2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 3rd Northeast |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
2000–01 record | 37–29–11–5 |
Home record | 19–11–7–4 |
Road record | 18–18–4–1 |
Goals for | 232 |
Goals against | 207 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pat Quinn |
Coach | Pat Quinn |
Captain | Mats Sundin |
Alternate captains |
Steve Thomas Dmitri Yushkevich |
Arena | Air Canada Centre |
Average attendance | 19,257 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | St. John's Maple Leafs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Gary Roberts (29) |
Assists | Mats Sundin (46) |
Points | Mats Sundin (74) |
Penalty minutes | Tie Domi (214) |
Plus/minus | Bryan McCabe, Gary Roberts (+16) |
Wins | Curtis Joseph (33) |
Goals against average | Curtis Joseph (2.39) |
The 2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 84th season of existence and their 74th season as the Maple Leafs. The team finished third in the Northeast Division with a 37–29–11–5 record (90 points). In the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, they swept their rivals, the first-place Ottawa Senators, four games to none in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals before falling to the New Jersey Devils in seven games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
The Leafs scored the fewest short-handed goals in the NHL during the regular season, with just two. [1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 274 | 205 | 109 |
2 | 5 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 218 | 184 | 98 |
3 | 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 232 | 207 | 90 |
4 | 9 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 227 | 249 | 88 |
5 | 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 206 | 232 | 70 |
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: 6–5–0–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 3–3–0–0)
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November: 7–2–3–2 (home: 4–1–2–2; road: 3–1–1–0)
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December: 7–5–1–1 (home: 2–1–1–1; road: 5–4–0–0)
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January: 5–5–3–1 (home: 3–4–1–0; road: 2–1–2–1)
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February: 4–5–3–0 (home: 4–1–3–0; road: 0–4–0–0)
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March: 6–6–1–1 (home: 2–2–0–1; road: 4–4–1–0)
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April: 2–1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
2001 Stanley Cup playoffs [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Ottawa Senators – Maple Leafs win 4–0
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (1) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
13 | Mats Sundin | C | 82 | 28 | 46 | 74 | 15 | 76 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 14 |
7 | Gary Roberts | LW | 82 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 16 | 109 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
44 | Yanic Perreault | C | 76 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
94 | Sergei Berezin | LW | 79 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Jonas Hoglund | LW | 82 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
15 | Tomas Kaberle | D | 82 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
16 | Darcy Tucker | RW | 82 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 141 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 6 |
32 | Steve Thomas | RW | 57 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
22 | Igor Korolev | RW | 73 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
24 | Bryan McCabe | D | 82 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 16 | 123 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
27 | Shayne Corson | C | 77 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 189 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 14 |
10 | Garry Valk | RW | 74 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
36 | Dmitry Yushkevich | D | 81 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −2 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −4 | 12 |
28 | Tie Domi | RW | 82 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 214 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
9 | Nik Antropov | C | 52 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
55 | Danny Markov | D | 59 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 12 |
3 | Dave Manson | D | 74 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
43 | Nathan Dempsey | D | 25 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Dmitri Khristich‡ | RW | 27 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Cory Cross | D | 41 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 10 |
39 | Alexei Ponikarovsky | RW | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Aki Berg† | D | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
23 | Petr Svoboda | D | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Wade Belak† | D | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Adam Mair‡ | LW | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Alyn McCauley | C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
31 | Curtis Joseph | G | 68 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
37 | Don MacLean | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | David Cooper | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Jeff Farkas | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Glenn Healy | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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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 |
31 | Curtis Joseph | 68 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 1907 | 163 | 2.39 | .915 | 6 | 4100 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 329 | 24 | 2.10 | .927 | 3 | 685 |
30 | Glenn Healy | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 331 | 38 | 2.62 | .885 | 0 | 871 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mats Sundin | [5] |
Team | Molson Cup | Curtis Joseph | [6] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Dave Manson | November 17, 2000 | [7] |
1,000th game played | Shayne Corson | February 14, 2001 | [8] |
The Maple Leafs 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. [9]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 25, 2000 | To
Anaheim Mighty Ducks Rights to Jonathan Hedstrom |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th-round pick in 2000 7th-round pick in 2000 |
[10] |
September 26, 2000 | To
Philadelphia Flyers Chris McAllister |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Rights to Regan Kelly |
[11] |
October 2, 2000 | To
Chicago Blackhawks Alexander Karpovtsev 4th-round pick in 2001 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Bryan McCabe |
[12] |
October 29, 2000 | To
Dallas Stars Gerald Diduck |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Future considerations |
[13] |
December 11, 2000 | To
Washington Capitals Dmitri Khristich |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay's 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
[14] |
February 20, 2001 | To
Tampa Bay Lightning Konstantin Kalmikov |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Maxim Galanov |
[15] |
March 13, 2001 | To
Los Angeles Kings Adam Mair 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Aki Berg |
[16] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 4, 2000 | Shayne Corson | Montreal Canadiens | multi-year | Free agency | [17] |
Gary Roberts | Carolina Hurricanes | multi-year | Free agency | [18] | |
August 16, 2000 | Dave Manson | Dallas Stars | 2-year | Free agency | [19] |
October 5, 2000 | David Cooper | Kassel Huskies ( DEL) | Free agency | [20] | |
February 16, 2001 | Wade Belak | Calgary Flames | Waivers | [21] | |
March 16, 2001 | Mike Minard | St. John's Maple Leafs ( AHL) | Free agency | [22] | |
June 6, 2001 | Christian Chartier | Prince George Cougars ( WHL) | Free agency | [23] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [a] | Ref |
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June 23, 2000 | Kevyn Adams | Columbus Blue Jackets | Expansion draft | [25] |
Tommi Rajamaki | Columbus Blue Jackets | Expansion draft | [25] | |
June 29, 2000 | Wendel Clark | Retirement (III) | [26] | |
July 1, 2000 | Jason Bonsignore [b] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [24] | |
Marc Robitaille [c] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [24] | ||
Brian Wiseman [d] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [24] | ||
July 19, 2000 | Terran Sandwith | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency (VI) | [30] |
August 1, 2000 | Lonny Bohonos | HC Davos ( NLA) | Free agency (II) [e] | [32] |
Justin Hocking | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency | [33] | |
August 14, 2000 | Greg Andrusak | San Jose Sharks | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
September 2000 | Mark Deyell | Hamilton Bulldogs ( AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [35] |
N/A | Tyler Harlton | St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
Francis Larivee | New Orleans Brass ( ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] | |
October 4, 2000 | Ryan Pepperall | Florida Everblades (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
October 9, 2000 | Kris King | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency | [39] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 29, 2000 | Nathan Dempsey | Re-signing | [40] | |
Chris McAllister | Re-signing | [40] | ||
Petr Svoboda | Entry-level | [40] | ||
July 17, 2000 | Luca Cereda | multi-year | Entry-level | [41] |
August 1, 2000 | Jonas Hoglund | 1-year | Re-signing | [42] |
Alyn McCauley | Re-signing | [42] | ||
Yanic Perreault | Re-signing | [42] | ||
August 11, 2000 | Danny Markov | multi-year | Re-signing | [43] |
August 15, 2000 | Glenn Healy | 2-year | Re-signing | [44] |
September 4, 2000 | Donald MacLean | Re-signing | [45] | |
September 6, 2000 | D. J. Smith | 2-year | Re-signing | [46] |
November 2, 2000 | Darcy Tucker | 2-year | Extension | [47] |
Toronto's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. [48]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 24 | Brad Boyes | Canada | Erie Otters ( OHL) |
2 | 51 | Kris Vernarsky | United States | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
3 | 70 | Mikael Tellqvist | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF (Sweden) |
3 | 90 | Jean-Francois Racine | Canada | Drummondville Voltigeurs ( QMJHL) |
4 | 100 | Miguel Delisle | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
6 | 179 | Vadim Sozinov | Kazakhstan | Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia) |
7 | 209 | Markus Seikola | Finland | TPS Jr. (Finland) |
7 | 223 | Lubos Velebny | Slovakia | HKm Zvolen Jr. (Slovakia) |
8 | 254 | Alexander Shinkar | Russia | Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) |
9 | 265 | Jean-Philippe Cote | Canada | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) |
Toronto's Shayne Corson, playing his 1,000th NHL, fought Jamie Pushor in the second period. Before the game, Corson and his family were presented with the scoresheet from his first game.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS--Traded the rights to Jonathan Hedstrom to Anaheim for 2000 sixth- and seventh-round picks.
(Cooper) was signed as a free agent by Toronto on October 5 of this year.
COYOTES: Phoenix signed free-agent defenseman Justin Hocking to a one-year contract.
SAN JOSE SHARKS–Signed D Greg Andrusak.
The Hamilton Bulldogs have also announced that the Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Mark Deyell.