2001–02 AHL season

The 2001/02 season was the 66th regular season of the American Hockey League ( AHL ). The 27 teams completed in the regular season of 80 matches. The AHL played the penultimate time with 6 divisions. Best team in the regular season were the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, while the Chicago Wolves won in the playoffs their first Calder Cup. Compared to the previous season the number of teams increased to seven, which was mainly due to the dissolution of the International Hockey League and the acquisition of certain IHL franchises.

• 3.1 Playoff Tree
• 3.2 Calder Cup winner

• 4.1 Team Trophies
• 4.2 Players Trophies

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Louisville Panthers were inactive.
• The Kentucky Thoroughblades been to Cleveland, Ohio, moved and played from now on as Cleveland Barons.
• In the course of league expansion, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers were taken.
• In the course of league expansion, the Manchester Monarchs were taken.

From the International Hockey League the following six teams were included in the AHL:

• The Chicago Wolves Chicago, Illinois.
• The Grand Rapids Griffins from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• The Houston Aeros in Houston, Texas.
• The Manitoba Moose from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• The Milwaukee Admirals from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• The Utah Grizzlies from Salt Lake City, Utah.

Regular Season

Statements Tables

Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime after defeat, SOL = Shootout defeat after defeat, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Best Scorer

Note: GP = Games, B = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = penalty minutes;

Calder Cup Playoffs

Playoff Tree

Calder Cup winner

Goalkeepers: Frédéric Cassivi, Standard Maracle, Pasi Nurminen

Defender: Joe dipenta, Dallas Eakins, Garnet Exelby, Kurtis Foster, Bob Nardella, Kirill Safronov, Mike Weaver

Attacker: Bryan Adams, Zdeněk Blatný, Rob Brown, Yuri Butsajew, Andreas Karlsson, Guy Larose, Francis Lessard, Derek MacKenzie, Steve Maltais, Kamil Piroš, Dan Plante, Ben Simon, Dan Snyder, Brad Tapper, Libor Ustrnul, JP Vigier

Head Coach: John Anderson General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff

Contract Trophies

Team Trophies

Player Trophies