Dany Heatley - Left Wings, Atlanta Thrashers

• Led all NHL rookies in scoring with 67 points (26 goals, 41 assists); also led all rookies in assists, power-play points (18) and shots (202); led all rookie forwards in ice time per game (19:53)
• Atlanta's first choice, second overall, in the 2000 Entry Draft
• Rookie of the Year

Ron Francis - Center, Carolina Hurricanes

• Tied for fourth in the League in assists (50)
• Reached the 500-goal, 1,500-game and 1,700-point milestones this season
• Appeared in 80 games, assessed 18 minutes in penalties
• Leadership & Humanitarian Contribution

Jose Theodore - Montreal Canadiens

• Won both the Hart Trophy and the Vezina Trophy
• Led all NHL goaltenders in save percentage (.931), tied for second in shutouts (seven) and fourth in goals-against average (2.11); compiled a 30-24-10 record in 67 games
• Became the first Canadiens player to win the Hart Trophy since Guy Lafleur in 1978
• Given for MVP to team

Patrick Roy - Colorado Avalanche

• A Hart Trophy finalist for the second time, finishing second in 1992 with Montreal
• Won his fifth career William Jennings Trophy as the goaltender on the club allowing the fewest regular-season goals (169)
• Led all NHL goaltenders in GAA (1.94) and shutouts (nine) and finished second in save % (.925)
• Goalie (25 GP) with fewest goals against

Ron Francis - Center, Carolina Hurricanes

• Third Lady Byng trophy (1995, 1998, 2002)
• Tied for fourth in the League in assists (50)
• Reached the 500-goal, 1,500-game and 1,700-point milestones this season
• Appeared in 80 games, assessed 18 minutes in penalties
• Most gentlemanly player

Saku Koivu - Montreal Canadiens

• Koivu returned to the ice after a long battle against non-Hodgkins lymphoma, which was diagnosed just before the start of training camp.
• Koivu returned to action with three games left in the regular season, registering two assists. He joined the Canadiens the night they made the playoffs for the first time in four years. In the postseason, he had four goals and six assists in 12 games.
• Perseverance and sportsmanship

NICKLAS LIDSTROM - Detroit Red Wings

• Second Norris Trophy (2001, 2002), Earned his fifth consecutive nomination as Norris finalist; Finished second to Rob Blake in 1998, Al MacInnis in 1999 and Chris Pronger in 2000
• Finished second in scoring among defensemen with 59 points (9 goals, 50 assists)
• Logged 28:48 of ice time per game, third in the NHL
• Top defenseman

Jarome Iginla - Calgary Flames

• First career nomination
• Captured the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's points leader and the Maurice Richard Trophy as the League's top goal-scorer, recording 52 goals and 44 assists for 96 points -- all career bests
• Led his club in power-play goals (16), game-winners (seven), plus-minus (+27), shots on goal (311)
• MVP selected by NHLPA

Jarome Iginla - Calgary Flames

• First career Hart Trophy nomination
• Captured the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's points leader and the Maurice Richard Trophy as the League's top goal-scorer, recording 52 goals and 44 assists for 96 points -- all career bests
• Led his club in power-play goals (16), game-winners (seven), plus-minus (+27), shots on goal (311)
• Most goals in league

Jarome Iginla - Calgary Flames

• First career Art Ross nomination
• Captured the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's points leader and the Maurice Richard Trophy as the League's top goal-scorer, recording 52 goals and 44 assists for 96 points -- all career bests
• Led his club in power-play goals (16), game-winners (seven), plus-minus (+27), shots on goal (311)
• Most points scored

Michael Peca - Center, New York Islanders

• Second Selke award (1997, 2002), also voted second in 1998, third in 1999
• Posted a +19 rating, second on the Islanders
• Helped the club reduce its goals-against total by 48 from 2000-2001 season
• Led the Islanders and second in the League overall with six shorthanded goals
• Best defensive forward

Jose Theodore - Montreal Canadiens

• First Vezina Trophy
• Led all NHL goaltenders in save percentage (.931), finished tied for second in shutouts (seven) and fourth in goals-against average (2.11); compiled a 30-24-10 record in 67 games
• Backstopped the Canadiens to their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 1997-98
• Best goalie

NICKLAS LIDSTROM - Detroit Red Wings

• Second Norris Trophy (2001, 2002), Earned his fifth consecutive nomination as Norris finalist; Finished second to Rob Blake in 1998, Al MacInnis in 1999 and Chris Pronger in 2000
• Finished second in scoring among defensemen with 59 points (9 goals, 50 assists)
• Logged 28:48 of ice time per game, third in the NHL
• Stanley Cup Playoff MVP