2001–02_Pittsburgh_Penguins_season

2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins season

NHL team season

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.

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2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	12th Eastern
2001–02 record	28–41–8–5
Home record	16–20–4–1
Road record	12–21–4–4
Goals for	198
Goals against	249
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Ivan Hlinka (Oct.) Rick Kehoe (Oct.–Apr.)
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Alexei Kovalev (Nov.–Apr.) Martin Straka Darius Kasparaitis
Arena	Mellon Arena
Average attendance	15,649
Minor league affiliate(s)	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Wheeling Nailers
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Kovalev (32)
Assists	Alexei Kovalev (44)
Points	Alexei Kovalev (76)
Penalty minutes	Krzysztof Oliwa (150)
Plus/minus	Robert Lang (+9)
Wins	Johan Hedberg (25)
Goals against average	Johan Hedberg (2.75)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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.^[1] The trade still ranks as the fifth-worst trade in team history.^[2]

Regular season

After an 0–4 start, head coach Ivan Hlinka was relieved of his duties and replaced by Rick Kehoe.^[3]

Final standings

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Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
2	5	New York Islanders	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
3	6	New Jersey Devils	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
4	11	New York Rangers	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
5	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Eastern Conference^[4]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
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9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2001–02 regular season^[5]

October: 4–6–1–1 (home: 2–3–1–0 ; road: 2–3–0–1), 10 Points

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

November: 6–4–1–2 (home: 5–1–1–0 ; road: 1–3–1–1), 15 Points

#	Nov	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
13	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (14,763)	5–6–1–1	12	Recap
14	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,148)	6–6–1–1	14	Recap
15	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2	Carolina Hurricanes	Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena (15,938)	6–6–2–1	15	Recap
16	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Florida Panthers	National Car Rental Center (16,164)	6–7–2–1	15	Recap
17	10	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ice Palace Arena (18,812)	6–7–2–2	16	Recap
18	13	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–5	New Jersey Devils	Continental Airlines Arena (12,480)	7–7–2–2	18	Recap
19	14	New York Islanders	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (15,466)	7–7–3–2	19	Recap
20	17	New York Rangers	0–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,027)	8–7–3–2	21	Recap
21	21	Vancouver Canucks	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,980)	8–8–3–2	21	Recap
22	23	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–0	Nashville Predators	Gaylord Entertainment Center (16,717)	8–9–3–2	21	Recap
23	24	Buffalo Sabres	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,958)	9–9–3–2	23	Recap
24	27	New Jersey Devils	0–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (13,410)	10–9–3–2	25	Recap
25	29	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–0	San Jose Sharks	Compaq Center (17,496)	10–10–3–2	25	Recap

December: 4–7–0–2 (home: 2–5–0–0 ; road: 2–2–2–0), 10 Points

#	Dec	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
26	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	Phoenix Coyotes	America West Arena (14,109)	10–11–3–2	25	Recap
27	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	Air Canada Centre (19,271)	11–11–3–2	27	Recap
28	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Boston Bruins	FleetCenter (14,125)	12–11–3–2	29	Recap
29	8	Atlanta Thrashers	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (14,917)	13–11–3–2	31	Recap
30	11	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2	Washington Capitals	MCI Center (18,672)	13–11–4–2	32	Recap
31	12	Boston Bruins	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (13,397)	13–12–4–2	32	Recap
32	14	Minnesota Wild	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (13,378)	13–13–4–2	32	Recap
33	16	Carolina Hurricanes	7–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (14,226)	13–14–4–2	32	Recap
34	19	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,148)	13–15–4–2	32	Recap
35	21	Washington Capitals	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,148)	14–15–4–2	34	Recap
36	22	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–4	Washington Capitals	MCI Center (18,672)	14–15–5–2	35	Recap
37	26	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–0	New Jersey Devils	Continental Airlines Arena (19,040)	14–16–5–2	35	Recap
38	29	Ottawa Senators	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,148)	14–17–5–2	35	Recap

January: 8–6–1–0 (home: 4–3–0–0 ; road: 4–3–0–1), 17 Points

#	Jan	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
39	3	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum (16,234)	14–18–5–2	35	Recap
40	5	New York Rangers	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,305)	15–18–5–2	37	Recap
41	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks	United Center (16,537)	15–19–5–2	37	Recap
42	8	Boston Bruins	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (15,897)	15–20–5–2	37	Recap
43	10	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–2	Buffalo Sabres	HSBC Arena (16,151)	16–20–5–2	39	Recap
44	12	St. Louis Blues	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,958)	16–21–5–2	39	Recap
45	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	Vancouver Canucks	General Motors Place (18,422)	16–22–5–2	39	Recap
46	17	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–6	Calgary Flames	Pengrowth Saddledome (15,437)	17–22–5–2	41	Recap
47	19	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–1	Edmonton Oilers	Skyreach Centre (16,839)	18–22–5–2	43	Recap
48	21	Philadelphia Flyers	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,958)	19–22–5–2	45	Recap
49	23	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (15,127)	20–22–5–2	47	Recap
50	24	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–5 OT	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum (16,234)	21–22–5–2	49	Recap
51	26	Atlanta Thrashers	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,021)	22–22–5–2	51	Recap
52	29	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	First Union Center (19,634)	22–22–5–3	52	Recap
53	30	San Jose Sharks	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (15,152)	22–23–5–3	52	Recap

February: 1–4–1–1 (home: 0–1–0–1 ; road: 1–3–1–0), 4 Points

#	Feb	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
54	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	Carolina Hurricanes	Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena (18,730)	22–23–6–3	53	Recap
55	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0	Montreal Canadiens	Molson Centre (21,191)	22–24–6–3	53	Recap
56	9	New Jersey Devils	2–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,021)	22–24–6–4	54	Recap
57	10	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,200)	22–25–6–4	54	Recap
58	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–1	Ottawa Senators	Corel Centre (17,332)	22–26–6–4	54	Recap
59	27	Los Angeles Kings	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,134)	22–27–6–4	54	Recap
60	28	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nationwide Arena (18,136)	23–27–6–4	56	Recap

March: 5–7–1–1 (home: 3–5–1–0 ; road: 2–2–0–1), 12 Points

#	Mar	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
61	2	Detroit Red Wings	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,148)	23–28–6–4	56	Recap
62	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum (13,277)	24–28–6–4	58	Recap
63	5	Florida Panthers	5–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (12,652)	25–28–6–4	60	Recap
64	7	Carolina Hurricanes	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (15,111)	25–29–6–4	60	Recap
65	9	New York Rangers	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,958)	26–29–6–4	62	Recap
66	11	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (13,422)	26–30–6–4	62	Recap
67	13	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (12,536)	26–31–6–4	62	Recap
68	16	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center (18,118)	26–32–6–4	62	Recap
69	18	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	Atlanta Thrashers	Philips Arena (12,305)	27–32–6–4	64	Recap
70	20	Phoenix Coyotes	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (12,851)	27–33–6–4	64	Recap
71	23	Philadelphia Flyers	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (17,148)	27–33–7–4	65	Recap
72	24	Washington Capitals	2–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,971)	28–33–7–4	67	Recap
73	27	New Jersey Devils	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (15,106)	28–34–7–4	67	Recap
74	30	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens	Molson Centre (21,273)	28–34–7–5	68	Recap

April: 0–7–0–1 (home: 0–2–1–0 ; road: 0–5–0–0), 1 Points

#	Apr	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
75	1	Montreal Canadiens	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (14,110)	28–35–7–5	68	Recap
76	3	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Florida Panthers	National Car Rental Center (15,614)	28–36–7–5	68	Recap
77	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning	Amalie Arena (15,454)	28–37–7–5	68	Recap
78	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers	First Union Center (19,750)	28–38–7–5	68	Recap
79	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,200)	28–39–7–5	68	Recap
80	10	Buffalo Sabres	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (12,724)	28–39–8–5	69	Recap
81	12	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mellon Arena (16,816)	28–40–8–5	69	Recap
82	13	Pittsburgh Penguins	7–1	Boston Bruins	FleetCenter (17,565)	28–41–8–5	69	Recap

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT Loss = Tie

Player statistics

Skaters

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Regular Season^[6]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Alex Kovalev	67	32	44	76	2	80
Jan Hrdina	79	24	33	57	-7	50
Robert Lang	62	18	32	50	9	16
Aleksey Morozov	72	20	29	49	-7	16
Mario Lemieux	24	6	25	31	0	14
Randy Robitaille^†	40	10	20	30	-14	16
Michal Rozsival	79	9	20	29	-6	47
Stephane Richer^‡	58	13	12	25	-8	14
Kris Beech	79	10	15	25	-25	45
Toby Petersen	79	8	10	18	-15	4
Dan Lacouture	82	6	11	17	-19	71
Milan Kraft	68	8	8	16	-9	16
Darius Kasparaitis^‡	69	2	12	14	-1	123
Janne Laukkanen	47	6	7	13	-18	28
Andrew Ference	75	4	7	11	-12	73
Wayne Primeau	33	3	7	10	-1	18
Ian Moran	64	2	8	10	-11	54
Martin Straka	13	5	4	9	3	0
Hans Jonsson	53	2	5	7	-12	22
Billy Tibbetts^‡	33	1	5	6	-13	109
Kevin Stevens	32	1	4	5	-9	25
John Jakopin	19	0	4	4	2	42
Jeff Toms^†	14	2	1	3	-5	4
Shean Donovan^†	13	2	1	3	-5	4
Ville Nieminen^†	13	1	2	3	-2	8
Tom Kostopoulos	11	1	2	3	-1	9
Josef Melichar	60	0	3	3	-1	68
Mike Wilson	21	1	1	2	-12	17
Jamie Pushor^†	15	0	2	2	-3	30
Krzysztof Oliwa	57	0	2	2	-5	150
Rick Berry^†	13	0	2	2	-4	21
Kent Manderville^†	4	1	0	1	1	4
Eric Meloche	23	0	1	1	-7	8
Shane Endicott	4	0	1	1	-1	4
Total		198	340	538	—	1,210

Goaltenders

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

^†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

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mario Lemieux	^[8]
League (in-season)	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Andrew Ference	^[9]
Team	A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award	Alexei Kovalev	^[10]
	Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award	Johan Hedberg	^[11]
	Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award	Ian Moran	^[11]
	Leading Scorer Award	Alexei Kovalev
	Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy	Johan Hedberg	^[12]
	Most Valuable Player Award	Alexei Kovalev	^[13]
	Players' Player Award	Alexei Kovalev	^[12]
	Players' Player Award	Ian Moran	^[12]
	The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award	Andrew Ference	^[10]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Stephane Richer	November 3, 2001	^[14]

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.^[15]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
July 11, 2001	To Washington Capitals Jaromir Jagr Frantisek Kucera	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Beech Ross Lupaschuk Michal Sivek Future considerations	^[16]
March 8, 2002	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Mark Moore	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bert Robertsson	^[17]
March 15, 2002	To Columbus Blue Jackets 4th-round pick in 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jamie Pushor	^[18]
March 17, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Billy Tibbetts	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kent Manderville	^[19]
March 19, 2002	To New Jersey Devils Stephane Richer	To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2003	^[20]
March 19, 2002	To Colorado Avalanche Darius Kasparaitis	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rick Berry Ville Nieminen	^[21]
May 15, 2002	To Nashville Predators Steve Parsons	To Pittsburgh Penguins Future considerations	^[22]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Mike Wilson	Florida Panthers	3-year	Free agency	^[23]
July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30)	Steve Parsons	Hershey Bears (AHL)		Free agency	^[24]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Peter Ratchuk	Florida Panthers		Free agency	^[25]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Rob Tallas	Chicago Blackhawks		Free agency	^[25]
October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	John Jakopin	Florida Panthers		Waivers	^[26]
October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	Stephane Richer	Washington Capitals		Free agency	^[27]
January 4, 2002 (2002-01-04)	Randy Robitaille	Los Angeles Kings		Waivers	^[28]
March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)	Shean Donovan	Atlanta Thrashers		Waivers	^[18]
March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)	Jeff Toms	New York Rangers		Waivers	^[29]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Ref
N/A	Boris Protsenko	Amur Khabarovsk (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[31]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Craig Hillier^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[30]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Garth Snow	New York Islanders	Free agency (III)	^[33]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Bob Boughner	Calgary Flames	Free agency (UFA)	^[34]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Rich Parent	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Trent Cull	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (VI)	^[36]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Chris Kelleher	Boston Bruins	Free agency (VI)	^[37]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Kip Miller	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	Free agency (III)	^[38]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Greg Crozier	Boston Bruins	Free agency (UFA)	^[39]
August 28, 2001 (2001-08-28)	Steve McKenna	New York Rangers	Free agency (UFA)	^[40]
September 10, 2001 (2001-09-10)	Josef Beranek	HC Slavia Praha (ELH)	Free agency (III)	^[41]
October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05)	Dennis Bonvie	Boston Bruins	Free agency (VI)	^[42]
November 5, 2001 (2001-11-05)	Rene Corbet	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[43]
November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)	Marc Bergevin	St. Louis Blues	Free agency (III)	^[44]
January 22, 2002 (2002-01-22)	Bobby Dollas	Laval Chiefs (QSPHL)	Free agency (III)	^[45]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11)	Kevin Stevens		Re-signing	^[46]
June 14, 2001 (2001-06-14)	Rob Scuderi		Entry-level	^[47]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	Robert Dome		Re-signing	^[48]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Hans Jonsson		Re-signing	^[49]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Eric Meloche		Re-signing	^[49]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	David Koci		Entry-level	^[50]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Tomas Surovy		Entry-level	^[50]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Jason MacDonald		Re-signing	^[51]
July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)	Dan LaCouture	1-year	Re-signing	^[52]
	Ian Moran	2-year	Re-signing	^[52]
	Billy Tibbetts	1-year	Re-signing	^[52]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Jean-Sebastien Aubin		Re-signing	^[53]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Alexei Morozov		Re-signing	^[53]
August 10, 2001 (2001-08-10)	Martin Straka	2-year	Arbitration award	^[54]
August 11, 2001 (2001-08-11)	Jan Hrdina	2-year	Arbitration award	^[55]
August 13, 2001 (2001-08-13)	Robert Lang	1-year	Arbitration award	^[56]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Brooks Orpik		Entry-level	^[57]
August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15)	Alexei Kovalev	2-year	Arbitration award	^[58]
August 20, 2001 (2001-08-20)	Darius Kasparaitis	2-year	Re-signing	^[59]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)	Mario Lemieux	1-year	Re-signing	^[60]
August 29, 2001 (2001-08-29)	Wayne Primeau		Re-signing	^[61]
September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)	Johan Hedberg	multi-year	Re-signing	^[62]
September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)	Martin Straka	multi-year	Re-signing	^[62]
September 8, 2001 (2001-09-08)	Michal Roszival		Re-signing	^[63]
October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05)	Shane Endicott		Entry-level	^[64]
June 3, 2002 (2002-06-03)	Steven Crampton		Entry-level	^[65]
June 3, 2002 (2002-06-03)	Michel Ouellet		Entry-level	^[65]

Other

More information Name, Date ...

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:^[66]

More information Round, # ...

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^[a]	Alexandre Rouleau	D	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	120	Tomas Surovy	LW	Slovakia	HK Poprad (Slovakia)
4	131^[b]	Ben Eaves	C	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
5	156	Andy Schneider	D	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
7	217	Tomas Duba	G	Czech Republic	Sparta Prague (Czech Extraliga)
8	250	Brandon Crawford-West	G	United States	Texas Tornado (NAHL)

Draft notes^[67]

^a Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Ron Tugnutt.
^b 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

In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[30]
Hillier was inactive during the 2001–02 season.^[32]

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Awards

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Trades

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See also

Notes

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