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2002–03 Colorado Avalanche season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Colorado Avalanche
Record	42–19–13–8
HomeRecord	21–9–8–3
RoadRecord	21–10–5–5
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	3rd
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	1st
GoalsFor	251
GoalsAgainst	194
GeneralManager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley (Oct.–Dec.)
Tony Granato (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Joe Sakic
AltCaptain	Rob Blake
Adam Foote
Peter Forsberg
Mike Keane
Arena	Pepsi Center
Attendance	18,007
MinorLeague	Hershey Bears
GoalsLeader	Milan Hejduk (50)
AssistsLeader	Peter Forsberg (77)
PointsLeader	Peter Forsberg (106)
PIMLeader	Adam Foote (88)
PlusMinusLeader	Peter Forsberg (+52)
Milan Hejduk (+52)
WinsLeader	Patrick Roy (35)
GAALeader	Patrick Roy (2.18)
DivisionWin	yes

Tony Granato (Dec.–Apr.) Adam Foote Peter Forsberg Mike Keane Milan Hejduk (+52) The 2002–03 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's eighth season. It involved winning their fifth Northwest Division and a record ninth consecutive division title.

Regular season

Head coach Bob Hartley was fired on December 18 and replaced by assistant coach Tony Granato.
January 20, 2003: In a game against the Dallas Stars, Patrick Roy became the first goaltender to appear in 1,000 regular season games. At the end of the game, Marty Turco raised his mask to praise Patrick. Prior to the game, Rogatien Vachon presented Roy with a silver goalie stick. Jim Gregory, vice-president of operations for the NHL presented Roy with a crystal sculpture.
April 6, 2003: In a game against the St. Louis Blues, Patrick Roy played the last regular season game of his career. The Avalanche won the game by a score of 5–2. It was Roy's 1,029th game, and his 551st victory.

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 9, 2002||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||0–0–1–0 || |- |2||October 14, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2002–03) ||0–1–1–0 || |- |3||October 17, 2002||4–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||1–1–1–0 || |- |4||October 19, 2002||3–1 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||2–1–1–0 || |- |5||October 20, 2002||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||2–1–1–1 || |- |6||October 22, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||2–1–2–1 || |- |7||October 24, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||3–1–2–1 || |- |8||October 27, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||3–1–3–1 || |- |9||October 29, 2002||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||3–1–3–2 || |- |10||October 31, 2002||5–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||4–1–3–2 ||

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Playoffs

|- |1||April 10, 2003||2–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild || Wild lead 1–0 || |- |2||April 12, 2003||3–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild || Series tied 1–1 || |- |3||April 14, 2003||3–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- |4||April 16, 2003||3–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- |5||April 19, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild || Avalanche lead 3–2 || |- |6||April 21, 2003||2–3 OT || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild || Series tied 3–3 || |- |7||April 22, 2003||2–3 OT || align="left"| Minnesota Wild || Wild win 4–3 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
21	C	75	29	77	106	52	70	7	2	6	8	3	6
23	RW	82	50	48	98	52	32	7	2	2	4	4	2
40	LW	82	26	41	67	34	36	7	1	2	3	−2	4
19	C	58	26	32	58	4	24	7	6	3	9	1	2
28	C	77	18	33	51	−6	18	7	1	2	3	1	0
53	D	75	11	37	48	16	68	7	0	3	3	2	6
4	D	79	17	28	45	20	57	7	1	2	3	2	8
7	D	82	6	26	32	15	70	7	2	0	2	2	0
52	D	78	11	20	31	30	88	6	0	1	1	2	8
17	RW	66	11	19	30	0	16
41	D	81	4	21	25	11	68	7	0	1	1	−1	4
37	C	41	10	8	18	1	10
29	LW	72	4	10	14	−2	16	5	0	0	0	0	0
13	RW	60	6	4	10	4	49	7	1	2	3	0	2
12	RW	65	5	5	10	0	34	6	0	0	0	0	2
10	LW	66	4	6	10	−2	64	5	0	0	0	1	4
22	C	42	4	5	9	8	20
11	C	74	3	6	9	−12	35	6	0	0	0	1	4
32	C	42	3	4	7	3	12	6	0	2	2	2	2
44	LW	13	1	5	6	−2	10	7	0	2	2	1	4
27	RW	43	1	3	4	6	82	1	0	0	0	0	2
9	LW	6	0	3	3	3	2
20	D	14	0	3	3	4	33	7	0	0	0	1	4
2	D	32	0	2	2	3	19
6	D	34	1	0	1	2	55
24	D	14	0	1	1	6	26	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	RW	12	0	1	1	0	15	6	1	0	1	1	2
1	G	22	0	0	0		4
45	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	C	4	0	0	0	0	0
39	D	2	0	0	0	0	7
33	G	63	0	0	0		20	7	0	0	0		0
38	C	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Patrick Roy	63	35	15	13	1723	137	2.18	.920	5	3769	7	3	4	177	16	2.27	.910	1	423
1	David Aebischer	22	7	12	0	593	50	2.43	.916	1	1235	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
Art Ross Trophy	Peter Forsberg
Hart Memorial Trophy	Peter Forsberg
Lester Patrick Trophy	Ray Bourque
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	Milan Hejduk
NHL First All-Star Team	Peter Forsberg (Center)	title=Postseason All-Star Teams	url=https://records.nhl.com/awards/phwa-all-star-teams?season=20022003	website=records.nhl.com	access-date=December 21, 2022}}
NHL Second All-Star Team	Milan Hejduk (Right wing)
NHL Plus-Minus Award	Peter Forsberg
Milan Hejduk
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Rob Blake
Peter Forsberg
Patrick Roy
NHL Player of the Month	Peter Forsberg (February)
NHL Player of the Week	Joe Sakic (November 4)
Patrick Roy (January 27)
Patrick Roy (February 10)
Milan Hejduk (April 7)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	David Aebischer

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Jeff Paul	October 9, 2002
Charlie Stephens	December 27, 2002
Patrick Roy	January 20, 2003

Transactions

The Avalanche 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 Colorado Avalanche	To [Calgary Flames](2002-03-calgary-flames-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [St. Louis Blues](2002-03-st-louis-blues-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2002-03-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [San Jose Sharks](2002-03-san-jose-sharks-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Carolina Hurricanes](2002-03-carolina-hurricanes-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To Calgary Flames	title=AVALANCHE ACQUIRES A FIFTH ROUND SELECTION FROM CALGARY AND A SEVENTH ROUNDER FROM NASHVILLE AT THE TRADE DEADLINE	url=http://www.coloradoavalanche.com/news/nr103211142156.html	website=Colorado Avalanche	access-date=December 7, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004073013/http://www.coloradoavalanche.com/news/nr103211142156.html	archive-date=October 4, 2003	date=March 11, 2003}}
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Nashville Predators](2002-03-nashville-predators-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Steve Brule
Serge Aubin
Lance Pitlick
Tom Lawson

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Matt Scorsune
Darius Kasparaitis
Yuri Babenko
Jaroslav Obsut
Sanny Lindstrom
Pascal Trepanier
Kelly Fairchild
Jeff Daw
Lance Pitlick
Patrick Roy

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Peter Budaj
Dan Hinote
Sergei Klyazmin
Brad Larsen
Bryan Muir
Agris Saviels
D. J. Smith
Charlie Stephens
Martin Skoula
Alex Tanguay
Johnny Boychuk
John-Michael Liles
Cody McCormick

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	28	Jonas Johansson	HV71 (Sweden)
2	61	Johnny Boychuk	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	94	Eric Lundberg	Providence College (Hockey East)
4	107	Mikko Kalteva	Jokerit Jr. (Finland)
4	129	Tom Gilbert	Chicago Steel (USHL)
5	164	Tyler Weiman	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	195	Taylor Christie	Bowling Green State University (WCHA)
7	227	Ryan Steeves	Yale University (ECAC)
8	258	Sergei Shemetov	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
9	289	Sean Collins	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)

Notes

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