2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	12th Eastern
2001–02 record	28-41-8-5
Goals for	198
Goals against	249
Team information
General Manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Ivan Hlinka Rick Kehoe
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Martin Straka Unknown
Arena	Mellon Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Kovalev (32)
Assists	Alexei Kovalev (44)
Points	Alexei Kovalev (76)
Penalties in minutes	Krzysztof Oliwa (150)
Wins	Johan Hedberg (25)
Goals against average	Johan Hedberg (2.75)
<2000–01	2002–03>

The 2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 35th year in the National Hockey League. The team played 82 games.

Offseason

On July 11, 2001, the Penguins traded star right winger Jaromir Jagr along with journeyman defenseman Frantisek Kučera to the Washington Capitals. In return, the Penguins got Kris Beech, Michal Sivek, Ross Lupaschuk, and future considerations. However, the New York Rangers had the better offer, offering Kim Johnsson and Mike York for Jagr. The Rangers maintain that Patrick traded Jagr to the Capitals because he was angry with their general manager Glen Sather. The trade still ranks as the fifth worst trade in team history.

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
2	5	New York Islanders	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
3	6	New Jersey Devils	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
4	11	New York Rangers	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
5	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	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.

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
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9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	2	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

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

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

Game log

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

Player stats

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alexei Kovalev	67	32	44	76	80
Jan Hrdina	79	24	33	57	50
Robert Lang	62	18	32	50	16
Aleksey Morozov	72	20	29	49	16
Mario Lemieux	24	6	25	31	14
Randy Robitaille	40	10	20	30	16
Stephane Richer	58	13	12	25	14
Kris Beech	79	10	15	25	45
Toby Petersen	79	8	10	18	4
Dan LaCouture	82	6	11	17	71
Milan Kraft	68	8	8	16	16
Wayne Primeau	33	3	7	10	18
Martin Straka	13	5	4	9	0
Billy Tibbetts	33	1	5	6	109
Kevin Stevens	32	1	4	5	25
Shean Donovan	13	2	1	3	4
Jeff Toms	14	2	1	3	4
Tom Kostopoulos	11	1	2	3	9
Ville Nieminen	13	1	2	3	8
Krzysztof Oliwa	57	0	2	2	150
Kent Manderville	4	1	0	1	4
Shane Endicott	4	0	1	1	4
Éric Meloche	23	0	1	1	8

Defensemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Michal Rozsival	79	9	20	29	47
Darius Kasparaitis	69	2	12	14	123
Janne Laukkanen	47	6	7	13	28
Andrew Ference	75	4	7	11	73
Ian Moran	64	2	8	10	54
Hans Jonsson	53	2	5	7	22
John Jakopin	19	0	4	4	42
Josef Melichar	60	0	3	3	68
Mike Wilson	21	1	1	2	17
Rick Berry	13	0	2	2	21
Jamie Pushor	15	0	2	2	30

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Johan Hedberg	66	25	34	7	6	2.75
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	21	3	12	1	0	3.56

Awards and records

Player	Award
Alexei Kovalev	Most Valuable Player Award Player's Player Award A.T. Caggiano Booster Club Award Leading Point Scorer Award
Johan Hedberg	Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Award Baz Bastien Memorial "Good Guy" Award
Ian Moran	Player's Player Award
Andrew Ference	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Stephane Richer	Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 2001–02 season:

Trades

July 11, 2001	To Washington Capitals: Jaromir Jagr František Kučera	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Kris Beech Michal Sivek Ross Lupaschuk Future considerations
March 8, 2002	To Mighty Ducks: Mark Moore	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Bert Robertsson
March 15, 2002	To Columbus Blue Jackets: 2003 fourth-round pick (#103–Kevin Jarman)	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Jamie Pushor
March 17, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers: Billy Tibbetts	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Kent Manderville
March 19, 2002	To New Jersey Devils: Stephane Richer	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 2003 seventh-round pick (#229–Stephen Dixon)
March 19, 2002	To Colorado Avalanche: Darius Kasparaitis	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Ville Nieminen Rick Berry
May 15, 2002	To Nashville Predators: Steve Parsons	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Future considerations

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Date
Jason MacDonald	Montreal Canadiens	July 18, 2001
Robbie Tallas	Chicago Blackhawks	August 14, 2001
Stephane Richer	Washington Capitals	October 2, 2001

Claimed via waivers

Date	Player	Previous team
October 2, 2001	John Jakopin	Florida Panthers
January 4, 2002	Randy Robitaille	Los Angeles Kings
March 15, 2002	Shean Donovan	Atlanta Thrashers
March 16, 2002	Jeff Toms	New York Rangers

Player signings

Player	Date
Mike Wilson	July 5, 2001
Róbert Döme	July 10, 2001
Eric Meloche	July 13, 2001
Hans Jonsson	July 13, 2001
Billy Tibbetts	July 24, 2001
Dan Lacouture	July 24, 2001
Ian Moran	July 24, 2001
Alexei Morozov	July 31, 2001
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	July 31, 2001
Martin Straka	August 10, 2001
Jan Hrdina	August 13, 2001
Robert Lang	August 13, 2001
Peter Ratchuk	August 14, 2001
Alex Kovalev	August 15, 2001
Darius Kasparaitis	August 20, 2001
Mario Lemieux	August 20, 2001
Wayne Primeau	August 30, 2001
Johan Hedberg	September 5, 2001
Michal Roszival	September 6, 2001
Shane Endicott	October 5, 2001
Michel Ouellet	June 1, 2002
Steven Crampton	June 1, 2002

Other

Name	Date	Notes
Ivan Hlinka	October 14, 2001	Fired as head coach
Rick Kehoe	October 14, 2001	Hired as head coach

Personnel

Pittsburgh Penguins 2002 final roster
Goaltenders 1 Johan Hedberg  30 Jean-Sebastien Aubin		Defensemen 2 Josef Melichar  3 Jamie Pushor  4 Mike Wilson  5 Janne Laukkanen  6 Rick Berry  7 Andrew Ference  8 Hans Jonsson  23 John Jakopin  24 Ian Moran  28 Michal Roszival		Wingers 9 Jeff Toms  10 Ville Nieminen  18 Shean Donovan  25 Kevin Stevens  27 Alexei Kovalev  29 Krzysztof Oliwa  33 Dan LaCouture  37 Tom Kostopoulos  72 Éric Meloche  95 Aleksey Morozov		Centers 14 Milan Kraft  15 Wayne Primeau  16 Kris Beech  17 Toby Petersen  20 Robert Lang  26 Kent Manderville  38 Jan Hrdina  41 Shane Endicott  66 Mario Lemieux - C  82 Martin Straka - A

Pittsburgh Penguins 2001–02 staff
	Executive operations Ownership - Mario Lemieux Chief Executive Officer - Mario Lemieux Chairman - Mario Lemieux President - Mario Lemieux Executive Vice President/General Manager - Craig Patrick			Hockey operations Assistant General Manager - Eddie Johnston Head coach - Rick Kehoe Assistant coaches - Joe Mullen, Randy Hillier Goaltending coach - Gilles Meloche

Draft picks

The Penguins selected the following players in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida:

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21	Colby Armstrong	RW	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2	54	Noah Welch	D	United States	St. Sebastian's (USHS)
3	86	Drew Fata	D	Canada	St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
3	96	Alexandre Rouleau	D	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	120	Tomas Surovy	LW	Slovakia	Poprad (SVK)
4	131	Ben Eaves	C	United States	Boston College (NCAA)
5	156	Andy Schneider	D	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
7	217	Tomas Duba	G	Czech Republic	HC Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
8	250	Brandon Crawford-West	G	United States	Texas Tornado (NAHL)

Draft notes

• ^a Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Ron Tugnutt.
• ^b Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Peter Popovic.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a March 13, 2001 trade that sent Frantisek Kucera to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins' ninth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a November 14, 2000 trade that sent Dan Trebil to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.

Farm teams

The AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, after losing in the Calder Cup Finals the previous season, finished last overall in the Western Conference with a 20-44-13-3 record.

The ECHL's Wheeling Nailers finished fifth in the Northern Conference's Northwest Division with a 36-32-4 record. It was their first year under John Brophy.

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

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• "2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.