2002–03 Calgary Flames season

The 2002–03 Calgary Flames season was the 23rd National Hockey League season in Calgary. A relatively successful start to the season quickly gave way to disaster as the Flames lost 11 of 12 games in a November stretch dropping the Flames out of contention, ultimately failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

2002–03 Calgary Flames
Division	5th Northwest
Conference	12th Western
2002–03 record	29–36–13–4
Home record	14–16–10–1
Road record	15–20–3–3
Goals for	186 (27th)
Goals against	228 (18th)
Team information
General manager	Craig Button
Coach	Greg Gilbert (Oct-Dec) Darryl Sutter (Dec-Apr)
Captain	Craig Conroy
Alternate captains	Bob Boughner Jarome Iginla
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	16,239
Minor league affiliate(s)	Saint John Flames Johnstown Chiefs
Team leaders
Goals	Jarome Iginla (35)
Assists	Craig Conroy (37)
Points	Jarome Iginla (67)
Penalty minutes	Scott Nichol (149)
Plus/minus	Bob Boughner (+5) Denis Gauthier (+5) Oleg Saprykin (+5)
Wins	Roman Turek (27)
Goals against average	Roman Turek (2.57)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The season began as the last had ended: with forward Marc Savard and head coach Greg Gilbert in bitter, public feud. After arguing in the media for nearly a year, the Flames finally granted the disgruntled players request, trading Savard to the Atlanta Thrashers.^[1] Gilbert himself would not last much longer with the Flames, as he would be fired by the club barely two weeks after Savard was dealt.^[2]

The Flames would quickly find a replacement for Gilbert, announcing they had hired Darryl Sutter shortly before the new year.^[3] Sutter immediately began shaping the Flames to his own style, and the Flames finished 19–16–8–1 under their new bench boss.

Following the season, the Flames announced that they would not renew General Manager Craig Button's contract. Sutter took over as GM, carrying the dual roles until the end of the 2005–06 season.^[4]

Flames mascot, Harvey the Hound, gained widespread publicity in January 2003 following an incident with Edmonton Oilers head coach, Craig MacTavish. With the Flames leading 4–0, Harvey was taunting the Oilers behind their bench. The frustrated coach reached up and ripped Harvey's signature red tongue out of his mouth, tossing it into the crowd. The incident would seem to spark the Oilers, who scored three goals shortly after. The Flames would hold on to win 4–3, however.^[5] The incident made headlines throughout North America, and led to many jokes, including having many other NHL team mascots arrive at the 2003 All-Star Game with their tongues hanging out.^[6]

Regular season

The Flames struggled offensively and were shut out a league-high 10 times, tied with the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins.^[7]

Calgary finished 12th in the Western Conference, 17 points behind the 8th place Edmonton Oilers.

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
2	4	Vancouver Canucks	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
3	6	Minnesota Wild	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
4	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
5	12	Calgary Flames	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75

^[8]

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.

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Dallas Stars	PA	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	Y- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
3	Y- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
4	X- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
5	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
6	X- Minnesota Wild	NW	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
7	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
8.5
9	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
10	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
11	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75
13	Nashville Predators	CE	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
14	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2002–03 regular season^[9]
October: 3–3–2–2 (home: 1–2–2–1; road: 2–1–0–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Vancouver 3 – 0 Calgary Turek 17,409 0–1–0–0 0 Recap 2 October 12 Philadelphia 5 – 4 Calgary Turek 16,750 0–2–0–0 0 Recap 3 October 14 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver Turek 18,016 1–2–0–0 2 Recap 4 October 17 Boston 3 – 3 Calgary OT Turek 15,346 1–2–1–0 3 Recap 5 October 19 Calgary 5 – 2 Chicago Turek 14,034 2–2–1–0 5 Recap 6 October 21 Calgary 0 – 4 Detroit McLennan 20,058 2–3–1–0 5 Recap 7 October 22 Calgary 3 – 4 Minnesota OT Turek 18,064 2–3–1–1 6 Recap 8 October 24 Dallas 3 – 3 Calgary OT Turek 14,625 2–3–2–1 7 Recap 9 October 26 St. Louis 4 – 3 Calgary OT Turek 14,538 2–3–2–2 8 Recap 10 October 31 Buffalo 0 – 3 Calgary Turek 14,822 3–3–2–2 10 Recap
November: 3–9–1–1 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 2–5–0–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Colorado 4 – 4 Calgary OT McLennan 17,448 3–3–3–2 11 Recap 12 November 4 Calgary 4 – 2 NY Islanders McLennan 12,316 4–3–3–2 13 Recap 13 November 5 Calgary 3 – 2 New Jersey McLennan 12,315 5–3–3–2 15 Recap 14 November 7 Calgary 0 – 1 NY Rangers OT McLennan 18,200 5–3–3–3 16 Recap 15 November 9 Calgary 0 – 3 Florida McLennan 14,794 5–4–3–3 16 Recap 16 November 11 Calgary 1 – 2 Atlanta McLennan 10,501 5–5–3–3 16 Recap 17 November 14 NY Rangers 2 – 1 Calgary McLennan 16,386 5–6–3–3 16 Recap 18 November 16 St. Louis 1 – 0 Calgary McLennan 15,505 5–7–3–3 16 Recap 19 November 19 Detroit 5 – 0 Calgary McLennan 10,061 5–8–3–3 16 Recap 20 November 21 Edmonton 3 – 1 Calgary McLennan 17,660 5–9–3–3 16 Recap 21 November 23 Chicago 1 – 3 Calgary Turek 15,826 6–9–3–3 18 Recap 22 November 26 Calgary 2 – 7 Boston Turek 13,582 6–10–3–3 18 Recap 23 November 27 Calgary 2 – 4 Washington Turek 13,532 6–11–3–3 18 Recap 24 November 29 Calgary 2 – 7 St. Louis Turek 19,326 6–12–3–3 18 Recap
December: 5–6–3–0 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 4–3–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Calgary 2 – 4 Detroit Turek 20,058 6–13–3–3 18 Recap 26 December 3 Calgary 2 – 1 Colorado Turek 18,007 7–13–3–3 20 Recap 27 December 5 Minnesota 1 – 1 Calgary OT Turek 14,118 7–13–4–3 21 Recap 28 December 9 Calgary 2 – 1 Vancouver Turek 18,422 8–13–4–3 23 Recap 29 December 12 Carolina 4 – 3 Calgary Turek 14,528 8–14–4–3 23 Recap 30 December 14 Colorado 3 – 1 Calgary Turek 17,192 8–15–4–3 23 Recap 31 December 15 Calgary 3 – 3 Vancouver OT Turek 18,422 8–15–5–3 24 Recap 32 December 17 Calgary 3 – 0 Nashville Turek 10,216 9–15–5–3 26 Recap 33 December 19 Calgary 0 – 3 Columbus Turek 17,230 9–16–5–3 26 Recap 34 December 21 Calgary 0 – 2 Pittsburgh Turek 12,571 9–17–5–3 26 Recap 35 December 23 Calgary 3 – 2 Minnesota Turek 18,568 10–17–5–3 28 Recap 36 December 27 Toronto 4 – 3 Calgary Turek 18,014 10–18–5–3 28 Recap 37 December 29 Anaheim 2 – 4 Calgary Turek 16,922 11–18–5–3 30 Recap 38 December 31 Montreal 1 – 1 Calgary OT Turek 18,159 11–18–6–3 31 Recap
January: 6–7–1–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 1–4–0–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Tampa Bay 1 – 4 Calgary Turek 14,881 12–18–6–3 33 Recap 40 January 4 Minnesota 2 – 3 Calgary Turek 15,974 13–18–6–3 35 Recap 41 January 7 Calgary 4 – 2 Colorado Turek 18,007 14–18–6–3 37 Recap 42 January 9 Ottawa 1 – 0 Calgary Turek 16,058 14–19–6–3 37 Recap 43 January 11 Columbus 7 – 2 Calgary Turek 14,827 14–20–6–3 37 Recap 44 January 13 Calgary 2 – 4 Montreal Turek 20,630 14–21–6–3 37 Recap 45 January 14 Calgary 2 – 3 Toronto Turek 19,290 14–22–6–3 37 Recap 46 January 16 Nashville 2 – 2 Calgary OT McLennan 14,621 14–22–7–3 38 Recap 47 January 18 Los Angeles 1 – 2 Calgary OT Turek 16,675 15–22–7–3 40 Recap 48 January 20 Edmonton 3 – 4 Calgary Turek 17,832 16–22–7–3 42 Recap 49 January 23 Phoenix 7 – 1 Calgary Turek 14,865 16–23–7–3 42 Recap 50 January 25 Detroit 1 – 4 Calgary Turek 18,028 17–23–7–3 44 Recap 51 January 28 Calgary 3 – 4 Phoenix Turek 14,619 17–24–7–3 44 Recap 52 January 29 Calgary 1 – 4 Dallas Turek 18,532 17–25–7–3 44 Recap
February: 2–6–3–1 (home: 0–1–2–0; road: 2–5–1–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 4 Anaheim 3 – 2 Calgary Turek 14,110 17–26–7–3 44 Recap 54 February 6 Chicago 2 – 2 Calgary OT McLennan 16,027 17–26–8–3 45 Recap 55 February 7 Calgary 4 – 3 Edmonton Turek 16,839 18–26–8–3 47 Recap 56 February 9 Calgary 2 – 4 Colorado Turek 18,007 18–27–8–3 47 Recap 57 February 12 Calgary 3 – 4 Anaheim OT McLennan 11,612 18–27–8–4 48 Recap 58 February 13 Calgary 2 – 4 Los Angeles Turek 17,539 18–28–8–4 48 Recap 59 February 15 Vancouver 2 – 2 Calgary OT Turek 18,252 18–28–9–4 49 Recap 60 February 17 Calgary 3 – 5 St. Louis Turek 19,522 18–29–9–4 49 Recap 61 February 19 Calgary 1 – 1 Dallas OT Turek 18,532 18–29–10–4 50 Recap 62 February 20 Calgary 1 – 4 Nashville McLennan 10,842 18–30–10–4 50 Recap 63 February 23 Calgary 4 – 2 Phoenix Turek 14,241 19–30–10–4 52 Recap 64 February 24 Calgary 2 – 5 San Jose Turek 17,311 19–31–10–4 52 Recap
March: 8–5–2–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 3–2–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 San Jose 3 – 4 Calgary Turek 17,575 20–31–10–4 54 Recap 66 March 5 New Jersey 4 – 5 Calgary OT Turek 16,106 21–31–10–4 56 Recap 67 March 7 Calgary 2 – 0 Chicago Turek 14,702 22–31–10–4 58 Recap 68 March 8 Calgary 3 – 2 Columbus OT Turek 18,136 23–31–10–4 60 Recap 69 March 11 Edmonton 5 – 2 Calgary Turek 17,714 23–32–10–4 60 Recap 70 March 13 Toronto 3 – 4 Calgary OT Turek 18,064 24–32–10–4 62 Recap 71 March 15 Calgary 2 – 3 San Jose Turek 17,496 24–33–10–4 62 Recap 72 March 16 Calgary 2 – 2 Anaheim OT McLennan 16,726 24–33–11–4 63 Recap 73 March 18 Calgary 4 – 1 Los Angeles Turek 17,470 25–33–11–4 65 Recap 74 March 20 Washington 4 – 1 Calgary Turek 15,827 25–34–11–4 65 Recap 75 March 22 Nashville 1 – 1 Calgary OT Turek 16,628 25–34–12–4 66 Recap 76 March 24 Phoenix 0 – 2 Calgary Turek 16,685 26–34–12–4 68 Recap 77 March 27 Dallas 1 – 2 Calgary OT Turek 16,533 27–34–12–4 70 Recap 78 March 29 Columbus 6 – 4 Calgary Turek 16,007 27–35–12–4 70 Recap 79 March 31 Calgary 0 – 3 Minnesota McLennan 18,568 27–36–12–4 70 Recap
April: 2–0–1–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 1–0–0–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 San Jose 2 – 2 Calgary OT Turek 14,207 27–36–13–4 71 Recap 81 April 4 Los Angeles 1 – 2 Calgary OT Turek 17,003 28–36–13–4 73 Recap 82 April 5 Calgary 4 – 1 Edmonton Turek 16,839 29–36–13–4 75 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Flames only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Jarome Iginla	RW	75	35	32	67	−10	49
22	Craig Conroy	C	79	22	37	59	−4	36
18^[a]	Chris Drury	LW	80	23	30	53	−9	33
23	Martin Gelinas	LW	81	21	31	52	−3	51
32	Toni Lydman	D	81	6	20	26	−7	28
11	Stephane Yelle	C	82	10	15	25	−10	50
19	Oleg Saprykin	LW	52	8	15	23	5	46
17	Chris Clark	RW	81	10	12	22	−11	126
10	Dave Lowry	LW	34	5	14	19	4	22
44	Rob Niedermayer‡	LW	54	8	10	18	−13	42
6	Bob Boughner	D	69	3	14	17	5	126
4	Jordan Leopold	D	58	4	10	14	−15	12
3	Denis Gauthier	D	72	1	11	12	5	99
28	Robyn Regehr	D	76	0	12	12	−9	87
40	Scott Nichol	C	68	5	5	10	−7	149
24	Blake Sloan	RW	67	2	8	10	−5	28
20	Mathias Johansson‡	C	46	4	5	9	−15	12
8	Petr Buzek	D	44	3	5	8	−6	14
7	Chuck Kobasew	RW	23	4	2	6	−3	8
27^[b]	Craig Berube	LW	55	2	4	6	−6	100
26	Steve Begin	C	50	3	1	4	−7	51
18	Jamie Wright‡	LW	19	2	2	4	1	12
15	Blair Betts	C	9	1	3	4	3	0
21	Andrew Ference†	D	16	0	4	4	1	6
1	Roman Turek	G	65	0	4	4		14
16	Shean Donovan†	RW	13	1	2	3	−2	7
42	Micki DuPont‡	D	16	1	2	3	−5	4
27	Marc Savard‡	C	10	1	2	3	−3	8
5	Steve Montador	D	50	1	1	2	−9	114
2	Mike Commodore†	D	6	0	1	1	2	19
43	Ladislav Kohn	RW	3	0	1	1	1	2
33	Jamie McLennan	G	22	0	0	0		14
36	Mike Mottau†	D	4	0	0	0	−1	0
51	Rick Mrozik	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
38	Robert Dome	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Roman Turek	65	27	29	9	1679	164	2.54	.902	4	3822
33	Jamie McLennan	22	2	11	4	537	58	2.99	.892	0	1165

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jarome Iginla	^[10]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Jordan Leopold	^[11]
Team	Molson Cup	Jarome Iginla	^[12]
	Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award	Denis Gauthier	^[13]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Craig Berube	October 12, 2002	^[14]

Transactions

The Flames 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.^[15]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2002	To Calgary Flames NY Rangers’ 1st-round pick in 2002 4th-round pick in 2002	To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick in 2002	^[16]
June 22, 2002	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 2002 5th-round pick in 2002	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2002	^[16]
June 22, 2002	To Calgary Flames Jamie McLennan	To Minnesota Wild 9th-round pick in 2002	^[17]
June 23, 2002	To Calgary Flames 4th-round pick in 2002 Minnesota’s 5th-round pick in 2002	To Montreal Canadiens Florida’s 4th-round pick in 2002	^[16]
June 30, 2002	To Calgary Flames Rights to Curtis Joseph	To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 8th-round pick in 2003	^[18]
September 11, 2002	To Calgary Flames Ladislav Kohn	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	^[19]
October 1, 2002	To Calgary Flames Chris Drury Stephane Yelle	To Colorado Avalanche Dean McAmmond Derek Morris Jeff Shantz	^[20]
November 15, 2002	To Calgary Flames Rights to Ruslan Zainullin	To Atlanta Thrashers Marc Savard	^[21]
January 22, 2003	To Calgary Flames Future considerations	To Philadelphia Flyers Jamie Wright	^[22]
January 22, 2003	To Calgary Flames Mike Mottau	To New York Rangers 6th-round pick in 2003 or 2004	^[22]
February 10, 2003	To Calgary Flames Andrew Ference	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional draft pick in 2003 or 2004	^[23]
March 11, 2003	To Calgary Flames Mike Commodore Jean-Francois Damphousse	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Rob Niedermayer	^[24]
March 11, 2003	To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond	To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2003 or 2004	^[24]
March 11, 2003	To Calgary Flames Shean Donovan	To Pittsburgh Penguins Micki DuPont Mattias Johansson	^[24]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Martin Gelinas	Carolina Hurricanes		Free agency	^[25]
July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09)	Martin Sonnenberg	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	^[26]
	Darcy Verot	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	^[26]
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Mike Martin	Saint John Flames (AHL)		Free agency	^[27]
	Jason Morgan	Saint John Flames (AHL)		Free agency	^[27]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Robert Dome	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	^[28]
September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)	Jan Vodrazka	Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL)		Free agency	^[29]
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)	Darren Lynch	Vancouver Giants (WHL)		Free agency	^[30]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[c]	Ref
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Curtis Joseph	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (III)	^[32]
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Clarke Wilm	Nashville Predators	Free agency (UFA)	^[33]
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	Alan Letang	New York Islanders	Free agency (VI)	^[34]
July 23, 2002 (2002-07-23)	Dallas Eakins	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Rob Murray	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]
August 12, 2002 (2002-08-12)	Jason Botterill	Buffalo Sabres	Free agency (VI)	^[37]
September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13)	Mike Vernon		Retirement (III)	^[38]
	Kay Whitmore		Retirement (III)	^[39]
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)	Ronald Petrovicky	New York Rangers	Waiver draft	^[40]
October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)	Burke Henry	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[41]
November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27)	Dwayne Hay	St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL)	Free agency	^[42]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	Igor Kravchuk	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	^[43]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 17, 2002 (2002-06-17)	Rob Niedermayer		Re-signing	^[44]
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	Jamie McLennan		Re-signing	^[17]
June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28)	Chuck Kobasew	3-year	Entry-level	^[45]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Mathias Johansson		Entry-level	^[46]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Jamie Wright		Re-signing	^[47]
July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19)	Chris Clark		Re-signing	^[48]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Toni Lydman		Re-signing	^[49]
	Robyn Regehr		Re-signing	^[49]
August 3, 2002 (2002-08-03)	Denis Gauthier	2-year	Arbitration award	^[50]
August 9, 2002 (2002-08-09)	Steve Begin		Re-signing	^[51]
August 21, 2002 (2002-08-21)	Matthew Lombardi		Entry-level	^[52]
September 6, 2002 (2002-09-06)	Jarome Iginla	2-year	Re-signing	^[53]
September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)	Craig Berube		Re-signing	^[29]
September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12)	Ladislav Kohn		Re-signing	^[54]
May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28)	Chris Clark		Extension	^[55]
	Shean Donovan	3-year	Extension	^[55]
June 5, 2003 (2003-06-05)	Robyn Regehr	5-year	Extension	^[56]

Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in Toronto, Ontario.^[57] The Flames had the 9th overall pick, however opted to drop down one spot to 10th via a trade with the Florida Panthers.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	10	Eric Nystrom	United States	LW	University of Michigan (CCHA)	593	75	48	123	401
2	39	Brian McConnell	United States	F	Boston University (HE)
3	90	Matthew Lombardi	Canada	C	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)	536	101	161	262	293
4	112	Yuri Artyomenkov	Russia	RW	Krylja
5	141	Jiri Cetkovsky	Czech Republic	RW	Zlin (Czech Jr.)
5	142	Emanuel Peter	Switzerland	C	Kloten (Swiss Jr.)
5	146	Viktor Bobrov	Russia	F	HC CSKA (RSL)
5	159	Kristofer Persson	Sweden	RW	Modo Jr.
6	176	Curtis McElhinney	Canada	G	Colorado College (WCHA)	249	94–95–20, 2.83GAA
7	202	David Van der Gulik	Canada	RW	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)	49	2	11	13	10
7	203	Pierre Johnsson	Sweden	RW	Farjestad Jr.
8	238	Jyri Marttinen	Finland	D	Jyvaskyla

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

The 2002–03 season would be the tenth, and last, season in New Brunswick, as the Flames bought out the local ownership's share of the team following the season and suspended operations. The "Baby Flames" finished 32–41–6–1, last in the Canadian Division, and out of the playoffs. Robert Dome led the team with 27 goals and 56 points. Dany Sabourin and Levente Szuper split goaltending duties for the Flames.

Johnstown Chiefs

The Chiefs finished the 2002–03 season with a record of 28–33–11, finishing fifth in the Northwest Division, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Following the season, the Flames announced they were switching affiliations to a new expansion team, the Las Vegas Wranglers.

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

Notes

1. Drury wore number 37 through March 11.
2. Berube wore number 16 in his first 14 games.
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[31]

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