2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 75th season of operation. Finishing 12th in the Western Conference, they did not qualify for the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs.

2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	4th Central
2000–01 record	29–40–8–5
Goals for	210
Goals against	246
Team information
General Manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Alpo Suhonen
Captain	Tony Amonte
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	14,996 (73.2%)

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division[1]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
3	10	Nashville Predators	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
4	12	Chicago Blackhawks	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
5	13	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71

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[2]

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

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

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Steve Sullivan	RW	81	34	41	75	54	3	6	8	3
Tony Amonte	RW	82	35	29	64	54	-22	9	1	3
Michael Nylander	C	82	25	39	64	32	7	4	0	5
Eric Daze	RW	79	33	24	57	16	1	9	1	8
Alex Zhamnov	C	63	13	36	49	40	-12	3	1	3
Dean McAmmond	C	61	10	16	26	43	4	1	0	1
Chris Herperger	C	61	10	15	25	20	0	0	1	3
Jaroslav Spacek	D	50	5	18	23	20	7	2	0	1
Boris Mironov	D	66	5	17	22	42	-14	3	0	0
Bob Probert	LW	79	7	12	19	103	-13	1	0	0
Stephane Quintal	D	72	1	18	19	60	-9	0	0	0
Kyle Calder	LW	43	5	10	15	14	-4	0	0	1
Alexander Karpovtsev	D	53	2	13	15	39	-4	1	0	0
Kevin Dean	D	69	0	11	11	30	-16	0	0	0
Steve Dubinsky	C	60	6	4	10	33	-4	0	1	0
Jean-Yves Leroux	LW	59	4	4	8	22	-9	1	0	0
Valeri Zelepukin	LW	36	3	4	7	18	-14	0	2	0
Ryan VandenBussche	RW	64	2	5	7	146	-8	0	0	0
Chris McAlpine	D	50	0	6	6	32	5	0	0	0
Anders Eriksson	D	13	2	3	5	2	-4	1	0	0
Steve Poapst	D	36	2	3	5	12	3	0	0	0
Steve McCarthy	D	44	0	5	5	8	-7	0	0	0
Reto Von Arx	C	19	3	1	4	4	-4	0	0	1
Jamie Allison	D	44	1	3	4	53	7	0	0	0
Blair Atcheynum	RW	19	1	2	3	2	-7	0	0	0
Josef Marha	C	15	0	3	3	6	-4	0	0	0
Jocelyn Thibault	G	66	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Kris King	LW	13	1	0	1	8	-3	0	0	0
Mark Bell	C	13	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Casey Hankinson	LW	11	0	1	1	9	-3	0	0	0
Nolan Baumgartner	D	8	0	0	0	6	-4	0	0	0
Aaron Downey	RW	3	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Mark Janssens	C	28	0	0	0	33	-8	0	0	0
Michel Larocque	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Passmore	G	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Rob Tallas	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Jocelyn Thibault	3844	66	27	32	7	180	2.81	6	1711	1531	.895
Rob Tallas	627	12	2	7	0	35	3.35	0	265	230	.868
Michel Larocque	152	3	0	2	0	9	3.55	0	59	50	.847
Steve Passmore	340	6	0	4	1	14	2.47	0	147	133	.905
Team:	4963	82	29	45	8	238	2.88	6	2182	1944	.891

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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

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Chicago'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	10	Mikhail Yakubov	Russia	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
1	11	Pavel Vorobiev	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
2	49	Jonas Nordquist	Sweden	Leksands IF (Sweden)
3	74	Igor Radulov	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
4	106	Scotty Balan	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	117	Olli Malmivaara	Finland	Jokerit Jr. (Finland)
5	151	Alexander Barkunov	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
6	177	Michael Ayers	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
6	193	Joey Martin	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
7	207	Cliff Loya	United States	University of Maine (NCAA)
7	225	Vladislav Luchkin	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
8	240	Adam Berkhoel	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
9	262	Peter Flache	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
9	271	Reto Von Arx	Switzerland	HC Davos (Switzerland)
9	291	Arne Ramholt	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (Switzerland)

Farm teams

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

1. "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
2. "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
3. "2000-01 Chicago Blackhawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

External links