2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season

2001–02 Colorado Avalanche
Northwest Division Champions
Division 1st Northwest
Conference 2nd Western
2001–02 record 45–28–8–1
Goals for 212
Goals against 169
Team information
General Manager Pierre Lacroix
Coach Bob Hartley
Captain Joe Sakic
Arena Pepsi Center
Team leaders
Goals Joe Sakic (26)
Assists Joe Sakic (53)
Points Joe Sakic (79)
Penalties in minutes Scott Parker (154)
Wins Patrick Roy (32)
Goals against average David Aebischer (1.88)
<2000–01 2002–03>

The 2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's seventh season. At the end of the 2001-02 season, Patrick Roy had a Goals Against Average of 1.94 and a Save Percentage of .925. For his efforts, Patrick Roy earned the Jennings Trophy, and was a First Team All-Star for the fourth time in his career.[1]

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Colorado Avalanche 82 45 28 8 1 212 169 99
2 8 Vancouver Canucks 82 42 30 7 3 254 211 94
3 9 Edmonton Oilers 82 38 28 12 4 205 182 92
4 11 Calgary Flames 82 32 35 12 3 201 220 79
5 12 Minnesota Wild 82 26 35 12 9 195 238 73

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.

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 3, 2001 3–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 1–0–0–0
2 W October 9, 2001 5–4 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 2–0–0–0
3 L October 11, 2001 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 2–1–0–0
4 L October 13, 2001 0–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 2–2–0–0
5 W October 16, 2001 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 3–2–0–0
6 L October 18, 2001 1–4 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 3–3–0–0
7 W October 20, 2001 5–0 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 4–3–0–0
8 L October 21, 2001 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 4–4–0–0
9 W October 23, 2001 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 5–4–0–0
10 W October 25, 2001 4–1 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 6–4–0–0
11 L October 27, 2001 0–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 6–5–0–0
12 W October 28, 2001 3–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 7–5–0–0
13 L October 31, 2001 0–1 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 7–6–0–0
14 L November 2, 2001 2–4 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 7–7–0–0
15 L November 3, 2001 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 7–8–0–0
16 T November 6, 2001 1–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 7–8–1–0
17 L November 8, 2001 0–1 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 7–9–1–0
18 L November 10, 2001 0–2 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 7–10–1–0
19 W November 14, 2001 1–0 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 8–10–1–0
20 W November 16, 2001 1–0 New York Islanders (2001–02) 9–10–1–0
21 W November 18, 2001 2–0 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 10–10–1–0
22 L November 20, 2001 3–5 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 10–11–1–0
23 L November 21, 2001 4–5 @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 10–12–1–0
24 W November 24, 2001 2–0 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 11–12–1–0
25 W November 27, 2001 4–1 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 12–12–1–0
26 W November 30, 2001 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 13–12–1–0
27 T December 1, 2001 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 13–12–2–0
28 W December 3, 2001 4–2 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 14–12–2–0
29 W December 5, 2001 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 15–12–2–0
30 W December 7, 2001 4–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 16–12–2–0
31 W December 8, 2001 2–0 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 17–12–2–0
32 T December 10, 2001 1–1 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 17–12–3–0
33 W December 12, 2001 5–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 18–12–3–0
34 L December 14, 2001 0–3 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 18–13–3–0
35 W December 16, 2001 3–2 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 19–13–3–0
36 W December 19, 2001 2–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 20–13–3–0
37 T December 21, 2001 2–2 OT Calgary Flames (2001–02) 20–13–4–0
38 W December 23, 2001 6–3 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 21–13–4–0
39 W December 26, 2001 2–0 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 22–13–4–0
40 L December 27, 2001 1–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 22–14–4–0
41 L December 29, 2001 2–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 22–15–4–0
42 T January 1, 2002 4–4 OT @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 22–15–5–0
43 W January 3, 2002 3–2 OT New York Rangers (2001–02) 23–15–5–0
44 L January 5, 2002 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 23–16–5–0
45 W January 9, 2002 7–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 24–16–5–0
46 T January 12, 2002 2–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 24–16–6–0
47 L January 15, 2002 0–1 OT San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 24–16–6–1
48 W January 17, 2002 3–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 25–16–6–1
49 W January 19, 2002 3–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 26–16–6–1
50 W January 21, 2002 3–2 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 27–16–6–1
51 W January 23, 2002 4–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 28–16–6–1
52 W January 24, 2002 2–0 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 29–16–6–1
53 W January 26, 2002 4–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 30–16–6–1
54 L January 28, 2002 4–6 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 30–17–6–1
55 L January 30, 2002 2–5 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 30–18–6–1
56 L February 4, 2002 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 30–19–6–1
57 W February 8, 2002 6–0 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 31–19–6–1
58 L February 9, 2002 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 31–20–6–1
59 W February 11, 2002 5–2 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 32–20–6–1
60 W February 13, 2002 3–1 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 33–20–6–1
61 T February 26, 2002 2–2 OT Calgary Flames (2001–02) 33–20–7–1
62 W February 28, 2002 2–1 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 34–20–7–1
63 L March 2, 2002 1–2 Dallas Stars (2001–02) 34–21–7–1
64 W March 4, 2002 2–0 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 35–21–7–1
65 W March 6, 2002 4–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 36–21–7–1
66 W March 9, 2002 4–3 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 37–21–7–1
67 W March 11, 2002 3–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 38–21–7–1
68 L March 14, 2002 0–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 38–22–7–1
69 W March 16, 2002 2–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 39–22–7–1
70 W March 17, 2002 5–4 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 40–22–7–1
71 L March 19, 2002 0–3 Washington Capitals (2001–02) 40–23–7–1
72 L March 21, 2002 1–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 40–24–7–1
73 L March 23, 2002 0–2 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 40–25–7–1
74 W March 28, 2002 3–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 41–25–7–1
75 L March 30, 2002 3–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 41–26–7–1
76 W April 1, 2002 5–1 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 42–26–7–1
77 W April 3, 2002 6–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 43–26–7–1
78 L April 5, 2002 1–3 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 43–27–7–1
79 W April 7, 2002 4–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 44–27–7–1
80 L April 9, 2002 1–2 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 44–28–7–1
81 W April 12, 2002 3–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 45–28–7–1
82 T April 14, 2002 2–2 OT Dallas Stars (2001–02) 45–28–8–1

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 82 26 53 79 18 12 9 1 4
Blake, RobRob Blake D 75 16 40 56 58 16 10 0 2
Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay LW 70 13 35 48 36 8 7 0 2
Drury, ChrisChris Drury C 82 21 25 46 38 1 5 0 6
Reinprecht, SteveSteve Reinprecht C 67 19 27 46 18 14 4 0 3
Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk RW 62 21 23 44 24 0 7 1 5
Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D 82 10 21 31 42 -3 5 0 1
Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata RW 52 18 12 30 14 7 6 0 3
Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 55 5 22 27 55 7 1 1 0
Nieminen, VilleVille Nieminen LW 53 10 14 24 30 1 1 0 5
de Vries, GregGreg de Vries D 82 8 12 20 57 18 1 1 3
Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle C 73 5 12 17 48 1 0 1 1
Messier, EricEric Messier LW 74 5 10 15 26 -5 0 0 3
Willsie, BrianBrian Willsie RW 56 7 7 14 14 4 2 0 1
Trepanier, PascalPascal Trepanier D 74 4 9 13 59 4 2 0 0
Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW 58 6 6 12 39 8 0 1 3
Podein, ShjonShjon Podein LW 41 6 6 12 39 0 0 1 2
Larsen, BradBrad Larsen LW 50 2 7 9 47 4 1 0 0
Keane, MikeMike Keane RW 22 2 5 7 16 -2 0 0 0
Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl C 22 2 3 5 14 1 0 0 1
Parker, ScottScott Parker RW 63 1 4 5 154 0 0 0 0
Nedorost, VaclavVaclav Nedorost C 25 2 2 4 2 -4 1 0 0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill D 36 0 4 4 25 3 0 0 0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 63 0 3 3 26 0 0 0 0
Fairchild, KellyKelly Fairchild C 10 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Muir, BryanBryan Muir D 22 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 0
Krestanovich, JordanJordan Krestanovich LW 8 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Daw, JeffJeff Daw C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer G 21 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Berry, RickRick Berry D 57 0 0 0 60 1 0 0 0
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis D 11 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0
Moore, SteveSteve Moore C 8 0 0 0 4 -4 0 0 0
Obsut, JaroslavJaroslav Obsut D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 3773 63 32 23 8 122 1.94 9 1629 1507 .925
Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer 1184 21 13 6 0 37 1.88 2 538 501 .931
Team: 4957 82 45 29 8 159 1.92 11 2167 2008 .927
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg C 20 9 18 27 20 8 0 0 4
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 21 9 10 19 4 -2 4 0 1
Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay LW 19 5 8 13 0 -8 3 0 0
de Vries, GregGreg de Vries D 21 4 9 13 2 1 0 0 1
Reinprecht, SteveSteve Reinprecht C 21 7 5 12 8 7 0 0 2
Blake, RobRob Blake D 20 6 6 12 16 -1 1 0 0
Drury, ChrisChris Drury C 21 5 7 12 10 4 1 0 3
Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 21 1 6 7 28 -2 0 0 0
Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk RW 16 3 3 6 4 -4 1 0 0
Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D 21 0 6 6 2 -5 0 0 0
Keane, MikeMike Keane RW 18 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 0
Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl C 21 1 2 3 0 -3 0 0 0
Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW 19 1 2 3 9 -3 0 0 0
Messier, EricEric Messier LW 21 1 2 3 0 -4 0 0 0
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis D 21 0 3 3 18 10 0 0 0
Larsen, BradBrad Larsen LW 21 1 1 2 13 -4 0 0 0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 21 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle C 20 0 2 2 14 -3 0 0 0
Willsie, BrianBrian Willsie RW 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Muir, BryanBryan Muir D 21 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0
Trepanier, PascalPascal Trepanier D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata RW 9 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 1241 21 11 10 52 2.51 3 572 520 .909
Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer 34 1 0 0 1 1.76 0 14 13 .929
Team: 1275 21 11 10 53 2.49 3 586 533 .910

[3]

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;

Awards and records

Team trophies

Player awards and trophies

Transactions

Trades

Other transactions

Draft picks

See also

References

  1. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, pp.478-479 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  2. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p475, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  3. ^ "2001-02 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/COL/2002.html. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 

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