The 2000–01 NAHL season was the 17th season of the North American Hockey League. The season ran from September 2000 to April 2001 with a 56-game schedule for each team. The Soo Indians won the regular season championship and went on to be defeated by the Texas Tornado 3 games to 1 for the Robertson Cup.
Member changes The Rochester Jr. Americans withdrew from the NAHL and disbanded during the offseason.
The Grand Rapids Rockets relocated and became the Capital Centre Pride.
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 – Soo Indians 564211389253136 x – Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 563221367193171 x – Cleveland Jr. Barons 562130547180223 x – Capital Centre Pride 562130547185216 USNTDP 561835339161235
West Division
Team xy – Texas Tornado 564012484265158 x – Danville Wings 563715478219144 x – Chicago Freeze 563520171230198 x – Springfield Jr. Blues 561936139164276 St. Louis Sting 561536535170263 Note: The Soo Indians were awarded two additional points by the league's board of governors.
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.
Player Team Jason Guerriero Texas Tornado 52 28 55 83 76 Rich Hansen Texas Tornado 55 30 47 77 18 Barry Pochmara Soo Indians 54 25 50 75 52 Tom Stone Soo Indians 55 47 27 74 32 Greg Rallo Springfield Jr. Blues 53 43 25 68 78 Todd Grant Danville Wings 47 37 31 68 81 Peter Szabo Danville Wings 38 13 55 68 51 Bo Cheesman Soo Indians 56 29 38 67 56 Jim Slater Texas Tornado 48 27 37 64 122 Jason Deitsch Texas Tornado 37 29 33 62 140
Robertson Cup playoffs
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
References
NAHL reference
External links Official website of the North American Hockey League