2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season

2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	4th Central
Conference	12th Western
2000–01 record	29–40–8–5
Home record	14–21–4–2
Road record	15–19–4–3
Goals for	210
Goals against	246
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Alpo Suhonen
Captain	Tony Amonte
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	14,996 (73.2%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Norfolk Admirals
Team leaders
Goals	Tony Amonte (35)
Assists	Steve Sullivan (41)
Points	Steve Sullivan (75)
Penalty minutes	Ryan VandenBussche (146)
Plus/minus	Jamie Allison (+7) Michael Nylander (+7) Jaroslav Spacek (+7)
Wins	Jocelyn Thibault (27)
Goals against average	Jocelyn Thibault (2.81)

The 2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 75th season of operation. Finishing 12th in the Western Conference, they did not qualify for the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

Alpo Suhonen was hired as the Blackhawks new head coach on May 22.^[1] Mike Smith was named general manager on September 22.^[2] Forward Tony Amonte was named captain on September 30.^[3]

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division^[4]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
3	10	Nashville Predators	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
4	12	Chicago Blackhawks	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
5	13	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71

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^[5]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
3	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
5	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
6	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
8.5
9	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
10	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
12	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71
14	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68
15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

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

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

Schedule and results

2000–01 regular season[6]
October: 3–7–0–1 (home: 1–5–0–0; road: 2–2–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L October 5, 2000 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 0–1–0–0 Recap 2 W October 7, 2000 5–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 1–1–0–0 Recap 3 L October 12, 2000 0–4 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 1–2–0–0 Recap 4 OTL October 14, 2000 4–5 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 1–2–0–1 Recap 5 W October 15, 2000 2–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 2–2–0–1 Recap 6 L October 18, 2000 2–4 New York Rangers (2000–01) 2–3–0–1 Recap 7 L October 20, 2000 1–5 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 2–4–0–1 Recap 8 L October 21, 2000 0–1 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 2–5–0–1 Recap 9 L October 26, 2000 0–2 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 2–6–0–1 Recap 10 L October 28, 2000 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 2–7–0–1 Recap 11 W October 29, 2000 3–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 3–7–0–1 Recap
November: 5–6–2–1 (home: 1–2–0–1; road: 4–4–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 L November 2, 2000 4–5 @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 3–8–0–1 Recap 13 W November 3, 2000 6–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 4–8–0–1 Recap 14 W November 5, 2000 4–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 5–8–0–1 Recap 15 OTL November 8, 2000 2–3 OT San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 5–8–0–2 Recap 16 L November 10, 2000 2–5 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 5–9–0–2 Recap 17 T November 11, 2000 3–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 5–9–1–2 Recap 18 L November 14, 2000 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 5–10–1–2 Recap 19 W November 16, 2000 5–2 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 6–10–1–2 Recap 20 T November 17, 2000 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 6–10–2–2 Recap 21 W November 21, 2000 4–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 7–10–2–2 Recap 22 L November 22, 2000 1–4 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 7–11–2–2 Recap 23 L November 24, 2000 0–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 7–12–2–2 Recap 24 W November 27, 2000 6–5 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 8–12–2–2 Recap 25 L November 30, 2000 0–3 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 8–13–2–2 Recap
December: 6–6–1–0 (home: 3–2–1–0; road: 3–4–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 26 W December 1, 2000 2–1 @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 9–13–2–2 Recap 27 W December 3, 2000 5–0 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 10–13–2–2 Recap 28 L December 7, 2000 2–4 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 10–14–2–2 Recap 29 L December 9, 2000 4–6 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 10–15–2–2 Recap 30 L December 10, 2000 1–6 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 10–16–2–2 Recap 31 L December 13, 2000 1–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 10–17–2–2 Recap 32 L December 15, 2000 1–4 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 10–18–2–2 Recap 33 W December 16, 2000 3–0 @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 11–18–2–2 Recap 34 W December 21, 2000 6–4 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 12–18–2–2 Recap 35 W December 23, 2000 3–2 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 13–18–2–2 Recap 36 T December 27, 2000 1–1 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 13–18–3–2 Recap 37 W December 29, 2000 3–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 14–18–3–2 Recap 38 L December 31, 2000 1–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 14–19–3–2 Recap
January: 7–5–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 3–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 39 W January 3, 2001 6–0 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 15–19–3–2 Recap 40 L January 5, 2001 1–2 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 15–20–3–2 Recap 41 W January 7, 2001 7–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 16–20–3–2 Recap 42 W January 9, 2001 6–3 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 17–20–3–2 Recap 43 W January 12, 2001 3–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 18–20–3–2 Recap 44 T January 14, 2001 2–2 OT Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 18–20–4–2 Recap 45 W January 17, 2001 5–0 Florida Panthers (2000–01) 19–20–4–2 Recap 46 W January 19, 2001 3–1 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 20–20–4–2 Recap 47 L January 21, 2001 0–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 20–21–4–2 Recap 48 L January 25, 2001 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 20–22–4–2 Recap 49 L January 26, 2001 2–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 20–23–4–2 Recap 50 W January 28, 2001 6–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 21–23–4–2 Recap 51 L January 31, 2001 2–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 21–24–4–2 Recap
February: 6–5–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 2–3–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 52 L February 1, 2001 3–5 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 21–25–4–2 Recap 53 T February 6, 2001 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 21–25–5–2 Recap 54 W February 7, 2001 3–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 22–25–5–2 Recap 55 OTL February 10, 2001 2–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 22–25–5–3 Recap 56 L February 11, 2001 2–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 22–26–5–3 Recap 57 L February 14, 2001 0–7 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 22–27–5–3 Recap 58 W February 16, 2001 6–2 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 23–27–5–3 Recap 59 W February 18, 2001 3–0 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 24–27–5–3 Recap 60 L February 19, 2001 2–4 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 24–28–5–3 Recap 61 L February 21, 2001 3–7 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 24–29–5–3 Recap 62 W February 23, 2001 1–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 25–29–5–3 Recap 63 W February 25, 2001 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 26–29–5–3 Recap 64 W February 27, 2001 3–2 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 27–29–5–3 Recap
March: 2–8–2–1 (home: 1–5–1–1; road: 1–3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 65 T March 1, 2001 2–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 27–29–6–3 Recap 66 L March 4, 2001 3–6 Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 27–30–6–3 Recap 67 W March 7, 2001 4–1 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 28–30–6–3 Recap 68 L March 9, 2001 1–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 28–31–6–3 Recap 69 T March 10, 2001 2–2 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 28–31–7–3 Recap 70 L March 13, 2001 0–3 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 28–32–7–3 Recap 71 W March 15, 2001 3–2 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 29–32–7–3 Recap 72 L March 18, 2001 1–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 29–33–7–3 Recap 73 OTL March 22, 2001 1–2 OT Nashville Predators (2000–01) 29–33–7–4 Recap 74 L March 24, 2001 1–5 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 29–34–7–4 Recap 75 L March 25, 2001 1–3 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 29–35–7–4 Recap 76 L March 28, 2001 2–5 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 29–36–7–4 Recap 77 L March 29, 2001 2–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 29–37–7–4 Recap
April: 0–3–1–1 (home: 0–2–1–0; road: 0–1–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 78 T April 1, 2001 3–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 29–37–8–4 Recap 79 L April 2, 2001 3–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 29–38–8–4 Recap 80 L April 4, 2001 2–5 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 29–39–8–4 Recap 81 L April 6, 2001 0–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 29–40–8–4 Recap 82 OTL April 8, 2001 3–4 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 29–40–8–5 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
26	Steve Sullivan	RW	81	34	41	75	3	54
10	Tony Amonte	RW	82	35	29	64	−22	54
92	Michael Nylander	C	82	25	39	64	7	32
55	Eric Daze	RW	79	33	24	57	1	16
13	Alex Zhamnov	C	63	13	36	49	−12	40
19	Dean McAmmond‡	C	61	10	16	26	4	43
36	Chris Herperger	C	61	10	15	25	0	20
3	Jaroslav Spacek†	D	50	5	18	23	7	20
2	Boris Mironov	D	66	5	17	22	−14	42
24	Bob Probert	LW	79	7	12	19	−13	103
4	Stephane Quintal	D	72	1	18	19	−9	60
22	Kyle Calder	LW	43	5	10	15	−4	14
25[a]	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	53	2	13	15	−4	39
6	Kevin Dean	D	69	0	11	11	−16	30
16	Steve Dubinsky	C	60	6	4	10	−4	33
23	Jean-Yves Leroux	LW	59	4	4	8	−9	22
29	Valeri Zelepukin	LW	36	3	4	7	−14	18
14	Ryan VandenBussche	RW	64	2	5	7	−8	146
39	Chris McAlpine	D	50	0	6	6	5	32
8	Anders Eriksson‡	D	13	2	3	5	−4	2
42	Steve Poapst	D	36	2	3	5	3	12
5	Steve McCarthy	D	44	0	5	5	−7	8
17	Reto Von Arx	C	19	3	1	4	−4	4
33	Jamie Allison	D	44	1	3	4	7	53
15	Blair Atcheynum	RW	19	1	2	3	−7	2
11	Josef Marha	C	15	0	3	3	−4	6
41	Jocelyn Thibault	G	66	0	3	3		2
12[b]	Kris King†‡	LW	13	1	0	1	−3	8
28	Mark Bell	C	13	0	1	1	0	4
40	Casey Hankinson	LW	11	0	1	1	−3	9
38	Nolan Baumgartner	D	8	0	0	0	−4	6
49	Aaron Downey	RW	3	0	0	0	−1	6
20	Mark Janssens	C	28	0	0	0	−8	33
30	Michel Larocque	G	3	0	0	0		0
37	Steve Passmore†	G	6	0	0	0		4
32	Rob Tallas	G	12	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	66	27	32	7	1711	180	2.81	.895	6	3844
32	Rob Tallas	12	2	7	0	265	35	3.35	.868	0	627
30	Michel Larocque	3	0	2	0	59	9	3.55	.847	0	152
37	Steve Passmore†	6	0	4	1	147	14	2.47	.905	0	340

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Tony Amonte	[7]
	NHL Player of the Week	Michael Nylander (January 8)	[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Reto von Arx	October 5, 2000	[9]
	Mark Bell	December 13, 2000
	Michel Larocque	January 25, 2001
	Casey Hankinson	March 13, 2001

Transactions

The Blackhawks were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.^[10]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12)	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th-round pick in 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Janssens	[11]
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)	To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2000	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2000 3rd-round pick in 2000	[10]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th-round pick in 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Ben Simon	[12]
	To Chicago Blackhawks Los Angeles' 5th-round pick in 2000 6th-round pick in 2000	To Washington Capitals Toronto's 4th-round pick in 2000	[13]
July 21, 2000 (2000-07-21)	To Chicago Blackhawks Nolan Baumgartner	To Washington Capitals Remi Royer	[14]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	To Dallas Stars Rights to David Ling	[15]
October 2, 2000 (2000-10-02)	To Chicago Blackhawks Alexander Karpovtsev 4th-round pick in 2001	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bryan McCabe	[16]
October 5, 2000 (2000-10-05)	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations[c]	To New York Rangers Brad Brown Michal Grosek	[18]
November 6, 2000 (2000-11-06)	To Chicago Blackhawks Jaroslav Spacek	To Florida Panthers Anders Eriksson	[19]
February 28, 2001 (2001-02-28)	To Chicago Blackhawks Steve Passmore	To Los Angeles Kings 8th-round pick in 2001	[20]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers Dean McAmmond	[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06)	Mark Janssens	Philadelphia Flyers		Waivers	[22]
July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)	Valeri Zelepukin	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	[23]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Chris McAlpine	Atlanta Thrashers		Free agency	[24]
	Steve Poapst	Washington Capitals		Free agency	[24]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Rob Tallas	Boston Bruins		Free agency	[25]
August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14)	Aaron Downey	Boston Bruins		Free agency	[26]
August 25, 2000 (2000-08-25)	Steve Dubinsky	Calgary Flames		Free agency	[27]
October 5, 2000 (2000-10-05)	Stephane Quintal	New York Rangers		Waivers	[17]
October 9, 2000 (2000-10-09)	Kris King	Toronto Maple Leafs		Free agency	[28]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[d]	Ref
N/A	Jeff Christian	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[30]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Radim Bicanek	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	[31]
	Jeff Daw	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	[31]
July 21, 2000 (2000-07-21)	Todd Rohloff	Washington Capitals	Free agency (VI)	[32]
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)	Derek Plante	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (UFA)	[33]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Dallas Eakins	Calgary Flames	Free agency (UFA)	[34]
July 29, 2000 (2000-07-29)	Ted Crowley	Kassel Huskies (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[35]
September 2000 (2000-09)	Marc Lamothe	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[36]
	Eddie Olczyk		Retirement (III)	[37]
October 2000 (2000-10)	Doug Zmolek	Chicago Wolves (IHL)[e]	Buyout	[39]
December 3, 2000 (2000-12-03)	Kris King		Retirement	[40]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 14, 2000 (2000-06-14)	Ryan VandenBussche		Re-signing	[41]
June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)	Kevin Dean	3-year	Re-signing	[42]
July 7, 2000 (2000-07-07)	Chris Herperger		Re-signing	[10]
July 12, 2000 (2000-07-12)	Arne Ramholt		Entry-level	[43]
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)	Michael Nylander		Re-signing	[44]
	Reto von Arx		Entry-level	[44]
July 24, 2000 (2000-07-24)	Michal Grosek		Re-signing	[45]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Casey Hankinson		Re-signing	[24]
	Dean McAmmond		Re-signing	[24]
	Marty Wilford		Re-signing	[24]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Nolan Baumgartner		Re-signing	[46]
August 4, 2000 (2000-08-04)	Nathan Perrott		Re-signing	[47]
	Michael Souza		Entry-level	[47]
August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14)	Bryan McCabe	1-year	Arbitration award	[48]
August 15, 2000 (2000-08-15)	Anders Eriksson	1-year	Arbitration award	[49]
September 15, 2000 (2000-09-15)	Nathan Perrott		Re-signing	[50]
February 15, 2001 (2001-02-15)	Steve Sullivan	3-year	Extension	[51]
June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01)	Michael Leighton		Entry-level	[52]

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[53]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Mikhail Yakubov	Russia	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
1	11	Pavel Vorobiev	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
2	49	Jonas Nordquist	Sweden	Leksands IF (Sweden)
3	74	Igor Radulov	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
4	106	Scotty Balan	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	117	Olli Malmivaara	Finland	Jokerit Jr. (Finland)
5	151	Alexander Barkunov	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
6	177	Mike Ayers	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
6	193	Joey Martin	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
7	207	Cliff Loya	United States	University of Maine (NCAA)
7	225	Vladislav Luchkin	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
8	240	Adam Berkhoel	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
9	262	Peter Flache	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
9	271	Reto Von Arx	Switzerland	HC Davos (Switzerland)
9	291	Arne Ramholt	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (Switzerland)

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

Notes

1. Karpovtsev wore number 52 in his first three games.
2. King wore number 16 in his first two games.
3. The Rangers agreed to place Stephane Quintal on waivers.^[17]
4. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[29]
5. Zmolek signed with the Wolves on December 28.^[38]

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