League: | NHL |
Season: | 2000–01 |
Year: | 2000 |
Team: | Minnesota Wild |
Conferencerank: | 14th |
Divisionrank: | 5th |
Record: | 25–39–13–5 |
Homerecord: | 14–13–10–4 |
Roadrecord: | 11–26–3–1 |
Goalsfor: | 168 |
Goalsagainst: | 210 |
Captain: | Rotating[1] Sean O'Donnell (Oct.) Scott Pellerin (Nov.) Wes Walz (Dec.) Brad Bombardir (Jan.–Feb.) Darby Hendrickson (Mar.–Apr.) |
Altcaptain: | Curtis Leschyshyn (Oct.-Mar.) Sean O'Donnell (Nov.-Mar.) Scott Pellerin (Oct., Dec.-Mar.) |
Attendance: | 18,328 |
Goalsleader: | Marian Gaborik, Darby Hendrickson, Wes Walz (18) |
Assistsleader: | Scott Pellerin (28) |
Pointsleader: | Scott Pellerin (39) |
Plusminusleader: | Scott Pellerin (+6) |
Pimleader: | Matt Johnson (137) |
Winsleader: | Manny Fernandez (19) |
Gaaleader: | Manny Fernandez (2.24) |
The 2000–01 Minnesota Wild season was the team's first season of play in the National Hockey League (NHL). 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.
Jacques Lemaire was named the team’s first head coach on June 19.[2]
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 six shut-outs earned in total by goaltenders Manny Fernandez and Jamie McLennan, 20 of the Wild's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout.[3] [4]
|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|1||L||October 6, 2000||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||0–1–0–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|2||L||October 7, 2000||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||0–2–0–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|3||T||October 11, 2000||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||0–2–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|4||L||October 13, 2000||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||0–3–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|5||L||October 15, 2000||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||0–4–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|6||W||October 18, 2000||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) ||1–4–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|7||L||October 20, 2000||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||1–5–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|8||T||October 22, 2000||0–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||1–5–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|9||T||October 24, 2000||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) ||1–5–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|10||L||October 25, 2000||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) ||1–6–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|11||W||October 27, 2000||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||2–6–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|12||L||October 29, 2000||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||2–7–3–0 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|13||L||November 3, 2000||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||2–8–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|14||W||November 5, 2000||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||3–8–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|15||L||November 7, 2000||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||3–9–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|16||L||November 8, 2000||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||3–10–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|17||W||November 10, 2000||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||4–10–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#FF6F6F;"|18||OTL||November 12, 2000||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||4–10–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|19||L||November 15, 2000||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (2000–01) ||4–11–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|20||L||November 17, 2000||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||4–12–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|21||W||November 18, 2000||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||5–12–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|22||T||November 22, 2000||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||5–12–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|23||W||November 24, 2000||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||6–12–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|24||W||November 26, 2000||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||7–12–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|25||L||November 28, 2000||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||7–13–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|26||L||November 30, 2000||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||7–14–4–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|27||L||December 2, 2000||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||7–15–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|28||W||December 7, 2000||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||8–15–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#FF6F6F;"|29||OTL||December 8, 2000||0–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||8–15–4–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|30||L||December 10, 2000||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||8–16–4–2 || |- style="text-align:center;"|31||T||December 13, 2000||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||8–16–5–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|32||L||December 14, 2000||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||8–17–5–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|33||W||December 17, 2000||6–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||9–17–5–2 || |- style="text-align:center;"|34||T||December 20, 2000||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||9–17–6–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|35||W||December 22, 2000||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||10–17–6–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|36||W||December 27, 2000||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||11–17–6–2 || |- style="text-align:center;"|37||T||December 29, 2000||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||11–17–7–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|38||W||December 31, 2000||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||12–17–7–2 || |-|- style="text-align:center;"|39||T||January 3, 2001||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||12–17–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|40||W||January 5, 2001||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||13–17–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|41||L||January 6, 2001||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||13–18–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|42||W||January 10, 2001||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||14–18–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|43||L||January 12, 2001||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||14–19–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|44||L||January 14, 2001||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (2000–01) ||14–20–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|45||L||January 15, 2001||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||14–21–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|46||W||January 17, 2001||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||15–21–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|47||W||January 19, 2001||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (2000–01) ||16–21–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|48||L||January 21, 2001||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||16–22–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|49||W||January 24, 2001||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||17–22–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|50||W||January 27, 2001||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||18–22–8–2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#FF6F6F;"|51||OTL||January 30, 2001||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||18–22–8–3 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|52||W||February 6, 2001||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) ||19–22–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|53||L||February 7, 2001||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||19–23–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|54||W||February 9, 2001||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||20–23–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|55||W||February 11, 2001||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||21–23–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|56||L||February 14, 2001||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||21–24–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|57||L||February 16, 2001||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||21–25–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|58||W||February 18, 2001||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||22–25–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|59||L||February 21, 2001||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||22–26–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|60||L||February 23, 2001||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||22–27–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|61||L||February 24, 2001||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||22–28–8–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|62||L||February 26, 2001||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||22–29–8–3 || |-|- style="text-align:center;"|63||T||March 1, 2001||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||22–29–9–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|64||L||March 2, 2001||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||22–30–9–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|65||W||March 4, 2001||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||23–30–9–3 || |- style="text-align:center;"|66||T||March 6, 2001||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||23–30–10–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|67||L||March 8, 2001||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||23–31–10–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|68||W||March 9, 2001||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (2000–01) ||24–31–10–3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#FF6F6F;"|69||OTL||March 11, 2001||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||24–31–10–4 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#FF6F6F;"|70||OTL||March 14, 2001||0–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||24–31–10–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|71||L||March 15, 2001||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||24–32–10–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|72||L||March 18, 2001||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||24–33–10–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|73||L||March 19, 2001||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||24–34–10–5 || |- style="text-align:center;"|74||T||March 21, 2001||0–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||24–34–11–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|75||L||March 22, 2001||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||24–35–11–5 || |- style="text-align:center;"|76||T||March 25, 2001||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||24–35–12–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|77||L||March 28, 2001||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||24–36–12–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|78||L||March 31, 2001||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||24–37–12–5 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|79||L||April 2, 2001||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||24–38–12–5 || |- style="text-align:center;"|80||T||April 4, 2001||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||24–38–13–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|81||W||April 6, 2001||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||25–38–13–5 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|82||L||April 8, 2001||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||25–39–13–5 || |-|-| Legend:
Player | scope=colgroup colspan=6 | Regular season | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
33 | LW | 58 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 6 | 45 | ||
10 | RW | 71 | 18 | 18 | 36 | −6 | 32 | ||
77 | D | 80 | 11 | 23 | 34 | −8 | 52 | ||
37 | C | 82 | 18 | 12 | 30 | −8 | 37 | ||
17 | D | 75 | 9 | 21 | 30 | −6 | 28 | ||
14 | C | 72 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 36 | ||
34 | C | 68 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −6 | 80 | ||
24 | LW | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | −7 | 24 | ||
22 | RW | 76 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 20 | ||
44 | C | 75 | 10 | 14 | 24 | −8 | 52 | ||
25 | RW | 54 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −1 | 20 | ||
27 | D | 63 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −2 | 128 | ||
5 | D | 70 | 0 | 15 | 15 | −6 | 42 | ||
21 | LW | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −3 | 18 | ||
20 | RW | 30 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 29 | ||
19 | RW | 59 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −16 | 4 | ||
2 | D | 17 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 11 | ||
42 | D | 69 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −11 | 131 | ||
3 | D | 71 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −11 | 38 | ||
45 | LW | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
16 | C | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 21 | ||
36 | LW | 41 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 117 | ||
4 | D | 54 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 19 | ||
23 | C | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −8 | 4 | ||
12 | LW | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 137 | ||
16 | LW | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | ||
11 | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
11 | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
29 | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
40 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | ||
31 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
32 | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | ||
15 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | ||
35 | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
30 | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
26 | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
28 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | ||
6 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | scope=colgroup colspan=10 | Regular season | ||||||||||
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35 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1147 | 92 | 2.24 | .920 | 4 | 2461 | ||
29 | 38 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 1032 | 98 | 2.64 | .905 | 2 | 2230 | ||
30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 10 | 2.51 | .897 | 0 | 239 | ||
31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 6.00 | .778 | 0 | 60 |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
First game | Marian Gaborik | October 6, 2000 | [6] |
Lubomir Sekeras | |||
Maxim Sushinsky | |||
Peter Bartos | November 10, 2000 | ||
Derek Gustafson | March 9, 2001 | ||
Chris Armstrong | March 21, 2001 | ||
Pascal Dupuis | April 2, 2001 | ||
Mike Matteucci | April 4, 2001 | ||
Travis Roche | April 8, 2001 |
The Wild were involved in the following transactions through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.[7]
Date | Details | Ref | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
To Minnesota Wild | To Dallas Stars | [8] | ||
To Minnesota Wild | To San Jose Sharks | |||
To Minnesota Wild | To Calgary Flames | [9] | ||
To Minnesota Wild | To New Jersey Devils | |||
To Minnesota Wild | To Phoenix Coyotes | |||
To Minnesota Wild | To Dallas Stars | [10] | ||
To Minnesota Wild | To Atlanta Thrashers | [11] | ||
To Minnesota Wild | To Pittsburgh Penguins | [12] | ||
To Minnesota Wild | To Carolina Hurricanes | [13] | ||
To Minnesota Wild | To New Jersey Devils | [14] | ||
To Minnesota Wild | To Ottawa Senators | [15] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Aronson | University of St. Thomas (MIAC) | Free agency | [16] | |||
University of Maine (HE) | Free agency | [17] | ||||
HC TPS (Liiga) | Free agency | [18] | ||||
Brendan Walsh | University of Maine (HE) | Free agency | ||||
Utah Grizzlies (IHL) | Free agency | [19] | ||||
David Brumby | Jackson Bandits (ECHL) | Free agency | [20] | |||
Pete Gardiner | RPI (ECAC) | Free agency | ||||
Randy Fitzgerald | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) | Free agency | [21] | |||
St. Lawrence University (ECAC) | Free agency | |||||
Kansas City Blades (IHL) | Free agency | [22] | ||||
HC Lugano (NLA) | Free agency | [23] | ||||
Free agency | [24] | |||||
Free agency | [25] | |||||
Saint John Flames (AHL) | Free agency | [26] | ||||
HC Sparta Praha (ELH) | Free agency | [27] | ||||
Free agency | [28] | |||||
Boston Bruins | Free agency | |||||
Free agency | [29] | |||||
Free agency | [30] | |||||
Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | Free agency | |||||
Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) | Free agency | [31] | ||||
Waiver draft | ||||||
University of North Dakota (WCHA) | Free agency | [32] | ||||
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL) | Free agency | [33] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HC TPS (Liiga) | Free agency | [34] | |||
Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency | [35] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entry-level | [36] | ||||
Re-signing | |||||
3-year | Entry-level | [37] | |||
multi-year | Entry-level | [38] | |||
Re-signing | [39] | ||||
Re-signing | [40] | ||||
Re-signing | [41] | ||||
Re-signing | [42] | ||||
Re-signing | [43] | ||||
Re-signing | |||||
Entry-level | [44] | ||||
multi-year | Entry-level | [45] | |||
multi-year | Entry-level | [46] | |||
multi-year | Extension | [47] |
Minnesota's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[48]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Marian Gaborik (RW) | Dukla Trenčín Jr. (Slovakia) | ||
2 | 33 | Nick Schultz (D) | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) | ||
4 | 99 | Marc Cavosie (C/LW) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) | ||
5 | 132 | Maxim Sushinsky (W) | Avangard Omsk (RSL) | ||
6 | 170 | Erik Reitz (D) | Barrie Colts (OHL) | ||
7 | 199 | Brian Passmore (C) | Ottawa 67's (OHL) | ||
7 | 214 | Peter Bartos (LW) | HC České Budějovice (Czech Extraliga) | ||
8 | 232 | Lubomir Sekeras (D) | Oceláři Třinec (Czech Extraliga) | ||
8 | 255 | Eric Johansson (C) | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |