Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux
(Lemieux Group)

General Manager:
Craig Patrick

Head Coach:
Ivan Hlinka

Captain:
Jaromir Jagr

Rookie of the Year:
No winner

Player's Player:
Martin Straka

Most Valuable Player:
Mario Lemieux

Booster Club:
Alexei Kovalev

Masterton Nominee:
Ian Moran

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Alexei Kovalev

Edward J. DeBartolo:
Bob Boughner

Bob Johnson Memorial:
Martin Straka &
Darius Kasparaitis

December 28
Obtained Marc Bergevin from St. Louis for Dan Trebil.

January 14
Obtained Kevin Stevens from Philadelphia for John Slaney.

February 1
Obtained Wayne Primeau from Tampa for Matthew Barnaby.

March 12
Obtained Johan Hedberg and Bobby Dollas from San Jose for Jeff Norton.

2000-01


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2000-01 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(42-28-9-3) Finished 3rd in Atlantic Division
Front row: Garth Snow, Janne Laukkanen, Robert Lang, Kevin Stevens, Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr, Bob Bougher, Alexei Kovalev, Darius Kasparaitus, Johan Hedberg & Jean-Sebastien Aubin

Middle row: Mark Mortland (Trainer), Tom Plasko (Therapsist), Frank Sciulli (Locker room attendant), Scott Johnson (Trainer), Ian Moran, Jan Hrdina, Ed Johnston (Asst. General Manager), Tom Rooney (COO), Craig Patrick (General Manager), Ken Sawyer (Chief Financial Officer), Mario Lemieux (Owner), Ivan Hlinka (Head Coach), Rick Kehoe (Asst. Coach), Randy Hillier (Asst. Coach), Joe Mullen (Asst. Coach), Marc Bergevin, Hans Jonsson, Steve Latin (Equip. Manager), Paul Flati (Asst. Equip. Manager), John Welday (Conditioning Coach) & Paul DeFazio (Equip. Staff)

Back row: Josef Beranek, Frantisek Kucera, Dan Lacouture, Bobby Dollas, Krzysztof Oliwa, Steve McKenna, Wayne Primeau, Aleksey Morozov, Rene Corbet, Andrew Ference & Billy Tibbetts.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
The Penguins open the 2001 season with two games against the Nashville Predators in Japan.

• Jaromir Jagr records his 400th goal on November 13 against the Colorado Avalanche.

• Mario Lemieux announces his comeback to the NHL on December 11. Lemieux posts three points (1+2) against the Toronto Maple Leafs in his first game back on December 27.

• Lemieux records career point 1,500 and Jagr records his 1,000th against the Ottawa Senators on December 30.

• Lemieux posts his 40th career hat trick on January 24 vs. Montreal, the second most in league history.

• Alexei Kovalev records hat tricks back-to-back games against the Philadelphia Flyers (February 7) and Devils (February 10).

• Lemieux records his 900th assist on February 25 vs. the New York Islanders.

•The Penguins would miss the playoffs for the next five seasons.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
#
Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
68
Jaromir Jagr
81
52
69
121
42
16
2
10
12
18
27
Alexei Kovalev
79
44
51
95
96
18
5
5
10
16
82
Martin Straka
82
27
68
95
38
18
5
8
13
8
20
Robert Lang
82
32
48
80
28
16
4
4
8
4
66
Mario Lemieux
43
35
41
76
18
18
6
11
16
4
38
Jan Hrdina
78
15
28
43
48
18
2
5
7
8
18
Josef Beranek
70
9
14
23
43
13
0
2
2
2
25
Kevin Stevens
32
8
15
23
55
17
3
3
6
20
8
Hans Jonsson
58
4
18
22
22
16
0
0
0
8
5
Janne Laukkanen
50
3
17
20
34
18
2
2
4
14
11
Darius Kasparaitis
77
3
16
19
111
17
1
1
2
26
95
Aleksey  Morozov
66
5
14
19
6
18
3
3
6
6
9
Rene Corbet
43
8
9
17
57
17
1
0
1
12
7
Andrew Ference
36
4
11
15
28
18
3
7
10
16
71
Jiri Slegr
42
5
10
15
60
-
-
-
-
-
14
Milan Kraft
42
7
7
14
8
8
0
0
0
2
4
Jeff Norton
32
2
10
12
20
-
-
-
-
-
37
Kip Miller
33
3
8
11
6
-
-
-
-
-
15
Roman Simicek
29
3
6
9
30
-
-
-
-
-
17
Toby Petersen
12
2
6
8
4
-
-
-
-
-
24
Ian Moran
40
3
4
7
28
18
0
1
1
4
15
Wayne Primeau
28
1
6
7
54
18
1
3
4
2
36
Matthew Barnaby
47
1
4
5
168
-
-
-
-
-
3
Marc Bergevin
36
1
4
5
26
12
1
1
1
2
28
Michal Rozsival
30
1
4
5
26
-
-
-
-
-
6
Bob Boughner
58
1
3
4
147
18
0
1
1
22
29
Krzysztof Oliwa
26
1
2
3
131
5
0
0
0
16
12
Billy Tibbetts
29
1
2
3
79
-
-
-
-
-
26
Frantisek Kucera
7
0
2
2
0
-
-
-
-
-
2
Josef Melichar
18
0
2
2
21
-
-
-
-
-
22
Sven Butenschon
5
0
1
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
16
Dennis Bonvie
3
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
32
Greg Crozier
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
4
Bobby Dollas
5
0
0
0
4
-
-
-
-
-
22
Dan LaCouture
11
0
0
0
14
5
0
0
0
2
23
Steve McKenna
34
0
0
0
100
-
-
-
-
-
23
Dan Trebil
16
0
0
0
7
-
-
-
-
-
#
Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
30
J.S. Aubin
36
0
1
1
4
20
14
1
2050
107
3.13
0
973
.890
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
1
0
0.00
0
34
Garth Snow
35
0
0
0
8
14
15
4
2032
101
2.98
3
1014
.900
1
Johan Hedberg
9
0
0
0
0
7
1
1
545
24
2.64
0
253
.905
18
0
0
0
0
9
9
-
1123
43
2.30
2
1
Rich Parent
7
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
332
17
3.07
0
150
.887

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