The 2001–02 NAHL season was the 18th season of the North American Hockey League. The season ran from September 2001 to April 2002 with a 56-game schedule for each team. The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors won the regular season championship and went on to defeat the Pittsburgh Forge 2 games to 0 for the Robertson Cup.
Member changes The Pittsburgh Forge joined the NAHL as an expansion franchise.
The St. Louis Sting relocated and became the Springfield Spirit.
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:
Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title Standings
East Division
Team xyz – Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 56429589233138 x – Pittsburgh Forge 563715478199147 x – Cleveland Jr. Barons 563518373223196 x – Soo Indians 563418472214170 Capital Centre Pride 562428452190208 USNTDP 561930745159201
West Division
Team xy – Texas Tornado 564013383208135 x – Danville Wings 562622860168162 x – Springfield Spirit 562329450182222 x – Chicago Freeze 561636436153231 Springfield Jr. Blues 561238630147266
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.
Player Team Brandon Kaleniecki Cleveland Jr. Barons 54 52 37 89 34 Dan Knapp Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 53 26 62 88 96 Mike Falk Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 55 44 31 75 64 Rocco Molinaro Cleveland Jr. Barons 56 18 56 74 41 Tommy Goebel Cleveland Jr. Barons 55 23 48 71 96 Greg Rallo Springfield Jr. Blues 52 40 29 69 102 Matt Rutkowski Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 52 25 39 64 87 Tony Zancanaro Springfield Spirit 56 26 37 63 76 Geoff Smith Texas Tornado 56 29 33 62 28 Justin Cross Soo Indians 56 26 36 62 40
Robertson Cup playoffs
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
References
NAHL reference
External links Official website of the North American Hockey League