2000–01 New York Rangers | |
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Division | 4th Atlantic |
Conference | 10th Eastern |
2000–01 record | 33–43–5–1 |
Home record | 17–20–3–1 |
Road record | 16–23–2–0 |
Goals for | 250 |
Goals against | 290 |
Team information | |
General manager | Glen Sather |
Coach | Ron Low |
Captain | Mark Messier |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Average attendance | 18,200 (100%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Hartford Wolf Pack Charlotte Checkers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Petr Nedved (32) |
Assists | Brian Leetch (58) |
Points | Brian Leetch (79) |
Penalty minutes | Dale Purinton (180) |
Plus/minus | Petr Nedved (+10) |
Wins | Mike Richter (20) |
Goals against average | Mike Richter (3.28) |
The 2000–01 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 75th season. The Rangers compiled a 33–43–5–1 record in the regular season, finishing in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. [1] New York's 10th-place finish in the Eastern Conference left it out of the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs; it was the fourth consecutive season the team missed the postseason. [2] [3]
The season saw several new faces join the team. Glen Sather, the longtime Edmonton Oilers executive, was brought in to be team president and general manager. [4] Ron Low was hired as the team's head coach. [5] Former team captain Mark Messier returned to the Rangers after spending the previous three seasons with the Vancouver Canucks and resumed his place as team captain. [6]
The Rangers allowed the most goals during the regular season, with 290. They also scored the most short-handed goals, with 16. [3]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 295 | 195 | 111 |
2 | 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 240 | 207 | 100 |
3 | 6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 281 | 256 | 96 |
4 | 10 | New York Rangers | 82 | 33 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 250 | 290 | 72 |
5 | 15 | New York Islanders | 82 | 21 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 185 | 268 | 52 |
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 | Z- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 295 | 195 | 111 |
2 | Y- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 274 | 205 | 109 |
3 | Y- Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 233 | 211 | 96 |
4 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 240 | 207 | 100 |
5 | X- Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 218 | 184 | 98 |
6 | X- Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 281 | 256 | 96 |
7 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 232 | 207 | 90 |
8 | X- Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 38 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 212 | 225 | 88 |
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9 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 227 | 249 | 88 |
10 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 33 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 250 | 290 | 72 |
11 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 206 | 232 | 70 |
12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 200 | 246 | 66 |
13 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 211 | 289 | 60 |
14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 201 | 280 | 59 |
15 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 21 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 185 | 268 | 52 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
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October: 4–6–0–0 (home: 2–4–0–0; road: 2–2–0–0)
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November: 9–6–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 5–4–0–0)
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December: 3–9–1–1 (home: 3–3–0–1; road: 0–6–1–0)
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January: 5–7–2–0 (home: 4–4–1–0; road: 1–3–1–0)
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February: 5–4–1–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 3–2–0–0)
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March: 5–9–1–0 (home: 2–4–1–0; road: 3–5–0–0)
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April: 2–2–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 2–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
2 | Brian Leetch | D | 82 | 21 | 58 | 79 | −18 | 34 |
93 | Petr Nedved | C | 79 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 10 | 54 |
14 | Theoren Fleury | RW | 62 | 30 | 44 | 74 | 0 | 122 |
20 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 82 | 31 | 36 | 67 | 9 | 20 |
11 | Mark Messier | C | 82 | 24 | 43 | 67 | −25 | 89 |
27 | Jan Hlavac | LW | 79 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 3 | 20 |
13 | Valeri Kamensky | LW | 65 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −18 | 36 |
18 | Mike York | C | 79 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 20 |
9 | Adam Graves | LW | 82 | 10 | 16 | 26 | −16 | 77 |
3 | Kim Johnsson | D | 75 | 5 | 21 | 26 | −3 | 40 |
10 | Sandy McCarthy | RW | 81 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 171 |
8 [a] | Michal Grosek | RW | 65 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −10 | 61 |
24 | Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 71 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 55 |
6 | Manny Malhotra | C | 50 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −10 | 31 |
47 | Rich Pilon | D | 69 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 175 |
26 | Tim Taylor | C | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −6 | 16 |
28 | Eric Lacroix‡ | LW | 46 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −6 | 39 |
17 | Colin Forbes† | LW | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −3 | 15 |
22 | Tomas Kloucek | D | 43 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −3 | 74 |
4 | Brad Brown | D | 48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 107 |
25 | Alexei Gusarov†‡ | D | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 6 |
38 | Jeff Ulmer | RW | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −6 | 8 |
33 | Mike Mottau | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −6 | 13 |
25 | Peter Smrek† | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
29 | Johan Witehall‡ | LW | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 8 |
29 | Jeff Toms† | LW | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
23 | Vladimir Malakhov | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Dale Purinton | D | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 180 |
39 | Brad Smyth | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
21 [b] | Derek Armstrong | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Drew Bannister | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
21 [c] | Jason Doig | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Guy Hebert† | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | Johan Holmqvist | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
34 | Jason LaBarbera | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | John MacLean‡ | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
30 | Kirk McLean | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | Mike Richter | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | Bert Robertsson†‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
37 | Tony Tuzzolino | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
36 | David Wilkie | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
31 | Vitali Yeremeyev | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Mike Richter | 45 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 1487 | 144 | 3.28 | .893 | 0 | 2635 |
30 | Kirk McLean | 23 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 710 | 71 | 3.49 | .889 | 0 | 1220 |
31 | Guy Hebert† | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 409 | 42 | 3.43 | .897 | 0 | 735 |
31 | Vitali Yeremeyev | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 16 | 4.52 | .846 | 0 | 212 |
32 | Johan Holmqvist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 10 | 5.05 | .859 | 0 | 119 |
34 | Jason LaBarbera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 10 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | Adam Graves | [10] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Theoren Fleury [d] | [12] |
Brian Leetch | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Theoren Fleury (November 6) | [13] | |
Team | Ceil Saidel Memorial Award | Adam Graves | [14] |
Frank Boucher Trophy | Brian Leetch | [14] | |
Good Guy Award | Petr Nedved | [14] | |
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award | Filip Novak | [14] | |
Players' Player Award | Brian Leetch | [14] | |
Rangers MVP | Brian Leetch | [14] | |
Rookie of the Year | Tomas Kloucek | [14] | |
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award | Sandy McCarthy | [14] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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600th assist | Brian Leetch | October 14, 2000 | [15] |
400th goal scored | Theoren Fleury | November 4, 2000 | [16] |
The Rangers were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals. [17]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2000 | To New York Rangers 2nd-round pick in 2000 3rd-round pick in 2000 |
To
Detroit Red Wings 2nd-round pick in 2000 |
[18] |
June 25, 2000 | To New York Rangers 4th-round pick in 2000 5th-round pick in 2000 |
To
San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2000 |
[17] |
August 4, 2000 | To New York Rangers Sandy McCarthy Conditional draft pick [e] |
To
Carolina Hurricanes Rob DiMaio Darren Langdon |
[19] |
September 25, 2000 | To New York Rangers Conditional draft pick in 2001 |
To
Nashville Predators Alexei Vasiliev |
[20] |
October 5, 2000 | To New York Rangers Brad Brown Michal Grosek |
To
Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations [f] |
[22] |
November 9, 2000 | To New York Rangers Bert Robertsson |
To
Columbus Blue Jackets Jean-Francois Labbe |
[23] |
December 28, 2000 | To New York Rangers Alexei Gusarov |
To
Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2001 |
[24] |
February 5, 2001 | To New York Rangers Future considerations |
To
Dallas Stars John MacLean |
[25] |
March 1, 2001 | To New York Rangers Colin Forbes |
To
Ottawa Senators Eric Lacroix |
[26] |
March 5, 2001 | To New York Rangers Peter Smrek |
To
St. Louis Blues Alexei Gusarov |
[27] |
March 7, 2001 | To New York Rangers Ryan Tobler |
To Nashville Predators Bert Robertsson |
[28] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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June 29, 2000 | Brandon Dietrich | St. Lawrence University ( ECAC) | Free agency | [29] | |
July 10, 2000 | Vladimir Malakhov | New Jersey Devils | Free agency | [30] | |
July 13, 2000 | Mark Messier | Vancouver Canucks | 2-year | Free agency | [31] |
July 27, 2000 | Jeff Ulmer | Houston Aeros ( IHL) | Free agency | [32] | |
September 29, 2000 | Andreas Johansson | Calgary Flames | Waiver draft | [33] | |
January 13, 2001 | Jeff Toms | New York Islanders | Waivers | [34] | |
February 9, 2001 | Tony Tuzzolino | Hartford Wolf Pack ( AHL) | Free agency | [35] | |
March 7, 2001 | Guy Hebert | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Waivers | [36] | |
May 8, 2001 | Richard Scott | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | Free agency | [37] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [g] | Ref |
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June 23, 2000 | Mathieu Schneider | Columbus Blue Jackets | Expansion draft | [39] |
Dmitri Subbotin | Minnesota Wild | Expansion draft | [39] | |
July 1, 2000 | Alexandre Daigle [h] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [38] | |
July 7, 2000 | Kevin Stevens | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (III) | [41] |
P. J. Stock | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (VI) | [42] | |
July 28, 2000 | Milan Hnilicka | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (VI) | [43] |
Chris Wells | Dallas Stars | Free agency (UFA) | [44] | |
July 31, 2000 | Kevin Hatcher | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency (III) | [45] |
N/A | Daniel Goneau | Manitoba Moose ( IHL) | Free agency (II) | [46] |
October 5, 2000 | Stéphane Quintal | Chicago Blackhawks | Waivers | [21] |
October 27, 2000 | Chris Kenady | Louisville Panthers ( AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [47] |
January 2, 2001 | Stefan Cherneski | Retirement | [48] | |
January 12, 2001 | Johan Witehall | Montreal Canadiens | Waivers | [49] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 24, 2000 | Johan Holmqvist | Entry-level | [50] | |
Vitali Yeremeyev | Entry-level | [50] | ||
July 25, 2000 | Martin Richter | Entry-level | [51] | |
July 31, 2000 | Eric Lacroix | Re-signing | [52] | |
August 10, 2000 | David Wilkie | Re-signing | [52] | |
August 30, 2000 | Derek Armstrong | Re-signing | [53] | |
September 1, 2000 | Jason Dawe | Re-signing | [54] | |
September 7, 2000 | Johan Witehall | Re-signing | [55] | |
September 8, 2000 | Drew Bannister | Re-signing | [56] | |
Dale Purinton | Re-signing | [56] | ||
October 4, 2000 | Mike Mottau | Entry-level | [57] |
New York's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Pengrowth Saddledome. [58] [59]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 64 | Filip Novak | D | Czech Republic | Regina Pats ( WHL) |
3 | 95 | Dominic Moore | C | Canada | Harvard University ( NCAA) |
4 | 112 | Premysl Duben | D | Czech Republic | HC Dukla Jihlava ( Czechoslovak Extraliga) |
5 | 140 | Nathan Martz | C | Canada | Chilliwack Chiefs ( BCHL) |
5 | 143 | Brandon Snee | G | United States | Union College (NCAA) |
6 | 175 | Sven Helfenstein | C/RW | Switzerland | Kloten Flyers ( NLA) |
7 | 205 | Henrik Lundqvist | G | Sweden | Frölunda HC ( SEL) |
8 | 238 | Dan Eberly | D | United States | R.P.I. (NCAA) |
9 | 269 | Martin Richter | D | Czech Republic | SaiPa ( FNL) |
Registered three assists on Oct. 14 at Pittsburgh, including the 600th of his Rangers/NHL career
(Scott) was originally signed as a free agent by the Rangers on May 8, 2001.
The 27-year old retired from hockey two years ago to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles.
Dallas Stars—Signed LW Jamie Wright, C Chris Wells and C Eric Houde to one-year contracts.
Goneau, selected by the New York Rangers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft (Second round, 48th overall), was claimed off waivers on Thursday. He appeared in 58 games with the Moose, recording 24 points (10G–14A) and 26 penalty minutes.
Former Wolf Pack right wing Chris Kenady signed a 25-game tryout contract with Louisville and made his debut with the Panthers Friday night in a 4–3 loss to Springfield.