"FIGHT CLUB" IS WHAT THE FOUR HORSEMEN DO IN THE OFF-SEASON

PLAYSTATION 2: NHL 2001

FIGHT CLUB NEWS

FIGHT CLUB RESULTS AND AWARDS:

MAURICE "ROCKET" RICHARD TROPHY

PETER FORSBERG-COLORADO AVALANCHE-71 GOALS

ONE-THIRD OF THE FAMED "OMNIPRESENT LINE," FORSBERG NOT ONLY SCORED THE MOST GOALS IN THE LEAGUE, BUT ALMOST ONE QUARTER OF HIS TEAM'S LEAGUE-LEADING 311 GOALS.

ART ROSS TROPHY

JOE SAKIC-COLORADO AVALANCHE-149 POINTS

THE SECOND-THIRD OF THE FAMED "OMNIPRESENT LINE," SAKIC'S 149 POINT SEASON WAS ENOUGH FOR A HART TROPHY NOMINATION, AND A SPOT ON THE 1ST ALL STAR TEAM.

HORSEMEN SCORING TROPHY

JASON HY-COLORADO AVALANCHE-130 POINTS

THE LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, THIRD OF THE "OMNIPRESENTS," HY AMMASED MOST OF HIS POINTS AFTER A MOVE UP FROM THE HEJDUK/DRURY SECOND LINE. HY HAD AN AMAZING 78 ASSISTS, THE MOST BY ANYONE IN THE LEAGUE EXCEPT FOR TEAMMATE AND ROSS TROPHY WINNER, JOE SAKIC.

HORSEMEN GOAL-SCORING TROPHY

MIKE HICKOK-BUFFALO SABRES-65 GOALS

ALONG WITH LINEMATES MICHAEL PECA AND MIROSLAV SATAN, HICKOK WAS ABLE TO NOTCH MORE GOALS THAN ANY OTHER HORSEMEN THIS SEASON, AND WAS 2ND ONLY TO PETER FORSBERG'S TOTAL OF 71. TOM HOLMES MADE A LATE CHARGE AT THE END OF THE SEASON TO FINISH 2ND IN HORSEMEN GOAL-SCORING, PASSING JAY HY IN JUST THE FINAL WEEKS.

PRESIDENT'S TROPHY

BUFFALO SABRES-142 POINTS (71-29-0)

THE SABRES EDGED OUT A CHARGING AVALANCHE TEAM FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TROPHY WITH JUST A HANDFULL OF GAMES LEFT IN THE SEASON. 23 OF THE SABRES' 29 LOSSES CAME FROM THE DEVILS AND AVALANCHE.

TEAM GOAL-SCORING TITLE

COLORADO AVALANCHE-311 GOALS

WITH A LINE LIKE FORSBERG/SAKIC/HY, HOW CAN YOU NOT WIN THE GOAL SCORING TITLE? AMAZINGLY, THE OMNIPRENSENT LINE SCORED A WHOPPING 175 OF THE AVS' 311 GOALS. THE AVS WERE THE ONLY TEAM ABLE TO BREAK THE 300 GOAL PLATEAU THIS SEASON, MAKING THEIR GOALS PER GAME OVER 3.

WILLIAM M. JENNINGS TROPHY

BUFFALO SABRES-1.73 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE

GOALIES DOMINIK HASEK AND MARTIN BIRON OWE THIS ONE TO A STINGY BUFFALO DEFENSE THAT ALLOWED LESS THAN 2 GOALS PER GAME DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

JACK ADAMS AWARD

KNOWN FOR HIS "PUCK CONTROL OFFENSE" AND THE INSTITUTION OF THE "EXTRA PASS," HICKOK PLAYER-COACHED HIS WAY TO A PRESIDENT'S TROPHY, 8 WEEKLY FIGHT CLUB TROPHIES, AND THE FIGHT CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP THIS SEASON. HICKOK ROLLED 4 LINES FOR MOST OF THE SEASON, AND WAS DISLIKED BY MANY FOR HIS BITTERNESS TOWARDS "OMNIPRESENSE."

MIKE HICKOK-BUFFALO SABRES

CALDER MEMORIAL TROPHY

JERRY ROTT-DALLAS STARS

ROTT'S "NEVER SAY DIE" ATTITUDE AND GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP EARNED HIM A SPECIAL "HONORARY" CALDER MEMORIAL TROPHY. SINCE HE WAS THE ONLY REAL ROOKIE THIS YEAR THERE WAS NO NOMINATIONS OR VOTES, BUT ROTT WOULD HAVE WON IT HANDS-DOWN OVER ANYONE ELSE. MANAGING 7 WINS IN HIS INAUGURAL SEASON, HE BEAT EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE LEAGUE AT LEAST ONCE AND PUT UP OVER 100 GOALS.

HART MEMORIAL TROPHY

PATRIK ELIAS-NEW JERSEY DEVILS

WITH A BATTLE CRY OF "THREE TENTHS!," PATRIK ELIAS COULD SCORE FROM ANYWHERE, AT ANYTIME, VS ANYONE. FAMOUS FROM HIS LONG, DECIEVING SHOTS FROM THE POINT, ELIAS FINISHED 5TH IN SCORING WITH 64 GOALS AND 44 ASSISTS, AND WAS DEFINITELY HIS TEAM'S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER THIS SEASON.

THE OTHER HART MEMORIAL TROPHY NOMINEES WERE MIKE HICKOK OF THE BUFFALO SABRES AND JOE SAKIC OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE.

JAMES NORRIS TROPHY

RICHARD SMEHLIK-BUFFALO SABRES

SMEHLIK WAS NOT ONLY INTEGRAL IN THE BUFFALO SABRES JENNINGS TROPHY WINNING DEFENSIVE CORPS, BUT HE WAS ALSO THE TOP SCORING DEFENSEMAN IN THE LEAGUE WITH 33 ASSISTS AND ONE GOAL. SMEHLIK HAD MORE ASSISTS THIS SEASON THAN 14 OF HIS TEAMMATES.

THE OTHER JAMES NORRIS TROPHY NOMINEES WERE RAYMOND BOURQUE OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE AND BRIAN LEETCH OF THE NEW YORK RANGERS.

FRANK J. SELKE AWARD

JASON ARNOTT-NEW JERSEY DEVILS

ARNOTT WAS A TANK ON THE ICE THIS SEASON FOR THE DEVILS. NOT MANY PLAYERS COULD TAKE HIM OFF THE PUCK, AND PRACTICALLY NONE COULD AVOID HIS BRUISING CHECKS. ARNOTT FINISHED 7TH IN SCORING, AS WELL, WITH 42 GOALS AND 62 ASSISTS.

THE OTHER FRANK J. SELKE AWARD NOMINEES WERE JOE NIEWENDYK OF THE DALLAS STARS AND VLADMIR TSYPLAKOV OF THE BUFFALO SABRES.

VEZINA TROPHY

DOMINIK HASEK-BUFFALO SABRES

THE ONLY REASON THAT HASEK WAS EVEN CONDSIDERED FOR THIS AWARD, IS BECAUSE COLORADO'S "BACKUP" WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION. FROM PARDUBICE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, HASEK ACCEPTS THIS AWARD AND SAYS THANKS TO JIM CORSI AND "BACKUP," WITHOUT WHOM HE COULD HAVE NEVER WON A GAME.

THE OTHER VEZINA TROPHY NOMINEES WERE ED BELFOUR OF THE DALLAS STARS AND MARTIN BRODEUR OF THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS.

CONN-SMYTHE TROPHY

MIKE HICKOK-BUFFALO SABRES

HICKOK HAD 10 GOALS AND 4 ASSISTS IN JUST 10 PLAYOFF GAMES, INCLUDING TWO HAT-TRICKS (ONE NATURAL) IN THE FINALS VS THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS.