CAROLINA HURRICANES (1-2-3-0, 5 pts.)
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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (2-1-2-1, 7 pts.)
Saturday, October 25, 2003, 7 p.m. at the Wachovia Center

GAME NIGHT

The Carolina Hurricanes wrap up a four-game road swing Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wachovia Center. Carolina is unbeaten in its last three games, and notched its first win of 2003-04 on Thursday at FleetCenter, downing the Bruins 2-0 behind goals by Eric Staal and Jeff O'Neill, and an 18-save shutout performance by goaltender Kevin Weekes.

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); WSJS 600 AM (Winston-Salem); WNMX 106.1 FM (Charlotte)
Internet: www.nhl.com

CAROLINA NOTES
On Oct. 23 at Boston, Hurricanes netminder Kevin Weekes posted his first shutout of 2003-04, sixth with Carolina and 14th of his NHL career. Through games of Oct. 23, Weekes' 1.45 goals-against average ranked second in the NHL among goalies with six or more games played. Through six games this season, Weekes has allowed just nine goals on 136 shots, good for a .934 save percentage.

MILESTONE WATCH
Hurricanes winger Jeff O'Neill will earn his 200th NHL assist with his next helper.

CAROLINA AT HOME: 0-1-1-0
CAROLINA ON THE ROAD: 1-1-2-0
CAROLINA ON THE POWER PLAY: 1-of-25 (4.0%)
CAROLINA SHORTHANDED: 23-of-27 (85.2%)

CAROLINA INJURY UPDATE
Defenseman Aaron Ward – infection, day-to-day, missed 2 games.
Defenseman Bob Boughner – fractured left hand, Oct. 3 at WSH (ps), injured reserve, missed 6 games.

CAROLINA / PHILADELPHIA NOTES
The Hurricanes and the Flyers meet for the first of four match ups during the 2003-04 season. Following Saturday's game, the teams will play once more at Wachovia Center, on Nov. 28, and twice at Carolina's RBC Center, Nov. 18 and March 23.

Last season, the Hurricanes and the Flyers went to overtime in three of their four meetings. Philadelphia scored an overtime victory on Nov. 5 at the RBC Center, and the teams' other two overtime games - Nov. 15 and Feb. 15 - ended tied. The Flyers won the only game to end in regulation in 2002-03, March 13 in Raleigh, by a score of 5-3. Jeff O'Neill led all Hurricanes scorers against the Flyers in last season's four-game set with two goals and two assists. Carolina is 22-46-12-3 all-time against Philadelphia, including a 13-20-8-1 home record and a 9-26-4-2 road mark.

2002-03 SCORING LEADERS AND GOALTENDERS

HURRICANES
	GP	G	A	TP
26 Cole	6	2	2	4
63 Vasicek	6	1	3	4
17 Brind'Amour	6	1	2	3
Goalies	GP	GAA	W-L-T	SV%
1 Storr	0	0.00	0-0-0	.000
80 Weekes	6	1.45	1-2-3	.934
FLYERS
	GP	G	A	TP
8 Recchi	6	3	4	7
97 Roenick	6	2	3	5
11 Amonte	6	1	3	4
14 Williams	6	1	3	4
Goalies	GP	GAA	W-L-T	SV%
33 Hackett	4	1.96	2-1-1	.913
42 Esche	2	3.36	0-1-1	.865