2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season was the team's second season of competition in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Thrashers finished fourth in the Southeast Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2000–01 record	23–43–12-2
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Curt Fraser
Captain	Steve Staios
Arena	Philips Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Donald Audette (32)
Assists	Ray Ferraro (47)
Points	Ray Ferraro (76)

Regular season

The Thrashers struggled on the penalty kill during the regular season, allowing a league-high 90 power-play goals, and finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.94%.[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division[2]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Washington Capitals	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
2	8	Carolina Hurricanes	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
3	12	Florida Panthers	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
4	13	Atlanta Thrashers	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
5	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59

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.

Eastern Conference[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	Y- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
3	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
5	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
6	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
7	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
8	X- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
8.5
9	Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
10	New York Rangers	AT	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 2000	1–2	New York Rangers (2000–01)	0–1–0–0
2	T	October 11, 2000	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2000–01)	0–1–1–0
3	L	October 15, 2000	2–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	0–2–1–0
4	T	October 17, 2000	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	0–2–2–0
5	L	October 20, 2000	3–5	New York Islanders (2000–01)	0–3–2–0
6	T	October 21, 2000	6–6 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	0–3–3–0
7	W	October 25, 2000	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	1–3–3–0
8	T	October 27, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	1–3–4–0
9	T	October 28, 2000	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	1–3–5–0
10	L	November 2, 2000	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	1–4–5–0
11	W	November 4, 2000	8–3	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	2–4–5–0
12	L	November 6, 2000	2–3	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	2–5–5–0
13	T	November 12, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	2–5–6–0
14	W	November 13, 2000	4–1	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	3–5–6–0
15	W	November 15, 2000	1–0	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	4–5–6–0
16	OTL	November 17, 2000	2–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	4–5–6–1
17	L	November 18, 2000	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	4–6–6–1
18	L	November 22, 2000	2–8	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	4–7–6–1
19	L	November 23, 2000	0–6	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	4–8–6–1
20	W	November 25, 2000	2–1	Washington Capitals (2000–01)	5–8–6–1
21	L	November 27, 2000	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	5–9–6–1
22	L	November 29, 2000	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	5–10–6–1
23	W	December 1, 2000	5–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	6–10–6–1
24	W	December 2, 2000	2–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	7–10–6–1
25	W	December 4, 2000	5–4	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	8–10–6–1
26	L	December 6, 2000	3–5	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	8–11–6–1
27	W	December 8, 2000	4–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	9–11–6–1
28	W	December 9, 2000	5–2	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	10–11–6–1
29	L	December 11, 2000	0–4	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	10–12–6–1
30	W	December 13, 2000	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	11–12–6–1
31	L	December 15, 2000	3–6	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	11–13–6–1
32	W	December 19, 2000	7–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	12–13–6–1
33	W	December 20, 2000	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	13–13–6–1
34	L	December 22, 2000	1–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	13–14–6–1
35	W	December 26, 2000	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	14–14–6–1
36	W	December 28, 2000	4–1	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	15–14–6–1
37	L	December 29, 2000	2–5	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	15–15–6–1
38	L	January 1, 2001	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	15–16–6–1
39	T	January 3, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	15–16–7–1
40	L	January 5, 2001	4–6	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	15–17–7–1
41	T	January 6, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	15–17–8–1
42	L	January 10, 2001	2–3	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	15–18–8–1
43	L	January 12, 2001	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	15–19–8–1
44	L	January 13, 2001	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	15–20–8–1
45	L	January 17, 2001	2–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	15–21–8–1
46	L	January 20, 2001	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	15–22–8–1
47	T	January 21, 2001	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (2000–01)	15–22–9–1
48	L	January 23, 2001	3–4	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	15–23–9–1
49	OTL	January 25, 2001	1–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	15–23–9–2
50	L	January 27, 2001	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	15–24–9–2
51	W	January 29, 2001	7–2	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	16–24–9–2
52	L	January 30, 2001	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	16–25–9–2
53	L	February 1, 2001	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	16–26–9–2
54	L	February 7, 2001	1–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	16–27–9–2
55	W	February 9, 2001	5–1	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	17–27–9–2
56	L	February 10, 2001	3–7	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	17–28–9–2
57	W	February 13, 2001	5–4	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	18–28–9–2
58	L	February 15, 2001	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	18–29–9–2
59	L	February 17, 2001	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	18–30–9–2
60	L	February 21, 2001	3–6	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	18–31–9–2
61	L	February 23, 2001	0–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	18–32–9–2
62	L	February 25, 2001	2–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	18–33–9–2
63	T	February 27, 2001	1–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	18–33–10–2
64	W	March 2, 2001	4–3	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	19–33–10–2
65	T	March 3, 2001	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	19–33–11–2
66	L	March 6, 2001	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	19–34–11–2
67	L	March 8, 2001	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	19–35–11–2
68	W	March 10, 2001	7–5	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	20–35–11–2
69	T	March 11, 2001	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	20–35–12–2
70	L	March 14, 2001	1–8	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	20–36–12–2
71	L	March 16, 2001	0–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	20–37–12–2
72	L	March 18, 2001	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	20–38–12–2
73	L	March 21, 2001	3–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	20–39–12–2
74	W	March 22, 2001	2–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	21–39–12–2
75	W	March 24, 2001	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	22–39–12–2
76	L	March 26, 2001	0–4	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	22–40–12–2
77	L	March 28, 2001	2–4	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	22–41–12–2
78	L	March 30, 2001	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	22–42–12–2
79	L	April 1, 2001	2–4	New York Rangers (2000–01)	22–43–12–2
80	W	April 3, 2001	5–2	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	23–43–12–2
81	L	April 5, 2001	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	23–44–12–2
82	L	April 6, 2001	2–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	23–45–12–2

Playoffs

The Thrashers failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ray Ferraro	C	81	29	47	76	91	-11	11	0	2
Donald Audette	RW	64	32	39	71	64	-3	13	1	2
Andrew Brunette	LW	77	15	44	59	26	-5	6	0	4
Patrik Stefan	C	66	10	21	31	22	-3	0	0	1
Steve Guolla	C	63	12	16	28	23	-6	2	0	3
Hnat Domenichelli	LW	63	15	12	27	18	-9	4	0	1
Tomi Kallio	LW	56	14	13	27	22	-3	2	0	2
Shean Donovan	RW	63	12	11	23	47	-14	1	3	1
Steve Staios	D	70	9	13	22	137	-23	4	0	0
Per Svartvadet	C	69	10	11	21	20	-6	0	2	1
Jiri Slegr	D	33	3	16	19	36	-1	2	0	0
Chris Tamer	D	82	4	13	17	128	-1	0	1	1
Andreas Karlsson	C	60	5	11	16	16	-2	0	1	0
Frantisek Kaberle	D	51	4	11	15	18	11	1	0	1
Gord Murphy	D	27	3	11	14	12	-11	2	0	0
Jeff Odgers	RW	82	6	7	13	226	-8	0	0	1
Yannick Tremblay	D	46	4	8	12	30	-6	1	0	1
Dean Sylvester	RW	43	5	6	11	8	-16	1	0	0
Yves Sarault	LW	20	5	4	9	26	-9	2	0	0
Herbert Vasiljevs	RW	21	4	5	9	14	-11	2	0	1
Denny Lambert	LW	67	1	7	8	215	-5	0	0	0
Ladislav Kohn	RW	26	3	4	7	44	-12	0	1	0
Brad Tapper	RW	16	2	3	5	6	1	0	0	0
Andrei Skopintsev	D	17	1	3	4	16	-7	0	0	1
Brett Clark	D	28	1	2	3	14	-12	0	0	0
Jarrod Skalde	C	19	1	2	3	20	-8	0	0	0
Sergei Vyshedkevich	D	23	1	2	3	14	-7	0	0	0
Chris Joseph	D	19	0	3	3	20	-7	0	0	0
Adam Burt	D	27	0	2	2	27	2	0	0	0
Bryan Adams	C	9	0	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0
David Harlock	D	65	0	1	1	62	-28	0	0	0
Petr Buzek	D	5	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0
Scott Fankhouser	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Milan Hnilicka	G	36	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Darcy Hordichuk	LW	11	0	0	0	38	-3	0	0	0
Norm Maracle	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Pothier	D	3	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0
Damian Rhodes	G	38	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Dan Snyder	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. P. Vigier	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Milan Hnilicka	1879	36	12	19	2	105	3.35	2	951	846	.890
Damian Rhodes	2072	38	7	19	7	116	3.36	0	1129	1013	.897
Scott Fankhouser	260	7	2	1	0	16	3.69	0	160	144	.900
Norm Maracle	753	13	2	8	3	43	3.43	0	406	363	.894
Team:	4964	82	23	47	12	280	3.38	2	2646	2366	.894

[4]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Awards and records

None

Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions during the 2000–01 season. [5]

Trades

June 2, 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers 6th round pick in 2000 - Darcy Hordichuk	To Montreal Canadiens Future Considerations
June 12, 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers 9th round pick in 2000 - Simon Gamache	To New Jersey Devils Steve Staios
June 24, 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers Ben Simon	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th round pick in 2000 - Peter Flache
June 24, 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th round pick in 2000 - Blake Robson 5th round pick in 2000 - Matthew McRae 8th round pick in 2000 - Eric Bowen	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th round pick in 2000 - Niclas Wallin
June 24, 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers 2nd round pick in 2000 - Libor Ustrnul 3rd round pick in 2001 - Michael Garnett	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd round pick in 2001 - Timofei Shishkanov 3rd round pick in 2001 - Fedor Fedorov
July 10, 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers Steve Staios	To New Jersey Devils Future Considerations
September 29, 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers 3rd round pick in 2001 - Aaron Johnson	To Minnesota Wild Matt Johnson
November 6, 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers Future Considerations	To New Jersey Devils Geordie Kinnear
January 14, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Jiri Slegr	To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd round pick in 2001 - Aaron Johnson
February 9, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Ladislav Kohn	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Sergei Vyshedkevich Scott Langkow
March 13, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Kamil Piros 4th round pick in 2001 - Igor Valeyev	To Buffalo Sabres Donald Audette

Free agents signed

June 14, 2000	From Michigan State (CCHA) Mike Weaver
July 14, 2000	From Philadelphia Flyers Adam Burt
July 19, 2000	From Phoenix Coyotes Sean McCann
July 20, 2000	From Ottawa Senators Yves Sarault
July 21, 2000	From Utah Grizzlies (IHL) Jarrod Skalde
July 28, 2000	From New York Rangers Milan Hnilička
September 7, 2000	From Tampa Bay Lightning Andrei Skopintsev

Free Agents Lost

July 3, 2000	To New York Islanders Mike Stapleton
July 27, 2000	To Chicago Blackhawks Chris McAlpine
September 28, 2000	To London Knights (BISL) Bill Huard
October 7, 2000	To Florida Panthers Maxim Galanov

Waivers Claims

September 29, 2000	From Minnesota Wild Jeff Odgers
February 14, 2001	From Edmonton Oilers Chris Joseph

Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	2	Dany Heatley	Canada	University of Wisconsin-Madison (WCHA)
2	31	Ilya Nikulin	Russia	HC MVD Tver (Russia)
2	42	Libor Ustrnul	Czech Republic	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	107	Carl Mallette	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
4	108	Blake Robson	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
5	147	Matt McRae	United States	Cornell University (ECAC)
6	168	Zdenek Smid	Czech Republic	Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
6	178	Jeff Dwyer	United States	Choate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT)
6	180	Darcy Hordichuk	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
8	230	Samu Isosalo	Finland	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	242	Evan Nielsen	United States	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
8	244	Eric Bowen	United States	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
9	288	Mark McRae	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
9	290	Simon Gamache	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)

Farm teams

Orlando Solar Bears

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001.html
2. "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
3. "2000–2001 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
4. "2000-01 Atlanta Thrashers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
5. https://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=Thrashers&BeginDate=2000-06-01&EndDate=2001-06-01&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search