AHL 2000/01

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The 2000/01 season was the 65th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the 20 teams in the league played 80 games each. The eight best teams from the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Norfolk Admirals from Norfolk , Virginia were added to the league as an expansion team.

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeat after overtime , SOL = defeat after shootout , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The position within the conference is in brackets;     = Playoff qualification,     = division winner,     = conference winner

Eastern Conference

Canadian Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Saint John Flames	80	44	24	7th	5	269	210	100
Citadelles de Quebec	80	41	32	3	4th	264	252	89
St. John's Maple Leafs	80	35	35	8th	2	247	244	80
Hamilton Bulldogs	80	28	41	6th	5	227	281	67

New England Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Worcester IceCats	80	48	20th	9	3	264	205	108
Hartford Wolf Pack	80	40	26th	8th	6th	263	247	94
Providence Bruins	80	35	31	10	4th	245	242	84
Lowell Lock Monsters	80	35	35	5	5	225	244	80
Portland Pirates	80	34	40	4th	2	250	280	74
Springfield Falcons	80	29	37	8th	6th	253	280	72

Western Conference

Mid-Atlantic Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Rochester Americans	80	46	22nd	9	3	224	192	104
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	80	33	33	9	2	252	248	83
Syracuse crunch	80	33	30th	12	5	235	254	83
Philadelphia Phantoms	80	36	34	5	5	246	244	82
Hershey Bears	80	34	39	4th	3	216	234	75
Albany River Rats	80	30th	40	6th	4th	216	262	70

South Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Kentucky Thoroughblades	80	42	25th	21st	1	273	212	97
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	80	41	26th	9	4th	254	240	95
Norfolk Admirals	80	36	26th	13	5	241	208	90
Louisville Panthers	80	21st	51	5	3	200	285	50

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
Derek Armstrong	Hartford	75	32	69	101	73
Jean-Guy Trudel	Springfield	80	34	65	99	89
Ryan Kraft	Kentucky	77	38	50	88	36
Mark Greig	Philadelphia	74	31	57	88	98
Brad Smyth	Hartford	77	50	29	79	110
Bill Bowler	Syracuse	72	21st	58	79	50
Mikael Samuelsson	Kentucky	66	32	46	78	58
Marty Murray	Saint John	56	24	52	76	36
Jim Montgomery	Kentucky	55	22nd	52	74	44
Steve Bancroft	Kentucky	80	23	50	73	162

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The eight best teams each qualified for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference . Since the Mid Atlantic Division and the Eastern Division, each with six participants, were larger, more teams qualified for the playoffs in these five teams each than in the Canadian Division and South Division, with only four teams, in which there were three each.

In the first three playoff rounds, the winners of the Eastern and Western divisions were played, which then met in the final of the Calder Cup. While the first playoff round was played in best-of-five mode, all other play-offs and the final were played in best-of-seven mode.

Playoff tree

Semifinals division

Division Finals

Conference Finals

Calder Cup Finals

C1

Saint John Flames

3

N5

Portland Pirates

0

C1

Saint John Flames

4th

C2

Citadelles de Quebec

1

C2

Citadelles de Quebec

3

C3

St. John's Maple Leafs

1

C1

Saint John Flames

4th

Eastern Conference

N3

Providence Bruins

1

N1

Worcester IceCats

3

N4

Lowell Lock Monsters

1

N1

Worcester IceCats

3

N3

Providence Bruins

4th

N2

Hartford Wolf Pack

2

N3

Providence Bruins

3

C1

Saint John Flames

4th

M2

Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins

2

M1

Rochester Americans

1

M4

Philadelphia Phantoms

3

M2

Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins

4th

M4

Philadelphia Phantoms

2

M2

Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins

3

M3

Syracuse crunch

2

M2

Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins

4th

Western Conference

M5

Hershey Bears

0

S1

Kentucky Thoroughblades

0

M5

Hershey Bears

3

S3

Norfolk Admirals

1

M5

Hershey Bears

4th

S2

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

1

S3

Norfolk Admirals

3

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner Saint John Flames

Goalkeepers: Martin Brochu , Levente Szuper Defenders: Micki DuPont , Mike Martin , Steve Montador , Rick Mrozik , Darrel Scoville , Chris St. Croix , Derrick Walser Attackers: Steve Bégin , Blair Betts , Jason Botterill , Chris Clark , Jeff Dewar , Doug Doull , Miika Elomo , Rico Fata , Jason Morgan , Marty Murray , Dave Roche , Gaëtan Royer , Bobby Russell , Daniel Tkaczuk , Serhij Warlamow Head Coach: Jim Playfair   General Manager: Stew MacDonald

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Calder Cup winners of the AHL playoffs	Saint John Flames
Richard F. Canning Trophy winner of the Eastern Conference Finals	Saint John Flames
Robert W. Clarke Trophy winner of the Western Conference Finals	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy Best Regular Season Team	Worcester IceCats
Frank S. Mathers Trophy Best Team in the Mid-Atlantic Division	Rochester Americans
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy Best team in the New England Division	Worcester IceCats
Sam Pollock Trophy Best Team in the Canadian Division	Saint John Flames
John D. Chick Trophy Best Team in the South Division	Kentucky Thoroughblades

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
Les Cunningham Award MVP of the regular season	Derek Armstrong	Hartford Wolf Pack
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Best Scorer	Derek Armstrong	Hartford Wolf Pack
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Best Rookie	Ryan Kraft	Kentucky Thoroughblades
Eddie Shore Award Best Defender	John Slaney	Philadelphia Phantoms
		Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goalkeeper	Dwayne Roloson	Worcester IceCats
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded	Tom Askey	Rochester Americans
	Mika Noronen
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award Best Trainer	Don Granato	Worcester IceCats
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication	Kent Hulst	Portland Pirates
		Providence Bruins
Yanick Dupré Memorial Award For the player who distinguishes himself through special commitment in society	Mike Minard	St. John's Maple Leafs
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs	Steve Bégin	Saint John Flames

Web links

• Official site of the AHL (English)