2001–02_San_Jose_Sharks_season

2001–02 San Jose Sharks
2001–02 San Jose Sharks
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	3rd Western
2001–02 record	44–27–8–3
Home record	25–11–3–2
Road record	19–16–5–1
Goals for	248
Goals against	199
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Owen Nolan
Alternate captains	Vincent Damphousse; Mike Ricci
Arena	HP Pavilion
Average attendance	17,422
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Barons; Richmond Renegades
Team leaders
Goals	Teemu Selanne (29)
Assists	Owen Nolan (43)
Points	Owen Nolan (66)
Penalty minutes	Bryan Marchment (178)
Plus/minus	Mike Rathje (+23); Marco Sturm (+23)
Wins	Evgeni Nabokov (37)
Goals against average	Vesa Toskala (0.00)
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2001–02 San Jose Sharks season

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The 2001–02 San Jose Sharks season was the club's 11th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sharks once again set franchise records for points (99) and wins (44) in a season. Most notably, the team won the Pacific Division for the first time in franchise history. Consequently, the Sharks clinched a playoff berth for the fifth consecutive season.

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In Darryl Sutter's fifth year as head coach, the Sharks took a massive step forward. For the first time, the team boasted offensive depth in spades, as six forwards (Owen Nolan, Teemu Selanne, Patrick Marleau, Marco Sturm, Scott Thornton and Vincent Damphousse) finished the season with at least 20 goals, while another two (Mike Ricci and Adam Graves) finished with at least 17. While the Sharks' defense nominally regressed from one year earlier, it remained one of the Western Conference's top units; the play of Brad Stuart, Bryan Marchment, Gary Suter and Mike Rathje proved more than adequate during the regular season. The Sharks also benefited from the strong goaltending of starter Evgeni Nabokov and backup Miikka Kiprusoff. Regular season highlights included a 10–2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets (March 30, 2002) and Patrick Marleau's first career hat trick (April 6, 2002). Evgeni Nabokov also became the first goaltender in franchise history (and seventh in NHL history) to score a goal with an empty-net tally against the Vancouver Canucks on March 10. On April 12, the Sharks clinched the Pacific Division title following a Los Angeles Kings loss to the Canucks. In winning the division, the Sharks also clinched home-ice advantage in a playoff series for the first time in franchise history.

In the first round of the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the third-seeded Sharks faced the sixth-seeded Phoenix Coyotes. The teams split the first two games in San Jose. From there, however, the Sharks closed the series out with a trio of convincing victories. In the second round, the team faced eventual Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy and the defending champion Colorado Avalanche. The Sharks took successive series leads of 1–0, 2–1 and 3–2 against the favored Avalanche. However, each time Colorado managed to re-tie the series. In Game 6, which was briefly interrupted by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, the Sharks took the Avalanche to overtime. However, a goal by Peter Forsberg forced a deciding seventh game in Denver. There, the Avalanche eliminated the Sharks with a hard-fought 1–0 victory. The game is arguably best remembered (amongst Sharks fans) for Teemu Selanne missing an open net from close range in the first period.

Regular season

On March 10, 2002, Evgeni Nabokov became the first netminder in NHL history to score a powerplay goal, doing so against the Vancouver Canucks. He was also the first European goaltender to score a goal.

On March 30, 2002, the Sharks defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets at home 10–2.^[1] It was the second time in the 2001–02 NHL regular season that a team had scored ten goals in a single game, as the Ottawa Senators had defeated the Washington Capitals on the road 11–5.^[2] Further, it was the first time the Sharks had scored ten goals in a regular season game since January 13, 1996, when they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins on the road 10–8.^[3]

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[fn1-7] Damphousse, Nolan, and Selanne were voted to the starting lineup.^[6]

[16] The Rangers agreed to pay two-thirds of Graves’ remaining salary on his contract.^[14]

[25] In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[22]

[28] Deuling retired.^[24]

[30] Friedman retired.^[25]

[fn2-42] Club option for a second year.

[44] Option for a second year.

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No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	8	3	248	189	99
2	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
4	10	Dallas Stars	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
5	13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
3	y – San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	44	27	8	3	248	199	99
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
5	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
10	Dallas Stars	PAC	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73
13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69
14	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Evgeni Nabokov	67	37	24	5	1818	149	2.29	.918	7	3901	12	7	5	322	31	2.61	.904	0	712
37	Miikka Kiprusoff	20	7	6	3	508	43	2.49	.915	2	1037	1	0	0	2	0	0.00	1.000	0	8
29	Vesa Toskala	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	1.000	0	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Vincent Damphousse^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[7]
		Owen Nolan^{[lower-alpha 1]}
		Teemu Selanne^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	NHL Player of the Month	Evgeni Nabokov (February)	^[8]
	NHL Player of the Week	Evgeni Nabokov (February 11)	^[9]
Team	Sharks Player of the Year	Mike Ricci	^[10]
Team	Sharks Rookie of the Year	Matt Bradley	^[10]

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Adam Graves	October 27, 2001	^[11]
400th goal	Teemu Selanne	March 7, 2002	^[12]

2001–02_San_Jose_Sharks_season

2001–02 San Jose Sharks season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Notes

References

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			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
11	Owen Nolan	RW	75	23	43	66	7	93	12	3	6	9	−2	8
25	Vincent Damphousse	C	82	20	38	58	8	60	12	2	6	8	−1	12
8	Teemu Selanne	RW	82	29	25	54	−11	40	12	5	3	8	−3	2
18	Mike Ricci	C	79	19	34	53	9	44	12	4	6	10	6	4
12	Patrick Marleau	C	79	21	23	44	9	40	12	6	5	11	3	6
17	Scott Thornton	LW	77	26	16	42	11	116	12	3	3	6	3	6
19	Marco Sturm	LW	77	21	20	41	23	32	12	3	2	5	−1	2
24	Niklas Sundstrom	RW	73	9	30	39	7	50	12	1	6	7	3	6
20	Gary Suter	D	82	6	27	33	13	57	12	0	4	4	2	8
9	Adam Graves	LW	81	17	14	31	11	51	12	3	1	4	−2	6
7	Brad Stuart	D	82	6	23	29	13	39	12	0	3	3	1	8
28	Matt Bradley	RW	54	9	13	22	22	43	10	0	0	0	0	0
13	Todd Harvey	RW	69	9	13	22	16	73	12	0	2	2	3	12
27	Bryan Marchment	D	72	2	20	22	22	178	12	1	1	2	−1	10
10	Marcus Ragnarsson	D	70	5	15	20	4	44	12	1	3	4	−1	12
5	Jeff Jillson	D	48	5	13	18	2	29	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Rathje	D	52	5	12	17	23	48	12	1	3	4	5	6
22	Scott Hannan	D	75	2	12	14	10	57	12	0	2	2	−1	12
32	Stephane Matteau	LW	55	7	4	11	4	15	10	1	2	3	1	2
15	Alexander Korolyuk	LW	32	3	7	10	2	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Mark Smith	C	49	3	3	6	−1	72	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Evgeni Nabokov	G	67	1	3	4		14	12	0	2	2		2
23	Shawn Heins	D	17	0	2	2	1	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Steve Bancroft	D	5	0	1	1	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Mike Craig	RW	2	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
50	Hannes Hyvonen	RW	6	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Miikka Kiprusoff	G	20	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0		0
29	Vesa Toskala	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2001	To San Jose Sharks Adam Graves^{[lower-alpha 2]}	To New York Rangers Christian Gosselin Mikael Samuelsson	^[15]
June 24, 2001	To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2001 6th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	^[13]
June 24, 2001	To San Jose Sharks 5th-round pick in 2001	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2001 8th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2001	^[13]
June 29, 2001	To San Jose Sharks Rich Pilon	To New York Rangers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2002	^[16]

Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11)	Matt Carkner	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	Free agency	^[17]
June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11)	Graig Mischler	Northeastern University (HE)	Free agency	^[17]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Seamus Kotyk	Ottawa 67's (OHL)	Free agency	^[18]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Brandon Smith	Boston Bruins	Free agency	^[18]
August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15)	Jesse Fibiger	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)	Free agency	^[19]
August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15)	Joel Prpic	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency	^[19]
September 5, 2001 (2001-09-05)	Mike Craig	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency	^[20]
September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27)	Lynn Loyns	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)	Free agency	^[21]

Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Ref
N/A	Greg Andrusak	Berlin Capitals (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[23]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Jarrett Deuling^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Contract expiration (VI)	^[22]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Doug Friedman^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Contract expiration (VI)	^[22]
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Rich Pilon	St. Louis Blues	Free agency (III)	^[26]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	Jim Montgomery	Dallas Stars	Free agency (UFA)	^[27]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	Jeff Norton	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	^[28]
August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)	Bill Lindsay	Florida Panthers	Free agency (UFA)	^[29]
September 8, 2001 (2001-09-08)	Tony Granato		Retirement (III)	^[30]
September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20)	Paul Kruse	Sheffield Steelers (BISL)	Free agency (III)	^[31]
September 24, 2001 (2001-09-24)	Rejean Stringer	Columbia Inferno (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
October 3, 2001 (2001-10-03)	Larry Courville	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)	David MacIsaac	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[34]
November 26, 2001 (2001-11-26)	Terry Friesen	Fresno Falcons (WCHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
May 8, 2002 (2002-05-08)	Mike Craig	SCL Tigers (NLA)	Free agency	^[36]

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11)	Vesa Toskala		Re-signing	^[17]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Hannes Hyvonen		Entry-level	^[18]
August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15)	Matt Bradley		Re-signing	^[19]
August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15)	Gary Suter	1-year^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Re-signing	^[37]
August 17, 2001 (2001-08-17)	Shawn Heins	1-year^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Re-signing	^[38]
September 5, 2001 (2001-09-05)	Miikka Kiprusoff	1-year	Re-signing	^[20]
	Ryan Kraft		Re-signing	^[20]
	Andy Lundbohm		Re-signing	^[20]
	Mark Smith		Re-signing	^[20]
September 7, 2001 (2001-09-07)	Todd Harvey	2-year	Re-signing	^[39]
September 18, 2001 (2001-09-18)	Patrick Marleau	1-year	Re-signing	^[40]
September 18, 2001 (2001-09-18)	Chad Wiseman		Entry-level	^[40]
September 21, 2001 (2001-09-21)	Miikka Kiprusoff	1-year	Extension	^[41]
October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)	Adam Graves	1-year^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Extension	^[42]
November 29, 2001 (2001-11-29)	Mike Rathje	4-year	Re-signing	^[43]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	20	Marcel Goc	Center	Germany	Schwenninger Wild Wings (DEL)
4	106	Christian Ehrhoff	Defense	Germany	Duisburg EV (GerObL)
4	107	Dimitri Patzold	Goaltender	Kazakhstan	Kölner Haie (DEL)
5	140	Tomas Plihal	Left wing	Czechoslovakia	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (Czech Republic)
6	175	Ryane Clowe	Left wing	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6	182	Tom Cavanagh	Center	United States	Harvard University (NCAA)