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2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Carolina Hurricanes
Record	22–43–11–6
HomeRecord	12–17–9–3
RoadRecord	10–26–2–3
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	15th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	171
GoalsAgainst	240
GeneralManager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Ron Francis
AltCaptain	Rod Brind'Amour
Glen Wesley (Oct.–Mar.)
Arena	RBC Center
Attendance	15,682
MinorLeague	Lowell Lock Monsters
Florida Everblades
GoalsLeader	Jeff O'Neill (30)
AssistsLeader	Ron Francis (35)
PointsLeader	Jeff O'Neill (61)
PIMLeader	Sean Hill (141)
PlusMinusLeader	Sean Hill (+4)
WinsLeader	Kevin Weekes (14)
GAALeader	Kevin Weekes (2.55)

Glen Wesley (Oct.–Mar.) Florida Everblades The 2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Hockey League and sixth as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs, despite making it to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year, finishing the season with an NHL-worst record of 22–43–11–6 (61 points).

Regular season

The Hurricanes finished 30th in scoring, with just 171 goals for. They also had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 420.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 9, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2002–03) ||0–1–0–0 || 18,730 || |- |2||October 11, 2002||5–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||1–1–0–0 || 13,962 || |- |3||October 12, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) ||1–2–0–0 || 19,814 || |- |4||October 15, 2002||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||1–2–0–1 || 13,222 || |- |5||October 17, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||1–3–0–1 || 10,597 || |- |6||October 19, 2002||3–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2002–03) ||2–3–0–1 || 15,518 || |- |7||October 22, 2002||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2002–03) ||3–3–0–1 || 13,514 || |- |8||October 23, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) ||3–4–0–1 || 14,847 || |- |9||October 26, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||3–4–1–1 || 15,613 || |- |10||October 29, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) ||4–4–1–1 || 10,328 || |- |11||October 30, 2002||4–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2002–03) ||5–4–1–1 || 12,495 ||

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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 Hurricanes only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
92	LW	82	30	31	61	−21	38
10	C	82	22	35	57	−22	30
17	C	48	14	23	37	−9	37
22	D	82	5	24	29	4	141
26	RW	53	14	13	27	1	72
20	LW	52	9	15	24	−9	22
63	C	57	10	10	20	−19	33
13	LW	70	5	14	19	−17	90
14	C	77	9	9	18	−8	57
27	RW	81	6	12	18	−11	71
24	RW	43	6	12	18	−17	12
6	D	72	3	14	17	−24	75
47	LW	25	4	10	14	−5	16
62	LW	48	3	11	14	−5	32
21	D	68	3	10	13	−27	24
7	D	77	2	8	10	−19	71
4	D	77	3	6	9	−23	90
2	D	63	1	7	8	−5	40
25	D	18	2	5	7	−3	12
19	LW	10	5	0	5	−7	2
37	LW	14	3	2	5	1	2
12	LW	35	1	3	4	−3	20
11	C	59	0	4	4	−9	8
39	LW	9	3	0	3	−2	2
42	RW	10	3	0	3	−2	2
36	RW	48	2	1	3	−2	108
46	C	19	2	1	3	−4	0
71	D	41	0	2	2	−5	43
5	D	10	0	2	2	−3	16
52	C	1	1	0	1	0	0
55	LW	8	0	1	1	−3	2
15	C	14	0	1	1	−1	2
30	G	2	0	0	0		0
28	D	6	0	0	0	1	0
1	G	34	0	0	0		4
20	LW	9	0	0	0	0	16
29	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	0
80	G	51	0	0	0		2
16	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
80	Kevin Weekes	51	14	24	9	1438	126	2.50	0.912	5	2965
1	Arturs Irbe	34	7	24	2	816	100	3.18	0.877	0	1884
30	Patrick DesRochers	2	1	1	0	71	7	3.41	0.901	0	122

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Jeff O'Neill
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Erik Cole
Good Guy Award	Kevyn Adams	title=Fast Named Chiasson Award Winner	url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/fast-named-chiasson-award-winner/c-333563806	website=NHL.com	access-date=November 12, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527152418/https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/fast-named-chiasson-award-winner/c-333563806	archive-date=May 27, 2022	date=April 29, 2022}}
Most Valuable Player	Ron Francis
Steve Chiasson Award	Kevyn Adams

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	1,000th game played	First game
Rod Brind'Amour	November 15, 2002
Tomas Malec	December 15, 2002
Jeff Heerema	January 17, 2003
Ryan Bayda	February 14, 2003
Tomas Kurka	February 26, 2003
Michael Zigomanis
Brad DeFauw	March 10, 2003
Damian Surma	March 18, 2003

Transactions

The Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2002-03-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Carolina Hurricanes	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2002-03-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To Carolina Hurricanes	To [Vancouver Canucks](2002-03-vancouver-canucks-season)
To Carolina Hurricanes	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2002-03-phoenix-coyotes-season)
To Carolina Hurricanes	To Philadelphia Flyers
To Carolina Hurricanes	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2002-03-toronto-maple-leafs-season)
To Carolina Hurricanes	To [Colorado Avalanche](2002-03-colorado-avalanche-season)
To Carolina Hurricanes	To Toronto Maple Leafs

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Ryan Bast
Ed Hill
Steven Halko
Mike Watt
Harold Druken

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Martin Gelinas	Calgary Flames
Ian MacNeil	Philadelphia Flyers
Tyler Moss	Vancouver Canucks
Jeremiah McCarthy	Amur Khabarovsk (RSL)
Ted Drury	Hamburg Freezers (DEL)
Greg Kuznik	Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL)
Harold Druken	Toronto Maple Leafs
Tommy Westlund	Leksands IF (SHL)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Jeff O'Neill
Darren Langdon
Ron Francis
Bret Hedican
Daniel Boisclair
Kevyn Adams
Brad DeFauw
Kaspars Astashenko
Jesse Boulerice
Jeff Daniels
Nikos Tselios
Niclas Wallin
Aaron Ward
Sami Kapanen
Randy Petruk
David Tanabe
Sean Curry
Brad Fast
Jeff Daniels
Patrick DesRochers
Craig Adams
Kevin Weekes

Draft picks

Carolina's picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	25	Cam Ward	G	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
3	91	Jesse Lane	D	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	160	Daniel Manzato	G	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7	224	Adam Taylor	C	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Lowell Lock Monsters are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2002–03 AHL season.

East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

Notes

References

"2002-03 NHL Summary".
"2002-03 Carolina Hurricanes Schedule".
"2003 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
(January 31, 2003). "Cole suffers broken leg".
(January 18, 2003). "NHL - 2003 YoungStars Rosters".
(April 29, 2022). "Fast Named Chiasson Award Winner".
(November 26, 2002). "HURRICANES TO HONOR ROD BRIND’AMOUR BEFORE WEDNESDAY’S GAME AT RBC CENTER".
"2002-03 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 22, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SELECT JESSE LANE IN THIRD ROUND TO COMPLETE DAY ONE OF 2002 DRAFT".
(June 23, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SELECT MANZATO AND TAYLOR TO COMPLETE 2002 NHL ENTRY DRAFT".
(November 1, 2002). "HURRICANES ACQUIRE HLAVAC AND DRUKEN FROM VANCOUVER FOR LANGDON, MALIK".
(December 31, 2002). "HURRICANES ACQUIRE GOALTENDER PATRICK DESROCHERS FROM PHOENIX".
(February 7, 2003). "HURRICANES ACQUIRE BRENDL, ST. JACQUES FROM FLYERS".
(March 9, 2003). "HURRICANES TRADE GLEN WESLEY TO TORONTO".
(March 11, 2003). "HURRICANES ACQUIRE VRBATA FROM COLORADO".
(May 29, 2003). "HURRICANES ACQUIRE ALLAN ROURKE FROM TORONTO".
(July 16, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SIGN PROSPECTS ED HILL AND RYAN BAST".
(August 5, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SIGN DEFENSEMAN STEVE HALKO".
(August 9, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SIGN FORWARD MIKE WATT TO A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT".
(January 17, 2003). "HURRICANES CLAIM HAROLD DRUKEN FROM TORONTO".
(July 2, 2002). "NHL FREE-AGENT LIST".
(July 3, 2002). "TRANSACTIONS".
(July 2, 2002). "Flyers Sign Center Ian MacNeil".
(July 6, 2002). "Canucks sign goalie Moss".
"JEREMIAH MCCARTHY".
"TED DRURY".
{{eliteprospects. 15425. Greg Kuznik, retrieved December 2, 2022
(December 11, 2002). "HURRICANES RECALL TOMAS MALEC FROM LOWELL OF THE AHL".
"TOMMY WESTLUND".
(June 26, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN JEFF O’NEILL".
(June 27, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN DARREN LANGDON TO TWO-YEAR CONTRACT".
(June 29, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN CAPTAIN RON FRANCIS TO TWO-YEAR CONTRACT".
(June 30, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SIGN DEFENSEMAN BRET HEDICAN TO SIX-YEAR CONTRACT".
(July 9, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SIGN PROSPECT DANIEL BOISCLAIR TO THREE-YEAR DEAL".
(July 11, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SIGN FORWARD KEVYN ADAMS TO TWO-YEAR DEAL".
(July 24, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN BRAD DEFAUW TO TWO-YEAR DEAL".
(August 1, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN TSELIOS, BOULERICE AND ASTASHENKO".
(August 1, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN VETERAN LEFT WING JEFF DANIELS".
(August 2, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN NICLAS WALLIN TO TWO-YEAR CONTRACT".
(August 8, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN AARON WARD TO FOUR-YEAR DEAL".
(August 13, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES RE-SIGN SAMI KAPANEN TO ONE-YEAR CONTRACT".
(August 14, 2002). "Press Release: HURRICANES SIGN GOALTENDER RANDY PETRUK TO TWO-YEAR DEAL".
(September 13, 2002). "HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH DEFENSEMAN DAVID TANABE".
(October 9, 2002). "HURRICANES SIGN PROSPECT SEAN CURRY TO THREE-YEAR DEAL".
(March 24, 2003). "HURRICANES SIGN FAST TO TWO-YEAR CONTRACT".
(April 26, 2003). "HURRICANES SIGN JEFF DANIELS TO ONE-YEAR DEAL".
(April 28, 2003). "HURRICANES SIGN GOALTENDER PATRICK DESROCHERS".
(May 2, 2003). "HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH CRAIG ADAMS".
(June 6, 2003). "HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH KEVIN WEEKES".
"2002 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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