2001–02 Nashville Predators season

The 2001–02 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

2001–02 Nashville Predators
Division	4th Central
Conference	14th Western
2001–02 record	28–41–13–0
Home record	17–16–8–0
Road record	11–25–5–0
Goals for	196
Goals against	230
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Tom Fitzgerald (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Alternate captains	Bill Houlder (road) Greg Johnson (home) Cliff Ronning (home) Kimmo Timonen (road)
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Average attendance	14,788
Minor league affiliate(s)	Milwaukee Admirals Cincinnati Cyclones
Team leaders
Goals	Denis Arkhipov (20)
Assists	Cliff Ronning (31)
Points	Cliff Ronning (49)
Penalty minutes	Cale Hulse (121)
Plus/minus	Scott Hartnell (+5)
Wins	Mike Dunham (23)
Goals against average	Mike Dunham (2.61)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
3	5	Chicago Blackhawks	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
4	14	Nashville Predators	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

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.

Western Conference^[1]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

2001–02 regular season[2]
October: 4–7–2–0 (home: 1–5–1–0; road: 3–2–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L October 5, 2001 1–4 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 0–1–0–0 Recap 2 T October 6, 2001 2–2 OT St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 0–1–1–0 Recap 3 W October 11, 2001 1–0 Calgary Flames (2001–02) 1–1–1–0 Recap 4 L October 13, 2001 3–4 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 1–2–1–0 Recap 5 T October 16, 2001 3–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 1–2–2–0 Recap 6 L October 18, 2001 3–5 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 1–3–2–0 Recap 7 L October 20, 2001 1–2 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 1–4–2–0 Recap 8 W October 22, 2001 4–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 2–4–2–0 Recap 9 L October 23, 2001 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 2–5–2–0 Recap 10 W October 25, 2001 5–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 3–5–2–0 Recap 11 L October 27, 2001 0–1 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 3–6–2–0 Recap 12 L October 30, 2001 2–4 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 3–7–2–0 Recap 13 W October 31, 2001 6–4 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 4–7–2–0 Recap
November: 5–6–1–0 (home: 5–0–0–0; road: 0–6–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 14 L November 2, 2001 0–3 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 4–8–2–0 Recap 15 W November 3, 2001 4–1 Dallas Stars (2001–02) 5–8–2–0 Recap 16 L November 8, 2001 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 5–9–2–0 Recap 17 L November 10, 2001 2–3 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 5–10–2–0 Recap 18 W November 13, 2001 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 6–10–2–0 Recap 19 T November 16, 2001 4–4 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 6–10–3–0 Recap 20 W November 17, 2001 3–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 7–10–3–0 Recap 21 L November 20, 2001 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 7–11–3–0 Recap 22 W November 21, 2001 4–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 8–11–3–0 Recap 23 W November 23, 2001 5–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 9–11–3–0 Recap 24 L November 27, 2001 2–3 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 9–12–3–0 Recap 25 L November 29, 2001 0–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 9–13–3–0 Recap
December: 5–4–3–0 (home: 4–1–3–0; road: 1–3–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 26 L December 1, 2001 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 9–14–3–0 Recap 27 L December 2, 2001 2–4 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 9–15–3–0 Recap 28 W December 6, 2001 4–2 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 10–15–3–0 Recap 29 T December 8, 2001 2–2 OT Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 10–15–4–0 Recap 30 T December 11, 2001 1–1 OT Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 10–15–5–0 Recap 31 W December 12, 2001 4–2 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 11–15–5–0 Recap 32 W December 15, 2001 5–2 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 12–15–5–0 Recap 33 W December 20, 2001 6–2 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 13–15–5–0 Recap 34 T December 23, 2001 1–1 OT San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 13–15–6–0 Recap 35 L December 26, 2001 0–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 13–16–6–0 Recap 36 W December 29, 2001 3–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 14–16–6–0 Recap 37 L December 30, 2001 2–7 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 14–17–6–0 Recap
January: 6–8–3–0 (home: 3–2–2–0; road: 3–6–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 38 T January 1, 2002 4–4 OT Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 14–17–7–0 Recap 39 W January 3, 2002 4–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 15–17–7–0 Recap 40 L January 4, 2002 1–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 15–18–7–0 Recap 41 L January 6, 2002 3–4 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 15–19–7–0 Recap 42 L January 8, 2002 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 15–20–7–0 Recap 43 T January 10, 2002 2–2 OT Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 15–20–8–0 Recap 44 W January 12, 2002 2–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 16–20–8–0 Recap 45 L January 14, 2002 3–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 16–21–8–0 Recap 46 L January 15, 2002 0–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 16–22–8–0 Recap 47 W January 17, 2002 3–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 17–22–8–0 Recap 48 W January 19, 2002 2–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 18–22–8–0 Recap 49 L January 21, 2002 0–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 18–23–8–0 Recap 50 T January 23, 2002 2–2 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 18–23–9–0 Recap 51 W January 24, 2002 3–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 19–23–9–0 Recap 52 L January 26, 2002 1–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 19–24–9–0 Recap 53 L January 28, 2002 1–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 19–25–9–0 Recap 54 W January 30, 2002 5–2 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 20–25–9–0 Recap
February: 4–1–1–0 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 2–0–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 55 W February 6, 2002 2–1 Dallas Stars (2001–02) 21–25–9–0 Recap 56 T February 8, 2002 3–3 OT Washington Capitals (2001–02) 21–25–10–0 Recap 57 W February 9, 2002 1–0 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 22–25–10–0 Recap 58 W February 12, 2002 1–0 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 23–25–10–0 Recap 59 L February 26, 2002 1–5 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 23–26–10–0 Recap 60 W February 28, 2002 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 24–26–10–0 Recap
March: 2–10–3–0 (home: 1–6–1–0; road: 1–4–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 61 L March 2, 2002 2–5 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 24–27–10–0 Recap 62 W March 5, 2002 2–0 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 25–27–10–0 Recap 63 L March 7, 2002 2–3 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 25–28–10–0 Recap 64 T March 9, 2002 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 25–28–11–0 Recap 65 L March 10, 2002 1–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 25–29–11–0 Recap 66 L March 12, 2002 0–5 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 25–30–11–0 Recap 67 L March 15, 2002 2–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 25–31–11–0 Recap 68 L March 17, 2002 4–5 Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 25–32–11–0 Recap 69 L March 19, 2002 1–5 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 25–33–11–0 Recap 70 L March 21, 2002 3–4 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 25–34–11–0 Recap 71 W March 23, 2002 5–1 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 26–34–11–0 Recap 72 T March 25, 2002 3–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 26–34–12–0 Recap 73 L March 27, 2002 1–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 26–35–12–0 Recap 74 T March 28, 2002 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 26–35–13–0 Recap 75 L March 30, 2002 2–4 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 26–36–13–0 Recap
April: 2–5–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–4–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 76 L April 1, 2002 1–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 26–37–13–0 Recap 77 W April 3, 2002 3–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 27–37–13–0 Recap 78 L April 4, 2002 1–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 27–38–13–0 Recap 79 W April 6, 2002 3–1 Calgary Flames (2001–02) 28–38–13–0 Recap 80 L April 9, 2002 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 28–39–13–0 Recap 81 L April 11, 2002 2–5 New York Islanders (2001–02) 28–40–13–0 Recap 82 L April 14, 2002 4–6 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 28–41–13–0 Recap
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 Predators only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
7	Cliff Ronning‡	C	67	18	31	49	0	24
22	Greg Johnson	C	82	18	26	44	−14	38
25	Denis Arkhipov	C	82	20	22	42	−18	16
44	Kimmo Timonen	D	82	13	29	42	2	28
17	Scott Hartnell	LW	75	14	27	41	5	111
5	Andy Delmore	D	73	16	22	38	−13	22
33	Vladimir Orszagh	RW	79	15	21	36	−15	56
19	Martin Erat	RW	80	9	24	33	−11	32
11	David Legwand	C	63	11	19	30	1	54
43	Vitali Yachmenev	LW	75	11	16	27	−16	14
15	Petr Tenkrat†	RW	58	8	16	24	−4	28
3	Karlis Skrastins	D	82	4	13	17	−12	36
21	Tom Fitzgerald‡	RW	63	7	9	16	−4	33
9	Greg Classen	C	55	5	6	11	1	30
26	Andrew Berenzweig	D	26	3	7	10	−3	14
24	Scott Walker	RW	28	4	5	9	−13	18
4	Mark Eaton	D	58	3	5	8	−12	24
23	Bill Houlder	D	82	0	8	8	−1	40
14	Steve Dubinsky†	C	26	5	2	7	−2	10
12	Reid Simpson†	LW	26	5	0	5	−1	69
27	Jukka Hentunen†	RW	10	2	2	4	0	0
10	Patric Kjellberg‡	RW	12	1	3	4	−3	6
39	Marian Cisar	RW	10	1	2	3	−3	8
18	Mark Mowers	C	14	1	2	3	−2	2
20	Nathan Perrott†	RW	22	1	2	3	−1	74
8	Stu Grimson	LW	30	1	1	2	0	76
1	Mike Dunham	G	58	0	2	2		2
32	Cale Hulse	D	63	0	2	2	−18	121
34	Adam Hall	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0
13[a]	Jere Karalahti†	D	15	0	1	1	−1	12
48	Jonas Andersson	RW	5	0	0	0	−2	2
14	Rich Brennan‡	D	4	0	0	0	0	2
40	David Gosselin	RW	3	0	0	0	−1	5
14	Brett Hauer†	D	3	0	0	0	−3	6
35	Jan Lasak	G	3	0	0	0		2
16	Marc Moro‡	D	13	0	0	0	−3	23
12	Yves Sarault‡	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	Robert Schnabel	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	Pavel Skrbek	D	3	0	0	0	−2	2
28	Jeremy Stevenson	LW	4	0	0	0	0	9
29	Tomas Vokoun	G	29	0	0	0		2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Mike Dunham	58	23	24	9	1525	144	2.61	.906	3	3316
29	Tomas Vokoun	29	5	14	4	678	66	2.69	.903	2	1471
35	Jan Lasak	3	0	3	0	104	13	4.41	.875	0	177

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Scott Hartnell	[3]
		David Legwand

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Martin Erat	October 5, 2001	[4]
	Robert Schnabel	January 12, 2002
	Nathan Perrott	February 9, 2002
	Jonas Andersson	March 19, 2002
	Jan Lasak	April 9, 2002
	Adam Hall	April 14, 2002
1,000th game played	Cliff Ronning	March 9, 2002	[5]

Transactions

The Predators 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.^[6]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To Nashville Predators NY Islanders' 4th-round pick in 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	[7]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	To Nashville Predators Andy Delmore	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	[8]
October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09)	To Nashville Predators Nathan Perrott	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional draft pick in 2003	[9]
November 1, 2001 (2001-11-01)	To Nashville Predators Petr Tenkrat	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Patric Kjellberg	[10]
December 4, 2001 (2001-12-04)	To Nashville Predators Jay Legault	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Bert Robertsson	[11]
December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)	To Nashville Predators Brett Hauer	To Los Angeles Kings Rich Brennan	[12]
January 11, 2002 (2002-01-11)	To Nashville Predators Jason Beckett Petr Hubacek	To Philadelphia Flyers Yves Sarault Conditional draft pick in 2003[b]	[14]
February 6, 2002 (2002-02-06)	To Nashville Predators Steve Dubinsky	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	[15]
March 1, 2002 (2002-03-01)	To Nashville Predators D. J. Smith Marty Wilford	To Toronto Maple Leafs Marc Moro	[16]
	To Nashville Predators Conditional draft pick[c]	To Colorado Avalanche D. J. Smith	[16]
March 13, 2002 (2002-03-13)	To Nashville Predators 4th-round pick in 2003 Future considerations	To Chicago Blackhawks Tom Fitzgerald	[17]
March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)	To Nashville Predators Jere Karalahti Conditional draft pick in 2003	To Los Angeles Kings Cliff Ronning	[18]
March 17, 2002 (2002-03-17)	To Nashville Predators Jukka Hentunen	To Calgary Flames Conditional draft pick in 2003	[19]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	To Nashville Predators Peter Smrek	To New York Rangers Richard Lintner	[20]
May 15, 2002 (2002-05-15)	To Nashville Predators Steve Parsons	To Pittsburgh Penguins Future considerations	[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 19, 2001 (2001-06-19)	Yves Sarault	Atlanta Thrashers		Waivers	[22]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Stu Grimson	Los Angeles Kings	2-year	Free agency	[23]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Erik Anderson	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)		Free agency	[24]
	Rich Brennan	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	[24]
January 30, 2002 (2002-01-30)	Reid Simpson	Montreal Canadiens		Waivers	[25]
May 6, 2002 (2002-05-06)	Vernon Fiddler	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	[26]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[d]	Ref
N/A	Evgeny Namestnikov	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	[28]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Jayson More[e]		Contract expiration (III)	[27]
July 7, 2001 (2001-07-07)	Randy Robitaille	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (UFA)	[30]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Alexei Vasiliev	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency	[31]
August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15)	Jayme Filipowicz	Quebec Citadelles (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[32]
August 16, 2001 (2001-08-16)	Rob Valicevic	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (UFA)	[33]
September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)	Dan Riva	Reading Royals (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[34]
October 10, 2001 (2001-10-10)	Sean Haggerty	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[35]
October 17, 2001 (2001-10-17)	Richard Lintner	HK Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)	Free agency[f]	[36]
May 14, 2002 (2002-05-14)	Alexandre Boikov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)	Free agency	[37]
May 15, 2002 (2002-05-15)	Petr Tenkrat	Karpat (Liiga)	Free agency[g]	[39]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11)	Mark Eaton		Re-signing	[40]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Yves Sarault		Re-signing	[41]
	Robert Schnabel		Re-signing	[41]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Martin Erat		Entry-level	[42]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Bill Bowler		Re-signing	[43]
	Mikhail Chernov		Re-signing	[43]
	Marian Cisar		Re-signing	[43]
	David Gosselin		Re-signing	[43]
	Pavel Skrbek		Re-signing	[43]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Scott Walker	3-year	Re-signing	[44]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Andrew Berenzweig		Re-signing	[24]
	Evgeny Pavlov		Entry-level	[24]
August 12, 2001 (2001-08-12)	Cale Hulse	1-year	Arbitration award	[45]
August 13, 2001 (2001-08-13)	Mike Dunham		Re-signing	[46]
March 25, 2002 (2002-03-25)	Adam Hall		Entry-level	[47]
	Andrew Hutchinson		Entry-level	[47]
April 17, 2002 (2002-04-17)	Bill Houlder		Extension	[48]
	Greg Johnson		Extension	[49]
June 12, 2002 (2002-06-12)	Nathan Perrott	1-year	Option exercised	[50]

Draft picks

Nashville's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[51]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Dan Hamhuis	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
2	33	Timofei Shishkanov	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
2	42	Tomas Slovak	Slovakia	HC Kosice (Slovakia)
3	75	Denis Platonov	Russia	HC Saratov (Russia)
3	76	Oliver Setzinger	Austria	Ilves (Finland)
4	98	Jordin Tootoo	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	178	Anton Lavrentiev	United States	Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)
8	240	Gustav Grasberg	Sweden	Mora IK (Sweden)
9	271	Mikko Lehtonen	Finland	Karpat (Finland)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Karalahti wore number 16 in his first game.
2. Condition not met. The Flyers would have received the draft pick if either Beckett or Hubacek played in the NHL for the Predators during the 2001–02 or 2002–03 season.^[13]
3. 9th-round pick in 2002
4. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[27]
5. More suffered a career-ending injury during the 1998–99 season.^[29]
6. Nashville retained Lintner’s NHL rights until trading them to the New York Rangers on March 19, 2002.^[20]
7. Nashville retained Tenkrat’s NHL rights until he was claimed by the Florida Panthers in the 2002 NHL waiver draft.^[38]

References

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• "2001-02 Nashville Predators Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
• Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.

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