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2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Colorado Avalanche
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	2nd
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	1st
Record	45–28–8–1
HomeRecord	24–12–4–1
RoadRecord	21–16–4–0
GoalsFor	212
GoalsAgainst	169
GeneralManager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Joe Sakic
AltCaptain	Rob Blake
Chris Drury
Adam Foote
Arena	Pepsi Center
Attendance	18,007
MinorLeague	Hershey Bears
GoalsLeader	Joe Sakic (26)
AssistsLeader	Joe Sakic (53)
PointsLeader	Joe Sakic (79)
PIMLeader	Scott Parker (154)
PlusMinusLeader	Greg de Vries (+18)
WinsLeader	Patrick Roy (32)
GAALeader	David Aebischer (1.88)
DivisionWin	yes

Chris Drury Adam Foote The 2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's seventh season. At the end of the regular season, Patrick Roy had a goals against average (GAA) of 1.94 and a save percentage of .925. For his efforts, Roy earned the William M. Jennings Trophy and was a First Team All-Star for the fourth time in his career. The Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings in the first round in seven games, then San Jose in the second round in seven games, but lost to the higher-seeded Detroit Red Wings in seven games after being up 3–2 in the series and lost game 7, 7–0, against Detroit, the eventual Stanley Cup champions. Until the 2021–22 season, this remained the last season in which the Avalanche made it past the second round of the playoffs, and in advance, played in the Western Conference Finals. This also remains the last season the Avalanche would win a Game 7 of a playoff series.

Regular season

December 26, 2001: In a 2–0 shutout over the Dallas Stars, Patrick Roy became the first goalie to win 500 games in a career.

The Avalanche finished the regular season first overall in goaltending, having allowed 169 goals. They also led the league in shutouts, with 11. Combined with the 10 games in which the team itself was shut out, 21 of the Avalanche's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout.

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 3, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 9, 2001||5–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||2–0–0–0 || |- |3||October 11, 2001||3–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||2–1–0–0 || |- |4||October 13, 2001||0–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||2–2–0–0 || |- |5||October 16, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||3–2–0–0 || |- |6||October 18, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||3–3–0–0 || |- |7||October 20, 2001||5–0 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||4–3–0–0 || |- |8||October 21, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||4–4–0–0 || |- |9||October 23, 2001||5–1 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||5–4–0–0 || |- |10||October 25, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||6–4–0–0 || |- |11||October 27, 2001||0–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||6–5–0–0 || |- |12||October 28, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||7–5–0–0 || |- |13||October 31, 2001||0–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||7–6–0–0 ||

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Playoffs

|- |1||April 18, 2002||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- |2||April 20, 2002||5–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings || Avalanche lead 2–0 || |- |3||April 22, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- |4||April 23, 2002||1–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- |5||April 25, 2002||0–1 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings || Avalanche lead 3–2 || |- |6||April 27, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings || Series tied 3–3 || |- |7||April 29, 2002||4–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings || Avalanche win 4–3 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
19	C	82	26	53	79	12	18	21	9	10	19	−2	4
4	D	75	16	40	56	16	58	20	6	6	12	−1	16
40	LW	70	13	35	48	8	36	19	5	8	13	−8	0
18	C	82	21	25	46	1	38	21	5	7	12	4	10
28	C	67	19	27	46	14	18	21	7	5	12	7	8
23	RW	62	21	23	44	0	24	16	3	3	6	−4	4
41	D	82	10	21	31	−3	42	21	0	6	6	−5	2
17	RW	52	18	12	30	7	14	9	0	0	0	−5	0
52	D	55	5	22	27	7	55	21	1	6	7	−2	28
10	LW	53	10	14	24	1	30
7	D	82	8	12	20	18	57	21	4	9	13	1	2
26	C	73	5	12	17	1	48	20	0	2	2	−3	14
29	LW	74	5	10	15	−5	26	21	1	2	3	−4	0
50	RW	56	7	7	14	4	14	4	0	1	1	0	2
3	D	74	4	9	13	4	59	2	0	0	0	−1	0
13	RW	58	6	6	12	8	39	19	1	2	3	−3	9
25	LW	41	6	6	12	0	39
9	LW	50	2	7	9	4	47	21	1	1	2	−4	13
12	RW	22	2	5	7	−2	16	18	1	4	5	0	8
32	C	22	2	3	5	1	14	21	1	2	3	−3	0
27	RW	63	1	4	5	0	154
22	C	25	2	2	4	−4	2
5	D	36	0	4	4	3	25
33	G	63	0	3	3		26	21	0	2	2		0
20	C	10	2	0	2	1	2
2	D	22	1	1	2	1	9	21	0	0	0	−3	2
37	LW	8	0	2	2	1	0
45	C	1	0	1	1	0	0
1	G	21	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0		2
6	D	57	0	0	0	1	60
11	D	11	0	0	0	1	19	21	0	3	3	10	18
36	C	8	0	0	0	−4	4
43	D	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	C							20	9	18	27	8	20

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Patrick Roy	63	32	23	8	1629	122	1.94	.925	9	3773	21	11	10	572	52	2.51	.909	3	1241
1	David Aebischer	21	13	6	0	538	37	1.88	.931	2	1184	1	0	0	14	1	1.76	.929	0	34

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL First All-Star Team	Patrick Roy (Goaltender)
Joe Sakic (Center)
NHL Second All-Star Team	Rob Blake (Defense)
William M. Jennings Trophy	Patrick Roy
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Rob Blake
Patrick Roy
Joe Sakic
NHL Player of the Week	Patrick Roy (November 19)
Joe Sakic (December 10)
NHL Rookie of the Month	Radim Vrbata (February)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Alex Tanguay

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Vaclav Nedorost	October 3, 2001
Radim Vrbata	November 20, 2001
Steve Moore	January 1, 2002
Riku Hahl	January 9, 2002
Jeff Daw	January 30, 2002
Jordan Krestanovich	March 19, 2002
Todd Gill	January 21, 2002
Joe Sakic	March 9, 2002

Transactions

The Avalanche 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 Colorado Avalanche	To [Carolina Hurricanes](2001-02-carolina-hurricanes-season)	title=FORWARD CHRIS DINGMAN DEALT TO CAROLINA; DEFENSEMAN NOLAN PRATT TRADED TO TAMPA BAY	url=http://www.coloradoavalanche.com/news/nr1015259356.html	website=Colorado Avalanche	access-date=March 16, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021022004814/http://www.coloradoavalanche.com/news/nr1015259356.html	archive-date=October 22, 2002	date=June 25, 2001}}
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2001-02-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2001-02-atlanta-thrashers-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [St. Louis Blues](2001-02-st-louis-blues-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Nashville Predators](2001-02-nashville-predators-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2001-02-pittsburgh-penguins-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Todd Gill
Jeff Daw
Jeff Paul
Jaroslav Obsut
Pascal Trepanier

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Ray Bourque
Rob Shearer	HC TPS (Liiga)
Jon Klemm	Chicago Blackhawks
Dave Reid
Brian White	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Joel Prpic	San Jose Sharks
Mike Craig	San Jose Sharks
Nick Bootland	Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Ben Storey	EK Zell am See (EBEL)
Dan Smith	Colorado Gold Kings (WCHL)
Todd Gill

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Rob Blake
Patrick Roy
Joe Sakic
Brent Thompson
Yuri Babenko
Kelly Fairchild
Scott Parker
Greg de Vries
David Aebischer
Eric Messier
Peter Forsberg

Draft picks

Colorado'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)
2	63	Peter Budaj	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
3	97	Danny Bois	London Knights (OHL)
4	130	Colt King	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5	143	Frantisek Skladany	Boston University (NCAA)
5	144	Cody McCormick	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
5	149	Mikko Viitanen	Ahmat Hyvinkaa (Finland)
5	165	Pierre-Luc Emond	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6	184	Scott Horvath	University of Massachusetts Amherst (Hockey East)
6	196	Charlie Stephens	Guelph Storm (OHL)
7	227	Marek Svatos	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

Notes

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