Jeff O Rocks
07-09-2003, 12:11 PM
I know this is old news...but if you guys enjoyed this game half as much as I did, you will enjoy reading the recap..I found this while looking at nhl.com to see if by chance the schedule was out... It game me chills to think about the atmosphere in the arena that night!! :D ENJOY!!
RECAP: 11/29/2002
Detroit Red Wings 4
Carolina Hurricanes 6
acquired Jan Hlavac five months too late.
Hlavac scored three power-play goals and Rod Brind'Amour added three assists as the Hurricanes defeated the Detroit Red Wings, 6-4, in the first meeting between the teams since last June's Stanley Cup Finals.
After bouncing between three teams since the end of the 2001-02 season, Hlavac landed in Carolina in a four-player deal on November 1.
After collecting two goals and five assists in his first 10 games with the Hurricanes, the 26-year-old Czech posted his third career hat trick to lead Carolina to its first regular season victory over Detroit since December 12, 1998, a span of six contests.
"Good for him, he's had some great shots and he rang the post there," Carolina coach Paul Maurice said. "He probably could have had five or six tonight. But he played great."
"He's been playing great," Brind'Amour said. "He's a good addition to our team."
Jeff O'Neill and Sami Kapanen each had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who exploded for five power-play goals in nine opportunities to snap a two-game losing streak.
"We were perfect on the power play, it's as simple as that," Hlavac said. "It was a big part of the game."
"We had different groups going out and they just all went," Maurice said. "It's good to have one of those every once in a while so you know it's there. We've had some thin nights where we put some shots up. That's the first time I've seen five go our way."
Detroit coach Dave Lewis was less than pleased with his team's penalty-killing effort.
"We'll have to do a better job killing penalties," he said.
"Consecutive penalties like that hurt you. We have to do a better job killing penalties collectively as a group."
Kevin Weekes allowed two goals on eight shots before leaving the game in the first period with a concussion. But Arturs Irbe played well in relief, stopping 18 shots to gain the win.
"We really pulled together and kept plugging," Irbe said. "I like to play more than watching."
Brett Hull scored twice for the Red Wings, giving him five goals in as many games. However, Detroit saw its road winless streak climb to three (0-2-1-0).
With the game knotted at 4-4 and defenseman Chris Chelios serving a hooking penalty, Kapanen grabbed a loose puck at the right point and fired a shot toward the net. After hitting a Detroit defenseman's skate in front, the puck caromed to Brind'Amour, who set up O'Neill on the doorstep for the game-winner at 11:12.
Kapanen capped the scoring 97 seconds later, firing a slap shot from the slot high inside the right post.
Hull opened the scoring with a one-timer from above the circles at 5:18 of the first period. After Kirk Maltby staked the Red Wings to a 2-0 lead just over six minutes later with his sixth goal of the season, the 29-year-old left wing pushed Carolina defenseman Bret Hedican into the crease while driving toward the net.
While falling backward, Hedican's elbow struck Weekes in the head, causing the goaltender to collapse to the ice before being helped to the locker room.
Scoreless on four power-play opportunities in the first, Carolina clicked for three consecutive man-advantage tallies in the second to take the lead.
Just 94 seconds into the session, while standing alone on the right side of the net, Hlavac batted the rebound of Bates Battaglia's slapper from the top of the left faceoff circle with the shaft of his stick. Without letting the puck touch the ice, Hllavac hit it between goalie Curtis Joseph's pads with his blade.
Defenseman David Tanabe's wrister from the left point beat Joseph high on the stick side at the six-minute mark to draw the Hurricanes even before Hlavac received a pass from Battaglia on the doorstep and deposited it into the net for a 3-2 lead.
"It was nothing fancy, just put the puck in the net," Hlavac said. "Sometimes, it's better than to try all that fancy stuff."
"In the first period, you can pretty much shut it down if you feel like you're pretty much a lost cause," Carolina defenseman Aaron Ward said. "But the team came back, battled and, in fact, we got the lead at some point in the second period. We got ourselves going in the right direction. That was the key for us."
Rookie Henrik Zetterberg took a feed from Luc Robitaille in the neutral zone and raced down the right side, putting a shot past Irbe on the stick side with 93 seconds left in the period to even the game.
Hlavac completed his hat trick at 4:26 of the third, beating two-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom to a loose puck on the right side and putting it behind Joseph. But Hull deflected Lidstrom's blast from the left point while on a 5-on-3 at 9:12 to draw Detroit even at 4-4.
The RBC Center crowd of 18,730 did its best to rekindle the feeling of last season's Finals, cheering wildly from the opening faceoff to the final buzzer.
"That was great," Maurice said. "The start of that game was as close to (the playoffs), it kind of brought back a few memories of how much fun all that was, the whole run. Playing at home, because it was loud in there, and then (with) five minutes left, it was loud again."
"I guess the one thing, they remember who won the Stanley Cup, that's for sure," Lewis said. "They were pretty wired up there, ready to go."
But for Brind'Amour, it was just a much-needed victory.
"(The rematch) was the least of importance," he said. "For the people here, maybe it was important but for us, we needed to win bad. We hadn't won in a while and we needed to turn things around, so that was really the importance to us. All the other stuff is for everyone else to have a good time."
RECAP: 11/29/2002
Detroit Red Wings 4
Carolina Hurricanes 6
acquired Jan Hlavac five months too late.
Hlavac scored three power-play goals and Rod Brind'Amour added three assists as the Hurricanes defeated the Detroit Red Wings, 6-4, in the first meeting between the teams since last June's Stanley Cup Finals.
After bouncing between three teams since the end of the 2001-02 season, Hlavac landed in Carolina in a four-player deal on November 1.
After collecting two goals and five assists in his first 10 games with the Hurricanes, the 26-year-old Czech posted his third career hat trick to lead Carolina to its first regular season victory over Detroit since December 12, 1998, a span of six contests.
"Good for him, he's had some great shots and he rang the post there," Carolina coach Paul Maurice said. "He probably could have had five or six tonight. But he played great."
"He's been playing great," Brind'Amour said. "He's a good addition to our team."
Jeff O'Neill and Sami Kapanen each had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who exploded for five power-play goals in nine opportunities to snap a two-game losing streak.
"We were perfect on the power play, it's as simple as that," Hlavac said. "It was a big part of the game."
"We had different groups going out and they just all went," Maurice said. "It's good to have one of those every once in a while so you know it's there. We've had some thin nights where we put some shots up. That's the first time I've seen five go our way."
Detroit coach Dave Lewis was less than pleased with his team's penalty-killing effort.
"We'll have to do a better job killing penalties," he said.
"Consecutive penalties like that hurt you. We have to do a better job killing penalties collectively as a group."
Kevin Weekes allowed two goals on eight shots before leaving the game in the first period with a concussion. But Arturs Irbe played well in relief, stopping 18 shots to gain the win.
"We really pulled together and kept plugging," Irbe said. "I like to play more than watching."
Brett Hull scored twice for the Red Wings, giving him five goals in as many games. However, Detroit saw its road winless streak climb to three (0-2-1-0).
With the game knotted at 4-4 and defenseman Chris Chelios serving a hooking penalty, Kapanen grabbed a loose puck at the right point and fired a shot toward the net. After hitting a Detroit defenseman's skate in front, the puck caromed to Brind'Amour, who set up O'Neill on the doorstep for the game-winner at 11:12.
Kapanen capped the scoring 97 seconds later, firing a slap shot from the slot high inside the right post.
Hull opened the scoring with a one-timer from above the circles at 5:18 of the first period. After Kirk Maltby staked the Red Wings to a 2-0 lead just over six minutes later with his sixth goal of the season, the 29-year-old left wing pushed Carolina defenseman Bret Hedican into the crease while driving toward the net.
While falling backward, Hedican's elbow struck Weekes in the head, causing the goaltender to collapse to the ice before being helped to the locker room.
Scoreless on four power-play opportunities in the first, Carolina clicked for three consecutive man-advantage tallies in the second to take the lead.
Just 94 seconds into the session, while standing alone on the right side of the net, Hlavac batted the rebound of Bates Battaglia's slapper from the top of the left faceoff circle with the shaft of his stick. Without letting the puck touch the ice, Hllavac hit it between goalie Curtis Joseph's pads with his blade.
Defenseman David Tanabe's wrister from the left point beat Joseph high on the stick side at the six-minute mark to draw the Hurricanes even before Hlavac received a pass from Battaglia on the doorstep and deposited it into the net for a 3-2 lead.
"It was nothing fancy, just put the puck in the net," Hlavac said. "Sometimes, it's better than to try all that fancy stuff."
"In the first period, you can pretty much shut it down if you feel like you're pretty much a lost cause," Carolina defenseman Aaron Ward said. "But the team came back, battled and, in fact, we got the lead at some point in the second period. We got ourselves going in the right direction. That was the key for us."
Rookie Henrik Zetterberg took a feed from Luc Robitaille in the neutral zone and raced down the right side, putting a shot past Irbe on the stick side with 93 seconds left in the period to even the game.
Hlavac completed his hat trick at 4:26 of the third, beating two-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom to a loose puck on the right side and putting it behind Joseph. But Hull deflected Lidstrom's blast from the left point while on a 5-on-3 at 9:12 to draw Detroit even at 4-4.
The RBC Center crowd of 18,730 did its best to rekindle the feeling of last season's Finals, cheering wildly from the opening faceoff to the final buzzer.
"That was great," Maurice said. "The start of that game was as close to (the playoffs), it kind of brought back a few memories of how much fun all that was, the whole run. Playing at home, because it was loud in there, and then (with) five minutes left, it was loud again."
"I guess the one thing, they remember who won the Stanley Cup, that's for sure," Lewis said. "They were pretty wired up there, ready to go."
But for Brind'Amour, it was just a much-needed victory.
"(The rematch) was the least of importance," he said. "For the people here, maybe it was important but for us, we needed to win bad. We hadn't won in a while and we needed to turn things around, so that was really the importance to us. All the other stuff is for everyone else to have a good time."