2001-02 Colorado Avalanche Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 45-28-8-1 - 99 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Northwest Division
Postseason: 11-10
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated San Jose Sharks 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-3
Coach: Bob Hartley (45-28-8, 1 OTL)
Location: Denver, Colorado
2001-02 Colorado Avalanche RosterTeam Record: 45-28-8-1 - 99 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Northwest Division
Postseason: 11-10
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated San Jose Sharks 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-3
Coach: Bob Hartley (45-28-8, 1 OTL)
Location: Denver, Colorado
2001-02 Colorado Avalanche Results
The Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League ended the 2001-02 season with a record of 45 wins and 28 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 8 ties for 99 points, finishing first in the NHL's Northwest Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-10.
The Avalanche topped the circuit with just 169 goals allowed. Colorado scored 212 goals. Joe Sakic netted 26 goals for the team and recorded 53 assists. Patrick Roy recorded 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 1.94 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Bob Hartley coached the team. The 2001-02 Colorado Avalanche lost in the NHL conference finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sakic | C | 82 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 260 | 10.0 |
| Rob Blake | D | 75 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 58 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 229 | 7.0 |
| Alex Tanguay | L | 70 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 14.4 |
| Chris Drury | C | 82 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 236 | 8.9 |
| Steve Reinprecht | C | 67 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 111 | 17.1 |
| Milan Hejduk | R | 62 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 139 | 15.1 |
| Martin Skoula | D | 82 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 42 | -3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 10.0 |
| Radim Vrbata | R | 52 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 16.1 |
| Adam Foote | D | 55 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 5.9 |
| Ville Nieminen | L | 53 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Greg de Vries | D | 82 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 57 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 5.4 |
| Stephane Yelle | C | 73 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 7.0 |
| Eric Messier | D | 74 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 6.0 |
| Brian Willsie | R | 56 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 10.6 |
| Pascal Trepanier | D | 74 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 4.6 |
| Dan Hinote | C | 58 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 8.0 |
| Shjon Podein | L | 41 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 14.0 |
| Brad Larsen | L | 50 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Mike Keane | R | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Riku Hahl | C | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Scott Parker | R | 63 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Vaclav Nedorost | C | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Todd Gill | D | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Roy | G | 63 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Fairchild | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Bryan Muir | D | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Jordan Krestanovich | L | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Daw | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Steve Moore | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| David Aebischer | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaroslav Obsut | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Rick Berry | D | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1560 | 212 | 366 | 578 | 997 | 96 | 62 | 115 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 4 | 2252 | 9.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Roy | 63 | 3773 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 122 | 1.94 | 1629 | 1507 | .925 |
| David Aebischer | 21 | 1184 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 1.88 | 538 | 501 | .931 |
| Totals | 84 | 4957 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 159 | 1.92 | 2326 | 2167 | .932 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sakic | C | 21 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 4 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 11.8 | |
| Rob Blake | D | 20 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 9.0 | |
| Alex Tanguay | L | 19 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | -8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25.0 | |
| Chris Drury | C | 21 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 8.9 | |
| Steve Reinprecht | C | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 24.1 | |
| Milan Hejduk | R | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 | |
| Martin Skoula | D | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Radim Vrbata | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | |
| Adam Foote | D | 21 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 28 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 | |
| Greg de Vries | D | 21 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 9.8 | |
| Stephane Yelle | C | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Messier | D | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| Brian Willsie | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Pascal Trepanier | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Hinote | C | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Brad Larsen | L | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Mike Keane | R | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | |
| Riku Hahl | C | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Patrick Roy | G | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Muir | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Peter Forsberg | C | 20 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 25.7 | |
| David Aebischer | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 400 | 54 | 97 | 151 | 162 | -18 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 561 | 9.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Roy | 21 | 1241 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 2.51 | 572 | 520 | .909 |
| David Aebischer | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.76 | 14 | 13 | .929 |
| Totals | 22 | 1275 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 2.49 | 639 | 586 | .917 |
