2002–03 Minnesota Wild season

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.

2002–03 Minnesota Wild
Division	3rd Northwest
Conference	6th Western
2002–03 record	42–29–10–1
Home record	25–13–3–0
Road record	17–16–7–1
Goals for	198
Goals against	178
Team information
General manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating^[1] Brad Bombardir (Oct.–Nov.) Matt Johnson (Dec.) Sergei Zholtok (Jan.) Brad Bombardir (Feb.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Jim Dowd Wes Walz
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,500
Minor league affiliate(s)	Houston Aeros Louisiana IceGators
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Gaborik (30)
Assists	Marian Gaborik (35)
Points	Marian Gaborik (65)
Penalty minutes	Matt Johnson (201)
Plus/minus	Pascal Dupuis (+17)
Wins	Dwayne Roloson (23)
Goals against average	Dwayne Roloson (2.00)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Off-season

Regular season

The Wild tied the Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins for most times shut-out with 10.^[2]

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

^[3]

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

Playoffs

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.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2002–03 regular season^[4]
October: 8–1–2–0 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 2–0–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W October 11, 2002 5–1 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 1–0–0–0 Recap 2 T October 12, 2002 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 1–0–1–0 Recap 3 W October 15, 2002 4–1 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 2–0–1–0 Recap 4 W October 17, 2002 3–1 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 3–0–1–0 Recap 5 L October 19, 2002 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 3–1–1–0 Recap 6 W October 22, 2002 4–3 OT Calgary Flames (2002–03) 4–1–1–0 Recap 7 W October 24, 2002 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 5–1–1–0 Recap 8 W October 26, 2002 6–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 6–1–1–0 Recap 9 T October 27, 2002 3–3 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 6–1–2–0 Recap 10 W October 29, 2002 3–2 OT Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 7–1–2–0 Recap 11 W October 31, 2002 2–1 OT San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 8–1–2–0 Recap
November: 5–6–3–0 (home: 2–3–3–0; road: 3–3–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 L November 2, 2002 2–4 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 8–2–2–0 Recap 13 W November 4, 2002 5–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 9–2–2–0 Recap 14 L November 7, 2002 1–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 9–3–2–0 Recap 15 W November 9, 2002 4–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 10–3–2–0 Recap 16 L November 10, 2002 0–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 10–4–2–0 Recap 17 L November 12, 2002 2–3 Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 10–5–2–0 Recap 18 T November 14, 2002 1–1 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 10–5–3–0 Recap 19 W November 16, 2002 1–0 Washington Capitals (2002–03) 11–5–3–0 Recap 20 T November 19, 2002 2–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 11–5–4–0 Recap 21 W November 21, 2002 4–3 @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 12–5–4–0 Recap 22 W November 23, 2002 4–2 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 13–5–4–0 Recap 23 L November 25, 2002 1–2 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 13–6–4–0 Recap 24 L November 27, 2002 0–5 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 13–7–4–0 Recap 25 T November 29, 2002 2–2 OT Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 13–7–5–0 Recap
December: 7–4–2–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 3–2–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 26 OTL December 3, 2002 1–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 13–7–5–1 Recap 27 T December 5, 2002 1–1 OT @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 13–7–6–1 Recap 28 W December 7, 2002 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 14–7–6–1 Recap 29 W December 10, 2002 5–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 15–7–6–1 Recap 30 W December 12, 2002 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 16–7–6–1 Recap 31 L December 14, 2002 1–3 @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 16–8–6–1 Recap 32 W December 15, 2002 2–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 17–8–6–1 Recap 33 W December 17, 2002 4–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 18–8–6–1 Recap 34 L December 19, 2002 2–4 New York Islanders (2002–03) 18–9–6–1 Recap 35 L December 21, 2002 2–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 18–10–6–1 Recap 36 L December 23, 2002 2–3 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 18–11–6–1 Recap 37 T December 26, 2002 2–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 18–11–7–1 Recap 38 W December 28, 2002 4–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 19–11–7–1 Recap 39 W December 31, 2002 4–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 20–11–7–1 Recap
January: 5–7–1–0 (home: 2–4–0–0; road: 3–3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 40 W January 2, 2003 2–1 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 21–11–7–1 Recap 41 L January 4, 2003 2–3 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 21–12–7–1 Recap 42 L January 6, 2003 2–3 Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 21–13–7–1 Recap 43 L January 8, 2003 1–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 21–14–7–1 Recap 44 W January 10, 2003 2–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 22–14–7–1 Recap 45 L January 14, 2003 0–1 Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 22–15–7–1 Recap 46 W January 16, 2003 5–2 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 23–15–7–1 Recap 47 L January 18, 2003 0–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 23–16–7–1 Recap 48 W January 20, 2003 2–1 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 24–16–7–1 Recap 49 W January 23, 2003 2–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 25–16–7–1 Recap 50 L January 25, 2003 1–4 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 25–17–7–1 Recap 51 T January 28, 2003 2–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 25–17–8–1 Recap 52 L January 29, 2003 1–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 25–18–8–1 Recap
February: 7–4–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 3–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 53 W February 5, 2003 2–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 26–18–8–1 Recap 54 W February 7, 2003 4–3 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 27–18–8–1 Recap 55 L February 9, 2003 2–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 27–19–8–1 Recap 56 W February 10, 2003 1–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 28–19–8–1 Recap 57 W February 12, 2003 2–0 Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 29–19–8–1 Recap 58 L February 14, 2003 2–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 29–20–8–1 Recap 59 L February 15, 2003 2–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 29–21–8–1 Recap 60 L February 19, 2003 2–4 New York Rangers (2002–03) 29–22–8–1 Recap 61 W February 23, 2003 3–1 St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 30–22–8–1 Recap 62 W February 25, 2003 3–0 @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 31–22–8–1 Recap 63 W February 27, 2003 6–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 32–22–8–1 Recap
March: 9–5–2–0 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 3–4–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 64 L March 1, 2003 0–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 32–23–8–1 Recap 65 W March 4, 2003 3–2 New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 33–23–8–1 Recap 66 T March 6, 2003 2–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 33–23–9–1 Recap 67 L March 7, 2003 0–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 33–24–9–1 Recap 68 W March 9, 2003 6–4 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 34–24–9–1 Recap 69 W March 12, 2003 4–2 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 35–24–9–1 Recap 70 W March 14, 2003 3–1 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 36–24–9–1 Recap 71 L March 15, 2003 0–5 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 36–25–9–1 Recap 72 T March 17, 2003 3–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 36–25–10–1 Recap 73 W March 19, 2003 3–1 @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 37–25–10–1 Recap 74 W March 21, 2003 3–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 38–25–10–1 Recap 75 W March 23, 2003 4–0 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 39–25–10–1 Recap 76 L March 25, 2003 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 39–26–10–1 Recap 77 L March 26, 2003 0–1 St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 39–27–10–1 Recap 78 W March 28, 2003 4–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 40–27–10–1 Recap 79 W March 31, 2003 3–0 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 41–27–10–1 Recap
April: 1–2–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 80 L April 2, 2003 0–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 41–28–10–1 Recap 81 L April 3, 2003 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 41–29–10–1 Recap 82 W April 6, 2003 4–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 42–29–10–1 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2003 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche – Wild win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Minnesota 4–2 Colorado Roloson 18,007 Wild lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 12 Minnesota 2–3 Colorado Roloson 18,007 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 April 14 Colorado 3–0 Minnesota Roloson 19,354 Avalanche lead 2–1 Recap 4 April 16 Colorado 3–1 Minnesota Roloson 19,350 Avalanche lead 3–1 Recap 5 April 19 Minnesota 3–2 Colorado Fernandez 18,007 Avalanche lead 3–2 Recap 6 April 21 Colorado 2–3 Minnesota OT Fernandez 19,350 Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 April 22 Minnesota 3–2 Colorado OT Fernandez 18,007 Wild win 4–3 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Vancouver Canucks – Wild win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 25 Minnesota 3–4 Vancouver OT Fernandez 18,514 Canucks lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 27 Minnesota 3–2 Vancouver Roloson 18,514 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 April 29 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Roloson 19,394 Canucks lead 2–1 Recap 4 May 2 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota OT Fernandez 19,386 Canucks lead 3–1 Recap 5 May 5 Minnesota 7–2 Vancouver Roloson 18,514 Canucks lead 3–2 Recap 6 May 7 Vancouver 1–5 Minnesota Roloson 19,350 Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 May 8 Minnesota 4–2 Vancouver Roloson 18,514 Wild win 4–3 Recap
Western Conference Finals vs. (7) Anaheim Mighty Ducks – Mighty Ducks win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 10 Anaheim 1–0 Minnesota 2OT Fernandez 19,350 Mighty Ducks lead 1–0 Recap 2 May 12 Anaheim 2–0 Minnesota Roloson 19,350 Mighty Ducks lead 2–0 Recap 3 May 14 Minnesota 0–4 Anaheim Roloson 17,174 Mighty Ducks lead 3–0 Recap 4 May 16 Minnesota 1–2 Anaheim Fernandez 17,174 Mighty Ducks win 4–0 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

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 Wild only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
10	Marian Gaborik	RW	81	30	35	65	12	46	18	9	8	17	2	6
11	Pascal Dupuis	LW	80	20	28	48	17	44	16	4	4	8	0	8
7	Cliff Ronning	C	80	17	31	48	−6	24	17	2	7	9	−3	4
15	Andrew Brunette	LW	82	18	28	46	−10	30	18	7	6	13	−3	4
33	Sergei Zholtok	C	78	16	26	42	1	18	18	2	11	13	−7	0
37	Wes Walz	C	80	13	19	32	11	63	18	7	6	13	5	14
24	Antti Laaksonen	LW	82	15	16	31	4	26	16	1	3	4	−3	4
17	Filip Kuba	D	78	8	21	29	0	29	18	3	5	8	−8	24
34	Jim Dowd	C	78	8	17	25	−1	31	15	0	2	2	−1	0
18	Richard Park	RW	81	14	10	24	−3	16	18	3	3	6	−2	4
96	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	C	50	7	13	20	1	18	5	0	1	1	−1	2
20	Andrei Zyuzin†	D	66	4	12	16	−7	34	18	0	1	1	−3	14
5	Brad Bombardir	D	58	1	14	15	15	16	4	0	0	0	−1	0
2	Willie Mitchell	D	69	2	12	14	13	84	18	1	3	4	5	14
28	Jeremy Stevenson†	LW	32	5	6	11	6	69	14	0	5	5	0	12
77	Lubomir Sekeras	D	60	2	9	11	−12	30	15	1	1	2	−2	6
55	Nick Schultz	D	75	3	7	10	11	23	18	0	1	1	5	10
16	Bill Muckalt	RW	8	5	3	8	5	6	5	0	0	0	−3	0
12	Matt Johnson	LW	60	3	5	8	−8	201	12	0	0	0	0	25
14	Darby Hendrickson	C	28	1	5	6	−3	8	17	2	3	5	1	4
23	Jason Marshall	D	45	1	5	6	4	69	15	1	1	2	−1	16
19	Stephane Veilleux	LW	38	3	2	5	−6	23	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Rickard Wallin	C	4	1	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Kyle Wanvig	RW	7	1	0	1	0	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Brad Brown	D	57	0	1	1	−1	90	11	0	0	0	−1	16
35	Manny Fernandez	G	35	0	1	1		6	9	0	0	0		0
30	Dwayne Roloson	G	50	0	1	1		4	11	0	0	0		4
3	Ladislav Benysek	D	14	0	0	0	−3	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Sylvain Blouin‡	LW	2	0	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Hnat Domenichelli	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Dieter Kochan	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Curtis Murphy	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Jean-Guy Trudel	LW	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Dwayne Roloson	50	23	16	8	1334	98	2.00	.927	4	2945	11	5	6	257	25	2.59	.903	0	579
35	Manny Fernandez	35	19	13	2	972	74	2.24	.924	2	1979	9	3	4	253	18	1.96	.929	0	552
31	Dieter Kochan	1	0	1	0	28	5	5.00	.821	0	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Jack Adams Award	Jacques Lemaire	^[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Marian Gaborik	^[6]
	NHL Player of the Week	Marian Gaborik (October 28)	^[7]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Nick Schultz	^[8]
Team	Three Star Award	Dwayne Roloson	^[9]

Transactions

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.^[10]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2002	To Minnesota Wild 9th-round pick in 2002	To Calgary Flames Jamie McLennan	^[11]
June 22, 2002	To Minnesota Wild Cliff Ronning	To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2002	^[11]
October 31, 2002	To Minnesota Wild 7th-round pick in 2003	To Montreal Canadiens Sylvain Blouin	^[12]
February 20, 2003	To Minnesota Wild Jay Henderson	To New York Rangers Cory Larose	^[13]
March 11, 2003	To Minnesota Wild Johan Holmqvist	To New York Rangers Lawrence Nycholat	^[14]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 3, 2002 (2002-07-03)	Bill Muckalt	Ottawa Senators	multi-year	Free agency	^[15]
July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09)	Tony Tuzzolino	Boston Bruins		Free agency	^[16]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Jean-Guy Trudel	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	^[17]
August 5, 2002 (2002-08-05)	Dieter Kochan	Tampa Bay Lightning		Free agency	^[18]
November 2, 2002 (2002-11-02)	Andrei Zyuzin	New Jersey Devils		Waivers	^[19]
November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)	Jeremy Stevenson	Houston Aeros (AHL)		Free agency	^[20]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[a]	Ref
N/A	Steve Aronson	London Knights (BISL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[22]
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Cam Stewart		Retirement (UFA)	^[23]
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)	Mike Matteucci	New Jersey Devils	Free agency (VI)	^[24]
July 23, 2002 (2002-07-23)	Brett McLean	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	^[25]
July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	Aaron Gavey	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (UFA)	^[26]
August 13, 2002 (2002-08-13)	Shawn Carter	Augsburger Panther (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[27]
August 27, 2002 (2002-08-27)	Stacy Roest	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (UFA)	^[28]
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)	Mike Crowley		Retirement	^[29]
April 3, 2003 (2003-04-03)	Jean-Guy Trudel	HC Ambri-Piotta (NLA)	Free agency	^[30]
April 14, 2003 (2003-04-14)	Tony Virta	HPK (Liiga)	Free agency	^[31]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26)	Sylvain Blouin	multi-year	Re-signing	^[32]
June 27, 2002 (2002-06-27)	Travis Roche	multi-year	Re-signing	^[33]
July 8, 2002 (2002-07-08)	Mike Crowley		Re-signing	^[34]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Rickard Wallin		Entry-level	^[35]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Brad Brown	1-year	Re-signing	^[36]
August 14, 2002 (2002-08-14)	Ladislav Benysek	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
	Matt Johnson	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
	Cory Larose		Re-signing	^[37]
	Richard Park	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
August 19, 2002 (2002-08-19)	Antti Laaksonen	1-year	Arbitration award	^[38]
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)	Pierre-Marc Bouchard		Entry-level	^[39]
November 20, 2002 (2002-11-20)	Filip Kuba	multi-year	Extension	^[40]
January 6, 2003 (2003-01-06)	Chris Heid	multi-year	Entry-level	^[41]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	Dwayne Roloson	multi-year	Extension	^[14]
April 6, 2003 (2003-04-06)	Josh Harding		Entry-level	^[42]

Draft picks

Minnesota's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^[43]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2	38	Josh Harding	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	72	Mike Erickson	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
3	73	Barry Brust	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5	155	Armands Berzins	Latvia	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
6	175	Matt Foy	Canada	Merrimack College (Hockey East)
7	204	Niklas Eckerblom	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
8	237	Christoph Brandner	Austria	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)
9	268	Mikhail Tyulyapkin	Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia)
9	269	Mika Hannula	Sweden	Malmö Redhawks (Elitserien)

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[21]

References

• "Minnesota Wild 2002-03 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
• "2002-03 Minnesota Wild Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.

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