2001–02 NHL season
| 2001–02 NHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | National Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 3, 2001 – June 13, 2002 |
| Number of games | 82 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| Regular season | |
| Presidents' Trophy | Detroit Red Wings |
| Season MVP | Jose Theodore (Montreal Canadiens) |
| Top scorer | Jarome Iginla (Calgary) |
| Playoffs | |
| Eastern champions | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Eastern runners-up | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Western champions | Detroit Red Wings |
| Western runners-up | Colorado Avalanche |
| Playoffs Playoffs MVP | Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit) |
| Stanley Cup | |
| Champions | Detroit Red Wings |
| Runners-up | Carolina Hurricanes |
The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The cash-strapped Pittsburgh Penguins, desperate to dump payroll, could no longer afford perennial superstar Jaromir Jagr. He would be traded, along with Frantisek Kucera, to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Kris Beech, Ross Lupaschuk, Michal Sivek and $4.9 million. Despite Mario Lemieux's return last season, the absence of Jagr proved devastating to the Penguins, and they missed the playoffs for the first time in 12 years. They would continue to miss the playoffs until the Sidney Crosby era began.
The Dallas Stars moved their home games from Reunion Arena to American Airlines Center.
The NHL honored the victims of 9/11 by having all players wear a patch on their jerseys, a ribbon sticker on the back of their helmet, as well as a red, white and blue ribbon painted on the ice behind each net, (with the Canadian teams having a red and white ribbon painted on the ice behind either net). On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a pre-season game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers with both teams tied up 2–2, nine days after the attacks, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the 9/11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and was declared a 2–2 tie.
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