2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers | |
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Division | 5th Southeast |
Conference | 15th Eastern |
2001–02 record | 19–47–11–5 |
Home record | 11–21–9–0 |
Road record | 8–26–2–5 |
Goals for | 187 |
Goals against | 288 |
Team information | |
General manager | Don Waddell |
Coach | Curt Fraser |
Captain |
Ray Ferraro (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Alternate captains |
Jeff Odgers Chris Tamer |
Arena | Philips Arena |
Average attendance | 13,668 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Chicago Wolves Greenville Grrrowl |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ilya Kovalchuk (29) |
Assists | Dany Heatley (41) |
Points | Dany Heatley (67) |
Penalty minutes | Jeff Odgers (135) |
Plus/minus | Andy Sutton (0) |
Wins | Milan Hnilicka (13) |
Goals against average | Norm Maracle (3.00) |
The 2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' third season of competition. For the second time in three seasons, the team finished the season with the worst record in the whole NHL, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
With Steve Staios departing to the Edmonton Oilers via free agency, Ray Ferraro was named the team’s new captain. [1]
The Thrashers struggled defensively, finishing 30th overall in goaltending, with 288 goals allowed, and on the power play, with only 37 power-play goals scored. They also allowed the most-short-handed goals of all 30 teams, with 12. [2]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 236 | 201 | 101 |
2 | Y- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 234 | 192 | 97 |
3 | Y- Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 217 | 217 | 91 |
4 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 249 | 207 | 100 |
5 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 239 | 220 | 96 |
6 | X- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 41 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 205 | 187 | 95 |
7 | X- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 243 | 208 | 94 |
8 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 207 | 209 | 87 |
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9 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 228 | 240 | 85 |
10 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 213 | 200 | 82 |
11 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 36 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 227 | 258 | 80 |
12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 198 | 249 | 69 |
13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 178 | 219 | 69 |
14 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 180 | 250 | 60 |
15 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 187 | 288 | 54 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
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October: 3–4–1–2 (home: 2–4–1–0; road: 1–0–0–2)
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November: 2–11–1–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 1–10–0–0)
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December: 3–8–3–1 (home: 1–5–3–0; road: 2–3–0–1)
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January: 5–8–1–1 (home: 3–4–1–0; road: 2–4–0–1)
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February: 2–3–1–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 0–2–1–0)
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March: 4–10–1–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 2–5–0–0)
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April: 0–3–3–1 (home: 0–1–2–0; road: 0–2–1–1)
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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 |
15 | Dany Heatley | LW | 82 | 26 | 41 | 67 | −19 | 56 |
17 | Ilya Kovalchuk | LW | 65 | 29 | 22 | 51 | −19 | 28 |
12 | Tony Hrkac | C | 80 | 18 | 26 | 44 | −12 | 12 |
18 | Lubos Bartecko | LW | 71 | 13 | 14 | 27 | −15 | 30 |
21 | Ray Ferraro‡ | C | 61 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −32 | 66 |
8 | Frantisek Kaberle | D | 61 | 5 | 20 | 25 | −11 | 24 |
38 | Yannick Tremblay | D | 66 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −15 | 47 |
13 | Patrik Stefan | C | 59 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −4 | 22 |
14 | Tomi Kallio | LW | 60 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 12 |
26 | Pascal Rheaume† | C | 42 | 11 | 9 | 20 | −3 | 25 |
9 | Hnat Domenichelli‡ | LW | 40 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −18 | 34 |
36 | Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 75 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −22 | 14 |
39 | Per Svartvadet | C | 78 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −12 | 24 |
22 | Shean Donovan‡ | RW | 48 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −16 | 40 |
3 | Brian Pothier | D | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −19 | 22 |
20 | Jeff Odgers | RW | 46 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −3 | 135 |
28 | Todd Reirden | D | 65 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −25 | 82 |
71 | Jiri Slegr‡ | D | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −21 | 51 |
24 | Andreas Karlsson | C | 42 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −8 | 20 |
27 | Bob Corkum‡ | C | 65 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −30 | 16 |
4 | Chris Tamer | D | 78 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −11 | 111 |
19 | Brad Tapper | RW | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 43 |
16 | Jeff Cowan† | LW | 38 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −11 | 50 |
47 | J. P. Vigier | RW | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −5 | 4 |
25 | Andy Sutton† | D | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 46 |
10 | Yuri Butsayev† | LW | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
29 | Darcy Hordichuk‡ | LW | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 127 |
37 | Dan Snyder | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 30 |
33 | Milan Hnilicka | G | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
6 | David Harlock‡ | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 18 |
22 [a] | Kamil Piros | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
43 | Mike Weaver | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
2 | Petr Buzek‡ | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 13 |
35 | Frederic Cassivi† | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Brett Clark‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
9 | Mark Hartigan† | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
6 | Francis Lessard† | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
23 | Derek MacKenzie | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
34 | Norm Maracle | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | Pasi Nurminen | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Damian Rhodes | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | Kirill Safronov† | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
40 | Luke Sellars | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
45 | Ben Simon | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33 | Milan Hnilicka | 60 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 1956 | 179 | 3.19 | .908 | 3 | 3367 |
35 | Frederic Cassivi† | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 207 | 17 | 3.32 | .918 | 0 | 307 |
31 | Pasi Nurminen | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 275 | 28 | 3.61 | .898 | 0 | 465 |
1 | Damian Rhodes | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 439 | 47 | 3.67 | .893 | 0 | 769 |
34 | Norm Maracle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3.00 | .850 | 0 | 60 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Calder Memorial Trophy | Dany Heatley | [5] |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Dany Heatley ( Forward) | [6] | |
Ilya Kovalchuk (Forward) | |||
League (in-season) |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Dany Heatley & Ilya Kovalchuk (December) | [7] |
Ilya Kovalchuk (January) | [8] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Dany Heatley | [9] | |
Ilya Kovalchuk | |||
Team | Community Service Award | Jeff Odgers | [10] |
Players' Player Award | Jeff Odgers | [10] | |
Team MVP | Dany Heatley | [10] | |
Ilya Kovalchuk | |||
Three Stars of the Game Award | Dany Heatley | [10] | |
Milan Hnilicka |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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400th goal scored | Ray Ferraro | December 28, 2001 | [11] |
The Thrashers 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. [12]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To Atlanta Thrashers 4th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2002 |
To
New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[12] |
June 24, 2001 | To Atlanta Thrashers Lubos Bartecko |
To
St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2001 |
[13] |
June 24, 2001 | To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Dessner |
To
New York Rangers 8th-round pick in 2001 |
[14] |
July 2, 2001 | To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations |
To
Anaheim Mighty Ducks Denny Lambert |
[15] |
December 18, 2001 | To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Cowan Rights to Kurtis Foster |
To
Calgary Flames Petr Buzek Conditional draft pick in 2003 [b] |
[16] |
January 22, 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers Andy Sutton |
To
Minnesota Wild Hnat Domenichelli |
[17] |
January 24, 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers Frederic Cassivi |
To
Colorado Avalanche Brett Clark |
[18] |
March 6, 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers Joe DiPenta |
To
Philadelphia Flyers Jarrod Skalde |
[19] |
March 16, 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers Francis Lessard |
To Philadelphia Flyers David Harlock 3rd-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2003 |
[20] |
March 18, 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers 4th-round pick in 2002 |
To St. Louis Blues Ray Ferraro |
[21] |
March 19, 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers 5th-round pick in 2002 |
To
Buffalo Sabres Bob Corkum |
[22] |
March 19, 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers Kirill Safronov Rights to Ruslan Zainullin 4th-round pick in 2002 |
To
Phoenix Coyotes Darcy Hordichuk 4th-round pick in 2002 5th round pick in 2002 |
[22] [23] |
March 19, 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers Yuri Butsayev 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
To
Detroit Red Wings Jiri Slegr |
[22] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 16, 2001 | Bob Corkum | New Jersey Devils | Free agency | [24] | |
Tony Hrkac | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency | [24] | ||
Todd Reirden | St. Louis Blues | Free agency | [24] | ||
September 28, 2001 | Karl Stewart | Plymouth Whalers ( OHL) | Free agency | [25] | |
November 14, 2001 | Pascal Rheaume | Chicago Blackhawks | Waivers | [26] | |
March 27, 2002 | Mark Hartigan | St. Cloud State University ( WCHA) | Free agency | [27] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [c] | Ref |
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June 19, 2001 | Yves Sarault | Nashville Predators | Waivers | [29] |
June 25, 2001 | Dean Sylvester | Retirement (UFA) | [30] | |
July 1, 2001 | Brian Wesenberg [d] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [28] | |
July 2, 2001 | Andrei Skopintsev | HC Dynamo Moscow ( RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [32] |
July 6, 2001 | Andrew Brunette | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
July 12, 2001 | Steve Staios | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
August 7, 2001 | Rumun Ndur | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
August 10, 2001 | Herbert Vasiljevs | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (VI) | [36] |
August 23, 2001 | Wes Mason | Augusta Lynx ( ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
August 29, 2001 | Hugo Boisvert | Grand Rapids Griffins ( AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
September 8, 2001 | Sean Ritchlin | Reading Royals (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
October 10, 2001 | Ladislav Kohn | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
October 18, 2001 | Chris Joseph | HC TPS ( Liiga) | Free agency (III) | [41] |
October 21, 2001 | Steve Guolla | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
January 29, 2002 | Gord Murphy | Boston Bruins | Free agency (III) | [43] |
March 15, 2002 | Shean Donovan | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waivers | [44] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 19, 2001 | J. P. Vigier | Re-signing | [29] | |
July 2, 2001 | Hnat Domenichelli | Re-signing | [45] | |
July 3, 2001 | Jeff Dessner | Entry-level | [46] | |
Libor Ustrnul | Entry-level | [46] | ||
July 12, 2001 | Norm Maracle | Re-signing | [47] | |
Pasi Nurminen | Entry-level | [47] | ||
July 17, 2001 | Frantisek Kaberle | Re-signing | [48] | |
July 18, 2001 | Brett Clark | Re-signing | [49] | |
Per Svartvadet | Re-signing | [49] | ||
July 27, 2001 | Jiri Slegr | Re-signing | [50] | |
July 30, 2001 | Bryan Adams | Re-signing | [51] | |
Lubos Bartecko | Re-signing | [51] | ||
Daniel Tjarnqvist | Entry-level | [51] | ||
July 31, 2001 | Shean Donovan | Re-signing | [52] | |
August 14, 2001 | Ilya Kovalchuk | Entry-level | [53] | |
August 27, 2001 | Simon Gamache | Entry-level | [54] | |
December 19, 2001 | Kurtis Foster | Entry-level | [55] | |
May 6, 2002 | Jeff Odgers | Extension | [56] | |
May 23, 2002 | Frederic Cassivi | Extension | [57] |
Atlanta's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. [58]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 1 | Ilya Kovalchuk | Russia | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
3 | 80 | Michael Garnett | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
4 | 100 | Brian Sipotz | United States | Miami University (NCAA) |
4 | 112 | Milan Gajic | Canada | Burnaby Express (BCJHL) |
5 | 135 | Colin Stuart | United States | Colorado College (NCAA) |
6 | 189 | Pasi Nurminen | Finland | Jokerit (Finland) |
7 | 199 | Matt Suderman | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
7 | 201 | Colin FitzRandolph | United States | Phillips Exeter Academy (NH) |
9 | 262 | Mario Cartelli | Czech Republic | Ocelari Trinec (Czech Republic) |
Primary affiliate: Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Secondary affiliate: Greenville Grrrowl (ECHL)
The Rangers also dealt Jeff Dessner, a defenseman from the University of Wisconsin who selected in the seventh round of the 1996 Draft to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for their eighth round choice (230th overall).
Atlanta Thrashers: Traded... F Darcy Hordichuk, and 2002 fourth- and fifth-round draft picks to Phoenix for D Kirill Safronov, the rights to RW Ruslan Zainullin and a 2002 fourth-round draft pick.
Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by Atlanta on September 28, 2001
ATLANTA THRASHERS--Agreed to terms with F J.P. Vigier... NASHVILLE PREDATORS--Claimed F Yves Sarault off waivers from the Atlanta Thrashers.
STATUS: Retired from pro hockey following the 2000-01 season.
MINNESOTA WILD--Signed LW Andrew Brunette to a multiyear contract.
Ndur, signed by Chicago as a free agent August 7, 2001
In another move, the Red Wings signed right wing Ladislav Kohn to a one-year contract
NEW JERSEY DEVILS--Signed... LW Stephen Guolla.
ATLANTA THRASHERS—Agreed to terms with D Libor Ustrnul and D Jeff Dessner.
Atlanta Thrashers -- Agreed to terms with defenseman Kurtis Foster