2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 3rd Central |
Conference | 5th Western |
2001–02 record | 41–27–13–1 |
Home record | 28–7–5–1 |
Road record | 13–20–8–0 |
Goals for | 216 |
Goals against | 207 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Smith |
Coach | Brian Sutter |
Captain | Tony Amonte |
Alternate captains | Jon Klemm Alexei Zhamnov |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 15,568 (75.9%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Norfolk Admirals Jackson Bandits |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Eric Daze (38) |
Assists | Michael Nylander (46) |
Points | Eric Daze (70) |
Penalty minutes | Bob Probert (176) |
Plus/minus | Michael Nylander (+28) |
Wins | Jocelyn Thibault (33) |
Goals against average | Steve Passmore (2.26) |
The 2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 76th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). Finishing fifth in the Western Conference, they qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1996–97 season. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the St. Louis Blues.
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The Blackhawks tied the Detroit Red Wings for the best home record in the league.[1] They also allowed the fewest short-handed goals in the league during the regular season, with just two.[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: 7–3–3–0 (home: 5–0–2–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
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November: 5–5–4–0 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 1–4–3–0)
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December: 11–4–1–0 (home: 5–2–1–0; road: 6–2–0–0)
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January: 7–5–1–0 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 1–4–1–0)
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February: 3–3–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 2–2–0–0)
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March: 6–3–3–1 (home: 5–1–1–1; road: 1–2–2–0)
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April: 2–4–1–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 0–3–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
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Legend:
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No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
55 | Eric Daze | RW | 82 | 38 | 32 | 70 | 17 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
13 | Alex Zhamnov | C | 77 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 8 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 82 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 11 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
92 | Michael Nylander | C | 82 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 28 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
26 | Steve Sullivan | RW | 78 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 23 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
19 | Kyle Calder | LW | 81 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 8 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Phil Housley | D | 80 | 15 | 24 | 39 | −3 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
22 | Igor Korolev | C | 82 | 9 | 20 | 29 | −5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
28 | Mark Bell | C | 80 | 12 | 16 | 28 | −6 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 |
42 | Jon Klemm | D | 82 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −3 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Boris Mironov | D | 64 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
32 | Steve Thomas | LW | 34 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
3 | Jaroslav Spacek‡ | D | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 65 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
8 | Steve Poapst | D | 56 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
17 | Mike Peluso | RW | 37 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −3 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Peter White | C | 48 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Tyler Arnason | C | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
12[a] | Tom Fitzgerald† | RW | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
24 | Bob Probert | LW | 61 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 176 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Ryan VandenBussche | RW | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −10 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Chris McAlpine | D | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Jim Campbell† | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
7 | Lyle Odelein† | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 25 |
23 | Joe Reekie† | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Pascal Rheaume‡ | C | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
44 | Aaron Downey | RW | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 |
16 | Steve Dubinsky‡ | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Matt Henderson | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Steve Passmore | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | Casey Hankinson | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Steve McCarthy | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | 67 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 1626 | 159 | 2.49 | .902 | 6 | 3838 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 7 | 2.64 | .909 | 0 | 159 |
29 | Steve Passmore | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 446 | 43 | 2.26 | .904 | 0 | 1142 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 2.61 | .903 | 0 | 138 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Eric Daze | [5] |
Brian Sutter (coach) | |||
Alexei Zhamnov | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Steve Sullivan (December) | [6] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Jocelyn Thibault (November 12) | [7] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Kyle Calder | [8] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Mike Peluso | November 21, 2001 | [9] |
Tyler Arnason | February 13, 2002 | ||
25th shutout | Jocelyn Thibault | January 6, 2002 | [10] |
The Blackhawks 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.[11]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2001 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Montreal Canadiens |
[12] |
To Chicago Blackhawks |
To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[13] | |
June 24, 2001 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To San Jose Sharks
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[11] |
September 30, 2001 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[14] |
October 9, 2001 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Nashville Predators |
[15] |
January 17, 2002 | To Chicago Blackhawks |
To Washington Capitals
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[16] |
February 6, 2002 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Nashville Predators |
[17] |
March 13, 2002 | To Chicago Blackhawks |
To Nashville Predators
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[18] |
March 19, 2002 | To Chicago Blackhawks |
To Columbus Blue Jackets
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[19] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Jon Klemm | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency | [20] | |
July 18, 2001 | Steve Thomas | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency | [21] | |
July 31, 2001 | Pascal Rheaume | St. Louis Blues | Free agency | [22] | |
August 1, 2001 | Ajay Baines | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [23] | |
Mike Peluso | St. Louis Blues | Free agency | [23] | ||
August 7, 2001 | Rumun Ndur | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency | [24] | |
September 5, 2001 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | St. Louis Blues | Free agency | [25] | |
September 10, 2001 | Peter White | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency | [26] | |
September 28, 2001 | Phil Housley | Calgary Flames | Waiver draft | [27] | |
November 19, 2001 | Jim Campbell | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [28] | |
May 22, 2002 | Johnathan Aitken | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [29] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[b] | Ref |
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June 13, 2001 | Josef Marha | HC Davos (NLA) | Free agency (II)[c] | [31] |
July 1, 2001 | Blair Atcheynum[d] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [30] | |
Mark Janssens[e] | Contract expiration (III) | [30] | ||
Michel Larocque[f] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [30] | ||
July 13, 2001 | Chris Herperger | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
July 23, 2001 | Jeff Maund | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
August 8, 2001 | Jeff Paul | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
August 14, 2001 | Rob Tallas | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
September 12, 2001 | Erasmo Saltarelli | B.C. Icemen (UHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
September 28, 2001 | Jamie Allison | Calgary Flames | Waiver draft | [27] |
N/A | Geoff Peters | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [40][41] |
October 6, 2001 | Reto von Arx | HC Davos (NLA) | Free agency (II)[g] | [42] |
November 14, 2001 | Pascal Rheaume | Atlanta Thrashers | Waivers | [43] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 14, 2001 | Steve Poapst | Re-signing | [44] | |
July 5, 2001 | Chris McAlpine | Re-signing | [45] | |
Alexei Zhamnov | Re-signing | [45] | ||
July 16, 2001 | Mikhail Yakubov | Entry-level | [46] | |
July 17, 2001 | Bob Probert | Re-signing | [47] | |
Jaroslav Spacek | Re-signing | [47] | ||
July 19, 2001 | Jocelyn Thibault | Re-signing | [48] | |
July 31, 2001 | Jean-Yves Leroux | Re-signing | [22] | |
August 2, 2001 | Eric Daze | Re-signing | [49] | |
August 7, 2001 | Nolan Baumgartner | Re-signing | [50] | |
Steve Dubinsky | Re-signing | [50] | ||
Casey Hankinson | Re-signing | [50] | ||
August 11, 2001 | Jamie Allison | Re-signing | [51] | |
August 13, 2001 | Craig Anderson | multi-year | Entry-level | [52] |
August 22, 2001 | Igor Korolev | Re-signing | [53] | |
September 5, 2001 | Kent Huskins | Entry-level | [25] | |
September 6, 2001 | Tyler Arnason | Entry-level | [54] | |
April 29, 2002 | Ryan VandenBussche | multi-year | Extension | [55] |
May 8, 2002 | Scott Balan | Entry-level | [56] | |
Igor Radulov | Entry-level | [56] | ||
Yorick Treille | Entry-level | [56] | ||
May 29, 2002 | Mike Peluso | 1-year | Option exercised | [57] |
May 31, 2002 | Matt Henderson | Extension | [58] |
Chicago's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.[59]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 9 | Tuomo Ruutu | Finland | Jokerit (Finland) |
1 | 29 | Adam Munro | Canada | Erie Otters (OHL) |
2 | 59 | Matt Keith | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
3 | 73 | Craig Anderson | United States | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
4 | 104 | Brent MacLellan | Canada | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
4 | 115 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Khabarovsk (Russia) |
4 | 119 | Alexei Zotkin | Russia | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia) |
5 | 142 | Tommi Jaminki | Finland | Blues (Finland) |
6 | 174 | Alexander Golovin | Russia | Avangard Omsk-2 (Russia) |
6 | 186 | Petr Puncochar | Czech Republic | HC Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) |
7 | 205 | Teemu Jaaskelainen | Finland | Ilves Jr. (Finland) |
7 | 216 | Oleg Minakov | Canada | Kristall Elektrostal (Russia) |
9 | 268 | Jeff Miles | Canada | University of Vermont (ECAC) |
Thibault... held on for his fourth shutout of the season and 25th of his career.
Ndur, signed by Chicago as a free agent August 7, 2001
Ottawa Senators... Signed forwards... Chris Herperger
BOSTON BRUINS--Signed... G Jeff Maund
Pittsburgh Penguins -- Agreed to terms with... free agent goaltender Robbie Tallas, who had been with the Chicago Blackhawks
Peters comes to Columbus from the Hamilton Bulldogs.
HAMILTON: Delete Geoff Peters (C) traded to Rochester (AHL)