1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes season

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.

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]

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

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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	Attendance
1	T	October 10, 1998	4–4 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	0–0–1	8,195
2	L	October 13, 1998	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	0–1–1	14,376
3	T	October 15, 1998	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	0–1–2	5,531
4	T	October 17, 1998	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	0–1–3	10,063
5	W	October 20, 1998	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	1–1–3	5,573
6	W	October 24, 1998	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	2–1–3	14,428
7	L	October 25, 1998	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	2–2–3	5,569
8	W	October 28, 1998	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	3–2–3	5,902
9	L	October 30, 1998	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	3–3–3	18,200
10	W	October 31, 1998	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	4–3–3	13,655

November

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
11	L	November 2, 1998	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	4–4–3	6,205
12	W	November 5, 1998	6–3	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	5–4–3	10,856
13	W	November 6, 1998	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	6–4–3	19,740
14	L	November 8, 1998	2–5	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	6–5–3	8,566
15	L	November 11, 1998	4–5 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	6–6–3	14,668
16	L	November 12, 1998	0–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	6–7–3	16,733
17	W	November 14, 1998	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	7–7–3	10,990
18	W	November 17, 1998	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	8–7–3	7,147
19	L	November 19, 1998	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	8–8–3	14,586
20	L	November 20, 1998	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	8–9–3	11,013
21	L	November 22, 1998	2–5	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	8–10–3	8,062
22	W	November 25, 1998	3–0	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	9–10–3	6,037
23	W	November 28, 1998	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	10–10–3	12,472
24	W	November 29, 1998	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	11–10–3	6,871

December

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
25	W	December 2, 1998	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	12–10–3	5,664
26	T	December 4, 1998	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	12–10–4	9,083
27	T	December 5, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	12–10–5	17,384
28	L	December 10, 1998	2–3	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	12–11–5	6,059
29	W	December 12, 1998	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	13–11–5	11,059
30	W	December 15, 1998	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	14–11–5	5,684
31	L	December 18, 1998	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	14–12–5	15,124
32	W	December 19, 1998	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	15–12–5	17,979
33	L	December 21, 1998	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	15–13–5	7,655
34	W	December 23, 1998	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	16–13–5	18,200
35	L	December 26, 1998	3–6	New York Rangers (1998–99)	16–14–5	11,059
36	W	December 30, 1998	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	17–14–5	7,898

January

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
37	T	January 1, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	17–14–6	18,505
38	W	January 2, 1999	4–1	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	18–14–6	7,698
39	T	January 4, 1999	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	18–14–7	5,655
40	L	January 7, 1999	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	18–15–7	13,719
41	L	January 9, 1999	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	18–16–7	19,618
42	W	January 14, 1999	3–2	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	19–16–7	6,544
43	L	January 16, 1999	2–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	19–17–7	11,007
44	W	January 18, 1999	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	20–17–7	8,894
45	L	January 21, 1999	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	20–18–7	19,983
46	W	January 26, 1999	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	21–18–7	14,731
47	W	January 28, 1999	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (1998–99)	22–18–7	11,059
48	W	January 30, 1999	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	23–18–7	20,514
49	T	January 31, 1999	0–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	23–18–8	16,180

February

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
50	L	February 3, 1999	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	23–19–8	7,746
51	L	February 5, 1999	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	23–20–8	17,601
52	T	February 6, 1999	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	23–20–9	11,059
53	W	February 10, 1999	6–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	24–20–9	15,726
54	W	February 12, 1999	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	25–20–9	18,200
55	L	February 13, 1999	4–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	25–21–9	17,023
56	L	February 15, 1999	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	25–22–9	18,595
57	T	February 18, 1999	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	25–22–10	6,697
58	W	February 20, 1999	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	26–22–10	10,464
59	W	February 21, 1999	4–1	New York Islanders (1998–99)	27–22–10	9,913
60	T	February 24, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	27–22–11	18,460
61	L	February 26, 1999	0–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	27–23–11	15,072
62	T	February 27, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	27–23–12	17,100

March

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
63	W	March 3, 1999	2–1	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	28–23–12	7,507
64	T	March 6, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	28–23–13	19,250
65	W	March 8, 1999	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	29–23–13	8,390
66	L	March 10, 1999	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	29–24–13	10,563
67	W	March 12, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	30–24–13	8,564
68	T	March 15, 1999	5–5 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	30–24–14	15,811
69	L	March 18, 1999	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	30–25–14	16,061
70	L	March 21, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	30–26–14	16,928
71	L	March 22, 1999	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	30–27–14	17,311
72	W	March 24, 1999	2–1	New York Islanders (1998–99)	31–27–14	7,370
73	L	March 26, 1999	2–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	31–28–14	10,014
74	T	March 28, 1999	3–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	31–28–15	10,010
75	T	March 30, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	31–28–16	19,681

April

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
76	L	April 3, 1999	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	31–29–16	15,824
77	W	April 6, 1999	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	32–29–16	10,340
78	L	April 7, 1999	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	32–30–16	20,336
79	W	April 10, 1999	6–1	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	33–30–16	13,055
80	W	April 14, 1999	3–0	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	34–30–16	6,790
81	T	April 16, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	34–30–17	15,277
82	T	April 17, 1999	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	34–30–18	10,981

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

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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.

Transactions

The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season.

Trades

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

Player Former Team Ron Francis Pittsburgh Penguins Al Iafrate Nashville Predators Scott Levins Phoenix Coyotes Arturs Irbe Vancouver Canucks

Player New Team Steve Martins Ottawa Senators Dan Kesa Pittsburgh Penguins Jason McBain Las Vegas Thunder (IHL) Stephen Leach Ottawa Senators

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

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. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html
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.

Bibliography

• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.

External links

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