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2001–02 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Vancouver Canucks
Record	42–30–7–3
HomeRecord	23–11–5–2
RoadRecord	19–19–2–1
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	8th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	254
GoalsAgainst	211
GeneralManager	Brian Burke
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
AltCaptain	Murray Baron
Ed Jovanovski
Trent Klatt
Trevor Linden
Arena	General Motors Place
Attendance	17,712
MinorLeague	Manitoba Moose
Columbia Inferno
GoalsLeader	Markus Naslund (40)
AssistsLeader	Markus Naslund (50)
PointsLeader	Markus Naslund (90)
PIMLeader	Matt Cooke (111)
PlusMinusLeader	Markus Naslund (+22)
WinsLeader	Dan Cloutier (31)
GAALeader	Alex Auld (2.00)

Ed Jovanovski Trent Klatt Trevor Linden Columbia Inferno The 2001–02 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 32nd in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

The Canucks led the NHL in scoring, with 254 goals for.

Final standings

Playoffs

Vancouver won the first two games on the road to go up 2–0 in their first round series against the Presidents' Trophy-winning Detroit Red Wings, but they lost four straight and the series to the eventual Stanley Cup champions.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 4, 2001||4–5 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 9, 2001||4–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) ||0–3–0–0 || |- |4||October 11, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||1–3–0–0 || |- |5||October 13, 2001||4–0 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) ||2–3–0–0 || |- |6||October 16, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (2001–02) ||2–3–1–0 || |- |7||October 18, 2001||5–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||2–4–1–0 || |- |8||October 20, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||2–5–1–0 || |- |9||October 21, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||2–6–1–0 || |- |10||October 23, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2001–02) ||3–6–1–0 || |- |11||October 25, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) ||3–7–1–0 || |- |12||October 27, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||3–8–1–0 || |- |13||October 30, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||4–8–1–0 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 17, 2002 || 4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || 20,058 || Canucks lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 19, 2002 || 5–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || 20,058 || Canucks lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 21, 2002 || 1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || 18,422 || Canucks lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 23, 2002 || 2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || 18,422 || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 25, 2002 || 0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || 20,058 || Red Wings lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 27, 2002 || 4–6 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || 18,422 || Red Wings win 4–2 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
19	LW	81	40	50	90	22	50	6	1	1	2	−1	2
44	RW	72	36	49	85	21	110	6	2	2	4	−1	14
7	C	82	23	44	67	18	26	6	0	2	2	−2	6
25	C	53	11	39	50	5	22	6	2	1	3	−4	0
55	D	82	17	31	48	−7	101	6	1	4	5	1	8
33	C	82	16	20	36	9	36	6	3	0	3	0	0
2	D	81	10	26	36	16	56	6	1	1	2	−3	6
16	C	64	12	22	34	−3	65	6	1	4	5	1	0
24	LW	82	13	20	33	4	111	6	3	2	5	3	0
22	LW	79	9	23	32	1	32	6	0	1	1	0	0
3	D	66	8	17	25	21	44	6	0	2	2	−1	2
17	LW	46	9	12	21	4	10	5	0	1	1	−3	0
10	RW	42	7	10	17	2	15	6	0	1	1	−2	8
26	RW	34	8	7	15	9	10
8	LW	31	5	8	13	−8	90
14	D	81	1	10	11	15	50	6	1	1	2	2	4
13	C	51	5	5	10	−3	10	6	0	1	1	0	0
28	D	40	5	5	10	10	53	6	0	0	0	−1	0
37	RW	49	2	7	9	−1	74	1	0	0	0	−1	0
9	LW	27	4	4	8	−1	6
4	D	27	3	5	8	−4	14
23	D	61	1	6	7	8	68	6	0	1	1	−3	10
34	D	44	2	4	6	4	96
15	LW	14	2	4	6	4	12	6	1	0	1	0	2
20	RW	29	1	5	6	−2	31
29	C	18	3	2	5	0	2
15	D	25	1	2	3	−5	18
35	G	1	0	1	1		0
18	LW	3	0	1	1	−2	2
5	D	11	0	0	0	1	6
30	G	6	0	0	0		0
27	LW	15	0	0	0	1	72
39	G	62	0	0	0		20	6	0	0	0		0
38	RW	2	0	0	0	1	0
1	G	23	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0		0
6	D	2	0	0	0	2	0

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
39	Dan Cloutier	62	31	22	5	1440	142	2.43	.901	7	3502	6	2	3	123	16	3.51	.870	0	273
1	Peter Skudra	23	10	8	2	508	47	2.42	.907	1	1166	2	0	1	46	5	3.13	.891	0	96
35	Alex Auld	1	1	0	0	22	2	2.00	.909	0	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Martin Brochu	6	0	3	0	104	15	4.16	.856	0	216	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL First All-Star Team	Markus Naslund (Left wing)
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Ed Jovanovski
Markus Naslund
NHL Player of the Month	Markus Naslund (January)
NHL Player of the Week	Brent Sopel (January 28)
Dan Cloutier (March 18)
Babe Pratt Trophy	Ed Jovanovski
Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Markus Naslund
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Markus Naslund
Fred J. Hume Award	Scott Lachance
Molson Cup	Markus Naslund
Most Exciting Player Award	Todd Bertuzzi

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Justin Kurtz	October 23, 2001
Alex Auld	January 23, 2002
Trevor Linden	March 26, 2002

Transactions

The Canucks 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 Vancouver Canucks	To [Washington Capitals](2001-02-washington-capitals-season)
To Vancouver Canucks	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2001-02-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Vancouver Canucks	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2001-02-phoenix-coyotes-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Andre Savage
Herbert Vasiljevs
Martin Brochu
Justin Kurtz
Josh Holden
Alexei Tezikov
Peter Skudra

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Vadim Sharifijanov	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)
Sean Tallaire	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)
Mike Stapleton	Espoo Blues (Liiga)
Larry Shapley
Greg Hawgood	Dallas Stars
Johan Davidsson	HV71 (SHL)
Bob Essensa	Buffalo Sabres
Dody Wood	Ayr Scottish Eagles (BISL)
Clint Cabana	San Diego Gulls (WCHL)
Josh Holden	Carolina Hurricanes
Corey Schwab	Toronto Maple Leafs
Peter Schaefer	HC TPS (Liiga)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Markus Naslund
Murray Baron
Dan Cloutier
Drake Berehowsky
Todd Bertuzzi
Josh Holden
Denis Pederson
Brandon Reid
Matt Cooke
Zenith Komarniski
Justin Morrison
Alfie Michaud
Brent Sopel
Bryan Helmer
Mattias Ohlund
Fedor Fedorov
Denis Martynyuk
Nathan Smith

Draft picks

Vancouver'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	16	R. J. Umberger	Ohio State University (CCHA)
3	66	Fedor Fedorov	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
4	114	Evgeny Gladskikh	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia)
5	151	Kevin Bieksa	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
7	212	Jason King	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
8	245	Konstantin Mikhailov	Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik (Russia)

Notes

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