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The 2001–02 Calgary Flames season was the 22nd National Hockey League season in Calgary. It began with wholesale changes, as second year General Manager Craig Button continued to change the look of the team. In two separate draft-day trades, the Flames dealt goaltender Fred Brathwaite and forwards Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer away, gaining back Roman Turek and Rob Niedermayer.
2001–02 Calgary Flames | |
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Division | 4th Northwest |
Conference | 11th Western |
2001–02 record | 32–35–12–3 |
Home record | 20–14–5–2 |
Road record | 12–21–7–1 |
Goals for | 201 (22nd) |
Goals against | 220 (20th) |
Team information | |
General manager | Craig Button |
Coach | Greg Gilbert |
Captain | Dave Lowry (Oct.–Feb.) Bob Boughner (Feb.–Apr.) Craig Conroy (Feb.–Apr.) |
Alternate captains | Jarome Iginla Robyn Regehr |
Arena | Pengrowth Saddledome |
Average attendance | 15,705 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Saint John Flames Johnstown Chiefs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jarome Iginla (52) |
Assists | Craig Conroy (48) |
Points | Jarome Iginla (96) |
Penalty minutes | Bob Boughner (170) |
Plus/minus | Jarome Iginla (+27) |
Wins | Roman Turek (30) |
Goals against average | Roman Turek (2.53) |
The changes appeared to pay off, as the Flames stormed out to a 13–2–2–2 record, and first place in the division. The result prompted the Flames to sign Turek - a pending unrestricted free agent - to a long-term deal.[1] The team, however, collapsed, winning only 19 of their remaining 63 games, finishing 4th in the Northwest Division, and out of the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
The season ended with head coach Greg Gilbert and top forward Marc Savard in a bitter, public feud that included the latter demanding a trade late in the season and into the summer.[2]
Individually, Jarome Iginla broke into the spotlight, leading the NHL in goals (52) and points (96). His season would land him the Rocket Richard Trophy, the Art Ross Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award.[3] Iginla also finished second in Hart Memorial Trophy voting, tied with winner Jose Theodore on points (434), but behind Theodore in first place votes (26–23).[4]
Iginla was also a member of Canada's team at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. He recorded two goals in the gold medal game against the United States, which Canada won 5–2 to claim their first ice hockey gold medal in 50 years.[5]
Bob Boughner and Craig Conroy were named co-captains of the team on February 4, replacing Dave Lowry.[6]
The Flames were involved in a tragic incident during their March 16, 2002, game in Columbus against the Blue Jackets. During the second period of the contest, a slapshot by Columbus' Espen Knutsen was deflected into the crowd off the stick of Flames defenceman Derek Morris. The puck struck a fan, 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil, who was at her first NHL game. Though she was able to leave the game under her own power, the blow tore a vertebral artery and resulted in a blood clot. She died two days later; she was the first fan to die at a game in the NHL's 85-year history.[7] Three months after the incident, the NHL instituted a policy requiring that protective netting be placed around the ends of each rink prior to the start of the 2002–03 season, a decision which both the Flames and Blue Jackets advocated.[8]
The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference, 15 points back of the 8th place Vancouver Canucks.
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
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October: 8–2–0–2 (home: 5–0–0–2; road: 3–2–0–0)
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November: 5–4–4–0 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 1–3–2–0)
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December: 4–7–4–0 (home: 2–3–2–0; road: 2–4–2–0)
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January: 5–8–0–0 (home: 3–6–0–0; road: 2–2–0–0)
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February: 2–3–1–1 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–2–1–1)
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March: 5–7–3–0 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 2–6–2–0)
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April: 3–4–0–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 1–2–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
12 | Jarome Iginla | RW | 82 | 52 | 44 | 96 | 27 | 77 |
22 | Craig Conroy | C | 81 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 24 | 32 |
37 | Dean McAmmond | LW | 73 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 2 | 60 |
53 | Derek Morris | D | 61 | 4 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 88 |
27 | Marc Savard | C | 56 | 14 | 19 | 33 | −18 | 48 |
32 | Toni Lydman | D | 79 | 6 | 22 | 28 | −8 | 52 |
25 | Igor Kravchuk | D | 78 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 19 |
44 | Rob Niedermayer | LW | 57 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −15 | 49 |
23 | Clarke Wilm | C | 66 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −1 | 61 |
17 | Chris Clark | RW | 64 | 10 | 7 | 17 | −12 | 79 |
40 | Scott Nichol | C | 60 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −9 | 107 |
18 | Jamie Wright | LW | 44 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 20 |
10 | Dave Lowry | LW | 62 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −20 | 51 |
3 | Denis Gauthier | D | 66 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 91 |
26 | Steve Begin | C | 51 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −3 | 79 |
36 | Ronald Petrovicky | RW | 77 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 85 |
28 | Robyn Regehr | D | 77 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −24 | 93 |
11 | Jeff Shantz | C | 40 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 23 |
6 | Bob Boughner | D | 79 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 170 |
24 | Jukka Hentunen‡ | LW | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −9 | 4 |
1 | Roman Turek | G | 69 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
16 | Craig Berube | LW | 66 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 164 |
8 | Petr Buzek† | D | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
58 | Steve Montador | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 26 |
29 | Mike Vernon | G | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
33 | Jamie Allison‡ | D | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 24 |
24 | Blake Sloan† | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
15 | Blair Betts | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
20 | Jason Botterill | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
38 | Jeff Cowan‡ | RW | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 40 |
39 | Ryan Christie | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
42 | Micki DuPont | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Dallas Eakins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Alan Letang | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
19 | Oleg Saprykin | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
35 | Kay Whitmore | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
1 | Roman Turek | 69 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 1839 | 172 | 2.53 | .906 | 5 | 4081 |
29 | Mike Vernon | 18 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 375 | 38 | 2.76 | .899 | 1 | 825 |
35 | Kay Whitmore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3.08 | .857 | 0 | 58 |
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Art Ross Trophy | Jarome Iginla | [11] |
Lester B. Pearson Award | Jarome Iginla | [12] | |
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Jarome Iginla | [13] | |
NHL First All-Star Team | Jarome Iginla (Right wing) | [14] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Jarome Iginla | [15] |
NHL Player of the Month | Jarome Iginla (November) | [16] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Roman Turek (October 8) | [17] | |
Jarome Iginla (October 29) | [18] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Robyn Regehr | [19] | |
Team | Molson Cup | Jarome Iginla | [20] |
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award | Jarome Iginla | [21] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Jukka Hentunen | October 13, 2001 | [22] |
Steve Montador | November 23, 2001 | ||
Blair Betts | April 4, 2002 | ||
Micki DuPont | April 12, 2002 | ||
1,000th game played | Dave Lowry | December 8, 2001 | [23] |
The Flames 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.[24]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2001 | To Calgary Flames
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To St. Louis Blues
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[25] |
To Calgary Flames
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To Florida Panthers |
[25] | |
To Calgary Flames |
To New York Rangers |
[25] | |
To Calgary Flames
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To Phoenix Coyotes
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[26] | |
June 24, 2001 | To Calgary Flames |
To Philadelphia Flyers
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[27] |
To Calgary Flames
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To Columbus Blue Jackets
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[28] | |
To Calgary Flames
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To Detroit Red Wings
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[24] | |
To Calgary Flames
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To New York Rangers
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[24] | |
December 18, 2001 | To Calgary Flames
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To Atlanta Thrashers
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[29] |
March 17, 2002 | To Calgary Flames
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To Nashville Predators |
[30] |
March 19, 2002 | To Calgary Flames |
To Columbus Blue Jackets |
[31] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 2, 2001 | Bob Boughner | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [32] | |
July 9, 2001 | Kay Whitmore | Boston Bruins | Free agency | [33] | |
August 2, 2001 | Ryan Christie | Dallas Stars | Free agency | [34] | |
Rob Murray | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency | [34] | ||
Scott Nichol | Detroit Vipers (IHL) | Free agency | [34] | ||
Jamie Wright | Dallas Stars | Free agency | [34] | ||
August 6, 2001 | David Huntzicker | University of Michigan (CCHA) | Free agency | [35] | |
Rick Mrozik | Saint John Flames (AHL) | Free agency | [35] | ||
August 22, 2001 | Alan Letang | Dallas Stars | Free agency | [36] | |
September 18, 2001 | Craig Berube | New York Islanders | Free agency | [37] | |
September 28, 2001 | Jamie Allison | Chicago Blackhawks | Waiver draft | [38] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[b] | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Marc Bureau[c] | Contract expiration (III) | [39] | |
July 5, 2001 | Tommy Albelin | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (III) | [41] |
July 9, 2001 | Martin Brochu | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (VI) | [42] |
Marty Murray | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (VI) | [42] | |
July 10, 2001 | Darrel Scoville | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (VI) | [43] |
August 2, 2001 | Miika Elomo | HC TPS (Liiga) | Free agency (II) | [44] |
August 16, 2001 | Dave Roche | New York Islanders | Free agency (UFA) | [45] |
September 12, 2001 | Ron Sutter | Retirement (III) | [46] | |
September 17, 2001 | Derrick Walser | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency | [47] |
September 28, 2001 | Phil Housley | Chicago Blackhawks | Waiver draft | [38] |
October 3, 2001 | Rico Fata | New York Rangers | Waivers | [48] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 29, 2001 | Craig Conroy | 3-year | Re-signing | [49] |
August 6, 2001 | Ronald Petrovicky | Re-signing | [35] | |
August 7, 2001 | Dean McAmmond | Re-signing | [50] | |
Rob Niedermayer | Re-signing | [50] | ||
August 17, 2001 | Mike Martin | Re-signing | [51] | |
Dean McAmmond | multi-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
August 20, 2001 | Steve Begin | Re-signing | [52] | |
August 31, 2001 | Garett Bembridge | Entry-level | [53] | |
September 1, 2001 | Dallas Eakins | Re-signing | [54] | |
September 20, 2001 | Brent Krahn | Entry-level | [55] | |
November 19, 2001 | Roman Turek | multi-year | Extension | [56] |
June 7, 2002 | Jordan Leopold | Entry-level | [57] | |
Rick Mrozik | Extension | [57] |
Calgary's picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft in Sunrise, Florida.[58] The Flames had the 11th overall pick, however traded it to the Phoenix Coyotes in a swap that saw them gain the 14th pick.
Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | ||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
1 | 14 | Chuck Kobasew | Canada | RW | Boston College (HE) | 601 | 110 | 100 | 210 | 394 |
2 | 41 | Andrei Taratukhin | Russia | C | Avangard Omsk (RSL) | |||||
2 | 56 | Andrei Medvedev | Russia | G | Spartak Moscow (RSL) | |||||
4 | 108 | Tomi Maki | Finland | RW | Jokerit (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 124 | Egor Shastin | Russia | F | Avangard Omsk (RSL) | |||||
5 | 145 | James Hakewill | United States | D | Westminster (USHS) | |||||
5 | 164 | Yuri Trubachev | Russia | C | St. Petersburg (RUS) | |||||
7 | 207 | Garrett Bembridge | Canada | RW | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) | |||||
7 | 220 | David Moss | United States | RW | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) | 501 | 78 | 100 | 178 | 157 |
8 | 233 | Joe Campbell | United States | D | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) | |||||
8 | 251 | Ville Hamalainen | Finland | RW | SaiPa (FIN) |
The baby Flames followed up their Calder Cup winning season with a disappointing 29–34–13–4 result in 2001–02, finishing in last place in the Canadian Division, missing the playoffs. Blair Betts led the Flames with just 49 points, while Dany Sabourin was the top goaltender in limited action.[59]
The Chiefs finished the 2001–02 ECHL season with a 39–31–2 record, good enough for third place in the Northwest Division. They were knocked out of the playoffs in the second round by the Dayton Bombers.
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