2001–02 Florida Panthers season
The 2001–02 Florida Panthers season was their ninth season in the National Hockey League. The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
2001–02 Florida Panthers | |
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Division | 4th Southeast |
Conference | 14th Eastern |
2001–02 record | 22–44–10–6 |
Home record | 11–23–3–4 |
Road record | 11–21–7–2 |
Goals for | 180 |
Goals against | 250 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bill Torrey (Oct-Dec) Chuck Fletcher (Dec-May) |
Coach | Duane Sutter (Oct-Dec) Mike Keenan (Dec-Apr) |
Captain | Pavel Bure (Oct-Dec) Paul Laus (Oct-Dec) Vacant (Dec-Apr) |
Alternate captains | Sandis Ozolinsh (Jan-Apr) Robert Svehla |
Arena | National Car Rental Center |
Average attendance | 16,074 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Utah Grizzlies Florida Everblades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Kristian Huselius (23) |
Assists | Pavel Bure (27) |
Points | Pavel Bure (49) |
Penalty minutes | Peter Worrell (354) |
Plus/minus | Darren Van Impe (+3) |
Wins | Roberto Luongo (16) |
Goals against average | Roberto Luongo (2.77) |
Offseason
Prior to the beginning of the regular season it was announced that Pavel Bure and Paul Laus would alternate the captaincy every five games.[1] This was discontinued when Mike Keenan was named the team’s new head coach in early December.[2]
Regular season
On December 3, it was announced that Mike Keenan would replace Duane Sutter as head coach and Bill Torrey would step down as general manager.[3] Assistant general manager Chuck Fletcher was named interim general manager.[3]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 217 | 217 | 91 |
2 | 9 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 228 | 240 | 85 |
3 | 13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 178 | 219 | 69 |
4 | 14 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 180 | 250 | 60 |
5 | 15 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 187 | 288 | 54 |
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: 3–7–2–1 (home: 1–3–0–1; road: 2–4–2–0)
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November: 3–7–0–2 (home: 2–4–0–1; road: 1–3–0–1)
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December: 6–6–1–0 (home: 4–4–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
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January: 4–10–1–0 (home: 1–7–0–0; road: 3–3–1–0)
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February: 1–5–1–1 (home: 0–1–1–1; road: 1–4–0–0)
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March: 4–7–2–1 (home: 2–3–2–0; road: 2–4–0–1)
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April: 1–2–3–1 (home: 1–1–0–1; road: 0–1–3–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
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 Panthers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
10 | Pavel Bure‡ | RW | 56 | 22 | 27 | 49 | −14 | 56 |
22 | Kristian Huselius | LW | 79 | 23 | 22 | 45 | −4 | 14 |
18 | Marcus Nilson | LW | 81 | 14 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 55 |
28 | Jason Wiemer | C | 70 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −4 | 178 |
39 | Ivan Novoseltsev | RW | 70 | 13 | 16 | 29 | −10 | 44 |
44 | Sandis Ozolinsh† | D | 37 | 10 | 19 | 29 | −3 | 24 |
12 | Olli Jokinen | C | 80 | 9 | 20 | 29 | −16 | 98 |
24 | Robert Svehla | D | 82 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −19 | 87 |
14 | Niklas Hagman | LW | 78 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −6 | 8 |
25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 50 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −16 | 20 |
20 | Valeri Bure | RW | 31 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −3 | 12 |
45 | Brad Ference | D | 80 | 2 | 15 | 17 | −13 | 254 |
16 | Kevyn Adams‡ | C | 44 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −3 | 28 |
43 | Byron Ritchie† | C | 31 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −2 | 34 |
11 | Bill Lindsay‡ | RW | 63 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −11 | 117 |
4 | Bret Hedican‡ | D | 31 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −4 | 12 |
8 | Peter Worrell | LW | 79 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −15 | 354 |
26 | Pierre Dagenais† | RW | 26 | 7 | 1 | 8 | −5 | 4 |
3 | Paul Laus | D | 45 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 157 |
29 | Darren Van Impe†‡ | D | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
26 | Dan Boyle‡ | D | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 12 |
49 | Lance Ward | D | 68 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −20 | 131 |
38 | Eric Beaudoin | LW | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
17 | Ryan Johnson | C | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 10 |
5 | Jeff Norton† | D | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −5 | 8 |
55[lower-alpha 1] | Igor Ulanov† | D | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 11 |
21 | Denis Shvidki | RW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 2 |
2 | Lance Pitlick | D | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −14 | 12 |
19 | Stephen Weiss | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
32[lower-alpha 2] | Ryan Jardine | LW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
42 | Brad Norton | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 45 |
36 | Joey Tetarenko | RW | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 123 |
37 | Trevor Kidd | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
1 | Roberto Luongo | G | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
31 | Wade Flaherty | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
42[lower-alpha 3] | Matt Herr | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
29 | Lukas Krajicek | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | David Morisset | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 5 |
23 | Kyle Rossiter | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
41[lower-alpha 4] | Nick Smith | C | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
23 | Rocky Thompson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
1 | Roberto Luongo | 58 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 1653 | 140 | 2.77 | .915 | 4 | 3030 |
37 | Trevor Kidd | 33 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 857 | 90 | 3.21 | .895 | 1 | 1683 |
31 | Wade Flaherty | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 12 | 2.94 | .919 | 0 | 245 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Kristian Huselius (Forward) | [6] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Sandis Ozolinsh[lower-alpha 5] | [8] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Kristian Huselius (October) | [9] | |
Niklas Hagman (March) | [10] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Kristian Huselius | [11] | |
Roberto Luongo |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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400th goal scored | Pavel Bure | January 26, 2002 | [12] |
Transactions
The Panthers 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.[13]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2001 | To Florida Panthers St. Louis’ 1st-round pick in 2001 |
To New Jersey Devils Phoenix’s 2nd-round pick in 2001 Vancouver’s 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
[14] |
June 23, 2001 | To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Jiri Dopita |
[14] |
June 23, 2001 | To Florida Panthers Valeri Bure Jason Wiemer |
To Calgary Flames Rob Niedermayer Philadelphia’s 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
[15] |
June 23, 2001 | To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
To New York Islanders 4th-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[14] |
June 30, 2001 | To Florida Panthers Future considerations |
To New York Rangers Dave Duerden |
[16] |
July 10, 2001 | To Florida Panthers Ryan Johnson 6th-round pick in 2003 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Vaclav Prospal |
[17] |
January 7, 2002 | To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2003 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Boyle |
[18] |
January 16, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Sandis Ozolinsh Byron Ritchie |
To Carolina Hurricanes Kevyn Adams Bret Hedican Rights to Tomas Malec Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
[19] |
March 18, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Igor Ulanov Rights to Filip Novak 1st-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2002 4th-round pick in 2003 |
To New York Rangers Pavel Bure 2nd-round pick in 2002 |
[20] |
March 19, 2002 | To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2003 |
To New York Islanders Darren Van Impe |
[21] |
March 19, 2002 | To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2002 |
To Boston Bruins Jeff Norton |
[21] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 5, 2001 | Paul Elliott | Regina Pats (WHL) | Free agency | [22] | |
July 10, 2001 | Jeff Norton | San Jose Sharks | Free agency | [17] | |
July 27, 2001 | Brad Norton | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency | [23] | |
August 2, 2001 | Andrew Allen | Dayton Bombers (ECHL) | Free agency | [24] | |
Wade Flaherty | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2-year | Free agency | [24] | |
August 20, 2001 | Matt Herr | Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | Free agency | [25] |
August 23, 2001 | Bill Lindsay | San Jose Sharks | 2-year | Free agency | [26] |
December 18, 2001 | Darren Van Impe | New York Rangers | Waivers | [27] | |
January 12, 2002 | Pierre Dagenais | New Jersey Devils | Waivers | [28] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 6] | Ref |
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N/A | Yan Golubovsky | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [30] |
July 1, 2001 | Greg Adams[lower-alpha 7] | Contract expiration (III) | [29] | |
Len Barrie[lower-alpha 8] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [29] | ||
July 4, 2001 | Anders Eriksson | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
July 5, 2001 | Mike Wilson | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
July 19, 2001 | Richard Shulmistra | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
August 14, 2001 | Peter Ratchuk | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
August 15, 2001 | Andrej Podkonicky | HIFK (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
September 13, 2001 | Paul Brousseau | AIK (SHL) | Free agency (VI) | [38] |
September 21, 2001 | Ryan Bach | Sheffield Steelers (BISL) | Free agency (VI) | [39] |
N/A | Sean Gauthier | Reading Royals (ECHL) | Free agency (VI) | [40] |
October 2, 2001 | Chris Allen | B.C. Icemen (UHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
John Jakopin | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waivers | [42] | |
October 23, 2001 | Remi Royer | Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [43] |
March 19, 2002 | Bill Lindsay | Montreal Canadiens | Waivers | [21] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 30, 2001 | Vaclav Prospal | 1-year | Option exercised | [44] |
July 5, 2001 | Niklas Hagman | Entry-level | [22] | |
Kristian Huselius | Entry-level | [22] | ||
July 16, 2001 | Dan Boyle | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
Ivan Majesky | 1-year | Entry-level | [45] | |
July 18, 2001 | John Jakopin | 1-year | Re-signing | [46] |
July 20, 2001 | Olli Jokinen | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] |
July 27, 2001 | Joey Tetarenko | 1-year | Re-signing | [23] |
Rocky Thompson | 2-year | Re-signing | [23] | |
August 14, 2001 | Marcus Nilson | 3-year | Re-signing | [48] |
August 20, 2001 | David Morisset | 3-year | Entry-level | [25] |
Lance Ward | 2-year | Re-signing | [25] | |
September 13, 2001 | Roberto Luongo | 4-year | Extension | [49] |
September 15, 2001 | Ryan Johnson | 2-year | Re-signing | [50] |
September 20, 2001 | Valeri Bure | 3-year | Re-signing | [51] |
April 16, 2002 | Lukas Krajicek | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] |
Stephen Weiss | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] | |
May 31, 2002 | Filip Novak | Entry-level | [53] | |
Byron Ritchie | multi-year | Extension | [53] |
Draft picks
Florida's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.[54]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 4 | Stephen Weiss | Canada | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
1 | 24 | Lukas Krajicek | Czech Republic | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
2 | 34 | Greg Watson | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
3 | 64 | Tomas Malec | Slovakia | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
3 | 68 | Grant McNeill | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
4 | 117 | Michael Woodford | United States | Cushing Academy (USHS-MA) |
5 | 136 | Billy Thompson | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
6 | 169 | Dustin Johner | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
7 | 200 | Toni Koivisto | Finland | Lukko (Finland) |
8 | 231 | Kyle Bruce | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
9 | 263 | Jan Blanar | Slovakia | Dukla Trencin (Slovakia) |
9 | 267 | Ivan Majesky | Slovakia | Ilves (Finland) |
See also
Notes
- Ulanov wore number 5 in his first twelve games after being acquired.
- Jardine wore number 41 in his first game.
- Herr wore number 7 in his first two games.
- Smith wore number 42 in his first three games.
- Ozolinsh was voted to the starting lineup.[7]
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[29]
- Adams was inactive during the 2001–02 season.[31]
- Barrie retired.[32]
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