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1/1/2009
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Carolina Hurricanes 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 35 - 25
PP: 2 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:78/92=84 %, Challenges:34/47=70 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:30/43=68 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:31 1-0
Rod Brind'Amour [13] (Eric Staal, Joni Pitkänen)
08:56 2-0
Joni Pitkänen [6] (Eric Staal)PP
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20:43 3-0
Tuomo Ruutu [10] (Rod Brind'Amour, Patrick Eaves)
33:19 3-1
Todd White [12] (Slava Kozlov)
36:28 4-1
Rod Brind'Amour [14] (Mike Cammalleri, Sergei Samsonov)PP
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45:52 5-1
Tuomo Ruutu [11] (Rod Brind'Amour, Joe Corvo)
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Penalty summary:
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07:31
Bryan Little (2 min for hooking)
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21:42
Chris Thorburn (2 min for tripping)
34:31
Bryan Little (2 min for hooking)
35:48
Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
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59:27
Garnet Exelby (2 min for elbowing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Brookbank 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5.40 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 1 15.20 9
R Mike Cammalleri 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.20 7
R Scott Walker 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 20.30 6
C Joe Jensen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 7
C Matt Cullen 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 15.50 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 2 2 5 0 3 0 0 3 18.30 8
C Eric Staal 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 -1 20.40 8
L Chad LaRose 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.50 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 18.10 6
L Tuomo Ruutu 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 15.40 8
L Ray Whitney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14.30 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21.40 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 23.00 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Joe Corvo 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 22.30 7
D Joni Pitkänen 1 1 7 0 2 0 0 -1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 10.30 5
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 3 0 3 4 -1 15.30 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 18.50 5
R Jason Williams 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Jim Slater 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14.10 7
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -2 17.30 6
C Todd White 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 7
L Brad Larsen 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 6
L Brett Sterling 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 14.10 5
L Slava Kozlov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 8
D Aaron Rome 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 19.40 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 24.10 5
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 16.10 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19.20 5
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 -1 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 30 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rod Brind'Amour
2nd star: Tuomo Ruutu
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Tuomo Ruutu scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Patrick Eaves finally ended his 20 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 19) , Chicago Wolves 4( 15)
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0-1 CHW T.J. Trevelyan (Grant Stevenson, Brian Sipotz)
0-2 CHW Igor Musatov (Spencer Machacek, Colin Stuart)
1-2 LOW Josef Melichar (Pat Dwyer, Ryan Bayda)
1-3 CHW Grant Stevenson (Junior Lessard)
2-3 LOW Mike Angelidis (Miika Lahti)
2-4 CHW Igor Musatov (Spencer Machacek)
Goalies: Justin Peters - Ondrej Pavelec