2001–02 NAHL season

2001–02 NAHL season #FFFFFF; border-top:#2c50a3 3px solid; border-bottom:#ee293d 3px solid #000000 150px North American Hockey League Ice hockey Regular seasonSeptember 2001 – March 2002PostseasonApril 12 – April 27, 2002 56 11 Regular season Detroit Compuware Ambassadors Brandon Kaleniecki (Cleveland Jr. Barons) Brandon Kaleniecki (Cleveland Jr. Barons) Robertson Cup Playoffs Detroit Compuware Ambassadors Pittsburgh Forge List of NAHL seasons NAHL 2000–01 NAHL season 2000–01 2002–03 NAHL season 2002–03 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:https://nahl.com/standings/?league_id=4&season_id=142&stat_class=7&type=division&mode=overall NAHL Standings North American Hockey League May 26, 2025 Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title Standings East Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against 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 GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against 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. https://nahl.com/skater-stats/?league_id=4&team_id=all-teams&sort=points&direction=desc&season_id=142&stat_class=4 NAHL Stats North American Hockey League May 26, 2025 Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes 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 3/3/3 220 high Division Semifinals(Best-of-3) Semifinal(Best-of-3) Championship(Best-of-3) E1 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 7 2 - E4 Soo Indians 6 1 - W2 Danville Wings 1 1 - W3 Springfield Spirit 3 5 - W1 Texas Tornado 4 3 3 W4 Chicago Freeze 1 4* 1 E2 Pittsburgh Forge 3* 7 - E3 Cleveland Jr. Barons 2 3 - E1 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 3 4 5* W3 Springfield Spirit 4* 1 4 W1 Texas Tornado 1 3 2 E2 Pittsburgh Forge 3 1 3* E1 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 4 4* - E2 Pittsburgh Forge 0 3 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s) References 50em NAHL reference External links Official website of the North American Hockey League Category:North American Hockey League seasons NAHL