2001–02 Calgary Flames season

The 2001–02 Calgary Flames season was the 22nd National Hockey League season in Calgary. It began with wholesale changes, as second year General Manager Craig Button continued to change the look of the team. In two separate draft-day trades, the Flames dealt goaltender Fred Braithwaite and forwards Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer away, gaining back Roman Turek and Rob Niedermayer.

The changes appeared to pay off, as the Flames stormed out to a 13–2–2–2 record, and first place in the division. The result prompted the Flames to sign Turek - a pending unrestricted free agent - to a long-term deal.^[1] The team, however, collapsed, winning only 19 of their remaining 63 games, finishing 4th in the Northwest Division, and out of the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

The season ended with head coach Greg Gilbert and top forward Marc Savard in a bitter, public feud that included the latter demanding a trade late in the season and into the summer.^[2]

Individually, Jarome Iginla broke into the spotlight, leading the NHL in goals (52) and points (96). His season would land him the Rocket Richard Trophy, the Art Ross Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award.^[3] Iginla also finished second in Hart Memorial Trophy voting, tied with winner Jose Theodore on points (434), but behind Theodore in first place votes (26–23).^[4]

Iginla was also a member of Canada's team at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. He recorded two goals in the gold medal game against the United States, which Canada won 5–2 to claim their first ice hockey gold medal in 50 years.^[5]

Regular season

The Flames were involved in a tragic incident during their March 16, 2002, game in Columbus against the Blue Jackets. During the second period of the contest, a slapshot by Columbus' Espen Knutsen was deflected into the crowd off the stick of Flames defenceman Derek Morris. The puck struck a fan, 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil, who was at her first NHL game. Though she was able to leave the game under her own power, the blow tore a vertebral artery and resulted in a blood clot. She died two days later; she was the first fan to die at a game in the NHL's 85-year history.^[6] Three months after the incident, the NHL instituted a policy requiring that protective netting be placed around the ends of each rink prior to the start of the 2002–03 season, a decision which both the Flames and Blue Jackets advocated.^[7]

Northwest Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Colorado Avalanche	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
2	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
3	9	Edmonton Oilers	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
5	12	Minnesota Wild	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73

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^[8]
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

2001–02 Game Log

October: 8–2–0–2 (Home: 5–0–0–2; Road: 3–2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 3	Edmonton	0 – 1	Calgary		Turek	16,242	1–0–0–0	2
2	October 6	Chicago	0 – 4	Calgary		Turek	14,038	2–0–0–0	4
3	October 8	Phoenix	2 – 1	Calgary	OT	Turek	13,078	2–0–0–1	5
4	October 10	Calgary	4 – 2	Detroit		Turek	20,053	3–0–0–1	7
5	October 11	Calgary	0 – 1	Nashville		Vernon	12,333	3–1–0–1	7
6	October 13	Calgary	4 – 3	Dallas	OT	Turek	18,352	4–1–0–1	9
7	October 18	Florida	1 – 3	Calgary		Turek	15,093	5–1–0–1	11
8	October 20	Toronto	1 – 4	Calgary		Turek	17,279	6–1–0–1	13
9	October 22	Calgary	3 – 2	St. Louis		Turek	19,231	7–1–0–1	15
10	October 23	Calgary	3 – 6	Chicago		Vernon	10,276	7–2–0–1	15
11	October 25	Nashville	5 – 4	Calgary	OT	Turek	12,750	7–2–0–2	16
12	October 27	Minnesota	2 – 4	Calgary		Turek	14,088	8–2–0–2	18

November: 5–4–4–0 (Home: 4–1–2–0; Road: 1–3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 1	Columbus	1 – 2	Calgary		Turek	12,501	9–2–0–2	20
14	November 3	Montreal	2 – 6	Calgary		Turek	16,015	10–2–0–2	22
15	November 7	Calgary	3 – 3	Anaheim	OT	Turek	9,639	10–2–1–2	23
16	November 8	Calgary	3 – 2	Los Angeles		Turek	14,459	11–2–1–2	25
17	November 10	Colorado	0 – 2	Calgary		Turek	17,409	12–2–1–2	27
18	November 15	Chicago	2 – 2	Calgary		Turek	16,226	12–2–2–2	28
19	November 17	St. Louis	0 – 2	Calgary		Turek	16,241	13–2–2–2	30
20	November 20	Los Angeles	5 – 5	Calgary	OT	Turek	14,550	13–2–3–2	31
21	November 22	Calgary	4 – 4	Ottawa	OT	Turek	16,839	13–2–4–2	32
22	November 23	Calgary	2 – 5	Buffalo		Vernon	16,703	13–3–4–2	32
23	November 25	Calgary	3 – 4	Columbus		Vernon	18,136	13–4–4–2	32
24	November 27	Calgary	2 – 4	Detroit		Turek	20,058	13–5–4–2	32
25	November 29	Dallas	3 – 0	Calgary		Turek	15,610	13–6–4–2	32

December: 4–7–4–0 (Home: 2–3–2–0; Road: 2–4–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
26	December 1	Colorado	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	15,806	13–6–5–2	33
27	December 3	Calgary	2 – 0	Los Angeles		Turek	15,105	14–6–5–2	35
28	December 4	Calgary	2 – 2	San Jose	OT	Vernon	17,386	14–6–6–2	36
29	December 6	San Jose	3 – 1	Calgary		Turek	13,012	14–7–6–2	36
30	December 8	Anaheim	4 – 0	Calgary		Vernon	14,330	14–8–6–2	36
31	December 10	Detroit	0 – 2	Calgary		Vernon	16,009	15–8–6–2	38
32	December 12	Tampa Bay	3 – 1	Calgary		Whitmore	13,913	15–9–6–2	38
33	December 14	Calgary	4 – 3	Dallas		Turek	18,532	16–9–6–2	40
34	December 15	Calgary	0 – 4	St. Louis		Turek	18,810	16–10–6–2	40
35	December 19	Calgary	3 – 6	Phoenix		Turek	11,921	16–11–6–2	40
36	December 21	Calgary	2 – 2	Colorado	OT	Turek	18,007	16–11–7–2	41
37	December 26	Calgary	2 – 3	Edmonton		Turek	16,839	16–12–7–2	41
38	December 27	Calgary	2 – 4	Vancouver		Turek	18,422	16–13–7–2	41
39	December 29	Minnesota	3 – 4	Calgary		Turek	16,730	17–13–7–2	43
40	December 31	Edmonton	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	17,409	17–13–8–2	44

January: 5–8–0–0 (Home: 3–6–0–0; Road: 2–2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
41	January 3	Buffalo	1 – 3	Calgary		Turek	15,316	18–13–8–2	46
42	January 5	Montreal	4 – 2	Calgary		Turek	17,409	18–14–8–2	46
43	January 8	Calgary	5 – 2	NY Islanders		Turek	13,285	19–14–8–2	48
44	January 9	Calgary	1 – 5	New Jersey		Turek	16,200	19–15–8–2	48
45	January 11	Calgary	0 – 1	Atlanta		Turek	17,856	19–16–8–2	48
46	January 15	NY Islanders	3 – 1	Calgary		Turek	15,624	19–17–8–2	48
47	January 17	Pittsburgh	6 – 4	Calgary		Turek	15,437	19–18–8–2	48
48	January 19	Anaheim	1 – 2	Calgary		Turek	17,409	20–18–8–2	50
49	January 22	Toronto	6 – 1	Calgary		Turek	17,409	20–19–8–2	50
50	January 24	Colorado	2 – 0	Calgary		Turek	15,639	20–20–8–2	50
51	January 26	Vancouver	2 – 0	Calgary		Turek	17,068	20–21–8–2	50
52	January 28	Calgary	3 – 2	Minnesota	OT	Turek	18,568	21–21–8–2	52
53	January 30	Detroit	3 – 4	Calgary		Turek	17,239	22–21–8–2	54

February: 2–3–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0–0; Road: 1–2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
54	February 6	Calgary	0 – 2	San Jose		Vernon	17,383	22–22–8–2	54
55	February 8	Vancouver	4 – 1	Calgary		Turek	16,695	22–23–8–2	54
56	February 9	Calgary	4 – 3	Vancouver		Turek	18,422	23–23–8–2	56
57	February 12	Calgary	3 – 4	Phoenix	OT	Turek	11,480	23–23–8–3	57
58	February 13	Calgary	2 – 3	Anaheim		Turek	9,583	23–24–8–3	57
59	February 26	Calgary	2 – 2	Colorado	OT	Turek	18,007	23–24–9–3	58
60	February 28	St. Louis	2 – 3	Calgary		Turek	16,053	24–24–9–3	60

March: 5–7–3–0 (Home: 3–1–1–0; Road: 2–6–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
61	March 2	Nashville	2 – 5	Calgary		Turek	17,163	25–24–9–3	62
62	March 4	Calgary	5 – 3	NY Rangers		Turek	18,200	26–24–9–3	64
63	March 6	Calgary	2 – 3	Washington		Turek	15,817	26–25–9–3	64
64	March 7	Calgary	4 – 2	Philadelphia		Turek	19,532	27–25–9–3	66
65	March 9	Calgary	2 – 3	Boston		Turek	17,565	27–26–9–3	66
66	March 11	Calgary	3 – 3	Carolina	OT	Turek	12,665	27–26–10–3	67
67	March 13	Calgary	3 – 3	Florida	OT	Turek	13,868	27–26–11–3	68
68	March 14	Calgary	2 – 3	Tampa Bay		Vernon	13,473	27–27–11–3	68
69	March 16	Calgary	1 – 3	Columbus		Turek	18,136	27–28–11–3	68
70	March 18	Calgary	2 – 4	Minnesota		Turek	18,064	27–29–11–3	68
71	March 21	San Jose	4 – 1	Calgary		Turek	16,495	27–30–11–3	68
72	March 23	Calgary	1 – 3	Edmonton		Turek	16,839	27–31–11–3	68
73	March 25	Columbus	1 – 6	Calgary		Vernon	15,211	28–31–11–3	70
74	March 28	Dallas	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	16,473	28–31–12–3	71
75	March 30	Los Angeles	3 – 5	Calgary		Turek	17,046	29–31–12–3	73

April: 3–4–0–0 (Home: 2–2–0–0; Road: 1–2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
76	April 2	Atlanta	2 – 4	Calgary		Turek	14,562	30–31–12–3	75
77	April 4	Minnesota	3 – 4	Calgary		Turek	13,831	31–31–12–3	77
78	April 6	Calgary	1 – 3	Nashville		Turek	15,361	31–32–12–3	77
79	April 7	Calgary	2 – 3	Chicago		Vernon	17,009	31–33–12–3	77
80	April 9	Phoenix	4 – 2	Calgary		Turek	15,229	31–34–12–3	77
81	April 12	Calgary	2 – 0	Edmonton		Turek	16,839	32–24–12–3	79
82	April 13	Vancouver	4 – 1	Calgary		Vernon	18,829	32–35–12–3	79

Playoffs

The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference, 15 points back of the 8th place Vancouver Canucks. This was the sixth consecutive season the Flames failed to qualify for the post-season.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jarome Iginla	12	82	52	44	96	77	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Conroy	22	81	27	48	75	32	-	-	-	-	-
Dean McAmmond	37	73	21	30	51	60	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Morris	53	61	4	30	34	88	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Savard	27	56	14	19	33	48	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Lydman	32	79	6	22	28	52	-	-	-	-	-
Igor Kravchuk	25	78	4	22	26	19	-	-	-	-	-
Rob Niedermayer	44	57	6	14	20	49	-	-	-	-	-
Clarke Wilm	23	66	4	14	18	61	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Nichol	40	60	8	9	17	107	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Wright	18	44	4	12	16	20	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Lowry	10	62	7	6	13	51	-	-	-	-	-
Denis Gauthier	3	66	5	8	13	91	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Begin	26	51	7	5	12	79	-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Petrovicky	36	77	5	7	12	85	-	-	-	-	-
Robyn Regehr	28	77	2	6	8	93	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Shantz	11	40	3	3	6	23	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Boughner	6	79	2	4	6	170	-	-	-	-	-
Roman Turek	1	69	0	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Berube	16	66	3	1	4	164	-	-	-	-	-
Petr Buzek^†	8	32	1	3	4	13	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Montador	58	11	1	2	3	26	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29	18	0	3	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Sloan^†	24	7	0	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Botterill	20	4	1	0	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Betts	15	6	1	0	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Kay Whitmore	35	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dallas Eakins	26	3	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Letang	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ryan Christie	39	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Micki DuPont	42	2	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Oleg Saprykin	19	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
All traded players	--	3	5	8	68	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
Bold text denotes league leader.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Roman Turek	1	69	4081	30	28	11	172	5	.906	2.53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29	18	825	2	9	1	38	1	.899	2.73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kay Whitmore	35	1	58	0	1	0	3	0	.857	3.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 2002–03 season:^[9]

Trades

June 23, 2001	To Calgary Flames Rob Niedermayer 2001 2nd round pick	To Florida Panthers Valeri Bure Jason Wiemer
June 23, 2001	To Calgary Flames Roman Turek 2001 4th round pick	To St. Louis Blues Fred Brathwaite Daniel Tkaczuk Sergei Varlamov 2001 9th round pick
June 24, 2001	To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond	To Philadelphia Flyers 2002 4th round pick
December 18, 2001	To Calgary Flames Petr Buzek	To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Cowan Kurtis Foster
March 19, 2002	To Calgary Flames Blake Sloan	To Nashville Predators Jamie Allison

Free agents

Player signed	Former team
Bob Boughner	Pittsburgh Penguins
Kay Whitmore	Boston Bruins

Player lost	New team

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Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida.^[10] The Flames had the 11th overall pick, however traded it to the Phoenix Coyotes in a swap that saw them gain the 14th pick.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	14	Chuck Kobasew	Canada	RW	Boston College (HE)	601	110	100	210	394
2	41	Andrei Taratukhin	Russia	C	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
2	56	Andrei Medvedev	Russia	G	Spartak Moscow (RSL)
4	108	Tomi Maki	Finland	RW	Jokerit (FIN)	1	0	0	0	0
4	124	Egor Shastin	Russia	F	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
5	145	James Hakewill	United States	D	Westminster (USHS)
5	164	Yuri Trubachev	Russia	C	St. Petersburg (RUS)
7	207	Garrett Bembridge	Canada	RW	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	220	David Moss^†	United States	RW	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)	501	78	100	178	157
8	233	Joe Campbell	United States	D	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
8	251	Ville Hamalainen	Finland	RW	SaiPa (FIN)

Statistics are updated to the end of the 2014–15 NHL season. ^† denotes player was on an NHL roster in 2014–15.

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

The baby Flames followed up their Calder Cup winning season with a disappointing 29–34–13–4 result in 2001–02, finishing in last place in the Canadian Division, missing the playoffs. Blair Betts led the Flames with just 49 points, while Dany Sabourin was the top goaltender in limited action.^[11]

Johnstown Chiefs

The Chiefs finished the 2001–02 ECHL season with a 39–31–2 record, good enough for third place in the Northwest Division. They were knocked out of the playoffs in the second round by the Dayton Bombers.

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide - 2001–02 stats, p. 110.
Game log: 2001–02 Calgary Flames game log on espn.com.
Team standings: 2001–02 NHL standings at hockeydb.com.

↑ Flames ink Turek long-term, cbc sports, November 20, 2001, accessed December 19, 2006.
↑ Flames ship Savard to Thrashers, cbc sports, November 15, 2002, accessed December 19, 2006.
↑ NHL Awards 2002, proicehockey.about.com, accessed December 19, 2006.
↑ Jose Theodore named NHL MVP, cbc sports, June 27, 2002, accessed December 19, 2006.
↑ Stand on guard for thee, CNNSI.com, February 24, 2002, accessed December 22, 2006.
↑ MacFarlane, Steve (2012-03-15). "Death of Brittanie: Cecil 10 years later". Calgary Sun. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
↑ MacFarlane, Steve (2012-03-15). "Net reaction". Calgary Sun. p. 23.
↑ "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ Off-season trades and signings, cbc sports, July 17, 2002, accessed December 6, 2006.
↑ 2001 NHL Entry Draft results, nhl.com, accessed December 18, 2006.
↑ 2001–02 Saint John Flames stats, hockeydb.com, accessed December 21, 2006.

Calgary Flames seasons

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2001–02 Calgary Flames season

Regular season

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Draft picks

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

Johnstown Chiefs

See also

References