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2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season

Vacant (Mar-Apr) Chris Tamer Greenville Grrrowl The 2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' third season of competition. For the second time in three seasons, the team finished the season with the worst record in the whole NHL, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Off-season

With Steve Staios departing to the Edmonton Oilers via free agency, Ray Ferraro was named the team’s new captain.

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.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October, 4, 2001||2–1||align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2001-02) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October, 6, 2001||3–4 OT||align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2001-02) ||1–0–0–1 || |- |3||October 13, 2001||5–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2001-02) ||1–1–0–1 || |- |4||October 16, 2001||3–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2001-02) ||1–1–1–1 || |- |5||October 19, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2001–02) ||1–2–1–1 || |- |6||October 20, 2001||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||1–2–1–2 || |- |7||October 23, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||1–3–1–2 || |- |8||October 26, 2001||1–0 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||2–3–1–2 || |- |9||October 27, 2001||4–3 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||3–3–1–2 || |- |10||October 30, 2001||3–6 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||3–4–1–2 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
15	LW	82	26	41	67	−19	56
17	LW	65	29	22	51	−19	28
12	C	80	18	26	44	−12	12
18	LW	71	13	14	27	−15	30
21	C	61	8	19	27	−32	66
8	D	61	5	20	25	−11	24
38	D	66	9	15	24	−15	47
13	C	59	7	16	23	−4	22
14	LW	60	8	14	22	−8	12
26	C	42	11	9	20	−3	25
9	LW	40	8	11	19	−18	34
36	D	75	2	16	18	−22	14
39	C	78	3	12	15	−12	24
22	RW	48	6	6	12	−16	40
3	D	33	3	6	9	−19	22
20	RW	46	4	4	8	−3	135
28	D	65	3	5	8	−25	82
71	D	38	3	5	8	−21	51
24	C	42	1	7	8	−8	20
27	C	65	3	4	7	−30	16
4	D	78	3	3	6	−11	111
19	RW	20	2	4	6	−3	43
16	LW	38	4	1	5	−11	50
47	RW	15	4	1	5	−5	4
25	D	24	0	4	4	0	46
10	LW	8	2	0	2	1	4
29	LW	33	1	1	2	−5	127
37	C	11	1	1	2	−3	30
33	G	60	0	2	2		8
6	D	19	0	1	1	−2	18
22	C	8	0	1	1	−2	4
43	D	16	0	1	1	0	10
2	D	9	0	0	0	−4	13
35	G	6	0	0	0		0
23	D	2	0	0	0	−3	0
9	C	2	0	0	0	−2	2
6	RW	5	0	0	0	0	26
23	C	1	0	0	0	−1	2
34	G	1	0	0	0		0
31	G	9	0	0	0		0
1	G	15	0	0	0		0
29	D	2	0	0	0	−3	2
40	D	1	0	0	0	0	2
45	LW	6	0	0	0	1	6

Goaltending

- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
33	Milan Hnilicka	60	13	33	10	1956	179	3.19	.908	3	3367
35	Frederic Cassivi	6	2	3	0	207	17	3.32	.918	0	307
31	Pasi Nurminen	9	2	5	0	275	28	3.61	.898	0	465
1	Damian Rhodes	15	2	10	1	439	47	3.67	.893	0	769
34	Norm Maracle	1	0	1	0	20	3	3.00	.850	0	60

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
Calder Memorial Trophy	Dany Heatley
NHL All-Rookie Team	Dany Heatley (Forward)
Ilya Kovalchuk (Forward)
NHL Rookie of the Month	Dany Heatley & Ilya Kovalchuk (December)
Ilya Kovalchuk (January)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Dany Heatley
Ilya Kovalchuk
Community Service Award	Jeff Odgers
Players' Player Award	Jeff Odgers
Team MVP	Dany Heatley
Ilya Kovalchuk
Three Stars of the Game Award	Dany Heatley
Milan Hnilicka

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	400th goal scored
Dany Heatley	October 4, 2001
Ilya Kovalchuk
Kamil Piros
Daniel Tjarnqvist
Ben Simon	November 10, 2001
Mike Weaver	November 27, 2001
Pasi Nurminen	January 30, 2002
Frederic Cassivi	March 20, 2002
Luke Sellars	March 23, 2002
Francis Lessard	March 27, 2002
Mark Hartigan	April 2, 2002
Derek MacKenzie	April 12, 2002
Ray Ferraro	December 28, 2001

Transactions

The Thrashers 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.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [New Jersey Devils](2001-02-new-jersey-devils-season)
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [St. Louis Blues](2001-02-st-louis-blues-season)
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [New York Rangers](2001-02-new-york-rangers-season)
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2001-02-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [Calgary Flames](2001-02-calgary-flames-season)
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [Minnesota Wild](2001-02-minnesota-wild-season)
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [Colorado Avalanche](2001-02-colorado-avalanche-season)
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2001-02-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Atlanta Thrashers	To Philadelphia Flyers
To Atlanta Thrashers	To St. Louis Blues
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [Buffalo Sabres](2001-02-buffalo-sabres-season)	title=NHL - Trade roundup: Wings land Slegr from Thrashers	url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/2002/0319/1354033.html	website=ESPN.com	access-date=March 9, 2023	date=March 19, 2002}}
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2001-02-phoenix-coyotes-season)	last1=Rosenbloom	first1=Steve	title=Hard-nosed help	url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-03-20-0203200238-story.html	website=Chicago Tribune	access-date=March 9, 2023	date=March 20, 2002	quote=Atlanta Thrashers: Traded... F Darcy Hordichuk, and 2002 fourth- and fifth-round draft picks to Phoenix for D Kirill Safronov, the rights to RW Ruslan Zainullin and a 2002 fourth-round draft pick.}}
To Atlanta Thrashers	To [Detroit Red Wings](2001-02-detroit-red-wings-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Bob Corkum
Tony Hrkac
Todd Reirden
Karl Stewart
Pascal Rheaume
Mark Hartigan

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Yves Sarault
Dean Sylvester
Brian Wesenberg
Andrei Skopintsev
Andrew Brunette
Steve Staios
Rumun Ndur
Herbert Vasiljevs
Wes Mason
Hugo Boisvert
Sean Ritchlin
Ladislav Kohn
Chris Joseph
Steve Guolla
Gord Murphy
Shean Donovan

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
J. P. Vigier
Hnat Domenichelli
Jeff Dessner
Libor Ustrnul
Norm Maracle
Pasi Nurminen
Frantisek Kaberle
Brett Clark
Per Svartvadet
Jiri Slegr
Bryan Adams
Lubos Bartecko
Daniel Tjarnqvist
Shean Donovan
Ilya Kovalchuk
Simon Gamache
Kurtis Foster
Jeff Odgers
Frederic Cassivi

Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

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

Notes

References

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2014–15 Winnipeg Jets Media Guide, p.223
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(March 16, 2002). "Thrashers Acquire Defenseman Francis Lessard from the Philadelphia Flyers for David Harlock and Two Draft Picks in 2003".
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(September 24, 2001). "CHICAGO ASSIGNS EIGHT PLAYERS TO NORFOLK".
(August 11, 2001). "Canucks sign free agent".
(August 23, 2001). "Lynx offer contract to Mason".
(August 29, 2001). "GRIFFINS SIGN BOISVERT, WELCOME BACK VAN DRUNEN & PLANTE".
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(July 4, 2001). "Transactions".
(July 12, 2001). "Thrashers Agree to Terms with Goaltenders Norm Maracle and Pasi Nurminen".
(July 17, 2001). "Thrashers Agree to Terms with Frantisek Kaberle".
(July 18, 2001). "Thrashers Agree to Terms with Per Svartvadet and Brett Clark".
(July 27, 2001). "Thrashers Agree to Terms with Defenseman Jiri Slegr".
(July 30, 2001). "Atlanta Thrashers Agree to Terms with Lubos Bartecko, Daniel Tjarnqvist and Bryan Adams".
(July 31, 2001). "Thrashers Agree to Terms with Shean Donovan".
(August 14, 2001). "Thrashers Agree to Terms with Ilya Kovalchuk".
(August 27, 2001). "Thrashers sign Gamache".
(December 20, 2001). "SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19+ - UPI Archives".
(May 6, 2002). "Thrashers Re-Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Forward Jeff Odgers".
(May 23, 2002). "Thrashers re-sign goalie Cassivi - UPI.com".
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