2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes season

2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	11th Western
2002–03 record	31–35–11–5
Goals for	204
Goals against	230
Team information
General manager	Mike Barnett
Coach	Bobby Francis
Captain	Teppo Numminen

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.

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.[1]

The Coyotes finished the regular season having allowed the most power-play goals of all 30 NHL teams, with 77.[2]

Final standings

Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	7	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
3	10	Los Angeles Kings	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
4	11	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
5	14	San Jose Sharks	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 9, 2002	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 12, 2002	2–5	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	0–2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 2002	4–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	1–2–0–0
4	L	October 15, 2002	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	1–3–0–0
5	L	October 17, 2002	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	1–4–0–0
6	W	October 19, 2002	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	2–4–0–0
7	W	October 22, 2002	2–1	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	3–4–0–0
8	L	October 24, 2002	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	3–5–0–0
9	L	October 26, 2002	1–6	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	3–6–0–0
10	OTL	October 28, 2002	2–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	3–6–0–1
11	W	October 29, 2002	3–2	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	4–6–0–1
12	L	October 31, 2002	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	4–7–0–1
13	W	November 3, 2002	2–1 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	5–7–0–1
14	W	November 7, 2002	4–1	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	6–7–0–1
15	L	November 9, 2002	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	6–8–0–1
16	L	November 11, 2002	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	6–9–0–1
17	L	November 12, 2002	2–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	6–10–0–1
18	W	November 15, 2002	5–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	7–10–0–1
19	T	November 17, 2002	4–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	7–10–1–1
20	T	November 20, 2002	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	7–10–2–1
21	T	November 22, 2002	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	7–10–3–1
22	L	November 25, 2002	1–5	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	7–11–3–1
23	T	November 27, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	7–11–4–1
24	L	November 28, 2002	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	7–12–4–1
25	W	November 30, 2002	3–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	8–12–4–1
26	OTL	December 3, 2002	2–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	8–12–4–2
27	L	December 5, 2002	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	8–13–4–2
28	L	December 7, 2002	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	8–14–4–2
29	T	December 9, 2002	3–3 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	8–14–5–2
30	W	December 11, 2002	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	9–14–5–2
31	L	December 13, 2002	3–4	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	9–15–5–2
32	W	December 15, 2002	2–1	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	10–15–5–2
33	W	December 17, 2002	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	11–15–5–2
34	T	December 20, 2002	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	11–15–6–2
35	L	December 22, 2002	0–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	11–16–6–2
36	OTL	December 26, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	11–16–6–3
37	W	December 28, 2002	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	12–16–6–3
38	W	December 30, 2002	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	13–16–6–3
39	W	January 1, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	14–16–6–3
40	W	January 3, 2003	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	15–16–6–3
41	L	January 4, 2003	0–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	15–17–6–3
42	T	January 8, 2003	0–0 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	15–17–7–3
43	L	January 10, 2003	1–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	15–18–7–3
44	OTL	January 11, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	15–18–7–4
45	L	January 14, 2003	1–4	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	15–19–7–4
46	L	January 18, 2003	0–1	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	15–20–7–4
47	W	January 20, 2003	3–1	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	16–20–7–4
48	W	January 23, 2003	7–1	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	17–20–7–4
49	W	January 24, 2003	5–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	18–20–7–4
50	L	January 26, 2003	0–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	18–21–7–4
51	W	January 28, 2003	4–3	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	19–21–7–4
52	L	February 5, 2003	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	19–22–7–4
53	L	February 7, 2003	2–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	19–23–7–4
54	L	February 8, 2003	1–3	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	19–24–7–4
55	L	February 12, 2003	0–3	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	19–25–7–4
56	W	February 14, 2003	3–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	20–25–7–4
57	W	February 15, 2003	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	21–25–7–4
58	W	February 18, 2003	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	22–25–7–4
59	W	February 20, 2003	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	23–25–7–4
60	T	February 21, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	23–25–8–4
61	L	February 23, 2003	2–4	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	23–26–8–4
62	W	February 26, 2003	4–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	24–26–8–4
63	W	February 28, 2003	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	25–26–8–4
64	L	March 2, 2003	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	25–27–8–4
65	W	March 4, 2003	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	26–27–8–4
66	L	March 6, 2003	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	26–28–8–4
67	W	March 8, 2003	6–4	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	27–28–8–4
68	T	March 10, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	27–28–9–4
69	L	March 12, 2003	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	27–29–9–4
70	L	March 14, 2003	0–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	27–30–9–4
71	W	March 15, 2003	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	28–30–9–4
72	W	March 18, 2003	2–1	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	29–30–9–4
73	W	March 20, 2003	3–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	30–30–9–4
74	L	March 22, 2003	0–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	30–31–9–4
75	L	March 24, 2003	0–2	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	30–32–9–4
76	L	March 26, 2003	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	30–33–9–4
77	L	March 27, 2003	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	30–34–9–4
78	L	March 29, 2003	1–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	30–35–9–4
79	OTL	March 31, 2003	4–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	30–35–9–5
80	T	April 2, 2003	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	30–35–10–5
81	W	April 4, 2003	1–0	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	31–35–10–5
82	T	April 6, 2003	3–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	31–35–11–5

Playoffs

The Coyotes failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2000-01 season.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Johnson	RW	82	23	40	63	47	9	8	0	3
Shane Doan	RW	82	21	37	58	86	3	7	0	2
Ladislav Nagy	LW	80	22	35	57	92	17	8	0	6
Daymond Langkow	C	82	20	32	52	56	20	4	2	2
Daniel Briere	C	68	17	29	46	50	-21	4	0	3
Tony Amonte	RW	59	13	23	36	26	-12	6	0	3
Teppo Numminen	D	78	6	24	30	30	0	2	0	1
Branko Radivojevic	RW	79	12	15	27	63	-2	1	0	3
Paul Mara	D	73	10	15	25	78	-7	1	0	0
Danny Markov	D	64	4	16	20	36	2	2	0	0
Ramzi Abid	LW	30	10	8	18	30	1	4	0	3
Deron Quint	D	51	7	10	17	20	-5	2	0	0
Brian Savage	LW	43	6	10	16	22	-4	1	0	1
Claude Lemieux	RW	36	6	8	14	30	-3	1	1	0
Landon Wilson	RW	31	6	8	14	26	1	0	0	3
Kelly Buchberger	RW	79	3	9	12	109	0	0	1	0
Todd Simpson	D	66	2	7	9	135	7	0	0	0
Ossi Vaananen	D	67	2	7	9	82	1	0	0	0
Radoslav Suchy	D	77	1	8	9	18	2	1	0	0
Brad May	LW	20	3	4	7	32	3	0	0	0
Paul Ranheim	LW	40	3	4	7	10	-4	0	0	0
Jeff Taffe	C	20	3	1	4	4	-4	1	0	1
Jan Hrdina	C	4	0	4	4	8	3	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov	LW	59	3	0	3	135	-9	2	0	0
Drake Berehowsky	D	7	1	2	3	27	0	0	0	0
Brian Boucher	G	45	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Ference	D	15	0	1	1	28	-5	0	0	0
Chris Gratton	C	14	0	1	1	21	-11	0	0	0
Scott Pellerin	LW	23	0	1	1	8	-5	0	0	0
Frank Banham	RW	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Zac Bierk	G	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	22	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Patrick DesRochers	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Focht	D	10	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Martin Grenier	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Darcy Hordichuk	LW	25	0	0	0	82	-1	0	0	0
Jason Jaspers	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Krys Kolanos	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean-Marc Pelletier	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Brian Boucher	2544	45	15	20	8	128	3.02	0	1210	1082	.894
Sean Burke	1248	22	12	6	2	44	2.12	2	632	588	.930
Zac Bierk	884	16	4	9	1	32	2.17	1	471	439	.932
Patrick DesRochers	175	4	0	3	0	11	3.77	0	88	77	.875
Jean-Marc Pelletier	119	2	0	2	0	6	3.03	0	48	42	.875
Team:	4970	82	31	40	11	221	2.67	3	2449	2228	.910

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

Trades

December 19, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Future Considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Paul Ranheim
December 31, 2002	To Carolina Hurricanes Patrick DesRochers	To Phoenix Coyotes Jean-Marc Pelletier Future Considerations
January 16, 2003	To Dallas Stars Claude Lemieux	To Phoenix Coyotes Scott Pellerin 4th round pick in 2004 - Kevin Porter
March 8, 2003	To Florida Panthers Darcy Hordichuk 2nd round pick in 2003 - Matt Smaby	To Phoenix Coyotes Brad Ference
March 10, 2003	To Buffalo Sabres Daniel Briere 3rd round pick in 2004 - Andrej Sekera	To Phoenix Coyotes Chris Gratton 4th round pick in 2004 - Liam Reddox
March 10, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Tony Amonte	To Phoenix Coyotes Guillaume Lefebvre 3rd round pick in 2003 - Tyler Redenbach 2nd round pick in 2004 - Brandon Dubinsky
March 11, 2003	To Vancouver Canucks Brad May	To Phoenix Coyotes 3rd round pick in 2003 - Dimitri Pestunov
March 11, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre	To Phoenix Coyotes Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux
May 31, 2003	To Boston Bruins 5th round pick in 2004 - Kris Versteeg	To Phoenix Coyotes Darren McLachlan
June 21, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes Danny Markov 4th round pick in 2004 - Billy Ryan	To Phoenix Coyotes David Tanabe Igor Knyazev
June 21, 2003	To St. Louis Blues 5th round pick in 2003 - Lee Stempniak	To Phoenix Coyotes Tyson Nash
June 22, 2003	To Dallas Stars 8th round pick in 2004 - Martin Houle	To Phoenix Coyotes 9th round pick in 2003 - Loic Burkhalter

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Kelly Buchberger	Los Angeles Kings
Tony Amonte	Chicago Blackhawks
Deron Quint	Columbus Blue Jackets
Frank Banham	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
Jason Bonsignore	Springfield Falcons (AHL)

Player	New Team
Denis Pederson	Nashville Predators

Roster

2002-03 Phoenix Coyotes

Goaltenders

Defensemen

2 – Todd Simpson
4 – Ossi Vaananen
5 – Drake Berehowsky
7 – Deron Quint
15 – Radoslav Suchy
23 – Paul Mara
27 – Teppo Numminen - C
37 – Dan Focht
45 – Brad Ference
52 – Martin Grenier
55 – Danny Markov

Wingers

10 – Tony Amonte
12 – Mike Johnson
16 – Kelly Buchberger
17 – Ladislav Nagy
18 – Frank Banham
18 – Paul Ranheim
19 – Shane Doan
22 – Claude Lemieux
24 – Darcy Hordichuk
24 – Jan Hrdina
28 – Landon Wilson
29 – Branko Radivojevic
32 – Brad May
34 – Ramzi Abid
38 – Scott Pellerin
44 – Andrei Nazarov
49 – Brian Savage

Centres

8 – Daniel Briere
11 – Daymond Langkow
14 – Jeff Taffe
21 – Jason Jaspers
36 – Krys Kolanos
77 – Chris Gratton
GM: Michael Barnett
Coach: Bobby Francis

Draft picks

Phoenix's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

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

References

Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003.html
Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
"2002-03 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

"2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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[1] Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9

[2] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003.html

[3] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.

[4] "2002-03 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

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Regular season

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

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