2000–01 St. Louis Blues season
The 2000–01 St. Louis Blues season was the 34th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. After winning the Presidents' Trophy the previous season, the Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 43 wins, 22 losses, 12 ties and 5 overtime losses, enough for 103 points and a trip to the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs. In the Western Conference Quarterfinals, the Blues defeated the San Jose Sharks in six games, then swept the Pacific Division-winning Dallas Stars in the Conference Semifinals before losing in five games to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche in the Conference Finals.
2000–01 St. Louis Blues | |
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Division | 2nd Central |
Conference | 4th Western |
2000–01 record | 43–22–12–5 |
Home record | 28–5–5–3 |
Road record | 15–17–7–2 |
Goals for | 249 |
Goals against | 195 |
Team information | |
General manager | Larry Pleau |
Coach | Joel Quenneville |
Captain | Chris Pronger |
Arena | Savvis Center |
Average attendance | 19,519 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Worcester IceCats Pensacola Ice Pilots |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Scott Young (40) |
Assists | Pierre Turgeon (52) |
Points | Pierre Turgeon (82) |
Penalty minutes | Reed Low (159) |
Plus/minus | Pavol Demitra (+27) |
Wins | Roman Turek (24) |
Goals against average | Brent Johnson (2.17) |
Off-season
Regular season
Final standings
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
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 9–2–1–0 (home: 5–0–0–0; road: 4–2–1–0)
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November: 7–2–2–0 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 3–1–1–0)
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December: 9–1–1–0 (home: 6–1–1–0; road: 3–0–0–0)
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January: 9–6–0–2 (home: 6–1–0–2; road: 3–5–0–0)
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February: 5–5–3–0 (home: 4–0–1–0; road: 1–5–2–0)
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March: 2–5–4–3 (home: 1–2–1–1; road: 1–3–3–2)
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April: 2–1–1–0 (home: 2–0–1–0; road: 0–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) San Jose Sharks: Blues win 4–2
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Dallas Stars: Blues win 4–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Conference Finals vs. (1) Colorado Avalanche: Avalanche win 4–1
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Legend:
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
77 | Pierre Turgeon | C | 79 | 30 | 52 | 82 | 14 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
48 | Scott Young | RW | 81 | 40 | 33 | 73 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
2 | Al MacInnis | D | 59 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 23 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
44 | Chris Pronger | D | 51 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
38 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 44 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
17 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 72 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
10 | Dallas Drake | RW | 82 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 18 | 71 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
22 | Craig Conroy‡ | C | 69 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Michal Handzus‡ | C | 36 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Alexander Khavanov | D | 74 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
32 | Mike Eastwood | C | 77 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
21 | Jamal Mayers | RW | 77 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −3 | 117 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
12 | Ladislav Nagy‡ | LW | 40 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −2 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Tyson Nash | LW | 57 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Daniel Corso | C | 28 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
23 | Lubos Bartecko | LW | 50 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Marty Reasoner | C | 41 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −5 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Sean Hill | D | 48 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 51 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 12 |
37 | Jeff Finley | D | 72 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
27 | Bryce Salvador | D | 75 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −4 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −7 | 18 |
19 | Scott Mellanby† | RW | 23 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 17 |
7 | Keith Tkachuk† | LW | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | −3 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
12 | Cory Stillman† | LW | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
28 | Todd Reirden | D | 38 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Reed Low | RW | 56 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 159 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Alexei Gusarov† | D | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
47 | Darren Rumble | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Reid Simpson | LW | 38 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
55 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Pascal Rheaume | C | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
20 | Peter Smrek‡ | D | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Roman Turek | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
4 | Marc Bergevin‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Eric Boguniecki† | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
49 | Dale Clarke | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Brent Johnson | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
43 | Jaroslav Obsut | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Dan Trebil† | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Mike Van Ryn | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
1 | Roman Turek | 54 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 1248 | 123 | 2.28 | .901 | 6 | 3232 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 382 | 31 | 2.05 | .919 | 0 | 908 |
35 | Brent Johnson | 31 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 676 | 63 | 2.17 | .907 | 4 | 1744 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1.94 | .944 | 0 | 62 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Al MacInnis[lower-alpha 1] | [5] |
Chris Pronger[lower-alpha 2] | |||
Joel Quenneville (Coach) | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Scott Young (October 30) | [8] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Pierre Turgeon | March 22, 2001 | [9] |
Transactions
The Blues 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]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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November 30, 2000 | To St. Louis Blues Mike Peluso |
To Washington Capitals Derek Bekar |
[11] |
December 18, 2000 | To St. Louis Blues Eric Boguniecki |
To Florida Panthers Andrej Podkonicky |
[12] |
December 28, 2000 | To St. Louis Blues Dan Trebil |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Marc Bergevin |
[13] |
February 9, 2001 | To St. Louis Blues Scott Mellanby |
To Florida Panthers Rights to David Morisset 5th-round pick in 2002 |
[14] |
March 5, 2001 | To St. Louis Blues Alexei Gusarov |
To New York Rangers Peter Smrek |
[15] |
March 13, 2001 | To St. Louis Blues Cory Stillman |
To Calgary Flames Craig Conroy 7th-round pick in 2001 |
[16] |
March 13, 2001 | To St. Louis Blues Keith Tkachuk |
To Phoenix Coyotes Michal Handzus Ladislav Nagy Rights to Jeff Taffe 1st-round pick in 2001 or 2002 |
[17] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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June 12, 2000 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | New York Islanders | Free agency | [18] | |
June 30, 2000 | Mike Van Ryn | Sarnia Sting (OHL) | Free agency | [19] | |
July 1, 2000 | Dallas Drake | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4-year | Free agency | [20] |
Sean Hill | Carolina Hurricanes | 4-year | Free agency | [21] | |
July 14, 2000 | Dwayne Roloson | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency | [22] | |
July 27, 2000 | Chris Murray | Dallas Stars | multi-year | Free agency | [23] |
August 22, 2000 | Reid Simpson | Tampa Bay Lightning | Free agency | [24] | |
October 9, 2000 | Curtis Sanford | Missouri River Otters (UHL) | Free agency | [25] | |
March 13, 2001 | Sebastien Bordeleau | Nashville Predators | Waivers | [26] | |
April 11, 2001 | Blake Evans | Regina Pats (WHL) | Free agency | [27] | |
May 7, 2001 | Greg Davis | McGill University (CIAU) | Free agency | [28] | |
Jeff Panzer | University of North Dakota (WCHA) | Free agency | [28] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 3] | Ref |
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June 22, 2000 | Libor Prochazka | HC Karlovy Vary (ELH) | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
June 23, 2000 | Jamie McLennan | Minnesota Wild | Expansion draft | [31] |
Scott Pellerin | Minnesota Wild | Expansion draft | [31] | |
July 1, 2000 | Bob Bassen[lower-alpha 4] | Contract expiration (III) | [29] | |
Dan Keczmer[lower-alpha 5] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [29] | ||
July 7, 2000 | Sylvain Blouin | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (VI) | [36] |
July 12, 2000 | Ricard Persson | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
July 28, 2000 | Kelly Chase | Retirement (III) | [38] | |
August 10, 2000 | Derek King | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (III) | [39] |
August 21, 2000 | Bryan Helmer | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (VI) | [40] |
August 22, 2000 | Jim Campbell | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
August 25, 2000 | Stephane Richer | Washington Capitals | Free agency (III) | [42] |
September 7, 2000 | David Ellett | Retirement (III) | [43] | |
November 16, 2000 | Rudy Poeschek | Houston Aeros (IHL) | Free agency (III) | [44] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 12, 2000 | Alexander Khavanov | Entry-level | [18] | |
Matt Walker | Entry-level | [18] | ||
July 1, 2000 | Marc Bergevin | 1-year | Option exercised | [45] |
Mike Eastwood | multi-year | Re-signing | [45] | |
Tyson Nash | multi-year | Re-signing | [45] | |
July 14, 2000 | Todd Reirden | multi-year | Re-signing | [46] |
July 27, 2000 | Bryce Salvador | multi-year | Re-signing | [23] |
August 2, 2000 | Brent Johnson | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] |
Reed Low | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] | |
September 12, 2000 | Lubos Bartecko | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] |
Michal Handzus | 3-year | Re-signing | [48] | |
October 20, 2000 | Derek Bekar | multi-year | Re-signing | [49] |
Reed Low | multi-year | Extension | [49] | |
Justin Papineau | Entry-level | [49] | ||
October 26, 2000 | Chris Pronger | 3-year | Extension | [50] |
Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[51]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 30 | Jeff Taffe | United States | University of Minnesota (WCHA) |
2 | 65 | David Morisset | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
3 | 75 | Justin Papineau | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
3 | 96 | Antoine Bergeron | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
4 | 129 | Troy Riddle | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
5 | 167 | Craig Weller | Canada | Calgary Canucks (AJHL) |
7 | 229 | Brett Lutes | Canada | Montreal Rocket (QMJHL) |
8 | 261 | Reinhard Divis | Austria | Leksands IF (Sweden) |
9 | 293 | Lauri Kinos | Finland | Montreal Rocket (QMJHL) |
See also
Notes
- MacInnis did not play and was replaced by Scott Niedermayer of the New Jersey Devils.[4]
- Pronger was voted to the starting lineup, but did not play and was replaced by Ed Jovanovski of the Vancouver Canucks.[6][7]
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[29]
- Bassen retired.[32]
- Keczmer retired.[33] He attended the Tampa Bay Lightning’s training camp on a tryout in September 2000 but was ultimately released.[34][35]
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ELLETT RETIRES: Dave Ellett, who played 16 seasons with Toronto, Winnipeg, New Jersey, Boston and St. Louis, has retired, according to the NHL Players' Association's Web site.
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