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2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes season

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2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	4thPacific
Conference	11thWestern
2002–03 record	31–35–11–5
Home record	17–16–6–2
Road record	14–19–5–3
Goals for	204
Goals against	230
Team information
General manager	Mike Barnett
Coach	Bobby Francis
Captain	Teppo Numminen
Alternate captains	Shane Doan Claude Lemieux(Oct.–Jan.)
Arena	America West Arena
Average attendance	13,229
Minor league affiliate	Springfield Falcons
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Johnson (23)
Assists	Mike Johnson (40)
Points	Mike Johnson (63)
Penalty minutes	Andrei Nazarov (135) Todd Simpson (135)
Plus/minus	Daymond Langkow (+20)
Wins	Brian Boucher (15)
Goals against average	Sean Burke (2.12)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes season was their seventh season in theNational Hockey League, the franchise's 24th season in the NHL and 31st overall. The Coyotes failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2000–01 season.

Offseason

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Regular season

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January 8, 2003:Chicago Blackhawks goaltenderMichael Leighton earned a shutout in his NHL debut in a 0–0 tie against the Phoenix Coyotes. Coyotes goaltenderZac Bierk earned his first career shutout, although it was not his NHL debut. It was the first time that two goaltenders in the same game both earned their first career shutouts.^[1]

The Coyotes finished the regular season having allowed the most power-play goals of all 30 NHL teams, with 77.^[2]

Final standings

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Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	7	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
3	10	Los Angeles Kings	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
4	11	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
5	14	San Jose Sharks	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73

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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.

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
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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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2002–03 regular season^[4]

October: 4–7–0–1 (home: 0–3–0–0; road: 4–4–0–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	October 9, 2002	1–4	@Los Angeles Kings(2002–03)	0–1–0–0	L
2	October 12, 2002	2–5	Dallas Stars(2002–03)	0–2–0–0	L
3	October 14, 2002	4–2	@Columbus Blue Jackets(2002–03)	1–2–0–0	W
4	October 15, 2002	1–2	@Ottawa Senators(2002–03)	1–3–0–0	L
5	October 17, 2002	3–5	@Toronto Maple Leafs(2002–03)	1–4–0–0	L
6	October 19, 2002	3–2	@Buffalo Sabres(2002–03)	2–4–0–0	W
7	October 22, 2002	2–1	@Nashville Predators(2002–03)	3–4–0–0	W
8	October 24, 2002	2–3	Colorado Avalanche(2002–03)	3–5–0–0	L
9	October 26, 2002	1–6	Minnesota Wild(2002–03)	3–6–0–0	L
10	October 28, 2002	2–3 OT	@New York Rangers(2002–03)	3–6–0–1	OTL
11	October 29, 2002	3–2	@New York Islanders(2002–03)	4–6–0–1	W
12	October 31, 2002	2–6	@Philadelphia Flyers(2002–03)	4–7–0–1	L

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
13	November 3, 2002	2–1 OT	Nashville Predators(2002–03)	5–7–0–1	W
14	November 7, 2002	4–1	Minnesota Wild(2002–03)	6–7–0–1	W
15	November 9, 2002	2–5	Vancouver Canucks(2002–03)	6–8–0–1	L
16	November 11, 2002	2–4	@Tampa Bay Lightning(2002–03)	6–9–0–1	L
17	November 12, 2002	2–3	@Carolina Hurricanes(2002–03)	6–10–0–1	L
18	November 15, 2002	5–1	@Atlanta Thrashers(2002–03)	7–10–0–1	W
19	November 17, 2002	4–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche(2002–03)	7–10–1–1	T
20	November 20, 2002	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars(2002–03)	7–10–2–1	T
21	November 22, 2002	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers(2002–03)	7–10–3–1	T
22	November 25, 2002	1–5	@Dallas Stars(2002–03)	7–11–3–1	L
23	November 27, 2002	2–2 OT	@Mighty Ducks of Anaheim(2002–03)	7–11–4–1	T
24	November 28, 2002	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks(2002–03)	7–12–4–1	L
25	November 30, 2002	3–2	@San Jose Sharks(2002–03)	8–12–4–1	W

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
26	December 3, 2002	2–3 OT	San Jose Sharks(2002–03)	8–12–4–2	OTL
27	December 5, 2002	3–5	Detroit Red Wings(2002–03)	8–13–4–2	L
28	December 7, 2002	2–4	Montreal Canadiens(2002–03)	8–14–4–2	L
29	December 9, 2002	3–3 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets(2002–03)	8–14–5–2	T
30	December 11, 2002	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers(2002–03)	9–14–5–2	W
31	December 13, 2002	3–4	Washington Capitals(2002–03)	9–15–5–2	L
32	December 15, 2002	2–1	Los Angeles Kings(2002–03)	10–15–5–2	W
33	December 17, 2002	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins(2002–03)	11–15–5–2	W
34	December 20, 2002	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues(2002–03)	11–15–6–2	T
35	December 22, 2002	0–4	@Mighty Ducks of Anaheim(2002–03)	11–16–6–2	L
36	December 26, 2002	3–4 OT	@Los Angeles Kings(2002–03)	11–16–6–3	OTL
37	December 28, 2002	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers(2002–03)	12–16–6–3	W
38	December 30, 2002	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers(2002–03)	13–16–6–3	W

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
39	January 1, 2003	2–1 OT	@Washington Capitals(2002–03)	14–16–6–3	W
40	January 3, 2003	4–1	@Detroit Red Wings(2002–03)	15–16–6–3	W
41	January 4, 2003	0–2	@Columbus Blue Jackets(2002–03)	15–17–6–3	L
42	January 8, 2003	0–0 OT	@Chicago Blackhawks(2002–03)	15–17–7–3	T
43	January 10, 2003	1–2	@Minnesota Wild(2002–03)	15–18–7–3	L
44	January 11, 2003	3–4 OT	@Nashville Predators(2002–03)	15–18–7–4	OTL
45	January 14, 2003	1–4	St. Louis Blues(2002–03)	15–19–7–4	L
46	January 18, 2003	0–1	Buffalo Sabres(2002–03)	15–20–7–4	L
47	January 20, 2003	3–1	San Jose Sharks(2002–03)	16–20–7–4	W
48	January 23, 2003	7–1	@Calgary Flames(2002–03)	17–20–7–4	W
49	January 24, 2003	5–1	@Edmonton Oilers(2002–03)	18–20–7–4	W
50	January 26, 2003	0–1	@Vancouver Canucks(2002–03)	18–21–7–4	L
51	January 28, 2003	4–3	Calgary Flames(2002–03)	19–21–7–4	W

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
52	February 5, 2003	3–4	@Los Angeles Kings(2002–03)	19–22–7–4	L
53	February 7, 2003	2–3	@Mighty Ducks of Anaheim(2002–03)	19–23–7–4	L
54	February 8, 2003	1–3	Dallas Stars(2002–03)	19–24–7–4	L
55	February 12, 2003	0–3	New Jersey Devils(2002–03)	19–25–7–4	L
56	February 14, 2003	3–2	@Minnesota Wild(2002–03)	20–25–7–4	W
57	February 15, 2003	5–3	@St. Louis Blues(2002–03)	21–25–7–4	W
58	February 18, 2003	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets(2002–03)	22–25–7–4	W
59	February 20, 2003	2–1	@Chicago Blackhawks(2002–03)	23–25–7–4	W
60	February 21, 2003	2–2 OT	@Dallas Stars(2002–03)	23–25–8–4	T
61	February 23, 2003	2–4	Calgary Flames(2002–03)	23–26–8–4	L
62	February 26, 2003	4–2	Carolina Hurricanes(2002–03)	24–26–8–4	W
63	February 28, 2003	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim(2002–03)	25–26–8–4	W

March: 5–9–1–1 (home: 4–3–0–1; road: 1–6–1–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
64	March 2, 2003	2–5	@Detroit Red Wings(2002–03)	25–27–8–4	L
65	March 4, 2003	4–1	@Pittsburgh Penguins(2002–03)	26–27–8–4	W
66	March 6, 2003	3–6	@St. Louis Blues(2002–03)	26–28–8–4	L
67	March 8, 2003	6–4	San Jose Sharks(2002–03)	27–28–8–4	W
68	March 10, 2003	2–2 OT	@Colorado Avalanche(2002–03)	27–28–9–4	T
69	March 12, 2003	2–3	Detroit Red Wings(2002–03)	27–29–9–4	L
70	March 14, 2003	0–4	Chicago Blackhawks(2002–03)	27–30–9–4	L
71	March 15, 2003	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim(2002–03)	28–30–9–4	W
72	March 18, 2003	2–1	Boston Bruins(2002–03)	29–30–9–4	W
73	March 20, 2003	3–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers(2002–03)	30–30–9–4	W
74	March 22, 2003	0–4	Tampa Bay Lightning(2002–03)	30–31–9–4	L
75	March 24, 2003	0–2	@Calgary Flames(2002–03)	30–32–9–4	L
76	March 26, 2003	3–4	@Edmonton Oilers(2002–03)	30–33–9–4	L
77	March 27, 2003	1–5	@Vancouver Canucks(2002–03)	30–34–9–4	L
78	March 29, 2003	1–6	@Colorado Avalanche(2002–03)	30–35–9–4	L
79	March 31, 2003	4–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings(2002–03)	30–35–9–5	OTL

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
80	April 2, 2003	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks(2002–03)	30–35–10–5	T
81	April 4, 2003	1–0	Nashville Predators(2002–03)	31–35–10–5	W
82	April 6, 2003	3–3 OT	@San Jose Sharks(2002–03)	31–35–11–5	T

Legend:W Win (2 points)L Loss (0 points)T Tie (1 point)OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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Position abbreviations: C =Center; D =Defense; 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 Coyotes only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Mike Johnson	RW	82	23	40	63	9	47
19	Shane Doan	RW	82	21	37	58	3	86
17	Ladislav Nagy	LW	80	22	35	57	17	92
11	Daymond Langkow	C	82	20	32	52	20	56
8	Daniel Briere‡	C	68	17	29	46	−21	50
10	Tony Amonte‡	RW	59	13	23	36	−12	26
27	Teppo Numminen	D	78	6	24	30	0	30
29	Branko Radivojevic	RW	79	12	15	27	−2	63
23	Paul Mara	D	73	10	15	25	−7	78
55	Danny Markov	D	64	4	16	20	2	36
34	Ramzi Abid‡	LW	30	10	8	18	1	30
7	Deron Quint†	D	51	7	10	17	−5	20
49	Brian Savage	LW	43	6	10	16	−4	22
22	Claude Lemieux‡	RW	36	6	8	14	−3	30
28	Landon Wilson	RW	31	6	8	14	1	26
16	Kelly Buchberger	RW	79	3	9	12	0	109
2	Todd Simpson	D	66	2	7	9	7	135
4	Ossi Vaananen	D	67	2	7	9	1	82
15	Radoslav Suchy	D	77	1	8	9	2	18
32	Brad May‡	LW	20	3	4	7	3	32
18	Paul Ranheim†	LW	40	3	4	7	−4	10
14	Jeff Taffe	C	20	3	1	4	−4	4
24	Jan Hrdina†	C	4	0	4	4	3	8
44	Andrei Nazarov	LW	59	3	0	3	−9	135
5	Drake Berehowsky	D	7	1	2	3	0	27
33	Brian Boucher	G	45	0	1	1		0
45	Brad Ference†	D	15	0	1	1	−5	28
77	Chris Gratton†	C	14	0	1	1	−11	21
38	Scott Pellerin†	LW	23	0	1	1	−5	8
34^[a]	Frank Banham†	RW	5	0	0	0	−1	2
35	Zac Bierk	G	16	0	0	0		2
1	Sean Burke	G	22	0	0	0		4
40	Patrick DesRochers‡	G	4	0	0	0		0
37	Dan Focht‡	D	10	0	0	0	−2	10
52	Martin Grenier	D	3	0	0	0	−1	0
24	Darcy Hordichuk‡	LW	25	0	0	0	−1	82
21	Jason Jaspers	C	2	0	0	0	−1	0
36	Krys Kolanos	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
40	Jean-Marc Pelletier†	G	2	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

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† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Brian Boucher	45	15	20	8	1210	128	3.02	.894	0	2544
1	Sean Burke	22	12	6	2	632	44	2.12	.930	2	1248
35	Zac Bierk	16	4	9	1	471	32	2.17	.932	1	884
40	Patrick DesRochers‡	4	0	3	0	88	11	3.77	.875	0	175
40	Jean-Marc Pelletier†	2	0	2	0	48	6	3.03	.875	0	119

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Week	Sean Burke(January 6)	^[5]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Branko Radivojevic	^[6]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Ossi Vaananen	^[6]
Team	Hardest Working Player Award	Shane Doan	^[7]
	Leading Scorer Award	Mike Johnson	^[7]
	Man of the Year Award	Landon Wilson	^[7]
	Team MVP Award	Mike Johnson	^[7]
	Three-Star Award	Ladislav Nagy	^[7]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jeff Taffe	October 14, 2002	^[8]
First game	Ramzi Abid	November 12, 2002	^[8]
1,000th game played	Paul Ranheim	March 6, 2003	^[9]

Transactions

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The Coyotes were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the2003 Stanley Cup Finals.^[10]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
December 19, 2002 (2002-12-19)	ToPhiladelphia Flyers Conditional draft pick in2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Paul Ranheim	^[11]
December 31, 2002 (2002-12-31)	ToCarolina Hurricanes Patrick DesRochers	To Phoenix Coyotes Jean-Marc Pelletier Conditional draft pick	^[12]
January 16, 2003 (2003-01-16)	ToDallas Stars Claude Lemieux	To Phoenix Coyotes Scott Pellerin Conditional draft pick in 2004^[b]	^[13]
March 8, 2003 (2003-03-08)	ToFlorida Panthers Darcy Hordichuk 2nd-round pick in2003	To Phoenix Coyotes Brad Ference	^[14]
March 10, 2003 (2003-03-10)	To Philadelphia Flyers Tony Amonte	To Phoenix Coyotes Guillaume Lefebvre Atlanta’s 3rd-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2004	^[15]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	ToBuffalo Sabres Daniel Briere 3rd-round pick in 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Chris Gratton 4th-round pick in 2004	^[16]
	ToPittsburgh Penguins Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre	To Phoenix Coyotes Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux	^[17]
	ToVancouver Canucks Brad May	To Phoenix Coyotes Conditional draft pick in 2003^[c]	^[18]
May 31, 2003 (2003-05-31)	ToBoston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Rights to Darren McLachlan	^[19]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 7, 2002 (2002-07-07)	Kelly Buchberger	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	^[20]
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)	Tony Amonte	Chicago Blackhawks	4-year	Free agency	^[21]
October 26, 2002 (2002-10-26)	Deron Quint	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[22]
November 7, 2002 (2002-11-07)	Frank Banham	Jokerit (Liiga)	multi-year	Free agency	^[23]
December 13, 2002 (2002-12-13)	Jason Bonsignore	Springfield Falcons (AHL)		Free agency	^[24]
April 10, 2003 (2003-04-10)	Mike Stutzel	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)	1-year	Free agency	^[25]
June 9, 2003 (2003-06-09)	Kiel McLeod	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)	multi-year	Free agency	^[26]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[d]	Ref
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Wyatt Smith	Nashville Predators	Free agency (VI)	^[28]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Jean-Guy Trudel	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (VI)	^[29]
July 22, 2002 (2002-07-22)	Sebastien Bordeleau	SC Bern (NLA)	Free agency (UFA)	^[30]
July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	Denis Pederson	Nashville Predators	Free agency (UFA)	^[31]
July 29, 2002 (2002-07-29)	Mike Sullivan		Retirement (III)	^[32]
September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12)	Alex Andreyev	Greensboro Generals (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[33]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28)	Fredrik Sjostrom	multi-year	Entry-level	^[34]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Todd Simpson	2-year	Re-signing	^[35]
July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)	Landon Wilson	1-year	Re-signing	^[36]
August 2, 2002 (2002-08-02)	Patrick DesRochers	2-year	Re-signing	^[37]
August 6, 2002 (2002-08-06)	Daniel Briere	2-year	Re-signing	^[38]
September 6, 2002 (2002-09-06)	Paul Mara	multi-year	Re-signing	^[39]
September 11, 2002 (2002-09-11)	Ladislav Nagy	2-year	Re-signing	^[40]
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)	Sean Burke	multi-year	Extension	^[41]
September 30, 2002 (2002-09-30)	Brian Boucher	multi-year	Re-signing	^[42]
January 23, 2003 (2003-01-23)	Jean-Marc Pelletier	multi-year	Extension	^[43]
April 22, 2003 (2003-04-22)	Ossi Vaananen	multi-year	Extension	^[44]
June 1, 2003 (2003-06-01)	Darren McLachlan	multi-year	Entry-level	^[19]
June 1, 2003 (2003-06-01)	Matthew Spiller	multi-year	Entry-level	^[19]
June 5, 2003 (2003-06-05)	Frantisek Lukes	multi-year	Entry-level	^[45]

Draft picks

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Phoenix's draft picks at the2002 NHL entry draft held at theAir Canada Centre inToronto,Ontario.^[46]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Jakub Koreis	Czech Republic	HC Plzen (Czech Republic)
1	23	Ben Eager	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2	46	David LeNeveu	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
3	70	Joe Callahan	United States	Yale University (ECAC)
3	80	Matt Jones	United States	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
4	97	Lance Monych	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
5	132	John Zeiler	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
6	186	Jeff Pietrasiak	United States	Berkshire High School (USHS-MA)
7	216	Ladislav Kouba	Czech Republic	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8	249	Marcus Smith	United States	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
9	280	Russell Spence	Canada	OCN Blizzard (MJHL)

Notes

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^Banham wore number 18 in his first three games.
^4th-round pick.
^Either a 2nd or 3rd-round pick.
^In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[27]

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^"Coyotes Acquire Pellerin from Dallas".Phoenix Coyotes. January 16, 2003. Archived fromthe original on August 2, 2003. RetrievedDecember 11, 2022.
^"Coyotes Acquire Brad Ference from Florida".Phoenix Coyotes. March 8, 2003. Archived fromthe original on August 2, 2003. RetrievedDecember 11, 2022.
^"Coyotes Trade Amonte to Philadelphia for Guillaume Lefebvre , 3rd Round Draft Choice In 2003 & 2nd Round Draft Choice In 2004".Phoenix Coyotes. March 10, 2003. Archived fromthe original on August 2, 2003. RetrievedDecember 11, 2022.
^"Sabres Acquire Daniel Briere From Phoenix in Exchange for Chris Gratton".Buffalo Sabres. March 11, 2003. Archived fromthe original on October 10, 2003. RetrievedNovember 28, 2022.
^"Coyotes Acquire Hrdina and Leroux from Pittsburgh In Exchange for Abid , Focht & Lefebvre".Phoenix Coyotes. March 11, 2003. Archived fromthe original on August 3, 2003. RetrievedDecember 11, 2022.
^"Coyotes Trade May to Vancouver for A Conditional Draft Choice In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft".Phoenix Coyotes. March 11, 2003. Archived fromthe original on April 9, 2003. RetrievedDecember 11, 2022.
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^"Wranglers Sign Bonsignore".OurSports Central. February 4, 2005. RetrievedDecember 11, 2022.the Phoenix Coyotes signed him on December 13th, 2002
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v t e Arizona Coyotes
Formerly theWinnipeg Jets andPhoenix Coyotes Founded in1972 Based inTempe, Arizona Suspended in2024
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks expansion draft Seasons
History	Bankruptcy Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters Utah Mammoth
Personnel	Owner Alex Meruelo
Arenas	America West Arena Gila River Arena Mullett Arena ~~New Tempe Arena~~
Culture and lore	Howler Shane Doan
Category Commons

v t e Arizona Coyotes seasons
List of Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) seasons
1990s	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Operations ceased in 2024

v t e 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 Waiver draft All-Star Game Playoffs Final Transactions