2000–01 Minnesota Wild season

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2000–01 Minnesota Wild
Division 5th Northwest
2000–01 record 25–39–13–5
Goals for 168
Goals against 206
General Manager Doug Risebrough
Coach Jacques Lemaire
Captain Sean O'Donnell (Oct)
Scott Pellerin (Nov)
Wes Walz (Dec)
Brad Bombardir (Jan-Feb)
Darby Hendrickson (Mar-Apr)
Team leaders
Goals Marian Gaborik, Darby Hendrickson, Wes Walz (18)
Assists Scott Pellerin (28)
Points Scott Pellerin (39)
Penalties in minutes Matt Johnson (137)
Wins Manny Fernandez (19)
Goals against average Manny Fernandez (2.24)

The highlight of the Minnesota Wild was that it was their inaugural season in the NHL. One of the policies that the Wild has implemented is never naming a permanent captain. Instead, the team captaincy is rotated on a monthly basis among several of its players each season, with some players serving multiple times.

Contents:
Regular seasonPlayoffsPlayer statsAwards and records - Transactions
Draft picksFarm teamsSee alsoReferences


[edit] Offseason

[edit] NHL Amateur Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 3. Marian Gaborik (LW) Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Trencin Jr. (Slovakia)
2 33. Nick Schultz (D) Flag of Canada Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4 99. Marc Cavosie ((C/LW) Flag of the United States United States Rensselaer (ECAC)
5 132. Maxim Sushinsky, W Flag of Russia Russia Avangard OMSK Russia.

[edit] NHL Expansion Draft Results

# Player Drafted From Drafted By
2. Jamie McLennan (G) St. Louis Blues Minnesota Wild
3. Mike Vernon (G) Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild
6. Chris Terreri (G) New Jersey Devils Minnesota Wild
7. Sean O'Donnell (D) Los Angeles Kings Minnesota Wild
10. Curtis Leschyshyn (D) Carolina Hurricanes Minnesota Wild
12. Ladislav Benysek (D) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Minnesota Wild
13. Chris Armstrong (D) San Jose Sharks Minnesota Wild
15. Filip Kuba (D) Calgary Flames Minnesota Wild
18. Oleg Orekhovsky (D) Washington Capitals Minnesota Wild
20. Ian Herbers (D) New York Islanders Minnesota Wild
21. Artem Anisimov (D) Philadelphia Flyers Minnesota Wild
24. Stacy Roest (C) Detroit Red Wings Minnesota Wild
25. Darryl Laplante (C) Detroit Red Wings Minnesota Wild
27. Scott Pellerin (LW) St. Louis Blues Minnesota Wild
30. Jim Dowd (C) Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild
32. Sergei Krivokrasov (RW) Calgary Flames Minnesota Wild
33. Jeff Nielsen (RW) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Minnesota Wild
35. Jeff Odgers (RW) Colorado Avalanche Minnesota Wild
37. Steve McKenna (F) Los Angeles Kings Minnesota Wild
40. Michal Bros (F) San Jose Sharks Minnesota Wild
41. Joe Juneau (C) Ottawa Senators Minnesota Wild
43. Darby Hendrickson (C) Vancouver Canucks Minnesota Wild
46. Jeff Daw (C) Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Wild
48. Stefan Nilsson (F) Vancouver Canucks Minnesota Wild
49. Zac Bierk (G) Tampa Bay Lightning Minnesota Wild
51. Cam Stewart (LW) Florida Panthers Minnesota Wild

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Northwest Division GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
Colorado Avalanche 82 52 16 10 4 270 192 118
Edmonton Oilers 82 39 28 12 3 243 222 93
Vancouver Canucks 82 36 28 11 7 239 238 90
Calgary Flames 82 27 36 15 4 197 236 73
Minnesota Wild 82 25 39 13 5 168 210 68

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM

[edit] Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player GP MIN W L T SO GAA
Zac Bierk 1 60 0 1 0 0 6.00
Manny Fernandez 42 2461 19 17 4 4 2.24
Derek Gustafson 4 239 1 3 0 0 2.51
Jamie McLennan 38 2230 5 23 9 2 2.64

[edit] Awards and records

  • Most Points in a season, defenceman: 30 Filip Kuba, (2000–01)
  • Most Points in a season, rookie: 36 Marian Gaborik, (2000–01)

[edit] References