2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes season

The 2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes season was their fifth season in the NHL. Before the season began, Wayne Gretzky became a part owner.
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
Pick	Player 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
19. 	Krystofer Kolanos (C)	 	Phoenix Coyotes	Boston College (Hockey East)
==Wayne Gretzky==
On June 2, 2000, Wayne Gretzky was introduced by Phoenix Coyotes Owner & Chairman Steve Ellman as the managing partner of the Coyotes in charge of all hockey operations. Phoenix Coyotes - Team Gretzky did not officially begin his new role until February 15, 2001 — the date Ellman's ownership group completed the purchase of the Coyotes. 
Among his first moves, Gretzky brought in proven Stanley Cup winners such as Cliff Fletcher (as senior executive vice president) and Dave Draper (as vice president of scouting and player personnel) to direct the Coyotes' hockey operations department. Six months later, Gretzky added Michael Barnett, the former president of IMG Hockey, as the Coyotes general manager. 
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 2000 	4–1 	St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	1–0–0–0
2 	W	October 7, 2000 	4–1 	Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	2–0–0–0
3 	L	October 12, 2000 	1–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	2–1–0–0
4 	W	October 14, 2000 	6–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	3–1–0–0
5 	W	October 15, 2000 	6–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	4–1–0–0
6 	W	October 18, 2000 	2–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	5–1–0–0
7 	W	October 21, 2000 	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	6–1–0–0
8 	T	October 22, 2000 	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	6–1–1–0
9 	T	October 24, 2000 	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	6–1–2–0
10 	W	October 27, 2000 	4–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	7–1–2–0
11 	W	October 28, 2000 	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	8–1–2–0
12 	W	October 30, 2000 	4–0 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	9–1–2–0
13 	T	November 1, 2000 	1–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	9–1–3–0
14 	T	November 3, 2000 	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	9–1–4–0
15 	T	November 7, 2000 	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	9–1–5–0
16 	L	November 8, 2000 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	9–2–5–0
17 	L	November 11, 2000	1–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	9–3–5–0
18 	W	November 12, 2000	2–0 	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	10–3–5–0
19 	T	November 14, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	10–3–6–0
20 	W	November 16, 2000	6–3 	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	11–3–6–0
21 	L	November 18, 2000	2–6 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 	11–4–6–0
22 	L	November 21, 2000	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	11–5–6–0
23 	L	November 25, 2000	1–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	11–6–6–0
24 	W	November 26, 2000	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	12–6–6–0
25 	L	November 29, 2000	1–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	12–7–6–0
26 	W	November 30, 2000	2–0 	Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	13–7–6–0
27 	L	December 2, 2000 	2–5 	Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	13–8–6–0
28 	T	December 6, 2000 	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	13–8–7–0
29 	T	December 10, 2000	1–1 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	13–8–8–0
30 	W	December 14, 2000	3–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	14–8–8–0
31 	L	December 16, 2000	1–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	14–8–8–1
32 	W	December 20, 2000	4–2 	Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	15–8–8–1
33 	W	December 22, 2000	5–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	16–8–8–1
34 	T	December 27, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	16–8–9–1
35 	T	December 29, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	16–8–10–1
36 	L	December 30, 2000	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	16–9–10–1
37 	L	January 1, 2001 	2–3 	San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	16–10–10–1
38 	W	January 4, 2001 	3–1 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	17–10–10–1
39 	W	January 6, 2001 	2–1 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	18–10–10–1
40 	T	January 9, 2001 	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	18–10–11–1
41 	L	January 10, 2001 	1–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	18–11–11–1
42 	L	January 12, 2001 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	18–12–11–1
43 	L	January 13, 2001 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	18–13–11–1
44 	W	January 15, 2001 	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	19–13–11–1
45 	W	January 17, 2001 	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	20–13–11–1
46 	W	January 19, 2001 	4–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	21–13–11–1
47 	W	January 21, 2001 	5–2 	Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	22–13–11–1
48 	W	January 23, 2001 	4–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	23–13–11–1
49 	L	January 24, 2001 	2–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	23–14–11–1
50 	T	January 26, 2001 	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	23–14–12–1
51 	L	January 29, 2001 	2–5 	Nashville Predators (2000–01) 	23–15–12–1
52 	L	February 1, 2001 	2–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 	23–16–12–1
53 	L	February 7, 2001 	1–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	23–16–12–2
54 	W	February 9, 2001 	2–0 	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	24–16–12–2
55 	W	February 11, 2001	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	25–16–12–2
56 	W	February 13, 2001	5–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	26–16–12–2
57 	L	February 14, 2001	3–4 	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	26–17–12–2
58 	W	February 16, 2001	2–0 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	27–17–12–2
59 	L	February 18, 2001	1–4 	Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	27–18–12–2
60 	W	February 21, 2001	3–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	28–18–12–2
61 	W	February 23, 2001	7–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	29–18–12–2
62 	L	February 25, 2001	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	29–19–12–2
63 	L	February 27, 2001	4–7 	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	29–20–12–2
64 	L	February 28, 2001	2–5 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	29–21–12–2
65 	T	March 2, 2001 	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	29–21–13–2
66 	L	March 4, 2001 	0–5 	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	29–22–13–2
67 	W	March 6, 2001 	5–1 	Nashville Predators (2000–01) 	30–22–13–2
68 	W	March 8, 2001 	3–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	31–22–13–2
69 	T	March 10, 2001 	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	31–22–14–2
70 	L	March 14, 2001 	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	31–23–14–2
71 	T	March 16, 2001 	1–1 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	31–23–15–2
72 	L	March 17, 2001 	1–4 	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 	31–24–15–2
73 	L	March 19, 2001 	2–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	31–25–15–2
74 	L	March 21, 2001 	2–5 	Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	31–26–15–2
75 	W	March 24, 2001 	7–4 	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	32–26–15–2
76 	T	March 25, 2001 	2–2 OT	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	32–26–16–2
77 	W	March 28, 2001 	2–0 	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	33–26–16–2
78 	L	March 29, 2001 	3–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 	33–26–16–3
79 	W	March 31, 2001 	3–1 	San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	34–26–16–3
80 	T	April 3, 2001 	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	34–26–17–3
81 	L	April 5, 2001 	0–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	34–27–17–3
82 	W	April 6, 2001 	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	35–27–17–3
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	30	46	76 	114	-1 	13 	0 	7
 	LW 	64	29	42	71 	108	6 	15 	0 	4
 	RW 	76	26	37	63 	89 	0 	6 	1 	6
 	C 	69	10	23	33 	28 	-2 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	70	18	13	31 	92 	3 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	72	5 	26	31 	36 	9 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	69	13	15	28 	63 	-11	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	46	10	16	26 	58 	1 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	62	11	14	25 	107	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	4 	21	25 	44 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	69	9 	14	23 	38 	10 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	77	7 	15	22 	32 	-2 	0 	1 	3
 	LW 	70	7 	12	19 	22 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	81	4 	12	16 	90 	9 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	82	2 	14	16 	86 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	30	11	4 	15 	12 	-2 	9 	0 	1
 	C 	42	3 	7 	10 	13 	7 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	72	0 	10	10 	22 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	72	5 	4 	9 	16 	-6 	0 	3 	0
 	C 	10	4 	4 	8 	21 	5 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	12	2 	3 	5 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	53	2 	2 	4 	63 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	16	0 	4 	4 	14 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	32	1 	2 	3 	22 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	1 	1 	2 	16 	-4 	0 	1 	0
 	G 	62	0 	1 	1 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	39	0 	0 	0 	79 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3644	62	25	22	13 	138	2.27	4 	1766	1628	.922
 	1350	25	10	8 	4 	68 	3.02	2 	657 	589 	.896
Team: 	4994	82	35	30	17 	206	2.47	6 	2423	2217	.915
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage; 
==Roster==
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
===Trades===
March 5, 2001 	To Tampa Bay LightningNikolai Khabibulin Stan Neckar 	To Phoenix CoyotesMike Johnson Paul Mara Ruslan Zainullin Second-round pick in 2001 - Matthew Spiller
March 13, 2001	To St. Louis BluesKeith Tkachuk 	To Phoenix CoyotesLadislav Nagy Michal Handzus Jeff Taffe First-round pick in 2002 - Ben Eager
March 13, 2001	To Florida PanthersSecond-round pick in 2001 - Igor Pohanka 	To Phoenix CoyotesTodd Simpson
June 12, 2001 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRobert Reichel Travis Green Craig Mills 	To Phoenix CoyotesDanny Markov
June 15, 2001 	To Montreal CanadiensJoe Juneau 	To Phoenix CoyotesFuture considerations
June 18, 2001 	To Tampa Bay LightningJuha Ylonen 	To Phoenix CoyotesTodd Warriner
June 19, 2001 	To Anaheim Mighty DucksKeith Carney 	To Phoenix CoyotesSecond-round pick in 2001 - Andrei Taratukhin
June 22, 2001 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMikael Renberg 	To Phoenix CoyotesSergei Berezin
June 23, 2001 	To Calgary FlamesFirst-round pick in 2001 - Chuck Kobasew Second-round pick in 2001 - Andrei Taratukhin	To Phoenix CoyotesFirst-round pick in 2001 - Fredrik Sjostrom
June 23, 2001 	To New Jersey DevilsFourth-round pick in 2001 - Milan Gajic Second-round pick in 2002 - Marek Chvatal 	To Phoenix CoyotesThird-round pick in 2001 - Beat Schiess-Forster
June 23, 2001 	To Dallas StarsJyrki Lumme 	To Phoenix CoyotesTyler Bouck
===Waivers===
January 2, 2001 	To Nashville PredatorsRobert Schnabel
February 14, 2001	To Atlanta ThrashersChris Joseph
===Free agents===
{| cellspacing="10"
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Player 	Former team
Landon Wilson 	Boston Bruins
Justin Hocking 	Toronto Maple Leafs
Joel Bouchard 	Dallas Stars
Claude Lemieux 	New Jersey Devils
Martin Grenier 	Boston Bruins
Branko Radivojevic	Undrafted free agent
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	New team
J. J. Daigneault	Minnesota Wild
Bob Essensa 	Vancouver Canucks
Eric Houde 	Dallas Stars
David Oliver 	Ottawa Senators
Benoit Hogue 	Dallas Stars
Mika Alatalo 	TPS Turku
==References==
* Coyotes on Hockey Database
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