2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Chicago Blackhawks' 77th season of operation. Finishing ninth in the Western Conference, they failed to qualify for the playoffs.

2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	3rd Central
Conference	9th Western
2002–03 record	30–33–13–6
Home record	17–15–7–2
Road record	13–18–6–4
Goals for	207
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Alexei Zhamnov
Alternate captains	Kyle Calder (Mar.–Apr.) Eric Daze (Mar.–Apr.) Phil Housley (Oct.–Mar.) Jon Klemm Lyle Odelein (Oct.–Mar.) Steve Sullivan (Mar.–Apr.) Steve Thomas (Oct.–Mar.)
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	14,794 (72.2%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Norfolk Admirals Roanoke Express
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Sullivan (26)
Assists	Alexei Zhamnov (43)
Points	Steve Sullivan (61)
Penalty minutes	Chris Simon (125)
Plus/minus	Steve Sullivan (+15)
Wins	Jocelyn Thibault (26)
Goals against average	Jocelyn Thibault (2.37)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Offseason

Forward Alexei Zhamnov was named captain, following the departure of Tony Amonte.^[1]

Regular season

• January 8, 2003: Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Michael Leighton gained a shutout in his NHL debut in a 0-0 tie versus the Phoenix Coyotes. Coyotes goaltender Zac Bierk earned his first career shutout, although it was not his NHL debut. It was the first time that two goalies in the same game both earned their first career shutouts.^[2]

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
2	5	St. Louis Blues	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
3	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

^[3]

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.

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

Schedule and results

2002–03 regular season[4]
October: 5–3–1–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 0–1–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L October 10, 2002 1–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 0–1–0–0 Recap 2 W October 13, 2002 3–0 Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 1–1–0–0 Recap 3 W October 17, 2002 4–1 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 2–1–0–0 Recap 4 L October 19, 2002 2–5 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 2–2–0–0 Recap 5 L October 24, 2002 2–3 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 2–3–0–0 Recap 6 T October 26, 2002 3–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 2–3–1–0 Recap 7 W October 27, 2002 3–2 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 3–3–1–0 Recap 8 W October 29, 2002 3–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 4–3–1–0 Recap 9 W October 31, 2002 2–1 OT Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 5–3–1–0 Recap
November: 5–7–2–0 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 3–6–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 10 L November 2, 2002 1–5 @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 5–4–1–0 Recap 11 L November 3, 2002 1–4 Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 5–5–1–0 Recap 12 W November 5, 2002 2–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 6–5–1–0 Recap 13 W November 7, 2002 5–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 7–5–1–0 Recap 14 W November 9, 2002 3–2 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 8–5–1–0 Recap 15 T November 11, 2002 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 8–5–2–0 Recap 16 T November 15, 2002 2–2 OT Washington Capitals (2002–03) 8–5–3–0 Recap 17 W November 17, 2002 4–2 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 9–5–3–0 Recap 18 L November 19, 2002 1–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 9–6–3–0 Recap 19 L November 20, 2002 3–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 9–7–3–0 Recap 20 L November 23, 2002 1–3 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 9–8–3–0 Recap 21 L November 25, 2002 0–1 @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 9–9–3–0 Recap 22 W November 28, 2002 4–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 10–9–3–0 Recap 23 L November 30, 2002 1–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 10–10–3–0 Recap
December: 8–3–3–0 (home: 5–2–1–0; road: 3–1–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 24 L December 1, 2002 2–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 10–11–3–0 Recap 25 W December 4, 2002 1–0 Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 11–11–3–0 Recap 26 L December 6, 2002 3–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 11–12–3–0 Recap 27 W December 8, 2002 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 12–12–3–0 Recap 28 W December 10, 2002 3–2 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 13–12–3–0 Recap 29 W December 11, 2002 4–3 @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 14–12–3–0 Recap 30 T December 13, 2002 1–1 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 14–12–4–0 Recap 31 L December 15, 2002 0–5 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 14–13–4–0 Recap 32 W December 17, 2002 3–2 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 15–13–4–0 Recap 33 W December 20, 2002 3–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 16–13–4–0 Recap 34 W December 22, 2002 3–1 Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 17–13–4–0 Recap 35 T December 26, 2002 2–2 OT Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 17–13–5–0 Recap 36 T December 28, 2002 3–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 17–13–6–0 Recap 37 W December 30, 2002 2–0 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 18–13–6–0 Recap
January: 4–5–3–3 (home: 2–1–2–1; road: 2–4–1–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 38 W January 2, 2003 4–1 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 19–13–6–0 Recap 39 T January 4, 2003 3–3 OT @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 19–13–7–0 Recap 40 OTL January 5, 2003 3–4 OT Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 19–13–7–1 Recap 41 T January 8, 2003 0–0 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 19–13–8–1 Recap 42 OTL January 9, 2003 3–4 OT @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 19–13–8–2 Recap 43 W January 12, 2003 2–0 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 20–13–8–2 Recap 44 OTL January 13, 2003 4–5 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 20–13–8–3 Recap 45 W January 15, 2003 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 21–13–8–3 Recap 46 L January 17, 2003 2–4 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 21–14–8–3 Recap 47 L January 18, 2003 2–4 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 21–15–8–3 Recap 48 L January 20, 2003 1–5 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 21–16–8–3 Recap 49 T January 23, 2003 3–3 OT St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 21–16–9–3 Recap 50 L January 25, 2003 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 21–17–9–3 Recap 51 L January 26, 2003 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 21–18–9–3 Recap 52 W January 30, 2003 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 22–18–9–3 Recap
February: 2–9–1–0 (home: 0–6–0–0; road: 2–3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 53 L February 5, 2003 1–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 22–19–9–3 Recap 54 T February 6, 2003 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 22–19–10–3 Recap 55 W February 8, 2003 3–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 23–19–10–3 Recap 56 L February 10, 2003 1–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 23–20–10–3 Recap 57 L February 12, 2003 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 23–21–10–3 Recap 58 L February 14, 2003 2–4 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 23–22–10–3 Recap 59 W February 15, 2003 7–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 24–22–10–3 Recap 60 L February 17, 2003 4–5 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 24–23–10–3 Recap 61 L February 20, 2003 1–2 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 24–24–10–3 Recap 62 L February 23, 2003 0–3 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 24–25–10–3 Recap 63 L February 25, 2003 0–2 Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 24–26–10–3 Recap 64 L February 27, 2003 2–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 24–27–10–3 Recap
March: 4–6–2–3 (home: 2–3–2–1; road: 2–3–0–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 65 OTL March 1, 2003 4–5 OT @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 24–27–10–4 Recap 66 OTL March 2, 2003 2–3 OT Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 24–27–10–5 Recap 67 L March 5, 2003 4–7 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 24–28–10–5 Recap 68 L March 7, 2003 0–2 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 24–29–10–5 Recap 69 W March 9, 2003 8–5 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 25–29–10–5 Recap 70 L March 12, 2003 2–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 25–30–10–5 Recap 71 W March 14, 2003 4–0 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 26–30–10–5 Recap 72 W March 17, 2003 3–2 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 27–30–10–5 Recap 73 L March 19, 2003 3–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 27–31–10–5 Recap 74 L March 22, 2003 1–8 @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 27–32–10–5 Recap 75 T March 23, 2003 1–1 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 27–32–11–5 Recap 76 L March 25, 2003 2–9 New York Islanders (2002–03) 27–33–11–5 Recap 77 W March 27, 2003 4–1 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 28–33–11–5 Recap 78 OTL March 28, 2003 3–4 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 28–33–11–6 Recap 79 T March 30, 2003 4–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 28–33–12–6 Recap
April: 2–0–1–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 1–0–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 80 W April 3, 2003 6–4 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 29–33–12–6 Recap 81 T April 4, 2003 2–2 OT St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 29–33–13–6 Recap 82 W April 6, 2003 4–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 30–33–13–6 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
26	Steve Sullivan	RW	82	26	35	61	15	42
13	Alexei Zhamnov	C	74	15	43	58	0	70
55	Eric Daze	RW	54	22	22	44	10	14
19	Kyle Calder	LW	82	15	27	42	−6	40
39	Tyler Arnason	C	82	19	20	39	7	20
14	Theoren Fleury	RW	54	12	21	33	−7	77
94	Sergei Berezin‡	LW	66	18	13	31	−3	8
28	Mark Bell	C	82	14	15	29	0	113
6	Phil Housley‡	D	57	6	23	29	7	24
43	Nathan Dempsey	D	67	5	23	28	−7	26
11	Andrei Nikolishin†	C	60	6	15	21	−3	26
17	Chris Simon†	LW	61	12	6	18	−4	125
32	Steve Thomas‡	LW	69	4	13	17	0	51
42	Jon Klemm	D	70	2	14	16	−9	44
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	40	4	10	14	−8	12
8	Steve Poapst	D	75	2	11	13	14	50
20	Mike Eastwood†	C	53	2	10	12	−6	24
7	Lyle Odelein‡	D	65	7	4	11	7	76
22	Igor Korolev	C	48	4	5	9	−1	30
50	Igor Radulov	LW	7	5	0	5	−3	4
34	Jason Strudwick	D	48	2	3	5	−4	87
5	Steve McCarthy	D	57	1	4	5	−1	23
2	Boris Mironov‡	D	20	3	1	4	−1	22
92	Michael Nylander‡	C	9	0	4	4	0	4
49	Shawn Thornton	RW	13	1	1	2	−4	31
44	Burke Henry†	D	16	0	2	2	−13	9
46	Todd Gill†	D	5	0	1	1	3	0
4	Sami Helenius†	D	10	0	1	1	3	28
15	Garry Valk	RW	16	0	1	1	0	6
16	Peter White‡	C	6	0	1	1	0	0
31	Craig Anderson	G	6	0	0	0		0
33	Louie DeBrusk	LW	4	0	0	0	0	7
30	Michael Leighton	G	8	0	0	0		0
53	Brett McLean	C	2	0	0	0	−1	0
29	Steve Passmore	G	11	0	0	0		4
41	Jocelyn Thibault	G	62	0	0	0		4
23	Ryan VandenBussche	RW	22	0	0	0	0	58

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	62	26	28	7	1690	144	2.37	.915	8	3650
30	Michael Leighton	8	2	3	2	241	21	2.82	.913	1	447
29	Steve Passmore	11	2	5	2	284	38	3.70	.866	0	617
31	Craig Anderson	6	0	3	2	125	18	4.00	.856	0	270

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Tyler Arnason (Forward)	[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jocelyn Thibault	[6]
	NHL Player of the Week	Jocelyn Thibault (November 11)	[7]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Tyler Arnason (October)	[8]
		Tyler Arnason (December)	[9]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Tyler Arnason	[10]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Shawn Thornton	October 10, 2002	[11]
	Craig Anderson	November 30, 2002
	Brett McLean	December 10, 2002
	Michael Leighton	January 8, 2003
	Burke Henry	February 20, 2003
	Igor Radulov	March 23, 2003
500th game played	Jocelyn Thibault	January 17, 2003
400th goal	Steve Thomas	February 17, 2003	[12]

Transactions

The Blackhawks 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.^[13]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2002 4th-round pick in 2002	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2002	[14]
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)	To Chicago Blackhawks Sergei Berezin	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2004	[15]
November 1, 2002 (2002-11-01)	To Chicago Blackhawks Andrei Nikolishin Chris Simon	To Washington Capitals Michael Nylander 3rd-round pick in 2003 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2004	[16]
January 8, 2003 (2003-01-08)	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2004	To New York Rangers Boris Mironov	[17]
March 10, 2003 (2003-03-10)	To Chicago Blackhawks Sami Helenius Conditional draft pick[lower-alpha 1]	To Dallas Stars Lyle Odelein	[18]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2003	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Steve Thomas	[19]
	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	To Philadelphia Flyers Peter White	[19]
	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations[lower-alpha 2]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Housley	[20]
	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2004	To Washington Capitals Sergei Berezin	[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)	Nathan Dempsey	Toronto Maple Leafs		Free agency	[22]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Jason Strudwick	Vancouver Canucks		Free agency	[23]
July 23, 2002 (2002-07-23)	Brett McLean	Minnesota Wild		Free agency	[24]
August 15, 2002 (2002-08-15)	Theoren Fleury	San Jose Sharks		Free agency	[25]
August 30, 2002 (2002-08-30)	Louie DeBrusk	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)		Free agency	[26]
October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)	Garry Valk	Toronto Maple Leafs		Free agency	[27]
October 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)	Travis Moen	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)		Free agency	[28]
December 11, 2002 (2002-12-11)	Mike Eastwood	St. Louis Blues		Waivers	[29]
	Burke Henry	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	[29]
March 5, 2003 (2003-03-05)	Todd Gill	Springfield Falcons (AHL)		Free agency	[30]
June 4, 2003 (2003-06-04)	Quintin Laing	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	[31]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[lower-alpha 3]	Ref
July 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)	Chris Feil[lower-alpha 4]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[32]
July 3, 2002 (2002-07-03)	Aaron Downey	Dallas Stars	Free agency (VI)	[34]
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Nolan Baumgartner	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (VI)	[35]
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)	Tony Amonte	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	[36]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Tom Fitzgerald	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (III)	[37]
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	Vladimir Chebaturkin	New York Rangers	Free agency (VI)	[38]
July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19)	Jim Campbell	Florida Panthers	Free agency (UFA)	[39]
August 27, 2002 (2002-08-27)	Chris McAlpine	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (UFA)	[40]
November 23, 2002 (2002-11-23)	Jean-Yves Leroux	Saint-Georges Garaga (QSPHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[41]
November 29, 2002 (2002-11-29)	Rumun Ndur	Graz 99ers (EBEL)	Free agency (VI)	[42]
January 29, 2003 (2003-01-29)	Joe Reekie		Retirement (III)	[43]
February 21, 2003 (2003-02-21)	Ty Jones	Anchorage Aces (ECHL)	Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 5]	[45]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 18, 2002 (2002-06-18)	Steve Poapst		Re-signing	[46]
June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26)	Steve Thomas		Re-signing	[47]
June 27, 2002 (2002-06-27)	Bob Probert		Re-signing	[48]
June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28)	Phil Housley		Re-signing	[49]
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Steve Passmore		Re-signing	[50]
July 10, 2002 (2002-07-10)	Sergei Berezin		Re-signing	[51]
July 25, 2002 (2002-07-25)	Dmitri Tolkunov		Re-signing	[52]
August 2, 2002 (2002-08-02)	Boris Mironov	1-year	Re-signing	[53]
August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08)	Kyle Calder		Re-signing	[54]
August 13, 2002 (2002-08-13)	Anton Babchuk		Entry-level	[55]
October 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)	Matt Keith		Entry-level	[28]
June 2, 2003 (2003-06-02)	Pavel Vorobiev		Entry-level	[56]

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^[57]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Anton Babchuk	Russia	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
2	54	Duncan Keith	Canada	Michigan State University (CCHA)
3	93	Alexander Kozhevnikov	Russia	Krylya Sovetov Jr. (Russia)
4	128	Matt Ellison	Canada	Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)
5	156	James Wisniewski	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
6	188	Kevin Kantee	Finland	Jokerit Jr. (Finland)
7	219	Tyson Kellerman	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	251	Jason Kostadine	United States	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
9	282	Adam Burish	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

Notes

1. Chicago’s choice of an 8th-round pick in 2003 or a 7th-round pick in 2004.
2. Chicago would receive either a 4th-round pick in 2003 or a 9th-round pick in 2003 and a 4th-round pick in 2004.
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[32]
4. Feil, who last played during the 1999–2000 season, retired.^[33]
5. Chicago retained Jones’ NHL rights until trading them to the Florida Panthers on March 2, 2004.^[44]

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