2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes season

2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes
Eastern Conference champions
Southeast Division champions
Division	1st Southeast
Conference	3rd Eastern
2001–02 record	35–26–16–5
Home record	15–13–11–2
Road record	20–13–5–3
Goals for	217
Goals against	217
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Ron Francis
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Glen Wesley
Arena	Raleigh Sports and Entertainment Arena
Average attendance	15,508
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lowell Lock Monsters Florida Everblades
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff O'Neill (31)
Assists	Ron Francis (50)
Points	Ron Francis (77)
Penalty minutes	Darren Langdon (106)
Plus/minus	Sami Kapanen (+9)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (20)
Goals against average	Arturs Irbe (2.54)

The 2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 23rd season in the National Hockey League and fifth as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes made it as far as the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost in five games to the Detroit Red Wings.

Regular season

The Hurricanes had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 NHL teams, with 391.^[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
2	9	Washington Capitals	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
3	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
4	14	Florida Panthers	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
8.5
9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

2001–02 regular season[3]
October: 6–5–0–2 (home: 4–4–0–1; road: 2–1–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 1 W October 5, 2001 3–1 New York Rangers (2001–02) 1–0–0–0 18,730 Recap 2 W October 7, 2001 3–0 Dallas Stars (2001–02) 2–0–0–0 15,365 Recap 3 L October 9, 2001 2–6 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 2–1–0–0 10,052 Recap 4 L October 11, 2001 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 2–2–0–0 14,106 Recap 5 W October 13, 2001 5–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 3–2–0–0 18,545 Recap 6 L October 17, 2001 0–4 New York Islanders (2001–02) 3–3–0–0 12,237 Recap 7 OTL October 18, 2001 1–2 OT @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 3–3–0–1 9,647 Recap 8 W October 20, 2001 2–1 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 4–3–0–1 14,219 Recap 9 L October 23, 2001 1–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 4–4–0–1 18,007 Recap 10 W October 24, 2001 7–3 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 5–4–0–1 18,064 Recap 11 OTL October 26, 2001 2–3 OT New York Islanders (2001–02) 5–4–0–2 18,730 Recap 12 W October 28, 2001 3–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 6–4–0–2 14,355 Recap 13 L October 30, 2001 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 6–5–0–2 18,730 Recap
November: 6–6–4–0 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 2–5–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 14 L November 1, 2001 3–4 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 6–6–0–2 16,970 Recap 15 W November 2, 2001 3–2 New York Rangers (2001–02) 7–6–0–2 18,730 Recap 16 W November 4, 2001 1–0 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 8–6–0–2 12,599 Recap 17 T November 6, 2001 2–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 8–6–1–2 15,938 Recap 18 W November 8, 2001 3–2 @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 9–6–1–2 15,372 Recap 19 W November 9, 2001 3–2 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 10–6–1–2 17,387 Recap 20 T November 11, 2001 1–1 OT Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 10–6–2–2 12,390 Recap 21 L November 13, 2001 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 10–7–2–2 20,058 Recap 22 T November 15, 2001 1–1 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 10–7–3–2 14,117 Recap 23 L November 17, 2001 0–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 10–8–3–2 19,758 Recap 24 W November 19, 2001 5–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 11–8–3–2 12,479 Recap 25 T November 21, 2001 4–4 OT @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 11–8–4–2 18,532 Recap 26 L November 25, 2001 0–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 11–9–4–2 13,561 Recap 27 W November 27, 2001 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 12–9–4–2 19,258 Recap 28 L November 29, 2001 0–5 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 12–10–4–2 17,542 Recap 29 L November 30, 2001 2–6 @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 12–11–4–2 17,372 Recap
December: 8–2–1–3 (home: 3–2–0–1; road: 5–0–1–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 30 OTL December 2, 2001 3–4 OT Washington Capitals (2001–02) 12–11–4–3 18,730 Recap 31 L December 4, 2001 2–4 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 12–12–4–3 11,838 Recap 32 W December 8, 2001 3–2 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 13–12–4–3 15,774 Recap 33 W December 10, 2001 4–3 OT @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 14–12–4–3 17,554 Recap 34 W December 12, 2001 4–1 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 15–12–4–3 10,281 Recap 35 OTL December 14, 2001 2–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 15–12–4–4 15,787 Recap 36 W December 16, 2001 7–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 16–12–4–4 14,226 Recap 37 L December 18, 2001 1–5 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 16–13–4–4 11,166 Recap 38 W December 21, 2001 5–4 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 17–13–4–4 17,288 Recap 39 OTL December 22, 2001 3–4 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 17–13–4–5 19,685 Recap 40 W December 26, 2001 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 18–13–4–5 18,730 Recap 41 W December 27, 2001 3–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 19–13–4–5 16,413 Recap 42 T December 30, 2001 5–5 OT @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 19–13–5–5 18,672 Recap 43 W December 31, 2001 5–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 20–13–5–5 18,173 Recap
January: 3–6–5–0 (home: 1–4–4–0; road: 2–2–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 44 L January 2, 2002 3–6 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 20–14–5–5 12,404 Recap 45 L January 5, 2002 1–2 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 20–15–5–5 18,730 Recap 46 L January 6, 2002 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 20–16–5–5 18,730 Recap 47 W January 10, 2002 4–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 21–16–5–5 16,322 Recap 48 L January 12, 2002 1–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 21–17–5–5 18,422 Recap 49 W January 15, 2002 2–0 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 22–17–5–5 10,712 Recap 50 T January 17, 2002 1–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 22–17–6–5 16,589 Recap 51 T January 19, 2002 3–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 22–17–7–5 19,040 Recap 52 L January 21, 2002 5–7 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 22–18–7–5 10,526 Recap 53 T January 23, 2002 2–2 OT Nashville Predators (2001–02) 22–18–8–5 11,129 Recap 54 T January 25, 2002 1–1 OT Florida Panthers (2001–02) 22–18–9–5 18,730 Recap 55 L January 26, 2002 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 22–19–9–5 19,747 Recap 56 T January 29, 2002 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 22–19–10–5 18,730 Recap 57 W January 30, 2002 3–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 23–19–10–5 13,234 Recap
February: 2–3–1–0 (home: 0–0–1–0; road: 2–3–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 58 T February 5, 2002 3–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 23–19–11–5 18,730 Recap 59 L February 7, 2002 1–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 23–20–11–5 15,960 Recap 60 W February 8, 2002 4–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 24–20–11–5 10,589 Recap 61 L February 10, 2002 0–4 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 24–21–11–5 17,486 Recap 62 L February 26, 2002 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 24–22–11–5 19,359 Recap 63 W February 28, 2002 6–2 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 25–22–11–5 16,850 Recap
March: 7–2–3–0 (home: 2–1–3–0; road: 5–1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 64 W March 2, 2002 4–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 26–22–11–5 21,204 Recap 65 W March 5, 2002 2–1 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 27–22–11–5 13,255 Recap 66 W March 7, 2002 3–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 28–22–11–5 15,111 Recap 67 T March 8, 2002 2–2 OT Washington Capitals (2001–02) 28–22–12–5 18,730 Recap 68 T March 11, 2002 3–3 OT Calgary Flames (2001–02) 28–22–13–5 12,665 Recap 69 L March 16, 2002 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 28–23–13–5 21,273 Recap 70 T March 18, 2002 1–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 28–23–14–5 16,472 Recap 71 W March 21, 2002 3–2 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 29–23–14–5 15,088 Recap 72 W March 23, 2002 4–2 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 30–23–14–5 18,099 Recap 73 L March 26, 2002 2–3 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 30–24–14–5 18,005 Recap 74 W March 28, 2002 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 31–24–14–5 18,730 Recap 75 W March 30, 2002 2–0 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 32–24–14–5 17,565 Recap
April: 3–2–2–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 2–1–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 76 L April 2, 2002 3–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 32–25–14–5 16,371 Recap 77 L April 3, 2002 2–3 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 32–26–14–5 16,587 Recap 78 T April 7, 2002 1–1 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 32–26–15–5 18,730 Recap 79 W April 8, 2002 2–1 @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 33–26–15–5 13,729 Recap 80 W April 10, 2002 4–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 34–26–15–5 18,210 Recap 81 W April 12, 2002 3–1 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 35–26–15–5 19,250 Recap 82 T April 14, 2002 2–2 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 35–26–16–5 18,545 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) New Jersey Devils – Hurricanes win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W April 17, 2002 2–1 New Jersey Devils Hurricanes lead 1–0 Recap 2 W April 19, 2002 2–1 OT New Jersey Devils Hurricanes lead 2–0 Recap 3 L April 21, 2002 0–4 @ New Jersey Devils Hurricanes lead 2–1 Recap 4 L April 23, 2002 1–3 @ New Jersey Devils Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 W April 24, 2002 3–2 OT New Jersey Devils Hurricanes lead 3–2 Recap 6 W April 27, 2002 1–0 @ New Jersey Devils Hurricanes win 4–2 Recap
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens – Hurricanes win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W May 3, 2002 2–0 Montreal Canadiens Hurricanes lead 1–0 Recap 2 L May 5, 2002 1–4 Montreal Canadiens Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 L May 7, 2002 1–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens Canadiens lead 2–1 Recap 4 W May 9, 2002 4–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 W May 12, 2002 5–1 Montreal Canadiens Hurricanes lead 3–2 Recap 6 W May 13, 2002 8–2 @ Montreal Canadiens Hurricanes win 4–2 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs - Hurricanes win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L May 16, 2002 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 1–0 Recap 2 W May 19, 2002 2–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 W May 21, 2002 2–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs Hurricanes lead 2–1 Recap 4 W May 23, 2002 3–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Hurricanes lead 3–1 Recap 5 L May 25, 2002 0–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Hurricanes lead 3-2 Recap 6 W May 28, 2002 2–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs Hurricanes win 4–2 Recap
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W June 4, 2002 3–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings Hurricanes lead 1–0 Recap 2 L June 6, 2002 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 L June 8, 2002 2–3 3OT Detroit Red Wings Red Wings lead 2–1 Recap 4 L June 10, 2002 0–3 Detroit Red Wings Red Wings lead 3–1 Recap 5 L June 13, 2002 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings Red Wings win 4–1 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
10	Ron Francis	C	80	27	50	77	4	18	23	6	10	16	−2	6
24	Sami Kapanen	RW	77	27	42	69	9	23	23	1	8	9	−2	6
92	Jeff O'Neill	LW	76	31	33	64	−5	63	22	8	5	13	2	27
17	Rod Brind'Amour	C	81	23	32	55	3	40	23	4	8	12	−3	16
13	Bates Battaglia	LW	82	21	25	46	−6	44	23	5	9	14	2	14
26	Erik Cole	RW	81	16	24	40	−10	35	23	6	3	9	−2	30
63	Josef Vasicek	C	78	14	17	31	−7	53	23	3	2	5	6	12
22	Sean Hill†	D	49	7	23	30	−1	61	23	4	4	8	0	20
23	Martin Gelinas	LW	72	13	16	19	−1	30	23	3	4	7	6	10
5	Marek Malik	D	82	4	19	23	8	88	23	0	3	3	3	18
8	Sandis Ozolinsh‡	D	46	4	19	23	−4	34	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Glen Wesley	D	77	5	13	18	−8	56	22	0	2	2	0	12
25	Shane Willis‡	RW	59	7	10	17	−8	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	David Tanabe	D	78	1	15	16	−13	35	1	0	1	1	0	0
4	Aaron Ward	D	79	3	11	14	0	74	23	1	1	2	0	22
6	Bret Hedican†	D	26	2	4	6	3	10	23	1	4	5	0	20
11	Jeff Daniels	C	65	4	1	5	−6	12	23	0	1	1	−1	0
15	Kevyn Adams†	C	33	2	3	5	−2	15	23	1	0	1	−1	4
62	Jaroslav Svoboda	LW	10	2	2	4	0	2	23	1	4	5	2	28
20	Darren Langdon	LW	58	2	1	3	2	106	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Niclas Wallin	D	52	1	2	3	1	36	23	2	1	3	4	12
12	Craig MacDonald	C	12	1	1	2	−1	0	4	0	0	0	−1	2
16	Tommy Westlund	RW	40	0	2	2	−8	6	19	1	0	1	2	0
27	Craig Adams	RW	33	0	1	1	2	38	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	Chris Dingman‡	LW	30	0	1	1	−2	77	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Steven Halko‡	D	5	0	1	1	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Artus Irbe	G	51	0	1	1		10	18	0	0	0		0
35	Tom Barrasso‡	G	34	0	0	0		4	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Josh Holden‡	C	8	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Byron Ritchie‡	C	4	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	Nikos Tselios	D	2	0	0	0	−2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
80	Kevin Weekes†	G	2	0	0	0		0	8	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Arturs Irbe	51	20	19	11	1282	126	2.54	.902	3	2974	18	10	8	480	30	1.67	.938	1	1078
35	Tom Barrasso‡	34	13	12	5	886	83	2.61	.906	2	1908	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
80	Kevin Weekes†	2	2	0	0	41	3	1.50	.927	0	120	8	3	2	180	11	1.62	.939	2	408

Awards and honors

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Ron Francis	[4]
	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Ron Francis	[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Sami Kapanen	[6]
	NHL Player of the Week	Tom Barrasso (December 17)	[7]
		Ron Francis (January 7)	[8]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	David Tanabe	[9]
Team	Good Guy Award	Arturs Irbe	[10]
	Most Valuable Player	Ron Francis	[10]
	Steve Chiasson Award	Ron Francis	[10]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Erik Cole	October 5, 2001	[11]
	Jaroslav Svoboda	March 11, 2002
	Nikos Tselios	April 12, 2002
500th game	Arturs Irbe	January 23, 2002	[12]

Transactions

The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.^[13]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To Carolina Hurricanes Nashville’s 4th-round pick in 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	[14]
	To Carolina Hurricanes Chris Dingman	To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2001	[14]
July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09)	To Carolina Hurricanes Aaron Ward	To Detroit Red Wings 2nd-round pick in 2002	[15]
December 5, 2001 (2001-12-05)	To Carolina Hurricanes Sean Hill	To St. Louis Blues Steven Halko 4th-round pick in 2002	[16]
December 28, 2001 (2001-12-28)	To Carolina Hurricanes Kaspars Astashenko	To Tampa Bay Lightning Harlan Pratt	[17]
January 16, 2002 (2002-01-16)	To Carolina Hurricanes Kevyn Adams Bret Hedican Rights to Tomas Malec Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2003	To Florida Panthers Sandis Ozolinsh Byron Ritchie	[18]
February 13, 2002 (2002-02-13)	To Carolina Hurricanes Jesse Boulerice	To Philadelphia Flyers Greg Koehler	[19]
March 4, 2002 (2002-03-04)	To Carolina Hurricanes Ted Drury	To New Jersey Devils Mike Rucinski	[20]
March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)	To Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Weekes	To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Dingman Shane Willis	[21]
March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2003	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Barrasso	[22]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 17, 2001 (2001-07-17)	Tom Barrasso	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	[23]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	Josh Holden	Vancouver Canucks		Waiver draft	[24]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Rob DiMaio	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)	[26]
	Kevin Hatcher[b]		Contract expiration (III)	[25]
	Dave Karpa	New York Rangers	Free agency (V)	[28]
	Jon Rohloff[c]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[25]
July 26, 2001 (2001-07-26)	Scott Pellerin	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	[30]
September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)	Marc Magliarditi	Houston Aeros (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[31]
N/A	Mark McMahon	Toledo Storm (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[32]
October 25, 2001 (2001-10-25)	Josh Holden	Vancouver Canucks	Waivers	[33]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 11, 2001 (2001-07-11)	Chris Dingman	1-year	Re-signing	[34]
July 15, 2001 (2001-07-15)	Igor Knyazev	3-year	Entry-level	[35]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Shane Willis	1-year	Re-signing	[36]
July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)	Bates Battaglia	2-year	Re-signing	[37]
July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30)	Aaron Ward	1-year	Re-signing	[38]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Craig Adams	2-year	Re-signing	[39]
	Rod Brind'Amour	1-year	Re-signing	[40]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Marek Malik	2-year	Re-signing	[41]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Craig MacDonald	1-year	Re-signing	[42]
	Jean-Marc Pelletier	2-year	Re-signing	[42]
	Byron Ritchie	1-year	Re-signing	[42]
August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)	Greg Kuznik	1-year	Re-signing	[43]
	Jeremiah McCarthy	1-year	Re-signing	[43]
	Randy Petruk	1-year	Re-signing	[43]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Jeff Daniels	1-year	Re-signing	[44]
August 30, 2001 (2001-08-30)	Tomas Kurka	3-year	Entry-level	[45]
September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)	Rod Brind'Amour	5-year[d]	Extension	[46][47]
October 4, 2001 (2001-10-04)	Ryan Murphy	multi-year	Entry-level	[48]
	Rob Zepp	multi-year	Entry-level	[48]
	Michael Zigomanis	3-year	Entry-level	[48]
October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05)	Arturs Irbe	3-year	Extension	[49]
October 26, 2001 (2001-10-26)	Peter Reynolds	3-year	Entry-level	[50]
March 20, 2002 (2002-03-20)	Craig MacDonald	1-year	Extension	[51]
	Ryan Bayda	3-year	Entry-level	[52]
April 12, 2002 (2002-04-12)	Tomas Malec	3-year	Entry-level	[53]
April 24, 2002 (2002-04-24)	Jared Newman	3-year	Entry-level	[54]

Draft picks

Main article: 2001 NHL entry draft

Carolina's picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft in Sunrise, Florida. The Hurricanes have the 15th overall pick.^[55]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	15	Igor Knyazev	Defense	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
2	46	Michael Zigomanis	Center	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3	91	Kevin Estrada	Left wing	Canada	Chilliwack (BCHL)
4	110	Rob Zepp	Goaltender	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
6	181	Daniel Boisclair	Goaltender	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
7	211	Sean Curry	Defense	United States	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
8	244	Carter Trevisani	Defense	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
9	274	Peter Reynolds	Defense	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Lowell Lock Monsters were the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2001–02 AHL season.

East Coast Hockey League

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

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[25]
2. Hatcher retired.^[27]
3. Rohloff retired.^[29]
4. Option for a sixth year.

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