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2000–01 Minnesota Wild season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2000–01
year	2000
Team	Minnesota Wild
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	14th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	5th
Record	25–39–13–5
HomeRecord	14–13–10–4
RoadRecord	11–26–3–1
GoalsFor	168
GoalsAgainst	210
GeneralManager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating
Sean O'Donnell (Oct.)
Scott Pellerin (Nov.)
Wes Walz (Dec.)
Brad Bombardir (Jan.–Feb.)
Darby Hendrickson (Mar.–Apr.)
AltCaptain	Curtis Leschyshyn (Oct.-Mar.)
Sean O'Donnell (Nov.-Mar.)
Scott Pellerin (Oct., Dec.-Mar.)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Attendance	18,328
MinorLeague	Cleveland Lumberjacks
GoalsLeader	Marian Gaborik, Darby Hendrickson, Wes Walz (18)
AssistsLeader	Scott Pellerin (28)
PointsLeader	Scott Pellerin (39)
PlusMinusLeader	Scott Pellerin (+6)
PIMLeader	Matt Johnson (137)
WinsLeader	Manny Fernandez (19)
GAALeader	Manny Fernandez (2.24)

Sean O'Donnell (Oct.) Scott Pellerin (Nov.) Wes Walz (Dec.) Brad Bombardir (Jan.–Feb.) Darby Hendrickson (Mar.–Apr.) Sean O'Donnell (Nov.-Mar.) Scott Pellerin (Oct., Dec.-Mar.)

The 2000–01 Minnesota Wild season was the team's first season of play in the National Hockey League (NHL). One of the policies that the Wild implemented was never naming a permanent captain. Instead, the team captaincy was rotated on a monthly basis among several of its players each season, with some players serving multiple times.

Off-season

Jacques Lemaire was named the team’s first head coach on June 19.

Regular season

The Wild struggled offensively, finishing 30th overall in scoring (168 goals for), power-play goals scored (36) and power-play percentage (9.63%). They were also shut out a league-high 14 times. Combined with the six shut-outs earned in total by goaltenders Manny Fernandez and Jamie McLennan, 20 of the Wild's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 6, 2000||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 7, 2000||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 11, 2000||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||0–2–1–0 || |- |4||October 13, 2000||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||0–3–1–0 || |- |5||October 15, 2000||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||0–4–1–0 || |- |6||October 18, 2000||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) ||1–4–1–0 || |- |7||October 20, 2000||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||1–5–1–0 || |- |8||October 22, 2000||0–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||1–5–2–0 || |- |9||October 24, 2000||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) ||1–5–3–0 || |- |10||October 25, 2000||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) ||1–6–3–0 || |- |11||October 27, 2000||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||2–6–3–0 || |- |12||October 29, 2000||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||2–7–3–0 ||

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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 Wild only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
33	LW	58	11	28	39	6	45
10	RW	71	18	18	36	−6	32
77	D	80	11	23	34	−8	52
37	C	82	18	12	30	−8	37
17	D	75	9	21	30	−6	28
14	C	72	18	11	29	1	36
34	C	68	7	22	29	−6	80
24	LW	82	12	16	28	−7	24
22	RW	76	7	20	27	3	20
44	C	75	10	14	24	−8	52
25	RW	54	7	15	22	−1	20
27	D	63	4	12	16	−2	128
5	D	70	0	15	15	−6	42
21	LW	54	4	9	13	−3	18
20	RW	30	7	4	11	−7	29
19	RW	59	3	8	11	−16	4
2	D	17	1	7	8	4	11
42	D	69	3	4	7	−11	131
3	D	71	2	5	7	−11	38
45	LW	13	4	2	6	2	6
16	C	28	2	4	6	−4	21
36	LW	41	3	2	5	−5	117
4	D	54	2	3	5	−2	19
23	C	20	1	3	4	−8	4
12	LW	50	1	1	2	−6	137
16	LW	20	1	1	2	0	19
11	LW	4	1	0	1	0	4
11	LW	2	1	0	1	−1	2
29	G	38	0	1	1		4
40	D	3	0	0	0	−3	0
31	G	1	0	0	0		2
32	C	7	0	0	0	−3	0
15	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2
35	G	42	0	0	0		6
30	G	4	0	0	0		0
26	RW	3	0	0	0	0	2
28	D	3	0	0	0	−2	2
6	D	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
35	Manny Fernandez	42	19	17	4	1147	92	2.24	.920	4	2461
29	Jamie McLennan	38	5	23	9	1032	98	2.64	.905	2	2230
30	Derek Gustafson	4	1	3	0	97	10	2.51	.897	0	239
31	Zac Bierk	1	0	1	0	27	6	6.00	.778	0	60

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	Team
Three Star Award	Manny Fernandez

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Marian Gaborik	October 6, 2000
Lubomir Sekeras
Maxim Sushinsky
Peter Bartos	November 10, 2000
Derek Gustafson	March 9, 2001
Chris Armstrong	March 21, 2001
Pascal Dupuis	April 2, 2001
Mike Matteucci	April 4, 2001
Travis Roche	April 8, 2001

Transactions

The Wild were involved in the following transactions through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Minnesota Wild	To [Dallas Stars](2000-01-dallas-stars-season)	title=Minnesota makes first trades - UPI Archives	url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/06/12/Minnesota-makes-first-trades/4059960782400/	website=UPI	date=June 12, 2000}}
To Minnesota Wild	To [San Jose Sharks](2000-01-san-jose-sharks-season)
To Minnesota Wild	To [Calgary Flames](2000-01-calgary-flames-season)	title=NHL - Expansion teams already wheeling and dealing	url=http://a.espncdn.com/nhl/news/2000/0623/600549.html	website=ESPN.com	access-date=May 18, 2023	date=June 24, 2000}}
To Minnesota Wild	To [New Jersey Devils](2000-01-new-jersey-devils-season)
To Minnesota Wild	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2000-01-phoenix-coyotes-season)
To Minnesota Wild	To Dallas Stars
To Minnesota Wild	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2000-01-atlanta-thrashers-season)	last1=Johnson	first1=Greg	title=Seems like old times	url=https://www.twincities.com/2000/09/30/seems-like-old-times/	website=Twin Cities	access-date=May 18, 2023	date=September 30, 2000	quote=Before Friday night’s game, the Wild lost right winger Jeff Odgers in the waiver draft and added Zdeno Ciger from Nashville and Sylvain Blouin from Montreal in the same draft. Wild general manager Doug Risebrough also traded for Atlanta Thrashers left winger Matt Johnson, who should replace the toughness the team lost in Odgers. The Wild gave up a third-round draft pick in the 2001 entry draft to acquire Johnson, 6 feet 5, 230 pounds.}}
To Minnesota Wild	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2000-01-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Minnesota Wild	To [Carolina Hurricanes](2000-01-carolina-hurricanes-season)
To Minnesota Wild	To New Jersey Devils
To Minnesota Wild	To [Ottawa Senators](2000-01-ottawa-senators-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Steve Aronson
Cory Larose
Kai Nurminen
Brendan Walsh
Richard Park
David Brumby
Pete Gardiner
Randy Fitzgerald
Derek Gustafson
Nick Naumenko
Wes Walz
Brian Bonin
Christian Matte
Brett McLean
Ladislav Benysek
Antti Laaksonen
Mike Matteucci
J. J. Daigneault
Eric Charron
Lawrence Nycholat
Pascal Dupuis
Sylvain Blouin
Zdeno Ciger
Travis Roche
Ravil Gusmanov

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Jeff Odgers
Kai Nurminen
Eric Charron

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Peter Bartos
Pavel Patera
Marian Gaborik
Maxim Sushinsky
Sergei Krivokrasov
Scott Pellerin
Darryl Laplante
Andy Sutton
Zac Bierk
Filip Kuba
Lubomir Sekeras
Nick Schultz
Erik Reitz
Wes Walz

Draft picks

NHL expansion draft

#	Player	Drafted from
2.	Jamie McLennan (G)	St. Louis Blues
3.	Mike Vernon (G)	Florida Panthers
6.	Chris Terreri (G)	New Jersey Devils
7.	Sean O'Donnell (D)	Los Angeles Kings
10.	Curtis Leschyshyn (D)	Carolina Hurricanes
12.	Ladislav Benysek (D)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
13.	Chris Armstrong (D)	San Jose Sharks
15.	Filip Kuba (D)	Calgary Flames
18.	Oleg Orekhovsky (D)	Washington Capitals
20.	Ian Herbers (D)	New York Islanders
21.	Artem Anisimov (D)	Philadelphia Flyers
24.	Stacy Roest (C)	Detroit Red Wings
25.	Darryl Laplante (C)	Detroit Red Wings
27.	Scott Pellerin (LW)	St. Louis Blues
30.	Jim Dowd (C)	Edmonton Oilers
32.	Sergei Krivokrasov (RW)	Calgary Flames
33.	Jeff Nielsen (RW)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
35.	Jeff Odgers (RW)	Colorado Avalanche
37.	Steve McKenna (F)	Los Angeles Kings
40.	Michal Bros (F)	San Jose Sharks
41.	Joe Juneau (C)	Ottawa Senators
43.	Darby Hendrickson (C)	Vancouver Canucks
46.	Jeff Daw (C)	Chicago Blackhawks
48.	Stefan Nilsson (F)	Vancouver Canucks
49.	Zac Bierk (G)	Tampa Bay Lightning
51.	Cam Stewart (LW)	Florida Panthers

NHL entry draft

Minnesota's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

Round	Pick	Player	College/junior/club team
1	3	Marian Gaborik (RW)	Dukla Trenčín Jr. (Slovakia)
2	33	Nick Schultz (D)	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	99	Marc Cavosie (C/LW)	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
5	132	Maxim Sushinsky (W)	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
6	170	Erik Reitz (D)	Barrie Colts (OHL)
7	199	Brian Passmore (C)	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7	214	Peter Bartos (LW)	HC České Budějovice (Czech Extraliga)
8	232	Lubomir Sekeras (D)	Oceláři Třinec (Czech Extraliga)
8	255	Eric Johansson (C)	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Notes

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