2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers season

2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
2002–03 record	45–20–13–4
Home record	21–10–8–2
Road record	24–10–5–2
Goals for	211 (17th)
Goals against	166 (1st)
Team information
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Keith Primeau
Alternate captains	John LeClair Mark Recchi
Arena	First Union Center
Average attendance	19,325
Team leaders
Goals	Jeremy Roenick (27)
Assists	Mark Recchi (32)
Points	Jeremy Roenick (58)
Penalties in minutes	Donald Brashear (161)
Plus/minus	Eric Desjardins (+30)
Wins	Roman Cechmanek (33)
Goals against average	Roman Cechmanek (1.83)
<2001–02	2003–04>

The 2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 36th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Flyers hired former Dallas Stars and Stanley Cup-winning head coach Ken Hitchcock to replace the fired Bill Barber. In 2002–03, Roman Cechmanek had a club record 1.83 GAA and the Flyers acquired Sami Kapanen and Tony Amonte prior to the trade deadline; however, they fell one point short of a second straight Atlantic Division title. As a result, the Flyers endured a long, brutal seven-game first round match-up with the Toronto Maple Leafs that featured three multiple overtime games, all in Toronto. After winning Game 7, 6–1, the Flyers fought the Ottawa Senators in the second round with equal vigor as they split the first four games of the series, Cechmanek earning shutouts in both wins. Cechmanek's inconsistency showed through, however, as he allowed ten goals in the final two games and Ottawa advanced in six games. Cechmanek was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2004 second round draft pick during the off-season despite having the second-best goals-against average in the league over his three years in Philadelphia.

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
2	4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
3	8	New York Islanders	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
4	9	New York Rangers	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
5	14	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65

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.

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
3	Y- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
5	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
6	X- Washington Capitals	SE	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
7	X- Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
8.5
9	New York Rangers	AT	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
11	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72
13	Florida Panthers	SE	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65
15	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

      Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie/overtime loss (1 point)

2002–03 Game log
October: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 10 Philadelphia 2 – 2 Edmonton Cechmanek 16,839 0–0–1–0 1
November: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts November 1 0 – 0 0–0–0–0
December: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts December 1 0 – 0 0–0–0–0
January: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts January 1 0 – 0 0–0–0–0
February: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts February 1 0 – 0 0–0–0–0
March: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts March 1 0 – 0 0–0–0–0
April: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts April 1 0 – 0 0–0–0–0

Playoffs

Game log

      Win       Loss

2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Toronto - Flyers win 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 9 Toronto 5 – 3 Philadelphia Cechmanek 18,937 Maple Leafs lead 1–0 2 April 11 Toronto 1 – 4 Philadelphia Cechmanek 19,597 Series tied 1–1 3 April 14 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Toronto 2OT Cechmanek 19,533 Maple Leafs lead 2–1 4 April 16 Philadelphia 3 – 2 Toronto 3OT Cechmanek 19,574 Series tied 2–2 5 April 19 Toronto 1 – 4 Philadelphia Cechmanek 19,828 Flyers lead 3–2 6 April 21 Philadelphia 1 – 2 Toronto 2OT Cechmanek 19,573 Series tied 3–3 7 April 22 Toronto 1 – 6 Philadelphia Cechmanek 19,870 Flyers win 4–3 Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Ottawa - Senators win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 25 Philadelphia 2 – 4 Ottawa Cechmanek 18,197 Senators lead 1–0 2 April 27 Philadelphia 2 – 0 Ottawa Cechmanek 18,500 Series tied 1–1 3 April 29 Ottawa 3 – 2 Philadelphia OT Cechmanek 19,680 Senators lead 2–1 4 May 1 Ottawa 0 – 1 Philadelphia Cechmanek 19,842 Series tied 2–2 5 May 3 Philadelphia 2 – 5 Ottawa Cechmanek 18,500 Senators lead 3–2 6 May 5 Ottawa 5 – 1 Philadelphia Cechmanek 19,454 Senators win 4–2

Player stats

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position (C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right Wing); GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; = Joined team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only. = Left team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

#	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
				Regular season						Playoffs
97	Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	33	C	79	27	32	59	20	75	13	3	5	08 !8	1	08 !8
08 !8	Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	34	RW	79	20	32	52	0	35	13	7	3	10	4	02 !2
25	Primeau, KeithKeith Primeau	31	C	80	19	27	46	4	93	13	1	1	02 !2	-2	14
26	Handzus, MichalMichal Handzus	25	C	82	23	21	44	13	46	13	2	6	08 !8	3	06 !6
05 !5	Johnsson, KimKim Johnsson	26	D	82	10	29	39	11	38	13	0	3	03 !3	-1	08 !8
37	Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	33	D	79	8	24	32	30	35	05 !5	2	1	03 !3	2	00 !0
10	LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	33	LW	35	18	10	28	10	16	13	2	3	05 !5	5	10
12	Gagne, SimonSimon Gagne	22	LW	46	9	18	27	20	16	13	4	1	05 !5	1	06 !6
39	Murray, MartyMarty Murray	27	C	76	11	15	26	-1	13	04 !4	0	0	00 !0	-2	04 !4
87	Brashear, DonaldDonald Brashear	31	LW	80	8	17	25	5	161	13	1	2	03 !3	-1	21
14	Williams, JustinJustin Williams	21	RW	41	8	16	24	15	22	12	1	5	06 !6	2	08 !8
02 !2	Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	36	D	81	2	18	20	16	40	13	2	3	05 !5	-2	12
20	Somik, RadovanRadovan Somik	25	LW	60	8	10	18	9	10	05 !5	1	1	02 !2	0	06 !6
11	Amonte, TonyTony Amonte	32	RW	13	7	8	15	12	2	13	1	6	07 !7	2	04 !4
24	Kapanen, SamiSami Kapanen	29	RW	28	4	9	13	-1	6	13	4	3	07 !7	2	06 !6
36	Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg	21	D	58	4	9	13	8	20	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
55	Brendl, PavelPavel Brendl	21	RW	42	5	7	12	8	4	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
19	Chouinard, EricEric Chouinard	22	C	28	4	4	8	2	2	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
28	Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson	31	D	43	2	6	8	5	32	13	0	1	01 !1	4	06 !6
06 !6	Therien, ChrisChris Therien	31	D	67	1	6	7	10	36	13	0	2	02 !2	0	02 !2
15	Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco	33	RW	34	1	5	6	0	20	04 !4	0	0	00 !0	-2	00 !0
29	Fedoruk, ToddTodd Fedoruk	23	LW	63	1	5	6	1	105	01 !1	0	0	00 !0	0	00 !0
18	Warriner, ToddTodd Warriner	29	LW	13	2	3	5	2	6	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
13	Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe	34	C	14	2	2	4	5	16	13	2	3	05 !5	0	14
22	Yushkevich, DmitriDmitri Yushkevich	31	D	18	2	2	4	7	8	13	1	4	05 !5	7	02 !2
19	Ranheim, PaulPaul Ranheim	37	RW	28	0	4	4	-4	6	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
27	Savage, AndreAndre Savage	27	C	16	2	1	3	2	4	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
23	Vandermeer, JimJim Vandermeer	22	D	24	2	1	3	9	27	08 !8	0	1	01 !1	1	09 !9
03 !3	McGillis, DanDan McGillis	30	D	24	0	3	3	7	20	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
18	Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio	26	RW	7	1	0	1	-1	2	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
09 !9	Greig, MarkMark Greig	33	RW	5	0	1	1	1	2	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
21	Siklenka, MikeMike Siklenka	23	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
47	Law, KirbyKirby Law	25	RW	2	0	0	0	0	2	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
34	MacNeil, IanIan MacNeil	25	C	2	0	0	0	1	0	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
11, 18, 51	Sharp, PatrickPatrick Sharp	21	C	3	0	0	0	0	2	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
18	Wright, JamieJamie Wright	26	LW	4	0	0	0	-1	4	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
22	St. Jacques, BrunoBruno St. Jacques	22	D	6	0	0	0	-1	2	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
17	Lefebvre, GuillaumeGuillaume Lefebvre	21	LW	14	0	0	0	1	4	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
24	McAllister, ChrisChris McAllister	27	D	19	0	0	0	-2	21	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
42	Esche, RobertRobert Esche	25	G	30	0	0	0	-0.1 !N/A	6	01 !1	0	0	00 !0	-0.1 !N/A	00 !0
32	Cechmanek, RomanRoman Cechmanek	31	G	58	0	0	0	-0.1 !N/A	8	13	0	0	00 !0	-0.1 !N/A	00 !0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; MIN = Minutes played; Bold denotes franchise record

#	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
			Regular season									Playoffs
32	Cechmanek, RomanRoman Cechmanek	31	58	33	15	10	6	102	.926	1.83	3350	13	6	7	2	31	.909	2.14	867
42	Esche, RobertRobert Esche	25	30	12	9	3	2	60	.903	2.20	1638	01 !1	0	0	0	01 !1	.929	2.00	030 !30

Awards and records

Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Ken Hitchcock (Assistant Coach) Jeremy Roenick
NHL Player of the Week	Roman Cechmanek (January 21)
William M. Jennings Trophy	Roman Cechmanek Robert Esche
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Roman Cechmanek
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Donald Brashear
Toyota Cup	Keith Primeau
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Robert Esche

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Jeremy Roenick	1,000th NHL Game	November 16, 2002
Eric Desjardins	1,000th NHL Game	December 18, 2002
Jeremy Roenick	600th NHL Assist	January 9, 2003
Eric Weinrich	1,000th NHL Game	March 31, 2003

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 2002–03 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 12, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Robert Esche Michal Handzus	To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Boucher Nashville's 3rd-round pick in 2002
June 18, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2003 conditional 5th-round pick in 2004 (Condition not met)	To Edmonton Oilers Jiri Dopita
June 21, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 2002	To Tampa Bay Lightning Ruslan Fedotenko Tampa Bay's 2nd-round pick in 2002 Phoenix's 2nd-round pick in 2002
June 22, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2002 3rd-round pick in 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes 3rd-round pick in 2002
June 23, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2003	To Columbus Blue Jackets Vancouver's 6th-round pick in 2002 7th-round pick in 2002
December 6, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Marcus Ragnarsson	To San Jose Sharks Dan McGillis
December 19, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers conditional draft pick in 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Paul Ranheim
January 22, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Jamie Wright	To Calgary Flames future considerations
January 29, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Chouinard	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2003
February 5, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Todd Warriner	To Vancouver Canucks conditional draft pick (Condition not met)
February 7, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2003	To Colorado Avalanche Chris McAllister
February 7, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Bast Sami Kapanen	To Carolina Hurricanes Pavel Brendl Bruno St. Jacques
March 1, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Dmitri Yushkevich	To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2004
March 9, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Claude Lapointe	To New York Islanders 5th-round pick in 2003
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
March 11, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Peter White	To Chicago Blackhawks future considerations

Other transactions

Date	Player	Team (League)	Notes
Signed via free agency
July 2, 2002	Ian MacNeil	Lowell (AHL)
July 14, 2002	Andre Savage	Manitoba (AHL)
January 15, 2003	Joe Sacco	Washington (NHL)
January 27, 2003	Mike Siklenka	Portland (AHL)
Lost via free agency
July 1, 2002	Adam Oates	Anaheim (NHL)
July 4, 2002	Luke Richardson	Columbus (NHL)
Retirement
n/a	Rick Tocchet	—
Claimed off waivers
January 1, 2003	Tomi Kallio	Columbus (NHL)
Lost on waivers
March 11, 2003	Todd Warriner	Nashville (NHL)
Re-signed
July 12, 2002	Donald Brashear	—	4 years
July 12, 2002	Todd Fedoruk	—	2 years
September 11, 2002	Simon Gagne	—	2 years
February 15, 2003	Marcus Ragnarsson	—	2 year extension
Signed to Entry Level contracts
May 17, 2003	Wade Skolney	Brandon (WHL)	Undrafted free agent
June 25, 2002	Jeff Woywitka	Red Deer (WHL)	Drafted 27th overall, 2001
May 21, 2003	Freddy Meyer	Boston (HE)	Undrafted free agent

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Rnd	#	Player	Position	Nationality	Drafted from
1	4	Joni Pitkanen	Defenseman	Finland	Karpat (SM-liiga)
4	105	Rosario Ruggeri	Defenseman	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
4	126	Konstantin Baranov	Forward	Russia	Mechel Chelyabinsk (RUS)
5	161	Dov Grumet-Morris	Goaltender	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
6	192	Nikita Korovkin	Defenseman	Russia	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	193	Joey Mormina	Defenseman	Canada	Colgate University (ECAC)
7	201	Mathieu Brunelle	Left Wing	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific