2001–02 Calgary Flames season

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 Braithwaite and forwards Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer away, gaining back Roman Turek and Rob Niedermayer.

2001–02 Calgary Flames
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
Team leaders
Goals	Jarome Iginla (52)
Assists	Craig Conroy (48)
Points	Jarome Iginla (96)
Penalty minutes	Bob Boughner (170)
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]

Regular season

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.[6] 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.[7]

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[8]

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 Game Log
October: 8–2–0–2 (Home: 5–0–0–2; Road: 3–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 3 Edmonton 0 – 1 Calgary Turek 16,242 1–0–0–0 2 2 October 6 Chicago 0 – 4 Calgary Turek 14,038 2–0–0–0 4 3 October 8 Phoenix 2 – 1 Calgary OT Turek 13,078 2–0–0–1 5 4 October 10 Calgary 4 – 2 Detroit Turek 20,053 3–0–0–1 7 5 October 11 Calgary 0 – 1 Nashville Vernon 12,333 3–1–0–1 7 6 October 13 Calgary 4 – 3 Dallas OT Turek 18,352 4–1–0–1 9 7 October 18 Florida 1 – 3 Calgary Turek 15,093 5–1–0–1 11 8 October 20 Toronto 1 – 4 Calgary Turek 17,279 6–1–0–1 13 9 October 22 Calgary 3 – 2 St. Louis Turek 19,231 7–1–0–1 15 10 October 23 Calgary 3 – 6 Chicago Vernon 10,276 7–2–0–1 15 11 October 25 Nashville 5 – 4 Calgary OT Turek 12,750 7–2–0–2 16 12 October 27 Minnesota 2 – 4 Calgary Turek 14,088 8–2–0–2 18
November: 5–4–4–0 (Home: 4–1–2–0; Road: 1–3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 13 November 1 Columbus 1 – 2 Calgary Turek 12,501 9–2–0–2 20 14 November 3 Montreal 2 – 6 Calgary Turek 16,015 10–2–0–2 22 15 November 7 Calgary 3 – 3 Anaheim OT Turek 9,639 10–2–1–2 23 16 November 8 Calgary 3 – 2 Los Angeles Turek 14,459 11–2–1–2 25 17 November 10 Colorado 0 – 2 Calgary Turek 17,409 12–2–1–2 27 18 November 15 Chicago 2 – 2 Calgary Turek 16,226 12–2–2–2 28 19 November 17 St. Louis 0 – 2 Calgary Turek 16,241 13–2–2–2 30 20 November 20 Los Angeles 5 – 5 Calgary OT Turek 14,550 13–2–3–2 31 21 November 22 Calgary 4 – 4 Ottawa OT Turek 16,839 13–2–4–2 32 22 November 23 Calgary 2 – 5 Buffalo Vernon 16,703 13–3–4–2 32 23 November 25 Calgary 3 – 4 Columbus Vernon 18,136 13–4–4–2 32 24 November 27 Calgary 2 – 4 Detroit Turek 20,058 13–5–4–2 32 25 November 29 Dallas 3 – 0 Calgary Turek 15,610 13–6–4–2 32
December: 4–7–4–0 (Home: 2–3–2–0; Road: 2–4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 26 December 1 Colorado 2 – 2 Calgary OT Turek 15,806 13–6–5–2 33 27 December 3 Calgary 2 – 0 Los Angeles Turek 15,105 14–6–5–2 35 28 December 4 Calgary 2 – 2 San Jose OT Vernon 17,386 14–6–6–2 36 29 December 6 San Jose 3 – 1 Calgary Turek 13,012 14–7–6–2 36 30 December 8 Anaheim 4 – 0 Calgary Vernon 14,330 14–8–6–2 36 31 December 10 Detroit 0 – 2 Calgary Vernon 16,009 15–8–6–2 38 32 December 12 Tampa Bay 3 – 1 Calgary Whitmore 13,913 15–9–6–2 38 33 December 14 Calgary 4 – 3 Dallas Turek 18,532 16–9–6–2 40 34 December 15 Calgary 0 – 4 St. Louis Turek 18,810 16–10–6–2 40 35 December 19 Calgary 3 – 6 Phoenix Turek 11,921 16–11–6–2 40 36 December 21 Calgary 2 – 2 Colorado OT Turek 18,007 16–11–7–2 41 37 December 26 Calgary 2 – 3 Edmonton Turek 16,839 16–12–7–2 41 38 December 27 Calgary 2 – 4 Vancouver Turek 18,422 16–13–7–2 41 39 December 29 Minnesota 3 – 4 Calgary Turek 16,730 17–13–7–2 43 40 December 31 Edmonton 2 – 2 Calgary OT Turek 17,409 17–13–8–2 44
January: 5–8–0–0 (Home: 3–6–0–0; Road: 2–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 41 January 3 Buffalo 1 – 3 Calgary Turek 15,316 18–13–8–2 46 42 January 5 Montreal 4 – 2 Calgary Turek 17,409 18–14–8–2 46 43 January 8 Calgary 5 – 2 NY Islanders Turek 13,285 19–14–8–2 48 44 January 9 Calgary 1 – 5 New Jersey Turek 16,200 19–15–8–2 48 45 January 11 Calgary 0 – 1 Atlanta Turek 17,856 19–16–8–2 48 46 January 15 NY Islanders 3 – 1 Calgary Turek 15,624 19–17–8–2 48 47 January 17 Pittsburgh 6 – 4 Calgary Turek 15,437 19–18–8–2 48 48 January 19 Anaheim 1 – 2 Calgary Turek 17,409 20–18–8–2 50 49 January 22 Toronto 6 – 1 Calgary Turek 17,409 20–19–8–2 50 50 January 24 Colorado 2 – 0 Calgary Turek 15,639 20–20–8–2 50 51 January 26 Vancouver 2 – 0 Calgary Turek 17,068 20–21–8–2 50 52 January 28 Calgary 3 – 2 Minnesota OT Turek 18,568 21–21–8–2 52 53 January 30 Detroit 3 – 4 Calgary Turek 17,239 22–21–8–2 54
February: 2–3–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0–0; Road: 1–2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 54 February 6 Calgary 0 – 2 San Jose Vernon 17,383 22–22–8–2 54 55 February 8 Vancouver 4 – 1 Calgary Turek 16,695 22–23–8–2 54 56 February 9 Calgary 4 – 3 Vancouver Turek 18,422 23–23–8–2 56 57 February 12 Calgary 3 – 4 Phoenix OT Turek 11,480 23–23–8–3 57 58 February 13 Calgary 2 – 3 Anaheim Turek 9,583 23–24–8–3 57 59 February 26 Calgary 2 – 2 Colorado OT Turek 18,007 23–24–9–3 58 60 February 28 St. Louis 2 – 3 Calgary Turek 16,053 24–24–9–3 60
March: 5–7–3–0 (Home: 3–1–1–0; Road: 2–6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 61 March 2 Nashville 2 – 5 Calgary Turek 17,163 25–24–9–3 62 62 March 4 Calgary 5 – 3 NY Rangers Turek 18,200 26–24–9–3 64 63 March 6 Calgary 2 – 3 Washington Turek 15,817 26–25–9–3 64 64 March 7 Calgary 4 – 2 Philadelphia Turek 19,532 27–25–9–3 66 65 March 9 Calgary 2 – 3 Boston Turek 17,565 27–26–9–3 66 66 March 11 Calgary 3 – 3 Carolina OT Turek 12,665 27–26–10–3 67 67 March 13 Calgary 3 – 3 Florida OT Turek 13,868 27–26–11–3 68 68 March 14 Calgary 2 – 3 Tampa Bay Vernon 13,473 27–27–11–3 68 69 March 16 Calgary 1 – 3 Columbus Turek 18,136 27–28–11–3 68 70 March 18 Calgary 2 – 4 Minnesota Turek 18,064 27–29–11–3 68 71 March 21 San Jose 4 – 1 Calgary Turek 16,495 27–30–11–3 68 72 March 23 Calgary 1 – 3 Edmonton Turek 16,839 27–31–11–3 68 73 March 25 Columbus 1 – 6 Calgary Vernon 15,211 28–31–11–3 70 74 March 28 Dallas 2 – 2 Calgary OT Turek 16,473 28–31–12–3 71 75 March 30 Los Angeles 3 – 5 Calgary Turek 17,046 29–31–12–3 73
April: 3–4–0–0 (Home: 2–2–0–0; Road: 1–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 76 April 2 Atlanta 2 – 4 Calgary Turek 14,562 30–31–12–3 75 77 April 4 Minnesota 3 – 4 Calgary Turek 13,831 31–31–12–3 77 78 April 6 Calgary 1 – 3 Nashville Turek 15,361 31–32–12–3 77 79 April 7 Calgary 2 – 3 Chicago Vernon 17,009 31–33–12–3 77 80 April 9 Phoenix 4 – 2 Calgary Turek 15,229 31–34–12–3 77 81 April 12 Calgary 2 – 0 Edmonton Turek 16,839 32–24–12–3 79 82 April 13 Vancouver 4 – 1 Calgary Vernon 18,829 32–35–12–3 79

Playoffs

The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference, 15 points back of the 8th place Vancouver Canucks. This was the sixth consecutive season the Flames failed to qualify for the post-season.

Player statistics

Skaters

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

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jarome Iginla	12		82	52	44	96	77		-	-	-	-	-
Craig Conroy	22		81	27	48	75	32		-	-	-	-	-
Dean McAmmond	37		73	21	30	51	60		-	-	-	-	-
Derek Morris	53		61	4	30	34	88		-	-	-	-	-
Marc Savard	27		56	14	19	33	48		-	-	-	-	-
Toni Lydman	32		79	6	22	28	52		-	-	-	-	-
Igor Kravchuk	25		78	4	22	26	19		-	-	-	-	-
Rob Niedermayer	44		57	6	14	20	49		-	-	-	-	-
Clarke Wilm	23		66	4	14	18	61		-	-	-	-	-
Scott Nichol	40		60	8	9	17	107		-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Wright	18		44	4	12	16	20		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Lowry	10		62	7	6	13	51		-	-	-	-	-
Denis Gauthier	3		66	5	8	13	91		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Begin	26		51	7	5	12	79		-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Petrovicky	36		77	5	7	12	85		-	-	-	-	-
Robyn Regehr	28		77	2	6	8	93		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Shantz	11		40	3	3	6	23		-	-	-	-	-
Bob Boughner	6		79	2	4	6	170		-	-	-	-	-
Roman Turek	1		69	0	5	5	4		-	-	-	-	-
Craig Berube	16		66	3	1	4	164		-	-	-	-	-
Petr Buzek^†	8		32	1	3	4	13		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Montador	58		11	1	2	3	26		-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29		18	0	3	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
Blake Sloan^†	24		7	0	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-
Jason Botterill	20		4	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Blair Betts	15		6	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Kay Whitmore	35		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Dallas Eakins	26		3	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Alan Letang	2		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Ryan Christie	39		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Micki DuPont	42		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Oleg Saprykin	19		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
All traded players	--		3	5	8	68	-		-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
Bold text denotes league leader.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season										Playoffs
Player	#		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Roman Turek	1		69	4081	30	28	11	172	5	.906	2.53		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29		18	825	2	9	1	38	1	.899	2.73		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kay Whitmore	35		1	58	0	1	0	3	0	.857	3.10		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 2002–03 season:[9]

Trades

June 23, 2001	To Calgary Flames Rob Niedermayer 2001 2nd round pick	To Florida Panthers Valeri Bure Jason Wiemer
June 23, 2001	To Calgary Flames Roman Turek 2001 4th round pick	To St. Louis Blues Fred Brathwaite Daniel Tkaczuk Sergei Varlamov 2001 9th round pick
June 24, 2001	To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond	To Philadelphia Flyers 2002 4th round pick
December 18, 2001	To Calgary Flames Petr Buzek	To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Cowan Kurtis Foster
March 19, 2002	To Calgary Flames Blake Sloan	To Nashville Predators Jamie Allison

Free agents

Player signed Former team Bob Boughner Pittsburgh Penguins Kay Whitmore Boston Bruins

Player lost New team

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Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida.[10] 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
						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)

Statistics are updated to the end of the 2014–15 NHL season. ^† denotes player was on an NHL roster in 2014–15.

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

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.[11]

Johnstown Chiefs

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.

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

• Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide - 2001–02 stats, p. 110.
• Game log: 2001–02 Calgary Flames game log on espn.com.
• Team standings: 2001–02 NHL standings at hockeydb.com.

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