2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes season

The 2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes season was their fifth season in the National Hockey League, the franchise's 22nd season in the NHL and 29th overall. Before the season began, Wayne Gretzky became a part owner.

2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	9th Western
2000–01 record	35–27–17–3
Goals for	214
Goals against	212
Team information
General Manager	Bobby Smith (Oct-Feb) Cliff Fletcher (Feb-Apr)
Coach	Bob Francis
Captain	Keith Tkachuk (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr)

Offseason

NHL Draft

Phoenix's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	19	Krystofer Kolanos (C)	Canada	Boston College (Hockey East)
2	53	Alexander Tatarinov (RW)	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
3	85	Ramzi Abid (LW)	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
5	160	Nate Kiser (D)	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
6	186	Brent Gauvreau (C)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	217	Igor Samoilov (D)	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
8	249	Sami Venalainen (RW)	Finland	Tappara Jr. (Finland)
9	281	Peter Fabus (C)	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)

Wayne Gretzky

On June 2, 2000, Wayne Gretzky was introduced by Phoenix Coyotes Owner & Chairman Steve Ellman as the managing partner of the Coyotes in charge of all hockey operations.[1] Gretzky did not officially begin his new role until February 15, 2001 — the date Ellman's ownership group completed the purchase of the Coyotes.[1] Among his first moves, Gretzky brought in proven Stanley Cup winners such as Cliff Fletcher (as senior executive vice president) and Dave Draper (as vice president of scouting and player personnel) to direct the Coyotes' hockey operations department. Six months later, Gretzky added Michael Barnett, the former president of IMG Hockey, as the Coyotes' general manager.[1]

Regular season

Captain Keith Tkachuk is traded in March.

Final standings

Pacific Division[2]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Dallas Stars	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
2	5	San Jose Sharks	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
4	9	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
5	15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

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[3]

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	W	October 5, 2000	4–1	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 7, 2000	4–1	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	2–0–0–0
3	L	October 12, 2000	1–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	2–1–0–0
4	W	October 14, 2000	6–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	3–1–0–0
5	W	October 15, 2000	6–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	4–1–0–0
6	W	October 18, 2000	2–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	5–1–0–0
7	W	October 21, 2000	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	6–1–0–0
8	T	October 22, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	6–1–1–0
9	T	October 24, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	6–1–2–0
10	W	October 27, 2000	4–2	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	7–1–2–0
11	W	October 28, 2000	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	8–1–2–0
12	W	October 30, 2000	4–0	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	9–1–2–0
13	T	November 1, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	9–1–3–0
14	T	November 3, 2000	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	9–1–4–0
15	T	November 7, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	9–1–5–0
16	L	November 8, 2000	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	9–2–5–0
17	L	November 11, 2000	1–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	9–3–5–0
18	W	November 12, 2000	2–0	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	10–3–5–0
19	T	November 14, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	10–3–6–0
20	W	November 16, 2000	6–3	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	11–3–6–0
21	L	November 18, 2000	2–6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	11–4–6–0
22	L	November 21, 2000	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	11–5–6–0
23	L	November 25, 2000	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	11–6–6–0
24	W	November 26, 2000	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	12–6–6–0
25	L	November 29, 2000	1–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	12–7–6–0
26	W	November 30, 2000	2–0	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	13–7–6–0
27	L	December 2, 2000	2–5	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	13–8–6–0
28	T	December 6, 2000	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	13–8–7–0
29	T	December 10, 2000	1–1 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	13–8–8–0
30	W	December 14, 2000	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	14–8–8–0
31	OTL	December 16, 2000	1–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	14–8–8–1
32	W	December 20, 2000	4–2	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	15–8–8–1
33	W	December 22, 2000	5–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	16–8–8–1
34	T	December 27, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	16–8–9–1
35	T	December 29, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	16–8–10–1
36	L	December 30, 2000	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	16–9–10–1
37	L	January 1, 2001	2–3	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	16–10–10–1
38	W	January 4, 2001	3–1	New York Rangers (2000–01)	17–10–10–1
39	W	January 6, 2001	2–1	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	18–10–10–1
40	T	January 9, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	18–10–11–1
41	L	January 10, 2001	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	18–11–11–1
42	L	January 12, 2001	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	18–12–11–1
43	L	January 13, 2001	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	18–13–11–1
44	W	January 15, 2001	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	19–13–11–1
45	W	January 17, 2001	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	20–13–11–1
46	W	January 19, 2001	4–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	21–13–11–1
47	W	January 21, 2001	5–2	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	22–13–11–1
48	W	January 23, 2001	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	23–13–11–1
49	L	January 24, 2001	2–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	23–14–11–1
50	T	January 26, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	23–14–12–1
51	L	January 29, 2001	2–5	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	23–15–12–1
52	L	February 1, 2001	2–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	23–16–12–1
53	OTL	February 7, 2001	1–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	23–16–12–2
54	W	February 9, 2001	2–0	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	24–16–12–2
55	W	February 11, 2001	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	25–16–12–2
56	W	February 13, 2001	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	26–16–12–2
57	L	February 14, 2001	3–4	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	26–17–12–2
58	W	February 16, 2001	2–0	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	27–17–12–2
59	L	February 18, 2001	1–4	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	27–18–12–2
60	W	February 21, 2001	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	28–18–12–2
61	W	February 23, 2001	7–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	29–18–12–2
62	L	February 25, 2001	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	29–19–12–2
63	L	February 27, 2001	4–7	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	29–20–12–2
64	L	February 28, 2001	2–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	29–21–12–2
65	T	March 2, 2001	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	29–21–13–2
66	L	March 4, 2001	0–5	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	29–22–13–2
67	W	March 6, 2001	5–1	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	30–22–13–2
68	W	March 8, 2001	3–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	31–22–13–2
69	T	March 10, 2001	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	31–22–14–2
70	L	March 14, 2001	2–3	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	31–23–14–2
71	T	March 16, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	31–23–15–2
72	L	March 17, 2001	1–4	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	31–24–15–2
73	L	March 19, 2001	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	31–25–15–2
74	L	March 21, 2001	2–5	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	31–26–15–2
75	W	March 24, 2001	7–4	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	32–26–15–2
76	T	March 25, 2001	2–2 OT	New York Islanders (2000–01)	32–26–16–2
77	W	March 28, 2001	2–0	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	33–26–16–2
78	OTL	March 29, 2001	3–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	33–26–16–3
79	W	March 31, 2001	3–1	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	34–26–16–3
80	T	April 3, 2001	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	34–26–17–3
81	L	April 5, 2001	0–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	34–27–17–3
82	W	April 6, 2001	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	35–27–17–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeremy Roenick	C	80	30	46	76	114	-1	13	0	7
Keith Tkachuk	LW	64	29	42	71	108	6	15	0	4
Shane Doan	RW	76	26	37	63	89	0	6	1	6
Joe Juneau	C	69	10	23	33	28	-2	5	0	3
Landon Wilson	RW	70	18	13	31	92	3	2	0	3
Teppo Numminen	D	72	5	26	31	36	9	1	0	2
Travis Green	C	69	13	15	28	63	-11	3	0	0
Claude Lemieux	RW	46	10	16	26	58	1	2	0	1
Brad May	LW	62	11	14	25	107	10	0	0	0
Jyrki Lumme	D	58	4	21	25	44	3	0	0	0
Juha Ylonen	C	69	9	14	23	38	10	0	1	1
Trevor Letowski	RW	77	7	15	22	32	-2	0	1	3
Mika Alatalo	LW	70	7	12	19	22	1	0	0	1
Ossi Vaananen	D	81	4	12	16	90	9	0	0	2
Keith Carney	D	82	2	14	16	86	15	0	0	0
Daniel Briere	C	30	11	4	15	12	-2	9	0	1
Wyatt Smith	C	42	3	7	10	13	7	0	1	0
Radoslav Suchy	D	72	0	10	10	22	1	0	0	0
Mike Sullivan	C	72	5	4	9	16	-6	0	3	0
Michal Handzus	C	10	4	4	8	21	5	0	1	0
Mike Johnson	RW	12	2	3	5	4	0	1	0	0
Stan Neckar	D	53	2	2	4	63	-2	0	0	1
Paul Mara	D	16	0	4	4	14	1	0	0	0
Joel Bouchard	D	32	1	2	3	22	-8	0	0	0
Robert Esche	G	25	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Chris Joseph	D	24	1	1	2	16	-4	0	1	0
Sean Burke	G	62	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Ladislav Nagy	LW	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Todd Simpson	D	13	0	1	1	12	-4	0	0	0
David Cullen	D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Louie DeBrusk	LW	39	0	0	0	79	-5	0	0	0
Tavis Hansen	RW	7	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Brad Ralph	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sean Burke	3644	62	25	22	13	138	2.27	4	1766	1628	.922
Robert Esche	1350	25	10	8	4	68	3.02	2	657	589	.896
Team:	4994	82	35	30	17	206	2.47	6	2423	2217	.915

[4]

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;

Playoffs

The 2000-01 season was the first time the Coyotes missed the playoffs in their franchise history.

Roster

2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes
Goaltenders 1 – Sean Burke  42 – Robert Esche		Defensemen 2 – David Cullen  2 – Todd Simpson  3 – Keith Carney  4 – Ossi Vaananen  6 – Joel Bouchard  15 – Radoslav Suchy  21 – Jyrki Lumme  23 – Chris Joseph  23 – Paul Mara  24 – Stan Neckar  27 – Teppo Numminen		Wingers 7 – Keith Tkachuk  - C 12 – Mike Johnson  14 – Tavis Hansen  17 – Ladislav Nagy  18 – Mika Alatalo  19 – Shane Doan  22 – Claude Lemieux  26 – Mike Sullivan  28 – Landon Wilson  29 – Louie DeBrusk  31 – Brad Ralph  32 – Brad May  90 – Joe Juneau		Centres 8 – Daniel Briere  10 – Trevor Letowski  16 – Michal Handzus  20 – Wyatt Smith  36 – Juha Ylonen  39 – Travis Green  97 – Jeremy Roenick  GM: Bobby Smith GM: Cliff Fletcher Coach: Bobby Francis

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

March 5, 2001	To Tampa Bay Lightning Nikolai Khabibulin Stan Neckar	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Johnson Paul Mara Ruslan Zainullin Second-round pick in 2001 (Matthew Spiller)
March 13, 2001	To St. Louis Blues Keith Tkachuk	To Phoenix Coyotes Ladislav Nagy Michal Handzus Jeff Taffe First-round pick in 2002 (Ben Eager)
March 13, 2001	To Florida Panthers Second-round pick in 2001 (Igor Pohanka)	To Phoenix Coyotes Todd Simpson
June 12, 2001	To Toronto Maple Leafs Robert Reichel Travis Green Craig Mills	To Phoenix Coyotes Danny Markov
June 15, 2001	To Montreal Canadiens Joe Juneau	To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations
June 18, 2001	To Tampa Bay Lightning Juha Ylonen	To Phoenix Coyotes Todd Warriner
June 19, 2001	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Keith Carney	To Phoenix Coyotes Second-round pick in 2001 (Andrei Taratukhin)
June 22, 2001	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mikael Renberg	To Phoenix Coyotes Sergei Berezin
June 23, 2001	To Calgary Flames First-round pick in 2001 - Chuck Kobasew Second-round pick in 2001 - Andrei Taratukhin	To Phoenix Coyotes First-round pick in 2001 - Fredrik Sjostrom
June 23, 2001	To New Jersey Devils Fourth-round pick in 2001 - Milan Gajic Second-round pick in 2002 - Marek Chvatal	To Phoenix Coyotes Third-round pick in 2001 - Beat Schiess-Forster
June 23, 2001	To Dallas Stars Jyrki Lumme	To Phoenix Coyotes Tyler Bouck

Waivers

January 2, 2001	To Nashville Predators Robert Schnabel
February 14, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Chris Joseph

Free agents

Player Former team Landon Wilson Boston Bruins Justin Hocking Toronto Maple Leafs Joel Bouchard Dallas Stars Claude Lemieux New Jersey Devils Martin Grenier Boston Bruins Branko Radivojevic Undrafted free agent

Player New team J. J. Daigneault Minnesota Wild Bob Essensa Vancouver Canucks Eric Houde Dallas Stars David Oliver Ottawa Senators Benoit Hogue Dallas Stars Mika Alatalo TPS

References

• Coyotes on Hockey Database

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3. "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
4. "2000-01 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.