2001–02 Columbus Blue Jackets | |
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Division | 5th Central |
Conference | 15th Western |
2001–02 record | 22–47–8–5 |
Home record | 14–18–5–4 |
Road record | 8–29–3–1 |
Goals for | 164 |
Goals against | 255 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug MacLean |
Coach | Dave King |
Captain |
Lyle Odelein (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Alternate captains |
Geoff Sanderson Tyler Wright |
Arena | Nationwide Arena |
Average attendance | 18,136 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Syracuse Crunch (
AHL) Dayton Bombers ( ECHL) Elmira Jackals ( UHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ray Whitney (21) |
Assists | Ray Whitney (40) |
Points | Ray Whitney (61) |
Penalty minutes | Jody Shelley (206) |
Plus/minus | Jody Shelley (+1) |
Wins | Ron Tugnutt (12) |
Goals against average | Ron Tugnutt (2.85) |
The 2001–02 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the Blue Jackets' second season in the National Hockey League (NHL), as the team was coming off a 28–39–9–6 record in their expansion season, earning 71 points and missing the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Blue Jackets did not qualify for the 2002 playoffs.
Columbus would get off to a poor start, winning only one out of 13 games to open the season and falling to last place in the Western Conference. While the Blue Jackets would play better as the season progressed, they were far off from playoff qualification and would eventually trade team captain Lyle Odelein to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for defenseman Jaroslav Spacek at the trade deadline. Columbus would finish the season with a 22–47–8–5 record, earning 57 points, which was 14 fewer points than in their previous season, and 37 points behind the Vancouver Canucks for the eighth final playoff spot in the West. Columbus would score an NHL-low 164 goals, and their 255 goals against was the highest total in the Western Conference, third-highest in the NHL. The 57 points the Jackets earned was the second fewest in the League, only ahead of the Atlanta Thrashers, who finished with 54.
Ray Whitney would lead Columbus offensively, scoring a team-high 21 goals and 40 assists for 61 points, which broke the team record for points in a season. Mike Sillinger would be the only other Blue Jacket to score 20 goals, scoring 20 and adding 23 assists for 43 points. Deron Quint led the Jackets defense, earning 25 points, while Rostislav Klesla scored eight goals and earned 16 points in his first full season in the League. Jody Shelley had a team-high and club-record 206 penalty minutes in only 52 games.
In goal, Ron Tugnutt and Marc Denis would split time, with Tugnutt winning a team-high 12 games and posting a team-best 2.85 goals against average (GAA).
Tragedy struck at Nationwide Arena during a game on March 16, 2002, against the Calgary Flames, when a shot by Jackets forward Espen Knutsen was deflected off the stick of Flames defenceman Derek Morris and sailed into the stands, hitting 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil in the head. Cecil would pass away on March 18 due to the injury.
The Blue Jackets would finish the season 30th in the League in scoring, with 164 goals for, and would be shut out an NHL-high 11 times. [1] [2]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 51 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 251 | 187 | 116 |
2 | 4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 227 | 188 | 98 |
3 | 5 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 216 | 207 | 96 |
4 | 14 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 28 | 41 | 13 | 0 | 196 | 230 | 69 |
5 | 15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 22 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 164 | 255 | 57 |
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
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October: 1–7–4–0 (home: 0–4–2–0; road: 1–3–2–0)
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November: 6–6–1–1 (home: 4–3–1–1; road: 2–3–0–0)
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December: 3–9–1–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 1–7–0–0)
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January: 4–9–1–0 (home: 4–3–0–0; road: 0–6–1–0)
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February: 1–3–1–2 (home: 0–3–1–2; road: 1–0–0–0)
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March: 5–8–0–2 (home: 2–2–0–1; road: 3–6–0–1)
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April: 2–5–0–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 0–4–0–0)
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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 |
14 | Ray Whitney | LW | 67 | 21 | 40 | 61 | −22 | 12 |
16 | Mike Sillinger | C | 80 | 20 | 23 | 43 | −35 | 54 |
21 | Espen Knutsen | C | 77 | 11 | 31 | 42 | −28 | 47 |
29 | Grant Marshall | RW | 81 | 15 | 18 | 33 | −20 | 86 |
9 | David Vyborny | RW | 75 | 13 | 18 | 31 | −14 | 6 |
7 | Deron Quint | D | 75 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −34 | 26 |
28 | Tyler Wright | C | 77 | 13 | 11 | 24 | −40 | 100 |
8 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 42 | 11 | 5 | 16 | −15 | 12 |
10 | Serge Aubin | LW | 71 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −20 | 32 |
44 | Rostislav Klesla | D | 75 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −6 | 74 |
4 | Lyle Odelein‡ | D | 65 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −28 | 89 |
18 | Robert Kron | LW | 59 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −14 | 4 |
42 | Brett Harkins | LW | 25 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −5 | 8 |
11 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 59 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −6 | 62 |
37 | Mattias Timander | D | 78 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −34 | 44 |
27 | Blake Sloan‡ | RW | 60 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −18 | 46 |
34 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 81 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −28 | 90 |
45 | Jody Shelley | LW | 52 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 206 |
32 | Radim Bicanek | D | 60 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −15 | 34 |
5 | Jamie Pushor‡ | D | 61 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −10 | 54 |
22 | Chris Nielsen | RW | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
3 | Jaroslav Spacek† | D | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −9 | 24 |
12 | Sean Pronger | C | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −4 | 4 |
41 | Matt Davidson | RW | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −11 | 10 |
6 | Jamie Heward | D | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −9 | 7 |
19 | Mathieu Darche | LW | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 6 |
26 | Andrej Nedorost | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
20 | Martin Spanhel | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
23 | Derrick Walser | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
38 | Blake Bellefeuille | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
30 | Marc Denis | G | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
31 | Ron Tugnutt | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
33 | Jamie Allison† | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 28 |
1 | Jean-Francois Labbe | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
43 | David Ling | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 |
40 | Brad Moran | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Duvie Westcott | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Ron Tugnutt | 44 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 1195 | 119 | 2.85 | .900 | 2 | 2502 |
30 | Marc Denis | 42 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1197 | 121 | 3.11 | .899 | 1 | 2335 |
1 | Jean-Francois Labbe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 6 | 3.08 | .912 | 0 | 117 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Rostislav Klesla ( Defense) | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Espen Knutsen [a] | [7] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Rostislav Klesla [b] | [8] | |
Team | Three Stars Award | Ray Whitney | [9] |
The Blue Jackets 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. [10]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Rights to Paul Manning |
To
Calgary Flames 5th-round pick in 2001 |
[11] |
August 29, 2001 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Grant Marshall |
To
Dallas Stars 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
[12] |
September 28, 2001 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Evgeny Petrochinin |
To Dallas Stars Kirk Muller |
[13] |
March 15, 2002 | To Columbus Blue Jackets 4th-round pick in 2003 |
To
Pittsburgh Penguins Jamie Pushor |
[14] |
March 19, 2002 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Jaroslav Spacek 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To
Chicago Blackhawks Lyle Odelein |
[15] |
March 19, 2002 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Jamie Allison |
To Calgary Flames Blake Sloan |
[15] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 5, 2001 | Mike Sillinger | Ottawa Senators | 3-year | Free agency | [16] |
July 10, 2001 | David Ling | Dallas Stars | Free agency | [17] | |
Darrel Scoville | Calgary Flames | Free agency | [17] | ||
September 17, 2001 | Derrick Walser | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency | [18] |
September 28, 2001 | Kirk Muller | Dallas Stars | Waiver draft | [13] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [c] | Ref |
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N/A | Michael Gaul | HC Fribourg-Gotteron ( NLA) | Free agency (VI) | [20] |
June 21, 2001 | Reggie Savage | EHC Biel-Bienne ( NLB) | Free agency (VI) | [21] |
July 1, 2001 | Petteri Nummelin | HC Lugano (NLA) | Free agency (II) [d] | [23] |
July 7, 2001 | Mike Maneluk | HC Lugano (NLA) | Free agency (UFA) | [24] |
August 15, 2001 | Sean Selmser | Hamilton Bulldogs ( AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [25] |
August 16, 2001 | Alexander Selivanov | Frankfurt Lions ( DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [26] |
September 26, 2001 | Scott Hollis | Flint Generals ( UHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [27] |
October 8, 2001 | Jeff Williams | Brynas IF ( SHL) | Free agency (VI) | [28] |
October 21, 2001 | Bruce Gardiner | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
February 1, 2002 | Jeff Ware | Retirement | [30] | |
April 17, 2002 | Jamie Heward | Geneve-Servette HC (NLA) | Free agency | [31] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 20, 2001 | Andrej Nedorost | Entry-level | [32] | |
Martin Paroulek | Entry-level | [32] | ||
July 9, 2001 | Blake Sloan | multi-year | Re-signing | [33] |
July 13, 2001 | Tyler Wright | multi-year | Re-signing | [34] |
July 31, 2001 | Matt Davidson | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] |
Greg Gardner | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] | |
Andriy Sryubko | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] | |
Mattias Timander | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] | |
August 3, 2001 | Jamie Pushor | 1-year | Re-signing | [36] |
August 23, 2001 | Geoff Sanderson | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] |
N/A | Kevin Dineen | Re-signing | [38] | |
September 24, 2001 | Deron Quint | Re-signing | [39] | |
October 17, 2001 | Shane Bendera | multi-year | Entry-level | [40] |
April 22, 2002 | Jody Shelley | multi-year | Extension | [41] |
April 23, 2002 | Pascal Leclaire | multi-year | Entry-level | [42] |
May 28, 2002 | Scott Heffernan | multi-year | Entry-level | [43] |
Sean Pronger | multi-year | Extension | [43] | |
David Vyborny | 1-year | Extension | [43] | |
June 6, 2002 | Ben Knopp | multi-year | Entry-level | [44] |
Columubus' draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. [45]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 8 | Pascal Leclaire | Canada | Halifax Mooseheads ( QMJHL) |
2 | 38 | Tim Jackman | United States | Minnesota State University, Mankato ( WCHA) |
2 | 53 | Kiel McLeod | Canada | Kelowna Rockets ( WHL) |
3 | 85 | Aaron Johnson | Canada | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
3 | 87 | Per Mars | Sweden | Brynas IF ( Sweden) |
5 | 141 | Cole Jarrett | Canada | Plymouth Whalers ( OHL) |
6 | 173 | Justin Aikins | Canada | Langley Hornets ( BCHL) |
6 | 187 | Artyom Vostrikov | Russia | Lada Togliatti-2 (Russia) |
7 | 204 | Raffaele Sannitz | Switzerland | HC Lugano ( Switzerland) |
8 | 236 | Ryan Bowness | Canada | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
8 | 242 | Andrew Murray | Canada | Selkirk Steelers ( MJHL) |
01-Jul-01: Signed with Lugano of the Swiss National League.
August 15, 2001 Selmser Is Back
NEW JERSEY DEVILS–Signed LW Bruce Gardiner
17-Apr-02: Signed with the HC Geneve Servette of the Swiss National League.
Kevin Dineen, CBJ... Signed, CBJ