| 1998–99Carolina Hurricanes | |
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Southeast Division champions | |
| Division | 1stSoutheast |
| Conference | 3rdEastern |
| 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 affiliates | 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) |
The1998–99 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 theBoston Bruins.
In a re-organization of the NHL, the club was placed in the new Southeast Division. Another major headline was the signing of formerHartford Whalers captainRon Francis as a free agent.
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.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
The Hurricanes drew the Boston Bruins as their first-round opponent. The Hurricanes were defeated in six games.
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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:W Win (2 points)L Loss (0 points)T Tie (1 point) |
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–2
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Legend:W WinL Loss |
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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) |
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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| First game | Byron Ritchie | December 21, 1998 | [8] |
| Craig MacDonald | January 7, 1999 | ||
| Shane Willis | February 5, 1999 |
The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions during the1998–99 season.
| June 1, 1998 | ToColorado Avalanche 5th round pick in1999 -Will Magnuson | ToCarolina Hurricanes Randy Petruk |
| July 29, 1998 | ToLos Angeles Kings Manny Legace | ToCarolina Hurricanes Future Considerations |
| August 11, 1998 | ToAnaheim Mighty Ducks Stu Grimson Kevin Haller | ToCarolina Hurricanes Dave Karpa 4th round pick in2000 -Blake Robson |
| December 29, 1998 | ToChicago Blackhawks Nelson Emerson | ToCarolina Hurricanes Paul Coffey |
| March 6, 1999 | ToPhiladelphia Flyers Adam Burt | ToCarolina Hurricanes Andrei Kovalenko |
Carolina's draft picks at the1998 NHL entry draft held at theMarine Midland Arena inBuffalo, New York.[9]
| 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 | United States | Clarkson University (ECAC) |
| 4 | 91 | Josef Vasicek | Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) | |
| 4 | 93 | Tommy Westlund | 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 | HC Olomouc (Czech Republic) | |
| 8 | 211 | Mark Kosick | University of Michigan (CCHA) | |
| 9 | 239 | Brent McDonald | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
TheBeast of New Haven were the HurricanesAmerican Hockey League affiliate for the1998–99 AHL season.
TheFlorida Everblades were the HurricanesEast Coast Hockey League affiliate.