2001–02 Calgary Flames season

	2001–02 Calgary Flames
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	11th Western
2001–02 record	32–35–12–3
Home record	20–14–5–2
Road record	12–21–7–1
Goals for	201 (22nd)
Goals against	220 (20th)
Team information
General manager	Craig Button
Coach	Greg Gilbert
Captain	Dave Lowry (Oct-Feb.); Bob Boughner (Feb-Apr); Craig Conroy (Feb-Apr)
Alternate captains	Jarome Iginla; Robyn Regehr
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	15,705
Team leaders
Goals	Jarome Iginla (52)
Assists	Craig Conroy (48)
Points	Jarome Iginla (96)
Penalty minutes	Bob Boughner (170)
Wins	Roman Turek (30)
Goals against average	Roman Turek (2.53)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Calgary Flames season was the 22nd National Hockey League season in Calgary. It began with wholesale changes, as second year General Manager Craig Button continued to change the look of the team. In two separate draft-day trades, the Flames dealt goaltender Fred Brathwaite and forwards Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer away, gaining back Roman Turek and Rob Niedermayer.

The changes appeared to pay off, as the Flames stormed out to a 13–2–2–2 record, and first place in the division. The result prompted the Flames to sign Turek - a pending unrestricted free agent - to a long-term deal.^[1] The team, however, collapsed, winning only 19 of their remaining 63 games, finishing 4th in the Northwest Division, and out of the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

The season ended with head coach Greg Gilbert and top forward Marc Savard in a bitter, public feud that included the latter demanding a trade late in the season and into the summer.^[2]

Individually, Jarome Iginla broke into the spotlight, leading the NHL in goals (52) and points (96). His season would land him the Rocket Richard Trophy, the Art Ross Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award.^[3] Iginla also finished second in Hart Memorial Trophy voting, tied with winner Jose Theodore on points (434), but behind Theodore in first place votes (26–23).^[4]

Iginla was also a member of Canada's team at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. He recorded two goals in the gold medal game against the United States, which Canada won 5–2 to claim their first ice hockey gold medal in 50 years.^[5]

Regular season[]

Northwest Division	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Colorado Avalanche	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
Vancouver Canucks	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
Edmonton Oilers	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
Calgary Flames	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
Minnesota Wild	26	35	12	9	195	238	73

Game log[]

2001–02 Game Log

October: 8–2–0–2 (Home: 5–0–0–2; Road: 3–2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 3	Edmonton	0 – 1	Calgary		Turek	16,242	1–0–0–0	2
2	October 6	Chicago	0 – 4	Calgary		Turek	14,038	2–0–0–0	4
3	October 8	Phoenix	2 – 1	Calgary	OT	Turek	13,078	2–0–0–1	5
4	October 10	Calgary	4 – 2	Detroit		Turek	20,053	3–0–0–1	7
5	October 11	Calgary	0 – 1	Nashville		Vernon	12,333	3–1–0–1	7
6	October 13	Calgary	4 – 3	Dallas	OT	Turek	18,352	4–1–0–1	9
7	October 18	Florida	1 – 3	Calgary		Turek	15,093	5–1–0–1	11
8	October 20	Toronto	1 – 4	Calgary		Turek	17,279	6–1–0–1	13
9	October 22	Calgary	3 – 2	St. Louis		Turek	19,231	7–1–0–1	15
10	October 23	Calgary	3 – 6	Chicago		Vernon	10,276	7–2–0–1	15
11	October 25	Nashville	5 – 4	Calgary	OT	Turek	12,750	7–2–0–2	16
12	October 27	Minnesota	2 – 4	Calgary		Turek	14,088	8–2–0–2	18

November: 5–4–4–0 (Home: 4–1–2–0; Road: 1–3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 1	Columbus	1 – 2	Calgary		Turek	12,501	9–2–0–2	20
14	November 3	Montreal	2 – 6	Calgary		Turek	16,015	10–2–0–2	22
15	November 7	Calgary	3 – 3	Anaheim	OT	Turek	9,639	10–2–1–2	23
16	November 8	Calgary	3 – 2	Los Angeles		Turek	14,459	11–2–1–2	25
17	November 10	Colorado	0 – 2	Calgary		Turek	17,409	12–2–1–2	27
18	November 15	Chicago	2 – 2	Calgary		Turek	16,226	12–2–2–2	28
19	November 17	St. Louis	0 – 2	Calgary		Turek	16,241	13–2–2–2	30
20	November 20	Los Angeles	5 – 5	Calgary	OT	Turek	14,550	13–2–3–2	31
21	November 22	Calgary	4 – 4	Ottawa	OT	Turek	16,839	13–2–4–2	32
22	November 23	Calgary	2 – 5	Buffalo		Vernon	16,703	13–3–4–2	32
23	November 25	Calgary	3 – 4	Columbus		Vernon	18,136	13–4–4–2	32
24	November 27	Calgary	2 – 4	Detroit		Turek	20,058	13–5–4–2	32
25	November 29	Dallas	3 – 0	Calgary		Turek	15,610	13–6–4–2	32

December: 4–7–4–0 (Home: 2–3–2–0; Road: 2–4–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
26	December 1	Colorado	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	15,806	13–6–5–2	33
27	December 3	Calgary	2 – 0	Los Angeles		Turek	15,105	14–6–5–2	35
28	December 4	Calgary	2 – 2	San Jose	OT	Vernon	17,386	14–6–6–2	36
29	December 6	San Jose	3 – 1	Calgary		Turek	13,012	14–7–6–2	36
30	December 8	Anaheim	4 – 0	Calgary		Vernon	14,330	14–8–6–2	36
31	December 10	Detroit	0 – 2	Calgary		Vernon	16,009	15–8–6–2	38
32	December 12	Tampa Bay	3 – 1	Calgary		Whitmore	13,913	15–9–6–2	38
33	December 14	Calgary	4 – 3	Dallas		Turek	18,532	16–9–6–2	40
34	December 15	Calgary	0 – 4	St. Louis		Turek	18,810	16–10–6–2	40
35	December 19	Calgary	3 – 6	Phoenix		Turek	11,921	16–11–6–2	40
36	December 21	Calgary	2 – 2	Colorado	OT	Turek	18,007	16–11–7–2	41
37	December 26	Calgary	2 – 3	Edmonton		Turek	16,839	16–12–7–2	41
38	December 27	Calgary	2 – 4	Vancouver		Turek	18,422	16–13–7–2	41
39	December 29	Minnesota	3 – 4	Calgary		Turek	16,730	17–13–7–2	43
40	December 31	Edmonton	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	17,409	17–13–8–2	44

January: 5–8–0–0 (Home: 3–6–0–0; Road: 2–2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
41	January 3	Buffalo	1 – 3	Calgary		Turek	15,316	18–13–8–2	46
42	January 5	Montreal	4 – 2	Calgary		Turek	17,409	18–14–8–2	46
43	January 8	Calgary	5 – 2	NY Islanders		Turek	13,285	19–14–8–2	48
44	January 9	Calgary	1 – 5	New Jersey		Turek	16,200	19–15–8–2	48
45	January 11	Calgary	0 – 1	Atlanta		Turek	17,856	19–16–8–2	48
46	January 15	NY Islanders	3 – 1	Calgary		Turek	15,624	19–17–8–2	48
47	January 17	Pittsburgh	6 – 4	Calgary		Turek	15,437	19–18–8–2	48
48	January 19	Anaheim	1 – 2	Calgary		Turek	17,409	20–18–8–2	50
49	January 22	Toronto	6 – 1	Calgary		Turek	17,409	20–19–8–2	50
50	January 24	Colorado	2 – 0	Calgary		Turek	15,639	20–20–8–2	50
51	January 26	Vancouver	2 – 0	Calgary		Turek	17,068	20–21–8–2	50
52	January 28	Calgary	3 – 2	Minnesota	OT	Turek	18,568	21–21–8–2	52
53	January 30	Detroit	3 – 4	Calgary		Turek	17,239	22–21–8–2	54

February: 2–3–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0–0; Road: 1–2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
54	February 6	Calgary	0 – 2	San Jose		Vernon	17,383	22–22–8–2	54
55	February 8	Vancouver	4 – 1	Calgary		Turek	16,695	22–23–8–2	54
56	February 9	Calgary	4 – 3	Vancouver		Turek	18,422	23–23–8–2	56
57	February 12	Calgary	3 – 4	Phoenix	OT	Turek	11,480	23–23–8–3	57
58	February 13	Calgary	2 – 3	Anaheim		Turek	9,583	23–24–8–3	57
59	February 26	Calgary	2 – 2	Colorado	OT	Turek	18,007	23–24–9–3	58
60	February 28	St. Louis	2 – 3	Calgary		Turek	16,053	24–24–9–3	60

March: 5–7–3–0 (Home: 3–1–1–0; Road: 2–6–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
61	March 2	Nashville	2 – 5	Calgary		Turek	17,163	25–24–9–3	62
62	March 4	Calgary	5 – 3	NY Rangers		Turek	18,200	26–24–9–3	64
63	March 6	Calgary	2 – 3	Washington		Turek	15,817	26–25–9–3	64
64	March 7	Calgary	4 – 2	Philadelphia		Turek	19,532	27–25–9–3	66
65	March 9	Calgary	2 – 3	Boston		Turek	17,565	27–26–9–3	66
66	March 11	Calgary	3 – 3	Carolina	OT	Turek	12,665	27–26–10–3	67
67	March 13	Calgary	3 – 3	Florida	OT	Turek	13,868	27–26–11–3	68
68	March 14	Calgary	2 – 3	Tampa Bay		Vernon	13,473	27–27–11–3	68
69	March 16	Calgary	1 – 3	Columbus		Turek	18,136	27–28–11–3	68
70	March 18	Calgary	2 – 4	Minnesota		Turek	18,064	27–29–11–3	68
71	March 21	San Jose	4 – 1	Calgary		Turek	16,495	27–30–11–3	68
72	March 23	Calgary	1 – 3	Edmonton		Turek	16,839	27–31–11–3	68
73	March 25	Columbus	1 – 6	Calgary		Vernon	15,211	28–31–11–3	70
74	March 28	Dallas	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	16,473	28–31–12–3	71
75	March 30	Los Angeles	3 – 5	Calgary		Turek	17,046	29–31–12–3	73

April: 3–4–0–0 (Home: 2–2–0–0; Road: 1–2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
76	April 2	Atlanta	2 – 4	Calgary		Turek	14,562	30–31–12–3	75
77	April 4	Minnesota	3 – 4	Calgary		Turek	13,831	31–31–12–3	77
78	April 6	Calgary	1 – 3	Nashville		Turek	15,361	31–32–12–3	77
79	April 7	Calgary	2 – 3	Chicago		Vernon	17,009	31–33–12–3	77
80	April 9	Phoenix	4 – 2	Calgary		Turek	15,229	31–34–12–3	77
81	April 12	Calgary	2 – 0	Edmonton		Turek	16,839	32–24–12–3	79
82	April 13	Vancouver	4 – 1	Calgary		Vernon	18,829	32–35–12–3	79

Playoffs[]

The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference, 15 points back of the 8th place Vancouver Canucks. This was the sixth consecutive season the Flames failed to qualify for the post-season.

Player stats[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jarome Iginla	12	82	52	44	96	77	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Conroy	22	81	27	48	75	32	-	-	-	-	-
Dean McAmmond	37	73	21	30	51	60	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Morris	53	61	4	30	34	88	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Savard	27	56	14	19	33	48	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Lydman	32	79	6	22	28	52	-	-	-	-	-
Igor Kravchuk	25	78	4	22	26	19	-	-	-	-	-
Rob Niedermayer	44	57	6	14	20	49	-	-	-	-	-
Clarke Wilm	23	66	4	14	18	61	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Nichol	40	60	8	9	17	107	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Wright	18	44	4	12	16	20	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Lowry	10	62	7	6	13	51	-	-	-	-	-
Denis Gauthier	3	66	5	8	13	91	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Begin	26	51	7	5	12	79	-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Petrovicky	36	77	5	7	12	85	-	-	-	-	-
Robyn Regehr	28	77	2	6	8	93	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Shantz	11	40	3	3	6	23	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Boughner	6	79	2	4	6	170	-	-	-	-	-
Roman Turek	1	69	0	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Berube	16	66	3	1	4	164	-	-	-	-	-
Petr Buzek^†	8	32	1	3	4	13	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Montador	58	11	1	2	3	26	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29	18	0	3	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Sloan^†	24	7	0	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Botterill	20	4	1	0	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Blair Betts	15	6	1	0	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Kay Whitmore	35	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dallas Eakins	26	3	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Letang	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ryan Christie	39	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Micki DuPont	42	2	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Oleg Saprykin	19	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
All traded players	--	3	5	8	68	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
Bold text denotes league leader.

Goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Roman Turek	1	69	4081	30	28	11	172	5	.906	2.53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	29	18	825	2	9	1	38	1	.899	2.73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kay Whitmore	35	1	58	0	1	0	3	0	.857	3.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions[]

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 2002–03 season:^[6]

Trades[]

June 23, 2001	To Calgary Flames Rob Niedermayer 2001 2nd round pick	To Florida Panthers Valeri Bure Jason Wiemer
June 23, 2001	To Calgary Flames Roman Turek 2001 4th round pick	To St. Louis Blues Fred Brathwaite Daniel Tkaczuk Sergei Varlamov 2001 9th round pick
June 24, 2001	To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond	To Philadelphia Flyers 2002 4th round pick
December 18, 2001	To Calgary Flames Petr Buzek	To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Cowan Kurtis Foster
March 19, 2002	To Calgary Flames Blake Sloan	To Nashville Predators Jamie Allison

Free agents[]

Player signed	Former team
Bob Boughner	Pittsburgh Penguins
Kay Whitmore	Boston Bruins

Player lost	New team

Draft picks[]

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida.^[7] The Flames had the 11th overall pick, however traded it to the Phoenix Coyotes in a swap that saw them gain the 14th pick.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	14	Chuck Kobasew	Canada	RW	Boston College (HE)	361	78	76	154	270
2	41	Andrei Taratukhin	Russia	C	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
2	56	Andrei Medvedev	Russia	G	Spartak Moscow (RSL)
4	108	Tomi Maki	Finland	RW	Jokerit (FIN)	1	0	0	0	0
4	124	Egor Shastin	Russia	F	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
5	145	James Hakewill	United States	D	Westminster (USHS)
5	164	Yuri Trubachev	Russia	C	St. Petersburg (RUS)
7	207	Garrett Bembridge	Canada	RW	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	220	David Moss	United States	RW	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)	163	34	34	68	44
8	233	Joe Campbell	United States	D	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
8	251	Ville Hamalainen	Finland	RW	Saipa (FIN)

Statistics are updated to the end of the 2008–09 NHL season. Players in italics were active on an NHL roster in 2008–09.

Farm teams[]

Saint John Flames[]

The baby Flames followed up their Calder Cup winning season with a disappointing 29–34–13–4 result in 2001–02, finishing in last place in the Canadian Division, missing the playoffs. Blair Betts led the Flames with just 49 points, while Dany Sabourin was the top goaltender in limited action.^[8]

Johnstown Chiefs[]

The Chiefs finished the 2001–02 ECHL season with a 39–31–2 record, good enough for third place in the Northwest Division. They were knocked out of the playoffs in the second round by the Dayton Bombers.

References[]

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide - 2001–02 stats, p. 110.
Game log: 2001–02 Calgary Flames game log on espn.com.
Team standings: 2001–02 NHL standings at hockeydb.com.

↑ Flames ink Turek long-term, cbc sports, November 20, 2001, accessed December 19, 2006.
↑ Flames ship Savard to Thrashers, cbc sports, November 15, 2002, accessed December 19, 2006.
↑ NHL Awards 2002, proicehockey.about.com, accessed December 19, 2006.
↑ Jose Theodore named NHL MVP, cbc sports, June 27, 2002, accessed December 19, 2006.
↑ Stand on guard for thee, CNNSI.com, February 24, 2002, accessed December 22, 2006.
↑ Off-season trades and signings, cbc sports, July 17, 2002, accessed December 6, 2006.
↑ 2001 NHL Entry Draft results, nhl.com, accessed December 18, 2006.
↑ 2001–02 Saint John Flames stats, hockeydb.com, accessed December 21, 2006.

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[1] Flames ink Turek long-term, cbc sports, November 20, 2001, accessed December 19, 2006.

[2] Flames ship Savard to Thrashers, cbc sports, November 15, 2002, accessed December 19, 2006.

[3] NHL Awards 2002, proicehockey.about.com, accessed December 19, 2006.

[4] Jose Theodore named NHL MVP, cbc sports, June 27, 2002, accessed December 19, 2006.

[5] Stand on guard for thee, CNNSI.com, February 24, 2002, accessed December 22, 2006.

[6] Off-season trades and signings, cbc sports, July 17, 2002, accessed December 6, 2006.

[7] 2001 NHL Entry Draft results, nhl.com, accessed December 18, 2006.

[8] 2001–02 Saint John Flames stats, hockeydb.com, accessed December 21, 2006.

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Calgary Flames
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See also	Calgary Hitmen · Ice hockey in Calgary

2001–02 NHL season by team
Atlantic	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh
Northeast	Boston • Buffalo • Montreal • Ottawa • Toronto
Southeast	Atlanta • Carolina • Florida • Tampa Bay • Washington
Central	Chicago • Columbus • Detroit • Nashville • St. Louis
Northwest	Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Minnesota • Vancouver
Pacific	Anaheim • Dallas • Los Angeles • Phoenix • San Jose
See also	2001 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • Stanley Cup Playoffs