2000–01 Minnesota Wild season

The 2000–01 Minnesota Wild season was the Wild's first season. One of the policies that the Wild implemented was never naming a permanent captain. Instead, the team captaincy was rotated on a monthly basis among several of its players each season, with some players serving multiple times.

Three members of the Wild's inaugural season were still active in the NHL as of the 2013–14 season: Pascal Dupuis, Willie Mitchell and Marian Gaborik.

Off-season

NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	3.	Marian Gaborik (LW)	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin Jr. (Slovak Extraliga)
2	33.	Nick Schultz (D)	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	99.	Marc Cavosie (C/LW)	United States	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC Hockey)
5	132.	Maxim Sushinsky, W	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RSL)

NHL Expansion Draft results

#	Player	Drafted from	Drafted by
2.	Jamie McLennan (G)	St. Louis Blues	Minnesota Wild
3.	Mike Vernon (G)	Florida Panthers	Minnesota Wild
6.	Chris Terreri (G)	New Jersey Devils	Minnesota Wild
7.	Sean O'Donnell (D)	Los Angeles Kings	Minnesota Wild
10.	Curtis Leschyshyn (D)	Carolina Hurricanes	Minnesota Wild
12.	Ladislav Benysek (D)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Minnesota Wild
13.	Chris Armstrong (D)	San Jose Sharks	Minnesota Wild
15.	Filip Kuba (D)	Calgary Flames	Minnesota Wild
18.	Oleg Orekhovsky (D)	Washington Capitals	Minnesota Wild
20.	Ian Herbers (D)	New York Islanders	Minnesota Wild
21.	Artem Anisimov (D)	Philadelphia Flyers	Minnesota Wild
24.	Stacy Roest (C)	Detroit Red Wings	Minnesota Wild
25.	Darryl Laplante (C)	Detroit Red Wings	Minnesota Wild
27.	Scott Pellerin (LW)	St. Louis Blues	Minnesota Wild
30.	Jim Dowd (C)	Edmonton Oilers	Minnesota Wild
32.	Sergei Krivokrasov (RW)	Calgary Flames	Minnesota Wild
33.	Jeff Nielsen (RW)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Minnesota Wild
35.	Jeff Odgers (RW)	Colorado Avalanche	Minnesota Wild
37.	Steve McKenna (F)	Los Angeles Kings	Minnesota Wild
40.	Michal Bros (F)	San Jose Sharks	Minnesota Wild
41.	Joe Juneau (C)	Ottawa Senators	Minnesota Wild
43.	Darby Hendrickson (C)	Vancouver Canucks	Minnesota Wild
46.	Jeff Daw (C)	Chicago Blackhawks	Minnesota Wild
48.	Stefan Nilsson (F)	Vancouver Canucks	Minnesota Wild
49.	Zac Bierk (G)	Tampa Bay Lightning	Minnesota Wild
51.	Cam Stewart (LW)	Florida Panthers	Minnesota Wild

Regular season

The Wild struggled offensively, finishing 30th overall in scoring (168 goals for), power-play goals scored (36) and power-play percentage (9.63%). They were also shut out a league-high 14 times. Combined with the 6 shutouts earned in total by goaltenders Manny Fernandez and Jamie McLennan, 20 of the Wild's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Final standings

Northwest Division^[4]
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^[5]
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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 2000	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 7, 2000	1–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	0–2–0–0
3	T	October 11, 2000	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	0–2–1–0
4	L	October 13, 2000	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	0–3–1–0
5	L	October 15, 2000	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	0–4–1–0
6	W	October 18, 2000	6–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	1–4–1–0
7	L	October 20, 2000	1–3	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	1–5–1–0
8	T	October 22, 2000	0–0 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	1–5–2–0
9	T	October 24, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	1–5–3–0
10	L	October 25, 2000	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	1–6–3–0
11	W	October 27, 2000	3–1	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	2–6–3–0
12	L	October 29, 2000	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	2–7–3–0
13	L	November 3, 2000	0–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	2–8–3–0
14	W	November 5, 2000	3–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	3–8–3–0
15	L	November 7, 2000	0–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	3–9–3–0
16	L	November 8, 2000	0–1	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	3–10–3–0
17	W	November 10, 2000	5–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	4–10–3–0
18	L	November 12, 2000	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	4–10–3–1
19	L	November 15, 2000	2–3	New York Rangers (2000–01)	4–11–3–1
20	L	November 17, 2000	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	4–12–3–1
21	W	November 18, 2000	6–1	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	5–12–3–1
22	T	November 22, 2000	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	5–12–4–1
23	W	November 24, 2000	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	6–12–4–1
24	W	November 26, 2000	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	7–12–4–1
25	L	November 28, 2000	1–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	7–13–4–1
26	L	November 30, 2000	0–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	7–14–4–1
27	L	December 2, 2000	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	7–15–4–1
28	W	December 7, 2000	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	8–15–4–1
29	L	December 8, 2000	0–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	8–15–4–2
30	L	December 10, 2000	1–2	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	8–16–4–2
31	T	December 13, 2000	1–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	8–16–5–2
32	L	December 14, 2000	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	8–17–5–2
33	W	December 17, 2000	6–0	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	9–17–5–2
34	T	December 20, 2000	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	9–17–6–2
35	W	December 22, 2000	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	10–17–6–2
36	W	December 27, 2000	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	11–17–6–2
37	T	December 29, 2000	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	11–17–7–2
38	W	December 31, 2000	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	12–17–7–2
39	T	January 3, 2001	1–1 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	12–17–8–2
40	W	January 5, 2001	3–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	13–17–8–2
41	L	January 6, 2001	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	13–18–8–2
42	W	January 10, 2001	3–0	Washington Capitals (2000–01)	14–18–8–2
43	L	January 12, 2001	0–5	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	14–19–8–2
44	L	January 14, 2001	2–4	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	14–20–8–2
45	L	January 15, 2001	0–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	14–21–8–2
46	W	January 17, 2001	3–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	15–21–8–2
47	W	January 19, 2001	3–2	New York Islanders (2000–01)	16–21–8–2
48	L	January 21, 2001	2–4	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	16–22–8–2
49	W	January 24, 2001	5–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	17–22–8–2
50	W	January 27, 2001	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	18–22–8–2
51	L	January 30, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	18–22–8–3
52	W	February 6, 2001	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	19–22–8–3
53	L	February 7, 2001	1–2	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	19–23–8–3
54	W	February 9, 2001	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	20–23–8–3
55	W	February 11, 2001	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	21–23–8–3
56	L	February 14, 2001	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	21–24–8–3
57	L	February 16, 2001	0–4	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	21–25–8–3
58	W	February 18, 2001	3–1	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	22–25–8–3
59	L	February 21, 2001	2–6	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	22–26–8–3
60	L	February 23, 2001	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	22–27–8–3
61	L	February 24, 2001	1–2	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	22–28–8–3
62	L	February 26, 2001	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	22–29–8–3
63	T	March 1, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	22–29–9–3
64	L	March 2, 2001	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	22–30–9–3
65	W	March 4, 2001	4–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	23–30–9–3
66	T	March 6, 2001	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	23–30–10–3
67	L	March 8, 2001	2–6	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	23–31–10–3
68	W	March 9, 2001	4–1	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	24–31–10–3
69	L	March 11, 2001	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	24–31–10–4
70	L	March 14, 2001	0–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	24–31–10–5
71	L	March 15, 2001	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	24–32–10–5
72	L	March 18, 2001	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	24–33–10–5
73	L	March 19, 2001	1–4	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	24–34–10–5
74	T	March 21, 2001	0–0 OT	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	24–34–11–5
75	L	March 22, 2001	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	24–35–11–5
76	T	March 25, 2001	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	24–35–12–5
77	L	March 28, 2001	0–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	24–36–12–5
78	L	March 31, 2001	1–4	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	24–37–12–5
79	L	April 2, 2001	2–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	24–38–12–5
80	T	April 4, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	24–38–13–5
81	W	April 6, 2001	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	25–38–13–5
82	L	April 8, 2001	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	25–39–13–5

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	LW	58	11	28	39	45	6	2	2	2
Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik	RW	71	18	18	36	32	-6	6	0	3
Sekeras, LubomirLubomir Sekeras	D	80	11	23	34	52	-8	4	0	2
Walz, WesWes Walz	C	82	18	12	30	37	-8	0	7	3
Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba	D	75	9	21	30	28	-6	4	0	4
Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson	C	72	18	11	29	36	1	3	1	1
Dowd, JimJim Dowd	C	68	7	22	29	80	-6	0	0	0
Laaksonen, AnttiAntti Laaksonen	LW	82	12	16	28	24	-7	0	2	1
Roest, StacyStacy Roest	RW	76	7	20	27	20	3	1	0	1
Gavey, AaronAaron Gavey	C	75	10	14	24	52	-8	1	0	2
Krivokrasov, SergeiSergei Krivokrasov	RW	54	7	15	22	20	-1	2	0	1
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell	D	63	4	12	16	128	-2	1	0	2
Bombardir, BradBrad Bombardir	D	70	0	15	15	42	-6	0	0	0
Stewart, CamCam Stewart	LW	54	4	9	13	18	-3	0	1	0
Sushinsky, MaximMaxim Sushinsky	RW	30	7	4	11	29	-7	3	0	0
Nielsen, JeffJeff Nielsen	RW	59	3	8	11	4	-16	1	0	1
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell	D	17	1	7	8	11	4	0	0	0
Sutton, AndyAndy Sutton	D	69	3	4	7	131	-11	2	0	0
Benysek, LadislavLadislav Benysek	D	71	2	5	7	38	-11	1	0	0
Bartos, PeterPeter Bartos	LW	13	4	2	6	6	2	1	0	1
Simicek, RomanRoman Simicek	C	28	2	4	6	21	-4	2	0	0
Blouin, SylvainSylvain Blouin	LW	41	3	2	5	117	-5	0	0	0
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	54	2	3	5	19	-2	1	0	1
Patera, PavelPavel Patera	C	20	1	3	4	4	-8	0	0	0
Johnson, MattMatt Johnson	LW	50	1	1	2	137	-6	0	0	0
McKenna, SteveSteve McKenna	LW	20	1	1	2	19	0	0	0	0
Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis	LW	4	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0
Nurminen, KaiKai Nurminen	LW	2	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	G	38	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Armstrong, ChrisChris Armstrong	D	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Bierk, ZacZac Bierk	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Bonin, BrianBrian Bonin	C	7	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Daigneault, J. J.J. J. Daigneault	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	G	42	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Gustafson, DerekDerek Gustafson	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matte, ChristianChristian Matte	RW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Matteucci, MikeMike Matteucci	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Roche, TravisTravis Roche	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	2461	42	19	17	4	92	2.24	4	1147	1055	.920
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	2230	38	5	23	9	98	2.64	2	1032	934	.905
Gustafson, DerekDerek Gustafson	239	4	1	3	0	10	2.51	0	97	87	.897
Bierk, ZacZac Bierk	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00	0	27	21	.778
Team:	4990	82	25	44	13	206	2.48	6	2303	2097	.911

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Most points in a season, defenseman: 30 Filip Kuba, (2000–01)
Most points in a season, rookie: 36 Marian Gaborik, (2000–01)

References

Wild on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001_games.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MIN/2001.html
↑ "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
↑ "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "2000-01 Minnesota Wild Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

Minnesota Wild

Founded in 1997 Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Craig Leipold, chairman) General manager Chuck Fletcher Head coach Bruce Boudreau Team captain Mikko Koivu Current roster

Arena	Xcel Energy Center

Affiliates	AHL Iowa Wild ECHL Quad City Mallards

General managers	Risebrough Fletcher

Head coaches	Lemaire Richards Yeo Torchetti (interim) Boudreau

Retired numbers	1 (Wild Fans) 99

Minnesota Wild seasons

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2000–01 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup

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