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The 2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes season was their seventh season in the National Hockey League, the franchise's 24th season in the NHL and 31st overall. The Coyotes failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2000–01 season.
2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes | |
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Division | 4th Pacific |
Conference | 11th Western |
2002–03 record | 31–35–11–5 |
Home record | 17–16–6–2 |
Road record | 14–19–5–3 |
Goals for | 204 |
Goals against | 230 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Barnett |
Coach | Bobby Francis |
Captain | Teppo Numminen |
Alternate captains | Shane Doan Claude Lemieux (Oct-Jan) |
Arena | America West Arena |
Average attendance | 13,229 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Springfield Falcons |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mike Johnson (23) |
Assists | Mike Johnson (40) |
Points | Mike Johnson (63) |
Penalty minutes | Andrei Nazarov (135) Todd Simpson (135) |
Plus/minus | Daymond Langkow (+20) |
Wins | Brian Boucher (15) |
Goals against average | Sean Burke (2.12) |
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The Coyotes finished the regular season having allowed the most power-play goals of all 30 NHL teams, with 77.[2]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 245 | 169 | 111 |
2 | 7 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 203 | 193 | 95 |
3 | 10 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 33 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 203 | 221 | 78 |
4 | 11 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 204 | 230 | 78 |
5 | 14 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 214 | 239 | 73 |
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: 4–7–0–1 (home: 0–3–0–0; road: 4–4–0–1)
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November: 4–5–4–0 (home: 2–2–3–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
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December: 5–4–2–2 (home: 5–3–2–1; road: 0–1–0–1)
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January: 6–5–1–1 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 4–3–1–1)
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February: 6–5–1–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
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March: 5–9–1–1 (home: 4–3–0–1; road: 1–6–1–0)
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April: 1–0–2–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 0–0–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
12 | Mike Johnson | RW | 82 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 9 | 47 |
19 | Shane Doan | RW | 82 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 3 | 86 |
17 | Ladislav Nagy | LW | 80 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 17 | 92 |
11 | Daymond Langkow | C | 82 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 20 | 56 |
8 | Daniel Briere‡ | C | 68 | 17 | 29 | 46 | −21 | 50 |
10 | Tony Amonte‡ | RW | 59 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −12 | 26 |
27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 78 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
29 | Branko Radivojevic | RW | 79 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −2 | 63 |
23 | Paul Mara | D | 73 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −7 | 78 |
55 | Danny Markov | D | 64 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 36 |
34 | Ramzi Abid‡ | LW | 30 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 30 |
7 | Deron Quint† | D | 51 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −5 | 20 |
49 | Brian Savage | LW | 43 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −4 | 22 |
22 | Claude Lemieux‡ | RW | 36 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −3 | 30 |
28 | Landon Wilson | RW | 31 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
16 | Kelly Buchberger | RW | 79 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 109 |
2 | Todd Simpson | D | 66 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 135 |
4 | Ossi Vaananen | D | 67 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 82 |
15 | Radoslav Suchy | D | 77 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
32 | Brad May‡ | LW | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
18 | Paul Ranheim† | LW | 40 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −4 | 10 |
14 | Jeff Taffe | C | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −4 | 4 |
24 | Jan Hrdina† | C | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
44 | Andrei Nazarov | LW | 59 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −9 | 135 |
5 | Drake Berehowsky | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
33 | Brian Boucher | G | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
45 | Brad Ference† | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 28 |
77 | Chris Gratton† | C | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −11 | 21 |
38 | Scott Pellerin† | LW | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 8 |
34[lower-alpha 1] | Frank Banham† | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
35 | Zac Bierk | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | Sean Burke | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
40 | Patrick DesRochers‡ | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | Dan Focht‡ | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 |
52 | Martin Grenier | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
24 | Darcy Hordichuk‡ | LW | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 82 |
21 | Jason Jaspers | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
36 | Krys Kolanos | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Jean-Marc Pelletier† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33 | Brian Boucher | 45 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1210 | 128 | 3.02 | .894 | 0 | 2544 |
1 | Sean Burke | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 632 | 44 | 2.12 | .930 | 2 | 1248 |
35 | Zac Bierk | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 471 | 32 | 2.17 | .932 | 1 | 884 |
40 | Patrick DesRochers‡ | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 11 | 3.77 | .875 | 0 | 175 |
40 | Jean-Marc Pelletier† | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 3.03 | .875 | 0 | 119 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL Player of the Week | Sean Burke (January 6) | [5] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Branko Radivojevic | [6] | |
Ossi Vaananen | |||
Team | Hardest Working Player Award | Shane Doan | [7] |
Leading Scorer Award | Mike Johnson | [7] | |
Man of the Year Award | Landon Wilson | [7] | |
Team MVP Award | Mike Johnson | [7] | |
Three-Star Award | Ladislav Nagy | [7] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Paul Ranheim | March 6, 2003 | [8] |
The Coyotes 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.[9]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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December 19, 2002 | To Philadelphia Flyers Conditional draft pick in 2004 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Paul Ranheim |
[10] |
December 31, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Patrick DesRochers |
To Phoenix Coyotes Jean-Marc Pelletier Conditional draft pick |
[11] |
January 16, 2003 | To Dallas Stars Claude Lemieux |
To Phoenix Coyotes Scott Pellerin Conditional draft pick in 2004[lower-alpha 2] |
[12] |
March 8, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Darcy Hordichuk 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Brad Ference |
[13] |
March 10, 2003 | To Philadelphia Flyers Tony Amonte |
To Phoenix Coyotes Guillaume Lefebvre Atlanta’s 3rd-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
[14] |
March 11, 2003 | To Buffalo Sabres Daniel Briere 3rd-round pick in 2004 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Chris Gratton 4th-round pick in 2004 |
[15] |
March 11, 2003 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre |
To Phoenix Coyotes Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux |
[16] |
March 11, 2003 | To Vancouver Canucks Brad May |
To Phoenix Coyotes Conditional draft pick in 2003[lower-alpha 3] |
[17] |
May 31, 2003 | To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2004 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Rights to Darren McLachlan |
[18] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 7, 2002 | Kelly Buchberger | Los Angeles Kings | 1-year | Free agency | [19] |
July 12, 2002 | Tony Amonte | Chicago Blackhawks | 4-year | Free agency | [20] |
October 26, 2002 | Deron Quint | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
November 7, 2002 | Frank Banham | Jokerit (Liiga) | multi-year | Free agency | [22] |
December 13, 2002 | Jason Bonsignore | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | Free agency | [23] | |
April 10, 2003 | Mike Stutzel | Northern Michigan University (CCHA) | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
June 9, 2003 | Kiel McLeod | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [25] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 4] | Ref |
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July 15, 2002 | Wyatt Smith | Nashville Predators | Free agency (VI) | [27] |
July 16, 2002 | Jean-Guy Trudel | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (VI) | [28] |
July 22, 2002 | Sebastien Bordeleau | SC Bern (NLA) | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
July 24, 2002 | Denis Pederson | Nashville Predators | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
July 29, 2002 | Mike Sullivan | Retirement (III) | [31] | |
September 12, 2002 | Alex Andreyev | Greensboro Generals (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 28, 2002 | Fredrik Sjostrom | multi-year | Entry-level | [33] |
July 17, 2002 | Todd Simpson | 2-year | Re-signing | [34] |
July 31, 2002 | Landon Wilson | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] |
August 2, 2002 | Patrick DesRochers | 2-year | Re-signing | [36] |
August 6, 2002 | Daniel Briere | 2-year | Re-signing | [37] |
September 6, 2002 | Paul Mara | multi-year | Re-signing | [38] |
September 11, 2002 | Ladislav Nagy | 2-year | Re-signing | [39] |
September 27, 2002 | Sean Burke | multi-year | Extension | [40] |
September 30, 2002 | Brian Boucher | multi-year | Re-signing | [41] |
January 23, 2003 | Jean-Marc Pelletier | multi-year | Extension | [42] |
April 22, 2003 | Ossi Vaananen | multi-year | Extension | [43] |
June 1, 2003 | Darren McLachlan | multi-year | Entry-level | [18] |
Matthew Spiller | multi-year | Entry-level | [18] | |
June 5, 2003 | Frantisek Lukes | multi-year | Entry-level | [44] |
Phoenix's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[45]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 19 | Jakub Koreis | ![]() | HC Plzen (Czech Republic) |
1 | 23 | Ben Eager | ![]() | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
2 | 46 | David LeNeveu | ![]() | Cornell University (ECAC) |
3 | 70 | Joe Callahan | ![]() | Yale University (ECAC) |
3 | 80 | Matt Jones | ![]() | University of North Dakota (WCHA) |
4 | 97 | Lance Monych | ![]() | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
5 | 132 | John Zeiler | ![]() | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
6 | 186 | Jeff Pietrasiak | ![]() | Berkshire High School (USHS-MA) |
7 | 216 | Ladislav Kouba | ![]() | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
8 | 249 | Marcus Smith | ![]() | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
9 | 280 | Russell Spence | ![]() | OCN Blizzard (MJHL) |
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