2001–02 Minnesota Wild season
The 2001–02 Minnesota Wild season was the team's second season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wild missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second straight season, finishing last in the Northwest Division.
2001–02 Minnesota Wild | |
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Division | 5th Northwest |
Conference | 12th Western |
2001–02 record | 26–35–12–9 |
Home record | 14–14–8–5 |
Road record | 12–21–4–4 |
Goals for | 195 |
Goals against | 238 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug Risebrough |
Coach | Jacques Lemaire |
Captain | Rotating[1] Jim Dowd (Oct.) Filip Kuba (Nov.) Brad Brown (Dec.–Jan.) Andrew Brunette (Feb.–Apr.) |
Alternate captains | Brad Bombardir Darby Hendrickson |
Arena | Xcel Energy Center |
Average attendance | 18,455 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Houston Aeros Louisiana IceGators |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Marian Gaborik (30) |
Assists | Andrew Brunette (48) |
Points | Andrew Brunette (69) |
Penalty minutes | Matt Johnson (183) |
Plus/minus | Marian Gaborik (0) Nick Schultz (0) Wes Walz (0) |
Wins | Dwayne Roloson (14) |
Goals against average | Dwayne Roloson (2.68) |
Off-season
Regular season
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
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October: 4–3–3–1 (home: 2–2–2–1; road: 2–1–1–0)
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November: 7–6–1–1 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 2–3–0–1)
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December: 2–8–2–1 (home: 0–1–2–1; road: 2–7–0–0)
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January: 4–6–3–2 (home: 3–3–2–1; road: 1–3–1–1)
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February: 2–4–1–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 1–2–1–0)
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March: 6–5–1–2 (home: 2–2–1–2; road: 4–3–0–0)
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April: 1–3–1–2 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–2–1–2)
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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 Wild only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
15 | Andrew Brunette | LW | 81 | 21 | 48 | 69 | −4 | 18 |
10 | Marian Gaborik | RW | 78 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 0 | 34 |
34 | Jim Dowd | C | 82 | 13 | 30 | 43 | −14 | 54 |
33 | Sergei Zholtok | C | 73 | 19 | 20 | 39 | −10 | 28 |
24 | Antti Laaksonen | LW | 82 | 16 | 17 | 33 | −5 | 22 |
37 | Wes Walz | C | 64 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 43 |
11 | Pascal Dupuis | LW | 76 | 15 | 12 | 27 | −10 | 16 |
18 | Richard Park | RW | 63 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −1 | 10 |
14 | Darby Hendrickson | C | 68 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −22 | 50 |
17 | Filip Kuba | D | 62 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −6 | 32 |
77 | Lubomir Sekeras | D | 69 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −7 | 38 |
22 | Stacy Roest | RW | 58 | 10 | 11 | 21 | −3 | 8 |
44 | Aaron Gavey | C | 71 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −21 | 38 |
2 | Willie Mitchell | D | 68 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −16 | 68 |
23[lower-alpha 1] | Jason Marshall | D | 80 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −8 | 148 |
55 | Nick Schultz | D | 52 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
3 | Ladislav Benysek | D | 74 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −12 | 28 |
42 | Andy Sutton‡ | D | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 35 |
9 | Hnat Domenichelli† | LW | 27 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −5 | 10 |
26 | Tony Virta | RW | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
71 | Sebastien Bordeleau‡ | C | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 8 |
12 | Matt Johnson | LW | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −13 | 183 |
4 | Brad Brown | D | 51 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −11 | 123 |
5 | Brad Bombardir | D | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 14 |
31 | Roman Simicek | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
25 | Sergei Krivokrasov‡ | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 17 |
36 | Sylvain Blouin | LW | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −11 | 130 |
19 | David Cullen† | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
35 | Manny Fernandez | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
31 | Derek Gustafson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Mike Matteucci | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
39 | Travis Roche | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
30 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Dwayne Roloson | 45 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1132 | 112 | 2.68 | .901 | 5 | 2506 |
35 | Manny Fernandez | 44 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1157 | 125 | 3.05 | .892 | 1 | 2463 |
31 | Derek Gustafson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 26 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL Player of the Week | Marian Gaborik (March 11) | [4] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Marian Gaborik | [5] | |
Team | Three Star Award | Marian Gaborik | [6] |
Transactions
The Wild 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.[7]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2001 | To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 |
[8] |
June 29, 2001 | To Minnesota Wild Sergei Zholtok |
To Edmonton Oilers Future considerations |
[9] |
November 1, 2001 | To Minnesota Wild 7th-round pick in 2002 Conditional draft pick in 2003 |
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Sergei Krivokrasov |
[10] |
January 4, 2002 | To Minnesota Wild David Cullen |
To Phoenix Coyotes Sebastien Bordeleau |
[11] |
January 22, 2002 | To Minnesota Wild Hnat Domenichelli |
To Atlanta Thrashers Andy Sutton |
[12] |
March 19, 2002 | To Minnesota Wild Greg Crozier |
To Boston Bruins Darryl Laplante |
[13] |
May 24, 2002 | To Minnesota Wild Rights to Chris Dyment |
To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2002 |
[14] |
Players acquired
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 2] | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Jeff Nielsen[lower-alpha 3] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [30] | |
August 1, 2001 | Chris Armstrong | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) | [32] |
August 2, 2001 | Christian Matte | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
August 29, 2001 | Brendan Walsh | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
August 30, 2001 | Zac Bierk | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (UFA) | [35] |
August 31, 2001 | Ian Herbers | Ayr Scottish Eagles (BISL) | Free agency (VI) | [36] |
N/A | David Brumby | Columbus Cottonmouths (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
September 28, 2001 | Martin Brochu | Vancouver Canucks | Waiver draft | [24] |
October 4, 2001 | Nick Naumenko | Portland Pirates (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [38] |
April 8, 2002 | Roman Simicek | HIFK (Liiga) | Free agency | [39] |
May 3, 2002 | Mark Beaufait | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Free agency | [40] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 28, 2001 | Tony Virta | Entry-level | [41] | |
July 1, 2001 | Darby Hendrickson | 3-year | Re-signing | [42] |
July 3, 2001 | Brad Bombardir | Re-signing | [43] | |
Cam Stewart | Re-signing | [43] | ||
July 9, 2001 | Pavel Patera | Re-signing | [19] | |
July 16, 2001 | Dan Cavanaugh | Entry-level | [21] | |
July 17, 2001 | Aaron Gavey | Re-signing | [44] | |
August 2, 2001 | Lubomir Sekeras | 2-year | Re-signing | [45] |
August 3, 2001 | Andy Sutton | Re-signing | [46] | |
August 10, 2001 | Manny Fernandez | 2-year | Arbitration award | [47] |
August 13, 2001 | Filip Kuba | 2-year | Arbitration award | [48] |
August 15, 2001 | Sergei Zholtok | 1-year | Arbitration award | [49] |
September 13, 2001 | Sergei Krivokrasov | Re-signing | [50] | |
September 18, 2001 | Stephane Veilleux | Entry-level | [51] | |
September 23, 2001 | Kyle Wanvig | Entry-level | [52] | |
November 15, 2001 | Jim Dowd | multi-year | Extension | [53] |
March 9, 2002 | Sergei Zholtok | multi-year | Extension | [54] |
April 15, 2002 | Marc Cavosie | Entry-level | [55] | |
April 23, 2002 | Kyle Kettles | Entry-level | [56] | |
May 31, 2002 | Chris Dyment | Entry-level | [57] |
Draft picks
Minnesota's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.[58]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 6 | Mikko Koivu | Finland | TPS (SM-liiga) |
2 | 36 | Kyle Wanvig | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
3 | 74 | Chris Heid | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
3 | 93 | Stephane Veilleux | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
4 | 103 | Tony Virta | Finland | TPS (SM-liiga) |
7 | 202 | Derek Boogaard | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
8 | 239 | Jake Riddle | United States | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
See also
Notes
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Minnesota Wild -- Signed free agent center Shawn Carter.
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Minnesota Wild signed defenceman Curtis Murphy.
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Minnesota Wild -- Signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Jason Marshall, who had been with the Washington Capitals, and goaltender Dwayne Roloson.
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MINNESOTA WILD--Signed LW Andrew Brunette to a multiyear contract.
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The Minnesota Wild re-signed centre Pavel Patera and signed free-agent goaltender Martin Brochu.
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Minnesota Wild -- Signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Trent Cull, who had been with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Minnesota claimed center Sebastien Bordeleau from the Blues in Friday's NHL waiver draft. Minnesota goalie Martin Brochu was claimed by Vancouver later in the draft
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MINNESOTA WILD_Signed RW Jeff Hoggan.
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MINNESOTA WILD_Signed C Mark Cullen.
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New York Islanders -- Signed defenseman Chris Armstrong to a one-year contract.
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Agreed to terms with the Washington Capitals on an American Hockey League contract with the Pirates on October 4, 2001
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MINNESOTA WILD–Re-signed D Brad Bombardir and LW Cam Stewart.
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The Minnesota Wild re-signed center Aaron Gavey to a contract Tuesday.
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MINNESOTA WILD--Re-signed D Lubomir Sekeras to a multiyear contract.
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Minnesota Wild re-signed defenceman Andy Sutton.
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Minnesota Wild -- Signed left wing Stephane Veilleux.
- "SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23+ - UPI Archives". UPI. September 23, 2001. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
Minnesota Wild -- Signed right wing Kyle Wanvig.
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Minnesota Wild -- Signed goaltender Kyle Kettles.
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Minnesota Wild -- Signed defenseman Chris Dyment.
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