Pre-Game Skate: HURRICANES vs. OTTAWA
PrintCAROLINA HURRICANES (22-35-10-6, 60 pts.)
vs.
OTTAWA SENATORS (45-20-7-1, 98 pts.)
Tuesday, March 18, 2003, 7 p.m. at the RBC Center
GAME NIGHT
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PRACTICE TIMES
| Mar. 18 | Tuesday | RBC Center | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 19 | Wednesday | RBC Center | noon |
| Mar. 20 | Thursday | RBC Center | 11 a.m. |
| Mar. 21 | Friday | RecZone | 11 a.m. |
| Mar. 22 | Saturday | Bell Centre | 11:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 23 | Sunday | RBC Center | TBA |
| Mar. 24 | Monday | RBC Center | 11 a.m. |
ON THE AIR
Television: Fox Sports Net (NC & SC)
Radio: WKIX 102.3 FM (Goldsboro); WKXU 101.1 FM (Raleigh); WDTF 570-AM
(Raleigh); WMFD 630-AM (Wilmington); WDLZ 98.3-FM (Murfreesboro); WSJS 600-AM
(Winston-Salem); WRUP 97.9-FM (New Bern/Morehead City); WSTK 910-AM (Jacksonville);
WNMX 106.1 (Charlotte); WCNC 1240-AM (Elizabeth City); WZBO 1260-AM (Edenton)
Internet: www.nhl.com
CAROLINA NOTES
The Hurricanes recalled center Damian Surma from Lowell on Monday. This marks Surma’s first NHL recall and, if he plays in a game, he will become the 39th player to play at least one game (or serve as back up goaltender) this season. Only 10 players from the Hurricanes’ 20-man, opening-game lineup played on Saturday against Los Angeles.
CAROLINA AT HOME: 12-13-8-3
CAROLINA ON THE ROAD: 10-22-2-3
CAROLINA ON THE POWER PLAY: 55-of-375 (14.7%)
CAROLINA SHORTHANDED: 295-of-359 (82.2%)
CAROLINA INJURY UPDATE
Defenseman Aaron Ward, hip, day-to-day, missed one game (March 15)
Left wing Jan Hlavac, hand, day-to-day, missed eight games (March 2-15)
Right wing Pavel Brendl, arthroscopic knee surgery, injured reserve, missed 10 games (Feb. 26-March 15)
Left wing Jaroslav Svoboda, shoulder, injured reserve, missed 16 games (Feb. 14-March 15)
Right wing Jesse Boulerice, concussion, injured reserve, missed 16 games (Feb. 14- March 15)
Right wing Jeff Heerema, wrist, injured reserve, missed 18 games (Feb. 9-March 15)
Left wing Erik Cole, broken leg, injured reserve, missed 20 games (Feb. 5-March 15)
Center Rod Brind’Amour, hand surgery, injured reserve, missed 25 games (Jan. 22-March 15)
CAROLINA / OTTAWA NOTES
The Hurricanes and the Senators meet for the fourth and final time this season. Ottawa defeated Carolina 4-1 in the two teams’ first meeting this season, on Oct. 23 at Corel Centre. The second meeting, in Raleigh, ended in a 4-4 tie. Ottawa crusied past Carolina, 5-2 on Dec. 7 at Corel Centre, in the team’s last meeting. The Senators were unbeaten against Carolina last season, winning the season series 3-0-1. Ottawa was 1-0-1 at home in 2001-02, playing to a 1-1 tie on Nov. 15 and defeating Carolina 4-3 on April 2. The Senators won both games in Raleigh, defeating the Hurricanes 6-2 on Oct. 9 and 5-1 on Dec. 18. Marian Hossa was the leading scorer against Carolina last season with six points (3g, 3a) in four games. Ron Francis led all Hurricanes scorers with five points (0g, 5a). Carolina leads the all-time regular season series with Ottawa 28-16-6-0, including a 16-5-2-0 mark at home and a 12-11-4-0 record in Ottawa.
SENATORS NOTES
The Senators currently have the third best road record in the Eastern Conference (18-12-5-0=41pts) and sixth best road record in the NHL ... The Senators team record of 22 road wins in a season was set during the 1998-99 season and tied during the 2000-01 season… he Senators are the only team in the NHL to have five 20-goal scorers ... Marian Hossa (42), Daniel Alfredsson (25), Todd White (22), Radek Bonk (21) and Martin Havlat (20) all have 20 goals already this season.
SCORING LEADERS AND GOALTENDERS
HURRICANES
GP
G
A
TP
92 O'Neill
73
28
27
55
10 Francis
73
21
30
51
17 Brind'Amour
48
14
23
37
19 Vrbata
69
13
19
32
Goalies
GP
GAA
W-L-T
SV%
30 DesRochers
6
3.62
1-4-0
.887
80 Weekes
46
2.37
14-20-8
.922
SENATORS
GP
G
A
TP
11 Alfredsson
70
25
48
73
18 Hossa
71
42
30
72
28 White
71
22
31
53
9 Havlat
59
20
29
49
Goalies
GP
GAA
W-L-T
SV%
40 Lalime
60
2.16
34-19-6
.911
1 Emery
2
2.40
0-0-0
.909
31 Prusek
17
2.47
11-2-1
.908
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