2002–03 Colorado Avalanche season

2002–03 Colorado Avalanche
Division	1st Northwest
2002–03 record	42–19–13
Goals for	251
Goals against	194
Team information
General Manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley Tony Granato
Captain	Joe Sakic
Team leaders
<2001–02 2003–04>

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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	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 26	Minnesota 4	'2 Colorado
April 28	Minnesota 2	3 Colorado
April 30	Colorado 3	0 Minnesota
May 2	Colorado 3	1 Minnesota
May 4	Minnesota 3	2 Colorado
May 6	Colorado 2	3 Minnesota (OT)
May 8	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 Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg C 75 29 77 106 70 52 8 0 2 Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk RW 82 50 48 98 32 52 18 0 4 Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay LW 82 26 41 67 36 34 3 0 5 Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 58 26 32 58 24 4 8 0 1 Reinprecht, SteveSteve Reinprecht C 77 18 33 51 18 -6 2 1 1 Morris, DerekDerek Morris D 75 11 37 48 68 16 9 0 7 Blake, RobRob Blake D 79 17 28 45 57 20 8 2 3 de Vries, GregGreg de Vries D 82 6 26 32 70 15 0 0 2 Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 78 11 20 31 88 30 3 0 2 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata RW 66 11 19 30 16 0 3 0 4 Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D 81 4 21 25 68 11 2 0 0 McAmmond, DeanDean McAmmond C 41 10 8 18 10 1 2 0 2 Messier, EricEric Messier LW 72 4 10 14 16 -2 0 1 1 Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW 60 6 4 10 49 4 0 0 3 Keane, MikeMike Keane RW 65 5 5 10 34 0 0 1 1 Aubin, SergeSerge Aubin LW 66 4 6 10 64 -2 0 0 1 Nedorost, VaclavVaclav Nedorost C 42 4 5 9 20 8 1 0 0 Shantz, JeffJeff Shantz C 74 3 6 9 35 -12 0 0 2 Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl C 42 3 4 7 12 3 0 0 0 Battaglia, BatesBates Battaglia LW 13 1 5 6 10 -2 1 0 1 Parker, ScottScott Parker RW 43 1 3 4 82 6 0 0 0 Larsen, BradBrad Larsen LW 6 0 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment D 14 0 3 3 33 4 0 0 0 Muir, BryanBryan Muir D 32 0 2 2 19 3 0 0 0 Smith, D. J.D. J. Smith D 34 1 0 1 55 2 0 0 0 McAllister, ChrisChris McAllister D 14 0 1 1 26 6 0 0 0 Willsie, BrianBrian Willsie RW 12 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 0 Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer G 22 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Brule, SteveSteve Brule RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moore, SteveSteve Moore C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul, JeffJeff Paul D 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 63 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 Stephens, CharlieCharlie 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% Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 3769 63 35 15 13 137 2.18 5 1723 1586 .920 Aebischer, DavidDavid 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 Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 7 6 3 9 2 1 2 0 1 Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg C 7 2 6 8 6 3 1 0 0 Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk RW 7 2 2 4 2 4 1 0 0 Blake, RobRob Blake D 7 1 2 3 8 2 0 0 0 Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW 7 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 Reinprecht, SteveSteve Reinprecht C 7 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay LW 7 1 2 3 4 -2 0 0 1 Morris, DerekDerek Morris D 7 0 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 de Vries, GregGreg de Vries D 7 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Battaglia, BatesBates Battaglia LW 7 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl C 6 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 Willsie, BrianBrian Willsie RW 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 6 0 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D 7 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Aubin, SergeSerge Aubin LW 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 Keane, MikeMike Keane RW 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment D 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 McAllister, ChrisChris McAllister D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Messier, EricEric Messier LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parker, ScottScott Parker RW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shantz, JeffJeff Shantz C 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 423 7 3 4 16 2.27 1 177 161 .910 Team: 423 7 3 4 16 2.27 1 177 161 .910

^[4]

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;

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.