2000–01 Calgary Flames season

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2000–01 Calgary Flames
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	11th Western
2000–01 record	27–36–15–4
Home record	12–18–9–2
Road record	15–18–6–2
Goals for	197 (25th)
Goals against	236 (20th)
Team information
General manager	Craig Button
Coach	Don Hay (Oct.–Mar.) Greg Gilbert (Mar.–Apr.)
Captain	Steve Smith (Oct.–Dec.) Dave Lowry (Dec.–Apr.)
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	16,623
Minor league affiliate(s)	Saint John Flames Johnstown Chiefs
Team leaders
Goals	Jarome Iginla (31)
Assists	Marc Savard (42)
Points	Jarome Iginla (71)
Penalty minutes	Jason Wiemer (177)
Plus/minus	Oleg Saprykin (+4) Ron Sutter (+4)
Wins	Fred Brathwaite (15)
Goals against average	Fred Brathwaite (2.32)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Calgary Flames season was the 21st National Hockey League season in Calgary. It was a season for change, as the Flames let longtime general manager Al Coates go shortly before the draft and replaced him with highly touted Craig Button, previously with the Dallas Stars.^[1] The team also let head coach Brian Sutter go and replaced him with rookie coach Don Hay.^[2] Hay would only last 68 games before being fired and replaced by Greg Gilbert.^[3]

The off-season also featured a "Save the Flames" ticket drive campaign, as owners warned that the team could be sold in the face of declining attendance and the pressures of doing business in American dollars while earning revenues in Canadian dollars. The threats brought fears of the Flames moving south, as the Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets had done in previous seasons. The goal was to increase the Flames' season-ticket base from its 1999–2000 low of 8,700 to 14,000. The drive was ultimately successful, with the team reaching its ticket goal and acquiring a new title sponsor for their home arena, the Saddledome, as Pengrowth Management took over the naming rights from the defunct Canadian Airlines.^[4]

On the ice, the Flames continued to struggle, failing to win more than three consecutive games at any point. While their top three forwards, Jarome Iginla, Valeri Bure, and Marc Savard, scored 91 goals between them, only two other players even reached double-digit goals on the season. Calgary finished with a 27–36–15–4 record, fourth in the division and ahead of only the expansion Minnesota Wild. The Flames missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season.

The 2000–01 season was also notable in retrospect, as the Flames lost two players who would later go on to stardom for virtually nothing. Ineffective forward Martin St. Louis was released as a free agent, while goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere was dealt to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 2nd round draft pick when the Flames found themselves with too many goaltenders heading into the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft.^[5]

In the expansion draft, which was held in Calgary, the Flames lost defenceman Filip Kuba to the Minnesota Wild, 15th overall, and Sergei Krivokrasov, also to the Wild, 32nd overall. The Columbus Blue Jackets did not select a player off of Calgary's roster.

Regular season

On December 7, team captain Steve Smith retired and Dave Lowry was named his replacement.^[6]^[7]

The Flames had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 435.^[8]

Season standings

Northwest Division^[9]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	6	Edmonton Oilers	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
3	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
5	14	Minnesota Wild	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[10]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
3	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
5	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
6	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
8.5
9	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
10	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
12	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71
14	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68
15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

2000–01 regular season^[11]

October: 3–8–1–0 (home: 1–5–1–0; road: 2–3–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 5	Detroit	5 – 3	Calgary		0–1–0–0	0	Recap
2	October 10	Colorado	3 – 1	Calgary		0–2–0–0	0	Recap
3	October 12	Columbus	3 – 2	Calgary		0–3–0–0	0	Recap
4	October 14	Calgary	2 – 0	NY Islanders		1–3–0–0	2	Recap
5	October 15	Calgary	4 – 2	Detroit		2–3–0–0	4	Recap
6	October 18	Calgary	1 – 4	Vancouver		2–4–0–0	4	Recap
7	October 20	Boston	2 – 3	Calgary		3–4–0–0	6	Recap
8	October 21	Toronto	2 – 1	Calgary		3–5–0–0	6	Recap
9	October 24	Phoenix	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	3–5–1–0	7	Recap
10	October 26	Calgary	3 – 4	St. Louis		3–6–1–0	7	Recap
11	October 27	Calgary	1 – 3	Minnesota		3–7–1–0	7	Recap
12	October 29	Anaheim	6 – 3	Calgary		3–8–1–0	7	Recap

November: 3–4–4–4 (home: 0–1–2–2; road: 3–3–2–2)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Calgary	2 – 3	Edmonton		3–9–1–0	7	Recap
14	November 4	Pittsburgh	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	3–9–2–0	8	Recap
15	November 5	Minnesota	3 – 2	Calgary	OT	3–9–2–1	9	Recap
16	November 8	Calgary	1 – 0	Minnesota		4–9–2–1	11	Recap
17	November 10	Calgary	3 – 3	Florida	OT	4–9–3–1	12	Recap
18	November 11	Calgary	4 – 3	Tampa Bay		5–9–3–1	14	Recap
19	November 13	Calgary	2 – 3	Buffalo	OT	5–9–3–2	15	Recap
20	November 16	Chicago	5 – 2	Calgary		5–10–3–2	15	Recap
21	November 18	NY Rangers	5 – 4	Calgary	OT	5–10–3–3	16	Recap
22	November 19	Calgary	0 – 2	Edmonton		5–11–3–3	16	Recap
23	November 22	Calgary	1 – 1	Minnesota	OT	5–11–4–3	17	Recap
24	November 24	Anaheim	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	5–11–5–3	18	Recap
25	November 25	Calgary	2 – 3	Colorado	OT	5–11–5–4	19	Recap
26	November 28	Calgary	1 – 6	Nashville		5–12–5–4	19	Recap
27	November 29	Calgary	4 – 3	Dallas		6–12–5–4	21	Recap

December: 7–3–2–0 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 3–2–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts	Recap
28	December 2	Montreal	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	6–12–6–4	22	Recap
29	December 4	San Jose	8 – 0	Calgary		6–13–6–4	22	Recap
30	December 7	Nashville	0 – 3	Calgary		7–13–6–4	24	Recap
31	December 9	Carolina	2 – 7	Calgary		8–13–6–4	26	Recap
32	December 13	Calgary	3 – 1	Montreal		9–13–6–4	28	Recap
33	December 14	Calgary	2 – 4	Ottawa		9–14–6–4	28	Recap
34	December 16	Calgary	6 – 5	Toronto	OT	10–14–6–4	30	Recap
35	December 19	Calgary	3 – 0	Colorado		11–14–6–4	32	Recap
36	December 20	Calgary	2 – 4	Phoenix		11–15–6–4	32	Recap
37	December 22	Edmonton	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	11–15–7–4	33	Recap
38	December 29	Vancouver	0 – 5	Calgary		12–15–7–4	35	Recap
39	December 31	Montreal	4 – 5	Calgary	OT	13–15–7–4	37	Recap

January: 4–6–2–0 (home: 2–4–0–0; road: 2–2–2–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 3	Calgary	1 – 0	San Jose		14–15–7–4	39	Recap
41	January 5	Calgary	4 – 4	Anaheim	OT	14–15–8–4	40	Recap
42	January 6	Calgary	0 – 5	Los Angeles		14–16–8–4	40	Recap
43	January 11	Nashville	1 – 2	Calgary		15–16–8–4	42	Recap
44	January 13	Ottawa	5 – 2	Calgary		15–17–8–4	42	Recap
45	January 14	Calgary	1 – 5	Vancouver		15–18–8–4	42	Recap
46	January 17	Calgary	4 – 4	San Jose	OT	15–18–9–4	43	Recap
47	January 21	Detroit	2 – 4	Calgary		16–18–9–4	45	Recap
48	January 23	Phoenix	4 – 2	Calgary		16–19–9–4	45	Recap
49	January 25	Calgary	3 – 0	Los Angeles		17–19–9–4	47	Recap
50	January 27	Vancouver	5 – 3	Calgary		17–20–9–4	47	Recap
51	January 30	Edmonton	5 – 3	Calgary		17–21–9–4	47	Recap

February: 5–4–2–0 (home: 2–1–2–0; road: 3–3–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 1	Chicago	3 – 5	Calgary		18–21–9–4	49	Recap
53	February 6	San Jose	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	18–21–10–4	50	Recap
54	February 9	Calgary	5 – 3	Colorado		19–21–10–4	52	Recap
55	February 10	Calgary	4 – 1	Vancouver		20–21–10–4	54	Recap
56	February 13	Washington	4 – 4	Calgary	OT	20–21–11–4	55	Recap
57	February 15	Calgary	1 – 4	St. Louis		20–22–11–4	55	Recap
58	February 18	Calgary	4 – 1	Phoenix		21–22–11–4	57	Recap
59	February 19	Calgary	2 – 6	Anaheim		21–23–11–4	57	Recap
60	February 22	Calgary	0 – 2	Los Angeles		21–24–11–4	57	Recap
61	February 24	Edmonton	3 – 1	Calgary		21–25–11–4	57	Recap
62	February 26	Dallas	2 – 3	Calgary		22–25–11–4	59	Recap

March: 4–9–3–0 (home: 3–4–2–0; road: 1–5–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 1	Minnesota	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	22–25–12–4	60	Recap
64	March 3	St. Louis	2 – 3	Calgary	OT	23–25–12–4	62	Recap
65	March 6	Toronto	3 – 1	Calgary		23–26–12–4	62	Recap
66	March 8	Calgary	2 – 5	Philadelphia		23–27–12–4	62	Recap
67	March 10	Calgary	3 – 6	Pittsburgh		23–28–12–4	62	Recap
68	March 11	Calgary	3 – 3	Atlanta	OT	23–28–13–4	63	Recap
69	March 14	Calgary	0 – 3	Columbus		23–29–13–4	63	Recap
70	March 15	Calgary	2 – 5	Detroit		23–30–13–4	63	Recap
71	March 17	St. Louis	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	23–30–14–4	64	Recap
72	March 19	New Jersey	4 – 2	Calgary		23–31–14–4	64	Recap
73	March 22	Philadelphia	1 – 3	Calgary		24–31–14–4	66	Recap
74	March 24	Calgary	4 – 6	Columbus		24–32–14–4	66	Recap
75	March 25	Calgary	3 – 1	Chicago		25–32–14–4	68	Recap
76	March 27	Columbus	0 – 3	Calgary		26–32–14–4	70	Recap
77	March 29	Colorado	1 – 0	Calgary		26–33–14–4	70	Recap
78	March 31	Dallas	2 – 0	Calgary		26–34–14–4	70	Recap

April: 1–2–1–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–1–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 2	Calgary	4 – 4	Dallas	OT	26–34–15–4	71	Recap
80	April 4	Calgary	5 – 2	Chicago		27–34–15–4	73	Recap
81	April 5	Calgary	0 – 4	Nashville		27–35–15–4	73	Recap
82	April 7	Los Angeles	3 – 2	Calgary		27–36–15–4	73	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Jarome Iginla	RW	77	31	40	71	−2	62
27	Marc Savard	C	77	23	42	65	−12	46
8	Valeri Bure	RW	78	27	28	55	−21	26
16	Cory Stillman‡	LW	66	21	24	45	−6	45
10	Dave Lowry	LW	79	18	17	35	−2	47
6	Phil Housley	D	69	4	30	34	−15	24
53	Derek Morris	D	51	5	23	28	−15	56
19	Oleg Saprykin	RW	59	9	14	23	4	43
11	Jeff Shantz	C	73	5	15	20	−7	58
5	Tommy Albelin	D	77	1	19	20	2	22
32	Toni Lydman	D	62	3	16	19	−7	30
24	Jason Wiemer	C	65	10	5	15	−15	177
23	Clarke Wilm	C	81	7	8	15	−11	69
38	Jeff Cowan	LW	51	9	4	13	−8	74
18	Daniel Tkaczuk	C	19	4	7	11	1	14
22	Bill Lindsay‡	LW	52	1	9	10	−8	97
36	Ronald Petrovicky	RW	30	4	5	9	0	54
3	Denis Gauthier	D	62	2	6	8	3	78
25	Igor Kravchuk†	D	37	0	8	8	−12	4
22	Craig Conroy†	C	14	3	4	7	0	14
17	Chris Clark	RW	29	5	1	6	0	38
2	Brad Werenka	D	33	1	4	5	−3	16
39	Benoit Gratton	LW	14	1	3	4	0	14
21	Dwayne Hay	RW	49	1	3	4	−4	16
28	Robyn Regehr	D	71	1	3	4	−7	70
20	Ron Sutter†	C	21	1	3	4	4	12
55	Steve Smith‡	D	13	0	2	2	−2	17
25	Niklas Andersson	LW	11	0	1	1	0	4
40	Fred Brathwaite	G	49	0	1	1		2
4^[a]	Dallas Eakins	D	17	0	1	1	−1	11
29	Mike Vernon	G	31	0	1	1		16
26	Steve Begin	C	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wade Belak‡	D	23	0	0	0	−2	79
15	Rico Fata	RW	5	0	0	0	−3	0
20	Marty Murray	C	7	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
40	Fred Brathwaite	49	15	17	10	1181	106	2.32	.910	5	2742
29	Mike Vernon	41	12	23	5	1034	121	3.23	.883	3	2246

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
Team	Molson Cup	Jarome Iginla	^[12]
Team	Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award	Jarome Iginla	^[13]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Toni Lydman	October 5, 2000	^[14]
	Ronald Petrovicky	October 5, 2000
	Daniel Tkaczuk	November 24, 2000
25th shutout	Mike Vernon	December 7, 2000	^[15]

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	To Calgary Flames Mike Vernon	To Minnesota Wild Rights to Dan Cavanaugh 8th-round pick in 2001	^[17]
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)	To Calgary Flames Miika Elomo Buffalo’s 4th-round pick in 2000	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2000	^[18]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To Calgary Flames 8th-round pick in 2001	To Buffalo Sabres 8th-round pick in 2000	^[16]
September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)	To Calgary Flames Rights to Jordan Leopold	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Andrei Nazarov 2nd-round pick in 2001	^[19]
March 6, 2001 (2001-03-06)	To Calgary Flames 8th-round pick in 2001	To San Jose Sharks Bill Lindsay	^[20]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	To Calgary Flames Craig Conroy 7th-round pick in 2001	To St. Louis Blues Cory Stillman	^[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)	Mike Martin	Michigan K-Wings (IHL)		Free agency	^[22]
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)	Dave Lowry	San Jose Sharks	2-year	Free agency	^[23]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Dallas Eakins	Chicago Blackhawks		Free agency	^[24]
August 25, 2000 (2000-08-25)	Martin Brochu	Washington Capitals		Free agency	^[25]
August 29, 2000 (2000-08-29)	Niklas Andersson	New York Islanders		Free agency	^[26]
October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03)	Dwayne Hay	Tampa Bay Lightning		Waivers	^[27]
November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10)	Igor Kravchuk	Ottawa Senators		Waivers	^[28]
February 16, 2001 (2001-02-16)	Ron Sutter	San Jose Sharks		Free agency	^[29]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[b]	Ref
N/A	Andrei Trefilov	Dusseldorfer EG (DEL)	Free agency (II)^[c]	^[32]
June 2000 (2000-06)	Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning^[d]	Buyout	^[34]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Sergei Krivokrasov	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	^[35]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Filip Kuba	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	^[35]
August 25, 2000 (2000-08-25)	Steve Dubinsky	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]
August 31, 2000 (2000-08-31)	Eric Charron	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (UFA)	^[37]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)	Stewart Malgunas	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (UFA)	^[38]
September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)	Grant Fuhr		Retirement	^[39]
September 17, 2000 (2000-09-17)	Darryl Shannon	Montreal Canadiens	Free agency (III)	^[40]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	Andreas Johansson	New York Rangers	Waiver draft	^[41]
October 18, 2000 (2000-10-18)	Lee Sorochan	London Knights (BISL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[42]
October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25)	John Tripp	Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[43]
November 4, 2000 (2000-11-04)	Bobby Dollas	San Jose Sharks	Free agency (III)	^[44]
December 7, 2000 (2000-12-07)	Steve Smith		Retirement	^[6]
February 16, 2001 (2001-02-16)	Wade Belak	Toronto Maple Leafs	Waivers	^[45]
April 11, 2001 (2001-04-11)	Benoit Gratton	Montreal Canadiens	Waivers	^[46]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 11, 2000 (2000-06-11)	Martin St. Louis	1-year	Option exercised	^[34]
July 5, 2000 (2000-07-05)	Brad Werenka		Re-signing	^[47]
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)	Marty Murray		Re-signing	^[22]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Jeff Cowan		Re-signing	^[24]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Jeff Shantz		Re-signing	^[48]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Wade Belak		Re-signing	^[49]
August 3, 2000 (2000-08-03)	Jason Botterill		Re-signing	^[50]
	Miika Elomo		Re-signing	^[50]
	Jason Wiemer		Re-signing	^[50]
August 4, 2000 (2000-08-04)	Fred Brathwaite	2-year	Arbitration award	^[51]
August 24, 2000 (2000-08-24)	Dave Roche		Re-signing	^[52]
August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)	Chris Clark		Re-signing	^[53]
August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)	Clarke Wilm		Re-signing	^[53]
August 30, 2000 (2000-08-30)	Jason Wiemer		Extension	^[54]
September 11, 2000 (2000-09-11)	Levente Szuper		Entry-level	^[55]
September 12, 2000 (2000-09-12)	Darrel Scoville		Re-signing	^[52]
October 6, 2000 (2000-10-06)	Micki DuPont		Entry-level	^[56]
October 9, 2000 (2000-10-09)	Marc Savard	3-year	Re-signing	^[57]
November 29, 2000 (2000-11-29)	Derek Morris		Re-signing	^[58]
January 27, 2001 (2001-01-27)	Mike Vernon	1-year	Extension	^[59]
May 31, 2001 (2001-05-31)	Jukka Hentunen		Entry-level	^[60]

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft, held in Calgary.^[61] The Flames played to the home crowd, selecting Brent Krahn of the Calgary Hitmen with their first pick, 9th overall.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	9	Brent Krahn	Canada	G	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	1	0–1–0, 9.00GAA
2	40	Kurtis Foster	Canada	D	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	405	42	118	160	308
2	46	Jarret Stoll	Canada	C	Kootenay Ice (WHL)	872	144	244	388	618
4	116	Levente Szuper	Hungary	G	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
5	141	Wade Davis	Canada	D	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5	155	Travis Moen	Canada	LW	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)	747	59	77	136	801
6	176	Jukka Hentunen	Finland	F	HPK Hameenlinna (Fin Jr.)	38	4	5	9	4
8	239	David Hajek	Czech Republic	D	Chumutov (Cze Jr.)
9	270	Micki Dupont	Canada	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	23	1	3	4	12

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

The 2000–01 AHL season was the eighth season for the Saint John Flames, all affiliated with the Flames. It was a record-setting year, as the Baby Flames ran away with the Canadian Division, finishing third overall in the league with a 44–24–7–5 record, good for 100 points. Saint John swept through the Portland Pirates, Quebec Citadelles and Providence Bruins by a combined 12–2 record. The Flames captured their only Calder Cup by defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 games to 2.^[62] Steve Begin won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.

Notes

^ Eakins wore number 26 in his first five games and then number 20 in his next three games.
^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[30]
^ Calgary retained Trefilov’s NHL rights through the 2004–05 season.^[31]
^ St. Louis signed with Tampa Bay on July 31.^[33]

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 111
Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 135
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v t e Calgary Flames seasons
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v t e Calgary Flames
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v t e 2000–01 NHL season
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