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2002–03 Florida Panthers season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Florida Panthers
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	13th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	4th
Record	24–36–13–9
HomeRecord	8–21–7–5
RoadRecord	16–15–6–4
GoalsFor	176
GoalsAgainst	237
GeneralManager	Rick Dudley
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Vacant
AltCaptain	Olli Jokinen
Viktor Kozlov
Marcus Nilson
Sandis Ozolinsh (Oct.–Jan.)
Dmitri Yushkevich (Oct.–Nov.)
Arena	Office Depot Center
Attendance	15,428
MinorLeague	San Antonio Rampage
GoalsLeader	Olli Jokinen (36)
AssistsLeader	Olli Jokinen (29)
PointsLeader	Olli Jokinen (65)
PlusMinusLeader	Andreas Lilja (+8)
PIMLeader	Peter Worrell (193)
WinsLeader	Roberto Luongo (20)
GAALeader	Roberto Luongo (2.71)

Viktor Kozlov Marcus Nilson Sandis Ozolinsh (Oct.–Jan.) Dmitri Yushkevich (Oct.–Nov.)

The 2002–03 Florida Panthers season was their tenth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season, but did host the 53rd All-Star Game.

Offseason

Rick Dudley was named the team’s new general manager.

Regular season

All-Star Game

The 53rd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held during the 2002–03 NHL season, and took place at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida, the home of the Florida Panthers, on February 2, 2003. It was the first All-Star Game since the 1997 All-Star Game to use the Eastern Conference – Western Conference format.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 10, 2002||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) ||0–0–0–1 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||1–0–0–1 || |- |3||October 15, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||1–1–0–1 || |- |4||October 17, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||1–2–0–1 || |- |5||October 19, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||1–3–0–1 || |- |6||October 21, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||2–3–0–1 || |- |7||October 23, 2002||4–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) ||3–3–0–1 || |- |8||October 24, 2002||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2002–03) ||3–4–0–1 || |- |9||October 26, 2002||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||3–4–1–1 || |- |10||October 28, 2002||1–6 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) ||3–5–1–1 || |- |11||October 30, 2002||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||4–5–1–1 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
12	C	81	36	29	65	−17	79
25	C	74	22	34	56	−8	18
22	LW	78	20	23	43	−6	20
18	LW	82	15	19	34	2	31
39	RW	78	10	17	27	−16	30
44	D	51	7	19	26	−16	40
20	RW	46	5	21	26	−11	10
14	LW	80	8	15	23	−8	20
9	C	77	6	15	21	−13	17
27	RW	52	5	13	18	−2	14
4	D	82	4	12	16	−29	14
16	C	30	6	6	12	−4	22
6	D	56	4	8	12	8	56
56	D	82	4	8	12	−18	92
34	D	34	1	8	9	−18	14
32	LW	52	4	4	8	−9	27
45	D	60	2	6	8	2	118
17	C	58	2	5	7	−13	26
36	D	23	1	6	7	−12	14
21	RW	23	4	2	6	−7	12
8	LW	63	2	3	5	−14	193
49	D	36	3	1	4	−4	78
29	C	8	2	2	4	2	4
19	C	30	0	3	3	−4	19
7	D	22	0	3	3	−1	24
5	D	11	2	0	2	−2	10
55	D	56	1	1	2	7	39
38	LW	15	0	1	1	−7	25
23	RW	10	0	1	1	1	0
29	D	7	0	1	1	−3	4
15	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	RW	9	0	0	0	−1	4
24	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	15
30	G	28	0	0	0		2
1	G	65	0	0	0		4
28	D	1	0	0	0	−2	2
33	D	3	0	0	0	−2	0
36	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	4

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Roberto Luongo	65	20	34	7	2011	164	2.71	.918	6	3627
30	Jani Hurme	28	4	11	6	707	66	2.88	.907	1	1376

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL All-Rookie Team	Jay Bouwmeester (Defense)
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Olli Jokinen
Sandis Ozolinsh
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Jay Bouwmeester
Niklas Hagman
Stephen Weiss

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Jay Bouwmeester	October 10, 2002
Ivan Majesky

Transactions

The Panthers 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 Florida Panthers	To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2002-03-columbus-blue-jackets-season)	title=Florida Panthers--Press Box-Draft Recaps	url=http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/draftrecaps.shtml	website=Florida Panthers	access-date=December 2, 2022	archive-date=July 3, 2003	date=June 23, 2002	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030703115228/http://floridapanthers.com:80/pressbox/news/draftrecaps.shtml}}
To Florida Panthers	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2002-03-atlanta-thrashers-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Calgary Flames](2002-03-calgary-flames-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [New York Islanders](2002-03-new-york-islanders-season)
To Florida Panthers	To Columbus Blue Jackets
To Florida Panthers	To New York Islanders
To Florida Panthers	To [San Jose Sharks](2002-03-san-jose-sharks-season)	title=PANTHERS ADD DEPTH WITH TWO FORMER BARONS	url=http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/barons.shtml	website=Florida Panthers	access-date=December 2, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030702072506/http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/barons.shtml	archive-date=July 2, 2003	date=July 16, 2002}}
To Florida Panthers	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2002-03-toronto-maple-leafs-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Ottawa Senators](2002-03-ottawa-senators-season)
To Florida Panthers	To Columbus Blue Jackets	title=PANTHERS ACQUIRE D MATHIEU BIRON IN WAIVER DRAFT TRADE	url=http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/bironacquired.shtml	website=Florida Panthers	access-date=December 2, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030703110753/http://floridapanthers.com/pressbox/news/bironacquired.shtml	archive-date=July 3, 2003	date=October 4, 2002}}
To Florida Panthers	To New York Islanders
To Florida Panthers	To [Los Angeles Kings](2002-03-los-angeles-kings-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2002-03-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)
To Florida Panthers	To Ottawa Senators
To Florida Panthers	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2002-03-phoenix-coyotes-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [Nashville Predators](2002-03-nashville-predators-season)
To Florida Panthers	To [St. Louis Blues](2002-03-st-louis-blues-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Sven Butenschon
Jeff Toms
Andy Lundbohm
Jim Campbell
Tyrone Garner
Stephane Matteau
Scott Kelman
Chris Mason
Petr Tenkrat
Jamie Rivers
Igor Kravchuk

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
David MacIsaac	Amur Khabarovsk (RSL)
Matt Herr	Boston Bruins
Nick Smith	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Trevor Kidd	Toronto Maple Leafs
Lance Pitlick	Colorado Avalanche
Andrew Allen	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Hannes Hyvonen	Columbus Blue Jackets
Brad Norton	Los Angeles Kings
Paul Harvey	Arkansas RiverBlades (ECHL)
Ryan Johnson	St. Louis Blues

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Olli Jokinen
Ivan Majesky
Dmitri Yushkevich
Viktor Kozlov
Serge Payer
Brad Ference
Joey Tetarenko
Ivan Novoseltsev
Jay Bouwmeester
Jani Hurme
Grant McNeill
Gregory Campbell

Draft picks

Florida'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	3	Jay Bouwmeester	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
1	9	Petr Taticek	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	40	Rob Globke	University of Notre Dame (Hockey East)
3	67	Gregory Campbell	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
5	134	Topi Jaakola	Karpat (Finland)
5	158	Vince Bellissimo	Topeka ScareCrows (USHL)
6	169	Jeremy Swanson	Barrie Colts (OHL)
6	196	Mikael Vuorio	Lukko (Finland)
7	200	Denis Yachmenev	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	232	Peter Hafner	Taft High School (USHS-CT)

Notes

References

(May 10, 2002). "PANTHERS NAME RICK DUDLEY GENERAL MANAGER".
"2002-03 Florida Panthers Schedule".
"Postseason All-Star Teams".
(January 27, 2003). "NHL - Belfour, Leetch, Koivu all pull out of All-Star Game".
"2003 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
"NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".
(January 18, 2003). "NHL - 2003 YoungStars Rosters".
"2002-03 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 23, 2002). "Florida Panthers--Press Box-Draft Recaps".
(July 3, 2002). "PANTHERS ACQUIRE D BRANISLAV MEZEI FROM ISLANDERS".
(July 16, 2002). "PANTHERS ADD DEPTH WITH TWO FORMER BARONS".
(July 18, 2002). "PANTHERS ACQUIRE ALL-STAR D DMITRY YUSHKEVICH".
(October 1, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS ACQUIRE G JANI HURME IN TRADE".
(October 4, 2002). "PANTHERS ACQUIRE D MATHIEU BIRON IN WAIVER DRAFT TRADE".
(October 11, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS ACQUIRE RW JURAJ KOLNIK".
(November 26, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS ACQUIRE C JAROSLAV BEDNAR AND D ANDREAS LILJA IN A TRADE WITH LOS ANGELES".
(January 30, 2003). "PANTHERS ACQUIRE C MATT CULLEN, D PAVEL TRNKA".
(March 4, 2003). "FLORIDA PANTHERS ACQUIRE G SIMON LAJEUNESSE IN TRADE".
(March 8, 2003). "PANTHERS ACQUIRE LW DARCY HORDICHUK IN TRADE".
(March 9, 2003). "PANTHERS ACQUIRE D PASCAL TREPANIER IN TRADE".
(March 11, 2003). "FLORIDA PANTHERS ACQUIRE D MIKE VAN RYN IN TRADE".
(July 9, 2002). "Florida Panthers Sign Unrestricted Free Agent D Sven Butenschon".
(July 10, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN C JEFF TOMS".
(July 19, 2002). "PANTHERS C OLLI JOKINEN AGREES TO TERMS".
(July 31, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN A PAIR".
(August 2, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN LW STEPHANE MATTEAU".
"SCOTT KELMAN".
(March 27, 2003). "PANTHERS RECALL G CHRIS MASON FROM SAN ANTONIO".
(December 16, 2002). "PANTHERS RECALL RW JURAJ KOLNIK AND D JAMIE RIVERS FROM SAN ANTONIO AND REASSIGN G WADE FLAHERTY".
(March 11, 2003). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN VETERAN D IGOR KRAVCHUK".
(July 2, 2002). "NHL FREE-AGENT LIST".
{{eliteprospects. 12906. David MacIsaac, retrieved December 2, 2022
(July 18, 2002). "Boston Bruins sign five players".
(August 22, 2002). "Mighty Ducks Agree to Terms with Five Players".
(August 27, 2002). "Kidd gets new lease on career".
(August 26, 2002). "TREVOR KIDD CLEARS WAIVERS".
(August 27, 2002). "Former Bear Lance Pitlick Signs with Avalanche".
(September 25, 2002). "Griffins Add Depth to Roster".
(October 6, 2002). "TRANSACTIONS".
(October 9, 2002). "Fleury suspended by Chicago after violating abuse program".
"Transactions".
(February 19, 2003). "PANTHERS RECALL ERIC BEAUDOIN FROM SAN ANTONIO".
(July 24, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN D DMITRY YUSHKEVICH".
(July 30, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN C VIKTOR KOZLOV".
(August 15, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS RE-SIGN FERENCE, TETARENKO".
(August 16, 2002). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN RW IVAN NOVOSELTSEV".
(October 7, 2002). "PANTHERS AGREE TO CONTRACT WITH D JAY BOUWMEESTER".
(February 5, 2003). "PANTHERS AGREE TO CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH JANI HURME".
(March 16, 2003). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN D GRANT McNEILL".
(March 27, 2003). "FLORIDA PANTHERS SIGN C/LW GREGORY CAMPBELL".
"2002 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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