2002–03 Detroit Red Wings season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2002–03
Team=Detroit Red Wings
Conference=Western
ConferenceRank=2nd
Division=Central
DivisionRank=1st
Record=48–20–10–4
HomeRecord=28–6–5–2
RoadRecord=20–14–5–2
GoalsFor=269
GoalsAgainst=203
GeneralManager=Ken Holland
Coach=Dave Lewis
Captain=Steve Yzerman
AltCaptain=Nicklas Lidstrom
Brendan Shanahan
Arena=Joe Louis Arena
Attendance=20,058 (100%)
GoalsLeader=Brett Hull (37)
AssistsLeader=Sergei Fedorov (47)
PointsLeader=Sergei Fedorov (83)
PIMLeader=Darren McCarty (138)
WinsLeader=Curtis Joseph (34)
GAALeader=Manny Legace (2.18)
StanleyCup=
PresidentsTrophy=
ConferenceWin=
DivisionWin=Yes

The 2002–03 Detroit Red Wings season was the 77th National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings scored 110 points, winning the Central Division, but just one point behind the Dallas Stars for the Western Conference's first seed.

Coming off their latest Stanley Cup victory, the Red Wings started looking towards the future. Dominik Hasek and Scotty Bowman had retired over the summer and captain Steve Yzerman was out for the first 66 games of the regular season. The weight of the team fell on Sergei Fedorov and veteran Brett Hull, who helped the Red Wings score the most goals of any team in the regular season. As newly acquired goaltender Curtis Joseph held steady in net, two more pieces of the Stanley Cup team would be traded over the course of the year. Maxim Kuznetsov and Sean Avery left in a trade for Los Angeles's Mathieu Schneider right before the trade deadline in an effort to push the Wings towards the playoffs. However, the pieces didn't fit as the Wings met the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the first round and shocked everyone by being swept in four games.

Three Red Wings were named to the roster for the 2003 All Star Game: defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom, center Sergei Fedorov and head coach Dave Lewis. It was Lidstrom's seventh appearance at the all-star game, Fedorov's sixth, and Lewis's first appearance as a coach. [ [http://espn.go.com/nhl/allstar2003/index.html# Nothing Typical About It, Western Conference roster] , ESPN.com, September 11, 2007]

The Red Wings sold out all 41 home games in 2002–03 as 20,058 fans packed Joe Louis Arena for every regular season and playoff game played in Detroit.

Regular season

eason standings

December

Record: 10–1–4–0; Home: 7–1–1–0; Road: 3–0–3–0

March

Record: 13–3–0–0; Home: 7–0–0–0; Road: 6–3–0–0

*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates loss.

Season Stats

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"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes"

Free Agents

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Red Wings were slated to pick 30th overall but traded their first pick to the Atlanta Thrashers. [ [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr000034.html Detroit Red Wings Draft History] , hockeydb.com, accessed September 7, 2007]

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

The Griffins were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2002–03.

Toledo Storm

The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2002–03 season.

ee also

*2002–03 NHL season

References

*Player stats: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/stats?team=det Detroit Red Wings player stats] on espn.com
*Game log: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/schedule?team=det Detroit Red Wings game log] on espn.com, [http://redwings.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=TeamSchedule&season=20032004 game log] on detroitredwings.com & [http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=DET&yr=2003 game log] on databasehockey.com
*Team standings: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings NHL standings] on espn.com

Goaltenders:

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Defensemen

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Forwards

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