2001–02 NHL season

2001–02 NHL season
League	National Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October 3, 2001 – June 13, 2002
Number of games	82
Number of teams	30
Regular season
Presidents' Trophy	Detroit Red Wings
Season MVP	Jose Theodore (Montreal)
Top scorer	Jarome Iginla (Calgary)
Playoffs
Eastern champions	Carolina Hurricanes
Eastern runners-up	Toronto Maple Leafs
Western champions	Detroit Red Wings
Western runners-up	Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs MVP	Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit)
Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup champions	Detroit Red Wings
Runners-up	Carolina Hurricanes
NHL seasons
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The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

League business

Contents 1 League business 2 Regular season 2.1 Final standings 2.1.1 Eastern Conference 2.1.2 Western Conference 3 Playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 3.2 Final 4 NHL awards 4.1 All-Star teams 5 Player statistics 5.1 Scoring leaders 5.2 Leading goaltenders 6 Milestones 6.1 Debuts 6.2 Last games 7 Trading deadline 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

The cash-strapped Pittsburgh Penguins, desperate to dump payroll, could no longer afford perennial superstar Jaromir Jagr.^[1] He would be traded, along with Frantisek Kucera, to the Washington Capitals for Kris Beech, Ross Lupaschuk, Michal Sivek and $4.9 million. Despite Mario Lemieux's return last season, the absence of Jagr proved devastating to the Penguins, and they missed the playoffs for the first time in 12 years. They would continue to miss the playoffs until the Sidney Crosby era began.

The Dallas Stars moved their home games from Reunion Arena to American Airlines Center.

The NHL honored the victims of 9/11 by having all players wear a patch on their jerseys, a ribbon sticker on the back of their helmet, as well as a red, white and blue ribbon painted on the ice behind each net. On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a pre-season game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers with both teams tied up 2-2, 9 days after the attacks, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the 9/11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and was declared a 2-2 tie.^[2]

Regular season

For the second time in three seasons, no player reached the 100-point plateau.^[3]

Final standings

The Detroit Red Wings placed first in the league standings, and received home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs. This is the first season that the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers both missed the playoffs.

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
2	5	New York Islanders	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
3	6	New Jersey Devils	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
4	11	New York Rangers	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
5	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Boston Bruins	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
3	7	Ottawa Senators	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
4	8	Montreal Canadiens	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
5	10	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
2	9	Washington Capitals	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
3	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
4	14	Florida Panthers	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Teams in bold qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
3	5	Chicago Blackhawks	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
4	14	Nashville Predators	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

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

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	8	3	248	189	99
2	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
4	10	Dallas Stars	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
5	13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69

Teams in bold qualified for the playoffs.

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

	Conference Quarter-finals					Conference Semi-finals					Conference Finals					Stanley Cup Finals
	1	Boston	2			4	Toronto	4
	8	Montreal	4			7	Ottawa	3
	2	Philadelphia	1							Eastern Conference
	7	Ottawa	4
											3	Carolina	4
										4	Toronto	2
	3	Carolina	4
	6	New Jersey	2
	4	Toronto	4			3	Carolina	4
	5	N.Y. Islanders	3			8	Montreal	2
																E3	Carolina	1
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
																W1	Detroit	4
	1	Detroit	4			1	Detroit	4
	8	Vancouver	2			4	St. Louis	1
	2	Colorado	4
	7	Los Angeles	3
											1	Detroit	4
										2	Colorado	3
	3	San Jose	4
	6	Phoenix	1								Western Conference
	4	St. Louis	4			2	Colorado	4
	5	Chicago	1			3	San Jose	3

• During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.

Note: All dates in 2002.

Final

NHL awards

The NHL Awards presentation took place in Toronto.

Presidents' Trophy:	Detroit Red Wings
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Carolina Hurricanes
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	Detroit Red Wings
Art Ross Trophy:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Saku Koivu, Montreal Canadiens
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Michael Peca, New York Islanders
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Jack Adams Award:	Bob Francis, Phoenix Coyotes
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:	Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Herb Brooks, Larry Pleau
Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award:	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Vezina Trophy:	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
William M. Jennings Trophy:	Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche

All-Star teams

First team	Position	Second team
Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche	G	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings	D	Rob Blake, Colorado Avalanche
Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings	D	Sergei Gonchar, Washington Capitals
Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche	C	Mats Sundin, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames	RW	Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins
Markus Naslund, Vancouver Canucks	LW	Brendan Shanahan, Detroit Red Wings

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Jarome Iginla	Calgary	82	52	44	96
Markus Naslund	Vancouver	81	40	50	90
Todd Bertuzzi	Vancouver	72	36	49	85
Mats Sundin	Toronto	82	41	39	80
Jaromir Jagr	Washington	69	31	48	79
Joe Sakic	Colorado	82	26	53	79
Pavol Demitra	St. Louis	82	35	43	78
Adam Oates	Washington/ Philadelphia	80	14	64	78
Mike Modano	Dallas	78	34	43	77
Ron Francis	Carolina	80	27	50	77

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts

Player	Team	GP	MIN	GA	GAA	W	L	T	SO
Patrick Roy	Colorado Avalanche	63	3773	122	1.94	32	23	8	9
Roman Cechmanek	Philadelphia Flyers	46	2603	89	2.05	24	13	6	4
Marty Turco	Dallas Stars	31	1519	53	2.09	15	6	2	2
Jose Theodore	Montreal Canadiens	67	3864	136	2.11	30	24	10	7
J.S. Giguere	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	53	3127	111	2.13	20	25	6	4
Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	73	4347	156	2.15	38	26	9	4
Dominik Hasek	Detroit Red Wings	65	3872	140	2.17	41	15	8	5
Brent Johnson	St. Louis Blues	58	3491	127	2.18	34	20	4	5
Byron Dafoe	Boston Bruins	64	3827	141	2.21	35	26	3	4
Martin Biron	Buffalo Sabres	72	4085	151	2.22	31	28	10	4

Source: 2003 NHL Yearbook

Milestones

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2001–02 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

• Ilya Bryzgalov, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
• Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta Thrashers
• Ales Kotalik, Buffalo Sabres
• Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo Sabres
• Erik Cole, Carolina Hurricanes
• Tyler Arnason, Chicago Blackhawks
• Radim Vrbata, Colorado Avalanche
• Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
• Sean Avery, Detroit Red Wings
• Kristian Huselius, Florida Panthers
• Stephen Weiss, Florida Panthers
• Nick Schultz, Minnesota Wild
• Martin Erat, Nashville Predators
• Brian Gionta, New Jersey Devils
• Raffi Torres, New York Islanders
• Trent Hunter*, New York Islanders
• Chris Neil, Ottawa Senators
• Vesa Toskala, San Jose Sharks
• Barret Jackman, St. Louis Blues
• Alex Auld, Vancouver Canucks

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 2001–02 (listed with their last team):

• Mike Vernon, Calgary Flames
• Bob Probert, Chicago Blackhawks
• John MacLean, Dallas Stars
• Pat Verbeek, Dallas Stars
• Dave Manson, Dallas Stars
• Steve Duchesne, Detroit Red Wings
• John Vanbiesbrouck, New Jersey Devils
• Valeri Kamensky, New Jersey Devils
• Stephane Richer, New Jersey Devils
• Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers
• Kevin Stevens, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Gary Suter, San Jose Sharks
• Ray Ferraro, St. Louis Blues
• Grant Ledyard, Tampa Bay Lightning

Trading deadline

Trading deadline: March 19, 2002.^[4]

• March 19, 2002: Anaheim traded C Dave Roche to NY Islanders for RW Ben Guite and the rights to RW Bjorn Melin.
• March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded D Jiri Slegr to Detroit for C Yuri Butsayev and Detroit’s third-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded LW Darcy Hordichuk and Atlanta’s fourth and fifth-round picks in the 2002 Entry Draft to Phoenix for D Kirill Safronov, the rights to RW Ruslan Zainullin and Phoenix’s fourth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded C Bob Corkum to Buffalo for Buffalo’s fifth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Boston traded LW Greg Crozier to Minnesota for LW Darryl Laplante.
• March 19, 2002: Boston traded D Bobby Allen to Edmonton for D Sean Brown.
• March 19, 2002: Chicago traded D Jaroslav Spacek and Chicago’s second round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Columbus for D Lyle Odelein.
• March 19, 2002: Columbus traded RW Blake Sloan to Calgary for D Jamie Allison.
• March 19, 2002: Colorado Avalanche obtain D Darius Kasparaitis from Pittsburgh for D Rick Berry and LW Ville Nieminen.
• March 19, 2002: New Jersey Devils obtain Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner from the Dallas Stars for Jason Arnott, Randy McKay and 2002 first round draft pick (Daniel Paille, later traded).
• March 19, 2002: Edmonton Oilers traded D Tom Poti and C Rem Murray to the New York Rangers for C Mike York and the Rangers' fourth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft (Ivan Koltsov).
• March 19, 2002: Florida traded D Darren Van Impe to NY Islanders for the Islanders' fifth-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Florida traded D Jeff Norton to Boston for Boston’s sixth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Los Angeles traded G Stephane Fiset to Montreal for future considerations.
• March 19, 2002: Nashville traded D Richard Lintner to the New York Rangers for D Peter Smrek.
• March 19, 2002: Pittsburgh traded RW Stephane Richer to New Jersey for a conditional pick in the 2003 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Washington Capitals traded C Adam Oates to Philadelphia Flyers for G Maxime Ouellet and Philadelphia's first, second and third-round picks in the 2002 Entry Draft (Martin Vagner, Maxime Daigneault and Derek Krestanovich).
• March 18, 2002: Florida Panthers trade Pavel Bure and 2002 second round draft pick (Lee Falardeau) to the New York Rangers for Igor Ulanov, rights to Filip Novak and 2002 first and second round draft picks (Petr Taticek and Rob Globke).

See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 2001 NHL Entry Draft
• 52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game
• NHL All-Star Game
• NHL All-Rookie Team
• Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• 2001 in sports
• 2002 in sports

References

• Dinger, Ralph, ed (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto, ON: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 9781894801225. 
• Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley; Hughes, Morgan; Romain, Joseph; Duplacey, James (2003). The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International Inc.. ISBN 0785396241. 

Notes

External links

• Hockey Database
• http://nhl.com/

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