2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season
2001–02 Colorado Avalanche | |
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Northwest Division champions | |
Division | 1st Northwest |
Conference | 2nd Western |
2001–02 record | 45–28–8–1 |
Home record | 24–12–4–1 |
Road record | 21–16–4–0 |
Goals for | 212 |
Goals against | 169 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pierre Lacroix |
Coach | Bob Hartley |
Captain | Joe Sakic |
Alternate captains | Rob Blake Chris Drury Adam Foote |
Arena | Pepsi Center |
Average attendance | 18,007 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hershey Bears |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Joe Sakic (26) |
Assists | Joe Sakic (53) |
Points | Joe Sakic (79) |
Penalty minutes | Scott Parker (154) |
Plus/minus | Greg de Vries (+18) |
Wins | Patrick Roy (32) |
Goals against average | David Aebischer (1.88) |
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, 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 seven games, then San Jose in the second round in seven games, but lost to the higher-seeded Detroit Red Wings in seven games after being up 3–2 in the series and lost game 7, 7–0, against Detroit. Until the 2021–22 season, this remained the last season in which the Avalanche made it past the second round of the playoffs, and in advance, played in the Western Conference Finals.[2]
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.[3]
The Avalanche finished the regular season first overall in goaltending, having allowed 169 goals. They also led the league in shutouts, with 11. Combined with the 10 games in which the team itself was shut out, 21 of the Avalanche's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout.[4][5]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
Playoffs
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Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 7–6–0–0 (Home: 4–2–0–0; Road: 3–4–0–0)
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November: 6–6–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0–0; Road: 2–6–1–0)
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December: 9–3–3–0 (Home: 4–2–2–0; Road: 5–1–1–0)
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January: 8–3–2–1 (Home: 4–2–0–1; Road: 4–1–2–0)
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February: 4–2–1–0 (Home: 3–2–1–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)
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March: 7–6–0–0 (Home: 3–3–0–0; Road: 4–3–0–0)
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April: 4–2–1–0 (Home: 2–1–1–0; Road: 2–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings – Avalanche win 4–3
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (3) San Jose Sharks – Avalanche win 4–3
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Western Conference Finals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–3
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Legend:
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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 Avalanche only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Joe Sakic | C | 82 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −2 | 4 |
4 | Rob Blake | D | 75 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 16 | 58 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −1 | 16 |
40 | Alex Tanguay | LW | 70 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 8 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −8 | 0 |
18 | Chris Drury | C | 82 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 1 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 10 |
28 | Steve Reinprecht | C | 67 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
23 | Milan Hejduk | RW | 62 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −4 | 4 |
41 | Martin Skoula | D | 82 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −3 | 42 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −5 | 2 |
17[a] | Radim Vrbata | RW | 52 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 |
52 | Adam Foote | D | 55 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 55 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −2 | 28 |
10 | Ville Nieminen‡ | LW | 53 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Greg de Vries | D | 82 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 57 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
26 | Stephane Yelle | C | 73 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 14 |
29 | Eric Messier | LW | 74 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
50 | Brian Willsie | RW | 56 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3[b] | Pascal Trepanier | D | 74 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
13 | Dan Hinote | RW | 58 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 9 |
25 | Shjon Podein‡ | LW | 41 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Brad Larsen | LW | 50 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 13 |
12 | Mike Keane† | RW | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
32 | Riku Hahl | C | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
27 | Scott Parker | RW | 63 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 154 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Vaclav Nedorost | C | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Todd Gill | D | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Patrick Roy | G | 63 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
20 | Kelly Fairchild | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Bryan Muir | D | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
37 | Jordan Krestanovich | LW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Jeff Daw | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | David Aebischer | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
6 | Rick Berry‡ | D | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Darius Kasparaitis† | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
36 | Steve Moore | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
43 | Jaroslav Obsut | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Peter Forsberg | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 20 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33 | Patrick Roy | 63 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1629 | 122 | 1.94 | .925 | 9 | 3773 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 572 | 52 | 2.51 | .909 | 3 | 1241 |
1 | David Aebischer | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 538 | 37 | 1.88 | .931 | 2 | 1184 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1.76 | .929 | 0 | 34 |
Awards and records
Player awards and trophies
- Patrick Roy, William Jennings Trophy
- Patrick Roy, First Team All-Star
Transactions
The Avalanche were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.[8]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2001 |
To Carolina Hurricanes Chris Dingman |
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June 24, 2001 | To Colorado Avalanche 6th-round pick in 2001 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Nolan Pratt |
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June 24, 2001 | To Colorado Avalanche 9th-round pick in 2002 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning 9th-round pick in 2001 |
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January 23, 2002 | To Colorado Avalanche Brett Clark |
To Atlanta Thrashers Frederic Cassivi |
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February 10, 2002 | To Colorado Avalanche Mike Keane |
To St. Louis Blues Shjon Podein |
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March 1, 2002 | To Colorado Avalanche D. J. Smith |
To Nashville Predators Conditional 9th-round pick in 2002 |
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March 19, 2002 | To Colorado Avalanche Darius Kasparaitis |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Rick Berry Ville Nieminen |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 24, 2001 | Todd Gill | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | Free agency | |
July 30, 2001 | Jeff Daw | Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | |
August 8, 2001 | Jeff Paul | Chicago Blackhawks | 2-year | Free agency | |
August 11, 2001 | Jaroslav Obsut | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency | |
September 1, 2001 | Pascal Trepanier | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | 1-year | Free agency |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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June 26, 2001 | Ray Bourque | Retirement (III) | ||
June 27, 2001 | Rob Shearer | HC TPS (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [10] |
July 1, 2001 | Jon Klemm | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (III) | |
Dave Reid[d] | Contract expiration (III) | [9] | ||
August 14, 2001 | Brian White | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency (VI) | |
August 15, 2001 | Joel Prpic | San Jose Sharks | Free agency (VI) | |
September 6, 2001 | Mike Craig | San Jose Sharks | Free agency (UFA) | |
October 26, 2001 | Dan Smith | Colorado Gold Kings (WCHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Rob Blake | 5-year | Re-signing | |
Patrick Roy | 3-year | Re-signing | ||
Joe Sakic | 5-year | Re-signing | ||
July 27, 2001 | Brent Thompson | 2-year | Re-signing | |
August 6, 2001 | Yuri Babenko | Re-signing | ||
Kelly Fairchild | 1-year | Re-signing | ||
Scott Parker | 3-year | Re-signing | ||
August 7, 2001 | Greg de Vries | 2-year | Re-signing | |
August 15, 2001 | David Aebischer | 3-year | Re-signing | |
August 16, 2001 | Eric Messier | 3-year | Re-signing |
Draft picks
Colorado's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 63 | Peter Budaj | Slovakia | Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL) |
3 | 97 | Danny Bois | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
4 | 130 | Colt King | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
5 | 143 | Frantisek Skladany | Slovakia | Boston University (NCAA) |
5 | 144 | Cody McCormick | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
5 | 149 | Mikko Viitanen | Finland | Ahmat Hyvinkaa (Finland) |
5 | 165 | Pierre-Luc Emond | Canada | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
6 | 184 | Scott Horvath | United States | University of Massachusetts Amherst (Hockey East) |
6 | 196 | Charlie Stephens | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
7 | 227 | Marek Svatos | Slovakia | Kootenay Ice (WHL) |
See also
Notes
References
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- "2001-02 Colorado Avalanche Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ 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
- ^ 9news.com/article/sports/nhl/colorado-avalanche/avalanche-blues-game-6/73-7ff39146-91aa-473c-9d16-b5e540b76da2
- ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p 475, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
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- ^ "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
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- ^ a b "2001 NHL free agent list". ESPN.com. July 12, 2001. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
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