2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes season

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2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes
Division4th Pacific
Conference11th Western
2002–03 record31–35–11–5
Goals for204
Goals against230
Team information
General managerMike Barnett
CoachBobby Francis
CaptainTeppo Numminen

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.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

  • January 8, 2003: Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Michael Leighton earned a shutout in his NHL debut in a 0–0 tie against 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 goaltenders in the same game both earned their first career shutouts.[1]

The Coyotes finished the regular season having allowed the most power-play goals of all 30 NHL teams, with 77.[2]

Final standings[]

Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
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

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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.


Schedule and results[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 9, 2002 1–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 0–1–0–0
2 L October 12, 2002 2–5 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 0–2–0–0
3 W October 14, 2002 4–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 1–2–0–0
4 L October 15, 2002 1–2 @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 1–3–0–0
5 L October 17, 2002 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 1–4–0–0
6 W October 19, 2002 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 2–4–0–0
7 W October 22, 2002 2–1 @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 3–4–0–0
8 L October 24, 2002 2–3 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 3–5–0–0
9 L October 26, 2002 1–6 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 3–6–0–0
10 OTL October 28, 2002 2–3 OT @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 3–6–0–1
11 W October 29, 2002 3–2 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 4–6–0–1
12 L October 31, 2002 2–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 4–7–0–1
13 W November 3, 2002 2–1 OT Nashville Predators (2002–03) 5–7–0–1
14 W November 7, 2002 4–1 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 6–7–0–1
15 L November 9, 2002 2–5 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 6–8–0–1
16 L November 11, 2002 2–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 6–9–0–1
17 L November 12, 2002 2–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 6–10–0–1
18 W November 15, 2002 5–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 7–10–0–1
19 T November 17, 2002 4–4 OT Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 7–10–1–1
20 T November 20, 2002 2–2 OT Dallas Stars (2002–03) 7–10–2–1
21 T November 22, 2002 3–3 OT Florida Panthers (2002–03) 7–10–3–1
22 L November 25, 2002 1–5 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 7–11–3–1
23 T November 27, 2002 2–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 7–11–4–1
24 L November 28, 2002 2–4 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 7–12–4–1
25 W November 30, 2002 3–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 8–12–4–1
26 OTL December 3, 2002 2–3 OT San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 8–12–4–2
27 L December 5, 2002 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 8–13–4–2
28 L December 7, 2002 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 8–14–4–2
29 T December 9, 2002 3–3 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 8–14–5–2
30 W December 11, 2002 4–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 9–14–5–2
31 L December 13, 2002 3–4 Washington Capitals (2002–03) 9–15–5–2
32 W December 15, 2002 2–1 Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 10–15–5–2
33 W December 17, 2002 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 11–15–5–2
34 T December 20, 2002 3–3 OT St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 11–15–6–2
35 L December 22, 2002 0–4 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 11–16–6–2
36 OTL December 26, 2002 3–4 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 11–16–6–3
37 W December 28, 2002 4–0 Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 12–16–6–3
38 W December 30, 2002 4–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 13–16–6–3
39 W January 1, 2003 2–1 OT @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 14–16–6–3
40 W January 3, 2003 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 15–16–6–3
41 L January 4, 2003 0–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 15–17–6–3
42 T January 8, 2003 0–0 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 15–17–7–3
43 L January 10, 2003 1–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 15–18–7–3
44 OTL January 11, 2003 3–4 OT @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 15–18–7–4
45 L January 14, 2003 1–4 St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 15–19–7–4
46 L January 18, 2003 0–1 Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 15–20–7–4
47 W January 20, 2003 3–1 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 16–20–7–4
48 W January 23, 2003 7–1 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 17–20–7–4
49 W January 24, 2003 5–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 18–20–7–4
50 L January 26, 2003 0–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 18–21–7–4
51 W January 28, 2003 4–3 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 19–21–7–4
52 L February 5, 2003 3–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 19–22–7–4
53 L February 7, 2003 2–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 19–23–7–4
54 L February 8, 2003 1–3 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 19–24–7–4
55 L February 12, 2003 0–3 New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 19–25–7–4
56 W February 14, 2003 3–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 20–25–7–4
57 W February 15, 2003 5–3 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 21–25–7–4
58 W February 18, 2003 5–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 22–25–7–4
59 W February 20, 2003 2–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 23–25–7–4
60 T February 21, 2003 2–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 23–25–8–4
61 L February 23, 2003 2–4 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 23–26–8–4
62 W February 26, 2003 4–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 24–26–8–4
63 W February 28, 2003 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 25–26–8–4
64 L March 2, 2003 2–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 25–27–8–4
65 W March 4, 2003 4–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 26–27–8–4
66 L March 6, 2003 3–6 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 26–28–8–4
67 W March 8, 2003 6–4 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 27–28–8–4
68 T March 10, 2003 2–2 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 27–28–9–4
69 L March 12, 2003 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 27–29–9–4
70 L March 14, 2003 0–4 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 27–30–9–4
71 W March 15, 2003 4–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 28–30–9–4
72 W March 18, 2003 2–1 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 29–30–9–4
73 W March 20, 2003 3–2 OT Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 30–30–9–4
74 L March 22, 2003 0–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 30–31–9–4
75 L March 24, 2003 0–2 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 30–32–9–4
76 L March 26, 2003 3–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 30–33–9–4
77 L March 27, 2003 1–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 30–34–9–4
78 L March 29, 2003 1–6 @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 30–35–9–4
79 OTL March 31, 2003 4–5 OT Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 30–35–9–5
80 T April 2, 2003 3–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 30–35–10–5
81 W April 4, 2003 1–0 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 31–35–10–5
82 T April 6, 2003 3–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 31–35–11–5

Playoffs[]

The Coyotes failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2000-01 season.

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Johnson RW 82 23 40 63 47 9 8 0 3
Shane Doan RW 82 21 37 58 86 3 7 0 2
Ladislav Nagy LW 80 22 35 57 92 17 8 0 6
Daymond Langkow C 82 20 32 52 56 20 4 2 2
Daniel Briere C 68 17 29 46 50 -21 4 0 3
Tony Amonte RW 59 13 23 36 26 -12 6 0 3
Teppo Numminen D 78 6 24 30 30 0 2 0 1
Branko Radivojevic RW 79 12 15 27 63 -2 1 0 3
Paul Mara D 73 10 15 25 78 -7 1 0 0
Danny Markov D 64 4 16 20 36 2 2 0 0
Ramzi Abid LW 30 10 8 18 30 1 4 0 3
Deron Quint D 51 7 10 17 20 -5 2 0 0
Brian Savage LW 43 6 10 16 22 -4 1 0 1
Claude Lemieux RW 36 6 8 14 30 -3 1 1 0
Landon Wilson RW 31 6 8 14 26 1 0 0 3
Kelly Buchberger RW 79 3 9 12 109 0 0 1 0
Todd Simpson D 66 2 7 9 135 7 0 0 0
Ossi Vaananen D 67 2 7 9 82 1 0 0 0
Radoslav Suchy D 77 1 8 9 18 2 1 0 0
Brad May LW 20 3 4 7 32 3 0 0 0
Paul Ranheim LW 40 3 4 7 10 -4 0 0 0
Jeff Taffe C 20 3 1 4 4 -4 1 0 1
Jan Hrdina C 4 0 4 4 8 3 0 0 0
Andrei Nazarov LW 59 3 0 3 135 -9 2 0 0
Drake Berehowsky D 7 1 2 3 27 0 0 0 0
Brian Boucher G 45 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Ference D 15 0 1 1 28 -5 0 0 0
Chris Gratton C 14 0 1 1 21 -11 0 0 0
Scott Pellerin LW 23 0 1 1 8 -5 0 0 0
Frank Banham RW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Zac Bierk G 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Sean Burke G 22 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Patrick DesRochers G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Focht D 10 0 0 0 10 -2 0 0 0
Martin Grenier D 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Darcy Hordichuk LW 25 0 0 0 82 -1 0 0 0
Jason Jaspers C 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Krys Kolanos C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean-Marc Pelletier G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Brian Boucher 2544 45 15 20 8 128 3.02 0 1210 1082 .894
Sean Burke 1248 22 12 6 2 44 2.12 2 632 588 .930
Zac Bierk 884 16 4 9 1 32 2.17 1 471 439 .932
Patrick DesRochers 175 4 0 3 0 11 3.77 0 88 77 .875
Jean-Marc Pelletier 119 2 0 2 0 6 3.03 0 48 42 .875
Team: 4970 82 31 40 11 221 2.67 3 2449 2228 .910

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

December 19, 2002 To Philadelphia Flyers
Future Considerations 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Paul Ranheim
December 31, 2002 To Carolina Hurricanes
Patrick DesRochers 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Jean-Marc Pelletier
Future Considerations
January 16, 2003 To Dallas Stars
Claude Lemieux 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Scott Pellerin
4th round pick in 2004 - Kevin Porter
March 8, 2003 To Florida Panthers
Darcy Hordichuk
2nd round pick in 2003 - Matt Smaby 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Brad Ference
March 10, 2003 To Buffalo Sabres
Daniel Briere
3rd round pick in 2004 - Andrej Sekera 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Chris Gratton
4th round pick in 2004 - Liam Reddox
March 10, 2003 To Philadelphia Flyers
Tony Amonte 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Guillaume Lefebvre
3rd round pick in 2003 - Tyler Redenbach
2nd round pick in 2004 - Brandon Dubinsky
March 11, 2003 To Vancouver Canucks
Brad May 		To Phoenix Coyotes
3rd round pick in 2003 -
March 11, 2003 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Ramzi Abid
Dan Focht
Guillaume Lefebvre 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Jan Hrdina
Francois Leroux
May 31, 2003 To Boston Bruins
5th round pick in 2004 - Kris Versteeg 		To Phoenix Coyotes
June 21, 2003 To Carolina Hurricanes
Danny Markov
4th round pick in 2004 - 		To Phoenix Coyotes
David Tanabe
Igor Knyazev
June 21, 2003 To St. Louis Blues
5th round pick in 2003 - Lee Stempniak 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Tyson Nash
June 22, 2003 To Dallas Stars
8th round pick in 2004 - Martin Houle 		To Phoenix Coyotes
9th round pick in 2003 -

Free agents[]

Player Former Team
Kelly Buchberger Los Angeles Kings
Tony Amonte Chicago Blackhawks
Deron Quint Columbus Blue Jackets
Frank Banham Jokerit (SM-liiga)
Jason Bonsignore Springfield Falcons (AHL)
Player New Team
Denis Pederson Nashville Predators

Roster[]

2002-03 Phoenix Coyotes
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks[]

Phoenix's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 19 Jakub Koreis  Czech Republic HC Plzen (Czech Republic)
1 23 Ben Eager  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2 46 David LeNeveu  Canada Cornell University (ECAC)
3 70 Joe Callahan  United States Yale University (ECAC)
3 80 Matt Jones  United States University of North Dakota (WCHA)
4 97 Lance Monych  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
5 132 John Zeiler  United States Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
6 186 Jeff Pietrasiak  United States Berkshire High School (USHS-MA)
7 216 Ladislav Kouba  Czech Republic Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8 249 Marcus Smith  United States Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
9 280 Russell Spence  Canada OCN Blizzard (MJHL)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  2. ^ "2002-03 NHL Summary".
  3. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
  4. ^ "2002-03 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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