2002–03 Ottawa Senators season
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The 2002–03 Ottawa Senators season was the 11th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season saw the Senators reach the highest point in the playoffs until the 2006–07 season. They were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils, the eventual Stanley Cup winning team in the Eastern Conference final. On top of their larger success, with their total 113 points they won the Presidents' Trophy, the Northeast Division title and the Eastern Conference title.
2002–03 Ottawa Senators | |
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Presidents' Trophy winners | |
Northeast Division champions | |
Division | 1st Northeast |
Conference | 1st Eastern |
2002–03 record | 52–21–8–1 |
Home record | 28–9–3–1 |
Road record | 24–12–5–0 |
Goals for | 263 |
Goals against | 182 |
Team information | |
General manager | John Muckler |
Coach | Jacques Martin |
Captain | Daniel Alfredsson |
Alternate captains | Zdeno Chara Curtis Leschyshyn Wade Redden |
Arena | Corel Centre |
Average attendance | 17,198 (89.9%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Binghamton Senators |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Marian Hossa (45) |
Assists | Daniel Alfredsson (51) |
Points | Marian Hossa (80) |
Penalty minutes | Chris Neil (147) |
Plus/minus | Zdeno Chara (+29) |
Wins | Patrick Lalime (39) |
Goals against average | Patrick Lalime (2.16) |
After their long history of debt problems, the Senators filed for bankruptcy on January 9, 2003. They continued regular season play after receiving emergency financing from the NHL. Despite the off-ice problems, they had a successful year, compared to their early day woes. The Presidents' Trophy awarded to the Senators made them the first Canadian team to win it since the Calgary Flames in their championship season of 1989, and the first Eastern Conference team to win it since the New York Rangers' title in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. In the playoffs, they defeated their former teammate Alexei Yashin and his New York Islanders, then the Philadelphia Flyers before coming within one game of making it into the Finals, falling to the New Jersey Devils.