74	T	March 28, 1999	3–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	31–28–15
75	T	March 30, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	31–28–16

April

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
76	L	April 3, 1999	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	31–29–16
77	W	April 6, 1999	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	32–29–16
78	L	April 7, 1999	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	32–30–16
79	W	April 10, 1999	6–1	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	33–30–16
80	W	April 14, 1999	3–0	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	34–30–16
81	T	April 16, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	34–30–17
82	T	April 17, 1999	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	34–30–18

Playoffs

The Hurricanes drew the Boston Bruins as their first-round opponent. The Hurricanes were defeated in six games.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Carolina Hurricanes (3) vs. Boston Bruins (6)

Game-by-Game			Score
1	April 22		Bruins 2, at Hurricanes 0
2	April 24	OT	at Hurricanes 3, Bruins 2
3	April 26		Hurricanes 3, at Bruins 2
4	April 28		at Bruins 4, Hurricanes 1
5	April 30	OT	Bruins 4, at Hurricanes 3
6	May 2		at Bruins 2, Hurricanes 0
Bruins win series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Keith Primeau	C	78	30	32	62	75	8	9	1	5
Sami Kapanen	RW	81	24	35	59	10	-1	5	0	7
Ray Sheppard	RW	74	25	33	58	16	4	5	0	4
Ron Francis	C	82	21	31	52	34	-2	8	0	2
Gary Roberts	LW	77	14	28	42	178	2	1	1	4
Jeff O'Neill	RW	75	16	15	31	66	3	4	0	2
Martin Gelinas	LW	76	13	15	28	67	3	0	0	2
Robert Kron	LW	75	9	16	25	10	-13	3	1	2
Glen Wesley	D	74	7	17	24	44	14	0	0	2
Nelson Emerson	RW	35	8	13	21	36	1	3	0	0
Paul Ranheim	LW	78	9	10	19	39	4	0	2	1
Kevin Dineen	RW	67	8	10	18	97	5	0	0	1
Bates Battaglia	LW	60	7	11	18	22	7	0	0	0
Kent Manderville	C	81	5	11	16	38	9	0	0	0
Nolan Pratt	D	61	1	14	15	95	15	0	0	1
Andrei Kovalenko	RW	18	6	6	12	0	3	1	0	1
Marek Malik	D	52	2	9	11	36	-6	1	0	0
Paul Coffey	D	44	2	8	10	28	-1	1	0	0
Sean Hill	D	54	0	10	10	48	9	0	0	0
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	65	2	7	9	50	-1	0	0	0
Steve Chiasson	D	28	1	8	9	16	7	1	0	0
Adam Burt	D	51	0	3	3	46	3	0	0	0
Steven Halko	D	20	0	3	3	24	5	0	0	0
Dave Karpa	D	33	0	2	2	55	1	0	0	0
Mike Rucinski	D	15	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0
Arturs Irbe	G	62	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Trevor Kidd	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig MacDonald	LW	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Byron Ritchie	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Willis	RW	7	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Arturs Irbe	3643	62	27	20	12	135	2.22	6	1753	1618	.923
Trevor Kidd	1358	25	7	10	6	61	2.70	2	640	579	.905
Team:	5001	82	34	30	18	196	2.35	8	2393	2197	.918

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Ray Sheppard	RW	6	5	1	6	2	1	1
Steve Chiasson	D	6	1	2	3	2	1	0
Bates Battaglia	LW	6	0	3	3	8	0	0
Martin Gelinas	LW	6	0	3	3	2	0	0
Keith Primeau	C	6	0	3	3	6	0	0
Robert Kron	LW	5	2	0	2	0	0	1
Sami Kapanen	RW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0
Gary Roberts	LW	6	1	1	2	8	0	0
Andrei Kovalenko	RW	4	0	2	2	2	0	0
Paul Coffey	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ron Francis	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff O'Neill	RW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Dineen	RW	6	0	0	0	8	0	0
Steven Halko	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Arturs Irbe	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Karpa	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0
Craig MacDonald	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marek Malik	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0
Kent Manderville	C	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
Nolan Pratt	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Paul Ranheim	LW	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
Glen Wesley	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Arturs Irbe	408	6	2	4	15	2.21	0	181	166	.917
Team:	408	6	2	4	15	2.21	0	181	166	.917

^[5]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

Carolina's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Jeff Heerema	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
3	70	Kevin Holdridge	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3	71	Erik Cole	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)
4	91	Josef Vasicek	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
4	93	Tommy Westlund	Sweden	Brynas IF (Sweden)
4	97	Chris Madden	United States	Guelph Storm (OHL)
7	184	Donald Smith	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)
8	208	Jaroslav Svoboda	Czech Republic	HC Olomouc (Czech Republic)
8	211	Mark Kosick	Canada	University of Michigan (CCHA)
9	239	Brent McDonald	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Beast of New Haven are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 1998–99 AHL season.

East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

Roster

1998-99 Carolina Hurricanes

Goaltenders

1 – Arturs Irbe
37 – Trevor Kidd

Defensemen

2 – Glen Wesley
3 – Steve Chiasson
4 – Nolan Pratt
5 – Marek Malik
6 – Adam Burt
7 – Curtis Leschyshyn
14 – Steven Halko
22 – Sean Hill
33 – Dave Karpa
46 – Mike Rucinski
77 – Paul Coffey

Wingers

10 – Gary Roberts
11 – Kevin Dineen
13 – Bates Battaglia
18 – Robert Kron
19 – Nelson Emerson
23 – Martin Gelinas
24 – Sami Kapanen
26 – Ray Sheppard
28 – Paul Ranheim
44 – Kent Manderville
45 – Shane Willis
51 – Andrei Kovalenko

Centers

15 – Byron Ritchie
21 – Ron Francis
31 – Craig MacDonald
55 – Keith Primeau - C
92 – Jeff O'Neill
Coach: Paul Maurice
GM: Jim Rutherford

References

↑ "NHL Average Attendance since 1989-90". Andrew's Dallas Stars Page. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
↑ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html
↑ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
↑ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1998-99 Carolina Hurricanes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

External links

"1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "NHL Average Attendance since 1989-90". Andrew's Dallas Stars Page. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[2] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html

[FOOTNOTEDinger2011155-3] Dinger 2011, p. 155.

[4] "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[5] "1998-99 Carolina Hurricanes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

Carolina Hurricanes
Formerly the New England/Hartford Whalers Founded in 1972 Based in Raleigh, North Carolina
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Seasons Current season
History	Records Award winners Retired numbers
Personnel	Owners Thomas Dundon (majority) Peter Karmanos Jr. (minority) General manager Don Waddell Head coach Rod Brind'Amour Team captain Justin Williams Current roster
Arenas	Greensboro Coliseum PNC Arena
Affiliates	AHL Charlotte Checkers ECHL Florida Everblades
Media	Fox Sports South ESPN The Fan (99.9 FM) The Buzz (620 AM)
Culture and lore	Miracle at Molson 0.2 Seconds

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
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1998–99 NHL season
Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Southeast	Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Central	Chicago Detroit Nashville St. Louis
Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Vancouver
Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
See also	Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs 1999 Stanley Cup Finals