2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season

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2001–02 Colorado Avalanche
Northwest Division champions
Division1st Northwest
Conference2nd Western
2001–02 record45–28–8–1
Goals for212
Goals against169
Team information
General managerPierre Lacroix
CoachBob Hartley
CaptainJoe Sakic
ArenaPepsi Center
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Sakic (26)
AssistsJoe Sakic (53)
PointsJoe Sakic (79)
Penalty minutesScott Parker (154)
WinsPatrick Roy (32)
Goals against averageDavid Aebischer (1.88)

The 2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's seventh season. At the end of the regular season, Patrick Roy had a goals against average (GAA) of 1.94 and a save percentage of .925. For his efforts, Roy earned the William M. Jennings Trophy and was a First Team All-Star for the fourth time in his career.[1] The Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings in the first round in seven games, then San Jose in the second round in seven games, but lost to the higher-seeded Detroit Red Wings in seven games after being up 3–2 in the series and lost game 7, 7–0, against Detroit.

Regular season[]

The Avalanche finished the regular season first overall in goaltending, having allowed 169 goals. They also led the league in shutouts, with 11. Combined with the 10 games in which the team itself was shut out, 21 of the Avalanche's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout.[3][4]

Final standings[]

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Colorado Avalanche 82 45 28 8 1 212 169 99
2 8 Vancouver Canucks 82 42 30 7 3 254 211 94
3 9 Edmonton Oilers 82 38 28 12 4 205 182 92
4 11 Calgary Flames 82 32 35 12 3 201 220 79
5 12 Minnesota Wild 82 26 35 12 9 195 238 73

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[5]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
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
8.5
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


Schedule and results[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 3, 2001 3–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 1–0–0–0
2 W October 9, 2001 5–4 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 2–0–0–0
3 L October 11, 2001 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 2–1–0–0
4 L October 13, 2001 0–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 2–2–0–0
5 W October 16, 2001 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 3–2–0–0
6 L October 18, 2001 1–4 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 3–3–0–0
7 W October 20, 2001 5–0 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 4–3–0–0
8 L October 21, 2001 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 4–4–0–0
9 W October 23, 2001 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 5–4–0–0
10 W October 25, 2001 4–1 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 6–4–0–0
11 L October 27, 2001 0–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 6–5–0–0
12 W October 28, 2001 3–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 7–5–0–0
13 L October 31, 2001 0–1 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 7–6–0–0
14 L November 2, 2001 2–4 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 7–7–0–0
15 L November 3, 2001 1��4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 7–8–0–0
16 T November 6, 2001 1–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 7–8–1–0
17 L November 8, 2001 0–1 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 7–9–1–0
18 L November 10, 2001 0–2 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 7–10–1–0
19 W November 14, 2001 1–0 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 8–10–1–0
20 W November 16, 2001 1–0 New York Islanders (2001–02) 9–10–1–0
21 W November 18, 2001 2–0 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 10–10–1–0
22 L November 20, 2001 3–5 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 10–11–1–0
23 L November 21, 2001 4–5 @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 10–12–1–0
24 W November 24, 2001 2–0 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 11–12–1–0
25 W November 27, 2001 4–1 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 12–12–1–0
26 W November 30, 2001 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 13–12–1–0
27 T December 1, 2001 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 13–12–2–0
28 W December 3, 2001 4–2 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 14–12–2–0
29 W December 5, 2001 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 15–12–2–0
30 W December 7, 2001 4–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 16–12–2–0
31 W December 8, 2001 2–0 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 17–12–2–0
32 T December 10, 2001 1–1 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 17–12–3–0
33 W December 12, 2001 5–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 18–12–3–0
34 L December 14, 2001 0–3 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 18–13–3–0
35 W December 16, 2001 3–2 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 19–13–3–0
36 W December 19, 2001 2–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 20–13–3–0
37 T December 21, 2001 2–2 OT Calgary Flames (2001–02) 20–13–4–0
38 W December 23, 2001 6–3 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 21–13–4–0
39 W December 26, 2001 2–0 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 22–13–4–0
40 L December 27, 2001 1–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 22–14–4–0
41 L December 29, 2001 2–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 22–15–4–0
42 T January 1, 2002 4–4 OT @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 22–15–5–0
43 W January 3, 2002 3–2 OT New York Rangers (2001–02) 23–15–5–0
44 L January 5, 2002 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 23–16–5–0
45 W January 9, 2002 7–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 24–16–5–0
46 T January 12, 2002 2–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 24–16–6–0
47 OTL January 15, 2002 0–1 OT San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 24–16–6–1
48 W January 17, 2002 3–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 25–16–6–1
49 W January 19, 2002 3–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 26–16–6–1
50 W January 21, 2002 3–2 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 27–16–6–1
51 W January 23, 2002 4–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 28–16–6–1
52 W January 24, 2002 2–0 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 29–16–6–1
53 W January 26, 2002 4–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 30–16–6–1
54 L January 28, 2002 4–6 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 30–17–6–1
55 L January 30, 2002 2–5 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 30–18–6–1
56 L February 4, 2002 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 30–19–6–1
57 W February 8, 2002 6–0 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 31–19–6–1
58 L February 9, 2002 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 31–20–6–1
59 W February 11, 2002 5–2 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 32–20–6–1
60 W February 13, 2002 3–1 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 33–20–6–1
61 T February 26, 2002 2–2 OT Calgary Flames (2001–02) 33–20–7–1
62 W February 28, 2002 2–1 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 34–20–7–1
63 L March 2, 2002 1–2 Dallas Stars (2001–02) 34–21–7–1
64 W March 4, 2002 2–0 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 35–21–7–1
65 W March 6, 2002 4–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 36–21–7–1
66 W March 9, 2002 4–3 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 37–21–7–1
67 W March 11, 2002 3–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 38–21–7–1
68 L March 14, 2002 0–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 38–22–7–1
69 W March 16, 2002 2–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 39–22–7–1
70 W March 17, 2002 5–4 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 40–22–7–1
71 L March 19, 2002 0–3 Washington Capitals (2001–02) 40–23–7–1
72 L March 21, 2002 1–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 40–24–7–1
73 L March 23, 2002 0–2 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 40–25–7–1
74 W March 28, 2002 3–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 41–25–7–1
75 L March 30, 2002 3–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 41–26–7–1
76 W April 1, 2002 5–1 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 42–26–7–1
77 W April 3, 2002 6–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 43–26–7–1
78 L April 5, 2002 1–3 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 43–27–7–1
79 W April 7, 2002 4–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 44–27–7–1
80 L April 9, 2002 1–2 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 44–28–7–1
81 W April 12, 2002 3–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 45–28–7–1
82 T April 14, 2002 2–2 OT Dallas Stars (2001–02) 45–28–8–1

Playoffs[]

Western Conference Quarterfinals: (2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings[]

April 18 Los Angeles Kings 3–4 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 19:51 – Alex Tanguay (1)
Bryan Smolinski (1) – pp – 10:52
Zigmund Palffy (1) – 14:20 		Second period 04:22 – Steven Reinprecht (1)
Zigmund Palffy (2) – 03:25 Third period 01:06 – pp – Joe Sakic (1)
14:26 – Greg de Vries (1)
Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots
April 20 Los Angeles Kings 3–5 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 07:23
Mikko Eloranta (1) – 13:13 		First period 07:01 – Joe Sakic (2)
15:37 – pp – Joe Sakic (3)
Jason Allison (1) – 08:43 Second period 11:05 – Peter Forsberg (1)
16:45 – Steven Reinprecht (2)
No scoring Third period 08:45 – Chris Drury (1)
Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots
April 22 Colorado Avalanche 1–3 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
Brad Larsen (1) – 06:01 First period 00:19 – Zigmund Palffy (3)
No scoring Second period 00:43 – Jason Allison (2)
08:29 – Zigmund Palffy (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 30 saves / 31 shots
April 23 Colorado Avalanche 1–0 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Steven Reinprecht (3) – 05:57 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 24 saves / 25 shots
April 25 Los Angeles Kings 1–0 OT Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Craig Johnson (1) – 02:19 First overtime period No scoring
Felix Potvin 26 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots
April 27 Colorado Avalanche 1–3 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
No scoring First period 01:21 – Jason Allison (3)
06:44 – Brad Chartrand (1)
Riku Hahl (1) – 09:37 Second period 06:19 – Bryan Smolinski (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Felix Potvin 23 saves / 24 shots
April 29 Los Angeles Kings 0–4 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 05:08 – Chris Drury (2)
06:02 – Alex Tanguay (2)
17:32 – Steven Reinprecht (4)
No scoring Third period 16:47 – en – Adam Foote (1)
Felix Potvin 23 saves / 26 shots
Jamie Storr 0 saves / 0 shots 		Goalie stats Patrick Roy 23 saves / 23 shots
Colorado won series 4–3


Western Conference Semifinals: (2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (3) San Jose Sharks[]

May 1 San Jose Sharks 6–3 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center
May 4 San Jose Sharks 2–8 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center
May 6 Colorado Avalanche 4–6 San Jose Sharks Compaq Center at San Jose
May 8 Colorado Avalanche 4–1 San Jose Sharks Compaq Center at San Jose
May 11 San Jose Sharks 5–3 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center
May 13 Colorado Avalanche 2–1 OT San Jose Sharks Compaq Center at San Jose
May 15 San Jose Sharks 0–1 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center
Colorado won series 4–3


Western Conference Final: (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche[]

May 18 Colorado Avalanche 3–5 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena
May 20 Colorado Avalanche 4–3 OT Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena
May 22 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 OT Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center
May 25 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center
May 27 Colorado Avalanche 2–1 OT Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena
May 29 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center
May 31 Colorado Avalanche 0–7 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena
Detroit won series 4–3


Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Joe Sakic C 82 26 53 79 18 12 9 1 4
Rob Blake D 75 16 40 56 58 16 10 0 2
Alex Tanguay LW 70 13 35 48 36 8 7 0 2
Chris Drury C 82 21 25 46 38 1 5 0 6
Steve Reinprecht C 67 19 27 46 18 14 4 0 3
Milan Hejduk RW 62 21 23 44 24 0 7 1 5
Martin Skoula D 82 10 21 31 42 -3 5 0 1
Radim Vrbata RW 52 18 12 30 14 7 6 0 3
Adam Foote D 55 5 22 27 55 7 1 1 0
Ville Nieminen LW 53 10 14 24 30 1 1 0 5
Greg de Vries D 82 8 12 20 57 18 1 1 3
Stephane Yelle C 73 5 12 17 48 1 0 1 1
Eric Messier LW 74 5 10 15 26 -5 0 0 3
Brian Willsie RW 56 7 7 14 14 4 2 0 1
Pascal Trepanier D 74 4 9 13 59 4 2 0 0
Dan Hinote RW 58 6 6 12 39 8 0 1 3
Shjon Podein LW 41 6 6 12 39 0 0 1 2
Brad Larsen LW 50 2 7 9 47 4 1 0 0
Mike Keane RW 22 2 5 7 16 -2 0 0 0
Riku Hahl C 22 2 3 5 14 1 0 0 1
Scott Parker RW 63 1 4 5 154 0 0 0 0
Vaclav Nedorost C 25 2 2 4 2 -4 1 0 0
Todd Gill D 36 0 4 4 25 3 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 63 0 3 3 26 0 0 0 0
Kelly Fairchild C 10 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Bryan Muir D 22 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 0
Jordan Krestanovich LW 8 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Daw C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
David Aebischer G 21 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Rick Berry D 57 0 0 0 60 1 0 0 0
Darius Kasparaitis D 11 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0
Steve Moore C 8 0 0 0 4 -4 0 0 0
Jaroslav Obsut D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Roy 3773 63 32 23 8 122 1.94 9 1629 1507 .925
David Aebischer 1184 21 13 6 0 37 1.88 2 538 501 .931
Team: 4957 82 45 29 8 159 1.92 11 2167 2008 .927
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Peter Forsberg C 20 9 18 27 20 8 0 0 4
Joe Sakic C 21 9 10 19 4 -2 4 0 1
Alex Tanguay LW 19 5 8 13 0 -8 3 0 0
Greg de Vries D 21 4 9 13 2 1 0 0 1
Steve Reinprecht C 21 7 5 12 8 7 0 0 2
Rob Blake D 20 6 6 12 16 -1 1 0 0
Chris Drury C 21 5 7 12 10 4 1 0 3
Adam Foote D 21 1 6 7 28 -2 0 0 0
Milan Hejduk RW 16 3 3 6 4 -4 1 0 0
Martin Skoula D 21 0 6 6 2 -5 0 0 0
Mike Keane RW 18 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 0
Riku Hahl C 21 1 2 3 0 -3 0 0 0
Dan Hinote RW 19 1 2 3 9 -3 0 0 0
Eric Messier LW 21 1 2 3 0 -4 0 0 0
Darius Kasparaitis D 21 0 3 3 18 10 0 0 0
Brad Larsen LW 21 1 1 2 13 -4 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 21 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Stephane Yelle C 20 0 2 2 14 -3 0 0 0
Brian Willsie RW 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
David Aebischer G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bryan Muir D 21 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0
Pascal Trepanier D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Radim Vrbata RW 9 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Roy 1241 21 11 10 52 2.51 3 572 520 .909
David Aebischer 34 1 0 0 1 1.76 0 14 13 .929
Team: 1275 21 11 10 53 2.49 3 586 533 .910

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[]

Team trophies[]

Player awards and trophies[]

  • Patrick Roy, William Jennings Trophy
  • Patrick Roy, First Team All-Star

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Other transactions[]

Draft picks[]

Colorado's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 63 Peter Budaj  Slovakia Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
3 97 Danny Bois  Canada London Knights (OHL)
4 130 Colt King  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
5 143 Frantisek Skladany  Slovakia Boston University (NCAA)
5 144 Cody McCormick  Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)
5 149 Mikko Viitanen  Finland Ahmat Hyvinkaa (Finland)
5 165 Pierre-Luc Emond  Canada Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6 184 Scott Horvath  United States University of Massachusetts Amherst (Hockey East)
6 196 Charlie Stephens  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
7 227 Marek Svatos  Slovakia Kootenay Ice (WHL)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, pp. 478–479, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  2. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p 475, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  3. ^ "2001-02 NHL Summary - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "2001-02 NHL Schedule and Results - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  6. ^ "2001-02 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

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