2000–01 AHL season

The 2000–01 AHL season was the 65th season of the American Hockey League. The league realigns its divisions again. The Atlantic division is renamed the Canadian division. The Empire State division is replaced by the South division, with many teams shifting from the Mid-Atlantic division. 
Twenty teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Worcester IceCats finished first overall in the regular season. The Saint John Flames won their first Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The Norfolk Admirals join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Norfolk, Virginia, playing in the South division.
* The Lowell Lock Monsters switch divisions from Atlantic to New England.
* The Hamilton Bulldogs switch divisions from Empire State to Canadian.
* The Albany River Rats, Rochester Americans, Syracuse Crunch and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins switch from the Empire State division to the Mid-Atlantic division.
* The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, Kentucky Thoroughblades and Louisville Panthers switch from the Mid-Atlantic division to the South division.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;
===Eastern Conference===
Canadian 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Saint John Flames 	80	44	24	7	5 	100	269	210
Quebec Citadelles 	80	41	32	3	4 	89 	264	252
St. John's Maple Leafs	80	35	35	8	2 	80 	247	244
Hamilton Bulldogs 	80	28	41	6	5 	67 	227	281
New England 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Worcester IceCats 	80	48	20	9 	3 	108	264	205
Hartford Wolf Pack 	80	40	26	8 	6 	94 	263	247
Providence Bruins 	80	35	31	10	4 	84 	245	242
Lowell Lock Monsters	80	35	35	5 	5 	80 	225	244
Portland Pirates 	80	34	40	4 	2 	74 	250	280
Springfield Falcons 	80	29	37	8 	6 	72 	253	280
===Western Conference===
Mid-Atlantic 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Rochester Americans 	80	46	22	9 	3 	104	224	192
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	80	36	33	9 	2 	83 	252	248
Syracuse Crunch 	80	33	30	12	5 	83 	235	254
Philadelphia Phantoms 	80	36	34	5 	5 	82 	246	244
Hershey Bears 	80	34	39	4 	3 	75 	216	234
Albany River Rats 	80	30	40	6 	4 	70 	216	262
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Kentucky Thoroughblades	80	42	25	12	1 	97 	273	212
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	80	41	26	9 	4 	95 	254	240
Norfolk Admirals 	80	36	26	13	5 	90 	241	208
Louisville Panthers 	80	21	51	5 	3 	50 	200	285
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Derek Armstrong 	Hartford Wolf Pack 	75	32	69	101	73
Jean-Guy Trudel 	Springfield Falcons 	80	34	65	99 	89
Ryan Kraft 	Kentucky Thoroughblades	77	38	50	88 	36
Mark Greig 	Philadelphia Phantoms 	74	31	57	88 	98
Brad Smyth 	Hartford Wolf Pack 	77	50	29	79 	110
Bill Bowler 	Syracuse Crunch 	72	21	58	79 	50
Mikael Samuelsson	Kentucky Thoroughblades	66	32	46	78 	58
Marty Murray 	Saint John Flames 	56	24	52	76 	36
Jim Montgomery 	Kentucky Thoroughblades	55	22	52	74 	44
Steve Bancroft 	Kentucky Thoroughblades	80	23	50	73 	162
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
==All Star Classic==
The 14th AHL All-Star Game was played on January 15, 2001 at the First Union Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Team Canada defeated Team PlanetUSA 11-10. In the skills competition held the day before the All-Star Game, Team PlanetUSA won 16-8 over Team Canada. 
==Trophy and award winners==
===Team awards===
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Saint John Flames
Richard F. Canning TrophyEastern Conference playoff champions: 	Saint John Flames
Robert W. Clarke TrophyWestern Conference playoff champions: 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Macgregor Kilpatrick TrophyRegular season champions, League: 	Worcester IceCats
Frank Mathers TrophyRegular Season champions, Mid-Atlantic Division: 	Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, New England Division:	Worcester IceCats
Sam Pollock TrophyRegular Season champions, Canadian Division: 	Saint John Flames
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Kentucky Thoroughblades
===Individual awards===
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Derek Armstrong - Hartford Wolf Pack
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Derek Armstrong - Hartford Wolf Pack
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Ryan Kraft - Kentucky Thoroughblades
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	John Slaney - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton / Philadelphia
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest goaltender: 	Dwayne Roloson - Worcester IceCats
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Mika Noronen & Tom Askey - Rochester Americans
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Don Granato - Worcester IceCats
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Kent Hulst - Portland / Providence
Yanick Dupre Memorial AwardCommunity Service Award: 	Mike Minard - St. John's Maple Leafs
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Steve Begin - Saint John Flames
===Other awards===
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Stew MacDonald, Saint John Flames
Thomas Ebright Memorial AwardCareer contributions: 	Bill Torrey
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Tris Wykes, Norfolk, (newspaper)Bob Crawford, Hartford, (radio)Fox Sports Net, Pittsburgh, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Dave Cieslinski, Rochester Americans
==Team Photos==
00-01CinCyc.jpg|Cincinnati Cyclones
2000-01HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
00-01LouPan.jpg|Louisville Panthers
00-01SJFlames.jpg|Saint John Flames
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
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