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The 2002–03 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's eighth season. It involved winning their fifth Northwest Division and ninth consecutive division title.
2002–03 Colorado Avalanche | |
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Northwest Division champions | |
Division | 1st Northwest |
Conference | 3rd Western |
2002–03 record | 42–19–13–8 |
Home record | 21–9–8–3 |
Road record | 21–10–5–5 |
Goals for | 251 |
Goals against | 194 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pierre Lacroix |
Coach | Bob Hartley (Oct-Dec) Tony Granato (Dec-Apr) |
Captain | Joe Sakic |
Alternate captains | Rob Blake Adam Foote Peter Forsberg Mike Keane |
Arena | Pepsi Center |
Average attendance | 18,007 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hershey Bears |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Milan Hejduk (50) |
Assists | Peter Forsberg (77) |
Points | Peter Forsberg (106) |
Penalty minutes | Adam Foote (88) |
Plus/minus | Peter Forsberg (+52) Milan Hejduk (+52) |
Wins | Patrick Roy (35) |
Goals against average | Patrick Roy (2.18) |
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No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 251 | 194 | 105 |
2 | 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 264 | 208 | 104 |
3 | 6 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 198 | 178 | 95 |
4 | 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 231 | 230 | 92 |
5 | 12 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 186 | 228 | 75 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Z- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 245 | 169 | 111 |
2 | Y- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 48 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 269 | 203 | 110 |
3 | Y- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 251 | 194 | 105 |
4 | X- Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 264 | 208 | 104 |
5 | X- St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 253 | 222 | 99 |
6 | X- Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 198 | 178 | 95 |
7 | X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 203 | 193 | 95 |
8 | X- Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 231 | 230 | 92 |
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9 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 207 | 226 | 79 |
10 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 33 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 203 | 221 | 78 |
11 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 204 | 230 | 78 |
12 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 186 | 228 | 75 |
13 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 183 | 206 | 74 |
14 | San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 214 | 239 | 73 |
15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 213 | 263 | 69 |
Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
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October: 4–1–3–2 (home: 0–1–3–0; road: 4–0–0–2)
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November: 4–5–5–1 (home: 2–3–2–1; road: 2–2–3–0)
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December: 6–3–1–2 (home: 5–1–1–1; road: 1–2–0–1)
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January: 6–5–2–0 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 5–1–1–0)
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February: 10–1–0–2 (home: 6–0–0–1; road: 4–1–0–1)
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March: 10–3–2–1 (home: 6–0–1–0; road: 4–3–1–1)
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April: 2–1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
2003 Stanley Cup playoffs[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Minnesota Wild – Wild win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
21 | Peter Forsberg | C | 75 | 29 | 77 | 106 | 52 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
23 | Milan Hejduk | RW | 82 | 50 | 48 | 98 | 52 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
40 | Alex Tanguay | LW | 82 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 34 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
19 | Joe Sakic | C | 58 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
28 | Steve Reinprecht | C | 77 | 18 | 33 | 51 | −6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
53 | Derek Morris | D | 75 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 16 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Rob Blake | D | 79 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 20 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
7 | Greg de Vries | D | 82 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
52 | Adam Foote | D | 78 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 30 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
17 | Radim Vrbata‡ | RW | 66 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Martin Skoula | D | 81 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
37 | Dean McAmmond‡ | C | 41 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Eric Messier | LW | 72 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Dan Hinote | RW | 60 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Mike Keane | RW | 65 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Serge Aubin | LW | 66 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −2 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
22 | Vaclav Nedorost | C | 42 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Jeff Shantz | C | 74 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −12 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
32 | Riku Hahl | C | 42 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
44 | Bates Battaglia† | LW | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
27 | Scott Parker | RW | 43 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Brad Larsen | LW | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Bryan Marchment† | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Bryan Muir | D | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | D. J. Smith | D | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Chris McAllister† | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | Brian Willsie | RW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1 | David Aebischer | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
45 | Steve Brule | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Steve Moore | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Jeff Paul | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Patrick Roy | G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
38 | Charlie Stephens | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
33 | Patrick Roy | 63 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1723 | 137 | 2.18 | .920 | 5 | 3769 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 177 | 16 | 2.27 | .910 | 1 | 423 |
1 | David Aebischer | 22 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 593 | 50 | 2.43 | .916 | 1 | 1235 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Art Ross Trophy | Peter Forsberg | [6] |
Hart Memorial Trophy | Peter Forsberg | [7] | |
Lester Patrick Trophy | Ray Bourque | [8] | |
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Milan Hejduk | [9] | |
NHL First All-Star Team | Peter Forsberg (Center) | [10] | |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Milan Hejduk (Right wing) | [10] | |
NHL Plus-Minus Award | Peter Forsberg | [11] | |
Milan Hejduk | |||
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Rob Blake[lower-alpha 1] | [13] |
Peter Forsberg | |||
Patrick Roy[lower-alpha 1] | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Peter Forsberg (February) | [14] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Joe Sakic (November 4) | [15] | |
Patrick Roy (January 27) | [16] | ||
Patrick Roy (February 10) | [17] | ||
Milan Hejduk (April 7)[lower-alpha 2] | [18] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | David Aebischer | [19] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Patrick Roy | January 20, 2003 | [20] |
The Avalanche were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.[21]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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October 1, 2002 | To Colorado Avalanche Dean McAmmond Derek Morris Jeff Shantz |
To Calgary Flames Chris Drury Stephane Yelle |
[22] |
December 5, 2002 | To Colorado Avalanche Dale Clarke |
To St. Louis Blues Conditional draft pick |
[23] |
February 5, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche Chris McAllister |
To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2003 |
[24] |
March 8, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche Bryan Marchment |
To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2003 5th-round pick in 2003 |
[25] |
March 11, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche Bates Battaglia |
To Carolina Hurricanes Radim Vrbata |
[26] |
March 11, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2003 or 2004 |
To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond |
[27] |
March 11, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche 7th-round pick in 2003 |
To Nashville Predators Alexander Riazantsev |
[27] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 22, 2002 | Steve Brule | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | Free agency | [28] |
August 27, 2002 | Serge Aubin | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency | [29] | |
Lance Pitlick | Florida Panthers | Free agency | [29] | ||
June 3, 2003 | Tom Lawson | Fort Wayne Komets (UHL) | Free agency | [30] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 3] | Ref |
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July 1, 2002 | Matt Scorsune[lower-alpha 4] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [31] | |
July 2, 2002 | Darius Kasparaitis | New York Rangers | Free agency (V) | [33] |
July 9, 2002 | Yuri Babenko | HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
July 10, 2002 | Jaroslav Obsut | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
July 12, 2002 | Sanny Lindstrom | Timra IK (SHL) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 5] | [37] |
July 16, 2002 | Pascal Trepanier | Nashville Predators | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
July 27, 2002 | Kelly Fairchild | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [39] |
August 24, 2002 | Jeff Daw | Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [40] |
September 30, 2002 | Lance Pitlick | Retirement | [41] | |
May 28, 2003 | Patrick Roy | Retirement | [42] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 23, 2002 | Peter Budaj | Entry-level | [43] | |
Dan Hinote | Re-signing | [43] | ||
Sergei Klyazmin | Entry-level | [43] | ||
Brad Larsen | Re-signing | [43] | ||
Bryan Muir | Re-signing | [43] | ||
Agris Saviels | Entry-level | [43] | ||
D. J. Smith | Re-signing | [43] | ||
Charlie Stephens | Entry-level | [43] | ||
September 5, 2002 | Martin Skoula | 3-year | Re-signing | [44] |
September 9, 2002 | Alex Tanguay | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
March 14, 2003 | Johnny Boychuk | multi-year | Entry-level | [46] |
March 29, 2003 | John-Michael Liles | multi-year | Entry-level | [47] |
June 3, 2003 | Cody McCormick | Entry-level | [30] |
Colorado's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[48]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 28 | Jonas Johansson | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
2 | 61 | Johnny Boychuk | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
3 | 94 | Eric Lundberg | United States | Providence College (Hockey East) |
4 | 107 | Mikko Kalteva | Finland | Jokerit Jr. (Finland) |
4 | 129 | Tom Gilbert | United States | Chicago Steel (USHL) |
5 | 164 | Tyler Weiman | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
6 | 195 | Taylor Christie | Canada | Bowling Green State University (WCHA) |
7 | 227 | Ryan Steeves | Canada | Yale University (ECAC) |
8 | 258 | Sergei Shemetov | Russia | Elemash Elektrostal (Russia) |
9 | 289 | Sean Collins | United States | University of New Hampshire (Hockey East) |
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