2001–02 Nashville Predators | |
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Division | 4th Central |
Conference | 14th Western |
2001–02 record | 28–41–13–0 |
Home record | 17–16–8–0 |
Road record | 11–25–5–0 |
Goals for | 196 |
Goals against | 230 |
Team information | |
General manager | David Poile |
Coach | Barry Trotz |
Captain |
Tom Fitzgerald (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Alternate captains |
Bill Houlder (road) Greg Johnson (home) Cliff Ronning (home) Kimmo Timonen (road) |
Arena | Gaylord Entertainment Center |
Average attendance | 14,788 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Milwaukee Admirals Cincinnati Cyclones |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Denis Arkhipov (20) |
Assists | Cliff Ronning (31) |
Points | Cliff Ronning (49) |
Penalty minutes | Cale Hulse (121) |
Plus/minus | Scott Hartnell (+5) |
Wins | Mike Dunham (23) |
Goals against average | Mike Dunham (2.61) |
The 2001–02 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.
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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: 4–7–2–0 (home: 1–5–1–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
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November: 5–6–1–0 (home: 5–0–0–0; road: 0–6–1–0)
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December: 5–4–3–0 (home: 4–1–3–0; road: 1–3–0–0)
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January: 6–8–3–0 (home: 3–2–2–0; road: 3–6–1–0)
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February: 4–1–1–0 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 2–0–0–0)
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March: 2–10–3–0 (home: 1–6–1–0; road: 1–4–2–0)
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April: 2–5–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–4–0–0)
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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 |
7 | Cliff Ronning‡ | C | 67 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 0 | 24 |
22 | Greg Johnson | C | 82 | 18 | 26 | 44 | −14 | 38 |
25 | Denis Arkhipov | C | 82 | 20 | 22 | 42 | −18 | 16 |
44 | Kimmo Timonen | D | 82 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 2 | 28 |
17 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 75 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 111 |
5 | Andy Delmore | D | 73 | 16 | 22 | 38 | −13 | 22 |
33 | Vladimir Orszagh | RW | 79 | 15 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 56 |
19 | Martin Erat | RW | 80 | 9 | 24 | 33 | −11 | 32 |
11 | David Legwand | C | 63 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 54 |
43 | Vitali Yachmenev | LW | 75 | 11 | 16 | 27 | −16 | 14 |
15 | Petr Tenkrat† | RW | 58 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −4 | 28 |
3 | Karlis Skrastins | D | 82 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −12 | 36 |
21 | Tom Fitzgerald‡ | RW | 63 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −4 | 33 |
9 | Greg Classen | C | 55 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
26 | Andrew Berenzweig | D | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 14 |
24 | Scott Walker | RW | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −13 | 18 |
4 | Mark Eaton | D | 58 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −12 | 24 |
23 | Bill Houlder | D | 82 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −1 | 40 |
14 | Steve Dubinsky† | C | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −2 | 10 |
12 | Reid Simpson† | LW | 26 | 5 | 0 | 5 | −1 | 69 |
27 | Jukka Hentunen† | RW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Patric Kjellberg‡ | RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 6 |
39 | Marian Cisar | RW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 8 |
18 | Mark Mowers | C | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
20 | Nathan Perrott† | RW | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 74 |
8 | Stu Grimson | LW | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 76 |
1 | Mike Dunham | G | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
32 | Cale Hulse | D | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −18 | 121 |
34 | Adam Hall | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
13 [a] | Jere Karalahti† | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 12 |
48 | Jonas Andersson | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
14 | Rich Brennan‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
40 | David Gosselin | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
14 | Brett Hauer† | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
35 | Jan Lasak | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | Marc Moro‡ | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 23 |
12 | Yves Sarault‡ | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Robert Schnabel | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Pavel Skrbek | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
28 | Jeremy Stevenson | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
29 | Tomas Vokoun | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
1 | Mike Dunham | 58 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 1525 | 144 | 2.61 | .906 | 3 | 3316 |
29 | Tomas Vokoun | 29 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 678 | 66 | 2.69 | .903 | 2 | 1471 |
35 | Jan Lasak | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 13 | 4.41 | .875 | 0 | 177 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Scott Hartnell | [3] |
David Legwand |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Cliff Ronning | March 9, 2002 | [4] |
The Predators 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. [5]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To Nashville Predators NY Islanders' 4th-round pick in 2001 |
To
Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001 |
[6] |
July 31, 2001 | To Nashville Predators Andy Delmore |
To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[7] |
October 9, 2001 | To Nashville Predators Nathan Perrott |
To
Chicago Blackhawks Conditional draft pick in 2003 |
[8] |
November 1, 2001 | To Nashville Predators Petr Tenkrat |
To
Anaheim Mighty Ducks Patric Kjellberg |
[9] |
December 4, 2001 | To Nashville Predators Jay Legault |
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Bert Robertsson |
[10] |
December 18, 2001 | To Nashville Predators Brett Hauer |
To
Los Angeles Kings Rich Brennan |
[11] |
January 11, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Jason Beckett Petr Hubacek |
To Philadelphia Flyers Yves Sarault Conditional draft pick in 2003 [b] |
[13] |
February 6, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Steve Dubinsky |
To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations |
[14] |
March 1, 2002 | To Nashville Predators D. J. Smith Marty Wilford |
To
Toronto Maple Leafs Marc Moro |
[15] |
March 1, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Conditional draft pick [c] |
To
Colorado Avalanche D. J. Smith |
[15] |
March 13, 2002 | To Nashville Predators 4th-round pick in 2003 Future considerations |
To Chicago Blackhawks Tom Fitzgerald |
[16] |
March 16, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Jere Karalahti Conditional draft pick in 2003 |
To Los Angeles Kings Cliff Ronning |
[17] |
March 17, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Jukka Hentunen |
To
Calgary Flames Conditional draft pick in 2003 |
[18] |
March 19, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Peter Smrek |
To
New York Rangers Richard Lintner |
[19] |
May 15, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Steve Parsons |
To
Pittsburgh Penguins Future considerations |
[20] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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June 19, 2001 | Yves Sarault | Atlanta Thrashers | Waivers | [21] | |
July 2, 2001 | Stu Grimson | Los Angeles Kings | 2-year | Free agency | [22] |
August 8, 2001 | Erik Anderson | St. Lawrence University ( ECAC) | Free agency | [23] | |
Rich Brennan | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency | [23] | ||
January 30, 2002 | Reid Simpson | Montreal Canadiens | Waivers | [24] | |
May 6, 2002 | Vernon Fiddler | Norfolk Admirals ( AHL) | Free agency | [25] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [d] | Ref |
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N/A | Evgeny Namestnikov | HC Lada Togliatti ( RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [27] |
July 1, 2001 | Jayson More [e] | Contract expiration (III) | [26] | |
July 7, 2001 | Randy Robitaille | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
July 18, 2001 | Alexei Vasiliev | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency | [30] |
August 15, 2001 | Jayme Filipowicz | Quebec Citadelles ( AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [31] |
August 16, 2001 | Rob Valicevic | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
September 6, 2001 | Dan Riva | Reading Royals ( ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
October 10, 2001 | Sean Haggerty | Providence Bruins (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
October 17, 2001 | Richard Lintner | HK Dukla Trencin ( Slovakia) | Free agency [f] | [35] |
May 14, 2002 | Alexandre Boikov | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL) | Free agency | [36] |
May 15, 2002 | Petr Tenkrat | Karpat ( Liiga) | Free agency [g] | [38] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 11, 2001 | Mark Eaton | Re-signing | [39] | |
July 13, 2001 | Yves Sarault | Re-signing | [40] | |
Robert Schnabel | Re-signing | [40] | ||
July 16, 2001 | Martin Erat | Entry-level | [41] | |
July 31, 2001 | Bill Bowler | Re-signing | [42] | |
Mikhail Chernov | Re-signing | [42] | ||
Marian Cisar | Re-signing | [42] | ||
David Gosselin | Re-signing | [42] | ||
Pavel Skrbek | Re-signing | [42] | ||
August 1, 2001 | Scott Walker | 3-year | Re-signing | [43] |
August 8, 2001 | Andrew Berenzweig | Re-signing | [23] | |
Evgeny Pavlov | Entry-level | [23] | ||
August 12, 2001 | Cale Hulse | 1-year | Arbitration award | [44] |
August 13, 2001 | Mike Dunham | Re-signing | [45] | |
March 25, 2002 | Adam Hall | Entry-level | [46] | |
Andrew Hutchinson | Entry-level | [46] | ||
April 17, 2002 | Bill Houlder | Extension | [47] | |
Greg Johnson | Extension | [48] | ||
June 12, 2002 | Nathan Perrott | 1-year | Option exercised | [49] |
Nashville's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. [50]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 12 | Dan Hamhuis | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
2 | 33 | Timofei Shishkanov | Russia | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
2 | 42 | Tomas Slovak | Slovakia | HC Kosice (Slovakia) |
3 | 75 | Denis Platonov | Russia | HC Saratov (Russia) |
3 | 76 | Oliver Setzinger | Austria | Ilves (Finland) |
4 | 98 | Jordin Tootoo | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
6 | 178 | Anton Lavrentiev | United States | Ak Bars Kazan (Russia) |
8 | 240 | Gustav Grasberg | Sweden | Mora IK (Sweden) |
9 | 271 | Mikko Lehtonen | Finland | Karpat (Finland) |
Cliff Ronning, playing in his 1,000th NHL career game
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS_Traded LW Steve Parsons to the Nashville Predators for future considerations.
Suffered career-ending head injury in game vs. Florida, December 10, 1998.
Los Angeles Kings -- Signed free agent right wing Rob Valicevic, who had been with the Nashville Predators.
August 13, 2001 An arbitrator has awarded Hulse a one year, $1.1 million contract, reports the Nashville Tennessean.