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2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Phoenix Coyotes
Record	31–35–11–5
HomeRecord	17–16–6–2
RoadRecord	14–19–5–3
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	11th
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	4th
GoalsFor	204
GoalsAgainst	230
GeneralManager	Mike Barnett
Coach	Bobby Francis
Captain	Teppo Numminen
AltCaptain	Shane Doan
Claude Lemieux (Oct.–Jan.)
Arena	America West Arena
Attendance	13,229
MinorLeague	Springfield Falcons
GoalsLeader	Mike Johnson (23)
AssistsLeader	Mike Johnson (40)
PointsLeader	Mike Johnson (63)
PIMLeader	Andrei Nazarov (135)
Todd Simpson (135)
PlusMinusLeader	Daymond Langkow (+20)
WinsLeader	Brian Boucher (15)
GAALeader	Sean Burke (2.12)

Claude Lemieux (Oct.–Jan.) Todd Simpson (135) 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. The Coyotes failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2000–01 season.

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.

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

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 9, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||2–5 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 14, 2002||4–2 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||1–2–0–0 || |- |4||October 15, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) ||1–3–0–0 || |- |5||October 17, 2002||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) ||1–4–0–0 || |- |6||October 19, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) ||2–4–0–0 || |- |7||October 22, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||3–4–0–0 || |- |8||October 24, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||3–5–0–0 || |- |9||October 26, 2002||1–6 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||3–6–0–0 || |- |10||October 28, 2002||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2002–03) ||3–6–0–1 || |- |11||October 29, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2002–03) ||4–6–0–1 || |- |12||October 31, 2002||2–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||4–7–0–1 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
12	RW	82	23	40	63	9	47
19	RW	82	21	37	58	3	86
17	LW	80	22	35	57	17	92
11	C	82	20	32	52	20	56
8	C	68	17	29	46	−21	50
10	RW	59	13	23	36	−12	26
27	D	78	6	24	30	0	30
29	RW	79	12	15	27	−2	63
23	D	73	10	15	25	−7	78
55	D	64	4	16	20	2	36
34	LW	30	10	8	18	1	30
7	D	51	7	10	17	−5	20
49	LW	43	6	10	16	−4	22
22	RW	36	6	8	14	−3	30
28	RW	31	6	8	14	1	26
16	RW	79	3	9	12	0	109
2	D	66	2	7	9	7	135
4	D	67	2	7	9	1	82
15	D	77	1	8	9	2	18
32	LW	20	3	4	7	3	32
18	LW	40	3	4	7	−4	10
14	C	20	3	1	4	−4	4
24	C	4	0	4	4	3	8
44	LW	59	3	0	3	−9	135
5	D	7	1	2	3	0	27
33	G	45	0	1	1		0
45	D	15	0	1	1	−5	28
77	C	14	0	1	1	−11	21
38	LW	23	0	1	1	−5	8
34	RW	5	0	0	0	−1	2
35	G	16	0	0	0		2
1	G	22	0	0	0		4
40	G	4	0	0	0		0
37	D	10	0	0	0	−2	10
52	D	3	0	0	0	−1	0
24	LW	25	0	0	0	−1	82
21	C	2	0	0	0	−1	0
36	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
40	G	2	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
33	Brian Boucher	45	15	20	8	1210	128	3.02	.894	0	2544
1	Sean Burke	22	12	6	2	632	44	2.12	.930	2	1248
35	Zac Bierk	16	4	9	1	471	32	2.17	.932	1	884
40	Patrick DesRochers	4	0	3	0	88	11	3.77	.875	0	175
40	Jean-Marc Pelletier	2	0	2	0	48	6	3.03	.875	0	119

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL Player of the Week	Sean Burke (January 6)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Branko Radivojevic
Ossi Vaananen
Hardest Working Player Award	Shane Doan
Leading Scorer Award	Mike Johnson
Man of the Year Award	Landon Wilson
Team MVP Award	Mike Johnson
Three-Star Award	Ladislav Nagy

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Jeff Taffe	October 14, 2002
Ramzi Abid	November 12, 2002
Paul Ranheim	March 6, 2003

Transactions

The Coyotes 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 [Philadelphia Flyers](2002-03-philadelphia-flyers-season)	To Phoenix Coyotes
To [Carolina Hurricanes](2002-03-carolina-hurricanes-season)	To Phoenix Coyotes
To [Dallas Stars](2002-03-dallas-stars-season)	To Phoenix Coyotes
To [Florida Panthers](2002-03-florida-panthers-season)	To Phoenix Coyotes
To Philadelphia Flyers	To Phoenix Coyotes
To [Buffalo Sabres](2002-03-buffalo-sabres-season)	To Phoenix Coyotes
To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2002-03-pittsburgh-penguins-season)	To Phoenix Coyotes
To [Vancouver Canucks](2002-03-vancouver-canucks-season)	To Phoenix Coyotes
To [Boston Bruins](2002-03-boston-bruins-season)	To Phoenix Coyotes

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Kelly Buchberger
Tony Amonte
Deron Quint
Frank Banham
Jason Bonsignore
Mike Stutzel
Kiel McLeod

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Wyatt Smith
Jean-Guy Trudel
Sebastien Bordeleau
Denis Pederson
Mike Sullivan
Alex Andreyev

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Fredrik Sjostrom
Todd Simpson
Landon Wilson
Patrick DesRochers
Daniel Briere
Paul Mara
Ladislav Nagy
Sean Burke
Brian Boucher
Jean-Marc Pelletier
Ossi Vaananen
Darren McLachlan
Matthew Spiller
Frantisek Lukes

Draft picks

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

Notes

References

Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, {{ISBN. 978-1-57215-037-9
"2002-03 NHL Summary".
"2002-03 Phoenix Coyotes Schedule".
(January 6, 2003). "Coyotes' Sean Burke Named NHL Player of the Week".
(January 18, 2003). "NHL - 2003 YoungStars Rosters".
Arizona Coyotes 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.290
"2002-03 NHL Debuts".
(March 7, 2003). "Coyotes vs. Blues - NHL Game Recap - March 6, 2003".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(December 19, 2002). "Coyotes Acquire Ranheim from Philadelphia".
(December 31, 2002). "Coyotes Acquire Goaltender Jean - Marc Pelletier".
(January 16, 2003). "Coyotes Acquire Pellerin from Dallas".
(March 8, 2003). "Coyotes Acquire Brad Ference from Florida".
(March 10, 2003). "Coyotes Trade Amonte to Philadelphia for Guillaume Lefebvre , 3rd Round Draft Choice In 2003 & 2nd Round Draft Choice In 2004".
(March 11, 2003). "Sabres Acquire Daniel Briere From Phoenix in Exchange for Chris Gratton".
(March 11, 2003). "Coyotes Acquire Hrdina and Leroux from Pittsburgh In Exchange for Abid , Focht & Lefebvre".
(March 11, 2003). "Coyotes Trade May to Vancouver for A Conditional Draft Choice In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft".
(July 7, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Buchberger to One-Year Deal".
(July 12, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Tony Amonte to Four-Year Deal".
(October 26, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Quint to One-Year Deal".
(November 7, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Frank Banham to Multi-Year Deal".
(February 4, 2005). "Wranglers Sign Bonsignore".
(April 10, 2003). "Coyotes Sign Free Agent Mike Stutzel".
(June 9, 2003). "COYOTES SIGN HUGE PROSPECT KIEL McLEOD".
(July 2, 2002). "NHL FREE-AGENT LIST".
(July 15, 2002). "Nashville Predators sign forwards Greg Koehler, Cameron Mann and Wyatt Smith".
(July 17, 2002). "ACTIVITY".
"SEBASTIEN BORDELEAU".
(July 24, 2002). "Predators sign two free agents".
(July 29, 2002). "P-Bruins Tab Sullivan".
(September 12, 2002). "Generals sign a pair of Icemen".
(June 28, 2002). "NHL - Coyotes sign 2001 first-round pick Sjostrom".
(July 17, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Simpson to Two-Year Deal".
(July 31, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Wilson to One-Year Deal".
"PATRICK DESROCHERS".
(August 6, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Briere to Two-Year Deal".
(September 6, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Mara to Multi-Year Deal".
(September 11, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Nagy to Two-Year Deal".
(September 27, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Sean Burke to Multi-Year Deal".
(September 30, 2002). "Coyotes Sign Boucher to Multi-Year Deal".
(January 23, 2003). "Coyotes Sign Pelletier to Multi Year Deal".
(April 22, 2003). "Coyotes & Vaananen Agree to Terms".
(June 1, 2003). "Coyotes Sign Seattle Duo".
(June 5, 2003). "Coyotes Sign Lukes to A Multi-Year Deal".
"2002 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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