2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Hockey League and sixth as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs, despite making it to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year, finishing the season with an NHL-worst record of 22–43–11–6 (61 points).

2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	15th Eastern
2002–03 record	22–43–11–6
Home record	12–17–9–3
Road record	10–26–2–3
Goals for	171
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Ron Francis
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Glen Wesley (Oct.–Mar.)
Arena	RBC Center
Average attendance	15,682
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lowell Lock Monsters Florida Everblades
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff O'Neill (30)
Assists	Ron Francis (35)
Points	Jeff O'Neill (61)
Penalty minutes	Sean Hill (141)
Plus/minus	Sean Hill (+4)
Wins	Kevin Weekes (14)
Goals against average	Kevin Weekes (2.55)
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Offseason

Regular season

The Hurricanes finished 30th in scoring, with just 171 goals for. They also had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 420.^[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
2	6	Washington Capitals	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
3	11	Atlanta Thrashers	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
4	13	Florida Panthers	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
5	15	Carolina Hurricanes	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

^[2]

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
3	Y- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
5	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
6	X- Washington Capitals	SE	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
7	X- Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
8.5
9	New York Rangers	AT	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
11	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72
13	Florida Panthers	SE	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65
15	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2002–03 regular season[4]
October: 5–4–1–1 (home: 3–2–1–0; road: 2–2–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 1 L October 9, 2002 1–4 New York Rangers (2002–03) 0–1–0–0 18,730 Recap 2 W October 11, 2002 5–3 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 1–1–0–0 13,962 Recap 3 L October 12, 2002 1–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 1–2–0–0 19,814 Recap 4 OTL October 15, 2002 1–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 1–2–0–1 13,222 Recap 5 L October 17, 2002 1–2 Washington Capitals (2002–03) 1–3–0–1 10,597 Recap 6 W October 19, 2002 3–1 New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 2–3–0–1 15,518 Recap 7 W October 22, 2002 4–1 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 3–3–0–1 13,514 Recap 8 L October 23, 2002 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 3–4–0–1 14,847 Recap 9 T October 26, 2002 3–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 3–4–1–1 15,613 Recap 10 W October 29, 2002 2–1 @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 4–4–1–1 10,328 Recap 11 W October 30, 2002 4–2 New York Islanders (2002–03) 5–4–1–1 12,495 Recap
November: 6–3–3–2 (home: 4–1–3–2; road: 2–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 12 T November 1, 2002 2–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 5–4–2–1 15,357 Recap 13 OTL November 5, 2002 1–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 5–4–2–2 15,501 Recap 14 W November 7, 2002 2–0 Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 6–4–2–2 11,588 Recap 15 W November 9, 2002 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 7–4–2–2 18,730 Recap 16 W November 12, 2002 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 8–4–2–2 10,707 Recap 17 T November 15, 2002 1–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 8–4–3–2 17,480 Recap 18 OTL November 17, 2002 1–2 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 8–4–3–3 13,970 Recap 19 T November 19, 2002 4–4 OT Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 8–4–4–3 11,044 Recap 20 L November 21, 2002 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 8–5–4–3 10,667 Recap 21 W November 23, 2002 7–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 9–5–4–3 20,420 Recap 22 L November 25, 2002 1–3 @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 9–6–4–3 18,200 Recap 23 L November 27, 2002 2–3 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 9–7–4–3 14,943 Recap 24 W November 29, 2002 6–4 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 10–7–4–3 18,730 Recap 25 W November 30, 2002 4–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 11–7–4–3 18,136 Recap
December: 4–8–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 3–5–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 26 W December 3, 2002 2–1 @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 12–7–4–3 10,258 Recap 27 L December 4, 2002 2–4 @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 12–8–4–3 10,944 Recap 28 L December 6, 2002 0–2 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 12–9–4–3 17,006 Recap 29 L December 7, 2002 2–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 12–10–4–3 15,328 Recap 30 L December 11, 2002 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 12–11–4–3 16,091 Recap 31 W December 12, 2002 4–3 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 13–11–4–3 14,528 Recap 32 L December 15, 2002 1–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 13–12–4–3 18,568 Recap 33 T December 18, 2002 1–1 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 13–12–5–3 15,236 Recap 34 W December 20, 2002 3–2 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 14–12–5–3 12,831 Recap 35 W December 22, 2002 1–0 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 15–12–5–3 17,127 Recap 36 L December 27, 2002 3–5 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 15–13–5–3 18,730 Recap 37 L December 28, 2002 0–3 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 15–14–5–3 15,559 Recap 38 L December 31, 2002 0–2 New York Rangers (2002–03) 15–15–5–3 18,730 Recap
January: 2–10–1–2 (home: 1–5–0–1; road: 1–5–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 39 L January 3, 2003 3–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 15–16–5–3 13,757 Recap 40 W January 4, 2003 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 16–16–5–3 16,407 Recap 41 T January 7, 2003 3–3 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 16–16–6–3 9,061 Recap 42 L January 8, 2003 1–5 @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 16–17–6–3 18,200 Recap 43 L January 10, 2003 1–4 Washington Capitals (2002–03) 16–18–6–3 16,553 Recap 44 OTL January 12, 2003 2–3 OT Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 16–18–6–4 18,730 Recap 45 L January 15, 2003 0–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 16–19–6–4 15,265 Recap 46 L January 17, 2003 1–2 New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 16–20–6–4 18,730 Recap 47 L January 18, 2003 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 16–21–6–4 17,574 Recap 48 L January 20, 2003 3–5 St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 16–22–6–4 14,654 Recap 49 L January 22, 2003 3–5 @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 16–23–6–4 12,954 Recap 50 W January 24, 2003 3–1 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 17–23–6–4 15,346 Recap 51 OTL January 25, 2003 2–3 OT @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 17–23–6–5 16,122 Recap 52 L January 29, 2003 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 17–24–6–5 18,094 Recap 53 L January 30, 2003 1–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 17–25–6–5 13,541 Recap
February: 1–6–3–1 (home: 1–1–2–0; road: 0–5–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 54 L February 5, 2003 2–6 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 17–26–6–5 17,108 Recap 55 L February 7, 2003 2–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 17–27–6–5 18,118 Recap 56 L February 9, 2003 1–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 17–28–6–5 15,599 Recap 57 OTL February 11, 2003 1–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 17–28–6–6 18,532 Recap 58 W February 14, 2003 3–1 Washington Capitals (2002–03) 18–28–6–6 17,003 Recap 59 T February 15, 2003 2–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 18–28–7–6 19,408 Recap 60 L February 18, 2003 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 18–29–7–6 19,365 Recap 61 T February 19, 2003 1–1 OT Boston Bruins (2002–03) 18–29–8–6 16,194 Recap 62 T February 21, 2003 2–2 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 18–29–9–6 16,732 Recap 63 L February 23, 2003 0–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 18–30–9–6 15,053 Recap 64 L February 26, 2003 2–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 18–31–9–6 12,168 Recap
March: 4–9–2–0 (home: 2–4–2–0; road: 2–5–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 65 L March 1, 2003 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 18–32–9–6 19,362 Recap 66 L March 2, 2003 0–2 @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 18–33–9–6 16,198 Recap 67 L March 4, 2003 2–4 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 18–34–9–6 14,973 Recap 68 W March 6, 2003 4–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 19–34–9–6 14,812 Recap 69 W March 7, 2003 1–0 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 20–34–9–6 13,224 Recap 70 W March 10, 2003 6–5 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 21–34–9–6 13,066 Recap 71 W March 12, 2003 3–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 22–34–9–6 15,425 Recap 72 L March 13, 2003 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 22–35–9–6 19,399 Recap 73 T March 15, 2003 0–0 OT Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 22–35–10–6 16,017 Recap 74 L March 18, 2003 5–6 Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 22–36–10–6 16,531 Recap 75 L March 22, 2003 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 22–37–10–6 21,273 Recap 76 T March 25, 2003 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 22–37–11–6 16,262 Recap 77 L March 26, 2003 1–5 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 22–38–11–6 9,994 Recap 78 L March 29, 2003 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 22–39–11–6 17,677 Recap 79 L March 31, 2003 0–4 Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 22–40–11–6 14,157 Recap
April: 0–3–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 80 L April 2, 2003 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 22–41–11–6 15,718 Recap 81 L April 4, 2003 1–4 @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 22–42–11–6 16,544 Recap 82 L April 6, 2003 1–2 New York Islanders (2002–03) 22–43–11–6 16,918 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
92	Jeff O'Neill	LW	82	30	31	61	−21	38
10	Ron Francis	C	82	22	35	57	−22	30
17	Rod Brind'Amour	C	48	14	23	37	−9	37
22	Sean Hill	D	82	5	24	29	4	141
26	Erik Cole	RW	53	14	13	27	1	72
20	Jan Hlavac†	LW	52	9	15	24	−9	22
63	Josef Vasicek	C	57	10	10	20	−19	33
13	Bates Battaglia‡	LW	70	5	14	19	−17	90
14	Kevyn Adams	C	77	9	9	18	−8	57
27	Craig Adams	RW	81	6	12	18	−11	71
24	Sami Kapanen‡	RW	43	6	12	18	−17	12
6	Bret Hedican	D	72	3	14	17	−24	75
47	Ryan Bayda	LW	25	4	10	14	−5	16
62	Jaroslav Svoboda	LW	48	3	11	14	−5	32
21	David Tanabe	D	68	3	10	13	−27	24
7	Niclas Wallin	D	77	2	8	10	−19	71
4	Aaron Ward	D	77	3	6	9	−23	90
2	Glen Wesley‡	D	63	1	7	8	−5	40
25	Bruno St. Jacques†	D	18	2	5	7	−3	12
19	Radim Vrbata†	LW	10	5	0	5	−7	2
37	Tomas Kurka	LW	14	3	2	5	1	2
12	Craig MacDonald	LW	35	1	3	4	−3	20
11	Jeff Daniels	C	59	0	4	4	−9	8
39	Brad DeFauw	LW	9	3	0	3	−2	2
42	Jeff Heerema	RW	10	3	0	3	−2	2
36	Jesse Boulerice	RW	48	2	1	3	−2	108
46	Michael Zigomanis	C	19	2	1	3	−4	0
71	Tomas Malec	D	41	0	2	2	−5	43
5	Marek Malik‡	D	10	0	2	2	−3	16
52	Damian Surma	C	1	1	0	1	0	0
55	Pavel Brendl†	LW	8	0	1	1	−3	2
15	Harold Druken†‡†	C	14	0	1	1	−1	2
30	Patrick DesRochers†	G	2	0	0	0		0
28	Steven Halko	D	6	0	0	0	1	0
1	Arturs Irbe	G	34	0	0	0		4
20	Darren Langdon‡	LW	9	0	0	0	0	16
29	Mike Watt	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	0
80	Kevin Weekes	G	51	0	0	0		2
16	Tommy Westlund	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
80	Kevin Weekes	51	14	24	9	1438	126	2.50	0.912	5	2965
1	Arturs Irbe	34	7	24	2	816	100	3.18	0.877	0	1884
30	Patrick DesRochers†	2	1	1	0	71	7	3.41	0.901	0	122

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jeff O'Neill	[5]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Erik Cole[lower-alpha 1]	[7]
Team	Good Guy Award	Kevyn Adams	[8]
	Most Valuable Player	Ron Francis	[8]
	Steve Chiasson Award	Kevyn Adams	[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Rod Brind'Amour	November 15, 2002	[9]
First game	Tomas Malec	December 15, 2002	[10]
	Jeff Heerema	January 17, 2003
	Ryan Bayda	February 14, 2003
	Tomas Kurka	February 26, 2003
	Michael Zigomanis
	Brad DeFauw	March 10, 2003
	Damian Surma	March 18, 2003

Transactions

The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.^[11]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	To Carolina Hurricanes Carolina’s 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2002 3rd-round pick in 2003	[12]
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2003	To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2002 8th-round pick in 2002 Philadelphia’s 8th-round pick in 2002 9th-round pick in 2002	[13]
November 1, 2002 (2002-11-01)	To Carolina Hurricanes Harold Druken Jan Hlavac	To Vancouver Canucks Darren Langdon Marek Malik	[14]
December 31, 2002 (2002-12-31)	To Carolina Hurricanes Patrick DesRochers	To Phoenix Coyotes Jean-Marc Pelletier Conditional draft pick in 2003	[15]
February 7, 2003 (2003-02-07)	To Carolina Hurricanes Pavel Brendl Bruno St. Jacques	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Bast Sami Kapanen	[16]
March 9, 2003 (2003-03-09)	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2004	To Toronto Maple Leafs Glen Wesley	[17]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To Carolina Hurricanes Radim Vrbata	To Colorado Avalanche Bates Battaglia	[18]
May 29, 2003 (2003-05-29)	To Carolina Hurricanes Allan Rourke	To Toronto Maple Leafs Harold Druken	[19]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Ryan Bast	Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[20]
	Ed Hill	Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL)	3-year	Free agency	[20]
August 5, 2002 (2002-08-05)	Steven Halko	St. Louis Blues		Free agency	[21]
August 9, 2002 (2002-08-09)	Mike Watt	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	[22]
January 17, 2003 (2003-01-17)	Harold Druken	Toronto Maple Leafs		Waivers	[23]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[lower-alpha 2]	Ref
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Martin Gelinas	Calgary Flames	Free agency (III)	[25]
	Ian MacNeil	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (VI)	[26]
July 5, 2002 (2002-07-05)	Tyler Moss	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (UFA)	[27]
July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19)	Jeremiah McCarthy	Amur Khabarovsk (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	[28]
August 28, 2002 (2002-08-28)	Ted Drury	Hamburg Freezers (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[29]
N/A	Greg Kuznik	Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[30]
December 11, 2002 (2002-12-11)	Harold Druken	Toronto Maple Leafs	Waivers	[31]
April 11, 2003 (2003-04-11)	Tommy Westlund	Leksands IF (SHL)	Free agency	[32]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26)	Jeff O'Neill	2-year	Re-signing	[33]
June 27, 2002 (2002-06-27)	Darren Langdon	2-year	Re-signing	[34]
June 29, 2002 (2002-06-29)	Ron Francis	2-year	Re-signing	[35]
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)	Bret Hedican	6-year	Re-signing	[36]
July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09)	Daniel Boisclair	3-year	Entry-level	[37]
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Kevyn Adams	2-year	Re-signing	[38]
July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	Brad DeFauw	2-year	Re-signing	[39]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Kaspars Astashenko	1-year	Re-signing	[40]
	Jesse Boulerice	2-year	Re-signing	[40]
	Jeff Daniels	1-year	Re-signing	[41]
	Nikos Tselios	1-year	Re-signing	[40]
August 2, 2002 (2002-08-02)	Niclas Wallin	2-year	Re-signing	[42]
August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08)	Aaron Ward	4-year	Re-signing	[43]
August 13, 2002 (2002-08-13)	Sami Kapanen	1-year	Re-signing	[44]
August 14, 2002 (2002-08-14)	Randy Petruk	2-year	Re-signing	[45]
September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13)	David Tanabe	1-year	Re-signing	[46]
October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)	Sean Curry	3-year	Entry-level	[47]
March 24, 2003 (2003-03-24)	Brad Fast	2-year	Entry-level	[48]
April 26, 2003 (2003-04-26)	Jeff Daniels	1-year	Extension	[49]
April 28, 2003 (2003-04-28)	Patrick DesRochers	1-year	Extension	[50]
May 2, 2003 (2003-05-02)	Craig Adams	1-year	Extension	[51]
June 6, 2003 (2003-06-06)	Kevin Weekes	1-year	Extension	[52]

Draft picks

Carolina's picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[53]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	25	Cam Ward	G	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
3	91	Jesse Lane	D	United States	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	160	Daniel Manzato	G	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7	224	Adam Taylor	C	United States	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Lowell Lock Monsters are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2002–03 AHL season.

East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

Notes

1. Cole suffered a broken leg two days before the game and did not play.^[6]
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[24]

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