The 2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 35th year in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins finished the year with a sub-.500 points percentage and failed to qualify for the playoffs, both for the first time since 1989–90. This was the Penguins' last season with the "RoboPenguin" logo introduced during the 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins season. The Penguins reverted to using their original skating penguin logo afterwards.
2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 12th Eastern |
2001–02 record | 28–41–8–5 |
Home record | 16–20–4–1 |
Road record | 12–21–4–4 |
Goals for | 198 |
Goals against | 249 |
Team information | |
General manager | Craig Patrick |
Coach | Ivan Hlinka (Oct.) Rick Kehoe (Oct.–Apr.) |
Captain | Mario Lemieux |
Alternate captains | Alexei Kovalev (Nov.–Apr.) Martin Straka Darius Kasparaitis |
Arena | Mellon Arena |
Average attendance | 15,649 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Wheeling Nailers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alexei Kovalev (32) |
Assists | Alexei Kovalev (44) |
Points | Alexei Kovalev (76) |
Penalty minutes | Krzysztof Oliwa (150) |
Plus/minus | Robert Lang (+9) |
Wins | Johan Hedberg (25) |
Goals against average | Johan Hedberg (2.75) |
Off-season
editOn July 11, 2001, the Penguins shipped star right winger Jaromir Jagr, along with journeyman defenseman Frantisek Kucera, off to play for the Washington Capitals. In return, the Penguins received Kris Beech, Michal Sivek, Ross Lupaschuk, and future considerations. The New York Rangers also made an offer for Jagr, consisting of Kim Johnsson and Mike York. The Rangers maintain that Patrick traded Jagr to the Capitals because he was angry with their general manager, Glen Sather.[1] The trade still ranks as the fifth-worst trade in team history.[2]
Regular season
editAfter an 0–4 start, head coach Ivan Hlinka was relieved of his duties and replaced by Rick Kehoe.[3]
Final standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 234 | 192 | 97 |
2 | 5 | New York Islanders | 82 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 239 | 220 | 96 |
3 | 6 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 41 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 205 | 187 | 95 |
4 | 11 | New York Rangers | 82 | 36 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 227 | 258 | 80 |
5 | 12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 198 | 249 | 69 |
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 | Z- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 236 | 201 | 101 |
2 | Y- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 234 | 192 | 97 |
3 | Y- Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 217 | 217 | 91 |
4 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 249 | 207 | 100 |
5 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 239 | 220 | 96 |
6 | X- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 41 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 205 | 187 | 95 |
7 | X- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 243 | 208 | 94 |
8 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 207 | 209 | 87 |
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9 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 228 | 240 | 85 |
10 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 213 | 200 | 82 |
11 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 36 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 227 | 258 | 80 |
12 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 198 | 249 | 69 |
13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 178 | 219 | 69 |
14 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 180 | 250 | 60 |
15 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 187 | 288 | 54 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Schedule and results
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October: 4–6–1–1 (home: 2–3–1–0 ; road: 2–3–0–1), 10 Points
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November: 6–4–1–2 (home: 5–1–1–0 ; road: 1–3–1–1), 15 Points
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December: 4–7–0–2 (home: 2–5–0–0 ; road: 2–2–2–0), 10 Points
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January: 8–6–1–0 (home: 4–3–0–0 ; road: 4–3–0–1), 17 Points
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February: 1–4–1–1 (home: 0–1–0–1 ; road: 1–3–1–0), 4 Points
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March: 5–7–1–1 (home: 3–5–1–0 ; road: 2–2–0–1), 12 Points
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April: 0–7–0–1 (home: 0–2–1–0 ; road: 0–5–0–0), 1 Points
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Legend: = Win = Loss = OT Loss = Tie |
Player statistics
edit- Skaters
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- Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Johan Hedberg | 66 | 64 | 3876:33 | 25 | 34 | 7 | 178 | 2.76 | 1851 | 0.904 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
Jean-Sebastien Aubin | 21 | 18 | 1094:18 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 65 | 3.56 | 537 | 0.879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 82 | 4970:51 | 28 | 46 | 8 | 243 | 2.93 | 2388 | 0.898 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
Awards and records
edit- Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 1600 points for the Penguins. He did so in a 4–5 Loss to Los Angeles on February 27.
- Kevin Stevens ended his career as the franchise record holder for penalty minutes (1048). He had set the record the year before.
Awards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mario Lemieux | [8] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Andrew Ference | [9] | |
Team | A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award | Alexei Kovalev | [10] |
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award | Johan Hedberg | [11] | |
Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award | Ian Moran | [11] | |
Leading Scorer Award | Alexei Kovalev | ||
Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy | Johan Hedberg | [12] | |
Most Valuable Player Award | Alexei Kovalev | [13] | |
Players' Player Award | Alexei Kovalev | [12] | |
Ian Moran | |||
The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award | Andrew Ference | [10] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Stephane Richer | November 3, 2001 | [14] |
First game | Tom Kostopoulos | December 29, 2001 | [15] |
Eric Meloche | January 15, 2002 | ||
Shane Endicott | January 29, 2002 |
Transactions
editThe Penguins 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.[16]
Trades
editDate | Details | Ref | |
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July 11, 2001 | To Washington Capitals |
To Pittsburgh Penguins
|
[17] |
March 8, 2002 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
To Pittsburgh Penguins |
[18] |
March 15, 2002 | To Columbus Blue Jackets
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To Pittsburgh Penguins |
[19] |
March 17, 2002 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Pittsburgh Penguins |
[20] |
March 19, 2002 | To New Jersey Devils |
To Pittsburgh Penguins
|
[21] |
To Colorado Avalanche |
To Pittsburgh Penguins |
[22] | |
May 15, 2002 | To Nashville Predators
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To Pittsburgh Penguins
|
[23] |
Players acquired
editDate | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 5, 2001 | Mike Wilson | Florida Panthers | 3-year | Free agency | [24] |
July 30, 2001 | Steve Parsons | Hershey Bears (AHL) | Free agency | [25] | |
August 14, 2001 | Peter Ratchuk | Florida Panthers | Free agency | [26] | |
Rob Tallas | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency | [26] | ||
October 2, 2001 | John Jakopin | Florida Panthers | Waivers | [27] | |
Stephane Richer | Washington Capitals | Free agency | [28] | ||
January 4, 2002 | Randy Robitaille | Los Angeles Kings | Waivers | [29] | |
March 15, 2002 | Shean Donovan | Atlanta Thrashers | Waivers | [19] | |
March 16, 2002 | Jeff Toms | New York Rangers | Waivers | [30] |
Players lost
editDate | Player | New team | Via[a] | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
N/A | Boris Protsenko | Amur Khabarovsk (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
July 1, 2001 | Craig Hillier[b] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [31] | |
Garth Snow | New York Islanders | Free agency (III) | [34] | |
July 2, 2001 | Bob Boughner | Calgary Flames | Free agency (UFA) | [35] |
July 12, 2001 | Rich Parent | Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
July 13, 2001 | Trent Cull | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (VI) | [37] |
July 23, 2001 | Chris Kelleher | Boston Bruins | Free agency (VI) | [38] |
July 31, 2001 | Kip Miller | Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) | Free agency (III) | [39] |
August 8, 2001 | Greg Crozier | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
August 28, 2001 | Steve McKenna | New York Rangers | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
September 10, 2001 | Josef Beranek | HC Slavia Praha (ELH) | Free agency (III) | [42] |
October 5, 2001 | Dennis Bonvie | Boston Bruins | Free agency (VI) | [43] |
November 5, 2001 | Rene Corbet | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [44] |
November 6, 2001 | Marc Bergevin | St. Louis Blues | Free agency (III) | [45] |
January 22, 2002 | Bobby Dollas | Laval Chiefs (QSPHL) | Free agency (III) | [46] |
Signings
editDate | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 11, 2001 | Kevin Stevens | Re-signing | [47] | |
June 14, 2001 | Rob Scuderi | Entry-level | [48] | |
July 10, 2001 | Robert Dome | Re-signing | [49] | |
July 13, 2001 | Hans Jonsson | Re-signing | [50] | |
Eric Meloche | Re-signing | [50] | ||
July 16, 2001 | David Koci | Entry-level | [51] | |
Tomas Surovy | Entry-level | [51] | ||
July 18, 2001 | Jason MacDonald | Re-signing | [52] | |
July 24, 2001 | Dan LaCouture | 1-year | Re-signing | [53] |
Ian Moran | 2-year | Re-signing | [53] | |
Billy Tibbetts | 1-year | Re-signing | [53] | |
July 31, 2001 | Jean-Sebastien Aubin | Re-signing | [54] | |
Alexei Morozov | Re-signing | [54] | ||
August 10, 2001 | Martin Straka | 2-year | Arbitration award | [55] |
August 11, 2001 | Jan Hrdina | 2-year | Arbitration award | [56] |
August 13, 2001 | Robert Lang | 1-year | Arbitration award | [57] |
August 14, 2001 | Brooks Orpik | Entry-level | [58] | |
August 15, 2001 | Alexei Kovalev | 2-year | Arbitration award | [59] |
August 20, 2001 | Darius Kasparaitis | 2-year | Re-signing | [60] |
August 21, 2001 | Mario Lemieux | 1-year | Re-signing | [61] |
August 29, 2001 | Wayne Primeau | Re-signing | [62] | |
September 6, 2001 | Johan Hedberg | multi-year | Re-signing | [63] |
Martin Straka | multi-year | Re-signing | [63] | |
September 8, 2001 | Michal Roszival | Re-signing | [64] | |
October 5, 2001 | Shane Endicott | Entry-level | [65] | |
June 3, 2002 | Steven Crampton | Entry-level | [66] | |
Michel Ouellet | Entry-level | [66] |
Other
editName | Date | Notes |
---|---|---|
Ivan Hlinka | October 14, 2001 | Fired as head coach |
Rick Kehoe | October 14, 2001 | Hired as head coach |
Draft picks
editThe Penguins selected the following players in the 2001 NHL entry draft at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida:[67]
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 21 | Colby Armstrong | RW | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
2 | 54 | Noah Welch | D | United States | Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA) |
3 | 86 | Drew Fata | D | Canada | Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL) |
3 | 96[a] | Alexandre Rouleau | D | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
4 | 120 | Tomas Surovy | LW | Slovakia | HK Poprad (Slovakia) |
4 | 131[b] | Ben Eaves | C | United States | Boston College (Hockey East) |
5 | 156 | Andy Schneider | D | United States | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
7 | 217 | Tomas Duba | G | Czech Republic | Sparta Prague (Czech Extraliga) |
8 | 250 | Brandon Crawford-West | G | United States | Texas Tornado (NAHL) |
- Draft notes[68]
- a Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Ron Tugnutt.
- b Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Peter Popovic.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a March 13, 2001, trade that sent Frantisek Kucera to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins' ninth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a November 14, 2000, trade that sent Dan Trebil to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
Farm teams
editThe American Hockey League's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, after losing in the Calder Cup Finals the previous season, finished last overall in the Western Conference with a 20–44–13–3 record.
The ECHL's Wheeling Nailers finished fifth in the Northern Conference's Northwest Division with a 36–32–4 record. It was their first year under John Brophy.
See also
editNotes
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Penguins winger Stephane Richer played in his 1,000th game last night.
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS_Traded D Mark Moore to Anaheim Mighty Ducks for D Bert Robertsson.
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PENGUINS: Acquired C Kent Manderville from Flyers for C Billy Tibbetts.
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS_Traded LW Steve Parsons to the Nashville Predators for future considerations.
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CALGARY FLAMES--Signed D Bob Boughner to a three-year contract.
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Minnesota Wild -- Signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Trent Cull, who had been with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Boston Bruins -- Signed defenseman Chris Kelleher to a two-year contract
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Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) -- Signed center Kip Miller
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The New York Rangers Tuesday agreed to terms with veteran forward Steve McKenna, who will be joining his fourth time in three seasons.
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Announced an arbitrator has awarded LW Martin Straka a two-year contract.
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Arbitrator gives Hrdina $2.25 million deal -- Pittsburgh Penguins center Jan Hrdina will earn $2.25 million over the next two seasons based on an arbitration ruling.
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