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2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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Division
  
2nd Northeast

2001–02 record
  
43–25–10–4

Goals against
  
207

Conference
  
4th Eastern

Goals for
  
249

General Manager
  
Pat Quinn

The 2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 85th season as a franchise, and the 75th season as the Maple Leafs. They finished second in the Northeast Division with a record of 43–25–10–4 for 100 points. Qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, they downed the New York Islanders in seven games in the Conference Quarter-finals and the Ottawa Senators in seven games in the Conference Semi-finals. However, their luck ran out in the Conference Finals, as they were eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes in six games.

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Leafs captain Mats Sundin ranked fourth in the NHL in scoring, with 80 points. Head Coach Pat Quinn and goaltender Curtis Joseph were members of the gold medal-winning Canadian ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

  • The 2001 NHL Entry Draft
  • The free agency period began on July 1.

    • Season standings

    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.

    Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

    Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

    Schedule and results

  • † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

    • Regular season

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Playoffs

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    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

  • Mats Sundin, Centre, NHL Second Team All-Star

    • Transactions

    The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2001–02 season.

    Draft picks

    Toronto's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida.

    American Hockey League

    St. John's Maple Leafs

    ECHL

    Columbia Inferno

    Miscellaneous

    In 2010, they were named the 22nd most hated team in sports history by Sports Illustrated.

    References

    2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs season Wikipedia
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