2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2000–01
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=4th
Division=Atlantic
DivisionRank=2nd
Record=43–25–11–3
HomeRecord=26–11–4–0
RoadRecord=17–14–7–3
GoalsFor=240
GoalsAgainst=207
GeneralManager=Bob Clarke
Coach=Craig Ramsay (Oct-Dec)
Bill Barber
Captain=Eric Desjardins
AltCaptain=John LeClair
Mark Recchi
Arena=First Union Center
Attendance=19,576 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Keith Primeau (34)
AssistsLeader=Mark Recchi (50)
PointsLeader=Mark Recchi (77)
PIMLeader=Luke Richardson (131)
PlusMinusLeader=Simon Gagne (+24)
WinsLeader=Roman Cechmanek (35)
GAALeader=Roman Cechmanek (2.01)The 2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 34th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Eric Lindros sat out the 2000–01 season awaiting a trade. Also, Craig Ramsay retained the head coaching position as Neilson was not asked to return, which became a matter of some controversy. Ramsay only lasted until December when he was replaced by former Flyer great Bill Barber. Brian Boucher, who as a rookie backstopped the Flyers' playoff run the previous season, couldn't duplicate his performance in 2000–01 and therefore lost the starting goaltending job to Roman Cechmanek, a former star goalie in the Czech Republic. The performance of Cechmanek, worthy of a Vezina nomination and being named a 2nd-Team All-Star, helped the Flyers stay afloat, but they lost in the first round to Buffalo in six games.

Regular season

Without Lindros for the whole season, while also suffering through John LeClair's 66-game absence and Boucher's early erratic play in goal, the club went into an early tailspin. The team began the year 3–6–4 and at one point had six regulars out of the lineup. Keith Jones, who never fully recovered from the prior knee problems despite surgery last season, was forced to retire eight games into the schedule.

Not wanting to bank on the inexperience of Maxime Ouellet, the team recalled Cechmanek from the Philadelphia Phantoms in early November and the move paid off as he recorded a pair of shutouts in his first three games. The Flyers won six in a row prior to Thanksgiving to climb above .500, but Ramsay's inability to rally the troops cost the team dearly. After being badly outplayed in early December losses to Ottawa (5–3) and Detroit (5–1), he was replaced by Barber with the team sinking at 12–12–4.

Barber's high-energy, old-time hockey approach struck a chord, and the club went unbeaten in his first eight games behind the bench (5–0–3). Philly ran off an 8–2–1 stretch at the turn of the new year, then after a five-game win streak after the All-Star break found themselves atop the Atlantic Division.

Unfortunately, injuries and poor play followed. Simon Gagne was lost with a shoulder injury in a scoreless tie with the Tampa Bay Lightning in late February. In the middle of a 1–4–1 stretch in late March, captain Keith Primeau suffered a leg injury and missed the rest of the regular season. Despite faltering down the stretch, the Flyers finished with the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.

Primeau led the team with 34 goals and Mark Recchi posted team-best 50 assists and 77 points. Dan McGillis and Eric Desjardins formed a potent offensive duo on the back line, combining for 29 goals and 97 points. Cechmanek recorded 35 wins and a franchise rookie record 10 shutouts.

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Game log

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Playoffs

Game log

Player stats

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"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes"

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 2000–01 season.

Trades

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?2000-01 AHL Season Overview: 2000–01] ]

ee also

*2000–01 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?2000-01 2000–01 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?2000-01 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net
*Playoffs game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/poffs.cgi Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log] on FlyersHistory.net