2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins
2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	14th Eastern
2002–03 record	27–44–6
Goals for	189
Goals against	255
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Rick Kehoe
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Alexei Kovalev; Martin Straka
Arena	Mellon Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (28)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (63)
Points	Mario Lemieux (91)
Penalty minutes	Steve McKenna (128)
Plus/minus	Guillaume Lefebvre; Mathias Johansson (+1)
Wins	Johan Hedberg (14)
Goals against average	Sebastien Caron (2.64)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 36th season. The team finished fifth and last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

The Penguins were shut out an NHL-high ten times, tied with the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators.^[1]

Final 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

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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^[3]
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
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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

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2002–2003 Schedule

October: 6–2–2–0 (Home: 4–1–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1–0), 14 Points

November: 5–4–1–3 (Home: 3–2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–1–2), 14 Points

December: 4–9–0–2 (Home: 3–3–0–1 ; Road: 1–6–0–1), 10 Points

January: 6–7–1–0 (Home: 2–3–0–0 ; Road: 4–4–1–0), 13 Points

February: 4–8–0–0 (Home: 2–6–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0–0), 8 Points

March: 1–13–2–0 (Home: 0–7–1–0 ; Road: 1–6–1–0), 4 Points

April: 1–1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0–0), 2 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT Loss = Tie

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mario Lemieux	67	28	63	91	−25	43
Alexei Kovalev^‡	54	27	37	64	−11	50
Martin Straka	60	18	28	46	−18	12
Dick Tarnstrom	61	7	34	41	−11	50
Jan Hrdina^‡	57	14	25	39	1	34
Alexei Morozov	27	9	16	25	−3	16
Ville Nieminen	75	9	12	21	−25	93
Randy Robitaille^‡	41	5	12	17	5	8
Wayne Primeau^‡	70	5	11	16	−30	55
Rico Fata^†	27	5	8	13	−6	10
Milan Kraft	31	7	5	12	−8	10
Tomas Surovy	26	4	7	11	0	10
Steve McKenna	79	9	1	10	−18	128
Michal Rozsival	53	4	6	10	−5	40
Shean Donovan^‡	52	4	5	9	−6	30
Alexandre Daigle	33	4	3	7	−10	8
Marc Bergevin^‡	69	2	5	7	−9	36
Kent Manderville	82	2	5	7	−22	46
Janne Laukkanen^‡	17	1	6	7	−3	8
Ian Moran^‡	70	0	7	7	−17	46
Eric Meloche	13	5	1	6	−2	4
Michal Sivek	38	3	3	6	−5	14
Guillaume Lefebvre^†	12	2	4	6	1	0
Mathias Johansson^†	12	1	5	6	1	4
Richard Lintner^†	19	3	2	5	−9	10
Hans Jonsson	63	1	4	5	−23	36
Jamie Pushor	76	3	1	4	−28	76
Dan LaCouture^‡	44	2	2	4	−8	72
Andrew Ference^‡	22	1	3	4	−16	36
Brian Holzinger^†	9	1	2	3	−6	6
Dan Focht^†	12	0	3	3	−7	19
Mikael Samuelsson^†	22	2	0	2	−21	8
Shawn Heins^†	27	1	1	2	−2	33
Joel Bouchard^†	7	0	1	1	−6	0
Kris Beech	12	0	1	1	−3	6
Vladimir Vujtek	5	0	1	1	−4	0
Tom Kostopoulos	8	0	1	1	−4	0
Josef Melichar	8	0	0	0	−2	2
Brooks Orpik	6	0	0	0	−5	2
Ramzi Abid^†	3	0	0	0	−5	2
Ross Lupaschuk	3	0	0	0	−3	4
Konstantin Koltsov	2	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[5]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Johan Hedberg	41	39	2,410:11	14	22	4	3	126	3.14	1197	0.895	1	2	18
Sebastien Caron	24	23	1,408:07	7	14	2	0	62	2.64	741	0.916	2	0	6
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	21	20	1,132:16	6	13	0	2	59	3.13	589	0.900	1	1	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.

Awards and records

Player	Award
Sebastien Caron	Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team
Johan Hedberg	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Mario Lemieux	Most Valuable Player Award A.T. Caggiano Booster Club Award Leading Point Scorer Award
Steve McKenna	Baz Bastein Memorial "Good Guy" Award Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Martin Straka	Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2002–03 season:^[6]

Trades

June 23, 2002	To New York Rangers: Krzysztof Oliwa	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Future consideration (2003 ninth-round pick (#273–Albert Vishnyakov))
February 9, 2003	To Calgary Flames: Andrew Ference	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 2004 fifth-round pick (#85–Brian Gifford)
February 9, 2003	To San Jose Sharks: 2003 fifth-round pick (#139–Patrick Ehelechner)	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Shawn Heins
February 10, 2003	To New York Rangers: Alexei Kovalev Dan LaCouture Janne Laukkanen Mike Wilson	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Mikael Samuelsson Rico Fata Joel Bouchard Richard Lintner Cash considerations
March 9, 2003	To New York Islanders: Randy Robitaille	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 2003 fifth-round pick (#161–Evgeni Isakov)
March 11, 2003	To Boston Bruins: Ian Moran	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 2003 fourth-round pick (#121–Paul Bissonnette)
March 11, 2003	To Tampa Bay Lightning: Marc Bergevin	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Brian Holzinger
March 11, 2003	To San Jose Sharks: Wayne Primeau	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Matt Bradley
March 11, 2003	To Calgary Flames: Shean Donovan	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Mathias Johansson Micki DuPont
March 11, 2003	To Phoenix Coyotes: Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre
May 12, 2003	To Tampa Bay Lightning: 2003 ninth-round pick (#273–Albert Vishnyakov)	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Marc Bergevin

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Date
Steve McKenna	New York Rangers	July 12, 2002
Vladimir Vujtek	Atlanta Thrashers	July 15, 2002
Marc Bergevin	St. Louis Blues	July 18, 2002

Claimed via waivers

Date	Player	Previous team
August 6, 2002	Dick Tarnstrom	New York Islanders

Lost via waivers

Date	Player	New team
October 4, 2002	Rick Berry	Washington Capitals

Player signings

Player	Date
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	June 25, 2002
Brendan Buckley	June 26, 2002
Mario Lemieux	June 26, 2002
Konstantin Koltsov	July 15, 2002
Francois Leroux	July 16, 2002
Jamie Pushor	July 30, 2002
Rick Berry	July 30, 2002
Ville Nieminen	July 30, 2002
Andrew Ference	July 31, 2002
Dan LaCouture	August 1, 2002
Randy Robitaille	August 1, 2002
Shean Donovan	August 1, 2002
Matt Murley	August 2, 2002
Alexei Morozov	August 7, 2002
Alexandre Daigle	August 13, 2002
Zenon Konopka	September 1, 2002
Colby Armstrong	September 3, 2002
Rob Tallas	September 3, 2002
Josef Melichar	September 9, 2002
Michal Rozsival	September 9, 2002
Tom Kostopoulos	September 9, 2002
Matt Hussey	September 27, 2002
Alexandre Daigle	October 4, 2002
Tom Barrasso	June 18, 2003

Other

Name	Date	Notes
Herb Brooks	August 16, 2002	Hired as director of player development
Rick Kehoe	April 15, 2003	Fired as head coach
Ed Olczyk	June 11, 2003	Hired as head coach
Tom Barrasso	June 18, 2003	Retired

Roster

Mario Lemieux Alex Kovalev Straka, Martin Tarnstrom, Dick Hrdina, Jan Morozov, Aleksey Nieminen, Ville Robitaille, Randy Primeau, Wayne Fata, Rico Kraft, Milan Surovy, Tomas McKenna, Steve Rozsival, Michal Donovan, Shean Daigle, Alexandre Bergevin, Marc Manderville, Kent Laukkanen, Janne Moran, Ian Meloche, Eric Sivek, Michal Lefebvre, Guillaume Johansson, Mathias Lintner, Richard Jonsson, Hans Pushor, Jamie LaCouture, Dan Ference, Andrew Holzinger, BrianB Focht, Dan Samuelsson, Mikael Heins, Shawn Hedberg, Johan Aubin, Jean-SebastienJ0 Beech, Kris Bouchard, Joel Kostopoulos, Tom Vujtek, Vladimir Abid, Ramzi Caron, Sebastien Koltsov, Konstantin Lupaschuk, Ross Melichar, Josef Orpik, Brooks

Goaltending

Hedberg, Johan Caron, Sebastien Aubin, Jean-Sebastien

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.^[7]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Ryan Whitney	Defense	United States	Boston University (H-EAST)
2	35	Ondrej Nemec	Defense	Czech Republic	HC Vsetin (CZE)
3	69	Erik Christensen	Center	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	101	Daniel Fernholm	Defense	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (SWE)
5	136^[a]	Andrew Sertich	Left Wing	United States	Greenway H.S. (USHSW)
5	137^[b]	Cam Paddock	Center	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	171	Robert Goepfert	Goaltender	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
7	202	Patrik Bartschi	Forward	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (SUI)
8	234	Maxime Talbot	Center	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	239^[c]	Ryan Lannon	Defense	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
9	265	Dwight Labrosse	Goaltender	United States	Guelph Storm (OHL)

Draft notes^[8]

^a Compensatory pick received for loss of Group III free agent Garth Snow.
^b Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Garth Snow per Michel Leduc.
^c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Marc Bergevin.

Farm teams

References

^ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003_games.html
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
^ "2002–2003 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "2002–2003 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "2002–2003 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". ProSportsTransactions. Retrieved September 17, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
^ "2002 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

"2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

[1] ttp://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003_games.html

[2] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.

[3] "2002–2003 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[4] "2002–2003 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[5] "2002–2003 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[6] "Hockey Transactions Search Results". ProSportsTransactions. Retrieved September 17, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[7] "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

[8] "2002 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

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