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2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Pittsburgh Penguins
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	12th
Division	Atlantic
DivisionRank	5th
Record	28–41–8–5
HomeRecord	16–20–4–1
RoadRecord	12–21–4–4
GoalsFor	198
GoalsAgainst	249
GeneralManager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Ivan Hlinka (Oct.)
Rick Kehoe (Oct.–Apr.)
Captain	Mario Lemieux
AltCaptain	Alexei Kovalev (Nov.–Apr.)
Martin Straka
Darius Kasparaitis
Arena	Mellon Arena
Attendance	15,649
MinorLeague	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Wheeling Nailers
GoalsLeader	Alexei Kovalev (32)
AssistsLeader	Alexei Kovalev (44)
PointsLeader	Alexei Kovalev (76)
PIMLeader	Krzysztof Oliwa (150)
PlusMinusLeader	Robert Lang (+9)
WinsLeader	Johan Hedberg (25)
GAALeader	Johan Hedberg (2.75)

Rick Kehoe (Oct.–Apr.) Martin Straka Darius Kasparaitis Wheeling Nailers

The 2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 35th year in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins finished the year with a sub-.500 points percentage and failed to qualify for the playoffs, both for the first time since 1989–90. This was the Penguins' last season with the "RoboPenguin" logo introduced during the 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins season. The Penguins reverted to using their original skating penguin logo afterwards.

Off-season

On July 11, 2001, the Penguins shipped star right winger Jaromir Jagr, along with journeyman defenseman Frantisek Kucera, off to play for the Washington Capitals. In return, the Penguins received Kris Beech, Michal Sivek, Ross Lupaschuk, and future considerations. The New York Rangers also made an offer for Jagr, consisting of Kim Johnsson and Mike York. The Rangers maintain that Patrick traded Jagr to the Capitals because he was angry with their general manager, Glen Sather. The trade still ranks as the fifth-worst trade in team history.

Regular season

After an 0–4 start, head coach Ivan Hlinka was relieved of his duties and replaced by Rick Kehoe.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || 3 || Colorado Avalanche || 3–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Mellon Arena (17,148) || 0–1–0–0 || 0 || |- | 2 || 6 || Mighty Ducks of Anaheim || 4–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Mellon Arena (15,411) || 0–2–0–0 || 0 || |- | 3 || 10 || New York Islanders || 6–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Mellon Arena (14,038) || 0–3–0–0 || 0 || |- | 4 || 14 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || Buffalo Sabres || HSBC Arena (15,815) || 0–4–0–0 || 0 || |- | 5 || 16 || Ottawa Senators || 2–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Mellon Arena (14,907) || 1–4–0–0 || 2 || |- | 6 || 18 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–3 || Ottawa Senators || Corel Centre (15,521) || 2–4–0–0 || 4 || |- | 7 || 20 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–1 OT || St. Louis Blues || Savvis Center (18,854) || 2–4–0–1 || 5 || |- | 8 || 23 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–4 || Atlanta Thrashers || Philips Arena (13,281) || 3–4–0–1 || 7 || |- | 9 || 24 || Dallas Stars || 2–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Mellon Arena (16,958) || 4–4–0–1 || 9 || |- | 10 || 27 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–0 || Toronto Maple Leafs || Air Canada Centre (19,166) || 4–5–0–1 || 9 || |- | 11 || 28 || Florida Panthers || 2–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Mellon Arena (16,449) || 4–5–1–1 || 10 || |- | 12 || 31 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–0 || Philadelphia Flyers || First Union Center (19,365) || 4–6–1–1 || 10 ||

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Player statistics

;Skaters

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
	67	32	44	76	2	80
	79	24	33	57	-7	50
	62	18	32	50	9	16
	72	20	29	49	-7	16
	24	6	25	31	0	14
†	40	10	20	30	-14	16
	79	9	20	29	-6	47
‡	58	13	12	25	-8	14
	79	10	15	25	-25	45
	79	8	10	18	-15	4
	82	6	11	17	-19	71
	68	8	8	16	-9	16
‡	69	2	12	14	-1	123
	47	6	7	13	-18	28
	75	4	7	11	-12	73
	33	3	7	10	-1	18
	64	2	8	10	-11	54
	13	5	4	9	3	0
	53	2	5	7	-12	22
‡	33	1	5	6	-13	109
	32	1	4	5	-9	25
	19	0	4	4	2	42
†	14	2	1	3	-5	4
†	13	2	1	3	-5	4
†	13	1	2	3	-2	8
	11	1	2	3	-1	9
	60	0	3	3	-1	68
	21	1	1	2	-12	17
†	15	0	2	2	-3	30
	57	0	2	2	-5	150
†	13	0	2	2	-4	21
†	4	1	0	1	1	4
	23	0	1	1	-7	8
	4	0	1	1	-1	4

;Goaltenders

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM	Total		82		4970:51		28		46		8		243		2.93		2388		0.898		6		0		1		22
	66	64	3876:33	25	34	7	178	2.76	1851	0.904	6	0	1	22
	21	18	1094:18	3	12	1	65	3.56	537	0.879	0	0	0	0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 1600 points for the Penguins. He did so in a 4–5 Loss to Los Angeles on February 27.
Kevin Stevens ended his career as the franchise record holder for penalty minutes (1048). He had set the record the year before.

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Mario Lemieux
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Andrew Ference
A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award	Alexei Kovalev
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award	Johan Hedberg
Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award	Ian Moran
Leading Scorer Award	Alexei Kovalev
Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy	Johan Hedberg
Most Valuable Player Award	Alexei Kovalev
Players' Player Award	Alexei Kovalev
Ian Moran
The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award	Andrew Ference

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	1,000th game played	First game
Stephane Richer	November 3, 2001
Tom Kostopoulos	December 29, 2001
Eric Meloche	January 15, 2002
Shane Endicott	January 29, 2002

Transactions

The Penguins 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 [Washington Capitals](2001-02-washington-capitals-season)	To Pittsburgh Penguins
To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2001-02-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	To Pittsburgh Penguins
To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2001-02-columbus-blue-jackets-season)	To Pittsburgh Penguins	title=Penguins make two trades - UPI Archives	url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2002/03/15/Penguins-make-two-trades/9201016168400/	website=UPI	access-date=March 4, 2023	language=en	date=March 15, 2002}}
To [Philadelphia Flyers](2001-02-philadelphia-flyers-season)	To Pittsburgh Penguins
To [New Jersey Devils](2001-02-new-jersey-devils-season)	To Pittsburgh Penguins
To [Colorado Avalanche](2001-02-colorado-avalanche-season)	To Pittsburgh Penguins
To [Nashville Predators](2001-02-nashville-predators-season)	To Pittsburgh Penguins

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Mike Wilson
Steve Parsons
Peter Ratchuk
Rob Tallas
John Jakopin
Stephane Richer
Randy Robitaille
Shean Donovan
Jeff Toms

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Boris Protsenko	Amur Khabarovsk (RSL)
Craig Hillier
Garth Snow	New York Islanders
Bob Boughner	Calgary Flames
Rich Parent	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)
Trent Cull	Minnesota Wild
Chris Kelleher	Boston Bruins
Kip Miller	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Greg Crozier	Boston Bruins
Steve McKenna	New York Rangers
Josef Beranek	HC Slavia Praha (ELH)
Dennis Bonvie	Boston Bruins
Rene Corbet	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
Marc Bergevin	St. Louis Blues
Bobby Dollas	Laval Chiefs (QSPHL)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Kevin Stevens
Rob Scuderi
Robert Dome
Hans Jonsson
Eric Meloche
David Koci
Tomas Surovy
Jason MacDonald
Dan LaCouture
Ian Moran
Billy Tibbetts
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
Alexei Morozov
Martin Straka
Jan Hrdina
Robert Lang
Brooks Orpik
Alexei Kovalev
Darius Kasparaitis
Mario Lemieux
Wayne Primeau
Johan Hedberg
Martin Straka
Michal Roszival
Shane Endicott
Steven Crampton
Michel Ouellet

Other

Name	Date	Notes
Ivan Hlinka	October 14, 2001	Fired as head coach
Rick Kehoe	October 14, 2001	Hired as head coach

Draft picks

The Penguins selected the following players in the 2001 NHL entry draft at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida:

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	21	Colby Armstrong	RW	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2	54	Noah Welch	D	United States	Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA)
3	86	Drew Fata	D	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
3	96	Alexandre Rouleau	D	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	120	Tomas Surovy	LW		HK Poprad (Slovakia)
4	131	Ben Eaves	C	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
5	156	Andy Schneider	D	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
7	217	Tomas Duba	G		Sparta Prague (Czech Extraliga)
8	250	Brandon Crawford-West	G	United States	Texas Tornado (NAHL)

;Draft notes

Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Ron Tugnutt.
Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Peter Popovic.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a March 13, 2001, trade that sent Frantisek Kucera to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' ninth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a November 14, 2000, trade that sent Dan Trebil to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.

Farm teams

The American Hockey League's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, after losing in the Calder Cup Finals the previous season, finished last overall in the Western Conference with a 20–44–13–3 record.

The ECHL's Wheeling Nailers finished fifth in the Northern Conference's Northwest Division with a 36–32–4 record. It was their first year under John Brophy.

Notes

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Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
	67	32	44	76	2	80
	79	24	33	57	-7	50
	62	18	32	50	9	16
	72	20	29	49	-7	16
	24	6	25	31	0	14
†	40	10	20	30	-14	16
	79	9	20	29	-6	47
‡	58	13	12	25	-8	14
	79	10	15	25	-25	45
	79	8	10	18	-15	4
	82	6	11	17	-19	71
	68	8	8	16	-9	16
‡	69	2	12	14	-1	123
	47	6	7	13	-18	28
	75	4	7	11	-12	73
	33	3	7	10	-1	18
	64	2	8	10	-11	54
	13	5	4	9	3	0
	53	2	5	7	-12	22
‡	33	1	5	6	-13	109
	32	1	4	5	-9	25
	19	0	4	4	2	42
†	14	2	1	3	-5	4
†	13	2	1	3	-5	4
†	13	1	2	3	-2	8
	11	1	2	3	-1	9
	60	0	3	3	-1	68
	21	1	1	2	-12	17
†	15	0	2	2	-3	30
	57	0	2	2	-5	150
†	13	0	2	2	-4	21
†	4	1	0	1	1	4
	23	0	1	1	-7	8
	4	0	1	1	-1	4

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
	67	32	44	76	2	80
	79	24	33	57	-7	50
	62	18	32	50	9	16
	72	20	29	49	-7	16
	24	6	25	31	0	14
†	40	10	20	30	-14	16
	79	9	20	29	-6	47
‡	58	13	12	25	-8	14
	79	10	15	25	-25	45
	79	8	10	18	-15	4
	82	6	11	17	-19	71
	68	8	8	16	-9	16
‡	69	2	12	14	-1	123
	47	6	7	13	-18	28
	75	4	7	11	-12	73
	33	3	7	10	-1	18
	64	2	8	10	-11	54
	13	5	4	9	3	0
	53	2	5	7	-12	22
‡	33	1	5	6	-13	109
	32	1	4	5	-9	25
	19	0	4	4	2	42
†	14	2	1	3	-5	4
†	13	2	1	3	-5	4
†	13	1	2	3	-2	8
	11	1	2	3	-1	9
	60	0	3	3	-1	68
	21	1	1	2	-12	17
†	15	0	2	2	-3	30
	57	0	2	2	-5	150
†	13	0	2	2	-4	21
†	4	1	0	1	1	4
	23	0	1	1	-7	8
	4	0	1	1	-1	4

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
	67	32	44	76	2	80
	79	24	33	57	-7	50
	62	18	32	50	9	16
	72	20	29	49	-7	16
	24	6	25	31	0	14
†	40	10	20	30	-14	16
	79	9	20	29	-6	47
‡	58	13	12	25	-8	14
	79	10	15	25	-25	45
	79	8	10	18	-15	4
	82	6	11	17	-19	71
	68	8	8	16	-9	16
‡	69	2	12	14	-1	123
	47	6	7	13	-18	28
	75	4	7	11	-12	73
	33	3	7	10	-1	18
	64	2	8	10	-11	54
	13	5	4	9	3	0
	53	2	5	7	-12	22
‡	33	1	5	6	-13	109
	32	1	4	5	-9	25
	19	0	4	4	2	42
†	14	2	1	3	-5	4
†	13	2	1	3	-5	4
†	13	1	2	3	-2	8
	11	1	2	3	-1	9
	60	0	3	3	-1	68
	21	1	1	2	-12	17
†	15	0	2	2	-3	30
	57	0	2	2	-5	150
†	13	0	2	2	-4	21
†	4	1	0	1	1	4
	23	0	1	1	-7	8
	4	0	1	1	-1	4