2001–02 San Jose Sharks season
2001–02 San Jose Sharks | |
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Pacific Division champions | |
Division | 1st Pacific |
Conference | 3rd Western |
2001–02 record | 44–27–8–3 |
Home record | 25–11–3–2 |
Road record | 19–16–5–1 |
Goals for | 248 |
Goals against | 199 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dean Lombardi |
Coach | Darryl Sutter |
Captain | Owen Nolan |
Alternate captains | Vincent Damphousse Mike Ricci |
Arena | HP Pavilion |
Average attendance | 17,422 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Cleveland Barons Richmond Renegades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Teemu Selanne (29) |
Assists | Owen Nolan (43) |
Points | Owen Nolan (66) |
Penalty minutes | Bryan Marchment (178) |
Plus/minus | Mike Rathje (+23) Marco Sturm (+23) |
Wins | Evgeni Nabokov (37) |
Goals against average | Vesa Toskala (0.00) |
The 2001–02 San Jose Sharks season was the club's 11th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sharks once again set franchise records for points (99) and wins (44) in a season. Most notably, the team won the Pacific Division for the first time in franchise history. Consequently, the Sharks clinched a playoff berth for the fifth consecutive season.
In Darryl Sutter's fifth year as head coach, the Sharks took a massive step forward. For the first time, the team boasted offensive depth in spades, as six forwards (Owen Nolan, Teemu Selanne, Patrick Marleau, Marco Sturm, Scott Thornton and Vincent Damphousse) finished the season with at least 20 goals, while another two (Mike Ricci and Adam Graves) finished with at least 17. While the Sharks' defense nominally regressed from one year earlier, it remained one of the Western Conference's top units; the play of Brad Stuart, Bryan Marchment, Gary Suter and Mike Rathje proved more than adequate during the regular season. The Sharks also benefited from the strong goaltending of starter Evgeni Nabokov and backup Miikka Kiprusoff. Regular season highlights included a 10–2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets (March 30, 2002) and Patrick Marleau's first career hat trick (April 6, 2002). Evgeni Nabokov also became the first goaltender in franchise history (and seventh in NHL history) to score a goal with an empty-net tally against the Vancouver Canucks on March 10. On April 12, the Sharks clinched the Pacific Division title following a Los Angeles Kings loss to the Canucks. In winning the division, the Sharks also clinched home-ice advantage in a playoff series for the first time in franchise history.
In the first round of the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the third-seeded Sharks faced the sixth-seeded Phoenix Coyotes. The teams split the first two games in San Jose. From there, however, the Sharks closed the series out with a trio of convincing victories. In the second round, the team faced eventual Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy and the defending champion Colorado Avalanche. The Sharks took successive series leads of 1–0, 2–1 and 3–2 against the favored Avalanche. However, each time Colorado managed to re-tie the series. In Game 6, which was briefly interrupted by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, the Sharks took the Avalanche to overtime. However, a goal by Peter Forsberg forced a deciding seventh game in Denver. There, the Avalanche eliminated the Sharks with a hard-fought 1–0 victory. The game is arguably best remembered (amongst Sharks fans) for Teemu Selanne missing an open net from close range in the first period.
Offseason
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Regular season
[edit]On March 10, 2002, Evgeni Nabokov became the first netminder in NHL history to score a powerplay goal, doing so against the Vancouver Canucks. He was also the first European goaltender to score a goal.
On March 30, 2002, the Sharks defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets at home 10–2.[1] It was the second time in the 2001–02 NHL regular season that a team had scored ten goals in a single game, as the Ottawa Senators had defeated the Washington Capitals on the road 11–5.[2] Further, it was the first time the Sharks had scored ten goals in a regular season game since January 13, 1996, when they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins on the road 10–8.[3]
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
[edit]Regular season
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January: 8–6–1–0 (home: 5–3–0–0; road: 3–3–1–0)
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February: 6–0–0–0 (home: 3–0–0–0; road: 3–0–0–0)
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March: 7–8–1–0 (home: 5–4–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0)
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April: 5–2–0–0 (home: 4–0–0–0; road: 1–2–0–0)
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Legend:
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Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes – Sharks win 4–1
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–3
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Legend:
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Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
11 | Owen Nolan | RW | 75 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 7 | 93 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −2 | 8 |
25 | Vincent Damphousse | C | 82 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 8 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −1 | 12 |
8 | Teemu Selanne | RW | 82 | 29 | 25 | 54 | −11 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
18 | Mike Ricci | C | 79 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 9 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
12 | Patrick Marleau | C | 79 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 6 |
17 | Scott Thornton | LW | 77 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 116 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
19 | Marco Sturm | LW | 77 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
24 | Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 73 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
20 | Gary Suter | D | 82 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
9 | Adam Graves | LW | 81 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 6 |
7 | Brad Stuart | D | 82 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
28 | Matt Bradley | RW | 54 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Todd Harvey | RW | 69 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
27 | Bryan Marchment | D | 72 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 178 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 10 |
10 | Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 70 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 12 |
5 | Jeff Jillson | D | 48 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Mike Rathje | D | 52 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
22 | Scott Hannan | D | 75 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 12 |
32 | Stephane Matteau | LW | 55 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
15 | Alexander Korolyuk | LW | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Mark Smith | C | 49 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Evgeni Nabokov | G | 67 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
23 | Shawn Heins | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Steve Bancroft | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Mike Craig | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
50 | Hannes Hyvonen | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Miikka Kiprusoff | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | Vesa Toskala | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Evgeni Nabokov | 67 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 1818 | 149 | 2.29 | .918 | 7 | 3901 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 322 | 31 | 2.61 | .904 | 0 | 712 |
37 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 508 | 43 | 2.49 | .915 | 2 | 1037 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 8 |
29 | Vesa Toskala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Vincent Damphousse[a] | [7] |
Owen Nolan[a] | |||
Teemu Selanne[a] | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Evgeni Nabokov (February) | [8] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Evgeni Nabokov (February 11) | [9] | |
Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Mike Ricci | [10] |
Sharks Rookie of the Year | Matt Bradley | [10] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Adam Graves | October 27, 2001 | [11] |
400th goal | Teemu Selanne | March 7, 2002 | [12] |
Transactions
[edit]The Sharks 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.[13]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To San Jose Sharks Adam Graves[b] |
To New York Rangers Christian Gosselin Mikael Samuelsson |
[15] |
June 24, 2001 | To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2001 |
To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2001 6th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001 |
[13] |
June 24, 2001 | To San Jose Sharks 5th-round pick in 2001 |
To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2001 8th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2001 |
[13] |
June 29, 2001 | To San Jose Sharks Rich Pilon |
To New York Rangers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2002 |
[16] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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June 11, 2001 | Matt Carkner | Peterborough Petes (OHL) | Free agency | [17] | |
Graig Mischler | Northeastern University (HE) | Free agency | [17] | ||
July 23, 2001 | Seamus Kotyk | Ottawa 67's (OHL) | Free agency | [18] | |
Brandon Smith | Boston Bruins | Free agency | [18] | ||
August 15, 2001 | Jesse Fibiger | University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) | Free agency | [19] | |
Joel Prpic | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency | [19] | ||
September 5, 2001 | Mike Craig | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency | [20] | |
September 27, 2001 | Lynn Loyns | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) | Free agency | [21] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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N/A | Greg Andrusak | Berlin Capitals (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [23] |
July 1, 2001 | Jarrett Deuling[d] | Contract expiration (VI) | [22] | |
Doug Friedman[e] | Contract expiration (VI) | [22] | ||
July 5, 2001 | Rich Pilon | St. Louis Blues | Free agency (III) | [26] |
July 10, 2001 | Jim Montgomery | Dallas Stars | Free agency (UFA) | [27] |
Jeff Norton | Florida Panthers | Free agency (III) | [28] | |
August 23, 2001 | Bill Lindsay | Florida Panthers | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
September 8, 2001 | Tony Granato | Retirement (III) | [30] | |
September 20, 2001 | Paul Kruse | Sheffield Steelers (BISL) | Free agency (III) | [31] |
September 24, 2001 | Rejean Stringer | Columbia Inferno (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
October 3, 2001 | Larry Courville | Hershey Bears (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
October 6, 2001 | David MacIsaac | Hershey Bears (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
November 26, 2001 | Terry Friesen | Fresno Falcons (WCHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [35] |
May 8, 2002 | Mike Craig | SCL Tigers (NLA) | Free agency | [36] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 11, 2001 | Vesa Toskala | Re-signing | [17] | |
July 23, 2001 | Hannes Hyvonen | Entry-level | [18] | |
August 15, 2001 | Matt Bradley | Re-signing | [19] | |
Gary Suter | 1-year[f] | Re-signing | [37] | |
August 17, 2001 | Shawn Heins | 1-year[g] | Re-signing | [38] |
September 5, 2001 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 1-year | Re-signing | [20] |
Ryan Kraft | Re-signing | [20] | ||
Andy Lundbohm | Re-signing | [20] | ||
Mark Smith | Re-signing | [20] | ||
September 7, 2001 | Todd Harvey | 2-year | Re-signing | [39] |
September 18, 2001 | Patrick Marleau | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] |
Chad Wiseman | Entry-level | [40] | ||
September 21, 2001 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 1-year | Extension | [41] |
October 6, 2001 | Adam Graves | 1-year[f] | Extension | [42] |
November 29, 2001 | Mike Rathje | 4-year | Re-signing | [43] |
Draft picks
[edit]San Jose's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.[44]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 20 | Marcel Goc | Center | ![]() |
Schwenninger Wild Wings (DEL) |
4 | 106 | Christian Ehrhoff | Defense | ![]() |
Duisburg EV (GerObL) |
4 | 107 | Dimitri Patzold | Goaltender | ![]() |
Kölner Haie (DEL) |
5 | 140 | Tomas Plihal | Left wing | ![]() |
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (Czech Republic) |
6 | 175 | Ryane Clowe | Left wing | ![]() |
Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) |
6 | 182 | Tom Cavanagh | Center | ![]() |
Harvard University (NCAA) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Damphousse, Nolan, and Selanne were voted to the starting lineup.[6]
- ^ The Rangers agreed to pay two-thirds of Graves’ remaining salary on his contract.[14]
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[22]
- ^ Deuling retired.[24]
- ^ Friedman retired.[25]
- ^ a b Club option for a second year.
- ^ Option for a second year.
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Dallas Stars... signed free agent center Jim Montgomery, who had been with the San Jose Sharks, to a one-year contract.
- ^ "Panthers sign Jeff Norton - UPI Archives". UPI. July 10, 2001. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
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