2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' third season of competition. The team did not make the playoffs.

2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	15th Eastern
2001–02 record	19–47–11-5
Goals for	187
Goals against	288
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Curt Fraser
Captain	Ray Ferraro (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Arena	Philips Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Ilya Kovalchuk (29)
Assists	Dany Heatley (41)
Points	Dany Heatley (67)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (135)
Wins	Milan Hnilicka (13)
Goals against average	Norm Maracle (3.00)

Regular season

The Thrashers struggled defensively, finishing 30th overall in goaltending, with 288 goals allowed, and on the power play, with only 37 power-play goals scored. They also allowed the most-short-handed goals of all 30 teams, with 12.[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
2	9	Washington Capitals	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
3	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
4	14	Florida Panthers	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

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.

Eastern Conference[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
8.5
9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Thrashers failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dany Heatley	LW	82	26	41	67	56	-19	7	0	4
Ilya Kovalchuk	LW	65	29	22	51	28	-19	7	0	4
Tony Hrkac	C	80	18	26	44	12	-12	5	1	2
Lubos Bartecko	LW	71	13	14	27	30	-15	1	0	0
Ray Ferraro	C	61	8	19	27	66	-32	2	0	0
Frantisek Kaberle	D	61	5	20	25	24	-11	1	0	0
Yannick Tremblay	D	66	9	15	24	47	-15	1	0	1
Patrik Stefan	C	59	7	16	23	22	-4	0	1	0
Tomi Kallio	LW	60	8	14	22	12	-8	1	0	0
Pascal Rheaume	C	42	11	9	20	25	-3	6	0	2
Hnat Domenichelli	LW	40	8	11	19	34	-18	1	0	1
Daniel Tjarnqvist	D	75	2	16	18	14	-22	1	0	0
Per Svartvadet	C	78	3	12	15	24	-12	0	0	0
Shean Donovan	RW	48	6	6	12	40	-16	1	0	2
Brian Pothier	D	33	3	6	9	22	-19	1	0	1
Jeff Odgers	RW	46	4	4	8	135	-3	0	0	1
Todd Reirden	D	65	3	5	8	82	-25	1	0	0
Jiri Slegr	D	38	3	5	8	51	-21	1	0	0
Andreas Karlsson	C	42	1	7	8	20	-8	0	0	0
Bob Corkum	C	65	3	4	7	16	-30	0	0	0
Chris Tamer	D	78	3	3	6	111	-11	0	1	0
Brad Tapper	RW	20	2	4	6	43	-3	0	0	0
Jeff Cowan	LW	38	4	1	5	50	-11	0	0	1
J. P. Vigier	RW	15	4	1	5	4	-5	0	0	0
Andy Sutton	D	24	0	4	4	46	0	0	0	0
Yuri Butsayev	LW	8	2	0	2	4	1	0	0	0
Darcy Hordichuk	LW	33	1	1	2	127	-5	0	0	0
Dan Snyder	C	11	1	1	2	30	-3	0	0	0
Milan Hnilicka	G	60	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
David Harlock	D	19	0	1	1	18	-2	0	0	0
Kamil Piros	C	8	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Mike Weaver	D	16	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Petr Buzek	D	9	0	0	0	13	-4	0	0	0
Frederic Cassivi	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brett Clark	D	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Mark Hartigan	C	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Francis Lessard	RW	5	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0
Derek MacKenzie	C	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Norm Maracle	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pasi Nurminen	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Rhodes	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kirill Safronov	D	2	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Luke Sellars	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ben Simon	LW	6	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Milan Hnilicka	3367	60	13	33	10	179	3.19	3	1956	1777	.908
Frederic Cassivi	307	6	2	3	0	17	3.32	0	207	190	.918
Pasi Nurminen	465	9	2	5	0	28	3.61	0	275	247	.898
Damian Rhodes	769	15	2	10	1	47	3.67	0	439	392	.893
Norm Maracle	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0	20	17	.850
Team:	4968	82	19	52	11	274	3.31	3	2897	2623	.905

[3]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Awards and records

Awards

• Calder Memorial Trophy: Dany Heatley

Honors

• Dany Heatley, Forward, NHL All-Rookie Team
• Ilya Kovalchuk, Forward, NHL All-Star

Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions during the 2001–02 season. [4]

Trades

June 23, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Lubos Bartecko	To St. Louis Blues 4th round pick in 2001 - Igor Valeyev
June 24, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th round pick in 2001 - Milan Gajic 7th round pick in 2002 - Tim Conboy	To New Jersey Devils 3rd round pick in 2002 - Jason Ryznar
June 24, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Dessner	To New York Rangers 8th round pick in 2001 - Leonid Zvachkin
July 2, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers 8th round pick in 2002 - Tyler Boldt	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Denny Lambert 9th round pick in 2002 - Francois Caron
December 18, 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Cowan Kurtis Foster	To Calgary Flames Petr Buzek 6th round pick in 2004 - Adam Pardy
January 21, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Andy Sutton	To Minnesota Wild Hnat Domenichelli
January 23, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Frederic Cassivi	To Colorado Avalanche Brett Clark
March 5, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Joe DiPenta	To Philadelphia Flyers Jarrod Skalde
March 15, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Francis Lessard	To Philadelphia Flyers David Harlock 3rd round pick in 2003 - Tyler Redenbach 7th round pick in 2003 - Joe Pavelski
March 18, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th round pick in 2002 - Lane Manson	To St. Louis Blues Ray Ferraro
March 19, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers 5th round pick in 2002 - Paul Flache	To Buffalo Sabres Bob Corkum
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 Zeller
March 19, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Yuri Butsayev 3rd round pick in 2002 - Jeff Genovy	To Detroit Red Wings Jiri Slegr

Free agents signed

July 16, 2001	From St. Louis Blues Todd Reirden
July 16, 2001	From Anaheim Mighty Ducks Tony Hrkac
July 16, 2001	From New Jersey Devils Bob Corkum
September 12, 2001	From Chicago Wolves (IHL) Rob Brown
September 28, 2001	From Plymouth Whalers (OHL) Karl Stewart
March 27, 2002	From St. Cloud State (WCHA) Mark Hartigan

Free Agents Lost

July 2, 2001	To Dynamo Moscow (RSL) Andrei Skopintsev
July 12, 2001	To Edmonton Oilers Steve Staios
July 17, 2001	To Minnesota Wild Andrew Brunette
August 7, 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks Rumun Ndur
August 10, 2001	To Vancouver Canucks Herbert Vasiljevs
October 21, 2001	To New Jersey Devils Steve Guolla
October 22, 2001	To Detroit Red Wings Ladislav Kohn
January 29, 2002	To Boston Bruins Gord Murphy

Waivers Claims

November 14, 2001

From Chicago Blackhawks Pascal Rheaume

Lost on Waivers

June 19, 2001	To Nashville Predators Yves Sarault
March 15, 2002	To Pittsburgh Penguins Shean Donovan

Roster

Goaltenders Milan Hnilicka Damian Rhodes Norm Maracle

Draft picks

Atlanta'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	1	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
3	80	Michael Garnett	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	100	Brian Sipotz	United States	Miami University (NCAA)
4	112	Milan Gajic	Canada	Burnaby Express (BCJHL)
5	135	Colin Stuart	United States	Colorado College (NCAA)
6	189	Pasi Nurminen	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
7	199	Matt Suderman	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	201	Colin FitzRandolph	United States	Phillips Exeter Academy (NH)
9	262	Mario Cartelli	Czech Republic	Ocelari Trinec (Czech Republic)

Farm Teams

Primary affiliate: Chicago Wolves (AHL)

Secondary affiliate: Greenville Grrrowl (ECHL)

See also

• 2001-02 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
2. "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
3. "2001-02 Atlanta Thrashers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
4. https://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=Thrashers&BeginDate=2001-06-01&EndDate=2002-06-01&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search