2000–01 Calgary Flames season

2000–01 Calgary Flames
2000–01 Calgary Flames
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	11th Western
2000–01 record	27–36–15–4
Home record	12–18–9–2
Road record	15–18–6–2
Goals for	197 (25th)
Goals against	236 (20th)
Team information
General manager	Craig Button
Coach	Don Hay; Greg Gilbert
Captain	Steve Smith (Oct-Dec) ; Dave Lowry (Dec-Apr)
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	16,623
Team leaders
Goals	Jarome Iginla (31)
Assists	Marc Savard (42)
Points	Jarome Iginla (71)
Penalty minutes	Jason Wiemer (177)
Wins	Fred Brathwaite (15)
Goals against average	Fred Brathwaite (2.32)
	← 1999–00 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Calgary Flames season was the 21st National Hockey League season in Calgary. It was a season for change, as the Flames let longtime general manager Al Coates go shortly before the draft and replaced him with highly touted Craig Button, previously with the Dallas Stars.^[1] The team also let head coach Brian Sutter go and replaced him with rookie coach Don Hay. Hay would only last 68 games before being fired and replaced by Greg Gilbert.^[2]

The off-season also featured a "Save the Flames" ticket drive campaign, as owners warned that the team could be sold in the face of declining attendance and the pressures of doing business in American dollars while earning revenues in Canadian dollars. The threats brought fears of the Flames moving south, as the Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets had done in previous seasons. The goal was to increase the Flames' season-ticket base from its 1999–00 low of 8,700 to 14,000. The drive was ultimately successful, with the team reaching its ticket goal and acquiring a new title sponsor for their home arena, the Saddledome, as Pengrowth Management took over the naming rights from the defunct Canadian Airlines.^[3]

On the ice, the Flames continued to struggle, failing to win more than three consecutive games at any point. While their top three forwards, Jarome Iginla, Valeri Bure, and Marc Savard, scored 91 goals between them, only two other players even reached double-digit goals on the season. Calgary finished with a 27–36–15–4 record, fourth in the division and ahead of only the expansion Minnesota Wild. The Flames missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season.

The 2000–01 season was also notable in retrospect, as the Flames lost two players who would later go on to stardom for virtually nothing. Ineffective forward Martin St. Louis was released as a free agent, while goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere was dealt to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 2nd round draft pick when the Flames found themselves with too many goaltenders heading into the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft.^[4]

In the expansion draft, which was held in Calgary, the Flames lost defenceman Filip Kuba to the Minnesota Wild, 15th overall, and Sergei Krivokrasov, also to the Wild, 32nd overall. The Columbus Blue Jackets did not select a player off of Calgary's roster.

Regular season[]

The Flames had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 435.^[5]

Season standings[]

Northwest Division^[6]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	6	Edmonton Oilers	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
3	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
5	14	Minnesota Wild	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68

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.

Western Conference^[7]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

Schedule and results[]

2000–01 Game Log

showOctober: 3–8–1–0 (Home: 1–5–1–0; Road: 2–3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Detroit	5 – 3	Calgary		0–1–0–0	0
2	October 10	Colorado	3 – 1	Calgary		0–2–0–0	0
3	October 12	Columbus	3 – 2	Calgary		0–3–0–0	0
4	October 14	Calgary	2 – 0	NY Islanders		1–3–0–0	2
5	October 15	Calgary	4 – 2	Detroit		2–3–0–0	4
6	October 18	Calgary	1 – 4	Vancouver		2–4–0–0	4
7	October 20	Boston	2 – 3	Calgary		3–4–0–0	6
8	October 21	Toronto	2 – 1	Calgary		3–5–0–0	6
9	October 24	Phoenix	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	3–5–1–0	7
10	October 26	Calgary	3 – 4	St. Louis		3–6–1–0	7
11	October 27	Calgary	1 – 3	Minnesota		3–7–1–0	7
12	October 29	Anaheim	6 – 3	Calgary		3–8–1–0	7

showNovember: 3–4–4–4 (Home: 0–1–2–2; Road: 3–3–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
13	November 1	Calgary	2 – 3	Edmonton		3–9–1–0	7
14	November 4	Pittsburgh	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	3–9–2–0	8
15	November 5	Minnesota	3 – 2	Calgary	OT	3–9–2–1	9
16	November 8	Calgary	1 – 0	Minnesota		4–9–2–1	11
17	November 10	Calgary	3 – 3	Florida	OT	4–9–3–1	12
18	November 11	Calgary	4 – 3	Tampa Bay		5–9–3–1	14
19	November 13	Calgary	2 – 3	Buffalo	OT	5–9–3–2	15
20	November 16	Chicago	5 – 2	Calgary		5–10–3–2	15
21	November 18	NY Rangers	5 – 4	Calgary	OT	5–10–3–3	16
22	November 19	Calgary	0 – 2	Edmonton		5–11–3–3	16
23	November 22	Calgary	1 – 1	Minnesota	OT	5–11–4–3	17
24	November 24	Anaheim	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	5–11–5–3	18
25	November 25	Calgary	2 – 3	Colorado	OT	5–11–5–4	19
26	November 28	Calgary	1 – 6	Nashville		5–12–5–4	19
27	November 29	Calgary	4 – 3	Dallas		6–12–5–4	21

showDecember: 7–3–2–0 (Home: 4–1–2–0; Road: 3–2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
28	December 2	Montreal	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	6–12–6–4	22
29	December 4	San Jose	8 – 0	Calgary		6–13–6–4	22
30	December 7	Nashville	0 – 3	Calgary		7–13–6–4	24
31	December 9	Carolina	2 – 7	Calgary		8–13–6–4	26
32	December 13	Calgary	3 – 1	Montreal		9–13–6–4	28
33	December 14	Calgary	2 – 4	Ottawa		9–14–6–4	28
34	December 16	Calgary	6 – 5	Toronto	OT	10–14–6–4	30
35	December 19	Calgary	3 – 0	Colorado		11–14–6–4	32
36	December 20	Calgary	2 – 4	Phoenix		11–15–6–4	32
37	December 22	Edmonton	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	11–15–7–4	33
38	December 29	Vancouver	0 – 5	Calgary		12–15–7–4	35
39	December 31	Montreal	4 – 5	Calgary	OT	13–15–7–4	37

showJanuary: 4–6–2–0 (Home: 2–4–0–0; Road: 2–2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
40	January 3	Calgary	1 – 0	San Jose		14–15–7–4	39
41	January 5	Calgary	4 – 4	Anaheim	OT	14–15–8–4	40
42	January 6	Calgary	0 – 5	Los Angeles		14–16–8–4	40
43	January 11	Nashville	1 – 2	Calgary		15–16–8–4	42
44	January 13	Ottawa	5 – 2	Calgary		15–17–8–4	42
45	January 14	Calgary	1 – 5	Vancouver		15–18–8–4	42
46	January 17	Calgary	4 – 4	San Jose	OT	15–18–9–4	43
47	January 21	Detroit	2 – 4	Calgary		16–18–9–4	45
48	January 23	Phoenix	4 – 2	Calgary		16–19–9–4	45
49	January 25	Calgary	3 – 0	Los Angeles		17–19–9–4	47
50	January 27	Vancouver	5 – 3	Calgary		17–20–9–4	47
51	January 30	Edmonton	5 – 3	Calgary		17–21–9–4	47

showFebruary: 5–4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–2–0; Road: 3–3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
52	February 1	Chicago	3 – 5	Calgary		18–21–9–4	49
53	February 6	San Jose	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	18–21–10–4	50
54	February 9	Calgary	5 – 3	Colorado		19–21–10–4	52
55	February 10	Calgary	4 – 1	Vancouver		20–21–10–4	54
56	February 13	Washington	4 – 4	Calgary	OT	20–21–11–4	55
57	February 15	Calgary	1 – 4	St. Louis		20–22–11–4	55
58	February 18	Calgary	4 – 1	Phoenix		21–22–11–4	57
59	February 19	Calgary	2 – 6	Anaheim		21–23–11–4	57
60	February 22	Calgary	0 – 2	Los Angeles		21–24–11–4	57
61	February 24	Edmonton	3 – 1	Calgary		21–25–11–4	57
62	February 26	Dallas	2 – 3	Calgary		22–25–11–4	59

showMarch: 4–9–3–0 (Home: 3–4–2–0; Road: 1–5–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
63	March 1	Minnesota	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	22–25–12–4	60
64	March 3	St. Louis	2 – 3	Calgary	OT	23–25–12–4	62
65	March 6	Toronto	3 – 1	Calgary		23–26–12–4	62
66	March 8	Calgary	2 – 5	Philadelphia		23–27–12–4	62
67	March 10	Calgary	3 – 6	Pittsburgh		23–28–12–4	62
68	March 11	Calgary	3 – 3	Atlanta	OT	23–28–13–4	63
69	March 14	Calgary	0 – 3	Columbus		23–29–13–4	63
70	March 15	Calgary	2 – 5	Detroit		23–30–13–4	63
71	March 17	St. Louis	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	23–30–14–4	64
72	March 19	New Jersey	4 – 2	Calgary		23–31–14–4	64
73	March 22	Philadelphia	1 – 3	Calgary		24–31–14–4	66
74	March 24	Calgary	4 – 6	Columbus		24–32–14–4	66
75	March 25	Calgary	3 – 1	Chicago		25–32–14–4	68
76	March 27	Columbus	0 – 3	Calgary		26–32–14–4	70
77	March 29	Colorado	1 – 0	Calgary		26–33–14–4	70
78	March 31	Dallas	2 – 0	Calgary		26–34–14–4	70

showApril: 1–2–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 1–1–1–0)
79	April 2	Calgary	4 – 4	Dallas	OT	26–34–15–4	71
80	April 4	Calgary	5 – 2	Chicago		27–34–15–4	73
81	April 5	Calgary	0 – 4	Nashville		27–35–15–4	73
82	April 7	Los Angeles	3 – 2	Calgary		27–36–15–4	73

Playoffs[]

The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference with 73 points, 17 behind the 8th place Coyotes. The Flames missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jarome Iginla	12	77	31	40	71	62	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Savard	27	77	23	42	65	46	-	-	-	-	-
Valeri Bure	8	78	27	28	55	26	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Lowry	10	79	18	17	35	47	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Housley	6	69	4	30	34	24	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Morris	53	51	5	23	28	56	-	-	-	-	-
Oleg Saprykin	19	59	9	14	23	43	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Shantz	11	73	5	15	20	58	-	-	-	-	-
Tommy Albelin	5	77	1	19	20	22	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Lydman	32	62	3	16	19	30	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Wiemer	24	65	10	5	15	177	-	-	-	-	-
Clarke Wilm	23	81	7	8	15	69	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Cowan	38	51	9	4	13	74	-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Tkaczuk	18	19	4	7	11	14	-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Petrovicky	36	30	4	5	9	54	-	-	-	-	-
Denis Gauthier	3	62	2	6	8	78	-	-	-	-	-
Igor Kravchuk^†	25	37	0	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Conroy^†	22	14	3	4	7	14	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Clark	17	29	5	1	6	38	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Werenka	2	33	1	4	5	16	-	-	-	-	-
Robyn Regehr	28	71	1	3	4	70	-	-	-	-	-
Dwayne Hay	21	49	1	3	4	16	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Sutter	20	21	1	3	4	12	-	-	-	-	-
Benoit Gratton	39	14	1	3	4	14	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	55	13	0	2	2	17	-	-	-	-	-
Dallas Eakins	20/26	17	0	1	1	11	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29	31	0	1	1	16	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Brathwaite	40	49	0	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Niklas Andersson	25	11	0	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
Marty Murray	20	7	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Rico Fata	15	5	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Begin	26	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
All traded players	-	22	33	55	221	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season								Playoffs
Player	#	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Fred Brathwaite	40	49	2742	15	17	10	106	5	2.32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29	41	2246	12	23	5	121	3	3.23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions[]

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 2000–01 season.^[8]

Trades[]

June 10, 2000	To Calgary Flames 2nd round draft pick in 2000	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Jean-Sebastien Giguere
June 23, 2000	To Calgary Flames Mike Vernon	To Minnesota Wild Dan Cavanaugh 8th round draft pick in 2001
March 13, 2001	To Calgary Flames Craig Conroy 7th round pick in 2001	To St. Louis Blues Cory Stillman

Free agents[]

Player	Former team
Dave Lowry	San Jose Sharks
Dallas Eakins	New York Islanders

Player	New team
Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning
Sergei Krivokrasov	Minnesota Wild (via Expansion Draft)
Steve Dubinsky	Chicago Blackhawks

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Draft picks[]

Calgary's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, held in Calgary.^[9] The Flames played to the home crowd, selecting Brent Krahn of the Calgary Hitmen with their first pick, 9th overall.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	9	Brent Krahn	Canada	G	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	1	0–1–0, 9.00GAA
2	40	Kurtis Foster	Canada	D	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	405	42	118	160	308
2	46	Jarret Stoll^†	Canada	C	Kootenay Ice (WHL)	792	140	239	379	582
4	116	Levente Szuper	Hungary	G	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
5	141	Wade Davis	Canada	D	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5	155	Travis Moen^†	Canada	LW	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)	724	59	75	134	780
6	176	Jukka Hentunen	Finland	F	HPK Hameenlinna (Fin Jr.)	38	4	5	9	4
8	239	David Hajek	Czech Republic	D	Chumutov (Cze Jr.)
9	270	Micki Dupont	Canada	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	23	1	3	4	12

Statistics are updated to the end of the 2014–15 NHL season. ^† denotes player was on an NHL roster in 2014–15.

Farm teams[]

Saint John Flames[]

The 2000–01 AHL season was the eighth season for the Saint John Flames, all affiliated with the Flames. It was a record-setting year, as the Baby Flames ran away with the Canadian Division, finishing third overall in the league with a 44–24–7–5 record, good for 100 points. Saint John swept through the Portland Pirates, Quebec Citadelles and Providence Bruins by a combined 12–2 record. The Flames captured their only Calder Cup by defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 games to 2.^[10] Steve Begin won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.

References[]

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 111
Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 135
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

^ McGrath, D'Arcy, Craig Button Named New GM Archived 2006-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, calgarypuck.com, Accessed January 10, 2007
^ Gilbert gets Flames' reins, cbcsports, October 19, 2001, accessed January 10, 2007
^ Flames reach season ticket goal, CBC Sports, November 10, 2000
^ Picarello, Robert, Time makes difference for Giguere Archived 2009-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, nhl.com, October 15, 2003, accessed January 10, 2007
^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001.html
^ "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
^ "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
^ Calgary Flames 2000–01 season preview, cnnsi.com, accessed January 10, 2007
^ 2000 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com Archived 2006-04-26 at the Wayback Machine – accessed December 29, 2006
^ 2001 Calder Cup Playoffs, hockeydb.com, accessed January 10, 2007

[1] McGrath, D'Arcy, Craig Button Named New GM Archived 2006-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, calgarypuck.com, Accessed January 10, 2007

[2] Gilbert gets Flames' reins, cbcsports, October 19, 2001, accessed January 10, 2007

[3] Flames reach season ticket goal, CBC Sports, November 10, 2000

[4] Picarello, Robert, Time makes difference for Giguere Archived 2009-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, nhl.com, October 15, 2003, accessed January 10, 2007

[5] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001.html

[6] "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.

[7] "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[8] Calgary Flames 2000–01 season preview, cnnsi.com, accessed January 10, 2007

[9] 2000 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com Archived 2006-04-26 at the Wayback Machine – accessed December 29, 2006

[10] 2001 Calder Cup Playoffs, hockeydb.com, accessed January 10, 2007

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