2001β02 Phoenix Coyotes | |
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Division | 2nd Pacific |
Conference | 6th Western |
2001β02 record | 40β27β9β6 |
Home record | 27β8β3β3 |
Road record | 13β19β6β3 |
Goals for | 228 |
Goals against | 210 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Barnett |
Coach | Bob Francis |
Captain | Teppo Numminen |
Alternate captains |
Shane Doan Claude Lemieux |
Arena | America West Arena |
Average attendance | 13,165 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Springfield Falcons Mississippi Sea Wolves |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Daniel Briere (32) |
Assists | Teppo Numminen (35) |
Points | Daymond Langkow (62) |
Penalty minutes | Todd Simpson (152) |
Plus/minus | Radoslav Suchy (+25) |
Wins | Sean Burke (33) |
Goals against average | Sean Burke (2.29) |
The 2001β02 Phoenix Coyotes season was their sixth season in the National Hockey League, the franchise's 23rd season in the NHL and 30th overall. The Coyotes qualified for the playoffs after a oneβyear absence, but lost in the Western Conference Quarterfinals to the San Jose Sharks in five games. It was the Coyotes' final playoff berth for seven years.
Defenseman Teppo Numminen was named captain. [1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 248 | 189 | 99 |
2 | 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 228 | 210 | 95 |
3 | 7 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 214 | 190 | 95 |
4 | 10 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 215 | 213 | 90 |
5 | 13 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 175 | 198 | 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 | p β Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 51 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 251 | 187 | 116 |
2 | y β Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 212 | 169 | 99 |
3 | y β 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 β Central, PAC β Pacific, NW β Northwest
bold β Qualified for playoffs; p β Won Presidents' Trophy; y β Won division
The series started in San Jose. The Sharks were victorious in Game 1 by a score of 2β1. However, in Game 2, the Coyotes rebounded and won 3β1. Games 3 and 4 went to Phoenix. In Game 3, the Sharks won 4β1, while in Game 4, the Sharks won 2β1. Game 5 shifted back to San Jose, where the Sharks would win the game 4β1 and win the series 4β1.
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October: 5β3β2β1 (home: 3β0β1β1; road: 2β3β1β0)
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November: 5β6β1β2 (home: 4β1β0β1; road: 1β5β1β1)
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December: 7β5β3β0 (home: 6β2β1β0; road: 1β3β2β0)
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January: 6β5β1β1 (home: 1β3β1β0; road: 5β2β0β1)
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February: 3β3β1β1 (home: 3β2β0β0; road: 0β1β1β1)
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March: 10β2β1β1 (home: 7β0β0β1; road: 3β2β1β0)
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April: 4β3β0β0 (home: 3β0β0β0; road: 1β3β0β0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
2002 Stanley Cup playoffs [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) San Jose Sharks β Sharks win 4β1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
11 | Daymond Langkow | C | 80 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 18 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | β2 | 0 |
8 | Daniel Briere | C | 78 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 6 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | β4 | 2 |
19 | Shane Doan | RW | 81 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 11 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | β2 | 6 |
27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 76 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Michal Handzus | C | 79 | 15 | 30 | 45 | β8 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 2 |
17 | Ladislav Nagy | LW | 74 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 21 |
22 | Claude Lemieux | RW | 82 | 16 | 25 | 41 | β5 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 2 |
55 | Danny Markov | D | 72 | 6 | 30 | 36 | β7 | 67 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
12 | Mike Johnson | RW | 57 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
23 | Paul Mara | D | 75 | 7 | 17 | 24 | β6 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β4 | 4 |
36 | Krys Kolanos | C | 57 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 6 |
32 | Brad May | LW | 72 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Landon Wilson | RW | 47 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 12 |
15 | Radoslav Suchy | D | 81 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | β5 | 0 |
94 | Sergei Berezinβ‘ | LW | 41 | 7 | 9 | 16 | β1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
2 | Todd Simpson | D | 67 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β1 | 6 |
4 | Ossi Vaananen | D | 76 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
49 | Brian Savageβ | LW | 30 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 0 |
44 | Andrei Nazarovβ | LW | 30 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Trevor Letowskiβ‘ | RW | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
29 | Branko Radivojevic | RW | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 2 |
5 [a] | Drake Berehowskyβ | D | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β3 | 4 |
26 | Mike Sullivan | C | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | β3 | 16 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
21 | Todd Warrinerβ‘ | LW | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | β3 | 8 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
10 | Denis Pedersonβ | RW | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | β2 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1 | Sean Burke | G | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
45 [b] | Jason Jaspers | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
18 | Sebastien Bordeleauβ | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
14 | Tyler Bouckβ‘ | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
24 | David Cullenβ‘ | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β5 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
40 | Patrick DesRochers | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
42 | Robert Esche | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
37 | Dan Focht | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
38 | Martin Grenier | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
24 | Darcy Hordichukβ | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
5 | Kirill Safronovβ‘ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
20 | Wyatt Smith | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β5 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
31 | Jean-Guy Trudel | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
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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 | Sean Burke | 60 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 1711 | 137 | 2.29 | .920 | 5 | 3587 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 133 | 13 | 2.63 | .902 | 0 | 297 |
42 | Robert Esche | 22 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 533 | 52 | 2.73 | .902 | 1 | 1145 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
40 | Patrick DesRochers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 15 | 3.71 | .848 | 0 | 243 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Jack Adams Award | Bobby Francis | [4] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Sean Burke | [5] |
NHL Player of the Month | Sean Burke (March) | [6] | |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Krys Kolanos (November) | [7] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Krys Kolanos [c] | [8] | |
Paul Mara [d] | |||
Team | Hardest Working Player Award | Shane Doan | [9] |
Leading Scorer Award | Daymond Langkow | [9] | |
Man of the Year Award | Landon Wilson | [9] | |
Team MVP Award | Sean Burke | [9] | |
Three-Star Award | Sean Burke | [9] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Teppo Numminen | March 3, 2002 | [10] |
The Coyotes 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. [11]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 12, 2001 | To
Toronto Maple Leafs Travis Green Craig Mills Rights to Robert Reichel |
To Phoenix Coyotes Danny Markov |
[12] |
June 15, 2001 | To
Montreal Canadiens Joe Juneau |
To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations |
[13] |
June 18, 2001 | To
Tampa Bay Lightning Juha Ylonen |
To Phoenix Coyotes Todd Warriner |
[14] |
June 19, 2001 | To
Anaheim Mighty Ducks Keith Carney |
To Phoenix Coyotes 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
[15] |
June 22, 2001 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Mikael Renberg |
To Phoenix Coyotes Sergei Berezin |
[16] |
June 23, 2001 | To
Calgary Flames 1st-round pick in 2001 Calgaryβs 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To Phoenix Coyotes 1st-round pick in 2001 |
[17] |
June 23, 2001 | To
New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Phoenixβs 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
[17] |
June 23, 2001 | To
Dallas Stars Jyrki Lumme |
To Phoenix Coyotes Tyler Bouck |
[18] |
July 2, 2001 | To
Philadelphia Flyers Flyers choice of 1st and 2nd-round picks [e] |
To Phoenix Coyotes Daymond Langkow |
[19] |
December 28, 2001 | To
Vancouver Canucks Tyler Bouck Trevor Letowski Todd Warriner 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Drake Berehowsky Denis Pederson |
[20] |
January 4, 2002 | To
Minnesota Wild David Cullen |
To Phoenix Coyotes Sebastien Bordeleau |
[21] |
January 25, 2002 | To
Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2002 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Andrei Nazarov |
[22] |
January 25, 2002 | To Montreal Canadiens Sergei Berezin |
To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Savage 3rd-round pick in 2002 or 2003 [f] Future considerations |
[23] |
March 19, 2002 | To
Atlanta Thrashers Kirill Safronov Rights to Ruslan Zainullin 4th-round pick in 2002 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Darcy Hordichuk 4th-round pick in 2002 5th-round pick in 2002 |
[24] |
June 12, 2002 | To Philadelphia Flyers Robert Esche Michal Handzus |
To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Boucher Nashvilleβs 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[25] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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June 19, 2001 | Branko Radivojevic | Belleville Bulls ( OHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [15] |
August 30, 2001 | Zac Bierk | Minnesota Wild | 1-year [g] | Free agency | [26] |
May 23, 2002 | Michael Schutte | University of Maine ( HE) | multi-year | Free agency | [27] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [h] | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Dave MacIntyre [i] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [28] | |
Mike Martone [j] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [28] | ||
July 2, 2001 | Jeremy Roenick | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (III) | [31] |
July 17, 2001 | Francois Leroux | Berlin Capitals ( DEL) | Free agency (III) | [32] |
August 18, 2001 | Philippe Audet | AIK IF ( SHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
August 21, 2001 | Justin Hocking | Manchester Storm ( BISL) | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
September 24, 2001 | Joel Bouchard | New Jersey Devils [k] | Release (II) | [36] |
September 30, 2001 | Eric Healey | Manchester Monarchs ( AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
November 25, 2001 | Louie DeBrusk | Quebec Citadelles (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
January 16, 2002 | Tavis Hansen | Hershey Bears (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [39] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 3, 2001 | Goran Bezina | multi-year | Entry-level | [40] |
Mike Sullivan | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] | |
July 12, 2001 | Peter Fabus | multi-year | Entry-level | [42] |
August 1, 2001 | Daniel Briere | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] |
Todd Simpson | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] | |
Jean-Guy Trudel | 1-year [g] | Re-signing | [43] | |
August 13, 2001 | Daymond Langkow | 2-year | Arbitration award | [44] |
August 17, 2001 | Jay Leach | multi-year | Entry-level | [45] |
August 20, 2001 | Trevor Letowski | 1-year [g] | Re-signing | [46] |
August 21, 2001 | Shane Doan | multi-year | Re-signing | [47] |
August 24, 2001 | Robert Esche | 3-year [l] | Re-signing | [48] |
September 4, 2001 | Erik Westrum | multi-year | Entry-level | [49] |
September 8, 2001 | Mike Johnson | multi-year | Re-signing | [50] |
September 22, 2001 | Martin Podlesak | 3-year | Entry-level | [51] |
October 2, 2001 | Krys Kolanos | Entry-level | [52] | |
March 15, 2002 | Brian Savage | 4-year | Extension | [53] |
March 29, 2002 | Andrei Nazarov | 3-year | Extension | [54] |
April 24, 2002 | Jeff Taffe | 3-year | Entry-level | [55] |
June 5, 2002 | Dan Focht | multi-year | Extension | [56] |
Phoenix's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. [57]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 11 | Fredrik Sjostrom | ![]() |
FrΓΆlunda HC (Sweden) |
2 | 31 | Matthew Spiller | ![]() |
Seattle Thunderbirds ( WHL) |
2 | 45 | Martin Podlesak | ![]() |
Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
3 | 78 | Beat Forster | ![]() |
HC Davos (Switzerland) |
5 | 148 | David Klema | ![]() |
Des Moines Buccaneers ( USHL) |
6 | 180 | Scott Polaski | ![]() |
Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
7 | 210 | Steve Belanger | ![]() |
Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
8 | 243 | Frantisek Lukes | ![]() |
Toronto St. Michael's Majors ( OHL) |
9 | 273 | Severin Blindenbacher | ![]() |
Kloten Flyers (Switzerland) |
A week ago, Teppo Numminen played in his 1,000th game.
Atlanta Thrashers: Traded... F Darcy Hordichuk, and 2002 fourth- and fifth-round draft picks to Phoenix for D Kirill Safronov, the rights to RW Ruslan Zainullin and a 2002 fourth-round draft pick.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Released D Joel Bouchard.
Signed to 25-game tryout contract by Quebec (AHL), November 25, 2001.
Signed a 25-game PTO agreement with HERSHEY, January 16, 2002
The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed goalie Robert Esche to a three-year deal with an option for a fourth year.
Phoenix Coyotes -- Signed center Martin Podlesak to a three-year contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Signed C Jeff Taffe to a three-year contract.
2001β02 Phoenix Coyotes | |
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Division | 2nd Pacific |
Conference | 6th Western |
2001β02 record | 40β27β9β6 |
Home record | 27β8β3β3 |
Road record | 13β19β6β3 |
Goals for | 228 |
Goals against | 210 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Barnett |
Coach | Bob Francis |
Captain | Teppo Numminen |
Alternate captains |
Shane Doan Claude Lemieux |
Arena | America West Arena |
Average attendance | 13,165 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Springfield Falcons Mississippi Sea Wolves |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Daniel Briere (32) |
Assists | Teppo Numminen (35) |
Points | Daymond Langkow (62) |
Penalty minutes | Todd Simpson (152) |
Plus/minus | Radoslav Suchy (+25) |
Wins | Sean Burke (33) |
Goals against average | Sean Burke (2.29) |
The 2001β02 Phoenix Coyotes season was their sixth season in the National Hockey League, the franchise's 23rd season in the NHL and 30th overall. The Coyotes qualified for the playoffs after a oneβyear absence, but lost in the Western Conference Quarterfinals to the San Jose Sharks in five games. It was the Coyotes' final playoff berth for seven years.
Defenseman Teppo Numminen was named captain. [1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 248 | 189 | 99 |
2 | 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 228 | 210 | 95 |
3 | 7 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 214 | 190 | 95 |
4 | 10 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 215 | 213 | 90 |
5 | 13 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 175 | 198 | 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 | p β Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 51 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 251 | 187 | 116 |
2 | y β Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 212 | 169 | 99 |
3 | y β 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 β Central, PAC β Pacific, NW β Northwest
bold β Qualified for playoffs; p β Won Presidents' Trophy; y β Won division
The series started in San Jose. The Sharks were victorious in Game 1 by a score of 2β1. However, in Game 2, the Coyotes rebounded and won 3β1. Games 3 and 4 went to Phoenix. In Game 3, the Sharks won 4β1, while in Game 4, the Sharks won 2β1. Game 5 shifted back to San Jose, where the Sharks would win the game 4β1 and win the series 4β1.
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October: 5β3β2β1 (home: 3β0β1β1; road: 2β3β1β0)
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November: 5β6β1β2 (home: 4β1β0β1; road: 1β5β1β1)
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December: 7β5β3β0 (home: 6β2β1β0; road: 1β3β2β0)
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January: 6β5β1β1 (home: 1β3β1β0; road: 5β2β0β1)
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February: 3β3β1β1 (home: 3β2β0β0; road: 0β1β1β1)
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March: 10β2β1β1 (home: 7β0β0β1; road: 3β2β1β0)
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April: 4β3β0β0 (home: 3β0β0β0; road: 1β3β0β0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) San Jose Sharks β Sharks win 4β1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
11 | Daymond Langkow | C | 80 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 18 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | β2 | 0 |
8 | Daniel Briere | C | 78 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 6 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | β4 | 2 |
19 | Shane Doan | RW | 81 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 11 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | β2 | 6 |
27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 76 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Michal Handzus | C | 79 | 15 | 30 | 45 | β8 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 2 |
17 | Ladislav Nagy | LW | 74 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 21 |
22 | Claude Lemieux | RW | 82 | 16 | 25 | 41 | β5 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 2 |
55 | Danny Markov | D | 72 | 6 | 30 | 36 | β7 | 67 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
12 | Mike Johnson | RW | 57 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
23 | Paul Mara | D | 75 | 7 | 17 | 24 | β6 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β4 | 4 |
36 | Krys Kolanos | C | 57 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 6 |
32 | Brad May | LW | 72 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Landon Wilson | RW | 47 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 12 |
15 | Radoslav Suchy | D | 81 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | β5 | 0 |
94 | Sergei Berezinβ‘ | LW | 41 | 7 | 9 | 16 | β1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
2 | Todd Simpson | D | 67 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β1 | 6 |
4 | Ossi Vaananen | D | 76 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
49 | Brian Savageβ | LW | 30 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 0 |
44 | Andrei Nazarovβ | LW | 30 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Trevor Letowskiβ‘ | RW | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
29 | Branko Radivojevic | RW | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 2 |
5 [a] | Drake Berehowskyβ | D | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β3 | 4 |
26 | Mike Sullivan | C | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | β3 | 16 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
21 | Todd Warrinerβ‘ | LW | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | β3 | 8 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
10 | Denis Pedersonβ | RW | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | β2 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1 | Sean Burke | G | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
45 [b] | Jason Jaspers | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
18 | Sebastien Bordeleauβ | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
14 | Tyler Bouckβ‘ | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
24 | David Cullenβ‘ | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β5 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
40 | Patrick DesRochers | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
42 | Robert Esche | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
37 | Dan Focht | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
38 | Martin Grenier | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
24 | Darcy Hordichukβ | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
5 | Kirill Safronovβ‘ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
20 | Wyatt Smith | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β5 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
31 | Jean-Guy Trudel | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Sean Burke | 60 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 1711 | 137 | 2.29 | .920 | 5 | 3587 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 133 | 13 | 2.63 | .902 | 0 | 297 |
42 | Robert Esche | 22 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 533 | 52 | 2.73 | .902 | 1 | 1145 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
40 | Patrick DesRochers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 15 | 3.71 | .848 | 0 | 243 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Jack Adams Award | Bobby Francis | [4] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Sean Burke | [5] |
NHL Player of the Month | Sean Burke (March) | [6] | |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Krys Kolanos (November) | [7] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Krys Kolanos [c] | [8] | |
Paul Mara [d] | |||
Team | Hardest Working Player Award | Shane Doan | [9] |
Leading Scorer Award | Daymond Langkow | [9] | |
Man of the Year Award | Landon Wilson | [9] | |
Team MVP Award | Sean Burke | [9] | |
Three-Star Award | Sean Burke | [9] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Teppo Numminen | March 3, 2002 | [10] |
The Coyotes 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. [11]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 12, 2001 | To
Toronto Maple Leafs Travis Green Craig Mills Rights to Robert Reichel |
To Phoenix Coyotes Danny Markov |
[12] |
June 15, 2001 | To
Montreal Canadiens Joe Juneau |
To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations |
[13] |
June 18, 2001 | To
Tampa Bay Lightning Juha Ylonen |
To Phoenix Coyotes Todd Warriner |
[14] |
June 19, 2001 | To
Anaheim Mighty Ducks Keith Carney |
To Phoenix Coyotes 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
[15] |
June 22, 2001 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Mikael Renberg |
To Phoenix Coyotes Sergei Berezin |
[16] |
June 23, 2001 | To
Calgary Flames 1st-round pick in 2001 Calgaryβs 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To Phoenix Coyotes 1st-round pick in 2001 |
[17] |
June 23, 2001 | To
New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Phoenixβs 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
[17] |
June 23, 2001 | To
Dallas Stars Jyrki Lumme |
To Phoenix Coyotes Tyler Bouck |
[18] |
July 2, 2001 | To
Philadelphia Flyers Flyers choice of 1st and 2nd-round picks [e] |
To Phoenix Coyotes Daymond Langkow |
[19] |
December 28, 2001 | To
Vancouver Canucks Tyler Bouck Trevor Letowski Todd Warriner 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Drake Berehowsky Denis Pederson |
[20] |
January 4, 2002 | To
Minnesota Wild David Cullen |
To Phoenix Coyotes Sebastien Bordeleau |
[21] |
January 25, 2002 | To
Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2002 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Andrei Nazarov |
[22] |
January 25, 2002 | To Montreal Canadiens Sergei Berezin |
To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Savage 3rd-round pick in 2002 or 2003 [f] Future considerations |
[23] |
March 19, 2002 | To
Atlanta Thrashers Kirill Safronov Rights to Ruslan Zainullin 4th-round pick in 2002 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Darcy Hordichuk 4th-round pick in 2002 5th-round pick in 2002 |
[24] |
June 12, 2002 | To Philadelphia Flyers Robert Esche Michal Handzus |
To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Boucher Nashvilleβs 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[25] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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June 19, 2001 | Branko Radivojevic | Belleville Bulls ( OHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [15] |
August 30, 2001 | Zac Bierk | Minnesota Wild | 1-year [g] | Free agency | [26] |
May 23, 2002 | Michael Schutte | University of Maine ( HE) | multi-year | Free agency | [27] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [h] | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Dave MacIntyre [i] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [28] | |
Mike Martone [j] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [28] | ||
July 2, 2001 | Jeremy Roenick | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (III) | [31] |
July 17, 2001 | Francois Leroux | Berlin Capitals ( DEL) | Free agency (III) | [32] |
August 18, 2001 | Philippe Audet | AIK IF ( SHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
August 21, 2001 | Justin Hocking | Manchester Storm ( BISL) | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
September 24, 2001 | Joel Bouchard | New Jersey Devils [k] | Release (II) | [36] |
September 30, 2001 | Eric Healey | Manchester Monarchs ( AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
November 25, 2001 | Louie DeBrusk | Quebec Citadelles (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
January 16, 2002 | Tavis Hansen | Hershey Bears (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [39] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 3, 2001 | Goran Bezina | multi-year | Entry-level | [40] |
Mike Sullivan | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] | |
July 12, 2001 | Peter Fabus | multi-year | Entry-level | [42] |
August 1, 2001 | Daniel Briere | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] |
Todd Simpson | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] | |
Jean-Guy Trudel | 1-year [g] | Re-signing | [43] | |
August 13, 2001 | Daymond Langkow | 2-year | Arbitration award | [44] |
August 17, 2001 | Jay Leach | multi-year | Entry-level | [45] |
August 20, 2001 | Trevor Letowski | 1-year [g] | Re-signing | [46] |
August 21, 2001 | Shane Doan | multi-year | Re-signing | [47] |
August 24, 2001 | Robert Esche | 3-year [l] | Re-signing | [48] |
September 4, 2001 | Erik Westrum | multi-year | Entry-level | [49] |
September 8, 2001 | Mike Johnson | multi-year | Re-signing | [50] |
September 22, 2001 | Martin Podlesak | 3-year | Entry-level | [51] |
October 2, 2001 | Krys Kolanos | Entry-level | [52] | |
March 15, 2002 | Brian Savage | 4-year | Extension | [53] |
March 29, 2002 | Andrei Nazarov | 3-year | Extension | [54] |
April 24, 2002 | Jeff Taffe | 3-year | Entry-level | [55] |
June 5, 2002 | Dan Focht | multi-year | Extension | [56] |
Phoenix's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. [57]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 11 | Fredrik Sjostrom | ![]() |
FrΓΆlunda HC (Sweden) |
2 | 31 | Matthew Spiller | ![]() |
Seattle Thunderbirds ( WHL) |
2 | 45 | Martin Podlesak | ![]() |
Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
3 | 78 | Beat Forster | ![]() |
HC Davos (Switzerland) |
5 | 148 | David Klema | ![]() |
Des Moines Buccaneers ( USHL) |
6 | 180 | Scott Polaski | ![]() |
Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
7 | 210 | Steve Belanger | ![]() |
Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
8 | 243 | Frantisek Lukes | ![]() |
Toronto St. Michael's Majors ( OHL) |
9 | 273 | Severin Blindenbacher | ![]() |
Kloten Flyers (Switzerland) |
A week ago, Teppo Numminen played in his 1,000th game.
Atlanta Thrashers: Traded... F Darcy Hordichuk, and 2002 fourth- and fifth-round draft picks to Phoenix for D Kirill Safronov, the rights to RW Ruslan Zainullin and a 2002 fourth-round draft pick.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Released D Joel Bouchard.
Signed to 25-game tryout contract by Quebec (AHL), November 25, 2001.
Signed a 25-game PTO agreement with HERSHEY, January 16, 2002
The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed goalie Robert Esche to a three-year deal with an option for a fourth year.
Phoenix Coyotes -- Signed center Martin Podlesak to a three-year contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Signed C Jeff Taffe to a three-year contract.