2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes season

2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	Eastern
2002–03 record	22–43–11-6
Goals for	171
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Ron Francis
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Glen Wesley

The 2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Hockey League and sixth as the Hurricanes.

Regular season

The Hurricanes finished 30th in scoring, with just 171 goals for. They also had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 420.

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
2	6	Washington Capitals	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
3	11	Atlanta Thrashers	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
4	13	Florida Panthers	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
5	15	Carolina Hurricanes	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

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

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

Schedule and results

October

Record for the month 5-4-1-1 (Home 3-2-1-0 Away 2-2-0-1)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	L	October 9, 2002	1–4	New York Rangers (2002–03)	0–1–0–0	18,730
2	W	October 11, 2002	5–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	1–1–0–0	13,962
3	L	October 12, 2002	1–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	1–2–0–0	19,814
4	OTL	October 15, 2002	1–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	1–2–0–1	13,222
5	L	October 17, 2002	1–2	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	1–3–0–1	10,597
6	W	October 19, 2002	3–1	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	2–3–0–1	15,518
7	W	October 22, 2002	4–1	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	3–3–0–1	13,514
8	L	October 23, 2002	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	3–4–0–1	14,847
9	T	October 26, 2002	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	3–4–1–1	15,613
10	W	October 29, 2002	2–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	4–4–1–1	10,328
11	W	October 30, 2002	4–2	New York Islanders (2002–03)	5–4–1–1	12,495

November

Record for the month 6-3-3-2 (Home 4-1-3-2 Away 2-2-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
12	T	November 1, 2002	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	5–4–2–1	15,357
13	OTL	November 5, 2002	1–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	5–4–2–2	15,501
14	W	November 7, 2002	2–0	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	6–4–2–2	11,588
15	W	November 9, 2002	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	7–4–2–2	18,730
16	W	November 12, 2002	3–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	8–4–2–2	10,707
17	T	November 15, 2002	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	8–4–3–2	17,480
18	OTL	November 17, 2002	1–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	8–4–3–3	13,970
19	T	November 19, 2002	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	8–4–4–3	11,044
20	L	November 21, 2002	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	8–5–4–3	10,667
21	W	November 23, 2002	7–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	9–5–4–3	20,420
22	L	November 25, 2002	1–3	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	9–6–4–3	18,200
23	L	November 27, 2002	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	9–7–4–3	14,943
24	W	November 29, 2002	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	10–7–4–3	18,730
25	W	November 30, 2002	4–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	11–7–4–3	18,136

December

Record for the month 4-8-1-0 (Home 1-3-1-0 Away 3-5-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
26	W	December 3, 2002	2–1	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	12–7–4–3	10,258
27	L	December 4, 2002	2–4	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	12–8–4–3	10,944
28	L	December 6, 2002	0–2	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	12–9–4–3	17,006
29	L	December 7, 2002	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	12–10–4–3	15,328
30	L	December 11, 2002	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	12–11–4–3	16,091
31	W	December 12, 2002	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	13–11–4–3	14,528
32	L	December 15, 2002	1–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	13–12–4–3	18,568
33	T	December 18, 2002	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	13–12–5–3	15,236
34	W	December 20, 2002	3–2 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	14–12–5–3	12,831
35	W	December 22, 2002	1–0	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	15–12–5–3	17,127
36	L	December 27, 2002	3–5	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	15–13–5–3	18,730
37	L	December 28, 2002	0–3	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	15–14–5–3	15,559
38	L	December 31, 2002	0–2	New York Rangers (2002–03)	15–15–5–3	18,730

January

Record for the month 2-10-1-2 (Home 1-5-0-1 Away 1-5-1-1)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
39	L	January 3, 2003	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	15–16–5–3	13,757
40	W	January 4, 2003	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	16–16–5–3	16,407
41	T	January 7, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	16–16–6–3	9,061
42	L	January 8, 2003	1–5	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	16–17–6–3	18,200
43	L	January 10, 2003	1–4	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	16–18–6–3	16,553
44	OTL	January 12, 2003	2–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	16–18–6–4	18,730
45	L	January 15, 2003	0–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	16–19–6–4	15,265
46	L	January 17, 2003	1–2	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	16–20–6–4	18,730
47	L	January 18, 2003	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	16–21–6–4	17,574
48	L	January 20, 2003	3–5	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	16–22–6–4	14,654
49	L	January 22, 2003	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	16–23–6–4	12,954
50	W	January 24, 2003	3–1	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	17–23–6–4	15,346
51	OTL	January 25, 2003	2–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	17–23–6–5	16,122
52	L	January 29, 2003	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	17–24–6–5	18,094
53	L	January 30, 2003	1–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	17–25–6–5	13,541

February

Record for the month 1-6-3-1 (Home 1-1-2-0 Away 0-5-1-1)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
54	L	February 5, 2003	2–6	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	17–26–6–5	17,108
55	L	February 7, 2003	2–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	17–27–6–5	18,118
56	L	February 9, 2003	1–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	17–28–6–5	15,599
57	OTL	February 11, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	17–28–6–6	18,532
58	W	February 14, 2003	3–1	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	18–28–6–6	17,003
59	T	February 15, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	18–28–7–6	19,408
60	L	February 18, 2003	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	18–29–7–6	19,365
61	T	February 19, 2003	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	18–29–8–6	16,194
62	T	February 21, 2003	2–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	18–29–9–6	16,732
63	L	February 23, 2003	0–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	18–30–9–6	15,053
64	L	February 26, 2003	2–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	18–31–9–6	12,168

March

Record for the month 4-9-2-0 (Home 2-4-2-0 Away 2-5-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
65	L	March 1, 2003	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	18–32–9–6	19,362
66	L	March 2, 2003	0–2	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	18–33–9–6	16,198
67	L	March 4, 2003	2–4	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	18–34–9–6	14,973
68	W	March 6, 2003	4–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	19–34–9–6	14,812
69	W	March 7, 2003	1–0	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	20–34–9–6	13,224
70	W	March 10, 2003	6–5	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	21–34–9–6	13,066
71	W	March 12, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	22–34–9–6	15,425
72	L	March 13, 2003	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	22–35–9–6	19,399
73	T	March 15, 2003	0–0 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	22–35–10–6	16,017
74	L	March 18, 2003	5–6	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	22–36–10–6	16,531
75	L	March 22, 2003	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	22–37–10–6	21,273
76	T	March 25, 2003	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	22–37–11–6	16,262
77	L	March 26, 2003	1–5	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	22–38–11–6	9,994
78	L	March 29, 2003	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	22–39–11–6	17,677
79	L	March 31, 2003	0–4	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	22–40–11–6	14,157

April

Record for the month 0-3-0-0 (Home 0-1-0-0 Away 0-2-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
80	L	April 2, 2003	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	22–41–11–6	15,718
81	L	April 4, 2003	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	22–42–11–6	16,544
82	L	April 6, 2003	1–2	New York Islanders (2002–03)	22–43–11–6	16,918

Playoffs

The Hurricanes missed the playoffs, despite making it to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year against the eventual champions, the Detroit Red Wings.

Roster

1. 10 Ron Francis, #2 Glen Wesley, #17 Rod Brind'Amour, #1 Arturs Irbe, #7 Niclas Wallin

Draft picks

Carolina's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Hurricanes have the 25th overall pick.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	25	Cam Ward	G	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
3	91	Jesse Lane	D	United States	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	160	Daniel Manzato	G	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7	224	Adam Taylor	C	United States	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Lowell Lock Monsters are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2002–03 AHL season.

East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

External links

• "2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.