League: | NHL |
Season: | 2001–02 |
Year: | 2001 |
Team: | New York Rangers |
Conferencerank: | 11th |
Divisionrank: | 4th |
Record: | 36–38–4–4 |
Homerecord: | 19–18–1–1 |
Roadrecord: | 17–20–3–3 |
Goalsfor: | 227 |
Goalsagainst: | 258 |
Attendance: | 18,038 (99.1%) |
Goalsleader: | Eric Lindros (37) |
Assistsleader: | Brian Leetch (45) |
Pointsleader: | Eric Lindros (73) |
Pimleader: | Theoren Fleury (216) |
Plusminusleader: | Eric Lindros (+19) |
Winsleader: | Mike Richter (24) |
Gaaleader: | Mike Richter (2.95) |
The 2001–02 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 76th season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished fourth in the Atlantic Division, compiling a 36–38–4–4 record.[1] Their 11th-place finish in the Eastern Conference kept them out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth straight season.[2] Head coach Ron Low was fired after the season.[3]
On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2–2 game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the September 11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2–2 tie.[4]
The Rangers struggled in short-handed situations, finishing the regular season with the most power-play opportunities against (398), the most power-play goals allowed (80) and the lowest penalty-kill percentage (79.90%).[5]
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 || October 5, 2001 || @ Carolina Hurricanes || 3–1 || 0–1–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 || October 7, 2001 || Buffalo Sabres || 5–4 OT || 1–1–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 || October 10, 2001 || Washington Capitals || 5–2 || 1–2–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 4 || October 13, 2001 || @ Ottawa Senators || 2–2 OT || 1–2–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 5 || October 15, 2001 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 2–2–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 6 || October 17, 2001 || New Jersey Devils || 4–3 OT || 3–2–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 7 || October 19, 2001 || @ Atlanta Thrashers || 4–3 || 4–2–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 8 || October 20, 2001 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning || 5–2 || 4–3–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 9 || October 22, 2001 || San Jose Sharks || 5–1 || 4–4–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 10 || October 25, 2001 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5–1 || 4–5–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 11 || October 27, 2001 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 OT || 5–5–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 12 || October 29, 2001 || Dallas Stars || 4–2 || 6–5–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 13 || October 31, 2001 || Florida Panthers || 3–1 || 6–6–1–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 14 || November 2, 2001 || @ Carolina Hurricanes || 3–2 || 6–7–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 15 || November 3, 2001 || @ Florida Panthers || 5–3 || 7–7–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 16 || November 6, 2001 || Minnesota Wild || 3–1 || 8–7–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 17 || November 8, 2001 || @ New York Islanders || 6–2 || 9–7–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 18 || November 10, 2001 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 4–2 || 10–7–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 19 || November 11, 2001 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 OT || 11–7–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 20 || November 14, 2001 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–2 || 12–7–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"| 21 || November 17, 2001 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–0 OT || 12–7–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 22 || November 18, 2001 || Atlanta Thrashers || 6–2 || 13–7–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 23 || November 20, 2001 || Colorado Avalanche || 5–3 || 14–7–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 24 || November 23, 2001 || @ Washington Capitals || 6–2 || 14–8–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 25 || November 25, 2001 || Mighty Ducks of Anaheim || 3–2 || 14–9–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 26 || November 27, 2001 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 2–2 OT || 14–9–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 27 || November 29, 2001 || Carolina Hurricanes || 5–0 || 15–9–2–1 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 28 || December 1, 2001 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 16–9–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 29 || December 2, 2001 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 1–0 || 17–9–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 30 || December 4, 2001 || @ Washington Capitals || 5–2 || 17–10–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 31 || December 6, 2001 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–3 || 17–11–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 32 || December 8, 2001 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–3 || 17–12–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"| 33 || December 10, 2001 || Carolina Hurricanes || 4–3 OT || 17–12–2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 34 || December 12, 2001 || Nashville Predators || 4–2 || 17–13–2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 35 || December 15, 2001 || Buffalo Sabres || 4–2 || 18–13–2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 36 || December 17, 2001 || Florida Panthers || 4–2 || 19–13–2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 37 || December 19, 2001 || New Jersey Devils || 2–2 OT || 19–13–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 38 || December 21, 2001 || New York Islanders || 2–1 || 19–14–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 39 || December 23, 2001 || Ottawa Senators || 3–2 || 20–14–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 40 || December 28, 2001 || @ San Jose Sharks || 5–3 || 21–14–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 41 || December 29, 2001 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 5–4 || 22–14–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 42 || December 31, 2001 || @ Phoenix Coyotes || 5–0 || 22–15–3–2 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 43 || January 2, 2002 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 4–1 || 22–16–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"| 44 || January 3, 2002 || @ Colorado Avalanche || 3–2 OT || 22–16–3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 45 || January 5, 2002 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || 22–17–3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 46 || January 9, 2002 || Los Angeles Kings || 4–0 || 22–18–3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 47 || January 12, 2002 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–2 || 22–19–3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 48 || January 14, 2002 || Columbus Blue Jackets || 2–2 OT || 22–19–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 49 || January 16, 2002 || @ Columbus Blue Jackets || 2–0 || 22–20–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 50 || January 17, 2002 || @ New Jersey Devils || 6–4 || 22–21–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 51 || January 22, 2002 || @ New York Islanders || 5–4 || 23–21–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 52 || January 23, 2002 || Boston Bruins || 8–4 || 24–21–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 53 || January 26, 2002 || Washington Capitals || 6–3 || 25–21–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 54 || January 28, 2002 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 1–0 || 25–22–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 55 || January 30, 2002 || New York Islanders || 6–3 || 25–23–4–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 56 || February 6, 2002 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–1 || 25–24–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 57 || February 8, 2002 || @ Atlanta Thrashers || 2–1 || 26–24–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 58 || February 10, 2002 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 || 27–24–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 59 || February 13, 2002 || @ Dallas Stars || 4–2 || 27–25–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 60 || February 26, 2002 || New Jersey Devils || 4–3 || 27–26–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 61 || February 28, 2002 || Ottawa Senators || 3–0 || 27–27–4–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 62 || March 2, 2002 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6–5 || 28–27–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 63 || March 4, 2002 || Calgary Flames || 5–3 || 28–28–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 64 || March 5, 2002 || @ Minnesota Wild || 3–2 OT || 29–28–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 65 || March 7, 2002 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 5–1 || 29–29–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"| 66 || March 9, 2002 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 OT || 29–29–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 67 || March 11, 2002 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 30–29–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 68 || March 13, 2002 || Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 30–30–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 69 || March 16, 2002 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3–1 || 30–31–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 70 || March 17, 2002 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 30–32–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 71 || March 19, 2002 || Vancouver Canucks || 3–1 || 30–33–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 72 || March 21, 2002 || @ Ottawa Senators || 5–2 || 31–33–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 73 || March 22, 2002 || Atlanta Thrashers || 5–2 || 31–34–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 74 || March 25, 2002 || @ New York Islanders || 4–2 || 31–35–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 75 || March 27, 2002 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–2 || 31–36–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 76 || March 30, 2002 || @ Florida Panthers || 4–2 || 32–36–4–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 77 || April 1, 2002 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning || 6–4 || 33–36–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 78 || April 4, 2002 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 34–36–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 79 || April 6, 2002 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–4 || 35–36–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 80 || April 8, 2002 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 || 36–36–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 81 || April 10, 2002 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 7–2 || 36–37–4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 82 || April 13, 2002 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 2–1 || 36–38–4–4 || |-|-| Legend:
Regular season | |||||||||
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Player | |||||||||
88 | C | 72 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 19 | 138 | ||
14 | LW | 82 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 0 | 216 | ||
16 | RW | 69 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 8 | 16 | ||
2 | D | 82 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 14 | 28 | ||
93 | C | 78 | 21 | 25 | 46 | −8 | 36 | ||
20 | RW | 65 | 17 | 20 | 37 | −20 | 14 | ||
23 | D | 81 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 83 | ||
26 | LW | 70 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 46 | ||
10 | RW | 82 | 10 | 13 | 23 | −8 | 171 | ||
11 | C | 41 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −1 | 32 | ||
34 | D | 82 | 2 | 21 | 23 | −1 | 60 | ||
36 | RW | 48 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −3 | 144 | ||
9 | RW | 12 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 6 | ||
37 | RW | 67 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 23 | ||
6 | C | 56 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −1 | 42 | ||
18 | LW | 29 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −3 | 16 | ||
19 | LW | 15 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 6 | ||
32 | C | 38 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −4 | 10 | ||
33 | D | 75 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −9 | 131 | ||
3 | D | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −4 | 2 | ||
55 | D | 39 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −4 | 53 | ||
8 | RW | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 12 | ||
24 | D | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −3 | 23 | ||
22 | D | 52 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 137 | ||
5 | D | 40 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 113 | ||
21 | LW | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 144 | ||
17 | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −9 | 4 | ||
29 | C | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||
25 | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −7 | 4 | ||
31 | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
27 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
38 | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | ||
47 | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | ||
40 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
4 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
35 | G | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
13 | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
39 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Regular season | ||||||||||||
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Player | ||||||||||||
35 | 55 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 1832 | 157 | 2.95 | .906 | 2 | 3195 | ||
31 | 31 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1030 | 95 | 3.28 | .898 | 0 | 1737 | ||
40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 9 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Dan Blackburn (Goaltender) | [7] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Brian Leetch | [8] |
Eric Lindros | |||
Mike York | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Mike Richter (December 3) | [9] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Dan Blackburn | [10] | |
Team | Ceil Saidel Memorial Award | Brian Leetch | [11] |
Frank Boucher Trophy | Mike Richter | ||
Good Guy Award | Brian Leetch | ||
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award | Dan Blackburn | [12] | |
Players' Player Award | Brian Leetch | ||
Rangers MVP | Mike Richter | ||
Rookie of the Year | Dan Blackburn | ||
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award | Sandy McCarthy |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | |
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1,000th point | Theoren Fleury | October 29, 2001 | [13] | |
1,000th game played | Theoren Fleury | January 23, 2002 | [14] | |
600th assist | [15] | |||
1,000th game played | Brian Leetch | February 28, 2002 | [16] |
The Rangers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, through June 13, 2002.[17]
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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June 23, 2001 | To New York Rangers Chris St. Croix | To Calgary Flames Burke Henry | [18] | |
June 23, 2001 | To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 | To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2001 | ||
June 24, 2001 | To New York Rangers Christian Gosselin Mikael Samuelsson | To San Jose Sharks Adam Graves | [19] | |
June 24, 2001 | To New York Rangers 8th-round pick in 2001 | To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Jeff Dessner | ||
June 24, 2001 | To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2001 | To Calgary Flames 7th-round pick in 2002 | ||
June 29, 2001 | To New York Rangers Sean Gagnon Future considerations | To Ottawa Senators Jason Doig Jeff Ulmer | [20] | |
June 29, 2001 | To New York Rangers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2002 | To San Jose Sharks Rich Pilon | [21] | |
June 30, 2001 | To New York Rangers Dave Duerden | To Florida Panthers Future considerations | [22] | |
June 30, 2001 | To New York Rangers Nils Ekman Kyle Freadrich | To Tampa Bay Lightning Tim Taylor | [23] | |
August 20, 2001 | To New York Rangers Rights to Eric Lindros Conditional 1st-round pick in 2003 | To Philadelphia Flyers Pavel Brendl Jan Hlavac Kim Johnsson 3rd-round pick in 2003 | [24] [25] | |
December 12, 2001 | To New York Rangers Matthew Barnaby | To Tampa Bay Lightning Zdeno Ciger | [26] | |
March 12, 2002 | To New York Rangers Roman Lyashenko Martin Rucinsky | To Dallas Stars Barrett Heisten Manny Malhotra | [27] | |
March 18, 2002 | To New York Rangers Pavel Bure 2nd-round pick in 2002 | To Florida Panthers Igor Ulanov Rights to Filip Novak 1st-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2002 4th-round pick in 2003 | [28] | |
March 19, 2002 | To New York Rangers Richard Lintner | To Nashville Predators Peter Smrek | [29] | |
March 19, 2002 | To New York Rangers Rem Murray Tom Poti | To Edmonton Oilers Mike York 4th-round pick in 2002 | [30] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) | Free agency | [31] | ||||
Calgary Hitmen (WHL) | Free agency | [32] | ||||
Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | Free agency | [33] | ||||
St. Cloud State University (WCHA) | Free agency | [34] | ||||
Free agency | [35] | |||||
Free agency | ||||||
HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) | Free agency | [36] | ||||
Waivers | [37] | |||||
Free agency | [38] | |||||
Free agency | [39] | |||||
Rory Rawlyk | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | Free agency | [40] | |||
Waivers | [41] | |||||
Free agency | [42] | |||||
Waivers | [43] | |||||
Bobby Andrews | University of Alaska Fairbanks (CCHA) | Free agency | [44] | |||
Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | Free agency | [45] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
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Utah Grizzlies (AHL) | Buyout | [46] | |||
Buyout | [47] | ||||
Buyout | [48] | ||||
Contract expiration (III) | |||||
SC Bern (NLA) | Free agency (II) | [49] | |||
Free agency (VI) | [50] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [51] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [52] | ||||
Augusta Lynx (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [53] | |||
Free agency (UFA) | [54] | ||||
Djurgardens IF (SHL) | Free agency (II) | [55] | |||
Boston Bruins | [56] | ||||
N/A | Providence Bruins (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [57] | ||
Waivers | [58] | ||||
HC Sparta Praha (ELH) | Free agency | [59] | |||
Waivers | [60] | ||||
Waivers | [61] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Re-signing | [62] | ||||
Re-signing | [63] | ||||
Entry-level | [64] | ||||
Re-signing | [65] | ||||
Re-signing | [66] | ||||
Re-signing | [67] | ||||
Re-signing | [68] | ||||
1-year | Re-signing | [69] | |||
4-year | Re-signing | ||||
Re-signing | [70] | ||||
Entry-level | [71] |
New York's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida at the National Car Rental Center.[72] [73]
Round | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 10 | Dan Blackburn | G | Kootenay Ice (WHL) | ||
2 | 40 | Fedor Tyutin | D | SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia) | ||
3 | 79 | Garth Murray | C | Regina Pats (WHL) | ||
4 | 113 | Bryce Lampman | D | Omaha Lancers (USHL) | ||
5 | 139 | Shawn Collymore | RW | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) | ||
6 | 176 | Marek Zidlicky | D | Czech Republic | HIFK (FNL) | |
7 | 206 | Petr Preucil | LW | Czech Republic | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) | |
7 | 226 | Pontus Petterstrom | LW | Sweden | Tingsryds (Sweden) | |
8 | 230 | Leonid Zhvachkin | D | Podolsk Jr. (Russia) | ||
8 | 238 | Ryan Hollweg | C | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | ||
9 | 269 | Juris Stals | C | Czech Republic | Lukko (FNL) |