2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's seventh season. At the end of the regular season, Patrick Roy had a goals against average (GAA) of 1.94 and a save percentage of .925. For his efforts, Patrick Roy earned the William M. Jennings Trophy and was a First Team All-Star for the fourth time in his career.^[1] The Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings in the first round in 7 games then san jose in the 2nd round in 7 games but lost to the higher seeded Detroit red wings in 7 games after being up 3-2 in the series and lost game 7 7-0 on against detroit

Regular season

December 26, 2001: In a 2–0 shutout over the Dallas Stars, Patrick Roy became the first goalie to win 500 games in a career.^[2]

The Avalanche finished the regular season first overall in goaltending, having allowed just 169 goals. They also led the league in shutouts, with 11. Combined with the 10 games in which the team itself was shutout, 21 of the Avalanche's 82 regular season games ended in a shutout.^[3]^[4]

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.

Western Conference^[5]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
3	y – San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	44	27	8	3	248	199	99
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
5	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
10	Dallas Stars	PAC	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73
13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69
14	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

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	GWG
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	C	20	9	18	27	20	8	0	4
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	C	21	9	10	19	4	-2	4	1
Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay	LW	19	5	8	13	0	-8	3	0
de Vries, GregGreg de Vries	D	21	4	9	13	2	1	0	1
Reinprecht, SteveSteve Reinprecht	C	21	7	5	12	8	7	0	2
Blake, RobRob Blake	D	20	6	6	12	16	-1	1	0
Drury, ChrisChris Drury	C	21	5	7	12	10	4	1	3
Foote, AdamAdam Foote	D	21	1	6	7	28	-2	0	0
Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	RW	16	3	3	6	4	-4	1	0
Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula	D	21	0	6	6	2	-5	0	0
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	18	1	4	5	8	0	0	0
Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl	C	21	1	2	3	0	-3	0	0
Hinote, DanDan Hinote	RW	19	1	2	3	9	-3	0	0
Messier, EricEric Messier	LW	21	1	2	3	0	-4	0	0
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	D	21	0	3	3	18	10	0	0
Larsen, BradBrad Larsen	LW	21	1	1	2	13	-4	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	21	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle	C	20	0	2	2	14	-3	0	0
Willsie, BrianBrian Willsie	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Muir, BryanBryan Muir	D	21	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0
Trepanier, PascalPascal Trepanier	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata	RW	9	0	0	0	0	-5	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

^[6]

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

Player awards and trophies

Patrick Roy, William Jennings Trophy
Patrick Roy, First Team All-Star

References

↑ 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
↑ 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
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002_games.html
↑ "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "2001-02 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

General

Colorado Avalanche

Formerly the Quebec Nordiques Founded in 1995 Based in Denver, Colorado

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	NHL expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner: Kroenke Sports Enterprises Stan Kroenke, chairman General manager: Joe Sakic Head coach: Patrick Roy Team captain: Gabriel Landeskog Current roster

Arenas	McNichols Sports Arena Pepsi Center

Affiliates	AHL San Antonio Rampage ECHL Fort Wayne Komets

General managers	Lacroix Giguere Sherman Sakic

Head coaches	Crawford Hartley Granato Quenneville Sacco Roy

Media	Altitude KKFN

Culture and lore	Colorado Rockies Quebec Nordiques Bernie Howler Frozen Fury Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Avalanche–Red Wings brawl "Stanley's Cup" (South Park)

Colorado Avalanche seasons

Pre-1995	Quebec Nordiques

1990s	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

2001–02 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Brittanie Cecil Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Awards and records

Player awards and trophies

See also

References

General