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2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes season

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Division
  
2nd Southeast

2008–09 record
  
45–30–7

Road record
  
19–16–6

Conference
  
6th Eastern

Home record
  
26–14–1

Goals for
  
239

The 2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes season is the franchise's 37th season, 30th season in the National Hockey League and 12th as the Hurricanes.

Contents

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

  • The 2008 NHL Draft started on June 20, 2008.

    • Offseason

  • June 5: After 20 seasons in the NHL and 13 as one of the most popular faces of the Hurricanes' franchise, Glen Wesley announced his retirement.
  • September 11: The club announced that they have signed Eric Staal to a seven-year contract extension worth US$57.75 million.

    • Regular season

  • November 7: Peter Laviolette made NHL history by becoming the winningest American-born NHL coach with his 240th victory, as Carolina defeated the Ottawa Senators, 2–1.
  • December 2: Peter Laviolette was fired as the head coach and Paul Maurice was rehired in his place. Ron Francis became the team's associate head coach.

    • The Hurricanes finished the regular season having tied the Montreal Canadiens for the most power-play opportunities, with 374.

    Divisional standings

    2 points for a win, 1 for an OT or shootout loss, 0 for a loss in regulation

    Conference standings

    bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)

    AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

    Schedule and results

      Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

    Record vs. opponents

    Notes: * denotes division winner; teams in bold are in the Southeast Division; teams in italics qualified for the playoffs; points refer to the points achieved by the team whom the Hurricanes played against

         = Member of the Atlantic Division
         = Member of the Northeast Division
         = Member of the Southeast Division
         = Member of the Central Division
         = Member of the Northeast Division
         = Member of the Pacific Division

    Playoffs

    The Carolina Hurricanes ended the 2008–09 regular season as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed, and got swept by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals.

    Goaltenders

    †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Hurricanes. Stats reflect season totals.
    ‡Traded mid-season
    Bold/italics denotes franchise record

    Note:

    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
     Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

    News

    On June 14, the Hurricanes agreed to an extension of their lease at the RBC Center by five years through to 2023-24.

    Draft picks

    The 2008 NHL Entry Draft was in Ottawa, Ontario. The Hurricanes had the 14th overall pick

    American Hockey League

    The Albany River Rats are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2008–09 AHL season.

    ECHL

    The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes ECHL affiliate.

    References

    2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes season Wikipedia
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