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2001–02 Florida Panthers season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Florida Panthers
Record	22–44–10–6
HomeRecord	11–23–3–4
RoadRecord	11–21–7–2
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	14th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	4th
GoalsFor	180
GoalsAgainst	250
GeneralManager	Bill Torrey (Oct.–Dec.)
Chuck Fletcher (Dec.–Apr.)
Coach	Duane Sutter (Oct.–Dec.)
Mike Keenan (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Pavel Bure (Oct.–Dec.)
Paul Laus (Oct.–Dec.)
Vacant (Dec.–Apr.)
AltCaptain	Sandis Ozolinsh (Jan.–Apr.)
Robert Svehla
Arena	National Car Rental Center
Attendance	16,074
MinorLeague	Utah Grizzlies
Florida Everblades
GoalsLeader	Kristian Huselius (23)
AssistsLeader	Pavel Bure (27)
PointsLeader	Pavel Bure (49)
PIMLeader	Peter Worrell (354)
PlusMinusLeader	Darren Van Impe (+3)
WinsLeader	Roberto Luongo (16)
GAALeader	Roberto Luongo (2.77)

Chuck Fletcher (Dec.–Apr.) Mike Keenan (Dec.–Apr.) Paul Laus (Oct.–Dec.) Vacant (Dec.–Apr.) Robert Svehla Florida Everblades The 2001–02 Florida Panthers season was their ninth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

Prior to the beginning of the regular season it was announced that Pavel Bure and Paul Laus would alternate the captaincy every five games. This was discontinued when Mike Keenan was named the team’s new head coach in early December.

Regular season

On December 3, it was announced that Mike Keenan would replace Duane Sutter as head coach and Bill Torrey would step down as general manager. Assistant general manager Chuck Fletcher was named interim general manager.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 4, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2001–02) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 7, 2001||5–0 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||1–2–0–0 || |- |4||October 10, 2001||0–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||1–3–0–0 || |- |5||October 13, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||1–4–0–0 || |- |6||October 16, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||1–4–1–0 || |- |7||October 18, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||1–5–1–0 || |- |8||October 20, 2001||2–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||1–6–1–0 || |- |9||October 24, 2001||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||1–6–1–1 || |- |10||October 26, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) ||2–6–1–1 || |- |11||October 28, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||2–6–2–1 || |- |12||October 30, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2001–02) ||2–7–2–1 || |- |13||October 31, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2001–02) ||3–7–2–1 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
10	RW	56	22	27	49	−14	56
22	LW	79	23	22	45	−4	14
18	LW	81	14	19	33	−14	55
28	C	70	11	20	31	−4	178
39	RW	70	13	16	29	−10	44
44	D	37	10	19	29	−3	24
12	C	80	9	20	29	−16	98
24	D	82	7	22	29	−19	87
14	LW	78	10	18	28	−6	8
25	C	50	9	18	27	−16	20
20	RW	31	8	10	18	−3	12
45	D	80	2	15	17	−13	254
16	C	44	4	8	12	−3	28
43	C	31	5	6	11	−2	34
11	RW	63	4	7	11	−11	117
4	D	31	3	7	10	−4	12
8	LW	79	4	5	9	−15	354
26	RW	26	7	1	8	−5	4
3	D	45	4	3	7	1	157
29	D	36	1	6	7	3	31
26	D	25	3	3	6	−1	12
49	D	68	1	4	5	−20	131
38	LW	8	1	3	4	−2	4
17	C	29	1	3	4	−5	10
5	D	29	0	4	4	−5	8
55	D	14	0	4	4	−3	11
21	RW	8	1	2	3	−4	2
2	D	35	1	1	2	−14	12
19	C	7	1	1	2	0	0
32	LW	8	0	2	2	0	2
42	D	22	0	2	2	−2	45
36	RW	38	1	0	1	−5	123
37	G	33	0	1	1		0
1	G	58	0	1	1		2
31	G	4	0	0	0		0
42	C	3	0	0	0	−2	0
29	D	5	0	0	0	0	0
33	RW	4	0	0	0	−7	5
23	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
41	C	15	0	0	0	−1	0
23	D	6	0	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
1	Roberto Luongo	58	16	33	4	1653	140	2.77	.915	4	3030
37	Trevor Kidd	33	4	16	5	857	90	3.21	.895	1	1683
31	Wade Flaherty	4	2	1	1	148	12	2.94	.919	0	245

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL All-Rookie Team	Kristian Huselius (Forward)
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Sandis Ozolinsh
NHL Rookie of the Month	Kristian Huselius (October)
Niklas Hagman (March)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Kristian Huselius
Roberto Luongo

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	400th goal scored
Niklas Hagman	October 4, 2001
Kristian Huselius
David Morisset	November 21, 2001
Nick Smith	December 1, 2001
Brad Norton	January 21, 2002
Ryan Jardine	March 17, 2002
Eric Beaudoin	March 20, 2002
Kyle Rossiter	April 3, 2002
Stephen Weiss
Lukas Krajicek	April 6, 2002
Pavel Bure	January 26, 2002

Transactions

The Panthers 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 Florida Panthers	To [New Jersey Devils](2001-02-new-jersey-devils-season)	title=PANTHERS SELECT C STEPHEN WEISS FOURTH OVERALL	url=http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/draftdayrecap.shtml	website=Florida Panthers	access-date=March 10, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602220400/http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/draftdayrecap.shtml	archive-date=June 2, 2002	date=June 23, 2001}}
To Florida Panthers	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2001-02-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Calgary Flames](2001-02-calgary-flames-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [New York Islanders](2001-02-new-york-islanders-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [New York Rangers](2001-02-new-york-rangers-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2001-02-tampa-bay-lightning-season)	title=PANTHERS RE-ACQUIRE JOHNSON AND NORTON	url=http://www.floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/johnsonnorton.shtml	website=Florida Panthers	access-date=March 10, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011220052608/http://www.floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/johnsonnorton.shtml	archive-date=December 20, 2001	date=July 10, 2001}}
To Florida Panthers	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Florida Panthers	To [Carolina Hurricanes](2001-02-carolina-hurricanes-season)
To Florida Panthers	To New York Rangers
To Florida Panthers	To New York Islanders	title=PANTHERS ACTIVE IN FINAL DAY OF TRADING	url=http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/tradedeadline.shtml	website=Florida Panthers	access-date=March 10, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602235041/http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/tradedeadline.shtml	archive-date=June 2, 2002	date=March 19, 2002}}
To Florida Panthers	To [Boston Bruins](2001-02-boston-bruins-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Paul Elliott
Jeff Norton
Brad Norton
Andrew Allen
Wade Flaherty
Matt Herr
Bill Lindsay
Darren Van Impe
Pierre Dagenais

Players lost

Date		Player
Yan Golubovsky	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)	Free agency (VI)
Greg Adams		Contract expiration (III)
Len Barrie		Contract expiration (UFA)
Anders Eriksson	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (UFA)
Mike Wilson	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (UFA)
Richard Shulmistra	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)	Free agency (VI)
Peter Ratchuk	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (UFA)
Andrej Podkonicky	HIFK (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)
Paul Brousseau	AIK (SHL)	Free agency (VI)
Ryan Bach	Sheffield Steelers (BISL)	Free agency (VI)
Sean Gauthier	Reading Royals (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)
Chris Allen	B.C. Icemen (UHL)	Free agency (UFA)
John Jakopin	Pittsburgh Penguins	Waivers
Remi Royer	Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)
Bill Lindsay	Montreal Canadiens	Waivers

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Vaclav Prospal
Niklas Hagman
Kristian Huselius
Dan Boyle
Ivan Majesky
John Jakopin
Olli Jokinen
Joey Tetarenko
Rocky Thompson
Marcus Nilson
David Morisset
Lance Ward
Roberto Luongo
Ryan Johnson
Valeri Bure
Lukas Krajicek
Stephen Weiss
Filip Novak
Byron Ritchie

Draft picks

Florida'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	4	Stephen Weiss	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
1	24	Lukas Krajicek	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	34	Greg Watson	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
3	64	Tomas Malec	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3	68	Grant McNeill	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	117	Michael Woodford	Cushing Academy (USHS-MA)
5	136	Billy Thompson	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
6	169	Dustin Johner	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	200	Toni Koivisto	Lukko (Finland)
8	231	Kyle Bruce	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
9	263	Jan Blanar	Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)
9	267	Ivan Majesky	Ilves (Finland)

Notes

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