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 |
Conferencerank: | 11th |
Divisionrank: | 4th |
Goalsfor: | 204 |
Goalsagainst: | 230 |
Altcaptain: | Shane Doan Claude Lemieux (Oct-Jan) |
Attendance: | 13,229 |
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) |
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.
The Coyotes finished the regular season having allowed the most power-play goals of all 30 NHL teams, with 77.[2]
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|1||L||October 9, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||0–1–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|2||L||October 12, 2002||2–5 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||0–2–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|3||W||October 14, 2002||4–2 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||1–2–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||October 15, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) ||1–3–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|5||L||October 17, 2002||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) ||1–4–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|6||W||October 19, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) ||2–4–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|7||W||October 22, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||3–4–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|8||L||October 24, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||3–5–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|9||L||October 26, 2002||1–6 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||3–6–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|10||OTL||October 28, 2002||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2002–03) ||3–6–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|11||W||October 29, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2002–03) ||4–6–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|12||L||October 31, 2002||2–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||4–7–0–1 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|13||W||November 3, 2002||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||5–7–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|14||W||November 7, 2002||4–1 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||6–7–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|15||L||November 9, 2002||2–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||6–8–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||November 11, 2002||2–4 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) ||6–9–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|17||L||November 12, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) ||6–10–0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|18||W||November 15, 2002||5–1 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||7–10–0–1 || |- align="center"|19||T||November 17, 2002||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||7–10–1–1 || |- align="center"|20||T||November 20, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||7–10–2–1 || |- align="center"|21||T||November 22, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (2002–03) ||7–10–3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|22||L||November 25, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||7–11–3–1 || |- align="center"|23||T||November 27, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||7–11–4–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|24||L||November 28, 2002||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||7–12–4–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|25||W||November 30, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||8–12–4–1 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|26||OTL||December 3, 2002||2–3 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||8–12–4–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|27||L||December 5, 2002||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||8–13–4–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|28||L||December 7, 2002||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) ||8–14–4–2 || |- align="center"|29||T||December 9, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||8–14–5–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|30||W||December 11, 2002||4–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||9–14–5–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||December 13, 2002||3–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||9–15–5–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|32||W||December 15, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||10–15–5–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|33||W||December 17, 2002||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) ||11–15–5–2 || |- align="center"|34||T||December 20, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||11–15–6–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|35||L||December 22, 2002||0–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||11–16–6–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|36||OTL||December 26, 2002||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||11–16–6–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|37||W||December 28, 2002||4–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||12–16–6–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|38||W||December 30, 2002||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||13–16–6–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|39||W||January 1, 2003||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||14–16–6–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|40||W||January 3, 2003||4–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||15–16–6–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|41||L||January 4, 2003||0–2 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||15–17–6–3 || |- align="center"|42||T||January 8, 2003||0–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||15–17–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|43||L||January 10, 2003||1–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||15–18–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|44||OTL||January 11, 2003||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||15–18–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|45||L||January 14, 2003||1–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||15–19–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|46||L||January 18, 2003||0–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) ||15–20–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|47||W||January 20, 2003||3–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||16–20–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|48||W||January 23, 2003||7–1 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||17–20–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|49||W||January 24, 2003||5–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||18–20–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|50||L||January 26, 2003||0–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||18–21–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|51||W||January 28, 2003||4–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||19–21–7–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|52||L||February 5, 2003||3–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||19–22–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|53||L||February 7, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||19–23–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|54||L||February 8, 2003||1–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||19–24–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|55||L||February 12, 2003||0–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2002–03) ||19–25–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|56||W||February 14, 2003||3–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||20–25–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|57||W||February 15, 2003||5–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||21–25–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|58||W||February 18, 2003||5–2 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||22–25–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|59||W||February 20, 2003||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||23–25–7–4 || |- align="center"|60||T||February 21, 2003||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||23–25–8–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|61||L||February 23, 2003||2–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||23–26–8–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|62||W||February 26, 2003||4–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) ||24–26–8–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|63||W||February 28, 2003||3–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||25–26–8–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|64||L||March 2, 2003||2–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||25–27–8–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|65||W||March 4, 2003||4–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) ||26–27–8–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|66||L||March 6, 2003||3–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||26–28–8–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|67||W||March 8, 2003||6–4 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||27–28–8–4 || |- align="center"|68||T||March 10, 2003||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||27–28–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|69||L||March 12, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||27–29–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|70||L||March 14, 2003||0–4 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||27–30–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|71||W||March 15, 2003||4–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||28–30–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|72||W||March 18, 2003||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2002–03) ||29–30–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|73||W||March 20, 2003||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||30–30–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|74||L||March 22, 2003||0–4 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) ||30–31–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|75||L||March 24, 2003||0–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||30–32–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|76||L||March 26, 2003||3–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||30–33–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|77||L||March 27, 2003||1–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||30–34–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|78||L||March 29, 2003||1–6 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||30–35–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|79||OTL||March 31, 2003||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||30–35–9–5 || |-|- align="center"|80||T||April 2, 2003||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||30–35–10–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|81||W||April 4, 2003||1–0 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||31–35–10–5 || |- align="center"|82||T||April 6, 2003||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||31–35–11–5 || |-|-| Legend:
Regular season | |||||||||
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Player | |||||||||
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 |
Regular season | ||||||||||||
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Player | ||||||||||||
33 | 45 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1210 | 128 | 3.02 | .894 | 0 | 2544 | ||
1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 632 | 44 | 2.12 | .930 | 2 | 1248 | ||
35 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 471 | 32 | 2.17 | .932 | 1 | 884 | ||
40 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 11 | 3.77 | .875 | 0 | 175 | ||
40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 3.03 | .875 | 0 | 119 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Sean Burke (January 6) | [3] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Branko Radivojevic | [4] | |
Ossi Vaananen | |||
Team | Hardest Working Player Award | Shane Doan | [5] |
Leading Scorer Award | Mike Johnson | ||
Man of the Year Award | Landon Wilson | ||
Team MVP Award | Mike Johnson | ||
Three-Star Award | Ladislav Nagy |
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.[7]
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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December 19, 2002 | To Philadelphia Flyers Conditional draft pick in 2004 | To Phoenix Coyotes Paul Ranheim | [8] | |
December 31, 2002 | To Carolina Hurricanes Patrick DesRochers | To Phoenix Coyotes Jean-Marc Pelletier Conditional draft pick | [9] | |
January 16, 2003 | To Dallas Stars Claude Lemieux | To Phoenix Coyotes Scott Pellerin Conditional draft pick in 2004 | [10] | |
March 8, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Darcy Hordichuk 2nd-round pick in 2003 | To Phoenix Coyotes Brad Ference | [11] | |
March 10, 2003 | To Philadelphia Flyers Tony Amonte | To Phoenix Coyotes Guillaume Lefebvre Atlanta’s 3rd-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2004 | [12] | |
March 11, 2003 | To Buffalo Sabres Daniel Briere 3rd-round pick in 2004 | To Phoenix Coyotes Chris Gratton 4th-round pick in 2004 | [13] | |
March 11, 2003 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre | To Phoenix Coyotes Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux | [14] | |
March 11, 2003 | To Vancouver Canucks Brad May | To Phoenix Coyotes Conditional draft pick in 2003 | [15] | |
May 31, 2003 | To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2004 | To Phoenix Coyotes Rights to Darren McLachlan |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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1-year | Free agency | [16] | ||||
4-year | Free agency | [17] | ||||
Springfield Falcons (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [18] | |||
Jokerit (Liiga) | multi-year | Free agency | [19] | |||
Springfield Falcons (AHL) | Free agency | [20] | ||||
Northern Michigan University (CCHA) | 1-year | Free agency | [21] | |||
Kelowna Rockets (WHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [22] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
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Free agency (VI) | [23] | ||||
Free agency (VI) | [24] | ||||
SC Bern (NLA) | Free agency (UFA) | [25] | |||
Nashville Predators | Free agency (UFA) | [26] | |||
Retirement (III) | [27] | ||||
Alex Andreyev | Greensboro Generals (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [28] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
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multi-year | Entry-level | [29] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [30] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [31] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [32] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [33] | |||
multi-year | Re-signing | [34] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [35] | |||
multi-year | Extension | [36] | |||
multi-year | Re-signing | [37] | |||
multi-year | Extension | [38] | |||
multi-year | Extension | [39] | |||
Darren McLachlan | multi-year | Entry-level | [40] | ||
multi-year | Entry-level | ||||
multi-year | Entry-level | [41] |
Phoenix's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[42]
Round | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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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) |