2001–02 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Presidents' Trophy winners | |
Western Conference champions | |
Central Division champions | |
Division | 1st Central |
Conference | 1st Western |
2001–02 record | 51–17–10–4 |
Home record | 28–7–5–1 |
Road record | 23–10–5–3 |
Goals for | 251 |
Goals against | 187 |
Team information | |
General manager | Ken Holland |
Coach | Scotty Bowman |
Captain | Steve Yzerman |
Alternate captains |
Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan |
Arena | Joe Louis Arena |
Average attendance | 20,058 (100%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Toledo Storm |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Brendan Shanahan (37) |
Assists | Nicklas Lidstrom (50) |
Points | Brendan Shanahan (75) |
Penalty minutes | Chris Chelios (126) |
Plus/minus | Chris Chelios (40) |
Wins | Dominik Hasek (41) |
Goals against average | Dominik Hasek (2.17) |
The 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings season was the 76th National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings scored 116 points, winning the Central Division, their third Presidents' Trophy, and home ice throughout the playoffs. The team is considered one of the greatest teams in NHL history with ten future Hockey Hall of Famers on the team, as well as a Hall of Fame coach in Scotty Bowman.
After Detroit's shocking upset loss in the first playoff round to the Los Angeles Kings, general manager Ken Holland went out into the trade market to address Detroit's more glaring needs. He quickly filled them by trading for future Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hasek and signing Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille. These big names joined other future Hall of Fame talents in Chris Chelios, Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brendan Shanahan and Steve Yzerman, as well as important supporting players in Jiri Fischer, former All-Star Steve Duchesne, Tomas Holmstrom, the " Grind Line" of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and Darren McCarty, and Pavel Datsyuk in his rookie season, and rounded out with legendary coach Scotty Bowman, who had decided to return for one more year.
The Wings were quickly selected as favorites to win the Stanley Cup by pundits and they went on to prove them right. [1] With so much talent on one team — including the first time three 500-goal scorers were on the same team, as well as a fourth to become in Brendan Shanahan that will eventually hit the mark during the season — they quickly got off to a great start, winning 22 of their first 27 games. After finishing with 116 points and the best record in the NHL (by 15 points), the Wings had earned the first seed in the Western Conference and met the Vancouver Canucks in the first round. After the Canucks took the first two games, it looked like the Canucks were going to sweep the Red Wings and the Red Wings were going to have their second straight early exit. Captain Steve Yzerman gave a closed-door speech to the team. [2] Only the players in the locker room knew what was said, but the Wings headed to Vancouver and won four straight games to win the series.
After a quick series against the division rival St. Louis Blues, Detroit met their old nemesis, the second-seeded Colorado Avalanche in the Conference Finals. They battled back and forth during the series, tying the series three times before reaching game seven in Detroit. The Wings came out firing and won the deciding game 7–0. After that, the Wings fought the cinderella story Carolina Hurricanes for the Stanley Cup, winning in game five at home. Over one million people showed up for the victory parade in downtown Detroit on June 17. [3]
There was no All-Star game this year as the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City took place in February 2002 where eleven Red Wings players represented their countries. Brendan Shanahan and Steve Yzerman represented Canada; Chris Chelios and Brett Hull represented the United States; Dominik Hasek represented the Czech Republic; Sergei Fedorov, Pavel Datsyuk and Igor Larionov represented Russia; and Nicklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Olausson and Tomas Holmstrom represented Sweden. [4]
The Red Wings sold out all 41 home games in 2001–02 as 20,058 fans packed Joe Louis Arena for every regular season and playoff game played in Detroit. The season was chronicled by Detroit Free Press sportswriter Nicholas J. Cotsonika's 2002 book, Hockey Gods: The Inside Story of the Red Wings' Hall of Fame Team.
The Red Wings tied the Los Angeles Kings for the most power-play goals scored during the regular season with 73. [5]
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
The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2001–02 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed and played Vancouver in the first round. After losing the first two games in Detroit, the Wings rallied back to win four straight. Then the Wings made quick work of the Blues before meeting the second-seeded Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals. The Wings would beat the Avalanche in a hard-fought seven game series, winning the final game 7–0. As the final game in the series came to a close, the Neil Diamond song " Sweet Caroline" was played over the Joe Louis Arena loudspeakers, as the victorious Red Wings prepared to head off to a Stanley Cup clinching series with the third-seeded victors of the Eastern Conference, the Carolina Hurricanes. They won the series in five games, defeating the Hurricanes three to one at home in Detroit on June 13 to take home their tenth Stanley Cup.
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October: 11–2–0–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 6–0–0–0)
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November: 11–1–1–1 (home: 8–0–1–0; road: 3–1–0–1)
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December: 6–5–2–1 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–3–1–1)
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January: 8–2–3–0 (home: 7–0–1–0; road: 1–2–2–0)
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February: 7–1–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 6–0–0–0)
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March: 8–3–2–0 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 5–2–1–0)
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April: 0–3–2–2 (home: 0–1–1–1; road: 0–2–1–1)
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Legend:
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Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks — Detroit wins 4–2
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Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (4) St. Louis Blues — Detroit wins 4–1
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Western Conference Finals: vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche — Detroit wins 4–3
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Stanley Cup Finals: vs. (E3) Carolina Hurricanes — Detroit wins 4–1
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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 |
14 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 80 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 23 | 118 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 20 |
91 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 81 | 31 | 37 | 68 | 20 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 20 |
17 | Brett Hull | RW | 82 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 18 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 78 | 9 | 50 | 59 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 |
20 | Luc Robitaille | LW | 81 | 30 | 20 | 50 | −2 | 38 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
19 | Steve Yzerman | C | 52 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 10 |
8 | Igor Larionov | C | 70 | 11 | 32 | 43 | −5 | 50 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
24 | Chris Chelios | D | 79 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 126 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 44 |
13 | Pavel Datsyuk | C | 70 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
33 | Kris Draper | C | 82 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
96 | Tomas Holmstrom | LW | 69 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −12 | 58 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
21 | Boyd Devereaux | C | 79 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
18 | Kirk Maltby | LW | 82 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 32 |
11 | Mathieu Dandenault | D | 81 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −5 | 44 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
28 | Steve Duchesne | D | 64 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
27 | Fredrik Olausson | D | 47 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
25 | Darren McCarty | RW | 62 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 98 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 34 |
29 | Jason Williams | C | 25 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
2 | Jiri Fischer | D | 80 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 67 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
42 | Sean Avery | LW | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Maxim Kuznetsov | D | 39 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Brent Gilchrist‡ | LW | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Dominik Hasek | G | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
4 | Uwe Krupp | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
34 | Manny Legace | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
71 | Jiri Slegr† | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Jesse Wallin | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Yuri Butsayev‡ | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Ladislav Kohn† | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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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 |
39 | Dominik Hasek | 65 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 1654 | 140 | 2.17 | .915 | 5 | 3873 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 562 | 45 | 1.86 | .920 | 6 | 1455 |
34 | Manny Legace | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 503 | 45 | 2.42 | .911 | 1 | 1117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.68 | .500 | 0 | 11 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Conn Smythe Trophy | Nicklas Lidstrom | [8] |
James Norris Memorial Trophy | Nicklas Lidstrom | [9] | |
NHL First All-Star Team | Chris Chelios ( Defense) | [10] | |
Nicklas Lidstrom ( Defense) | [10] | ||
NHL Second All-Star Team | Brendan Shanahan ( Left wing) | [10] | |
NHL Plus-Minus Award | Chris Chelios | [11] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Scotty Bowman (Coach) | [12] |
Chris Chelios [a] | |||
Sergei Fedorov [b] | |||
Dominik Hasek [b] | |||
Nicklas Lidstrom [b] | |||
Brendan Shanahan [b] | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Dominik Hasek (December 24) | [15] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Pavel Datsyuk [c] | [16] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th point | Brendan Shanahan | January 12, 2002 | [17] |
The Red Wings 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. [18] [19]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To Detroit Red Wings 5th-round pick in 2001 |
To
Calgary Flames 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001 |
[18] |
June 30, 2001 | To Detroit Red Wings Dominik Hasek |
To
Buffalo Sabres Vyacheslav Kozlov 1st-round pick in 2002 Future considerations |
[20] |
July 9, 2001 | To Detroit Red Wings 2nd-round pick in 2002 |
To
Carolina Hurricanes Aaron Ward |
[21] |
March 19, 2002 | To Detroit Red Wings Jiri Slegr |
To
Atlanta Thrashers Yuri Butsayev 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[22] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 2, 2001 | Luc Robitaille | Los Angeles Kings | 2-year [d] | Free agency | [23] |
August 22, 2001 | Brett Hull | Dallas Stars | 2-year | Free agency | [24] |
September 1, 2001 | Josh DeWolf | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency | [25] | |
October 10, 2001 | Ladislav Kohn | Atlanta Thrashers | 1-year | Free agency | [26] |
December 21, 2001 | Joey MacDonald | Toledo Storm ( ECHL) | Free agency | [27] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [e] | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Doug Brown [f] | Contract expiration (III) | [28] | |
Larry Murphy [g] | Contract expiration (III) | [28] | ||
Ken Wregget [h] | Contract expiration (III) | [28] | ||
July 2, 2001 | Martin Lapointe | Boston Bruins | Free agency (V) | [33] |
July 4, 2001 | Toivo Suursoo | Lulea HF ( SHL) | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
July 24, 2001 | Todd Gill | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency (III) | [35] |
August 31, 2001 | Pat Verbeek | Dallas Stars | Free agency (III) | [36] |
September 28, 2001 | Chris Osgood | New York Islanders | Waiver draft | [37] |
October 2, 2001 | Marc Rodgers | Knoxville Speed ( UHL) | Free agency (VI) | [38] |
October 17, 2001 | Aren Miller | Oklahoma City Blazers ( CHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
February 13, 2002 | Brent Gilchrist | Dallas Stars | Waivers | [40] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 27, 2001 | Brent Gilchrist | 1-year | Option exercised | [41] |
July 1, 2001 | Dominik Hasek | 3-year [i] | Re-signing | [43] |
July 12, 2001 | Pavel Datsyuk | 2-year | Entry-level | [44] |
August 2, 2001 | Jesse Wallin | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
August 6, 2001 | Mathieu Dandenault | 1-year | Re-signing | [46] |
September 4, 2001 | Tomas Holmstrom | 3-year | Re-signing | [47] |
December 7, 2001 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 2-year | Extension | [48] |
December 28, 2001 | Manny Legace | 4-year | Extension | [49] |
May 16, 2002 | Henrik Zetterberg | 3-year | Entry-level | [50] |
Detroit's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida. The Wings had the 29th overall pick, however traded it to Chicago in 1999 during the deal to acquire Chris Chelios. [51]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 62 | Igor Grigorenko (RW) | Russia | Lada Togliatti (Russia) |
4 | 121 | Drew MacIntyre (G) | Canada | Sherbrooke Castors ( QMJHL) |
4 | 129 | Miroslav Blatak (D) | Czech Republic | HC Zlín (Czech Republic) |
5 | 157 | Andreas Jamtin (RW) | Sweden | Färjestad BK (Sweden) |
6 | 195 | Nick Pannoni (G) | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds ( WHL) |
8 | 258 | Dmitry Bykov (D) | Russia | Ak Bars Kazan (Russia) |
9 | 288 | Francois Senez (D) | Canada | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
The Mighty Ducks were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2001–02 and were coached by Mike Babcock (who later became Red Wings coach in 2005).
The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2001–02 season. Now known as the Toledo Walleye and still an affiliate to the Red Wings.
01-Sep-01: Signed as a free agent by the Detroit Red Wings - Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL).
In another move, the Red Wings signed right wing Ladislav Kohn to a one-year contract
October 6, 2002 Brown was released by the Red Wings following Saturday night's preseason game against the Blackhawks, the Detroit News reports.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Announced F Brent Gilchrist exercised his option for the 2001-02 season.
Hasek's contract also has two option years at $8 million each.
Hasek then signed a three-year, $24-million (all figures U.S.) contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed C Pavel Datsyuk to a two-year contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed Dave Lewis and Barry Smith, assistant coaches, and D Jesse Wallin to one-year contracts.
DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed D Mathieu Dandenault to a one-year contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed G Manny Legace to a four-year contract extension through the 2005-06 season.
DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed F Henrik Zetterberg to a three-year contract.