2002–03 Calgary Flames season
2002–03 Calgary Flames | |
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Division | 5th Northwest |
Conference | 12th Western |
2002–03 record | 29–36–13–4 |
Home record | 14–16–10–1 |
Road record | 15–20–3–3 |
Goals for | 186 (27th) |
Goals against | 228 (18th) |
Team information | |
General manager | Craig Button |
Coach | Greg Gilbert (Oct.–Dec.) Darryl Sutter (Dec.–Apr.) |
Captain | Craig Conroy |
Alternate captains | Bob Boughner Jarome Iginla |
Arena | Pengrowth Saddledome |
Average attendance | 16,239 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Saint John Flames Johnstown Chiefs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jarome Iginla (35) |
Assists | Craig Conroy (37) |
Points | Jarome Iginla (67) |
Penalty minutes | Scott Nichol (149) |
Plus/minus | Bob Boughner (+5) Denis Gauthier (+5) Oleg Saprykin (+5) |
Wins | Roman Turek (27) |
Goals against average | Roman Turek (2.57) |
The 2002–03 Calgary Flames season was the 23rd National Hockey League season in Calgary. A relatively successful start to the season quickly gave way to disaster as the Flames lost 11 of 12 games in a November stretch dropping the Flames out of contention, ultimately failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.
The season began as the last had ended: with forward Marc Savard and head coach Greg Gilbert in bitter, public feud. After arguing in the media for nearly a year, the Flames finally granted the disgruntled players request, trading Savard to the Atlanta Thrashers.[1] Gilbert himself would not last much longer with the Flames, as he would be fired by the club barely two weeks after Savard was dealt.[2]
The Flames would quickly find a replacement for Gilbert, announcing they had hired Darryl Sutter shortly before the new year.[3] Sutter immediately began shaping the Flames to his own style, and the Flames finished 19–16–8–1 under their new bench boss.
Following the season, the Flames announced that they would not renew General Manager Craig Button's contract. Sutter took over as GM, carrying the dual roles until the end of the 2005–06 season.[4]
Flames mascot, Harvey the Hound, gained widespread publicity in January 2003 following an incident with Edmonton Oilers head coach, Craig MacTavish. With the Flames leading 4–0, Harvey was taunting the Oilers behind their bench. The frustrated coach reached up and ripped Harvey's signature red tongue out of his mouth, tossing it into the crowd. The incident would seem to spark the Oilers, who scored three goals shortly after. The Flames would hold on to win 4–3, however.[5] The incident made headlines throughout North America, and led to many jokes, including having many other NHL team mascots arrive at the 2003 All-Star Game with their tongues hanging out.[6]
Regular season
[edit]The Flames struggled offensively and were shut out a league-high 10 times, tied with the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins.[7]
Calgary finished 12th in the Western Conference, 17 points behind the 8th place Edmonton Oilers.
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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: 3–3–2–2 (home: 1–2–2–1; road: 2–1–0–1)
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November: 3–9–1–1 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 2–5–0–1)
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December: 5–6–3–0 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 4–3–1–0)
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January: 6–7–1–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 1–4–0–0)
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February: 2–6–3–1 (home: 0–1–2–0; road: 2–5–1–1)
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March: 8–5–2–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
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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 = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Flames only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
12 | Jarome Iginla | RW | 75 | 35 | 32 | 67 | −10 | 49 |
22 | Craig Conroy | C | 79 | 22 | 37 | 59 | −4 | 36 |
18[a] | Chris Drury | LW | 80 | 23 | 30 | 53 | −9 | 33 |
23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 81 | 21 | 31 | 52 | −3 | 51 |
32 | Toni Lydman | D | 81 | 6 | 20 | 26 | −7 | 28 |
11 | Stephane Yelle | C | 82 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 50 |
19 | Oleg Saprykin | LW | 52 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 46 |
17 | Chris Clark | RW | 81 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −11 | 126 |
10 | Dave Lowry | LW | 34 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 22 |
44 | Rob Niedermayer‡ | LW | 54 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −13 | 42 |
6 | Bob Boughner | D | 69 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 126 |
4 | Jordan Leopold | D | 58 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −15 | 12 |
3 | Denis Gauthier | D | 72 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 99 |
28 | Robyn Regehr | D | 76 | 0 | 12 | 12 | −9 | 87 |
40 | Scott Nichol | C | 68 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −7 | 149 |
24 | Blake Sloan | RW | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −5 | 28 |
20 | Mathias Johansson‡ | C | 46 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −15 | 12 |
8 | Petr Buzek | D | 44 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −6 | 14 |
7 | Chuck Kobasew | RW | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −3 | 8 |
27[b] | Craig Berube | LW | 55 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −6 | 100 |
26 | Steve Begin | C | 50 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −7 | 51 |
18 | Jamie Wright‡ | LW | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
15 | Blair Betts | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
21 | Andrew Ference† | D | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
1 | Roman Turek | G | 65 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
16 | Shean Donovan† | RW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 7 |
42 | Micki DuPont‡ | D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 4 |
27 | Marc Savard‡ | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 8 |
5 | Steve Montador | D | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 | 114 |
2 | Mike Commodore† | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
43 | Ladislav Kohn | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
33 | Jamie McLennan | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
36 | Mike Mottau† | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
51 | Rick Mrozik | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Robert Dome | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
1 | Roman Turek | 65 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 1679 | 164 | 2.54 | .902 | 4 | 3822 |
33 | Jamie McLennan | 22 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 537 | 58 | 2.99 | .892 | 0 | 1165 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Jarome Iginla | [10] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Jordan Leopold | [11] | |
Team | Molson Cup | Jarome Iginla | [12] |
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award | Denis Gauthier | [13] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Chuck Kobasew | October 10, 2002 | [14] |
Mathias Johansson | October 12, 2002 | ||
Jordan Leopold | October 19, 2002 | ||
Rick Mrozik | April 4, 2003 | ||
1,000th game played | Craig Berube | October 12, 2002 | [15] |
Transactions
[edit]The Flames 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.[16]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Calgary Flames
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To Florida Panthers
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[17] |
To Calgary Flames
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To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[17] | |
To Calgary Flames |
To Minnesota Wild
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[18] | |
June 23, 2002 | To Calgary Flames
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To Montreal Canadiens
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[17] |
June 30, 2002 | To Calgary Flames
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To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[19] |
September 11, 2002 | To Calgary Flames |
To Detroit Red Wings
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[20] |
October 1, 2002 | To Calgary Flames |
To Colorado Avalanche |
[21] |
November 15, 2002 | To Calgary Flames
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To Atlanta Thrashers |
[22] |
January 22, 2003 | To Calgary Flames
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To Philadelphia Flyers |
[23] |
To Calgary Flames |
To New York Rangers
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[23] | |
February 10, 2003 | To Calgary Flames |
To Pittsburgh Penguins
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[24] |
March 11, 2003 | To Calgary Flames |
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
[25] |
To Calgary Flames
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To Colorado Avalanche
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[25] | |
To Calgary Flames |
To Pittsburgh Penguins |
[25] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 2, 2002 | Martin Gelinas | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency | [26] | |
July 9, 2002 | Martin Sonnenberg | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [27] | |
Darcy Verot | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [27] | ||
July 11, 2002 | Mike Martin | Saint John Flames (AHL) | Free agency | [28] | |
Jason Morgan | Saint John Flames (AHL) | Free agency | [28] | ||
July 17, 2002 | Robert Dome | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [29] | |
September 9, 2002 | Jan Vodrazka | Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) | Free agency | [30] | |
September 27, 2002 | Darren Lynch | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | Free agency | [31] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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July 2, 2002 | Curtis Joseph | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (III) | [33] |
July 11, 2002 | Clarke Wilm | Nashville Predators | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
July 18, 2002 | Alan Letang | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
July 23, 2002 | Dallas Eakins | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
August 1, 2002 | Rob Murray | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
August 12, 2002 | Jason Botterill | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (VI) | [38] |
September 13, 2002 | Mike Vernon | Retirement (III) | [39] | |
Kay Whitmore | Retirement (III) | [40] | ||
October 4, 2002 | Ronald Petrovicky | New York Rangers | Waiver draft | [41] |
October 9, 2002 | Burke Henry | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
November 27, 2002 | Dwayne Hay | St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL) | Free agency | [43] |
March 11, 2003 | Igor Kravchuk | Florida Panthers | Free agency (III) | [44] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 17, 2002 | Rob Niedermayer | Re-signing | [45] | |
June 22, 2002 | Jamie McLennan | Re-signing | [18] | |
June 28, 2002 | Chuck Kobasew | 3-year | Entry-level | [46] |
July 15, 2002 | Mathias Johansson | Entry-level | [47] | |
July 16, 2002 | Jamie Wright | Re-signing | [48] | |
July 19, 2002 | Chris Clark | Re-signing | [49] | |
August 1, 2002 | Toni Lydman | Re-signing | [50] | |
Robyn Regehr | Re-signing | [50] | ||
August 3, 2002 | Denis Gauthier | 2-year | Arbitration award | [51] |
August 9, 2002 | Steve Begin | Re-signing | [52] | |
August 21, 2002 | Matthew Lombardi | Entry-level | [53] | |
September 6, 2002 | Jarome Iginla | 2-year | Re-signing | [54] |
September 9, 2002 | Craig Berube | Re-signing | [30] | |
September 12, 2002 | Ladislav Kohn | Re-signing | [55] | |
May 28, 2003 | Chris Clark | Extension | [56] | |
Shean Donovan | 3-year | Extension | [56] | |
June 5, 2003 | Robyn Regehr | 5-year | Extension | [57] |
Draft picks
[edit]Calgary's picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft in Toronto, Ontario.[58] The Flames had the 9th overall pick, however opted to drop down one spot to 10th via a trade with the Florida Panthers.
Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | ||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
1 | 10 | Eric Nystrom | United States | LW | University of Michigan (CCHA) | 593 | 75 | 48 | 123 | 401 |
2 | 39 | Brian McConnell | United States | F | Boston University (HE) | |||||
3 | 90 | Matthew Lombardi | Canada | C | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) | 536 | 101 | 161 | 262 | 293 |
4 | 112 | Yuri Artyomenkov | Russia | RW | Krylja | |||||
5 | 141 | Jiri Cetkovsky | Czech Republic | RW | Zlin (Czech Jr.) | |||||
5 | 142 | Emanuel Peter | Switzerland | C | Kloten (Swiss Jr.) | |||||
5 | 146 | Viktor Bobrov | Russia | F | HC CSKA (RSL) | |||||
5 | 159 | Kristofer Persson | Sweden | RW | Modo Jr. | |||||
6 | 176 | Curtis McElhinney | Canada | G | Colorado College (WCHA) | 249 | 94–95–20, 2.83GAA | |||
7 | 202 | David Van der Gulik | Canada | RW | Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) | 49 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
7 | 203 | Pierre Johnsson | Sweden | RW | Farjestad Jr. | |||||
8 | 238 | Jyri Marttinen | Finland | D | Jyvaskyla |
Farm teams
[edit]The 2002–03 season would be the tenth, and last, season in New Brunswick, as the Flames bought out the local ownership's share of the team following the season and suspended operations. The "Baby Flames" finished 32–41–6–1, last in the Canadian Division, and out of the playoffs. Robert Dome led the team with 27 goals and 56 points. Dany Sabourin and Levente Szuper split goaltending duties for the Flames.
The Chiefs finished the 2002–03 season with a record of 28–33–11, finishing fifth in the Northwest Division, failing to qualify for the playoffs.
Following the season, the Flames announced they were switching affiliations to a new expansion team, the Las Vegas Wranglers.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ Pyette, Ryan, MacTavish leaves Harvey the Hound speechless [usurped], London Free Press, January 23, 2003.
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Buffalo Sabres -- Signed left wing Jason Botterill
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Calgary Flames -- Re-signed left wing Jamie Wright.
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12-Sep-02: Re-signed by the Calgary Flames.
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