2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes
2009–10 record
Team information
General Manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Rod Brind'Amour
Alternate captains	Eric Staal Ray Whitney
Arena	RBC Center
Average attendance	Average: Total:
Team leaders
<2008–09

The 2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes season is the franchise's 37th season, 30th season in the National Hockey League and 12th as the Hurricanes.

[edit] Off-Season

On June 15, 2009, the Carolina Hurricanes announced that they have agreed to terms with their current coaching staff. Head coach Paul Maurice was signed to a multi-year contract. The club also announced Ron Francis will return as associate head coach and take on the additional title of director of player personnel, while Tom Barrasso has been named as an assistant coach, and Assistant coaches Kevin McCarthy and Tom Rowe will remain in their roles moving forward and continue on their existing multi-year contracts.

On June 26, 2009, the Hurricanes drafted Philippe Paradis as their first-round, 27th overall selection. Prior to this, the Hurricanes hadn't had a first-round selection outside of the top 20 since they picked Jamie McBain in the 2nd round, 63rd overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

On June 29, 2009, the Hurricanes announced that they have re-signed forward Jussi Jokinen to a 2-year contract, with him earning $1.5 million in the upcoming 2009-10 season, and $1.9 million in the 2010-11 season. Jokinen was acquired in a trade on February 7, 2009. He scored just one goal, but added 10 assists in 25 regular-season games, but was tied for 2nd on the team for playoff points with 11 points (7 goals + 4 assists) in 18 games.

On July 24, 2009, the Carolina Hurricanes re-acquired defenceman Aaron Ward from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Patrick Eaves and a 4th-round draft pick in 2010. Ward has previously played with the club when they won the Stanley Cup back in 2006.

On July 28, 2009, the Carolina Hurricanes announced that they have bought the remainder of the contract for defenceman Frantisek Kaberle. Kaberle was slated to make $2.2 million during the 2009-10 season, however, with the buyout, he will now receive two-thirds ($1,467,700) of that amount over the next two seasons. Kaberle played 214 games with the club over the span of 4 seasons.

[edit] Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 1\2–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Nashville Predators	Lost 4-2	Carolina Hurricanes		Cam Ward (0-1-0)		0-1-0
2	September 21	Carolina Hurricanes	Lost 4-2	Atlanta Thrashers		Michael Leighton (0-1-0)		0-2-0
3	September 25	Atlanta Thrashers	Won 4-3	Carolina Hurricanes		Cam Ward (1-1-0)		1-2-0
4	September 26	Carolina Hurricanes	Won 5-2	Nashville Predators		Michael Leighton (1-1-0)		2-2-0

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Divisional standings

	Southeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	Washington Capitals	27	16	5	6	94	78	38
2	Atlanta Thrashers	24	14	7	3	84	68	31
3	Tampa Bay Lightning	25	10	7	8	67	75	28
4	Florida Panthers	26	10	12	4	71	87	24
5	Carolina Hurricanes	27	5	17	5	62	100	15

After games of December 1, 2009.^[1]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

[edit] Conference standings

	Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	Washington Capitals	25	14	5	6	87	73	36
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	27	18	9	0	87	75	36
3	Boston Bruins	26	13	8	5	64	64	31
4	New Jersey Devils	24	17	6	1	69	51	35
5	Buffalo Sabres	23	14	7	2	63	55	30
6	Ottawa Senators	24	13	7	4	67	63	30
7	Atlanta Thrashers	23	13	7	3	80	65	29
8	Tampa Bay Lightning	24	10	6	8	67	72	28
9	Philadelphia Flyers	24	13	10	1	77	65	27
10	New York Rangers	26	13	12	1	78	79	27
11	New York Islanders	27	10	10	7	72	84	27
12	Montreal Canadiens	26	12	12	2	66	76	26
13	Florida Panthers	25	10	11	4	68	83	24
14	Toronto Maple Leafs	24	6	11	7	67	89	19
15	Carolina Hurricanes	26	5	16	5	60	97	15

After games of November 29, 2009.^[2]

[edit] Game log

      Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

2009–10 Game Log
October: 2–7–3 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 0–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 2 Philadelphia Flyers 2-0 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 0-1-0 0 2 October 3 Carolina Hurricanes 2-7 Boston Bruins Ward 16,592 0-2-0 0 3 October 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 1-2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 16,186 1-2-0 2 4 October 9 Florida Panthers 2-7 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,597 2-2-0 4 5 October 10 Carolina Hurricanes 2-5 Tampa Bay Lightning Ward 14,212 2-3-0 4 6 October 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 14,053 2-3-1 5 7 October 17 Carolina Hurricanes 0-2 New Jersey Devils Ward 15,021 2-4-1 5 8 October 21 Carolina Hurricanes 3-4 New York Islanders SO Ward 9,122 2-4-2 6 9 October 23 Carolina Hurricanes 4-5 Colorado Avalanche Ward 13,673 2-5-2 6 10 October 24 Carolina Hurricanes 2-3 Minnesota Wild OT Ward 18,145 2-5-3 7 11 October 28 St. Louis Blues 5-2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,549 2-6-3 7 12 October 31 Carolina Hurricanes 1-6 Philadelphia Flyers Leighton 19,076 2-7-3 7
November: 3–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 13 November 1 San Jose Sharks 5-1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,089 2-8-3 7 14 November 4 Carolina Hurricanes 0-3 Florida Panthers Ward 12,424 2-9-3 7 15 November 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,164 2-10-3 7 16 November 7 Carolina Hurricanes 2-3 Columbus Blue Jackets Ward 14,850 2-11-3 7 17 November 11 Los Angeles Kings 5-2 Carolina Hurricanes Legace 13,510 2-12-3 7 18 November 13 New York Islanders 4-3 Carolina Hurricanes OT Legace 14,163 2-12-4 8 19 November 15 Minnesota Wild 4-5 Carolina Hurricanes SO Leighton 12,194 3-12-4 10 20 November 17 Carolina Hurricanes 2-3 Montreal Canadiens SO Legace 21,273 3-12-5 11 21 November 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 5-6 Carolina Hurricanes SO Legace 13,502 4-12-5 13 22 November 21 Tampa Bay Lightning 1-3 Carolina Hurricanes Legace 13,224 5-12-5 15 23 November 23 Carolina Hurricanes Dallas Stars 24 November 25 Carolina Hurricanes Anaheim Ducks 25 November 27 Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes 26 November 28 Carolina Hurricanes Buffalo Sabres 27 November 30 Washington Capitals Carolina Hurricanes
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 28 December 5 Vancouver Canucks Carolina Hurricanes 29 December 7 Carolina Hurricanes Pittsburgh Penguins 30 December 9 Carolina Hurricanes New Jersey Devils 31 December 11 Carolina Hurricanes Washington Capitals 32 December 12 Carolina Hurricanes Ottawa Senators 33 December 16 Dallas Stars Carolina Hurricanes 34 December 18 Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers 35 December 19 Florida Panthers Carolina Hurricanes 36 December 21 New York Rangers Carolina Hurricanes 37 December 23 Montreal Canadiens Carolina Hurricanes 38 December 26 Philadelphia Flyers Carolina Hurricanes 39 December 28 Carolina Hurricanes Washington Capitals 40 December 31 New York Rangers Carolina Hurricanes
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 41 January 2 Carolina Hurricanes New York Rangers 42 January 7 Carolina Hurricanes Nashville Predators 43 January 8 Colorado Avalanche Carolina Hurricanes 44 January 10 Ottawa Senators Carolina Hurricanes 45 January 12 Carolina Hurricanes Toronto Maple Leafs 46 January 14 Carolina Hurricanes Detroit Red Wings 47 January 16 Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes 48 January 18 Tampa Bay Lightning Carolina Hurricanes 49 January 21 Carolina Hurricanes Atlanta Thrashers 50 January 23 Carolina Hurricanes Philadelphia Flyers 51 January 24 Boston Bruins Carolina Hurricanes 52 January 27 Carolina Hurricanes New York Rangers 53 January 28 New York Islanders Carolina Hurricanes 54 January 30 Chicago Blackhawks Carolina Hurricanes
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 55 February 1 Carolina Hurricanes Edmonton Oilers 56 February 3 Carolina Hurricanes Calgary Flames 57 February 5 Carolina Hurricanes Buffalo Sabres 58 February 6 Carolina Hurricanes New York Islanders 59 February 9 Nashville Predators Carolina Hurricanes 60 February 11 Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes 61 February 13 New Jersey Devils Carolina Hurricanes
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 62 March 2 Carolina Hurricanes Toronto Maple Leafs 63 March 4 Ottawa Senators Carolina Hurricanes 64 March 6 Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers 65 March 7 Carolina Hurricanes Atlanta Thrashers 66 March 10 Carolina Hurricanes Washington Capitals 67 March 11 Pittsburgh Penguins Carolina Hurricanes 68 March 13 Phoenix Coyotes Carolina Hurricanes 69 March 16 Boston Bruins Carolina Hurricanes 70 March 18 Washington Capitals Carolina Hurricanes 71 March 20 Carolina Hurricanes Pittsburgh Penguins 72 March 21 Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes 73 March 23 Carolina Hurricanes Tampa Bay Lightning 74 March 25 Washington Capitals Carolina Hurricanes 75 March 27 Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes 76 March 29 Carolina Hurricanes Atlanta Thrashers 77 March 31 Carolina Hurricanes Montreal Canadiens
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 78 April 1 Carolina Hurricanes Ottawa Senators 79 April 3 New Jersey Devils Carolina Hurricanes 80 April 6 Carolina Hurricanes Tampa Bay Lightning 81 April 8 Montreal Canadiens Carolina Hurricanes 82 April 10 Carolina Hurricanes Boston Bruins

[edit] Playoffs

The Carolina Hurricanes will attempt to make the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for just the 2nd time in team history. The first time they made the playoffs in back-to-back years was in 2001 and 2002.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Whitney, RayRay Whitney 20 6 9 15 -3 6 Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu 19 6 9 15 1 23 Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen 22 6 8 14 -3 12 Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 22 4 7 11 -7 10 Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo 22 3 8 11 -10 8 Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter 13 5 4 9 -1 0 Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov 22 2 6 8 -11 10 Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour 22 2 5 7 -18 12 Gleason, TimTim Gleason 17 4 2 6 -1 27 LaRose, ChadChad LaRose 22 1 5 6 -8 12 Pitkanen, JoniJoni Pitkanen 14 1 5 6 -10 24 Staal, EricEric Staal 13 3 2 5 -5 34 Walker, ScottScott Walker 19 2 2 4 1 19 Harrison, JayJay Harrison 10 1 2 3 -4 27 Ward, AaronAaron Ward 21 0 3 3 -11 20 Cole, ErikErik Cole 12 2 1 3 -5 9 Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin 22 0 3 3 -4 8 Alberts, AndrewAndrew Alberts 22 0 3 3 -3 28 Rodney, BryanBryan Rodney 5 0 2 2 -2 4 Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle 20 1 1 2 0 12 Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk 2 0 1 1 0 0 Kostopoulos, TomTom Kostopoulos 22 1 0 1 -3 34 Conboy, TimTim Conboy 11 0 0 0 -5 22 Dwyer, PatrickPatrick Dwyer 2 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Ward, CamCam Ward 15 829 2 9 3 41 2.97 406 .899 0 0 1 0 Legace, MannyManny Legace 5 286 2 1 2 15 3.15 132 .886 0 0 0 0 Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton 5 233 1 2 0 17 4.38 107 .841 0 0 0 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Hurricanes. Stats reflect season totals.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Records

[edit] Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

[edit] Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

[edit] Trades Date Details July 24, 2009[3] To Boston Bruins Patrick Eaves 4th-round pick in 2010 To Carolina Hurricanes Aaron Ward August 31, 2009[4] To New York Islanders Bobby Hughes To Carolina Hurricanes Rob Hennigar

[edit] Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Matthew Pistilli[5] Shawinigan Cataractes 3 years, $1.524 million 2-way contract Steven Goertzen[6] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $500K 2-way contract Jay Harrison[7] Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $500K 2-way contract Tom Kostopoulos[8] Montreal Canadiens 3 years, $2.75 million Zack Fitzgerald[9] Manitoba Moose 1 year, 2-way contract Andrew Alberts[10] Philadelphia Flyers 2 years, $2.1 million Stephane Yelle[11] Boston Bruins 1 year, $550,000 Manny Legace[12] St. Louis Blues 1 year, $500,000 [edit] Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Dwight Helminen[13] San Jose Sharks 1 year Frantisek Kaberle[14] Remaining contract bought out Wade Brookbank[15] Pittsburgh Penguins undisclosed Dennis Seidenberg[16] Florida Panthers 1 year, $2.25 million Anton Babchuk[17] Avangard Omsk 1 year, $1.5 million Ryan Bayda[18] Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year [edit] Lost via Waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers [edit] Players re-signed Player Contract terms Chris Terry[19] 3 years, 2-way contract Jussi Jokinen[20] 2 years, $3.4 million Erik Cole[21] 2 years, $5.8 million Patrick Dwyer[22] 2 years, 2-way contract Michael Ryan[23] 1 year, 2-way contract Chad LaRose[24] 2 years, $3.4 million Casey Borer[25] 1 year, 2-way contract Justin Peters[26] 1 year, 2-way contract Mike Angelidis[27] 1 year, 2-way contract Brett Carson[28] 1 year, 2-way contract Bryan Rodney[29] 1 year, 2-way contract Tuomo Ruutu[30] 3 years, $11.4 million Cam Ward[31] 6 years, $37.8 million contract extension

[edit] Draft picks

The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was in Montreal • Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	27	Philippe Paradis	(C)	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2	51 (from Calgary via Los Angeles)	Brian Dumoulin	(D)	United States	New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (Eastern Junior Hockey League)
3	88	Mattias Lindström	(LW)	Sweden	Skellefteå AIK (J20 SuperElit)
5	131 (from Edmonton)	Matt Kennedy	(RW)	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
6	178	Rasmus Rissanen	(D)	Finland	KalPa Junior (SM-Liiga)
7	208	Tommi Kivisto	(D)	Finland	Red Deer Rebels (Western Hockey League)

[edit] Farm teams

[edit] American Hockey League

The Albany River Rats are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2009–10 AHL season.

[edit] East Coast Hockey League

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

[edit] Roster

Updated December 1, 2009.^[32]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
41	United States 	Alberts, AndrewAndrew Alberts	2.0 D	L	28	2009	Minneapolis, Minnesota
17	Canada 	Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour (C)	4.0 C	L	39	2000	Ottawa, Ontario
26	United States 	Cole, ErikErik Cole	6.0 LW	L	31	2009	Oswego, New York
77	United States 	Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo	2.0 D	R	32	2008	Oak Park, Illinois
8	United States 	Cullen, MattMatt Cullen	4.0 C	L	33	2007	Virginia, Minnesota
6	United States 	Gleason, TimTim Gleason	2.0 D	L	26	2006	Clawson, Michigan
36	Finland 	Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen	6.0 LW	L	26	2009	Kalajoki, Finland
29	Canada 	Kostopoulos, TomTom Kostopoulos	7.0 RW	R	30	2009	Mississauga, Ontario
59	United States 	LaRose, ChadChad LaRose	7.0 RW	R	27	2003	Fraser, Michigan
34	Canada 	Legace, MannyManny Legace	1.0 G	L	36	2009	Toronto, Ontario
49	Canada 	Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton	1.0 G	L	28	2007	Petrolia, Ontario
25	Finland 	Pitkanen, JoniJoni Pitkanen	2.0 D	L	26	2008	Oulu, Finland
33	Canada 	Rodney, BryanBryan Rodney	2.0 D	R	25	2007	London, Ontario
15	Finland 	Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu	6.0 LW	L	26	2008	Vantaa, Finland
20	United States 	Ryan, MichaelMichael Ryan	6.0 LW	L	29	2008	Boston, Massachusetts
14	Russia 	Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	6.0 LW	R	31	2008	Moscow, Soviet Union
12	Canada 	Staal, EricEric Staal (A)	4.0 C	L	25	2003	Thunder Bay, Ontario
16	Canada 	Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter	4.0 C	R	20	2007	Huntington, New York
24	Canada 	Walker, ScottScott Walker	7.0 RW	R	36	2006	Cambridge, Ontario
7	Sweden 	Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin	2.0 D	L	34	2000	Boden, Sweden
4	Canada 	Ward, AaronAaron Ward	2.0 D	R	36	2009	Windsor, Ontario
30	Canada 	Ward, CamCam Ward	1.0 G	L	25	2002	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
13	Canada 	Whitney, RayRay Whitney (A)	6.0 LW	R	37	2005	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
18	Canada 	Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle	4.0 C	L	35	2009	Ottawa, Ontario

[edit] See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

[edit] References

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