2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2001–02
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=2nd
Division=Atlantic
DivisionRank=1st
Record=42–27–10–3
HomeRecord=20–13–5–3
RoadRecord=22–14–5–0
GoalsFor=234
GoalsAgainst=192
GeneralManager=Bob Clarke
Coach=Bill Barber
Captain=Eric Desjardins (Oct-Nov)
Keith Primeau (Nov-Apr)
AltCaptain=John LeClair
Mark Recchi
Arena=First Union Center
Attendance=19,569 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Simon Gagne (33)
AssistsLeader=Jeremy Roenick (46)
PointsLeader=Jeremy Roenick (67)
PIMLeader=Todd Fedoruk (141)
PlusMinusLeader=Jeremy Roenick (+32)
WinsLeader=Roman Cechmanek (24)
GAALeader=Roman Cechmanek (2.05)
DivisionWin=yesThe 2001–02 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 35th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

In the off-season, the Flyers re-vamped their lineup by signing Jeremy Roenick and finally trading Eric Lindros to the Rangers for Kim Johnsson, Jan Hlavac, Pavel Brendl, and a 2003 3rd-round draft pick. Eric Desjardins stepped down as team captain eight games into the season and was replaced by Keith Primeau. The Flyers began 2001–02 with high expectations and with Roenick leading the team in scoring the Flyers finished with an Atlantic Division title. The power play was one of the NHL's worst however, so Adam Oates, the third leading point-producer in the league at the time, was acquired from Washington at the trade deadline. It was of no benefit as the Flyers couldn't muster much offense, scoring only two goals in their five-game, first-round playoff loss to the Ottawa Senators. It turned out there was much discontent in the locker room as Bill Barber and his coaching staff were fired. The Flyers hired a proven winner when they turned to former Dallas Stars & Stanley Cup-winning head coach Ken Hitchcock.

Regular season

The Lindros deal already had to be turned over by December, as Hlavac was unloaded to Vancouver a week before Christmas for Donald Brashear, who added more toughness to a solid lineup.

Number 88 returned to Philly on January 12, a game which the Flyers took 4–2 in a brutal battle and saw the fragile superstar skate unenthusiastically. Lindros did exact a measure of revenge, finishing off a hat trick within the first 22 minutes of a March 2 game at Madison Square Garden. Simon Gagne also scored three times but the Rangers held on for a 6–5 win.

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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 2001–02 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?2001-02 AHL Season Overview: 2001–02] ]

ee also

*2001–02 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?2001-02 2001–02 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?2001-02 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