League: | NHL |
Season: | 2002–03 |
Year: | 2002 |
Team: | Minnesota Wild |
Record: | 42–29–10–1 |
Homerecord: | 25–13–3–0 |
Roadrecord: | 17–16–7–1 |
Conferencerank: | 6th |
Divisionrank: | 3rd |
Goalsfor: | 198 |
Goalsagainst: | 178 |
Captain: | Rotating[1] Brad Bombardir (Oct.–Nov.) Matt Johnson (Dec.) Sergei Zholtok (Jan.) Brad Bombardir (Feb.–Apr.) |
Attendance: | 18,500 |
Goalsleader: | Marian Gaborik (30) |
Assistsleader: | Marian Gaborik (35) |
Pointsleader: | Marian Gaborik (65) |
Pimleader: | Matt Johnson (201) |
Plusminusleader: | Pascal Dupuis (+17) |
Winsleader: | Dwayne Roloson (23) |
Gaaleader: | Dwayne Roloson (2.00) |
The 2002–03 Minnesota Wild season was the team's third season in the National Hockey League (NHL). After qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history, the Wild won two playoff series before losing in the Western Conference Final to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
The Wild tied the Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins for most times shut-out with 10.[2]
See also: 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Wild are the only team in NHL history to rally back from 3–1 down twice in the same playoff.
|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|1||W||October 11, 2002||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (2002–03) ||1–0–0–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|2||T||October 12, 2002||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||1–0–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|3||W||October 15, 2002||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (2002–03) ||2–0–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|4||W||October 17, 2002||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||3–0–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|5||L||October 19, 2002||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||3–1–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|6||W||October 22, 2002||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||4–1–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|7||W||October 24, 2002||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||5–1–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|8||W||October 26, 2002||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||6–1–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|9||T||October 27, 2002||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||6–1–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|10||W||October 29, 2002||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||7–1–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|11||W||October 31, 2002||2–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||8–1–2–0 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|12||L||November 2, 2002||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||8–2–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|13||W||November 4, 2002||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||9–2–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|14||L||November 7, 2002||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||9–3–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|15||W||November 9, 2002||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||10–3–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|16||L||November 10, 2002||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||10–4–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|17||L||November 12, 2002||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||10–5–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|18||T||November 14, 2002||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) ||10–5–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|19||W||November 16, 2002||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||11–5–3–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|20||T||November 19, 2002||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||11–5–4–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|21||W||November 21, 2002||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||12–5–4–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|22||W||November 23, 2002||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||13–5–4–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|23||L||November 25, 2002||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||13–6–4–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|24||L||November 27, 2002||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||13–7–4–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|25||T||November 29, 2002||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||13–7–5–0 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#FF6F6F;"|26||OTL||December 3, 2002||1–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||13–7–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|27||T||December 5, 2002||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||13–7–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|28||W||December 7, 2002||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||14–7–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|29||W||December 10, 2002||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) ||15–7–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|30||W||December 12, 2002||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||16–7–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|31||L||December 14, 2002||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||16–8–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|32||W||December 15, 2002||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) ||17–8–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|33||W||December 17, 2002||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||18–8–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|34||L||December 19, 2002||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (2002–03) ||18–9–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|35||L||December 21, 2002||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||18–10–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|36||L||December 23, 2002||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||18–11–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|37||T||December 26, 2002||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||18–11–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|38||W||December 28, 2002||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) ||19–11–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|39||W||December 31, 2002||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||20–11–7–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|40||W||January 2, 2003||2–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||21–11–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|41||L||January 4, 2003||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||21–12–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|42||L||January 6, 2003||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||21–13–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|43||L||January 8, 2003||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||21–14–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|44||W||January 10, 2003||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||22–14–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|45||L||January 14, 2003||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) ||22–15–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|46||W||January 16, 2003||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||23–15–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|47||L||January 18, 2003||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||23–16–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|48||W||January 20, 2003||2–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||24–16–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|49||W||January 23, 2003||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) ||25–16–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|50||L||January 25, 2003||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||25–17–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|51||T||January 28, 2003||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||25–17–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|52||L||January 29, 2003||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||25–18–8–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|53||W||February 5, 2003||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||26–18–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|54||W||February 7, 2003||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||27–18–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|55||L||February 9, 2003||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) ||27–19–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|56||W||February 10, 2003||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||28–19–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|57||W||February 12, 2003||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||29–19–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|58||L||February 14, 2003||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||29–20–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|59||L||February 15, 2003||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||29–21–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|60||L||February 19, 2003||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (2002–03) ||29–22–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|61||W||February 23, 2003||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||30–22–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|62||W||February 25, 2003||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) ||31–22–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|63||W||February 27, 2003||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) ||32–22–8–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|64||L||March 1, 2003||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||32–23–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|65||W||March 4, 2003||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (2002–03) ||33–23–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|66||T||March 6, 2003||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||33–23–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|67||L||March 7, 2003||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) ||33–24–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|68||W||March 9, 2003||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||34–24–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|69||W||March 12, 2003||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||35–24–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|70||W||March 14, 2003||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||36–24–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|71||L||March 15, 2003||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||36–25–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|72||T||March 17, 2003||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) ||36–25–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|73||W||March 19, 2003||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) ||37–25–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|74||W||March 21, 2003||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||38–25–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|75||W||March 23, 2003||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||39–25–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|76||L||March 25, 2003||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||39–26–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|77||L||March 26, 2003||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||39–27–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|78||W||March 28, 2003||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||40–27–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|79||W||March 31, 2003||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||41–27–10–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|80||L||April 2, 2003||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||41–28–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|81||L||April 3, 2003||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) ||41–29–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|82||W||April 6, 2003||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||42–29–10–1 || |-|-| Legend:
|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 1 || April 10 || Minnesota || 4–2 || Colorado || || Roloson || 18,007 || Wild lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 2 || April 12 || Minnesota || 2–3 || Colorado || || Roloson || 18,007 || Series tied 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 14 || Colorado || 3–0 || Minnesota || || Roloson || 19,354 || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || April 16 || Colorado || 3–1 || Minnesota || || Roloson || 19,350 || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 5 || April 19 || Minnesota || 3–2 || Colorado || || Fernandez || 18,007 || Avalanche lead 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 6 || April 21 || Colorado || 2–3 || Minnesota || OT || Fernandez || 19,350 || Series tied 3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 7 || April 22 || Minnesota || 3–2 || Colorado || OT || Fernandez || 18,007 || Wild win 4–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1 || April 25 || Minnesota || 3–4 || Vancouver || OT || Fernandez || 18,514 || Canucks lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 2 || April 27 || Minnesota || 3–2 || Vancouver || || Roloson || 18,514 || Series tied 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 29 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Minnesota || || Roloson || 19,394 || Canucks lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 4 || May 2 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Minnesota || OT || Fernandez || 19,386 || Canucks lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 5 || May 5 || Minnesota || 7–2 || Vancouver || || Roloson || 18,514 || Canucks lead 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 6 || May 7 || Vancouver || 1–5 || Minnesota || || Roloson || 19,350 || Series tied 3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 7 || May 8 || Minnesota || 4–2 || Vancouver || || Roloson || 18,514 || Wild win 4–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1 || May 10 || Anaheim || 1–0 || Minnesota || 2OT || Fernandez || 19,350 || Mighty Ducks lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 2 || May 12 || Anaheim || 2–0 || Minnesota || || Roloson || 19,350 || Mighty Ducks lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || May 14 || Minnesota || 0–4 || Anaheim || || Roloson || 17,174 || Mighty Ducks lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 4 || May 16 || Minnesota || 1–2 || Anaheim || || Fernandez || 17,174 || Mighty Ducks win 4–0 || |-|-| Legend:
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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Player | |||||||||||||||
10 | RW | 81 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 12 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 6 | ||
11 | LW | 80 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 17 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
7 | C | 80 | 17 | 31 | 48 | −6 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −3 | 4 | ||
15 | LW | 82 | 18 | 28 | 46 | −10 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −3 | 4 | ||
33 | C | 78 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −7 | 0 | ||
37 | C | 80 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 63 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 14 | ||
24 | LW | 82 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 4 | ||
17 | D | 78 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −8 | 24 | ||
34 | C | 78 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −1 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | ||
18 | RW | 81 | 14 | 10 | 24 | −3 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −2 | 4 | ||
96 | C | 50 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
20 | D | 66 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −7 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 14 | ||
5 | D | 58 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
2 | D | 69 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 84 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||
28 | LW | 32 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | ||
77 | D | 60 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −12 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | ||
55 | D | 75 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||
16 | RW | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | ||
12 | LW | 60 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −8 | 201 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
14 | C | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −3 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
23 | D | 45 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 16 | ||
19 | LW | 38 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −6 | 23 | ||||||||
25 | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
27 | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
4 | D | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 90 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 16 | ||
35 | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
30 | G | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
3 | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 8 | ||||||||
36 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
31 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
38 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
6 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Player | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 1334 | 98 | 2.00 | .927 | 4 | 2945 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 257 | 25 | 2.59 | .903 | 0 | 579 | ||
35 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 972 | 74 | 2.24 | .924 | 2 | 1979 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 253 | 18 | 1.96 | .929 | 0 | 552 | ||
31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 5.00 | .821 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref | |
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League (annual) | Jack Adams Award | Jacques Lemaire | [3] | |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Marian Gaborik | [4] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Marian Gaborik (October 28) | [5] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Nick Schultz | [6] | ||
Team | Three Star Award | Dwayne Roloson | [7] |
The Wild 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.[8]
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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June 22, 2002 | To Minnesota Wild 9th-round pick in 2002 | To Calgary Flames Jamie McLennan | [9] | |
June 22, 2002 | To Minnesota Wild Cliff Ronning | To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2002 | ||
October 31, 2002 | To Minnesota Wild 7th-round pick in 2003 | To Montreal Canadiens Sylvain Blouin | [10] | |
February 20, 2003 | To Minnesota Wild Jay Henderson | To New York Rangers Cory Larose | [11] | |
March 11, 2003 | To Minnesota Wild Johan Holmqvist | To New York Rangers Lawrence Nycholat | [12] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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multi-year | Free agency | [13] | ||||
Free agency | [14] | |||||
Free agency | [15] | |||||
Free agency | [16] | |||||
Waivers | [17] | |||||
Houston Aeros (AHL) | Free agency | [18] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
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N/A | Steve Aronson | London Knights (BISL) | Free agency (UFA) | [19] | |
Retirement (UFA) | [20] | ||||
Free agency (VI) | [21] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [22] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [23] | ||||
Augsburger Panther (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [24] | |||
Free agency (UFA) | [25] | ||||
Retirement | [26] | ||||
HC Ambri-Piotta (NLA) | Free agency | [27] | |||
HPK (Liiga) | Free agency | [28] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
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multi-year | Re-signing | [29] | |||
multi-year | Re-signing | [30] | |||
Re-signing | [31] | ||||
Entry-level | [32] | ||||
1-year | Re-signing | [33] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [34] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
Re-signing | |||||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
1-year | Arbitration award | [35] | |||
Entry-level | [36] | ||||
multi-year | Extension | [37] | |||
multi-year | Entry-level | [38] | |||
multi-year | Extension | ||||
Entry-level | [39] |
Minnesota's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[40]
Round | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 8 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) | ||
2 | 38 | Josh Harding | Regina Pats (WHL) | ||
3 | 72 | Mike Erickson | University of Minnesota (WCHA) | ||
3 | 73 | Barry Brust | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) | ||
5 | 155 | Armands Berzins | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) | ||
6 | 175 | Matt Foy | Merrimack College (Hockey East) | ||
7 | 204 | Niklas Eckerblom | Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien) | ||
8 | 237 | Christoph Brandner | Krefeld Pinguine (DEL) | ||
9 | 268 | Mikhail Tyulyapkin | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia) | ||
9 | 269 | Mika Hannula | Malmö Redhawks (Elitserien) |