2001–02 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings season was the 76th National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings scored 116 points, winning the Central Division, their third Presidents' Trophy, and home ice throughout the playoffs. The team is considered one of the greatest teams in NHL history with ten future Hockey Hall of Famers on the team, as well as a Hall of Fame coach in Scotty Bowman.

2001–02 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup champions
Presidents' Trophy winners
Western Conference champions
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2001–02 record	51–17–10–4
Home record	28–7–5–1
Road record	23–10–5–3
Goals for	251
Goals against	187
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,058 (100%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Toledo Storm
Team leaders
Goals	Brendan Shanahan (37)
Assists	Nicklas Lidstrom (50)
Points	Brendan Shanahan (75)
Penalty minutes	Chris Chelios (126)
Plus/minus	Chris Chelios (40)
Wins	Dominik Hasek (41)
Goals against average	Dominik Hasek (2.17)
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The 2002 Stanley Cup champion Red Wings present a jersey to U.S. President George W. Bush.

After Detroit's shocking upset loss in the first playoff round to the Los Angeles Kings, general manager Ken Holland went out into the trade market to address Detroit's more glaring needs. He quickly filled them by trading for future Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hasek and signing Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille. These big names joined other future Hall of Fame talents in Chris Chelios, Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brendan Shanahan and Steve Yzerman, as well as important supporting players in Jiri Fischer, former All-Star Steve Duchesne, Tomas Holmstrom, the "Grind Line" of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and Darren McCarty, and Pavel Datsyuk in his rookie season, and rounded out with legendary coach Scotty Bowman, who had decided to return for one more year.

The Wings were quickly selected as favorites to win the Stanley Cup by pundits and they went on to prove them right.^[1] With so much talent on one team — including the first time three 500-goal scorers were on the same team, as well as a fourth to become in Brendan Shanahan that will eventually hit the mark during the season — they quickly got off to a great start, winning 22 of their first 27 games. After finishing with 116 points and the best record in the NHL (by 15 points), the Wings had earned the first seed in the Western Conference and met the Vancouver Canucks in the first round. After the Canucks took the first two games, it looked like the Canucks were going to sweep the Red Wings and the Red Wings were going to have their second straight early exit. Captain Steve Yzerman gave a closed-door speech to the team.^[2] Only the players in the locker room knew what was said, but the Wings headed to Vancouver and won four straight games to win the series.

After a quick series against the division rival St. Louis Blues, Detroit met their old nemesis, the second-seeded Colorado Avalanche in the Conference Finals. They battled back and forth during the series, tying the series three times before reaching game seven in Detroit. The Wings came out firing and won the deciding game 7–0. After that, the Wings fought the cinderella story Carolina Hurricanes for the Stanley Cup, winning in game five at home. Over one million people showed up for the victory parade in downtown Detroit on June 17.^[3]

There was no All-Star game this year as the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City took place in February 2002 where eleven Red Wings players represented their countries. Brendan Shanahan and Steve Yzerman represented Canada; Chris Chelios and Brett Hull represented the United States; Dominik Hasek represented the Czech Republic; Sergei Fedorov, Pavel Datsyuk and Igor Larionov represented Russia; and Nicklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Olausson and Tomas Holmstrom represented Sweden.^[4]

The Red Wings sold out all 41 home games in 2001–02 as 20,058 fans packed Joe Louis Arena for every regular season and playoff game played in Detroit. The season was chronicled by Detroit Free Press sportswriter Nicholas J. Cotsonika's 2002 book, Hockey Gods: The Inside Story of the Red Wings' Hall of Fame Team.

Regular season

The Red Wings tied the Los Angeles Kings for the most power-play goals scored during the regular season with 73.^[5]

Season standings

Further information: 2001–02 NHL season

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
3	5	Chicago Blackhawks	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
4	14	Nashville Predators	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

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.

Western Conference^[6]

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

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2001–02 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed and played Vancouver in the first round. After losing the first two games in Detroit, the Wings rallied back to win four straight. Then the Wings made quick work of the Blues before meeting the second-seeded Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals. The Wings would beat the Avalanche in a hard-fought seven game series, winning the final game 7–0. As the final game in the series came to a close, the Neil Diamond song "Sweet Caroline" was played over the Joe Louis Arena loudspeakers, as the victorious Red Wings prepared to head off to a Stanley Cup clinching series with the third-seeded victors of the Eastern Conference, the Carolina Hurricanes. They won the series in five games, defeating the Hurricanes three to one at home in Detroit on June 13 to take home their tenth Stanley Cup.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2001–02 regular season^[7]
October: 11–2–0–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 6–0–0–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Detroit 4 – 3 San Jose OT Hasek 17,496 1–0–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 6 Detroit 4 – 1 Vancouver Hasek 18,422 2–0–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 10 Calgary 4 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,058 2–1–0–0 4 Recap 4 October 12 Buffalo 2 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 3–1–0–0 6 Recap 5 October 13 Detroit 5 – 4 NY Islanders OT Legace 16,234 4–1–0–0 8 Recap 6 October 16 Columbus 3 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 5–1–0–0 10 Recap 7 October 18 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 6–1–0–0 12 Recap 8 October 20 Los Angeles 2 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 7–1–0–0 14 Recap 9 October 24 Edmonton 1 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 8–1–0–0 16 Recap 10 October 26 Dallas 3 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,058 8–2–0–0 16 Recap 11 October 27 Detroit 1 – 0 Nashville Legace 17,113 9–2–0–0 18 Recap 12 October 30 Detroit 5 – 2 Carolina Legace 18,730 10–2–0–0 20 Recap 13 October 31 Detroit 4 – 3 Dallas OT Legace 18,532 11–2–0–0 22 Recap
November: 11–1–1–1 (home: 8–0–1–0; road: 3–1–0–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 2 NY Islanders 1 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,058 12–2–0–0 24 Recap 15 November 4 Detroit 4 – 5 Chicago Hasek 20,989 12–3–0–0 24 Recap 16 November 7 Detroit 3 – 1 Phoenix Hasek 15,023 13–3–0–0 26 Recap 17 November 9 Detroit 1 – 0 Anaheim Hasek 17,174 14–3–0–0 28 Recap 18 November 10 Detroit 2 – 3 Los Angeles OT Hasek 18,385 14–3–0–1 29 Recap 19 November 13 Carolina 3 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 15–3–0–1 31 Recap 20 November 16 Minnesota 3 – 8 Detroit Legace 20,058 16–3–0–1 33 Recap 21 November 17 Los Angeles 2 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 17–3–0–1 35 Recap 22 November 20 Nashville 3 – 6 Detroit Hasek 20,058 18–3–0–1 37 Recap 23 November 21 Detroit 1 – 0 Columbus OT Legace 18,136 19–3–0–1 39 Recap 24 November 23 St. Louis 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 20–3–0–1 41 Recap 25 November 25 Chicago 4 – 4 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 20–3–1–1 42 Recap 26 November 27 Calgary 2 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 21–3–1–1 44 Recap 27 November 30 New Jersey 2 – 4 Detroit Legace 20,058 22–3–1–1 46 Recap
December: 6–5–2–1 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–3–1–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 1 Detroit 1 – 4 New Jersey Hasek 18,559 22–4–1–1 46 Recap 29 December 5 Colorado 4 – 1 Detroit Hasek 20,058 22–5–1–1 46 Recap 30 December 7 Detroit 1 – 1 Phoenix OT Hasek 20,058 22–5–2–1 47 Recap 31 December 10 Detroit 0 – 2 Calgary Hasek 16,009 22–6–2–1 47 Recap 32 December 13 Detroit 2 – 1 Edmonton Hasek 16,839 23–6–2–1 49 Recap 33 December 15 Detroit 0 – 3 Vancouver Hasek 18,422 23–7–2–1 49 Recap 34 December 17 Chicago 2 – 0 Detroit Legace 20,058 23–8–2–1 49 Recap 35 December 19 Vancouver 1 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 24–8–2–1 51 Recap 36 December 21 San Jose 0 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 25–8–2–1 53 Recap 37 December 23 Detroit 5 – 0 Chicago Hasek 22,158 26–8–2–1 55 Recap 38 December 26 Detroit 3 – 3 Minnesota OT Hasek 18,568 26–8–3–1 56 Recap 39 December 27 Columbus 1 – 5 Detroit Legace 20,058 27–8–3–1 58 Recap 40 December 29 Detroit 2 – 3 Nashville OT Hasek 17,244 27–8–3–2 59 Recap 41 December 31 Minnesota 2 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 28–8–3–2 61 Recap
January: 8–2–3–0 (home: 7–0–1–0; road: 1–2–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Anaheim 3 – 5 Detroit Hasek 20,058 29–8–3–2 63 Recap 43 January 5 Colorado 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 30–8–3–2 65 Recap 44 January 9 Vancouver 4 – 5 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 31–8–3–2 67 Recap 45 January 12 Dallas 2 – 5 Detroit Hasek 20,058 32–8–3–2 69 Recap 46 January 15 Detroit 2 – 2 Phoenix OT Legace 15,186 32–8–4–2 70 Recap 47 January 16 Detroit 2 – 3 Dallas Hasek 18,532 32–9–4–2 70 Recap 48 January 18 Washington 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 33–9–4–2 72 Recap 49 January 20 Ottawa 2 – 3 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 34–9–4–2 74 Recap 50 January 23 San Jose 2 – 2 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 34–9–5–2 75 Recap 51 January 25 Phoenix 1 – 4 Detroit Legace 20,058 35–9–5–2 77 Recap 52 January 26 Detroit 5 – 2 St. Louis Hasek 20,017 36–9–5–2 79 Recap 53 January 28 Detroit 1 – 1 Edmonton OT Hasek 16,839 36–9–6–2 80 Recap 54 January 30 Detroit 3 – 4 Calgary Legace 17,239 36–10–6–2 80 Recap
February: 7–1–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 6–0–0–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 4 Detroit 3 – 1 Colorado Hasek 18,007 37–10–6–2 82 Recap 56 February 6 NY Rangers 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 38–10–6–2 84 Recap 57 February 8 Columbus 3 – 2 Detroit Legace 20,058 38–11–6–2 84 Recap 58 February 9 Detroit 3 – 2 Ottawa Hasek 18,500 39–11–6–2 86 Recap 59 February 11 Detroit 3 – 2 Montreal Hasek 21,273 40–11–6–2 88 Recap 60 February 13 Detroit 2 – 0 Minnesota Hasek 18,568 41–11–6–2 90 Recap 61 February 26 Detroit 4 – 3 Tampa Bay OT Hasek 20,914 42–11–6–2 92 Recap 62 February 27 Detroit 3 – 2 Florida OT Hasek 19,250 43–11–6–2 94 Recap
March: 8–3–2–0 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 5–2–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 2 Detroit 4 – 2 Pittsburgh Hasek 17,148 44–11–6–2 96 Recap 64 March 6 Toronto 2 – 6 Detroit Hasek 20,058 45–11–6–2 98 Recap 65 March 9 Detroit 5 – 2 St. Louis Hasek 19,921 46–11–6–2 100 Recap 66 March 10 Detroit 1 – 5 Buffalo Hasek 18,690 46–12–6–2 100 Recap 67 March 13 Edmonton 3 – 4 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 47–12–6–2 102 Recap 68 March 16 Detroit 1 – 2 Boston Legace 17,565 47–13–6–2 102 Recap 69 March 17 Detroit 5 – 3 NY Rangers Hasek 18,200 48–13–6–2 104 Recap 70 March 19 Anaheim 2 – 1 Detroit Hasek 20,058 48–14–6–2 104 Recap 71 March 21 Detroit 3 – 2 Columbus OT Hasek 18,136 49–14–6–2 106 Recap 72 March 23 Detroit 2 – 0 Colorado Hasek 18,007 50–14–6–2 108 Recap 73 March 25 Detroit 3 – 3 Nashville OT Legace 16,518 50–14–7–2 109 Recap 74 March 28 Nashville 3 – 3 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 50–14–8–2 110 Recap 75 March 30 Atlanta 1 – 4 Detroit Legace 20,058 51–14–8–2 112 Recap
April: 0–3–2–2 (home: 0–1–1–1; road: 0–2–1–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 Toronto 5 – 4 Detroit OT Legace 20,058 51–14–8–3 113 Recap 77 April 3 Detroit 1 – 1 Anaheim OT Hasek 17,174 51–14–9–3 114 Recap 78 April 4 Detroit 0 – 3 Los Angeles Hasek 18,621 51–15–9–3 114 Recap 79 April 6 Detroit 3 – 6 San Jose Legace 17,496 51–16–9–3 114 Recap 80 April 10 Chicago 3 – 3 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 51–16–10–3 115 Recap 81 April 13 Detroit 2 – 3 St. Louis OT Hasek 19,877 51–16–10–4 116 Recap 82 April 14 St. Louis 5 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 51–17–10–4 116 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs^[7]
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks — Detroit wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Vancouver 4 – 3 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 Canucks lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 19 Vancouver 5 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Canucks lead 2–0 Recap 3 April 21 Detroit 3 – 1 Vancouver Hasek 18,422 Canucks lead 2–1 Recap 4 April 23 Detroit 4 – 2 Vancouver Hasek 18,422 Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 April 25 Vancouver 0 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Red Wings lead 3–2 Recap 6 April 27 Detroit 6 – 4 Vancouver Hasek 18,422 Red Wings win 4–2 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (4) St. Louis Blues — Detroit wins 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 St. Louis 0 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Red Wings lead 1–0 Recap 2 May 4 St. Louis 2 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Red Wings lead 2–0 Recap 3 May 7 Detroit 1 – 6 St. Louis Hasek 19,107 Red Wings lead 2–1 Recap 4 May 9 Detroit 4 – 3 St. Louis Hasek 19,999 Red Wings lead 3–1 Recap 5 May 11 St. Louis 0 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Red Wings win 4–1 Recap
Western Conference Finals: vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche — Detroit wins 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 18 Colorado 3 – 5 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Red Wings lead 1–0 Recap 2 May 20 Colorado 4 – 3 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 May 22 Detroit 2 – 1 Colorado OT Hasek 18,007 Red Wings lead 2–1 Recap 4 May 25 Detroit 2 – 3 Colorado Hasek 18,007 Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 May 27 Colorado 2 – 1 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 Avalanche lead 3–2 Recap 6 May 29 Detroit 2 – 0 Colorado Hasek 18,007 Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 May 31 Colorado 0 – 7 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Red Wings win 4–3 Recap
Stanley Cup Finals: vs. (E3) Carolina Hurricanes — Detroit wins 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 4 Carolina 3 – 2 Detroit OT Hasek 20,058 Hurricanes lead 1–0 Recap 2 June 6 Carolina 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 June 8 Detroit 3 – 2 Carolina 3OT Hasek 18,982 Red Wings lead 2–1 Recap 4 June 10 Detroit 3 – 0 Carolina Hasek 18,986 Red Wings lead 3–1 Recap 5 June 13 Carolina 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,058 Red Wings win 4–1 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
14	Brendan Shanahan	LW	80	37	38	75	23	118	23	8	11	19	5	20
91	Sergei Fedorov	C	81	31	37	68	20	36	23	5	14	19	4	20
17	Brett Hull	RW	82	30	33	63	18	35	23	10	8	18	1	4
5	Nicklas Lidstrom	D	78	9	50	59	13	20	23	5	11	16	6	2
20	Luc Robitaille	LW	81	30	20	50	−2	38	23	4	5	9	4	10
19	Steve Yzerman	C	52	13	35	48	11	18	23	6	17	23	4	10
8	Igor Larionov	C	70	11	32	43	−5	50	18	5	6	11	5	4
24	Chris Chelios	D	79	6	33	39	40	126	23	1	13	14	15	44
13	Pavel Datsyuk	C	70	11	24	35	4	4	21	3	3	6	1	2
33	Kris Draper	C	82	15	15	30	26	56	23	2	3	5	4	20
96	Tomas Holmstrom	LW	69	8	18	26	−12	58	23	8	3	11	7	8
21	Boyd Devereaux	C	79	9	16	25	9	24	21	2	4	6	5	4
18	Kirk Maltby	LW	82	9	15	24	15	40	23	3	3	6	7	32
11	Mathieu Dandenault	D	81	8	12	20	−5	44	23	1	2	3	7	8
28	Steve Duchesne	D	64	3	15	18	3	28	23	0	6	6	6	24
27	Fredrik Olausson	D	47	2	13	15	9	22	21	2	4	6	3	10
25	Darren McCarty	RW	62	5	7	12	2	98	23	4	4	8	5	34
29	Jason Williams	C	25	8	2	10	2	4	9	0	0	0	−1	2
2	Jiri Fischer	D	80	2	8	10	17	67	22	3	3	6	6	30
42	Sean Avery	LW	36	2	2	4	1	68	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Maxim Kuznetsov	D	39	1	2	3	0	40	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Brent Gilchrist‡	LW	19	1	1	2	−3	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Dominik Hasek	G	65	0	1	1		8	23	0	1	1		8
4	Uwe Krupp	D	8	0	1	1	−1	8	2	0	0	0	−5	2
34	Manny Legace	G	20	0	1	1		0	1	0	0	0		0
71	Jiri Slegr†	D	8	0	1	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	2	2
3	Jesse Wallin	D	15	0	1	1	−1	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Yuri Butsayev‡	C	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Ladislav Kohn†	RW	4	0	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
39	Dominik Hasek	65	41	15	8	1654	140	2.17	.915	5	3873	23	16	7	562	45	1.86	.920	6	1455
34	Manny Legace	20	10	6	2	503	45	2.42	.911	1	1117	1	0	0	2	1	5.68	.500	0	11

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Conn Smythe Trophy	Nicklas Lidstrom	^[8]
	James Norris Memorial Trophy	Nicklas Lidstrom	^[9]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Chris Chelios (Defense)	^[10]
		Nicklas Lidstrom (Defense)	^[10]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Brendan Shanahan (Left wing)	^[10]
	NHL Plus-Minus Award	Chris Chelios	^[11]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Scotty Bowman (Coach)	^[12]
		Chris Chelios^[a]
		Sergei Fedorov^[b]
		Dominik Hasek^[b]
		Nicklas Lidstrom^[b]
		Brendan Shanahan^[b]
	NHL Player of the Week	Dominik Hasek (December 24)	^[15]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Pavel Datsyuk^[c]	^[16]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th point	Brendan Shanahan	January 12, 2002	^[17]

Transactions

The Red Wings 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.^[18][19]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2001	To Detroit Red Wings 5th-round pick in 2001	To Calgary Flames 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	^[18]
June 30, 2001	To Detroit Red Wings Dominik Hasek	To Buffalo Sabres Vyacheslav Kozlov 1st-round pick in 2002 Future considerations	^[20]
July 9, 2001	To Detroit Red Wings 2nd-round pick in 2002	To Carolina Hurricanes Aaron Ward	^[21]
March 19, 2002	To Detroit Red Wings Jiri Slegr	To Atlanta Thrashers Yuri Butsayev 3rd-round pick in 2002	^[22]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Luc Robitaille	Los Angeles Kings	2-year^[d]	Free agency	^[23]
August 22, 2001 (2001-08-22)	Brett Hull	Dallas Stars	2-year	Free agency	^[24]
September 1, 2001 (2001-09-01)	Josh DeWolf	Montreal Canadiens		Free agency	^[25]
October 10, 2001 (2001-10-10)	Ladislav Kohn	Atlanta Thrashers	1-year	Free agency	^[26]
December 21, 2001 (2001-12-21)	Joey MacDonald	Toledo Storm (ECHL)		Free agency	^[27]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[e]	Ref
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Doug Brown^[f]		Contract expiration (III)	^[28]
	Larry Murphy^[g]		Contract expiration (III)	^[28]
	Ken Wregget^[h]		Contract expiration (III)	^[28]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Martin Lapointe	Boston Bruins	Free agency (V)	^[33]
July 4, 2001 (2001-07-04)	Toivo Suursoo	Lulea HF (SHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[34]
July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)	Todd Gill	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (III)	^[35]
August 31, 2001 (2001-08-31)	Pat Verbeek	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)	^[36]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	Chris Osgood	New York Islanders	Waiver draft	^[37]
October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	Marc Rodgers	Knoxville Speed (UHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[38]
October 17, 2001 (2001-10-17)	Aren Miller	Oklahoma City Blazers (CHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[39]
February 13, 2002 (2002-02-13)	Brent Gilchrist	Dallas Stars	Waivers	^[40]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 27, 2001 (2001-06-27)	Brent Gilchrist	1-year	Option exercised	^[41]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Dominik Hasek	3-year^[i]	Re-signing	^[43]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Pavel Datsyuk	2-year	Entry-level	^[44]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Jesse Wallin	1-year	Re-signing	^[45]
August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06)	Mathieu Dandenault	1-year	Re-signing	^[46]
September 4, 2001 (2001-09-04)	Tomas Holmstrom	3-year	Re-signing	^[47]
December 7, 2001 (2001-12-07)	Nicklas Lidstrom	2-year	Extension	^[48]
December 28, 2001 (2001-12-28)	Manny Legace	4-year	Extension	^[49]
May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16)	Henrik Zetterberg	3-year	Entry-level	^[50]

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida. The Wings had the 29th overall pick, however traded it to Chicago in 1999 during the deal to acquire Chris Chelios.^[51]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	62	Igor Grigorenko (RW)	Russia	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4	121	Drew MacIntyre (G)	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
4	129	Miroslav Blatak (D)	Czech Republic	HC Zlín (Czech Republic)
5	157	Andreas Jamtin (RW)	Sweden	Färjestad BK (Sweden)
6	195	Nick Pannoni (G)	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8	258	Dmitry Bykov (D)	Russia	Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)
9	288	Francois Senez (D)	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2001–02 and were coached by Mike Babcock (who later became Red Wings coach in 2005).

Toledo Storm

The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2001–02 season. Now known as the Toledo Walleye and still an affiliate to the Red Wings.

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Chelios was an injury replacement for Brian Rafalski of the New Jersey Devils.^[13]
2. Fedorov, Hasek, Lidstrom, and Shanahan were all voted to the starting lineup. Lidstrom garnered more votes than any other player.^[14]
3. Datsyuk was an injury replacement for Krys Kolanos of the Phoenix Coyotes.
4. Club option for a third year.
5. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[28]
6. Brown was inactive during the 2001–02 season.^[29] He attended Red Wings training camp in 2002 but was ultimately released and did not resume his playing career.^[30]
7. Murphy retired.^[31]
8. Wregget retired.^[32]
9. The final two years on the contract are option years.^[42]

References

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• "2001-02 Detroit Red Wings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

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