Carolina Hurricanes: Ghosts of Goaltenders Past
By Jeb Bohn
![27 Nov 2001: Goaltender Tom Barrasso #35 of the Carolina Huricanes guards the net during the NHL game against the Toronto Malple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Hurricanes defeated the Maple Leafs 5-2. Mandatory Copyright Notice: 2001 NHLI Mandatory Credit: Dave Sandford/Getty Images/NHLI 27 Nov 2001: Goaltender Tom Barrasso #35 of the Carolina Huricanes guards the net during the NHL game against the Toronto Malple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Hurricanes defeated the Maple Leafs 5-2. Mandatory Copyright Notice: 2001 NHLI Mandatory Credit: Dave Sandford/Getty Images/NHLI](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/425a192cb2c5a9b76b8b9455889e087f3c89bf75f0ae67c12f065d1e5285a9f1.jpg)
Pat Jablonski
Another journeyman goalie who ended his career with the Carolina Hurricanes, Pat Jablonski entered the 1997-98 goaltending carousel in Greensboro. Signed as a free agent, Jablonski appeared in five games for the Hurricanes after spending time with St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Montreal, and Phoenix.
How did he fare?
Not great, though to be fair, any Hurricanes goalie not named Trevor Kidd didn’t have much to write home about that year. Once his time with the Hurricanes was up, Jablonski spent a couple of years in the IHL before heading over to Sweden.
Reflections: The biggest memory that I have of Pat Jablonski is seeing a pair of his practice pads for sale in Cool Sports in Raleigh many, many moons ago. I was too young and too poor to buy them.