2002–03 Colorado Avalanche 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

^[3]

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

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	GWG
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	C	7	6	3	9	2	1	2	1
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	C	7	2	6	8	6	3	1	0
Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk	RW	7	2	2	4	2	4	1	0
Blake, RobRob Blake	D	7	1	2	3	8	2	0	0
Hinote, DanDan Hinote	RW	7	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Reinprecht, SteveSteve Reinprecht	C	7	1	2	3	0	1	0	0
Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay	LW	7	1	2	3	4	-2	0	1
Morris, DerekDerek Morris	D	7	0	3	3	6	2	0	0
de Vries, GregGreg de Vries	D	7	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
Battaglia, BatesBates Battaglia	LW	7	0	2	2	4	1	0	0
Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl	C	6	0	2	2	2	2	0	0
Willsie, BrianBrian Willsie	RW	6	1	0	1	2	1	0	1
Foote, AdamAdam Foote	D	6	0	1	1	8	2	0	0
Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula	D	7	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0
Aubin, SergeSerge Aubin	LW	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment	D	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
McAllister, ChrisChris McAllister	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Messier, EricEric Messier	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parker, ScottScott Parker	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shantz, JeffJeff Shantz	C	6	0	0	0	4	1	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;

References

↑ 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
↑ 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
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
↑ "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.

Colorado Avalanche

Formerly the Quebec Nordiques Founded in 1995 Based in Denver, Colorado

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	NHL expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner: Kroenke Sports Enterprises Stan Kroenke, chairman General manager: Joe Sakic Head coach: Patrick Roy Team captain: Gabriel Landeskog Current roster

Arenas	McNichols Sports Arena Pepsi Center

Affiliates	AHL San Antonio Rampage ECHL Fort Wayne Komets

General managers	Lacroix Giguere Sherman Sakic

Head coaches	Crawford Hartley Granato Quenneville Sacco Roy

Media	Altitude KKFN

Culture and lore	Colorado Rockies Quebec Nordiques Bernie Howler Frozen Fury Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Avalanche–Red Wings brawl "Stanley's Cup" (South Park)

Colorado Avalanche seasons

Pre-1995	Quebec Nordiques

1990s	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

2002–03 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Final

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