2002–03 Calgary Flames season

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2002–03 Calgary Flames
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)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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. 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.

The Flames would quickly find a replacement for Gilbert, announcing they had hired Darryl Sutter shortly before the new year. 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.

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. 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.

Regular season

The Flames struggled offensively and were shut out a league-high 10 times, tied with the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Calgary finished 12th in the Western Conference, 17 points behind the 8th place Edmonton Oilers.

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

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.

Western Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

2002–03 regular season

October: 3–3–2–2 (home: 1–2–2–1; road: 2–1–0–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 10	Vancouver	3 – 0	Calgary		Turek	17,409	0–1–0–0	0	Recap
2	October 12	Philadelphia	5 – 4	Calgary		Turek	16,750	0–2–0–0	0	Recap
3	October 14	Calgary	3 – 2	Vancouver		Turek	18,016	1–2–0–0	2	Recap
4	October 17	Boston	3 – 3	Calgary	OT	Turek	15,346	1–2–1–0	3	Recap
5	October 19	Calgary	5 – 2	Chicago		Turek	14,034	2–2–1–0	5	Recap
6	October 21	Calgary	0 – 4	Detroit		McLennan	20,058	2–3–1–0	5	Recap
7	October 22	Calgary	3 – 4	Minnesota	OT	Turek	18,064	2–3–1–1	6	Recap
8	October 24	Dallas	3 – 3	Calgary	OT	Turek	14,625	2–3–2–1	7	Recap
9	October 26	St. Louis	4 – 3	Calgary	OT	Turek	14,538	2–3–2–2	8	Recap
10	October 31	Buffalo	0 – 3	Calgary		Turek	14,822	3–3–2–2	10	Recap

November: 3–9–1–1 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 2–5–0–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 2	Colorado	4 – 4	Calgary	OT	McLennan	17,448	3–3–3–2	11	Recap
12	November 4	Calgary	4 – 2	NY Islanders		McLennan	12,316	4–3–3–2	13	Recap
13	November 5	Calgary	3 – 2	New Jersey		McLennan	12,315	5–3–3–2	15	Recap
14	November 7	Calgary	0 – 1	NY Rangers	OT	McLennan	18,200	5–3–3–3	16	Recap
15	November 9	Calgary	0 – 3	Florida		McLennan	14,794	5–4–3–3	16	Recap
16	November 11	Calgary	1 – 2	Atlanta		McLennan	10,501	5–5–3–3	16	Recap
17	November 14	NY Rangers	2 – 1	Calgary		McLennan	16,386	5–6–3–3	16	Recap
18	November 16	St. Louis	1 – 0	Calgary		McLennan	15,505	5–7–3–3	16	Recap
19	November 19	Detroit	5 – 0	Calgary		McLennan	10,061	5–8–3–3	16	Recap
20	November 21	Edmonton	3 – 1	Calgary		McLennan	17,660	5–9–3–3	16	Recap
21	November 23	Chicago	1 – 3	Calgary		Turek	15,826	6–9–3–3	18	Recap
22	November 26	Calgary	2 – 7	Boston		Turek	13,582	6–10–3–3	18	Recap
23	November 27	Calgary	2 – 4	Washington		Turek	13,532	6–11–3–3	18	Recap
24	November 29	Calgary	2 – 7	St. Louis		Turek	19,326	6–12–3–3	18	Recap

December: 5–6–3–0 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 4–3–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 1	Calgary	2 – 4	Detroit		Turek	20,058	6–13–3–3	18	Recap
26	December 3	Calgary	2 – 1	Colorado		Turek	18,007	7–13–3–3	20	Recap
27	December 5	Minnesota	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	Turek	14,118	7–13–4–3	21	Recap
28	December 9	Calgary	2 – 1	Vancouver		Turek	18,422	8–13–4–3	23	Recap
29	December 12	Carolina	4 – 3	Calgary		Turek	14,528	8–14–4–3	23	Recap
30	December 14	Colorado	3 – 1	Calgary		Turek	17,192	8–15–4–3	23	Recap
31	December 15	Calgary	3 – 3	Vancouver	OT	Turek	18,422	8–15–5–3	24	Recap
32	December 17	Calgary	3 – 0	Nashville		Turek	10,216	9–15–5–3	26	Recap
33	December 19	Calgary	0 – 3	Columbus		Turek	17,230	9–16–5–3	26	Recap
34	December 21	Calgary	0 – 2	Pittsburgh		Turek	12,571	9–17–5–3	26	Recap
35	December 23	Calgary	3 – 2	Minnesota		Turek	18,568	10–17–5–3	28	Recap
36	December 27	Toronto	4 – 3	Calgary		Turek	18,014	10–18–5–3	28	Recap
37	December 29	Anaheim	2 – 4	Calgary		Turek	16,922	11–18–5–3	30	Recap
38	December 31	Montreal	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	Turek	18,159	11–18–6–3	31	Recap

January: 6–7–1–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 1–4–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 2	Tampa Bay	1 – 4	Calgary		Turek	14,881	12–18–6–3	33	Recap
40	January 4	Minnesota	2 – 3	Calgary		Turek	15,974	13–18–6–3	35	Recap
41	January 7	Calgary	4 – 2	Colorado		Turek	18,007	14–18–6–3	37	Recap
42	January 9	Ottawa	1 – 0	Calgary		Turek	16,058	14–19–6–3	37	Recap
43	January 11	Columbus	7 – 2	Calgary		Turek	14,827	14–20–6–3	37	Recap
44	January 13	Calgary	2 – 4	Montreal		Turek	20,630	14–21–6–3	37	Recap
45	January 14	Calgary	2 – 3	Toronto		Turek	19,290	14–22–6–3	37	Recap
46	January 16	Nashville	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	McLennan	14,621	14–22–7–3	38	Recap
47	January 18	Los Angeles	1 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	16,675	15–22–7–3	40	Recap
48	January 20	Edmonton	3 – 4	Calgary		Turek	17,832	16–22–7–3	42	Recap
49	January 23	Phoenix	7 – 1	Calgary		Turek	14,865	16–23–7–3	42	Recap
50	January 25	Detroit	1 – 4	Calgary		Turek	18,028	17–23–7–3	44	Recap
51	January 28	Calgary	3 – 4	Phoenix		Turek	14,619	17–24–7–3	44	Recap
52	January 29	Calgary	1 – 4	Dallas		Turek	18,532	17–25–7–3	44	Recap

February: 2–6–3–1 (home: 0–1–2–0; road: 2–5–1–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	February 4	Anaheim	3 – 2	Calgary		Turek	14,110	17–26–7–3	44	Recap
54	February 6	Chicago	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	McLennan	16,027	17–26–8–3	45	Recap
55	February 7	Calgary	4 – 3	Edmonton		Turek	16,839	18–26–8–3	47	Recap
56	February 9	Calgary	2 – 4	Colorado		Turek	18,007	18–27–8–3	47	Recap
57	February 12	Calgary	3 – 4	Anaheim	OT	McLennan	11,612	18–27–8–4	48	Recap
58	February 13	Calgary	2 – 4	Los Angeles		Turek	17,539	18–28–8–4	48	Recap
59	February 15	Vancouver	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	18,252	18–28–9–4	49	Recap
60	February 17	Calgary	3 – 5	St. Louis		Turek	19,522	18–29–9–4	49	Recap
61	February 19	Calgary	1 – 1	Dallas	OT	Turek	18,532	18–29–10–4	50	Recap
62	February 20	Calgary	1 – 4	Nashville		McLennan	10,842	18–30–10–4	50	Recap
63	February 23	Calgary	4 – 2	Phoenix		Turek	14,241	19–30–10–4	52	Recap
64	February 24	Calgary	2 – 5	San Jose		Turek	17,311	19–31–10–4	52	Recap

March: 8–5–2–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 3–2–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 1	San Jose	3 – 4	Calgary		Turek	17,575	20–31–10–4	54	Recap
66	March 5	New Jersey	4 – 5	Calgary	OT	Turek	16,106	21–31–10–4	56	Recap
67	March 7	Calgary	2 – 0	Chicago		Turek	14,702	22–31–10–4	58	Recap
68	March 8	Calgary	3 – 2	Columbus	OT	Turek	18,136	23–31–10–4	60	Recap
69	March 11	Edmonton	5 – 2	Calgary		Turek	17,714	23–32–10–4	60	Recap
70	March 13	Toronto	3 – 4	Calgary	OT	Turek	18,064	24–32–10–4	62	Recap
71	March 15	Calgary	2 – 3	San Jose		Turek	17,496	24–33–10–4	62	Recap
72	March 16	Calgary	2 – 2	Anaheim	OT	McLennan	16,726	24–33–11–4	63	Recap
73	March 18	Calgary	4 – 1	Los Angeles		Turek	17,470	25–33–11–4	65	Recap
74	March 20	Washington	4 – 1	Calgary		Turek	15,827	25–34–11–4	65	Recap
75	March 22	Nashville	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	Turek	16,628	25–34–12–4	66	Recap
76	March 24	Phoenix	0 – 2	Calgary		Turek	16,685	26–34–12–4	68	Recap
77	March 27	Dallas	1 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	16,533	27–34–12–4	70	Recap
78	March 29	Columbus	6 – 4	Calgary		Turek	16,007	27–35–12–4	70	Recap
79	March 31	Calgary	0 – 3	Minnesota		McLennan	18,568	27–36–12–4	70	Recap

April: 2–0–1–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 2	San Jose	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	14,207	27–36–13–4	71	Recap
81	April 4	Los Angeles	1 – 2	Calgary	OT	Turek	17,003	28–36–13–4	73	Recap
82	April 5	Calgary	4 – 1	Edmonton		Turek	16,839	29–36–13–4	75	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

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
No.	Player	Pos	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	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	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

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	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

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jarome Iginla
League (in-season)	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Jordan Leopold
Team	Molson Cup	Jarome Iginla
Team	Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award	Denis Gauthier

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date
First game	Chuck Kobasew	October 10, 2002
	Mathias Johansson	October 12, 2002
	Jordan Leopold	October 19, 2002
	Rick Mrozik	April 4, 2003
1,000th game played	Craig Berube	October 12, 2002

Transactions

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.

Trades

Date	Details
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	To Calgary Flames NY Rangers’ 1st-round pick in 2002 4th-round pick in 2002	To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick in 2002
	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 2002 5th-round pick in 2002	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2002
	To Calgary Flames Jamie McLennan	To Minnesota Wild 9th-round pick in 2002
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)	To Calgary Flames 4th-round pick in 2002 Minnesota’s 5th-round pick in 2002	To Montreal Canadiens Florida’s 4th-round pick in 2002
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)	To Calgary Flames Rights to Curtis Joseph	To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 8th-round pick in 2003
September 11, 2002 (2002-09-11)	To Calgary Flames Ladislav Kohn	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations
October 1, 2002 (2002-10-01)	To Calgary Flames Chris Drury Stephane Yelle	To Colorado Avalanche Dean McAmmond Derek Morris Jeff Shantz
November 15, 2002 (2002-11-15)	To Calgary Flames Rights to Ruslan Zainullin	To Atlanta Thrashers Marc Savard
January 22, 2003 (2003-01-22)	To Calgary Flames Future considerations	To Philadelphia Flyers Jamie Wright
January 22, 2003 (2003-01-22)	To Calgary Flames Mike Mottau	To New York Rangers 6th-round pick in 2003 or 2004
February 10, 2003 (2003-02-10)	To Calgary Flames Andrew Ference	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional draft pick in 2003 or 2004
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To Calgary Flames Mike Commodore Jean-Francois Damphousse	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Rob Niedermayer
	To Calgary Flames Dean McAmmond	To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2003 or 2004
	To Calgary Flames Shean Donovan	To Pittsburgh Penguins Micki DuPont Mathias Johansson

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Via
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Martin Gelinas	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency
July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09)	Martin Sonnenberg	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency
July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09)	Darcy Verot	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Mike Martin	Saint John Flames (AHL)	Free agency
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Jason Morgan	Saint John Flames (AHL)	Free agency
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Robert Dome	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency
September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)	Jan Vodrazka	Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL)	Free agency
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)	Darren Lynch	Vancouver Giants (WHL)	Free agency

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Curtis Joseph	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (III)
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Clarke Wilm	Nashville Predators	Free agency (UFA)
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	Alan Letang	New York Islanders	Free agency (VI)
July 23, 2002 (2002-07-23)	Dallas Eakins	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (UFA)
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Rob Murray	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)
August 12, 2002 (2002-08-12)	Jason Botterill	Buffalo Sabres	Free agency (VI)
September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13)	Mike Vernon		Retirement (III)
September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13)	Kay Whitmore		Retirement (III)
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)	Ronald Petrovicky	New York Rangers	Waiver draft
October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)	Burke Henry	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)
November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27)	Dwayne Hay	St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL)	Free agency
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	Igor Kravchuk	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type
June 17, 2002 (2002-06-17)	Rob Niedermayer		Re-signing
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	Jamie McLennan		Re-signing
June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28)	Chuck Kobasew	3-year	Entry-level
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Mathias Johansson		Entry-level
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Jamie Wright		Re-signing
July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19)	Chris Clark		Re-signing
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Toni Lydman		Re-signing
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Robyn Regehr		Re-signing
August 3, 2002 (2002-08-03)	Denis Gauthier	2-year	Arbitration award
August 9, 2002 (2002-08-09)	Steve Begin		Re-signing
August 21, 2002 (2002-08-21)	Matthew Lombardi		Entry-level
September 6, 2002 (2002-09-06)	Jarome Iginla	2-year	Re-signing
September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)	Craig Berube		Re-signing
September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12)	Ladislav Kohn		Re-signing
May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28)	Chris Clark		Extension
May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28)	Shean Donovan	3-year	Extension
June 5, 2003 (2003-06-05)	Robyn Regehr	5-year	Extension

Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft in Toronto, Ontario. 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
Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	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

Saint John Flames

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.

Johnstown Chiefs

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.

Notes

Drury wore number 37 through March 11.
Berube wore number 16 in his first 14 games.
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.

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