(27-44-6-5) Finished 5th in Atlantic Division

TRANSACTIONS

February 9 - Obtained Shawn Heins from San Jose for a conditional draft pick

February 10 - Obtained Mikael Samuelsson, Rico Fata, Richard Litner and Joel Bouchard from the New York Rangers for Alexei Kovalev, Dan LaCouture, Mike Wilson and Janne Laukkanen.

March 11 - Obtained Matt Bradley from San Jose from Wayne Primeau.

March 11 - Obtained Ramzi Abid, Guillaume Lefebvre and Dan Focht from Pheonix for Jan Hrdina and Francois Leroux

• Martin Straka recorded his 300th assist on December 7 against the New York Islanders

• On January 13, Sebastien Caron stopped 31 shots in his first NHL start, a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins.

• Mario Lemieux recorded his 1000th career assist, with four against the Boston Bruins on February 8.

• Lemieux bagged his 11th career game-winning overtime goal in a February 18 game against the Edmonton Oilers.

• Straka scored his 500th NHL point, with a goal against the Detroit Red Wings on March 18.

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Front row: Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Aleksy Morozov, Jan Hrdina, Marc Bergevin, Alexei Kovalev, Mario Lemieux (Owner/Captian), Martin Straka, Wayne Primeau, Ian Moran, Jamie Pushor & Johan Hedberg

Middle row: Frank Sciulli (Locker room attendant), Mark Mortland (Trainer), Tom Plasko (Physical Therapist), Scott Johnson (Trainer), Josef Melichar, Joe Mullen (Asst. Coach), Randy Hillier (Asst. Coach), Rick Kehoe (Asst. Coach), Ken Sawyer (President, Lemieux Group LP), Tom Rooney (President, Team Lemieux LLC), Craig Patrick (General Manager), Ed Johnston (Asst. General Manager), Michal Rozsival, Steve Latin (Equip. Manager), John Welday (Conditioning Coach) & Paul Flati (Asst. Equip. Manager), Paul DeFazio (Asst. Equip. Manager)

Back row: Andrew Ference, Randy Robitaille, Hans Jonsson, Dick Tarnstrom, Shean Donovan, Steve McKenna, Dan LaCouture, Kent Manderville, Janne Laukkanen, Alexandre Daigle & Ville Nieminen

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LEADERSHIP

Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux
(Lemieux Group LP) 

General Manager:
Craig Patrick

Head Coach:
Rick Kehow

Captain:
Mario Lemieux

AWARDS

Rookie of the Year:
No winner

Player’s Player:
No winner

Most Valuable Player:
Mario Lemieux

Booster Club:
Mario Lemieux

Masterton Nominee:
Martin Straka

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Steve McKenna

Edward J. Debartolo:
Johan Hedberg & Steve McKenna

Bob Johnson Memorial:
No winner

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