2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 76th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). Finishing fifth in the Western Conference, they qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1996–97 season. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the St. Louis Blues.

2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	3rd Central
Conference	5th Western
2001–02 record	41–27–13–1
Home record	28–7–5–1
Road record	13–20–8–0
Goals for	216
Goals against	207
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Tony Amonte
Alternate captains	Jon Klemm Alexei Zhamnov
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	15,568 (75.9%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Norfolk Admirals Jackson Bandits
Team leaders
Goals	Eric Daze (38)
Assists	Michael Nylander (46)
Points	Eric Daze (70)
Penalty minutes	Bob Probert (176)
Plus/minus	Michael Nylander (+28)
Wins	Jocelyn Thibault (33)
Goals against average	Steve Passmore (2.26)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Off-season

Regular season

The Blackhawks tied the Detroit Red Wings for the best home record in the league.^[1] They also allowed the fewest short-handed goals in the league during the regular season, with just two.^[2]

Final standings

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^[3]

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

Schedule and results

Regular season

2001–02 regular season^[4]
October: 7–3–3–0 (home: 5–0–2–0; road: 2–3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W October 4, 2001 5–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 1–0–0–0 Recap 2 L October 6, 2001 0–4 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 1–1–0–0 Recap 3 L October 9, 2001 0–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 1–2–0–0 Recap 4 W October 11, 2001 3–0 Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 2–2–0–0 Recap 5 L October 12, 2001 4–6 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 2–3–0–0 Recap 6 T October 14, 2001 2–2 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 2–3–1–0 Recap 7 W October 18, 2001 5–3 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 3–3–1–0 Recap 8 T October 20, 2001 2–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 3–3–2–0 Recap 9 W October 21, 2001 4–2 Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 4–3–2–0 Recap 10 W October 23, 2001 6–3 Calgary Flames (2001–02) 5–3–2–0 Recap 11 W October 25, 2001 4–2 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 6–3–2–0 Recap 12 T October 28, 2001 3–3 OT Boston Bruins (2001–02) 6–3–3–0 Recap 13 W October 30, 2001 5–1 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 7–3–3–0 Recap
November: 5–5–4–0 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 1–4–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 14 W November 1, 2001 3–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 8–3–3–0 Recap 15 L November 2, 2001 2–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 8–4–3–0 Recap 16 W November 4, 2001 5–4 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 9–4–3–0 Recap 17 W November 6, 2001 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 10–4–3–0 Recap 18 W November 9, 2001 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 11–4–3–0 Recap 19 W November 11, 2001 3–2 OT San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 12–4–3–0 Recap 20 L November 13, 2001 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 12–5–3–0 Recap 21 T November 15, 2001 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 12–5–4–0 Recap 22 L November 16, 2001 1–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 12–6–4–0 Recap 23 L November 21, 2001 3–4 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 12–7–4–0 Recap 24 T November 23, 2001 2–2 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 12–7–5–0 Recap 25 T November 25, 2001 4–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 12–7–6–0 Recap 26 T November 28, 2001 3–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 12–7–7–0 Recap 27 L November 30, 2001 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 12–8–7–0 Recap
December: 11–4–1–0 (home: 5–2–1–0; road: 6–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 28 L December 1, 2001 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 12–9–7–0 Recap 29 W December 3, 2001 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 13–9–7–0 Recap 30 W December 5, 2001 4–2 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 14–9–7–0 Recap 31 W December 7, 2001 4–3 New York Islanders (2001–02) 15–9–7–0 Recap 32 L December 9, 2001 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 15–10–7–0 Recap 33 T December 12, 2001 2–2 OT St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 15–10–8–0 Recap 34 W December 14, 2001 3–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 16–10–8–0 Recap 35 L December 15, 2001 2–5 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 16–11–8–0 Recap 36 W December 17, 2001 2–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 17–11–8–0 Recap 37 W December 19, 2001 6–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 18–11–8–0 Recap 38 W December 21, 2001 5–1 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 19–11–8–0 Recap 39 L December 23, 2001 0–5 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 19–12–8–0 Recap 40 W December 26, 2001 3–1 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 20–12–8–0 Recap 41 W December 27, 2001 3–1 Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 21–12–8–0 Recap 42 W December 30, 2001 2–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 22–12–8–0 Recap 43 W December 31, 2001 5–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 23–12–8–0 Recap
January: 7–5–1–0 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 1–4–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 44 W January 4, 2002 2–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 24–12–8–0 Recap 45 W January 6, 2002 2–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 25–12–8–0 Recap 46 L January 9, 2002 3–7 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 25–13–8–0 Recap 47 W January 10, 2002 2–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 26–13–8–0 Recap 48 L January 12, 2002 4–5 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 26–14–8–0 Recap 49 W January 14, 2002 2–1 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 27–14–8–0 Recap 50 W January 16, 2002 3–0 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 28–14–8–0 Recap 51 T January 18, 2002 2–2 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 28–14–9–0 Recap 52 W January 20, 2002 3–2 Dallas Stars (2001–02) 29–14–9–0 Recap 53 L January 23, 2002 1–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 29–15–9–0 Recap 54 W January 25, 2002 2–1 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 30–15–9–0 Recap 55 L January 28, 2002 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 30–16–9–0 Recap 56 L January 30, 2002 1–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 30–17–9–0 Recap
February: 3–3–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 2–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 57 W February 6, 2002 5–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 31–17–9–0 Recap 58 L February 8, 2002 2–4 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 31–18–9–0 Recap 59 W February 9, 2002 3–2 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 32–18–9–0 Recap 60 W February 13, 2002 5–4 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 33–18–9–0 Recap 61 L February 26, 2002 4–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 33–19–9–0 Recap 62 L February 27, 2002 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 33–20–9–0 Recap
March: 6–3–3–1 (home: 5–1–1–1; road: 1–2–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 63 W March 3, 2002 2–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 34–20–9–0 Recap 64 OTL March 5, 2002 1–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 34–20–9–1 Recap 65 W March 7, 2002 5–1 New York Rangers (2001–02) 35–20–9–1 Recap 66 L March 11, 2002 1–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 35–21–9–1 Recap 67 L March 12, 2002 1–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 35–22–9–1 Recap 68 T March 15, 2002 1–1 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 35–22–10–1 Recap 69 T March 16, 2002 2–2 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 35–22–11–1 Recap 70 T March 18, 2002 2–2 OT Dallas Stars (2001–02) 35–22–12–1 Recap 71 L March 20, 2002 1–3 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 35–23–12–1 Recap 72 W March 24, 2002 4–3 OT St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 36–23–12–1 Recap 73 W March 27, 2002 4–1 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 37–23–12–1 Recap 74 W March 29, 2002 3–1 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 38–23–12–1 Recap 75 W March 31, 2002 2–1 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 39–23–12–1 Recap
April: 2–4–1–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 0–3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 76 L April 3, 2002 1–3 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 39–24–12–1 Recap 77 L April 5, 2002 1–5 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 39–25–12–1 Recap 78 W April 7, 2002 3–2 Calgary Flames (2001–02) 40–25–12–1 Recap 79 L April 9, 2002 1–3 @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 40–26–12–1 Recap 80 T April 10, 2002 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 40–26–13–1 Recap 81 L April 12, 2002 1–3 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 40–27–13–1 Recap 82 W April 14, 2002 2–0 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 41–27–13–1 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) St. Louis Blues – Blues win 4–1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W April 18, 2002 2–1 @ St. Louis Blues Blackhawks lead 1–0 Recap 2 L April 20, 2002 0–2 @ St. Louis Blues Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 L April 21, 2002 0–4 St. Louis Blues Blues lead 2–1 Recap 4 L April 23, 2002 0–1 St. Louis Blues Blues lead 3–1 Recap 5 L April 25, 2002 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues Blues 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 Blackhawks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
55	Eric Daze	RW	82	38	32	70	17	36	5	0	0	0	−2	2
13	Alex Zhamnov	C	77	22	45	67	8	67	5	0	0	0	−1	0
10	Tony Amonte	RW	82	27	39	66	11	67	5	0	1	1	1	4
92	Michael Nylander	C	82	15	46	61	28	50	5	0	3	3	2	2
26	Steve Sullivan	RW	78	21	39	60	23	67	5	1	0	1	−1	2
19	Kyle Calder	LW	81	17	36	53	8	47	5	2	0	2	0	2
6	Phil Housley	D	80	15	24	39	−3	34	5	0	1	1	−1	4
22	Igor Korolev	C	82	9	20	29	−5	20	5	0	1	1	−3	0
28	Mark Bell	C	80	12	16	28	−6	124	5	0	0	0	−2	8
42	Jon Klemm	D	82	4	16	20	−3	42	5	0	1	1	0	4
2	Boris Mironov	D	64	4	14	18	15	68	1	0	0	0	0	2
32	Steve Thomas	LW	34	11	4	15	0	17	5	1	1	2	−3	0
3	Jaroslav Spacek‡	D	60	3	10	13	5	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	65	1	9	10	10	40	5	1	0	1	−1	0
8	Steve Poapst	D	56	1	7	8	6	30	5	0	0	0	−2	0
17	Mike Peluso	RW	37	4	2	6	−3	19	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Peter White	C	48	3	3	6	−8	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Tyler Arnason	C	21	3	1	4	−3	4	3	0	0	0	−1	0
12^[a]	Tom Fitzgerald†	RW	15	1	3	4	−3	6	5	0	0	0	−2	4
24	Bob Probert	LW	61	1	3	4	−9	176	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	Ryan VandenBussche	RW	50	1	2	3	−10	103	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chris McAlpine	D	40	0	3	3	8	36	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	Jim Campbell†	RW	9	1	1	2	−3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Vladimir Chebaturkin	D	13	0	2	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	−2	2
7	Lyle Odelein†	D	12	0	2	2	0	4	4	0	1	1	−1	25
23	Joe Reekie†	D	17	0	2	2	2	28	1	0	0	0	0	2
15	Pascal Rheaume‡	C	19	0	2	2	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Aaron Downey	RW	36	1	0	1	−2	76	4	0	0	0	−1	8
16	Steve Dubinsky‡	C	3	1	0	1	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Matt Henderson	RW	4	0	1	1	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Steve Passmore	G	23	0	1	1		2	3	0	0	0		0
20	Casey Hankinson	LW	3	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Steve McCarthy	D	3	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Jocelyn Thibault	G	67	0	0	0		2	3	0	0	0		0

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
41	Jocelyn Thibault	67	33	23	9	1626	159	2.49	.902	6	3838	3	1	2	77	7	2.64	.909	0	159
29	Steve Passmore	23	8	5	4	446	43	2.26	.904	0	1142	3	0	2	62	6	2.61	.903	0	138

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Eric Daze	^[5]
		Brian Sutter (Coach)
		Alexei Zhamnov
	NHL Player of the Month	Steve Sullivan (December)	^[6]
	NHL Player of the Week	Jocelyn Thibault (November 12)	^[7]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Kyle Calder	^[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
25th shutout	Jocelyn Thibault	January 6, 2002	^[9]

Transactions

The Blackhawks 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.^[10]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2001	To Montreal Canadiens Stephane Quintal	^[11]
June 23, 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks Igor Korolev	To Toronto Maple Leafs Philadelphia’s 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[12]
June 24, 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2001 6th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2001	^[10]
September 30, 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks Rights to Shawn Thornton	To Toronto Maple Leafs Marty Wilford	^[13]
October 9, 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	To Nashville Predators Nathan Perrott	^[14]
January 17, 2002	To Chicago Blackhawks Joe Reekie	To Washington Capitals 4th-round pick in 2002	^[15]
February 6, 2002	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	To Nashville Predators Steve Dubinsky	^[16]
March 13, 2002	To Chicago Blackhawks Tom Fitzgerald	To Nashville Predators 4th-round pick in 2003 Future considerations	^[17]
March 19, 2002	To Chicago Blackhawks Lyle Odelein	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jaroslav Spacek 2nd-round pick in 2003	^[18]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Jon Klemm	Colorado Avalanche		Free agency	^[19]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Steve Thomas	Toronto Maple Leafs		Free agency	^[20]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Pascal Rheaume	St. Louis Blues		Free agency	^[21]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Ajay Baines	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	^[22]
	Mike Peluso	St. Louis Blues		Free agency	^[22]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Rumun Ndur	Atlanta Thrashers		Free agency	^[23]
September 5, 2001 (2001-09-05)	Vladimir Chebaturkin	St. Louis Blues		Free agency	^[24]
September 10, 2001 (2001-09-10)	Peter White	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	^[25]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	Phil Housley	Calgary Flames		Waiver draft	^[26]
November 19, 2001 (2001-11-19)	Jim Campbell	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	^[27]
May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22)	Johnathan Aitken	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	^[28]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[b]	Ref
June 13, 2001 (2001-06-13)	Josef Marha	HC Davos (NLA)	Free agency (II)^[c]	^[30]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Blair Atcheynum^[d]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[29]
	Mark Janssens^[e]		Contract expiration (III)	^[29]
	Michel Larocque^[f]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[29]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Chris Herperger	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (VI)	^[34]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Jeff Maund	Boston Bruins	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Jeff Paul	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Rob Tallas	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (UFA)	^[37]
September 12, 2001 (2001-09-12)	Erasmo Saltarelli	B.C. Icemen (UHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[38]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	Jamie Allison	Calgary Flames	Waiver draft	^[26]
N/A	Geoff Peters	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[39]^[40]
October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)	Reto von Arx	HC Davos (NLA)	Free agency (II)^[g]	^[41]
November 14, 2001 (2001-11-14)	Pascal Rheaume	Atlanta Thrashers	Waivers	^[42]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 14, 2001 (2001-06-14)	Steve Poapst		Re-signing	^[43]
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Chris McAlpine		Re-signing	^[44]
	Alexei Zhamnov		Re-signing	^[44]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Mikhail Yakubov		Entry-level	^[45]
July 17, 2001 (2001-07-17)	Bob Probert		Re-signing	^[46]
	Jaroslav Spacek		Re-signing	^[46]
July 19, 2001 (2001-07-19)	Jocelyn Thibault		Re-signing	^[47]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Jean-Yves Leroux		Re-signing	^[21]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Eric Daze		Re-signing	^[48]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Nolan Baumgartner		Re-signing	^[49]
	Steve Dubinsky		Re-signing	^[49]
	Casey Hankinson		Re-signing	^[49]
August 11, 2001 (2001-08-11)	Jamie Allison		Re-signing	^[50]
August 13, 2001 (2001-08-13)	Craig Anderson	multi-year	Entry-level	^[51]
August 22, 2001 (2001-08-22)	Igor Korolev		Re-signing	^[52]
September 5, 2001 (2001-09-05)	Kent Huskins		Entry-level	^[24]
September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)	Tyler Arnason		Entry-level	^[53]
April 29, 2002 (2002-04-29)	Ryan VandenBussche	multi-year	Extension	^[54]
May 8, 2002 (2002-05-08)	Scott Balan		Entry-level	^[55]
	Igor Radulov		Entry-level	^[55]
	Yorick Treille		Entry-level	^[55]
May 29, 2002 (2002-05-29)	Mike Peluso	1-year	Option exercised	^[56]
May 31, 2002 (2002-05-31)	Matt Henderson		Extension	^[57]

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[58]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	9	Tuomo Ruutu	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
1	29	Adam Munro	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	59	Matt Keith	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	73	Craig Anderson	United States	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	104	Brent MacLellan	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
4	115	Vladimir Gusev	Russia	Khabarovsk (Russia)
4	119	Alexei Zotkin	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia)
5	142	Tommi Jaminki	Finland	Blues (Finland)
6	174	Alexander Golovin	Russia	Avangard Omsk-2 (Russia)
6	186	Petr Puncochar	Czech Republic	HC Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
7	205	Teemu Jaaskelainen	Finland	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
7	216	Oleg Minakov	Canada	Kristall Elektrostal (Russia)
9	268	Jeff Miles	Canada	University of Vermont (ECAC)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Fitzgerald wore number 20 in his first three games.
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[29]
3. Chicago retained Marha’s NHL rights.
4. Atcheynum retired.^[31]
5. Janssens retired.^[32]
6. Larocque retired.^[33]
7. Chicago retained von Arx’s NHL rights.

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