2002–03 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2002–03 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's eighth season.

2002–03 Colorado Avalanche
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	3rd Western
2002–03 record	42–19–13–8
Goals for	251
Goals against	194
Team information
General manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley Tony Granato
Captain	Joe Sakic

Regular season

• January 20, 2003: In a game against the Dallas Stars, Patrick Roy became the first goaltender to appear in 1,000 regular season games. At the end of the game, Marty Turco raised his mask to praise Patrick.[1] Prior to the game, Rogatien Vachon presented Roy with a silver goalie stick. Jim Gregory, vice-president of operations for the NHL presented Roy with a crystal sculpture.
• April 6, 2003: In a game against the St. Louis Blues, Patrick Roy played the last regular season game of his career. The Avalanche won the game by a score of 5–2. It was Roy's 1,029th game, and his 551st victory.[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

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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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 9, 2002	1–1 OT	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	0–0–1–0
2	L	October 14, 2002	1–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	0–1–1–0
3	W	October 17, 2002	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	1–1–1–0
4	W	October 19, 2002	3–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	2–1–1–0
5	OTL	October 20, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	2–1–1–1
6	T	October 22, 2002	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	2–1–2–1
7	W	October 24, 2002	3–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	3–1–2–1
8	T	October 27, 2002	3–3 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	3–1–3–1
9	OTL	October 29, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	3–1–3–2
10	W	October 31, 2002	5–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	4–1–3–2
11	T	November 2, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	4–1–4–2
12	L	November 4, 2002	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	4–2–4–2
13	L	November 6, 2002	2–5	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	4–3–4–2
14	OTL	November 8, 2002	2–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	4–3–4–3
15	L	November 10, 2002	3–4	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	4–4–4–3
16	W	November 12, 2002	5–4	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	5–4–4–3
17	W	November 14, 2002	3–1	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	6–4–4–3
18	L	November 15, 2002	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	6–5–4–3
19	T	November 17, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	6–5–5–3
20	T	November 21, 2002	1–1 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	6–5–6–3
21	W	November 23, 2002	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	7–5–6–3
22	W	November 25, 2002	1–0	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	8–5–6–3
23	T	November 27, 2002	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	8–5–7–3
24	T	November 29, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	8–5–8–3
25	L	November 30, 2002	0–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	8–6–8–3
26	L	December 3, 2002	1–2	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	8–7–8–3
27	W	December 6, 2002	7–6 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	9–7–8–3
28	L	December 11, 2002	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	9–8–8–3
29	OTL	December 13, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	9–8–8–4
30	W	December 14, 2002	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	10–8–8–4
31	T	December 16, 2002	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	10–8–9–4
32	W	December 19, 2002	2–1	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	11–8–9–4
33	W	December 21, 2002	4–2	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	12–8–9–4
34	W	December 23, 2002	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	13–8–9–4
35	L	December 26, 2002	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	13–9–9–4
36	OTL	December 27, 2002	1–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	13–9–9–5
37	W	December 29, 2002	6–1	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	14–9–9–5
38	W	January 1, 2003	7–3	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	15–9–9–5
39	L	January 2, 2003	1–4	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	15–10–9–5
40	W	January 4, 2003	6–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	16–10–9–5
41	L	January 7, 2003	2–4	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	16–11–9–5
42	L	January 9, 2003	3–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	16–12–9–5
43	L	January 11, 2003	3–6	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	16–13–9–5
44	W	January 12, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	17–13–9–5
45	L	January 16, 2003	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	17–14–9–5
46	T	January 20, 2003	1–1 OT	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	17–14–10–5
47	W	January 23, 2003	5–0	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	18–14–10–5
48	W	January 25, 2003	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	19–14–10–5
49	T	January 28, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	19–14–11–5
50	W	January 30, 2003	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	20–14–11–5
51	W	February 4, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	21–14–11–5
52	W	February 6, 2003	1–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	22–14–11–5
53	W	February 8, 2003	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	23–14–11–5
54	W	February 9, 2003	4–2	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	24–14–11–5
55	W	February 11, 2003	3–1	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	25–14–11–5
56	OTL	February 13, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	25–14–11–6
57	W	February 15, 2003	3–2	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	26–14–11–6
58	W	February 17, 2003	5–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	27–14–11–6
59	W	February 20, 2003	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	28–14–11–6
60	L	February 21, 2003	1–4	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	28–15–11–6
61	W	February 23, 2003	4–1	New York Rangers (2002–03)	29–15–11–6
62	W	February 25, 2003	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	30–15–11–6
63	OTL	February 27, 2003	3–4 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	30–15–11–7
64	W	March 1, 2003	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	31–15–11–7
65	W	March 2, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	32–15–11–7
66	W	March 5, 2003	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	33–15–11–7
67	L	March 7, 2003	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	33–16–11–7
68	W	March 8, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	34–16–11–7
69	T	March 10, 2003	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	34–16–12–7
70	W	March 13, 2003	5–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	35–16–12–7
71	L	March 15, 2003	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	35–17–12–7
72	L	March 16, 2003	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	35–18–12–7
73	W	March 20, 2003	2–0	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	36–18–12–7
74	W	March 22, 2003	8–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	37–18–12–7
75	OTL	March 24, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	37–18–12–8
76	T	March 25, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	37–18–13–8
77	W	March 27, 2003	3–0	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	38–18–13–8
78	W	March 29, 2003	6–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	39–18–13–8
79	W	March 31, 2003	3–1	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	40–18–13–8
80	L	April 2, 2003	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	40–19–13–8
81	W	April 4, 2003	4–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	41–19–13–8
82	W	April 6, 2003	5–2	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	42–19–13–8

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals Colorado vs. Minnesota
Date	Away	Home
April 10	Minnesota 4	2 Colorado
April 12	Minnesota 2	3 Colorado
April 14	Colorado 3	0 Minnesota
April 16	Colorado 3	1 Minnesota
April 19	Minnesota 3	2 Colorado
April 21	Colorado 2	3 Minnesota (OT)
April 22	Minnesota 3	2 Colorado (OT)
Minnesota wins series 4-3

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Peter Forsberg C 75 29 77 106 70 52 8 0 2 Milan Hejduk RW 82 50 48 98 32 52 18 0 4 Alex Tanguay LW 82 26 41 67 36 34 3 0 5 Joe Sakic C 58 26 32 58 24 4 8 0 1 Steve Reinprecht C 77 18 33 51 18 -6 2 1 1 Derek Morris D 75 11 37 48 68 16 9 0 7 Rob Blake D 79 17 28 45 57 20 8 2 3 Greg de Vries D 82 6 26 32 70 15 0 0 2 Adam Foote D 78 11 20 31 88 30 3 0 2 Radim Vrbata RW 66 11 19 30 16 0 3 0 4 Martin Skoula D 81 4 21 25 68 11 2 0 0 Dean McAmmond C 41 10 8 18 10 1 2 0 2 Eric Messier LW 72 4 10 14 16 -2 0 1 1 Dan Hinote RW 60 6 4 10 49 4 0 0 3 Mike Keane RW 65 5 5 10 34 0 0 1 1 Serge Aubin LW 66 4 6 10 64 -2 0 0 1 Vaclav Nedorost C 42 4 5 9 20 8 1 0 0 Jeff Shantz C 74 3 6 9 35 -12 0 0 2 Riku Hahl C 42 3 4 7 12 3 0 0 0 Bates Battaglia LW 13 1 5 6 10 -2 1 0 1 Scott Parker RW 43 1 3 4 82 6 0 0 0 Brad Larsen LW 6 0 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 Bryan Marchment D 14 0 3 3 33 4 0 0 0 Bryan Muir D 32 0 2 2 19 3 0 0 0 D. J. Smith D 34 1 0 1 55 2 0 0 0 Chris McAllister D 14 0 1 1 26 6 0 0 0 Brian Willsie RW 12 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 0 David Aebischer G 22 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Steve Brule RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Moore C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Paul D 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Patrick Roy G 63 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 Charlie Stephens C/RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Patrick Roy 3769 63 35 15 13 137 2.18 5 1723 1586 .920 David Aebischer 1235 22 7 12 0 50 2.43 1 593 543 .916 Team: 5004 82 42 27 13 187 2.24 6 2316 2129 .919

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 7 6 3 9 2 1 2 0 1 Peter Forsberg C 7 2 6 8 6 3 1 0 0 Milan Hejduk RW 7 2 2 4 2 4 1 0 0 Rob Blake D 7 1 2 3 8 2 0 0 0 Dan Hinote RW 7 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 Steve Reinprecht C 7 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 Alex Tanguay LW 7 1 2 3 4 -2 0 0 1 Derek Morris D 7 0 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 Greg de Vries D 7 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Bates Battaglia LW 7 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 Riku Hahl C 6 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 Brian Willsie RW 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 Adam Foote D 6 0 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 Martin Skoula D 7 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Serge Aubin LW 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 Mike Keane RW 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Bryan Marchment D 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 Chris McAllister D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Messier LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Parker RW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Patrick Roy G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Shantz C 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Patrick Roy 423 7 3 4 16 2.27 1 177 161 .910 Team: 423 7 3 4 16 2.27 1 177 161 .910

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	28	Jonas Johansson	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
2	61	Johnny Boychuk	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	94	Eric Lundberg	United States	Providence College (Hockey East)
4	107	Mikko Kalteva	Finland	Jokerit Jr. (Finland)
4	129	Tom Gilbert	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
5	164	Tyler Weiman	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	195	Taylor Christie	Canada	Bowling Green State University (WCHA)
7	227	Ryan Steeves	Canada	Yale University (ECAC)
8	258	Sergei Shemetov	Russia	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
9	289	Sean Collins	United States	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.482 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
2. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.483, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
4. "2002-03 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

External links

• "2002–03 Colorado Avalanche Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.