2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes season

The 2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes season was their sixth season in the National Hockey League, the franchise's 23rd season in the NHL and 30th overall.

2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	6th Western
2001–02 record	40–27–9–5
Goals for	228
Goals against	210
Team information
General Manager	Mike Barnett
Coach	Bob Francis
Captain	Teppo Numminen
Arena	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Briere (32)
Assists	Teppo Numminen (35)
Points	Daymond Langkow (62)
Penalty minutes	Todd Simpson (152)
Wins	Sean Burke (33)
Goals against average	Sean Burke (2.29)

Off-season

Defenceman Teppo Numminen is named captain.

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	8	3	248	189	99
2	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
4	10	Dallas Stars	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
5	13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	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.

Western Conference[1]

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

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

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals

(W3) San Jose Sharks vs. (W6) Phoenix Coyotes

The series started in San Jose. The Sharks were victorious in Game 1 by a score of 2–1. However, in Game 2, the Coyotes rebounded and won 3–1. Games 3 and 4 went to Phoenix. In Game 3, the Sharks won 4–1, while in Game 4, the Sharks won 2–1. Game 5 shifted back to San Jose, where the Sharks would win the game 4–1 and win the series 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Daymond Langkow	C	80	27	35	62	36	18	6	3	2
Daniel Briere	C	78	32	28	60	52	6	12	0	5
Shane Doan	RW	81	20	29	49	61	11	6	0	2
Teppo Numminen	D	76	13	35	48	20	13	4	0	6
Michal Handzus	C	79	15	30	45	34	-8	3	1	1
Ladislav Nagy	LW	74	23	19	42	50	6	5	0	5
Claude Lemieux	RW	82	16	25	41	70	-5	4	1	3
Danny Markov	D	72	6	30	36	67	-7	4	0	1
Mike Johnson	RW	57	5	22	27	28	14	1	2	0
Paul Mara	D	75	7	17	24	58	-6	2	0	0
Krys Kolanos	C	57	11	11	22	48	6	0	0	5
Brad May	LW	72	10	12	22	95	11	1	0	3
Landon Wilson	RW	47	7	12	19	46	4	1	0	0
Radoslav Suchy	D	81	4	13	17	10	25	1	0	0
Sergei Berezin	LW	41	7	9	16	4	-1	1	0	4
Todd Simpson	D	67	2	13	15	152	20	0	0	0
Ossi Vaananen	D	76	2	12	14	74	6	0	1	0
Brian Savage	LW	30	6	6	12	8	1	2	0	2
Andrei Nazarov	LW	30	6	3	9	51	7	0	0	0
Trevor Letowski	RW	33	2	6	8	4	2	0	0	0
Branko Radivojevic	RW	18	4	2	6	4	1	0	0	1
Drake Berehowsky	D	32	1	4	5	42	5	0	0	0
Mike Sullivan	C	42	1	2	3	16	-3	0	0	0
Todd Warriner	LW	18	0	3	3	8	-3	0	0	0
Denis Pederson	C/RW	19	1	1	2	20	-2	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	60	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Jason Jaspers	C	4	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Sebastien Bordeleau	C	6	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Tyler Bouck	C	7	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
David Cullen	D	14	0	0	0	6	-5	0	0	0
Patrick DesRochers	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Robert Esche	G	22	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Dan Focht	D	8	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
Martin Grenier	D	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Darcy Hordichuk	LW	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Kirill Safronov	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Wyatt Smith	C	10	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
Jean-Guy Trudel	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sean Burke	3587	60	33	21	6	137	2.29	5	1711	1574	.920
Robert Esche	1145	22	6	10	2	52	2.72	1	533	481	.902
Patrick DesRochers	243	5	1	2	1	15	3.70	0	99	84	.848
Team:	4975	82	40	33	9	204	2.46	6	2343	2139	.913

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Shane Doan	RW	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	0
Daniel Briere	C	5	2	1	3	2	1	0	1
Mike Johnson	RW	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Denis Pederson	C/RW	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Todd Simpson	D	5	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Daymond Langkow	C	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Radoslav Suchy	D	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Drake Berehowsky	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Dan Focht	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Michal Handzus	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Krys Kolanos	C	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Claude Lemieux	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Mara	D	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Brad May	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ladislav Nagy	LW	5	0	0	0	21	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Teppo Numminen	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Branko Radivojevic	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Brian Savage	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ossi Vaananen	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Landon Wilson	RW	4	0	0	0	12	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sean Burke	297	5	1	4	13	2.63	0	133	120	.902
Team:	297	5	1	4	13	2.63	0	133	120	.902

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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

Trades

July 1, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd round pick in 2002 – Dan Spang 1st round pick in 2003 – Jeff Carter	To Phoenix Coyotes Daymond Langkow
December 28, 2001	To Vancouver Canucks Todd Warriner Trevor Letowski Tyler Bouck 3rd round pick in 2003 (Dimitri Pestunov)	To Phoenix Coyotes Drake Berehowsky Denis Pederson
January 4, 2002	To Minnesota Wild David Cullen	To Phoenix Coyotes Sebastien Bordeleau
January 24, 2002	To Boston Bruins 5th round pick in 2002 (Peter Hamerlik)	To Phoenix Coyotes Andrei Nazarov
January 24, 2002	To Montreal Canadiens Sergei Berezin	To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Savage 3rd round pick in 2002 (Matt Jones)
March 19, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Kirill Safronov Ruslan Zainullin 4th round pick in 2002 (Patrick Dwyer)	To Phoenix Coyotes Darcy Hordichuk 4th round pick in 2002 (Lance Monych) 5th round pick in 2002 (John Zeiler)
June 12, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Michal Handzus Robert Esche	To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Boucher 3rd round pick in 2002 (Joe Callahan)

Free agents

Player Former team Zac Bierk Minnesota Wild

Player New team Eric Healey Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Louie DeBrusk Quebec Citadelles (AHL) Francois Leroux Berlin Capitals (DEL) Philippe Audet AIK (SEL) Justin Hocking Manchester Storm (IHSL) Joel Bouchard Dallas Stars

Roster

2001-02 Phoenix Coyotes
Goaltenders 1 – Sean Burke  40 – Patrick DesRochers  42 – Robert Esche		Defensemen 2 – Todd Simpson  4 – Ossi Vaananen  5 – Kirill Safronov  15 – Radoslav Suchy  23 – Paul Mara  24 – David Cullen  27 – Teppo Numminen  – C 33 – Drake Berehowsky  37 – Dan Focht  38 – Martin Grenier  55 – Danny Markov		Wingers 10 – Trevor Letowski  10 – Denis Pederson  12 – Mike Johnson  14 – Tyler Bouck  17 – Ladislav Nagy  19 – Shane Doan  20 – Wyatt Smith  21 – Todd Warriner  22 – Claude Lemieux  24 – Darcy Hordichuk  26 – Mike Sullivan  28 – Landon Wilson  29 – Branko Radivojevic  31 – Jean-Guy Trudel  32 – Brad May  44 – Andrei Nazarov  49 – Brian Savage  94 – Sergei Berezin		Centres 8 – Daniel Briere  11 – Daymond Langkow  16 – Michal Handzus  18 – Sebastien Bordeleau  36 – Krys Kolanos  45 – Jason Jaspers  GM: Michael Barnett Coach: Bobby Francis

Draft picks

Phoenix's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Fredrik Sjostrom	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Sweden)
2	31	Matthew Spiller	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2	45	Martin Podlesak	Czech Republic	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3	78	Beat Forster	Switzerland	HC Davos (Switzerland)
5	148	David Klema	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
6	180	Scott Polaski	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7	210	Steve Belanger	United States	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
8	243	Frantisek Lukes	Czech Republic	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
9	273	Severin Blindenbacher	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (Switzerland)

Farm teams

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

1. "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
2. "2001-02 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

• "2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links