2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks season
2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 3rd Central |
Conference | 9th Western |
2002–03 record | 30–33–13–6 |
Home record | 17–15–7–2 |
Road record | 13–18–6–4 |
Goals for | 207 |
Goals against | 226 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Smith |
Coach | Brian Sutter |
Captain | Alexei Zhamnov |
Alternate captains | Kyle Calder (Mar-Apr) Eric Daze (Mar-Apr) Phil Housley (Oct-Mar) Jon Klemm Lyle Odelein (Oct-Mar) Steve Sullivan (Mar-Apr) Steve Thomas (Oct-Mar) |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 14,794 (72.2%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Norfolk Admirals Roanoke Express |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Steve Sullivan (26) |
Assists | Alexei Zhamnov (43) |
Points | Steve Sullivan (61) |
Penalty minutes | Chris Simon (125) |
Plus/minus | Steve Sullivan (+15) |
Wins | Jocelyn Thibault (26) |
Goals against average | Jocelyn Thibault (2.37) |
The 2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Chicago Blackhawks' 77th season of operation. Finishing ninth in the Western Conference, they failed to qualify for the playoffs.
Offseason
[edit]Forward Alexei Zhamnov was named captain, following the departure of Tony Amonte.[1]
Regular season
[edit]- January 8, 2003: Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Michael Leighton gained a shutout in his NHL debut in a 0-0 tie versus the Phoenix Coyotes. Coyotes goaltender Zac Bierk earned his first career shutout, although it was not his NHL debut. It was the first time that two goalies in the same game both earned their first career shutouts.[2]
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 48 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 269 | 203 | 110 |
2 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 253 | 222 | 99 |
3 | 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 207 | 226 | 79 |
4 | 13 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 183 | 206 | 74 |
5 | 15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 213 | 263 | 69 |
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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
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October: 5–3–1–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 0–1–1–0)
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November: 5–7–2–0 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 3–6–1–0)
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December: 8–3–3–0 (home: 5–2–1–0; road: 3–1–2–0)
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January: 4–5–3–3 (home: 2–1–2–1; road: 2–4–1–2)
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February: 2–9–1–0 (home: 0–6–0–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
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March: 4–6–2–3 (home: 2–3–2–1; road: 2–3–0–2)
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April: 2–0–1–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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 Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
26 | Steve Sullivan | RW | 82 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 15 | 42 |
13 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 74 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 0 | 70 |
55 | Eric Daze | RW | 54 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 14 |
19 | Kyle Calder | LW | 82 | 15 | 27 | 42 | −6 | 40 |
39 | Tyler Arnason | C | 82 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 20 |
14 | Theoren Fleury | RW | 54 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −7 | 77 |
94 | Sergei Berezin‡ | LW | 66 | 18 | 13 | 31 | −3 | 8 |
28 | Mark Bell | C | 82 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 113 |
6 | Phil Housley‡ | D | 57 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 24 |
43 | Nathan Dempsey | D | 67 | 5 | 23 | 28 | −7 | 26 |
11 | Andrei Nikolishin† | C | 60 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −3 | 26 |
17 | Chris Simon† | LW | 61 | 12 | 6 | 18 | −4 | 125 |
32 | Steve Thomas‡ | LW | 69 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 51 |
42 | Jon Klemm | D | 70 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −9 | 44 |
25 | Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 40 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −8 | 12 |
8 | Steve Poapst | D | 75 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 50 |
20 | Mike Eastwood† | C | 53 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −6 | 24 |
7 | Lyle Odelein‡ | D | 65 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 76 |
22 | Igor Korolev | C | 48 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −1 | 30 |
50 | Igor Radulov | LW | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
34 | Jason Strudwick | D | 48 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 87 |
5 | Steve McCarthy | D | 57 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 23 |
2 | Boris Mironov‡ | D | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −1 | 22 |
92 | Michael Nylander‡ | C | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
49 | Shawn Thornton | RW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 31 |
44 | Burke Henry† | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −13 | 9 |
46 | Todd Gill† | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
4 | Sami Helenius† | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
15 | Garry Valk | RW | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
16 | Peter White‡ | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Craig Anderson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
33 | Louie DeBrusk | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
30 | Michael Leighton | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
53 | Brett McLean | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
29 | Steve Passmore | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
23 | Ryan VandenBussche | RW | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
Goaltending
[edit]Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | 62 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 1690 | 144 | 2.37 | .915 | 8 | 3650 |
30 | Michael Leighton | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 241 | 21 | 2.82 | .913 | 1 | 447 |
29 | Steve Passmore | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 284 | 38 | 3.70 | .866 | 0 | 617 |
31 | Craig Anderson | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 125 | 18 | 4.00 | .856 | 0 | 270 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Tyler Arnason (Forward) | [5] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Jocelyn Thibault | [6] |
NHL Player of the Week | Jocelyn Thibault (November 11) | [7] | |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Tyler Arnason (October) | [8] | |
Tyler Arnason (December) | [9] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Tyler Arnason | [10] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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500th game played | Jocelyn Thibault | January 17, 2003 | |
400th goal | Steve Thomas | February 17, 2003 | [11] |
Transactions
[edit]The Blackhawks 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.[12]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2002 4th-round pick in 2002 | To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2002 | [13] |
June 30, 2002 | To Chicago Blackhawks Sergei Berezin | To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2004 | [14] |
November 1, 2002 | To Chicago Blackhawks Andrei Nikolishin Chris Simon | To Washington Capitals Michael Nylander 3rd-round pick in 2003 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2004 | [15] |
January 8, 2003 | To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2004 | To New York Rangers Boris Mironov | [16] |
March 10, 2003 | To Chicago Blackhawks Sami Helenius Conditional draft pick[a] | To Dallas Stars Lyle Odelein | [17] |
March 11, 2003 | To Chicago Blackhawks 5th-round pick in 2003 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Steve Thomas | [18] |
March 11, 2003 | To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations | To Philadelphia Flyers Peter White | [18] |
March 11, 2003 | To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations[b] | To Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Housley | [19] |
March 11, 2003 | To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2004 | To Washington Capitals Sergei Berezin | [20] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 12, 2002 | Nathan Dempsey | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency | [21] | |
July 15, 2002 | Jason Strudwick | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency | [22] | |
July 23, 2002 | Brett McLean | Minnesota Wild | Free agency | [23] | |
August 15, 2002 | Theoren Fleury | San Jose Sharks | Free agency | [24] | |
August 30, 2002 | Louie DeBrusk | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) | Free agency | [25] | |
October 9, 2002 | Garry Valk | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency | [26] | |
October 21, 2002 | Travis Moen | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) | Free agency | [27] | |
December 11, 2002 | Mike Eastwood | St. Louis Blues | Waivers | [28] | |
Burke Henry | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [28] | ||
March 5, 2003 | Todd Gill | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | Free agency | [29] | |
June 4, 2003 | Quintin Laing | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [30] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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July 1, 2002 | Chris Feil[d] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [31] | |
July 3, 2002 | Aaron Downey | Dallas Stars | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
July 11, 2002 | Nolan Baumgartner | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
July 12, 2002 | Tony Amonte | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (III) | [35] |
July 17, 2002 | Tom Fitzgerald | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (III) | [36] |
July 18, 2002 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | New York Rangers | Free agency (VI) | [37] |
July 19, 2002 | Jim Campbell | Florida Panthers | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
August 27, 2002 | Chris McAlpine | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
November 23, 2002 | Jean-Yves Leroux | Saint-Georges Garaga (QSPHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
November 29, 2002 | Rumun Ndur | Graz 99ers (EBEL) | Free agency (VI) | [41] |
January 29, 2003 | Joe Reekie | Retirement (III) | [42] | |
February 21, 2003 | Ty Jones | Anchorage Aces (ECHL) | Free agency (II)[e] | [44] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 18, 2002 | Steve Poapst | Re-signing | [45] | |
June 26, 2002 | Steve Thomas | Re-signing | [46] | |
June 27, 2002 | Bob Probert | Re-signing | [47] | |
June 28, 2002 | Phil Housley | Re-signing | [48] | |
July 2, 2002 | Steve Passmore | Re-signing | [49] | |
July 10, 2002 | Sergei Berezin | Re-signing | [50] | |
July 25, 2002 | Dmitri Tolkunov | Re-signing | [51] | |
August 2, 2002 | Boris Mironov | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
August 8, 2002 | Kyle Calder | Re-signing | [53] | |
August 13, 2002 | Anton Babchuk | Entry-level | [54] | |
October 21, 2002 | Matt Keith | Entry-level | [27] | |
June 2, 2003 | Pavel Vorobiev | Entry-level | [55] |
Draft picks
[edit]Chicago's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[56]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 21 | Anton Babchuk | ![]() | Elemash Elektrostal (Russia) |
2 | 54 | Duncan Keith | ![]() | Michigan State University (CCHA) |
3 | 93 | Alexander Kozhevnikov | ![]() | Krylya Sovetov Jr. (Russia) |
4 | 128 | Matt Ellison | ![]() | Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL) |
5 | 156 | James Wisniewski | ![]() | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
6 | 188 | Kevin Kantee | ![]() | Jokerit Jr. (Finland) |
7 | 219 | Tyson Kellerman | ![]() | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
8 | 251 | Jason Kostadine | ![]() | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
9 | 282 | Adam Burish | ![]() | Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Chicago’s choice of an 8th-round pick in 2003 or a 7th-round pick in 2004.
- ^ Chicago would receive either a 4th-round pick in 2003 or a 9th-round pick in 2003 and a 4th-round pick in 2004.
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[31]
- ^ Feil, who last played during the 1999–2000 season, retired.[32]
- ^ Chicago retained Jones’ NHL rights until trading them to the Florida Panthers on March 2, 2004.[43]
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Dallas Stars -- signed free agent right wing Aaron Downey, who had been with the Chicago Blackhawks, to a one-year contract with a club option for 2003-04.
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Florida Panthers -- signed… free agent right wing Jim Campbell, who had been with the Chicago Blackhawks.
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LOS ANGELES KINGS--Agreed to terms with D Chris McAlpine.
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23-11-02: St-Georges signe Jean-Yves Leroux
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