2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's seventh season. At the end of the regular season, Patrick Roy had a goals against average (GAA) of 1.94 and a save percentage of .925. For his efforts, Roy earned the William M. Jennings Trophy and was a First Team All-Star for the fourth time in his career.[1] The Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings in the first round in seven games, then San Jose in the second round in seven games, but lost to the higher-seeded Detroit Red Wings in seven games after being up 3–2 in the series and lost game 7, 7–0, against Detroit.

2001–02 Colorado Avalanche
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	2nd Western
2001–02 record	45–28–8–1
Goals for	212
Goals against	169
Team information
General manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Joe Sakic
Arena	Pepsi Center
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Sakic (26)
Assists	Joe Sakic (53)
Points	Joe Sakic (79)
Penalty minutes	Scott Parker (154)
Wins	Patrick Roy (32)
Goals against average	David Aebischer (1.88)

Regular season

• December 26, 2001: In a 2–0 shutout over the Dallas Stars, Patrick Roy became the first goalie to win 500 games in a career.[2]

The Avalanche finished the regular season first overall in goaltending, having allowed 169 goals. They also led the league in shutouts, with 11. Combined with the 10 games in which the team itself was shut out, 21 of the Avalanche's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout.[3][4]

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Western Conference[5]

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 3, 2001	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 9, 2001	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	2–0–0–0
3	L	October 11, 2001	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	2–1–0–0
4	L	October 13, 2001	0–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	2–2–0–0
5	W	October 16, 2001	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	3–2–0–0
6	L	October 18, 2001	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	3–3–0–0
7	W	October 20, 2001	5–0	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	4–3–0–0
8	L	October 21, 2001	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	4–4–0–0
9	W	October 23, 2001	5–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	5–4–0–0
10	W	October 25, 2001	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	6–4–0–0
11	L	October 27, 2001	0–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	6–5–0–0
12	W	October 28, 2001	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	7–5–0–0
13	L	October 31, 2001	0–1	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	7–6–0–0
14	L	November 2, 2001	2–4	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	7–7–0–0
15	L	November 3, 2001	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	7–8–0–0
16	T	November 6, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	7–8–1–0
17	L	November 8, 2001	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	7–9–1–0
18	L	November 10, 2001	0–2	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	7–10–1–0
19	W	November 14, 2001	1–0	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	8–10–1–0
20	W	November 16, 2001	1–0	New York Islanders (2001–02)	9–10–1–0
21	W	November 18, 2001	2–0	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	10–10–1–0
22	L	November 20, 2001	3–5	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	10–11–1–0
23	L	November 21, 2001	4–5	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	10–12–1–0
24	W	November 24, 2001	2–0	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	11–12–1–0
25	W	November 27, 2001	4–1	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	12–12–1–0
26	W	November 30, 2001	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	13–12–1–0
27	T	December 1, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	13–12–2–0
28	W	December 3, 2001	4–2	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	14–12–2–0
29	W	December 5, 2001	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	15–12–2–0
30	W	December 7, 2001	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	16–12–2–0
31	W	December 8, 2001	2–0	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	17–12–2–0
32	T	December 10, 2001	1–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	17–12–3–0
33	W	December 12, 2001	5–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	18–12–3–0
34	L	December 14, 2001	0–3	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	18–13–3–0
35	W	December 16, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	19–13–3–0
36	W	December 19, 2001	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	20–13–3–0
37	T	December 21, 2001	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	20–13–4–0
38	W	December 23, 2001	6–3	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	21–13–4–0
39	W	December 26, 2001	2–0	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	22–13–4–0
40	L	December 27, 2001	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	22–14–4–0
41	L	December 29, 2001	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	22–15–4–0
42	T	January 1, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	22–15–5–0
43	W	January 3, 2002	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (2001–02)	23–15–5–0
44	L	January 5, 2002	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	23–16–5–0
45	W	January 9, 2002	7–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	24–16–5–0
46	T	January 12, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	24–16–6–0
47	OTL	January 15, 2002	0–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	24–16–6–1
48	W	January 17, 2002	3–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	25–16–6–1
49	W	January 19, 2002	3–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	26–16–6–1
50	W	January 21, 2002	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	27–16–6–1
51	W	January 23, 2002	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	28–16–6–1
52	W	January 24, 2002	2–0	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	29–16–6–1
53	W	January 26, 2002	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	30–16–6–1
54	L	January 28, 2002	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	30–17–6–1
55	L	January 30, 2002	2–5	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	30–18–6–1
56	L	February 4, 2002	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	30–19–6–1
57	W	February 8, 2002	6–0	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	31–19–6–1
58	L	February 9, 2002	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	31–20–6–1
59	W	February 11, 2002	5–2	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	32–20–6–1
60	W	February 13, 2002	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	33–20–6–1
61	T	February 26, 2002	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	33–20–7–1
62	W	February 28, 2002	2–1 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	34–20–7–1
63	L	March 2, 2002	1–2	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	34–21–7–1
64	W	March 4, 2002	2–0	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	35–21–7–1
65	W	March 6, 2002	4–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	36–21–7–1
66	W	March 9, 2002	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	37–21–7–1
67	W	March 11, 2002	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	38–21–7–1
68	L	March 14, 2002	0–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	38–22–7–1
69	W	March 16, 2002	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	39–22–7–1
70	W	March 17, 2002	5–4	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	40–22–7–1
71	L	March 19, 2002	0–3	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	40–23–7–1
72	L	March 21, 2002	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	40–24–7–1
73	L	March 23, 2002	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	40–25–7–1
74	W	March 28, 2002	3–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	41–25–7–1
75	L	March 30, 2002	3–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	41–26–7–1
76	W	April 1, 2002	5–1	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	42–26–7–1
77	W	April 3, 2002	6–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	43–26–7–1
78	L	April 5, 2002	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	43–27–7–1
79	W	April 7, 2002	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	44–27–7–1
80	L	April 9, 2002	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	44–28–7–1
81	W	April 12, 2002	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	45–28–7–1
82	T	April 14, 2002	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	45–28–8–1

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals: (2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings

April 18	Los Angeles Kings		3–4		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:51 – Alex Tanguay (1)
Bryan Smolinski (1) – pp – 10:52 Zigmund Palffy (1) – 14:20		Second period			04:22 – Steven Reinprecht (1)
Zigmund Palffy (2) – 03:25		Third period			01:06 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) 14:26 – Greg de Vries (1)
Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots

April 20	Los Angeles Kings		3–5		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 07:23 Mikko Eloranta (1) – 13:13		First period			07:01 – Joe Sakic (2) 15:37 – pp – Joe Sakic (3)
Jason Allison (1) – 08:43		Second period			11:05 – Peter Forsberg (1) 16:45 – Steven Reinprecht (2)
No scoring		Third period			08:45 – Chris Drury (1)
Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots

April 22	Colorado Avalanche		1–3		Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
Brad Larsen (1) – 06:01		First period			00:19 – Zigmund Palffy (3)
No scoring		Second period			00:43 – Jason Allison (2) 08:29 – Zigmund Palffy (4)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 30 saves / 31 shots

April 23	Colorado Avalanche		1–0		Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Steven Reinprecht (3) – 05:57		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 24 saves / 25 shots

April 25	Los Angeles Kings		1–0	OT	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Craig Johnson (1) – 02:19		First overtime period			No scoring
Felix Potvin 26 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots

April 27	Colorado Avalanche		1–3		Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:21 – Jason Allison (3) 06:44 – Brad Chartrand (1)
Riku Hahl (1) – 09:37		Second period			06:19 – Bryan Smolinski (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 23 saves / 24 shots

April 29	Los Angeles Kings		0–4		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:08 – Chris Drury (2) 06:02 – Alex Tanguay (2) 17:32 – Steven Reinprecht (4)
No scoring		Third period			16:47 – en – Adam Foote (1)
Felix Potvin 23 saves / 26 shots Jamie Storr 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 23 saves / 23 shots

Colorado won series 4–3

Western Conference Semifinals: (2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (3) San Jose Sharks

May 1

San Jose Sharks

6–3

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

May 4

San Jose Sharks

2–8

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

May 6

Colorado Avalanche

4–6

San Jose Sharks

Compaq Center at San Jose

May 8

Colorado Avalanche

4–1

San Jose Sharks

Compaq Center at San Jose

May 11

San Jose Sharks

5–3

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

May 13

Colorado Avalanche

2–1

OT

San Jose Sharks

Compaq Center at San Jose

May 15

San Jose Sharks

0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

Colorado won series 4–3

Western Conference Final: (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche

May 18

Colorado Avalanche

3–5

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena

May 20

Colorado Avalanche

4–3

OT

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena

May 22

Detroit Red Wings

2–1

OT

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

May 25

Detroit Red Wings

2–3

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

May 27

Colorado Avalanche

2–1

OT

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena

May 29

Detroit Red Wings

2–0

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

May 31

Colorado Avalanche

0–7

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena

Detroit won series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 82 26 53 79 18 12 9 1 4 Rob Blake D 75 16 40 56 58 16 10 0 2 Alex Tanguay LW 70 13 35 48 36 8 7 0 2 Chris Drury C 82 21 25 46 38 1 5 0 6 Steve Reinprecht C 67 19 27 46 18 14 4 0 3 Milan Hejduk RW 62 21 23 44 24 0 7 1 5 Martin Skoula D 82 10 21 31 42 -3 5 0 1 Radim Vrbata RW 52 18 12 30 14 7 6 0 3 Adam Foote D 55 5 22 27 55 7 1 1 0 Ville Nieminen LW 53 10 14 24 30 1 1 0 5 Greg de Vries D 82 8 12 20 57 18 1 1 3 Stephane Yelle C 73 5 12 17 48 1 0 1 1 Eric Messier LW 74 5 10 15 26 -5 0 0 3 Brian Willsie RW 56 7 7 14 14 4 2 0 1 Pascal Trepanier D 74 4 9 13 59 4 2 0 0 Dan Hinote RW 58 6 6 12 39 8 0 1 3 Shjon Podein LW 41 6 6 12 39 0 0 1 2 Brad Larsen LW 50 2 7 9 47 4 1 0 0 Mike Keane RW 22 2 5 7 16 -2 0 0 0 Riku Hahl C 22 2 3 5 14 1 0 0 1 Scott Parker RW 63 1 4 5 154 0 0 0 0 Vaclav Nedorost C 25 2 2 4 2 -4 1 0 0 Todd Gill D 36 0 4 4 25 3 0 0 0 Patrick Roy G 63 0 3 3 26 0 0 0 0 Kelly Fairchild C 10 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 Bryan Muir D 22 1 1 2 9 1 0 0 0 Jordan Krestanovich LW 8 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Jeff Daw C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 David Aebischer G 21 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Rick Berry D 57 0 0 0 60 1 0 0 0 Darius Kasparaitis D 11 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 Steve Moore C 8 0 0 0 4 -4 0 0 0 Jaroslav Obsut D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Patrick Roy 3773 63 32 23 8 122 1.94 9 1629 1507 .925 David Aebischer 1184 21 13 6 0 37 1.88 2 538 501 .931 Team: 4957 82 45 29 8 159 1.92 11 2167 2008 .927

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Peter Forsberg C 20 9 18 27 20 8 0 0 4 Joe Sakic C 21 9 10 19 4 -2 4 0 1 Alex Tanguay LW 19 5 8 13 0 -8 3 0 0 Greg de Vries D 21 4 9 13 2 1 0 0 1 Steve Reinprecht C 21 7 5 12 8 7 0 0 2 Rob Blake D 20 6 6 12 16 -1 1 0 0 Chris Drury C 21 5 7 12 10 4 1 0 3 Adam Foote D 21 1 6 7 28 -2 0 0 0 Milan Hejduk RW 16 3 3 6 4 -4 1 0 0 Martin Skoula D 21 0 6 6 2 -5 0 0 0 Mike Keane RW 18 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 0 Riku Hahl C 21 1 2 3 0 -3 0 0 0 Dan Hinote RW 19 1 2 3 9 -3 0 0 0 Eric Messier LW 21 1 2 3 0 -4 0 0 0 Darius Kasparaitis D 21 0 3 3 18 10 0 0 0 Brad Larsen LW 21 1 1 2 13 -4 0 0 0 Patrick Roy G 21 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Stephane Yelle C 20 0 2 2 14 -3 0 0 0 Brian Willsie RW 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 David Aebischer G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Bryan Muir D 21 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0 Pascal Trepanier D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Radim Vrbata RW 9 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Patrick Roy 1241 21 11 10 52 2.51 3 572 520 .909 David Aebischer 34 1 0 0 1 1.76 0 14 13 .929 Team: 1275 21 11 10 53 2.49 3 586 533 .910

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Player awards and trophies

• Patrick Roy, William Jennings Trophy
• Patrick Roy, First Team All-Star

Transactions

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	63	Peter Budaj	Slovakia	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
3	97	Danny Bois	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
4	130	Colt King	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5	143	Frantisek Skladany	Slovakia	Boston University (NCAA)
5	144	Cody McCormick	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
5	149	Mikko Viitanen	Finland	Ahmat Hyvinkaa (Finland)
5	165	Pierre-Luc Emond	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6	184	Scott Horvath	United States	University of Massachusetts Amherst (Hockey East)
6	196	Charlie Stephens	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
7	227	Marek Svatos	Slovakia	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season
• 2001 NHL Entry Draft
• List of Colorado Avalanche seasons
• List of Colorado Avalanche players
• List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

References

1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, pp. 478–479, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
2. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p 475, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
3. "2001-02 NHL Summary - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
4. "2001-02 NHL Schedule and Results - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
5. "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
6. "2001-02 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

General

• The Internet Hockey Database
• Colorado Avalanche Database
• Official National Hockey League Site