2000–01 Calgary Flames season

The 2000–01 Calgary Flames season was the 21st National Hockey League season in Calgary. It was a season for change, as the Flames let longtime general manager Al Coates go shortly before the draft and replaced him with highly touted Craig Button, previously with the Dallas Stars.[1] The team also let head coach Brian Sutter go and replaced him with rookie coach Don Hay. Hay would only last 68 games before being fired and replaced by Greg Gilbert.[2]

2000–01 Calgary Flames
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	11th Western
2000–01 record	27–36–15–4
Home record	12–18–9–2
Road record	15–18–6–2
Goals for	197 (25th)
Goals against	236 (20th)
Team information
General Manager	Craig Button
Coach	Don Hay Greg Gilbert
Captain	Steve Smith (Oct-Dec) Dave Lowry (Dec-Apr)
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	16,623
Team leaders
Goals	Jarome Iginla (31)
Assists	Marc Savard (42)
Points	Jarome Iginla (71)
Penalty minutes	Jason Wiemer (177)
Wins	Fred Brathwaite (15)
Goals against average	Fred Brathwaite (2.32)

The off-season also featured a "Save the Flames" ticket drive campaign, as owners warned that the team could be sold in the face of declining attendance and the pressures of doing business in American dollars while earning revenues in Canadian dollars. The threats brought fears of the Flames moving south, as the Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets had done in previous seasons. The goal was to increase the Flames' season-ticket base from its 1999–00 low of 8,700 to 14,000. The drive was ultimately successful, with the team reaching its ticket goal and acquiring a new title sponsor for their home arena, the Saddledome, as Pengrowth Management took over the naming rights from the defunct Canadian Airlines.[3]

On the ice, the Flames continued to struggle, failing to win more than three consecutive games at any point. While their top three forwards, Jarome Iginla, Valeri Bure, and Marc Savard, scored 91 goals between them, only two other players even reached double-digit goals on the season. Calgary finished with a 27–36–15–4 record, fourth in the division and ahead of only the expansion Minnesota Wild. The Flames missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season.

The 2000–01 season was also notable in retrospect, as the Flames lost two players who would later go on to stardom for virtually nothing. Ineffective forward Martin St. Louis was released as a free agent, while goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere was dealt to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 2nd round draft pick when the Flames found themselves with too many goaltenders heading into the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft.[4]

In the expansion draft, which was held in Calgary, the Flames lost defenceman Filip Kuba to the Minnesota Wild, 15th overall, and Sergei Krivokrasov, also to the Wild, 32nd overall. The Columbus Blue Jackets did not select a player off of Calgary's roster.

Regular season

The Flames had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 435.[5]

Season standings

Northwest Division[6]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	6	Edmonton Oilers	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
3	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
5	14	Minnesota Wild	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68

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[7]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
3	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
5	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
6	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
8.5
9	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
10	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
12	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71
14	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68
15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

2000–01 Game Log
October: 3–8–1–0 (Home: 1–5–1–0; Road: 2–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 October 5 Detroit 5 – 3 Calgary 0–1–0–0 0 2 October 10 Colorado 3 – 1 Calgary 0–2–0–0 0 3 October 12 Columbus 3 – 2 Calgary 0–3–0–0 0 4 October 14 Calgary 2 – 0 NY Islanders 1–3–0–0 2 5 October 15 Calgary 4 – 2 Detroit 2–3–0–0 4 6 October 18 Calgary 1 – 4 Vancouver 2–4–0–0 4 7 October 20 Boston 2 – 3 Calgary 3–4–0–0 6 8 October 21 Toronto 2 – 1 Calgary 3–5–0–0 6 9 October 24 Phoenix 2 – 2 Calgary OT 3–5–1–0 7 10 October 26 Calgary 3 – 4 St. Louis 3–6–1–0 7 11 October 27 Calgary 1 – 3 Minnesota 3–7–1–0 7 12 October 29 Anaheim 6 – 3 Calgary 3–8–1–0 7
November: 3–4–4–4 (Home: 0–1–2–2; Road: 3–3–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 13 November 1 Calgary 2 – 3 Edmonton 3–9–1–0 7 14 November 4 Pittsburgh 1 – 1 Calgary OT 3–9–2–0 8 15 November 5 Minnesota 3 – 2 Calgary OT 3–9–2–1 9 16 November 8 Calgary 1 – 0 Minnesota 4–9–2–1 11 17 November 10 Calgary 3 – 3 Florida OT 4–9–3–1 12 18 November 11 Calgary 4 – 3 Tampa Bay 5–9–3–1 14 19 November 13 Calgary 2 – 3 Buffalo OT 5–9–3–2 15 20 November 16 Chicago 5 – 2 Calgary 5–10–3–2 15 21 November 18 NY Rangers 5 – 4 Calgary OT 5–10–3–3 16 22 November 19 Calgary 0 – 2 Edmonton 5–11–3–3 16 23 November 22 Calgary 1 – 1 Minnesota OT 5–11–4–3 17 24 November 24 Anaheim 2 – 2 Calgary OT 5–11–5–3 18 25 November 25 Calgary 2 – 3 Colorado OT 5–11–5–4 19 26 November 28 Calgary 1 – 6 Nashville 5–12–5–4 19 27 November 29 Calgary 4 – 3 Dallas 6–12–5–4 21
December: 7–3–2–0 (Home: 4–1–2–0; Road: 3–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 28 December 2 Montreal 1 – 1 Calgary OT 6–12–6–4 22 29 December 4 San Jose 8 – 0 Calgary 6–13–6–4 22 30 December 7 Nashville 0 – 3 Calgary 7–13–6–4 24 31 December 9 Carolina 2 – 7 Calgary 8–13–6–4 26 32 December 13 Calgary 3 – 1 Montreal 9–13–6–4 28 33 December 14 Calgary 2 – 4 Ottawa 9–14–6–4 28 34 December 16 Calgary 6 – 5 Toronto OT 10–14–6–4 30 35 December 19 Calgary 3 – 0 Colorado 11–14–6–4 32 36 December 20 Calgary 2 – 4 Phoenix 11–15–6–4 32 37 December 22 Edmonton 1 – 1 Calgary OT 11–15–7–4 33 38 December 29 Vancouver 0 – 5 Calgary 12–15–7–4 35 39 December 31 Montreal 4 – 5 Calgary OT 13–15–7–4 37
January: 4–6–2–0 (Home: 2–4–0–0; Road: 2–2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 40 January 3 Calgary 1 – 0 San Jose 14–15–7–4 39 41 January 5 Calgary 4 – 4 Anaheim OT 14–15–8–4 40 42 January 6 Calgary 0 – 5 Los Angeles 14–16–8–4 40 43 January 11 Nashville 1 – 2 Calgary 15–16–8–4 42 44 January 13 Ottawa 5 – 2 Calgary 15–17–8–4 42 45 January 14 Calgary 1 – 5 Vancouver 15–18–8–4 42 46 January 17 Calgary 4 – 4 San Jose OT 15–18–9–4 43 47 January 21 Detroit 2 – 4 Calgary 16–18–9–4 45 48 January 23 Phoenix 4 – 2 Calgary 16–19–9–4 45 49 January 25 Calgary 3 – 0 Los Angeles 17–19–9–4 47 50 January 27 Vancouver 5 – 3 Calgary 17–20–9–4 47 51 January 30 Edmonton 5 – 3 Calgary 17–21–9–4 47
February: 5–4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–2–0; Road: 3–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 52 February 1 Chicago 3 – 5 Calgary 18–21–9–4 49 53 February 6 San Jose 1 – 1 Calgary OT 18–21–10–4 50 54 February 9 Calgary 5 – 3 Colorado 19–21–10–4 52 55 February 10 Calgary 4 – 1 Vancouver 20–21–10–4 54 56 February 13 Washington 4 – 4 Calgary OT 20–21–11–4 55 57 February 15 Calgary 1 – 4 St. Louis 20–22–11–4 55 58 February 18 Calgary 4 – 1 Phoenix 21–22–11–4 57 59 February 19 Calgary 2 – 6 Anaheim 21–23–11–4 57 60 February 22 Calgary 0 – 2 Los Angeles 21–24–11–4 57 61 February 24 Edmonton 3 – 1 Calgary 21–25–11–4 57 62 February 26 Dallas 2 – 3 Calgary 22–25–11–4 59
March: 4–9–3–0 (Home: 3–4–2–0; Road: 1–5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 63 March 1 Minnesota 1 – 1 Calgary OT 22–25–12–4 60 64 March 3 St. Louis 2 – 3 Calgary OT 23–25–12–4 62 65 March 6 Toronto 3 – 1 Calgary 23–26–12–4 62 66 March 8 Calgary 2 – 5 Philadelphia 23–27–12–4 62 67 March 10 Calgary 3 – 6 Pittsburgh 23–28–12–4 62 68 March 11 Calgary 3 – 3 Atlanta OT 23–28–13–4 63 69 March 14 Calgary 0 – 3 Columbus 23–29–13–4 63 70 March 15 Calgary 2 – 5 Detroit 23–30–13–4 63 71 March 17 St. Louis 2 – 2 Calgary OT 23–30–14–4 64 72 March 19 New Jersey 4 – 2 Calgary 23–31–14–4 64 73 March 22 Philadelphia 1 – 3 Calgary 24–31–14–4 66 74 March 24 Calgary 4 – 6 Columbus 24–32–14–4 66 75 March 25 Calgary 3 – 1 Chicago 25–32–14–4 68 76 March 27 Columbus 0 – 3 Calgary 26–32–14–4 70 77 March 29 Colorado 1 – 0 Calgary 26–33–14–4 70 78 March 31 Dallas 2 – 0 Calgary 26–34–14–4 70
April: 1–2–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 1–1–1–0) 79 April 2 Calgary 4 – 4 Dallas OT 26–34–15–4 71 80 April 4 Calgary 5 – 2 Chicago 27–34–15–4 73 81 April 5 Calgary 0 – 4 Nashville 27–35–15–4 73 82 April 7 Los Angeles 3 – 2 Calgary 27–36–15–4 73

Playoffs

The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference with 73 points, 17 behind the 8th place Coyotes. The Flames missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive 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		77	31	40	71	62		-	-	-	-	-
Marc Savard	27		77	23	42	65	46		-	-	-	-	-
Valeri Bure	8		78	27	28	55	26		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Lowry	10		79	18	17	35	47		-	-	-	-	-
Phil Housley	6		69	4	30	34	24		-	-	-	-	-
Derek Morris	53		51	5	23	28	56		-	-	-	-	-
Oleg Saprykin	19		59	9	14	23	43		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Shantz	11		73	5	15	20	58		-	-	-	-	-
Tommy Albelin	5		77	1	19	20	22		-	-	-	-	-
Toni Lydman	32		62	3	16	19	30		-	-	-	-	-
Jason Wiemer	24		65	10	5	15	177		-	-	-	-	-
Clarke Wilm	23		81	7	8	15	69		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Cowan	38		51	9	4	13	74		-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Tkaczuk	18		19	4	7	11	14		-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Petrovicky	36		30	4	5	9	54		-	-	-	-	-
Denis Gauthier	3		62	2	6	8	78		-	-	-	-	-
Igor Kravchuk^†	25		37	0	8	8	4		-	-	-	-	-
Craig Conroy^†	22		14	3	4	7	14		-	-	-	-	-
Chris Clark	17		29	5	1	6	38		-	-	-	-	-
Brad Werenka	2		33	1	4	5	16		-	-	-	-	-
Robyn Regehr	28		71	1	3	4	70		-	-	-	-	-
Dwayne Hay	21		49	1	3	4	16		-	-	-	-	-
Ron Sutter	20		21	1	3	4	12		-	-	-	-	-
Benoit Gratton	39		14	1	3	4	14		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	55		13	0	2	2	17		-	-	-	-	-
Dallas Eakins	20/26		17	0	1	1	11		-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29		31	0	1	1	16		-	-	-	-	-
Fred Brathwaite	40		49	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Niklas Andersson	25		11	0	1	1	4		-	-	-	-	-
Marty Murray	20		7	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Rico Fata	15		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Begin	26		4	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
All traded players	-		22	33	55	221	-		-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Goaltenders

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

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Fred Brathwaite	40		49	2742	15	17	10	106	5	2.32		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29		41	2246	12	23	5	121	3	3.23		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 2000–01 season.[8]

Trades

June 10, 2000	To Calgary Flames 2nd round draft pick in 2000	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Jean-Sebastien Giguere
June 23, 2000	To Calgary Flames Mike Vernon	To Minnesota Wild Dan Cavanaugh 8th round draft pick in 2001
March 13, 2001	To Calgary Flames Craig Conroy 7th round pick in 2001	To St. Louis Blues Cory Stillman

Free agents

Player Former team Dave Lowry San Jose Sharks Dallas Eakins New York Islanders

Player New team Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning Sergei Krivokrasov Minnesota Wild (via Expansion Draft) Steve Dubinsky Chicago Blackhawks

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Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, held in Calgary.[9] The Flames played to the home crowd, selecting Brent Krahn of the Calgary Hitmen with their first pick, 9th overall.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	9	Brent Krahn	Canada	G	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	1	0–1–0, 9.00GAA
2	40	Kurtis Foster	Canada	D	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	405	42	118	160	308
2	46	Jarret Stoll^†	Canada	C	Kootenay Ice (WHL)	792	140	239	379	582
4	116	Levente Szuper	Hungary	G	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
5	141	Wade Davis	Canada	D	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5	155	Travis Moen^†	Canada	LW	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)	724	59	75	134	780
6	176	Jukka Hentunen	Finland	F	HPK Hameenlinna (Fin Jr.)	38	4	5	9	4
8	239	David Hajek	Czech Republic	D	Chumutov (Cze Jr.)
9	270	Micki Dupont	Canada	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	23	1	3	4	12

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 2000–01 AHL season was the eighth season for the Saint John Flames, all affiliated with the Flames. It was a record-setting year, as the Baby Flames ran away with the Canadian Division, finishing third overall in the league with a 44–24–7–5 record, good for 100 points. Saint John swept through the Portland Pirates, Quebec Citadelles and Providence Bruins by a combined 12–2 record. The Flames captured their only Calder Cup by defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 games to 2.[10] Steve Begin won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

• Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 111
• Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 135
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

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