2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 4th Central |
Conference | 12th Western |
2000–01 record | 29–40–8–5 |
Home record | 14–21–4–2 |
Road record | 15–19–4–3 |
Goals for | 210 |
Goals against | 246 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Smith |
Coach | Alpo Suhonen |
Captain | Tony Amonte |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 14,996 (73.2%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Norfolk Admirals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tony Amonte (35) |
Assists | Steve Sullivan (41) |
Points | Steve Sullivan (75) |
Penalty minutes | Ryan VandenBussche (146) |
Plus/minus | Jamie Allison (+7) Michael Nylander (+7) Jaroslav Spacek (+7) |
Wins | Jocelyn Thibault (27) |
Goals against average | Jocelyn Thibault (2.81) |
The 2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 75th season of operation. Finishing 12th in the Western Conference, they did not qualify for the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Alpo Suhonen was hired as the Blackhawks new head coach on May 22.[1] Mike Smith was named general manager on September 22.[2] Forward Tony Amonte was named captain on September 30.[3]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 253 | 202 | 111 |
2 | 4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 249 | 195 | 103 |
3 | 10 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 186 | 200 | 80 |
4 | 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 246 | 71 |
5 | 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 190 | 233 | 71 |
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 – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 270 | 192 | 118 |
2 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 253 | 202 | 111 |
3 | y – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 241 | 187 | 106 |
4 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 249 | 195 | 103 |
5 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 192 | 95 |
6 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 243 | 222 | 93 |
7 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 252 | 228 | 92 |
8 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 239 | 238 | 90 |
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9 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 35 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 214 | 212 | 90 |
10 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 186 | 200 | 80 |
11 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 197 | 236 | 73 |
12 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 246 | 71 |
13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CEN | 82 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 190 | 233 | 71 |
14 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 168 | 210 | 68 |
15 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 188 | 245 | 66 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
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October: 3–7–0–1 (home: 1–5–0–0; road: 2–2–0–1)
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November: 5–6–2–1 (home: 1–2–0–1; road: 4–4–2–0)
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December: 6–6–1–0 (home: 3–2–1–0; road: 3–4–0–0)
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January: 7–5–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 3–2–0–0)
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February: 6–5–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 2–3–1–1)
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March: 2–8–2–1 (home: 1–5–1–1; road: 1–3–1–0)
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April: 0–3–1–1 (home: 0–2–1–0; road: 0–1–0–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
26 | Steve Sullivan | RW | 81 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 3 | 54 |
10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 82 | 35 | 29 | 64 | −22 | 54 |
92 | Michael Nylander | C | 82 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 7 | 32 |
55 | Eric Daze | RW | 79 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 1 | 16 |
13 | Alex Zhamnov | C | 63 | 13 | 36 | 49 | −12 | 40 |
19 | Dean McAmmond‡ | C | 61 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 43 |
36 | Chris Herperger | C | 61 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 20 |
3 | Jaroslav Spacek† | D | 50 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 20 |
2 | Boris Mironov | D | 66 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −14 | 42 |
24 | Bob Probert | LW | 79 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −13 | 103 |
4 | Stephane Quintal | D | 72 | 1 | 18 | 19 | −9 | 60 |
22 | Kyle Calder | LW | 43 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −4 | 14 |
25[a] | Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 53 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −4 | 39 |
6 | Kevin Dean | D | 69 | 0 | 11 | 11 | −16 | 30 |
16 | Steve Dubinsky | C | 60 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −4 | 33 |
23 | Jean-Yves Leroux | LW | 59 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −9 | 22 |
29 | Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 36 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −14 | 18 |
14 | Ryan VandenBussche | RW | 64 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −8 | 146 |
39 | Chris McAlpine | D | 50 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 |
8 | Anders Eriksson‡ | D | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 2 |
42 | Steve Poapst | D | 36 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
5 | Steve McCarthy | D | 44 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −7 | 8 |
17 | Reto Von Arx | C | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −4 | 4 |
33 | Jamie Allison | D | 44 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 53 |
15 | Blair Atcheynum | RW | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 2 |
11 | Josef Marha | C | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 6 |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 66 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
12[b] | Kris King†‡ | LW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 8 |
28 | Mark Bell | C | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
40 | Casey Hankinson | LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 9 |
38 | Nolan Baumgartner | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 |
49 | Aaron Downey | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
20 | Mark Janssens | C | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 33 |
30 | Michel Larocque | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | Steve Passmore† | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
32 | Rob Tallas | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | 66 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 1711 | 180 | 2.81 | .895 | 6 | 3844 |
32 | Rob Tallas | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 265 | 35 | 3.35 | .868 | 0 | 627 |
30 | Michel Larocque | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 9 | 3.55 | .847 | 0 | 152 |
37 | Steve Passmore† | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 147 | 14 | 2.47 | .905 | 0 | 340 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Tony Amonte | [7] |
NHL Player of the Week | Michael Nylander (January 8) | [8] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Reto von Arx | October 5, 2000 | [9] |
Mark Bell | December 13, 2000 | ||
Michel Larocque | January 25, 2001 | ||
Casey Hankinson | March 13, 2001 |
The Blackhawks 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.[10]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 12, 2000 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Philadelphia Flyers |
[11] |
June 24, 2000 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To San Jose Sharks
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[10] |
June 25, 2000 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Atlanta Thrashers
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[12] |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Washington Capitals
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[13] | |
July 21, 2000 | To Chicago Blackhawks |
To Washington Capitals |
[14] |
August 11, 2000 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Dallas Stars
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[15] |
October 2, 2000 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[16] |
October 5, 2000 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To New York Rangers |
[18] |
November 6, 2000 | To Chicago Blackhawks |
To Florida Panthers |
[19] |
February 28, 2001 | To Chicago Blackhawks |
To Los Angeles Kings
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[20] |
March 13, 2001 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Philadelphia Flyers |
[21] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 6, 2000 | Mark Janssens | Philadelphia Flyers | Waivers | [22] | |
July 18, 2000 | Valeri Zelepukin | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency | [23] | |
July 27, 2000 | Chris McAlpine | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency | [24] | |
Steve Poapst | Washington Capitals | Free agency | [24] | ||
July 31, 2000 | Rob Tallas | Boston Bruins | Free agency | [25] | |
August 14, 2000 | Aaron Downey | Boston Bruins | Free agency | [26] | |
August 25, 2000 | Steve Dubinsky | Calgary Flames | Free agency | [27] | |
October 5, 2000 | Stephane Quintal | New York Rangers | Waivers | [17] | |
October 9, 2000 | Kris King | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency | [28] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[d] | Ref |
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N/A | Jeff Christian | Krefeld Pinguine (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [30] |
June 23, 2000 | Radim Bicanek | Columbus Blue Jackets | Expansion draft | [31] |
Jeff Daw | Minnesota Wild | Expansion draft | [31] | |
July 21, 2000 | Todd Rohloff | Washington Capitals | Free agency (VI) | [32] |
July 26, 2000 | Derek Plante | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
July 27, 2000 | Dallas Eakins | Calgary Flames | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
July 29, 2000 | Ted Crowley | Kassel Huskies (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
September 2000 | Marc Lamothe | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [36] |
Eddie Olczyk | Retirement (III) | [37] | ||
October 2000 | Doug Zmolek | Chicago Wolves (IHL)[e] | Buyout | [39] |
December 3, 2000 | Kris King | Retirement | [40] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 14, 2000 | Ryan VandenBussche | Re-signing | [41] | |
June 27, 2000 | Kevin Dean | 3-year | Re-signing | [42] |
July 7, 2000 | Chris Herperger | Re-signing | [10] | |
July 12, 2000 | Arne Ramholt | Entry-level | [43] | |
July 17, 2000 | Michael Nylander | Re-signing | [44] | |
Reto von Arx | Entry-level | [44] | ||
July 24, 2000 | Michal Grosek | Re-signing | [45] | |
July 27, 2000 | Casey Hankinson | Re-signing | [24] | |
Dean McAmmond | Re-signing | [24] | ||
Marty Wilford | Re-signing | [24] | ||
July 31, 2000 | Nolan Baumgartner | Re-signing | [46] | |
August 4, 2000 | Nathan Perrott | Re-signing | [47] | |
Michael Souza | Entry-level | [47] | ||
August 14, 2000 | Bryan McCabe | 1-year | Arbitration award | [48] |
August 15, 2000 | Anders Eriksson | 1-year | Arbitration award | [49] |
September 15, 2000 | Nathan Perrott | Re-signing | [50] | |
February 15, 2001 | Steve Sullivan | 3-year | Extension | [51] |
June 1, 2001 | Michael Leighton | Entry-level | [52] |
Chicago's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[53]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 10 | Mikhail Yakubov | Russia | Lada Togliatti (Russia) |
1 | 11 | Pavel Vorobiev | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
2 | 49 | Jonas Nordquist | Sweden | Leksands IF (Sweden) |
3 | 74 | Igor Radulov | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
4 | 106 | Scotty Balan | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
4 | 117 | Olli Malmivaara | Finland | Jokerit Jr. (Finland) |
5 | 151 | Alexander Barkunov | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
6 | 177 | Mike Ayers | United States | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) |
6 | 193 | Joey Martin | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
7 | 207 | Cliff Loya | United States | University of Maine (NCAA) |
7 | 225 | Vladislav Luchkin | Russia | Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) |
8 | 240 | Adam Berkhoel | United States | St. Paul Vulcans (USHL) |
9 | 262 | Peter Flache | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
9 | 271 | Reto Von Arx | Switzerland | HC Davos (Switzerland) |
9 | 291 | Arne Ramholt | Switzerland | Kloten Flyers (Switzerland) |
BLACKHAWKS: Tony Amonte was named team captain by coach Alpo Suhonen and general manager Mike Smith.
Atlanta Thrashers -- Acquired center Ben Simon from the Chicago Blackhawks for a 2000 ninth-round draft pick.
The Capitals later traded away the 151st pick and their sixth round (193rd) pick to Chicago to move up to the 121st position.
DALLAS STARS--Acquired RW David Ling from the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS–Signed RW Steve Dubinsky.
Capitals: Traded D Nolan Baumgartner to Blackhawks for D Remi Royer. Signed D Todd Rohloff.
Philadelphia Flyers -- Signed unrestricted free agent center Derek Plante, who had been with the Chicago Blackhawks, to a one-year contract.
CALGARY FLAMES--Signed LW Jeff Cowan and D Dallas Eakins.
Acquired: Signed to an American Hockey League contract this off-season.
Retired September 2000
Defenseman Doug Zmolek, a seven-year NHL veteran, has a $1.2 million contract for this season and is negotiating a contract buyout that would allow him to sign with another NHL team.
Chicago Blackhawks signed right winger Ryan VandenBussche.
Dean re-signs with Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks signed defenceman Arne Ramholt.