2002–03 Florida Panthers | |
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Division | 4th Southeast |
Conference | 13th Eastern |
2002–03 record | 24–36–13–9 |
Home record | 8–21–7–5 |
Road record | 16–15–6–4 |
Goals for | 176 |
Goals against | 237 |
Team information | |
General manager | Rick Dudley |
Coach | Mike Keenan |
Captain | Vacant |
Alternate captains | Olli Jokinen Viktor Kozlov Marcus Nilson Sandis Ozolinsh (Oct-Jan) Dmitri Yushkevich (Oct-Nov) |
Arena | Office Depot Center |
Average attendance | 15,428 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | San Antonio Rampage |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Olli Jokinen (36) |
Assists | Olli Jokinen (29) |
Points | Olli Jokinen (65) |
Penalty minutes | Peter Worrell (193) |
Plus/minus | Andreas Lilja (+8) |
Wins | Roberto Luongo (20) |
Goals against average | Roberto Luongo (2.71) |
The 2002–03 Florida Panthers season was their tenth season in the National Hockey League. The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season, but did host the 53rd All-Star Game.
Offseason
Rick Dudley was named the team’s new general manager.[1]
Regular season
All-Star Game
The 53rd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held during the 2002–03 NHL season, and took place at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida, the home of the Florida Panthers, on February 2, 2003. It was the first All-Star Game since the 1997 All-Star Game to use the Eastern Conference – Western Conference format.
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
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October: 4–5–1–1 (home: 1–1–1–1; road: 3–4–0–0)
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November: 3–3–5–3 (home: 2–3–2–0; road: 1–0–3–3)
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December: 3–3–3–3 (home: 1–3–2–2; road: 2–0–1–1)
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January: 5–8–1–1 (home: 3–3–0–1; road: 2–5–1–0)
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February: 4–5–2–1 (home: 0–4–2–1; road: 4–1–0–0)
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March: 4–10–1–0 (home: 0–6–0–0; road: 4–4–1–0)
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April: 1–2–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- 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 Panthers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
12 | Olli Jokinen | C | 81 | 36 | 29 | 65 | −17 | 79 |
25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 74 | 22 | 34 | 56 | −8 | 18 |
22 | Kristian Huselius | LW | 78 | 20 | 23 | 43 | −6 | 20 |
18 | Marcus Nilson | LW | 82 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 31 |
39 | Ivan Novoseltsev | RW | 78 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −16 | 30 |
44 | Sandis Ozolinsh‡ | D | 51 | 7 | 19 | 26 | −16 | 40 |
20 | Valeri Bure‡ | RW | 46 | 5 | 21 | 26 | −11 | 10 |
14 | Niklas Hagman | LW | 80 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 20 |
9 | Stephen Weiss | C | 77 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −13 | 17 |
27 | Jaroslav Bednar† | RW | 52 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −2 | 14 |
4 | Jay Bouwmeester | D | 82 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −29 | 14 |
16 | Matt Cullen† | C | 30 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −4 | 22 |
6 | Andreas Lilja† | D | 56 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 56 |
56 | Ivan Majesky | D | 82 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −18 | 92 |
34 | Mathieu Biron | D | 34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −18 | 14 |
32 | Stephane Matteau | LW | 52 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −9 | 27 |
45 | Brad Ference‡ | D | 60 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 118 |
17 | Ryan Johnson‡ | C | 58 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −13 | 26 |
36 | Dmitri Yushkevich‡ | D | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −12 | 14 |
21 | Denis Shvidki | RW | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −7 | 12 |
8 | Peter Worrell | LW | 63 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −14 | 193 |
49 | Lance Ward‡ | D | 36 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −4 | 78 |
29[lower-alpha 1] | Jeff Toms | C | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
19 | Byron Ritchie | C | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 19 |
7 | Pavel Trnka† | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 24 |
5 | Branislav Mezei | D | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 10 |
55 | Igor Ulanov | D | 56 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 39 |
38 | Eric Beaudoin | LW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −7 | 25 |
23 | Juraj Kolnik† | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
29 | Igor Kravchuk† | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
15 | Jim Campbell | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Pierre Dagenais | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
24 | Darcy Hordichuk† | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 15 |
30 | Jani Hurme | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | Roberto Luongo | G | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
28 | Jamie Rivers† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
33 | Kyle Rossiter | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
36 | Joey Tetarenko‡ | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
Goaltending
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
1 | Roberto Luongo | 65 | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2011 | 164 | 2.71 | .918 | 6 | 3627 |
30 | Jani Hurme | 28 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 707 | 66 | 2.88 | .907 | 1 | 1376 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Jay Bouwmeester (Defense) | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Olli Jokinen[lower-alpha 2] | [7] |
Sandis Ozolinsh[lower-alpha 3] | |||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Jay Bouwmeester | [9] | |
Niklas Hagman | |||
Stephen Weiss |
Transactions
The Panthers 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.[10]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick in 2002 Option to switch 1st-round picks in 2003 |
To Columbus Blue Jackets 1st-round pick in 2002 |
[11] |
June 22, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Future considerations[lower-alpha 4] |
To Atlanta Thrashers Vancouver’s 3rd-round pick in 2002 NY Rangers’ 4th-round pick in 2003 |
[11] |
June 22, 2002 | To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick in 2002 |
To Calgary Flames 1st-round pick in 2002 4th-round pick in 2002 |
[11] |
June 22, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Florida’s 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
To New York Islanders Eric Godard |
[11] |
June 23, 2002 | To Florida Panthers 9th-round pick in 2003 |
To Columbus Blue Jackets 9th-round pick in 2002 |
[11] |
July 3, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Branislav Mezei |
To New York Islanders Jason Wiemer |
[12] |
July 16, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Hannes Hyvonen |
To San Jose Sharks Future considerations[lower-alpha 5] |
[13] |
July 18, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Rights to Dmitri Yushkevich |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Rights to Robert Svehla |
[14] |
October 1, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Jani Hurme |
To Ottawa Senators Rights to Billy Thompson Rights to Greg Watson |
[15] |
October 4, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Mathieu Biron |
To Columbus Blue Jackets Rights to Petr Tenkrat |
[16] |
October 11, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Juraj Kolnik 9th-round pick in 2003 |
To New York Islanders Sven Butenschon |
[17] |
November 26, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Jaroslav Bednar Andreas Lilja |
To Los Angeles Kings Dmitri Yushkevich 5th-round pick in 2003 |
[18] |
January 30, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Matt Cullen Pavel Trnka 4th-round pick in 2003 |
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Sandis Ozolinsh Lance Ward |
[19] |
March 4, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Simon Lajeunesse |
To Ottawa Senators Joey Tetarenko |
[20] |
March 8, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Darcy Hordichuk 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To Phoenix Coyotes Brad Ference |
[21] |
March 9, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Pascal Trepanier |
To Nashville Predators Wade Flaherty |
[22] |
March 11, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Mike Van Ryn |
To St. Louis Blues Valeri Bure Conditional 5th-round pick in 2004 |
[23] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 9, 2002 | Sven Butenschon | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency | [24] | |
July 10, 2002 | Jeff Toms | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2-year | Free agency | [25] |
July 16, 2002 | Andy Lundbohm | San Jose Sharks | Free agency | [13] | |
July 19, 2002 | Jim Campbell | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency | [26] | |
July 31, 2002 | Tyrone Garner | Greenville Grrrowl (ECHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [27] |
August 2, 2002 | Stephane Matteau | San Jose Sharks | 1-year[lower-alpha 6] | Free agency | [28] |
August 14, 2002 | Scott Kelman | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | Free agency | [29] | |
August 22, 2002 | Chris Mason | Nashville Predators | Free agency | [30] | |
October 4, 2002 | Petr Tenkrat | Nashville Predators | Waiver draft | [16] | |
December 16, 2002 | Jamie Rivers | San Antonio Rampage (AHL) | 1-year[lower-alpha 7] | Free agency | [31] |
March 11, 2003 | Igor Kravchuk | Calgary Flames | 1-year[lower-alpha 6] | Free agency | [32] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 8] | Ref |
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N/A | David MacIsaac | Amur Khabarovsk (RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
July 18, 2002 | Matt Herr | Boston Bruins | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
August 22, 2002 | Nick Smith | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
August 26, 2002 | Trevor Kidd | Toronto Maple Leafs[lower-alpha 9] | Buyout | [38] |
August 27, 2002 | Lance Pitlick | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency (III) | [39] |
September 25, 2002 | Andrew Allen | Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
October 5, 2002 | Hannes Hyvonen | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers | [41] |
October 8, 2002 | Brad Norton | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (VI) | [42] |
October 12, 2002 | Paul Harvey | Arkansas RiverBlades (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [43] |
February 19, 2003 | Ryan Johnson | St. Louis Blues | Waivers | [44] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 19, 2002 | Olli Jokinen | Re-signing | [26] | |
Ivan Majesky | Re-signing | [26] | ||
July 24, 2002 | Dmitri Yushkevich | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
July 30, 2002 | Viktor Kozlov | 1-year | Re-signing | [46] |
July 31, 2002 | Serge Payer | 1-year | Re-signing | [27] |
August 15, 2002 | Brad Ference | multi-year | Re-signing | [47] |
Joey Tetarenko | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] | |
August 16, 2002 | Ivan Novoseltsev | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] |
October 7, 2002 | Jay Bouwmeester | 3-year | Entry-level | [49] |
February 5, 2003 | Jani Hurme | 3-year | Extension | [50] |
March 16, 2003 | Grant McNeill | Entry-level | [51] | |
March 27, 2003 | Gregory Campbell | Entry-level | [52] |
Draft picks
Florida's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[53]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 3 | Jay Bouwmeester | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
1 | 9 | Petr Taticek | Czech Republic | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
2 | 40 | Rob Globke | United States | University of Notre Dame (Hockey East) |
3 | 67 | Gregory Campbell | Canada | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
5 | 134 | Topi Jaakola | Finland | Karpat (Finland) |
5 | 158 | Vince Bellissimo | Canada | Topeka ScareCrows (USHL) |
6 | 169 | Jeremy Swanson | Canada | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
6 | 196 | Mikael Vuorio | Finland | Lukko (Finland) |
7 | 200 | Denis Yachmenev | Russia | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
8 | 232 | Peter Hafner | United States | Taft High School (USHS-CT) |
Notes
- ↑ Toms wore number 28 in his first two games.
- ↑ Jokinen was an injury replacement for Saku Koivu of the Montreal Canadiens.[6]
- ↑ Ozolinsh was voted to the starting lineup.[8]
- ↑ Atlanta promised not to pick defenseman Jay Bouwmeester with the second overall selection in the draft.
- ↑ 7th-round pick in 2003
- 1 2 Option for a second year.
- ↑ Club option for a second year.
- ↑ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[33]
- ↑ Kidd signed with Toronto later the same day.[37]
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COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Claimed F Hannes Hyvonen off waivers from Florida.
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KINGS: Free-agent defenseman Brad Norton signed a one-year contract.
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10/12/2002 PAUL HARVEY (RW) Added To Roster
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