2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 35th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the first round.

2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2001–02 record	42–27–10–3
Home record	20–13–5–3
Road record	22–14–5–0
Goals for	234
Goals against	192
Team information
President	Bob Clarke
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Bill Barber
Captain	Eric Desjardins (Oct)[lower-alpha 1] Keith Primeau (Oct-Apr)[lower-alpha 1]
Alternate captains	John LeClair Mark Recchi
Arena	First Union Center
Average attendance	19,569[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms Trenton Titans
Team leaders
Goals	Simon Gagne (33)
Assists	Jeremy Roenick (46)
Points	Jeremy Roenick (67)
Penalty minutes	Todd Fedoruk (141)
Plus/minus	Jeremy Roenick (+32)
Wins	Roman Cechmanek (24)
Goals against average	Roman Cechmanek (2.05)

Off-season

In the off-season, the Flyers re-vamped their lineup by signing star center Jeremy Roenick and veteran defenseman Eric Weinrich. On August 20, 2001, they finally traded Eric Lindros to the New York Rangers for Kim Johnsson, Jan Hlavac, Pavel Brendl and a 2003 third-round draft pick. The Rangers would also receive a 2003 first-round draft pick if Lindros suffered a concussion in the pre-season or the first 50 games of the regular season and didn't return to action for at least 12 months.[2][3]

Pre-season

On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2–2 game between the Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the 9/11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2–2 tie.[4]

Regular season

The Flyers began 2001–02 with high expectations and with Roenick leading the team in scoring the Flyers finished with an Atlantic Division title.

Eric Desjardins stepped down as team captain eight games into the season and was replaced by Keith Primeau.[5]

Lindros returned to Philly on January 12, a game which the Flyers took 4–2 in a brutal battle and saw Lindros held scoreless. Lindros did exact a measure of revenge, finishing off a hat trick within the first 22 minutes of a March 2 game at Madison Square Garden. Simon Gagne also scored three times but the Rangers held on for a 6–5 win.

The power play was one of the NHL's worst however and after their top two centermen, Jeremy Roenick and Primeau, suffered injuries the night before the trade deadline,[6] the Flyers acquired Adam Oates from the Washington Capitals. While Oates was the third leading point-producer in the league at the time, the price to acquire him was high. The Flyers parted with top goalie prospect Maxime Ouellet and their first, second, and third-round draft picks in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
2	5	New York Islanders	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
3	6	New Jersey Devils	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
4	11	New York Rangers	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
5	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	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.

Eastern Conference[7]

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

Playoffs

The Flyers set a record for fewest goals scored by a team in a five-game playoff series, scoring only two goals against the Ottawa Senators.

It turned out there was much discontent in the locker room, resulting in Bill Barber and his coaching staff being fired.[8]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2001 pre-season[9]
Pre-season: 4–1–3 (Home: 2–0–3; Road: 2–1–0)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

2001–02 regular season[10]
October: 6–3–3–0, 15 Points (Home: 3–1–1–0; Road: 3–2–2–0)
November: 4–4–2–1, 11 Points (Home: 1–2–1–1; Road: 3–2–1–0)
December: 11–4–0–0, 22 Points (Home: 5–2–0–0; Road: 6–2–0–0)
January: 10–3–1–1, 22 Points (Home: 6–0–1–1; Road: 4–3–0–0)
February: 4–1–0–1, 9 Points (Home: 1–0–0–1; Road: 3–1–0–0)
March: 5–7–3–0, 13 Points (Home: 2–5–1–0; Road: 3–2–2–0)
April: 2–5–1–0, 5 Points (Home: 2–2–1–0; Road: 0–3–0–0)
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie/overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Ottawa Senators – Senators win 4–1
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
97	Jeremy Roenick	32	C	75	21	46	67	32	74	5	0	0	0	−3	14
12	Simon Gagne	21	LW	79	33	33	66	31	32	5	0	0	0	−3	2
8	Mark Recchi	33	RW	80	22	42	64	5	46	4	0	0	0	−1	2
10	John LeClair	32	LW	82	25	26	51	5	30	5	0	0	0	−2	2
25	Keith Primeau	30	C	75	19	29	48	−3	128	5	0	0	0	−3	6
5	Kim Johnsson	25	D	82	11	30	41	12	42	5	0	0	0	−2	2
14	Justin Williams	20	RW	75	17	23	40	11	32	5	0	0	0	−3	4
39	Marty Murray	26	C	74	12	15	27	10	10	5	0	1	1	−2	0
20	Jiri Dopita	33	C	52	11	16	27	9	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Ruslan Fedotenko	23	RW	65	6	19	25	15	24	5	1	0	1	0	2
37	Eric Desjardins	32	D	65	6	19	25	−1	24	5	0	1	1	−3	2
2	Eric Weinrich	35	D	80	4	20	24	27	26	5	0	0	0	0	4
3	Dan McGillis	29	D	75	5	14	19	17	46	5	1	0	1	−1	8
87	Donald Brashear	30	LW	50	4	15	19	0	109	5	0	0	0	−1	19
6	Chris Therien	30	D	77	4	10	14	16	30	5	0	0	0	−3	2
27	Jan Hlavac	25	LW	31	7	3	10	5	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	Adam Oates	39	C	14	3	7	10	−2	6	5	0	2	2	−1	0
19	Paul Ranheim	36	RW	79	5	4	9	5	36	5	0	0	0	−2	0
22	Luke Richardson	32	D	72	1	8	9	18	102	5	0	0	0	−1	4
29	Todd Fedoruk	22	LW	55	3	4	7	−2	141	3	0	0	0	0	0
28	Kent Manderville	30	C	34	2	5	7	2	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Chris McAllister	26	D	42	0	5	5	−7	113	—	—	—	—	—	—
92	Rick Tocchet	37	RW	14	0	2	2	−2	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Tomas Divisek	22	C	3	1	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Pavel Brendl	20	RW	8	1	0	1	−1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	Billy Tibbetts	27	RW	9	0	1	1	−3	69	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Neil Little	30	G	1	0	0	0	N/A	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Vaclav Pletka	22	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Jarrod Skalde	30	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	John Slaney	29	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	−1	0
21	Jesse Boulerice	23	RW	3	0	0	0	−1	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Guillaume Lefebvre	20	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Bruno St. Jacques	21	D	7	0	0	0	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Brian Boucher	25	G	41	0	0	0	N/A	4	2	0	0	0	N/A	0
32	Roman Cechmanek	30	G	46	0	0	0	N/A	10	4	0	0	0	N/A	0

Goaltending

			Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
32	Roman Cechmanek	30	46	43	24	13	6	1131	89	2.05	.921	4	2,603:23	4	4	1	3	109	7	1.85	.936	1	226:39
33	Brian Boucher	25	41	38	18	16	4	972	92	2.41	.905	2	2,294:32	2	1	0	1	33	2	1.37	.939	0	87:33
35	Neil Little	30	1	1	0	1	0	29	4	4.00	.862	0	60:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jeremy Roenick	[11]
	NHL Player of the Week	Brian Boucher (November 5)	[12]
		Roman Cechmanek (January 21)	[13]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kim Johnsson	[14]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Jeremy Roenick	[14]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Justin Williams	[14]
	Toyota Cup	Simon Gagne	[14]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Jeremy Roenick	[14]

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 2001–02 season

Record	Type	Total	Player	Date(s)	Opponent	Ref
Goals scored	Game	4[lower-alpha 2]	Jiri Dopita	1/8/2002	Atlanta Thrashers	[15]

Team

Franchise team records set during the 2001–02 season

Record	Type	Total	Refs
Fewest powerplay goals allowed	Season	40	[16]
Fewest overtime losses	Season	3[lower-alpha 3]	[17]
Fewest goals scored, playoffs	Season	2

Milestones

Individual career milestones[18]

Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
400th goal	Mark Recchi	Powerplay goal at 18:34 of the third period against Brent Johnson	December 18, 2001	[19]
1,000th point	Jeremy Roenick	Even-strength goal at 17:52 of the first period against Patrick Lalime	January 30, 2002	[20]
1,000th game played	Mark Recchi		March 23, 2002

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.[21]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Jiri Dopita	To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2001	[22]
June 23, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001 Tampa Bay's 2nd-round pick in 2002	To Ottawa Senators 1st-round pick in 2001	[22]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2002	To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond	[23]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	To Nashville Predators NY Islanders' 4th-round pick in 2001	[24]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Carolina Hurricanes Nashville's 4th-round pick in 2001	[25]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	[23]
June 24, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2002	To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2002	[25]
July 2, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Flyers choice of 1st and 2nd-round picks[lower-alpha 4]	To Phoenix Coyotes Daymond Langkow	[26]
July 31, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Nashville Predators Andy Delmore	[27]
August 20, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Pavel Brendl Jan Hlavac Kim Johnsson 3rd-round pick in 2003	To New York Rangers rights to Eric Lindros conditional 1st-round pick in 2003[lower-alpha 5]	[2][3]
December 17, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Donald Brashear 6th-round pick in 2002	To Vancouver Canucks Jan Hlavac Tampa Bay's 3rd-round pick in 2002	[28]
January 11, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Yves Sarault conditional draft pick in 2003[lower-alpha 6]	To Nashville Predators Jason Beckett Petr Hubacek	[29]
February 13, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Greg Koehler	To Carolina Hurricanes Jesse Boulerice	[30]
March 5, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Jarrod Skalde	To Atlanta Thrashers Joe DiPenta	[31]
March 15, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers David Harlock 3rd-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2003	To Atlanta Thrashers Francis Lessard	[32]
March 17, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Billy Tibbetts	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kent Manderville	[33]
March 19, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Oates	To Washington Capitals Maxime Ouellet 1st-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2002 3rd-round pick in 2002	[34]
June 12, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Robert Esche Michal Handzus	To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Boucher Nashville's 3rd-round pick in 2002	[35]

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
June 11, 2001	Mike Lephart (ELC)	Boston College Eagles (HE)	*	[36]
June 14, 2001	James Chalmers (ELC)	Omaha Mavericks (CCHA)	*	[37]
July 2, 2001	Jeremy Roenick	Phoenix Coyotes	5-year	[38]
July 5, 2001	Eric Weinrich	Boston Bruins	3-year	[39]
July 6, 2001	Peter Vandermeer	Providence Bruins (AHL)	*	[40]
July 9, 2001	Marty Murray	Calgary Flames	1-year*	[41]
May 20, 2002	Wade Skolney (ELC)	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	3-year*	[42]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 14, 2001	John LeClair	5-year	[43][44]
July 3, 2001	Jiri Dopita	2-year	[45]
July 6, 2001	Dan McGillis	3-year	[46]
August 27, 2001	Kim Johnsson	3-year	[47]
September 4, 2001	Jan Hlavac	2-year	[48]
January 10, 2002	Roman Cechmanek	3-year extension	[49]
January 26, 2002	Marty Murray	3-year extension	[50]
May 21, 2002	Patrick Sharp (ELC)	3-year*	[51]
June 12, 2002	Antero Niittymaki (ELC)	2-year*	[35]

Waivers

The Flyers were not involved in any waivers transactions. The 2001 NHL Waiver Draft was held on September 28, 2001.[52] The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Brian Boucher and Roman Cechmanek; defensemen Eric Desjardins, Kim Johnsson, Chris McAllister, Dan McGillis, Luke Richardson, Chris Therien and Eric Weinrich; and forwards Todd Fedoruk, Ruslan Fedotenko, Simon Gagne, Jan Hlavac, John LeClair, Kent Manderville, Keith Primeau, Paul Ranheim, Mark Recchi, Jeremy Roenick and Rick Tocchet.[53] The Flyers left the following players unprotected: goaltenders Neil Little and Dan Murphy; defensemen John Slaney, Michal Sykora and Brad Tiley; and forwards Mark Greig, Marty Murray and Mike Watt.[54]

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Ref
July 16, 2001	Steve McLaren	St. Louis Blues	Free agency	[55]
August 2, 2001	Rob Murray	Calgary Flames	Free agency	[56]
August 6, 2001	Derek Plante	Munich Barons (DEL)	Free agency	[57]
August 21, 2001	Matt Herr	Florida Panthers	Free agency	[58]
August 23, 2001	P. J. Stock	New York Rangers	Free agency	[59]
September 10, 2001	Peter White	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency	[60]
N/A	Brian Regan	Missouri River Otters (UHL)	Free agency	[61]
N/A	Steve Washburn	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency	[62]
January 24, 2002	Jody Hull	Ottawa Senators	Free agency	[63]
March 21, 2002	Jarrod Skalde*	Lausanne HC (Swiss)	Free agency[lower-alpha 7]	[64]
April 8, 2002	Billy Tibbetts*	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)[lower-alpha 8]	Release	[66]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida, on June 23–24, 2001.[67] The Flyers traded eight of the nine draft picks originally allotted to them, retaining only their fifth-round pick, 158th overall, and trading the others in seven different trades.[68]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	27	Jeff Woywitka	Defense	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)	[lower-alpha 9]
3	95	Patrick Sharp	Center	Canada	University of Vermont (Hockey East)	[lower-alpha 10]
5	146	Jussi Timonen	Defense	Finland	KalPa (SM-liiga)	[lower-alpha 11]
5	150	Bernd Bruckler	Goaltender	Austria	Tri-City Storm (USHL)	[lower-alpha 12]
5	158	Roman Malek	Goaltender	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (CZE)
6	172	Dennis Seidenberg	Defense	Germany	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	[lower-alpha 13]
6	177	Andrei Razin	Center	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RUS)	[lower-alpha 14]
7	208	Thierry Douville	Defense	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)	[lower-alpha 11]
7	225	David Printz	Defense	Sweden	Great Falls Americans (AWHL)	[lower-alpha 9]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL[69][70] and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.[71]

Notes

1. Desjardins resigned the captaincy on October 23 and was replaced by Primeau.
2. Tied fifteen times by eight different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
3. Tied mark set during the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons.
4. The Flyers had the option of receiving either the St. Louis Blues first-round pick in 2002 and a second-round pick in 2003, or a second-round pick in 2002 and a first-round pick in 2003. The Flyers chose the 2002 second-round pick and 2003 first-round pick.
5. Condition not met. The Rangers would have received a 2003 first-round draft pick if Lindros suffered a concussion in the pre-season or the first fifty games of the regular season and didn't return to action for at least twelve months.
6. Condition not met. The Flyers would have received the draft pick if either Beckett or Hubacek played in the NHL for the Predators during the 2001–02 or 2002–03 season.
7. Contract for the 2002–03 season
8. Tibbetts signed with Hartford in early November 2002.[65]
9. The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 23rd overall, to the Ottawa Senators for the Senators' first and seventh-round picks and the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2002 second-round pick on June 23, 2001.[68]
10. The Flyers acquired the Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick, 95th overall, from the Nashville Predators for Mark Eaton on September 29, 2000.[68]
11. The Flyers traded John Vanbiesbrouck to the New York Islanders for the Islanders' fourth-round pick, 95th overall, on June 25, 2000. That pick was traded to the Nashville Predators for the Predators' fourth, fifth, and seventh-round picks on June 23, 2001. The Predators fourth-round pick was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes for the Hurricanes' 2002 third-round pick on June 24, 2001.[68]
12. The Flyers received a fifth-round pick, 150th overall, as compensation for losing Valeri Zelepukin in free agency.[68]
13. The Flyers traded Gino Odjick to the Montreal Canadiens for P. J. Stock and the Canadiens' sixth-round pick, 172nd overall, on December 7, 2000.[68]
14. The Flyers traded Marc Bureau to the Calgary Flames for Travis Brigley and the Flames' sixth-round pick, 177th overall, on March 6, 2000.[68]

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