
The Carolina Hurricanes wore this patch on their jerseys during the ’99-’00 season to mark the inaugural season of their new arena. (via sportslogos.net)
The 7th-seeded ’99-’00 Hurricanes were the team to get off to the better start as they led 5-2 after two periods, but the 2nd-seeded ’01-’02 Hurricanes rattled off three goals in the third to force an overtime. Then, Bates Battaglia won it for the ’01-’02 Canes in the second overtime to give them a 1-0 series lead. They scored three goals in the third period of Game 2, as well, as they went on to win 7-5. Rod Brind’Amour led the way with two goals and two assists as they took a 2-0 series lead. Then, thanks in large part to a hat trick from Jeff O’Neill, the ’01-’02 Canes opened up their 3-0 series lead with a 5-2 win in Game 3. The ’99-’00 Canes’ comeback began with a 3-2 win in Game 4 as defenseman Marek Malik broke a 2-2 tie with less than seven minutes left in the third period. Then, the ’99-’00 Canes dominated Game 5 in a 7-3 win as both Ron Francis and defenseman Sean Hill registered two goals and two assists. The ’01-’02 Canes led 2-1 after the first period in Game 6, but the ’99-’00 Canes scored three times in a span of almost eight minutes to eventually win 4-2. Goalie Arturs Irbe had yet another stellar game as he stopped 54 of 56 for the ’99-’00 Canes to help force a Game 7. Just four minutes and 13 seconds into that Game 7, Sami Kapanen scored to give the ’99-’00 Canes an early lead. The ’01-’02 Canes finally tied it with about three and a half minutes left in the second, via Francis. Then, with four and a half minutes left in the third period, defenseman Dave Karpa scored to give the ’99-’00 Canes a 2-1 lead, which would be the series- and comeback-clincher.
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’99-’00 Hurricanes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
’01-’02 Hurricanes | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’01-’02 CAR – 6 ’99-’00 CAR – 5 (OT) (1-0 ’01-’02 CAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Tom Barrasso (’01-’02 CAR) – W 0.00 GAA 1.000 SV% (33 SV’s); Replaced starter Arturs Irbe at the 16:20 mark of the second period
2nd Star: G – Arturs Irbe (’99-’00 CAR) – OTL 5.00 GAA .921 SV% (70 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Ron Francis (’99-’00 CAR) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +1 9 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’99-’00 Hurricanes | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
’01-’02 Hurricanes | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 7 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’01-’02 CAR – 7 ’99-’00 CAR – 5 (2-0 ’01-’02 CAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: C – Rod Brind’Amour (’01-’02 CAR) – 2 G 2 A 4 P -1 8 S
2nd Star: D – Paul Coffey (’99-’00 CAR) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 3 S
3rd Star: LW – Bates Battaglia (’01-’02 CAR) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 4 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’01-’02 Hurricanes | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 5 |
’99-’00 Hurricanes | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’01-’02 CAR – 5 ’99-’00 CAR – 2 (3-0 ’01-’02 CAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: C – Jeff O’Neill (’01-’02 CAR) – 3 G 0 A 3 P +2 8 S
2nd Star: G – Arturs Irbe (’01-’02 CAR) – W 2.00 GAA .949 SV% (37 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Rod Brind’Amour (’01-’02 CAR) – 1 G 0 A 1 P +1 10 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’01-’02 Hurricanes | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
’99-’00 Hurricanes | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’99-’00 CAR – 3 ’01-’02 CAR – 2 (3-1 ’01-’02 CAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Arturs Irbe (’99-’00 CAR) – W 2.00 GAA .944 SV% (34 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Arturs Irbe (’01-’02 CAR) – L 3.00 GAA .942 SV% (49 SV’s)
3rd Star: RW – Sami Kapanen (’99-’00 CAR) – 1 G 1 A 2 P Even 9 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’99-’00 Hurricanes | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 |
’01-’02 Hurricanes | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’99-’00 CAR – 7 ’01-’02 CAR – 3 (3-2 ’01-’02 CAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: C – Ron Francis (’99-’00 CAR) – 2 G 2 A 4 P +4 9 S
2nd Star: D – Sean Hill (’99-’00 CAR) – 2 G 2 A 4 P +2 5 S
3rd Star: LW – Gary Roberts (’01-’02 CAR) – 0 G 3 A 3 P +4 5 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’01-’02 Hurricanes | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 |
’99-’00 Hurricanes | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’99-’00 CAR – 4 ’01-’02 CAR – 2 (3-3)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Arturs Irbe (’99-’00 CAR) – W 2.00 GAA .964 SV% (54 SV’s)
2nd Star: LW – Gary Roberts (’99-’00 CAR) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +1 4 S
3rd Star: C – Ron Francis (’99-’00 CAR) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 9 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’99-’00 Hurricanes | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 |
’01-’02 Hurricanes | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’99-’00 CAR – 2 ’01-’02 CAR – 1 (4-3 ’99-’00 CAR)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Arturs Irbe (’99-’00 CAR) – W 1.00 GAA .972 SV% (35 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Arturs Irbe (’01-’02 CAR) – L 2.00 GAA .935 SV% (29 SV’s)
3rd Star: D – Dave Karpa (’99-’00 CAR) – 1 G 0 A 1 P +1 2 S
Up next is the 3-6 matchup between the ’08-’09 Hurricanes and the ’10-’11 Hurricanes!