AHL 2001/02

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The 2001/02 season was the 66th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). The 27 teams played 80 matches each in the regular season. The AHL played for the penultimate time with 6 divisions. The best regular season team were the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , while the Chicago Wolves won their first Calder Cup in the playoffs . Compared to the previous season, the number of teams increased by seven, which was mainly due to the dissolution of the International Hockey League and the takeover of some IHL franchises.

Team changes

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

The Louisville Panthers went inactive.
The Kentucky Thoroughblades were relocated to Cleveland , Ohio , and played as Cleveland Barons from then on .
In the course of a league expansion, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers were added.
In the course of a league expansion, the Manchester Monarchs were added.

The following six teams from the International Hockey League were accepted into the AHL:

The Chicago Wolves from Chicago , Illinois .
The Grand Rapids Griffins off Grand Rapids , Michigan .
The Houston Eros from Houston , Texas .
The Manitoba Mosses from Winnipeg , Manitoba .
The Milwaukee Admirals from Milwaukee , Wisconsin .
The Utah Grizzlies from Salt Lake City , Utah .

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

Eastern Conference

Canadian Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Quebec Citadelles	80	35	27	15th	3	257	254	88
Hamilton Bulldogs	80	37	30th	10	3	247	205	87
St. John's Maple Leafs	80	34	27	17th	2	256	240	87
Manitoba mosses	80	39	33	4th	4th	270	260	86
Saint John Flames	80	29	34	13	4th	182	202	75

North Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Lowell Lock Monsters	80	41	25th	11	3	229	209	96
Manchester monarchs	80	38	28	11	3	236	225	90
Worcester IceCats	80	39	33	7th	1	245	218	86
Portland Pirates	80	30th	31	15th	4th	220	225	79
Springfield Falcons	80	35	41	2	2	213	237	74

East Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Bridgeport Sound Tigers	80	43	25th	8th	4th	240	192	98
Hartford Wolf Pack	80	41	26th	10	3	249	243	95
Providence Bruins	80	35	33	8th	4th	190	223	82
Albany River Rats	80	14th	42	12	12	172	271	52

Western Conference

Central Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Syracuse crunch	80	39	23	13	5	228	193	96
Rochester Americans	80	32	30th	15th	3	206	211	82
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	80	33	33	11	3	216	211	80
Cleveland Barons	80	29	40	7th	4th	223	268	69

West Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Grand Rapids Griffins	80	42	27	11	0	217	178	95
Houston Eros	80	39	26th	10	5	234	232	93
Utah grizzlies	80	40	29	6th	5	240	225	91
Chicago Wolves	80	37	31	7th	5	250	236	86
Milwaukee Admirals	80	30th	35	10	5	198	207	75

South Division	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Norfolk Admirals	80	38	26th	12	4th	222	205	92
Hershey Bears	80	36	27	11	6th	200	193	89
Philadelphia Phantoms	80	33	27	15th	5	206	210	86
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	80	20th	44	13	3	201	274	56

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
Donald MacLean	St. John's Maple Leafs	75	33	54	87	49
Eric Boguniecki	Worcester IceCats	63	38	46	84	181
Rob Brown	Chicago Wolves	80	29	54	83	103
Brad Smyth	Hartford Wolf Pack	79	34	48	82	90
Jason Chimera	Hamilton Bulldogs	77	26th	51	77	158
Justin Papineau	Worcester IceCats	75	38	38	76	86
Eric Landry	Quebec Citadelles	63	32	43	75	125
Brian Swanson	Hamilton Bulldogs	65	34	39	73	26th
Bob Wren	St. John's Maple Leafs	69	24	49	73	83

Calder Cup playoffs

Playoff tree

	Eastern Conference qualification

	1
	St. John's Maple Leafs	2
	Providence Bruins	0

	Eastern Conference qualification

	1
	Worcester IceCats	1
	Manitoba mosses	2

	Western Conference qualification

	1
	Chicago Wolves	2
	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	1

	Western Conference qualification

	1
	Philadelphia Phantoms	2
	Rochester Americans	0

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Calder Cup Final

1

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

3

9

Manitoba mosses

1

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

4th

7th

St. John's Maple Leafs

0

2

Lowell Lock Monsters

2

7th

St. John's Maple Leafs

3

1

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

4th

Eastern Conference

6th

Hamilton Bulldogs

3

Quebec Citadelles

0

6th

Hamilton Bulldogs

3

4th

Hartford Wolf Pack

1

6th

Hamilton Bulldogs

4th

4th

Hartford Wolf Pack

3

5

Manchester monarchs

2

E1

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

1

W7

Chicago Wolves

4th

1

Syracuse crunch

3

8th

Philadelphia Phantoms

0

1

Syracuse crunch

3

7th

Chicago Wolves

4th

2

Grand Rapids Griffins

2

7th

Chicago Wolves

3

4th

Houston Eros

1

Western Conference

7th

Chicago Wolves

4th

3

Norfolk Admirals

1

6th

Hershey Bears

3

4th

Houston Eros

4th

6th

Hershey Bears

0

4th

Houston Eros

3

5

Utah grizzlies

2

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner Chicago Wolves	Goalkeepers: Frédéric Cassivi , Norm Maracle , Pasi Nurminen Defenders: Joe DiPenta , Dallas Eakins , Garnet Exelby , Kurtis Foster , Bob Nardella , Kirill Safronow , Mike Weaver Attackers: Bryan Adams , Zdeněk Blatný , Rob Brown , Juri Butsajew , Andreas Karlsson , Guy Larose , Francis Lessard , Derek MacKenzie , Steve Maltais , Kamil Piroš , Dan Plante , Ben Simon , Dan Snyder , Brad Tapper , Libor Ustrnul , JP Vigier Head Coach: John Anderson General Manager: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Calder Cup winners of the AHL playoffs	Chicago Wolves
Richard F. Canning Trophy winner of the Eastern Conference Finals	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Robert W. Clarke Trophy winner of the Western Conference Finals	Chicago Wolves
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy Best Regular Season Team	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Frank S. Mathers Trophy Best Team of the Eastern Conference	Norfolk Admirals
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy Best Team of the Western Conference	Grand Rapids Griffins
Emile Francis Trophy Best Team in the Atlantic Division	Lowell Lock Monsters
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy Best team in the East Division	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Sam Pollock Trophy Best Team in the North Division	Quebec Citadelles
John D. Chick Trophy Best Team in the West Division	Syracuse crunch

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Les Cunningham Award Regular Season MVP	Eric Boguniecki	Worcester IceCats
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Best Scorer	Donald MacLean	St. John's Maple Leafs
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Best Rookie	Tyler Arnason	Norfolk Admirals
Eddie Shore Award Best Defender	John Slaney	Philadelphia Phantoms
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goalkeeper	Martin Prusek	Grand Rapids Griffins
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded	Mathieu Chouinard	Grand Rapids Griffins
	Simon Lajeunesse
	Martin Prusek
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award Best Trainer	Bruce Cassidy	Grand Rapids Griffins
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication	Nathan Dempsey	St. John's Maple Leafs
Yanick Dupré Memorial Award For the player who distinguishes himself through special commitment in society	Travis Roche	Houston Eros
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs	Pasi Nurminen	Chicago Wolves

Web links

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