Hurricanes of the Caroline

The Hurricanes of the Caroline is a professional frankness from Hockey of the National league of hockey located at Raleigh in North Carolina with the the United States.

History

Birth of the club : 1972 (AMH)

Entered the LNH : 1979-80

known In the past under the name of the Whalers de Hartford until 1997, year of their removal with Greensboro, then Raleigh

Drawing of the logo : The symbol of a hurricane

Participations in the finales of the Cut Stanley 2: 2002 (demolished), 2006 (victory)

History of the frankness

Whalers

Hurricanes

Beginnings

The removal was so suddenly and owing to the fact that the team was to take part as of the following season at the regular season, the owner of the frankness had to decide only name of the frankness without carrying out the traditional contest in the LNH to decide name of a team.

Unfortunately for Hurricanes, the ESA is not yet operational and will not be it within two years and the only skating rink of hockey available in the area is the Dorton Arena , room 45 years old and with: 5100 places for the spectators. The room not being adapted to the matches of the LNH, the team are then forced to go to play its matches “residence” with Greensboro which is located at 90 minutes of Raleigh for its first two seasons as Hurricanes. The Monarchs of the Caroline of the American Ligue of hockey are then obliged to play their match elsewhere.

The room of the Greensboro Coliseum with: 21000 places, is then at this time the room of hockey of the LNH with the most places but unfortunately that serves more the Canes than another thing, since they are unable to fill the room: their fans not making the effort make 90 minutes of transport to come to see them playing and the fans local still not having directed the raising of prices of the ticket of to the passage of Monarchs of ECHL with the LAH in 1995. The average of spectators being lower than: 10000 people, the operation is according to the consent of Karmanos an error.

In 1998-99, the Canes manage to attract an average of: 12000 people. Within the team, the former player of Whalers, double victorious in 1991 and Season LNH 1991-92 of the Cut Stanley with the Penguins de Pittsburgh, Ron Francis is of return, it is associated with Keith Primeau and its about thirty goals and Gary Roberts harvest 178 minutes of pénlites. The team then gains the first place of the South-eastern division with eight points in advance over the seconds and reaches for the first time since 1992 the eliminatory Séries. Hurricanes lose with the first turn against the Bruins of Boston and the bad fate strikes the team whereas the defender, Steve Chiasson, dies continuation an accident whereas it was under the influence of alcohol.

Beginnings in the ESA

At the beginning of the season 1999-2000, Hurricanes can finally their beginning in their new skating rink, the ESA, but the results do not follow and they do not manage to be qualified for the series. In 2000-01, the team manages to rise with the eighth and last qualificative place for the series of the conference of the East, stealing this last place in Bruins. The Devils of the New Jersey champions in title of the former season at the head finish conference and eliminate Whalers in six matches. The latter have all the same the honor to push the series in six matches whereas they are led three matches to zeros. In spite of the defeat 5 goals with 1, crowd acclaims the players of the Caroline.

The first final of the Cut Stanley

The Canes make speak about them with the national scales for the first time at the time of the series of 2002. First of all, they gain the title of division while resisting a load of last minute of the Capitals of Washington. Once again, Hurricanes must face Devils of the New Jersey which is given favorite. With the general surprise, the guards of Hurricanes, Arturs Irbe and Kevin Weekes, hold out vis-a-vis the attack of Devils, managing to tear off two matches in Prolongation S and finally pass the turn in six matches. To the second turn, they are opposed to the Canadian of Montreal carried out by Saku Koivu which makes a return triumphing after having overcome a Cancer. During the fourth match of the series, the Canadians lead match 2 to 1 and the victory seems to be profiled at the end of the third for the fourth consecutive match. But it is without counting on the will of Hurricanes which manages to equalize then to gain the match during the prolongations by a goal of Niclas Wallin. Finally, Hurricanes gain the series and arrive for the first time of their history at the finale of the conference. Once again, Hurricanes do not leave favorite against the Maple Leafs Toronto and during the sixth match, in spite of a return of the Leafs to 22 seconds of the end of the prescribed time, via their captain, Mats Sundin, Hurricanes leave gaining confrontation thanks to a goal of Martin Gélinas.

The team then meets finally Coupe Stanley the Red Wings de Détroit. All starts well for Hurricanes with a victory in prolongation with a goal of Ron Francis as of the first minute but the reaction of Red Wings is not made wait and the latter gain the four following matches. Hurricanes do all that they can to beat Red Wings and during the third match, one needs three prolongations to see Igor Larionov, to register the goal of the victory for Detroit

The following days are less festive for Hurricanes: during the two seasons the results do not follow and consequently occasion, the fans attracted by unexpected successes of the team ignore hockey and the multitude knows a significant decrease. The advantage of these missed seasons is like very often in the LNH, the privilege to choose in the first at the time of the Repêchages. Thus during the fishing out of 2003, Hurricanes choose the elder one of a family of talented players of hockey: Eric Staal

In same time, in December 2003, the direction of the team decides to separate from the former trainer of Whalers which accompanied them since all this time, Paul Maurice. It is then replaced by the former trainer of the Islanders of New York: Peter Laviolette. Weekes ensures what it can with aims of the team but defense is weak. The center, Josef Vasicek is the best striker of the team (19 goals), frontier runners (26 assistances with equality with the Staal young person) and consequently also the best pointer (45 points).

The season 2005-06

August 1st

Players and trainers

Current manpower

This section presents the current manpower of Hurricanes

Guards

Defenders

Attackers

Players of the past

With the temple of famous the

This section introduces the important players in the history of Hurricanes who acquired one of most beautiful rewards in the LNH, the access to the Temple of re-elected hockey. To be allowed with the Temple of the fame, the file of each petitioner will have to pass in front of eighteen members of the committee and to receive at least the three-quarters of the votes (fifteen members). Each year, are allowed to the maximum:

four players ,
two builders . This category corresponds to the people who do not play directly hockey but have a significant impact on hockey. It can be a question trainers, presidents, owners of franknesses or of personalities of the media.
a referee or line judge.

For the players, the referee or line judge, the person must have taken his retirement of his career in ice for at least three years. In the past, there were exceptions for the players equipped with an exceptional talent which, according to the committee, deserved to be established before the three regulatory years. That was the case for ten players.

The frankness from Hurricanes being a relatively young frankness, it does not have there really of player related to the frankness which belongs to the Temple of the fame. One can all the same quote Gordie Howe which played three seasons with the Whalers de Hartford but will have especially known its hour of glory with the Red Wings de Détroit. In the same way, Dave Keon played forever for Hurricanes but played six seasons with Whalers.

Paul Coffey is the only member of the temple of re-elected to have to play two season under the shirt of Hurricanes even if it should be specified that these two seasons are in the end of its career and that it will not have had an significant impact on the team.

Captains

Kevin Dineen 1997-98
Keith Primeau 1998-99
Ron Francis 1999-2004
Rod Brind' Love since 2005

Better pointers of Hurricanes

Here statistics of the best players of the history of Hurricanes.De this list, only Rod Brind' Love évolu still for this équipe.
Note: PJ = Left played, B = goals, has = assistances, Pts = Points

Withdrawn numbers

2 Rick Ley (withdrawn by Whalers, but still assigned by Hurricanes after the relocalization as a Caroline)
3 Steve Chiasson (death in an car accident in April 1999 - the number is not officially withdrawn, but Hurricanes assigned it with the new players)
9 Gordie Howe (withdrawn by Whalers and ever carried by a player of Hurricanes, but no banner in the RBC Center)
10 Ron Francis (the first number officially withdrawn by Hurricanes)
99 Wayne Gretzky (Number withdrawn in all teams of the LNH in 1999)

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