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2002–03 Calgary Flames season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Calgary Flames
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	12th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	5th
Record	29–36–13–4
HomeRecord	14–16–10–1
RoadRecord	15–20–3–3
GoalsFor	186
GoalsAgainst	228
GeneralManager	Craig Button
Coach	Greg Gilbert (Oct.–Dec.)
Darryl Sutter (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Craig Conroy
AltCaptain	Bob Boughner
Jarome Iginla
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Attendance	16,239
MinorLeague	Saint John Flames
Johnstown Chiefs
GoalsLeader	Jarome Iginla (35)
AssistsLeader	Craig Conroy (37)
PointsLeader	Jarome Iginla (67)
PIMLeader	Scott Nichol (149)
PlusMinusLeader	Bob Boughner (+5)
Denis Gauthier (+5)
Oleg Saprykin (+5)
WinsLeader	Roman Turek (27)
GAALeader	Roman Turek (2.57)

Darryl Sutter (Dec.–Apr.) Jarome Iginla Johnstown Chiefs Denis Gauthier (+5) Oleg Saprykin (+5)

The 2002–03 Calgary Flames season was the 23rd National Hockey League season in Calgary. A relatively successful start to the season quickly gave way to disaster as the Flames lost 11 of 12 games in a November stretch dropping the Flames out of contention, ultimately failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

The season began as the last had ended: with forward Marc Savard and head coach Greg Gilbert in bitter, public feud. After arguing in the media for nearly a year, the Flames finally granted the disgruntled players request, trading Savard to the Atlanta Thrashers. Gilbert himself would not last much longer with the Flames, as he would be fired by the club barely two weeks after Savard was dealt.

The Flames would quickly find a replacement for Gilbert, announcing they had hired Darryl Sutter shortly before the new year. Sutter immediately began shaping the Flames to his own style, and the Flames finished 19–16–8–1 under their new bench boss.

Following the season, the Flames announced that they would not renew General Manager Craig Button's contract. Sutter took over as GM, carrying the dual roles until the end of the 2005–06 season.

Flames mascot, Harvey the Hound, gained widespread publicity in January 2003 following an incident with Edmonton Oilers head coach, Craig MacTavish. With the Flames leading 4–0, Harvey was taunting the Oilers behind their bench. The frustrated coach reached up and ripped Harvey's signature red tongue out of his mouth, tossing it into the crowd. The incident would seem to spark the Oilers, who scored three goals shortly after. The Flames would hold on to win 4–3, however. The incident made headlines throughout North America, and led to many jokes, including having many other NHL team mascots arrive at the 2003 All-Star Game with their tongues hanging out.

Regular season

The Flames struggled offensively and were shut out a league-high 10 times, tied with the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Calgary finished 12th in the Western Conference, 17 points behind the 8th place Edmonton Oilers.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 10 || Vancouver || 3 – 0 || Calgary || || Turek || 17,409 || 0–1–0–0 || 0 || |- | 2 || October 12 || Philadelphia || 5 – 4 || Calgary || || Turek || 16,750 || 0–2–0–0 || 0 || |- | 3 || October 14 || Calgary || 3 – 2 || Vancouver || || Turek || 18,016 || 1–2–0–0 || 2 || |- | 4 || October 17 || Boston || 3 – 3 || Calgary || OT || Turek || 15,346 || 1–2–1–0 || 3 || |- | 5 || October 19 || Calgary || 5 – 2 || Chicago || || Turek || 14,034 || 2–2–1–0 || 5 || |- | 6 || October 21 || Calgary || 0 – 4 || Detroit || || McLennan || 20,058 || 2–3–1–0 || 5 || |- | 7 || October 22 || Calgary || 3 – 4 || Minnesota || OT || Turek || 18,064 || 2–3–1–1 || 6 || |- | 8 || October 24 || Dallas || 3 – 3 || Calgary || OT || Turek || 14,625 || 2–3–2–1 || 7 || |- | 9 || October 26 || St. Louis || 4 – 3 || Calgary || OT || Turek || 14,538 || 2–3–2–2 || 8 || |- | 10 || October 31 || Buffalo || 0 – 3 || Calgary || || Turek || 14,822 || 3–3–2–2 || 10 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Flames only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
12	RW	75	35	32	67	−10	49
22	C	79	22	37	59	−4	36
18	LW	80	23	30	53	−9	33
23	LW	81	21	31	52	−3	51
32	D	81	6	20	26	−7	28
11	C	82	10	15	25	−10	50
19	LW	52	8	15	23	5	46
17	RW	81	10	12	22	−11	126
10	LW	34	5	14	19	4	22
44	LW	54	8	10	18	−13	42
6	D	69	3	14	17	5	126
4	D	58	4	10	14	−15	12
3	D	72	1	11	12	5	99
28	D	76	0	12	12	−9	87
40	C	68	5	5	10	−7	149
24	RW	67	2	8	10	−5	28
20	C	46	4	5	9	−15	12
8	D	44	3	5	8	−6	14
7	RW	23	4	2	6	−3	8
27	LW	55	2	4	6	−6	100
26	C	50	3	1	4	−7	51
18	LW	19	2	2	4	1	12
15	C	9	1	3	4	3	0
21	D	16	0	4	4	1	6
1	G	65	0	4	4		14
16	RW	13	1	2	3	−2	7
42	D	16	1	2	3	−5	4
27	C	10	1	2	3	−3	8
5	D	50	1	1	2	−9	114
2	D	6	0	1	1	2	19
43	RW	3	0	1	1	1	2
33	G	22	0	0	0		14
36	D	4	0	0	0	−1	0
51	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
38	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Roman Turek	65	27	29	9	1679	164	2.54	.902	4	3822
33	Jamie McLennan	22	2	11	4	537	58	2.99	.892	0	1165

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Jarome Iginla
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Jordan Leopold
Molson Cup	Jarome Iginla
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award	Denis Gauthier

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Chuck Kobasew	October 10, 2002
Mathias Johansson	October 12, 2002
Jordan Leopold	October 19, 2002
Rick Mrozik	April 4, 2003
Craig Berube	October 12, 2002

Transactions

The Flames 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.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Calgary Flames	To [Florida Panthers](2002-03-florida-panthers-season)	title=Draft Day Transactions	url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/2002draft/draft_trades.asp	website=TSN.ca	access-date=November 28, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020808073541/http://tsn.ca/nhl/2002draft/draft_trades.asp	archive-date=August 8, 2002}}
To Calgary Flames	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2002-03-toronto-maple-leafs-season)
To Calgary Flames	To [Minnesota Wild](2002-03-minnesota-wild-season)	title=FLAMES ACQUIRE GOALTENDER JAMIE McLENNAN FROM MINNESOTA	url=http://www.calgaryflames.com/cgi-bin/news/comments.cgi?type=press_rel&file_num=0000000511	website=Calgary Flames	access-date=December 7, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021021035840/http://www.calgaryflames.com/cgi-bin/news/comments.cgi?type=press_rel&file_num=0000000511	archive-date=October 21, 2002	date=June 22, 2002}}
To Calgary Flames	To [Montreal Canadiens](2002-03-montreal-canadiens-season)
To Calgary Flames	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Calgary Flames	To [Detroit Red Wings](2002-03-detroit-red-wings-season)
To Calgary Flames	To [Colorado Avalanche](2002-03-colorado-avalanche-season)
To Calgary Flames	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2002-03-atlanta-thrashers-season)
To Calgary Flames	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2002-03-philadelphia-flyers-season)	title=FLAMES MAKE TWO TRANSACTIONS - ACQUIRE MOTTAU FROM RANGERS & FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS	url=http://www.calgaryflames.com/cgi-bin/news/comments.cgi?type=press_rel&file_num=0000000711	website=Calgary Flames	access-date=December 7, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030406151842/http://www.calgaryflames.com/cgi-bin/news/comments.cgi?type=press_rel&file_num=0000000711	archive-date=April 6, 2003	date=January 22, 2003}}
To Calgary Flames	To [New York Rangers](2002-03-new-york-rangers-season)
To Calgary Flames	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2002-03-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Calgary Flames	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2002-03-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	title=FLAMES MAKE THREE DEADLINE MOVES	url=http://calgaryflames.com/cgi-bin/news/comments.cgi?type=press_rel&file_num=0000000765	website=Calgary Flames	access-date=December 7, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030619190050/http://calgaryflames.com/cgi-bin/news/comments.cgi?type=press_rel&file_num=0000000765	archive-date=June 19, 2003	date=March 11, 2003}}
To Calgary Flames	To Colorado Avalanche
To Calgary Flames	To Pittsburgh Penguins

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Martin Gelinas
Martin Sonnenberg
Darcy Verot
Mike Martin
Jason Morgan
Robert Dome
Jan Vodrazka
Darren Lynch

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Curtis Joseph
Clarke Wilm
Alan Letang
Dallas Eakins
Rob Murray
Jason Botterill
Mike Vernon
Kay Whitmore
Ronald Petrovicky
Burke Henry
Dwayne Hay
Igor Kravchuk

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Rob Niedermayer
Jamie McLennan
Chuck Kobasew
Mathias Johansson
Jamie Wright
Chris Clark
Toni Lydman
Robyn Regehr
Denis Gauthier
Steve Begin
Matthew Lombardi
Jarome Iginla
Craig Berube
Ladislav Kohn
Chris Clark
Shean Donovan
Robyn Regehr

Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft in Toronto, Ontario. The Flames had the 9th overall pick, however opted to drop down one spot to 10th via a trade with the Florida Panthers.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics	GP	G	A	Pts
1	10	Eric Nystrom	LW	University of Michigan (CCHA)	593	75	48	123	401
2	39	Brian McConnell	F	Boston University (HE)
3	90	Matthew Lombardi	C	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)	536	101	161	262	293
4	112	Yuri Artyomenkov	RW	Krylja
5	141	Jiri Cetkovsky	RW	Zlin (Czech Jr.)
5	142	Emanuel Peter	C	Kloten (Swiss Jr.)
5	146	Viktor Bobrov	F	HC CSKA (RSL)
5	159	Kristofer Persson	RW	Modo Jr.
6	176	Curtis McElhinney	G	Colorado College (WCHA)	249	94–95–20, 2.83GAA
7	202	David Van der Gulik	RW	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)	49	2	11	13	10
7	203	Pierre Johnsson	RW	Farjestad Jr.
8	238	Jyri Marttinen	D	Jyvaskyla

Farm teams

[[Saint John Flames]]

The 2002–03 season would be the tenth, and last, season in New Brunswick, as the Flames bought out the local ownership's share of the team following the season and suspended operations. The "Baby Flames" finished 32–41–6–1, last in the Canadian Division, and out of the playoffs. Robert Dome led the team with 27 goals and 56 points. Dany Sabourin and Levente Szuper split goaltending duties for the Flames.

[[Johnstown Chiefs]]

The Chiefs finished the 2002–03 season with a record of 28–33–11, finishing fifth in the Northwest Division, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Following the season, the Flames announced they were switching affiliations to a new expansion team, the Las Vegas Wranglers.

Notes

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide - 2002–03 stats, pg. 109.

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