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Old 02-06-2017, 06:29 PM   #104
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2002-2003

OFFSEASON
A huge class for the Hockey Hall of Fame as Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Mark Messier, Ray Bourque, Bernie Nicholls, Larry Murphy and Dale Hawerchuk are all added.

Retirements this season included goaltender Ron Hextall, who played 918 games primarily with Vancouver but also included brief stops in Ottawa and with the Rangers. Hextall was 350-435-85 in his career with a 3.51 lifetime GAA. Scott Stevens retired after 20 seasons and 1442 games on the Washington blueline. Stevens had 316 goals and 1091 points in his career and won the Hart Trophy in 1984-85. Joe Murphy is retiring after a 14 year career in Detroit that saw him win 6 Stanley Cups. In 874 regular season games Murphy had 192 goals and 498 points.

REGULAR SEASON
The Red Wings once again dominated the regular season, but with some of their key offensive stars beginning to age Detroit relied on the best defense in the league to finish first overall. Manny Legace (36-10-3, 1.81) and backup Ilya Bryzgalov (22-2-2, 1.92) gave the Wings the best netminding tandem in the NHL.

Bobby Hull's goal scoring record fell as both his son Brett and Mario Lemieux surpassed the Golden Jet's 884 career goals. Brett Hull scored 23 this season to finish the year with 899 goals, one less the Lemieux, who got 28 this season including his milestone 900th to finish off a hat trick in a win over Carolina in the season's second last game. Lemieux's 96 points this year allowed him to join Wayne Gretzky (2611 career points) as the only players to surpass the 2200 mark. Lemieux ended the season with 2263 points.

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     NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE 
ATLANTIC DIVISION  	GP  W  L  T  PTS   
New York Rangers	82 52 25  5  109
New York Islanders	82 51 24  7  109
New Jersey Devils	82 47 23 12  106
Philadelphia Flyers	82 44 31  7   95
Pittsburgh Penguins	82 44 34  4   92

NORTHEAST DIVISION	GP  W  L  T  PTS   
Montreal Canadiens	82 43 34  5   91
Boston Bruins		82 36 35 11   83
Toronto	Maple Leafs	82 37 38  7   81
Ottawa Senators		82 32 40 10   74
Buffalo Sabres		82 21 49 12   54

SOUTHEAST DIVISION	GP  W  L  T  PTS   
Florida Panthers	82 44 30  8   96
Washington Capitals 	82 34 40  8   76
Carolina Hurricanes	82 34 44  4   72
Atlanta Thrashers	82 22 56  3   49
Tampa Bay Lightning	82 18 53 11   47

CENTRAL DIVISION 	GP  W  L  T  PTS
Detroit Red Wings 	82 62 14  6  130
Chicago Black Hawks	82 26 45 11   63
St Louis Blues		82 28 51  3   59
Nashville Predators	82 23 49 10   56
Columbus Blue Jackets	82 15 59  8   38
   
NORTHWEST DIVISION      GP  W  L  T  PTS
Colorado Avalanche	82 52 22  8  112
Calgary Flames		82 46 29  7   99
Edmonton Oilers		82 45 28  9   99
Vancouver Canucks	82 43 27 12   98
Minnesota Wild		82 39 38  5   83

PACIFIC DIVISION	GP  W  L  T  PTS   
Los Angeles Kings	82 45 31  6   96
Phoenix Coyotes		82 41 35  6   88
Anaheim Mighty Ducks    82 31 35 16   78
Dallas Stars  	 	82 28 45  9   65
San Jose Sharks		82 27 47  8   62

SCORING LEADERS		TEAM GP  G   A  PTS
Joe Sakic		COL  82 37  85  122
Teemu Selanne		PHX  75 54  57  111
Zigmund Palffy		NYI  82 54  54  108
Trevor Linden		VAN  76 47  61  108
Peter Forsberg		PHI  82 29  73  102
Martin St Louis		CGY  82 49  48   97
Mario Lemieux		PIT  78 28  68   96
Keith Tkaczuk		EDM  82 47  40   87
Jaromir Jagr		PIT  67 38  49   87
Joe Thornton		BOS  82 35  52   87
Simon Gagne		PHI  79 38  48   86
Cory Stillman		TOR  82 44  41   85
Oli Jokinen		LA   82 39  46   85
Marian Hossa		OTT  75 39  44   83
Mike Modano		DAL  82 26  57   83
Bill Guerin		NJ   81 43  39   82
Brian Rafalski		NJ   82 20  62   82
Brendan Shanahan	NJ   82 35  45   80
Martin Havlat		OTT  80 26  53   79
Nik Lidstrom		DET  82 17  62   79
 
GOALIE WIN LEADERS	TM   W-L-T    GAA   SAVE%
Roberto Luongo		NYI 39-20-7   2.31   .911
Patrick Roy		MON 39-26-8   2.72   .904
John Vanbiesbrouck	NYR 39-17-6   2.35   .909
Mikka Kiprusoff		VAN 38-24-9   2.30   .913
Manny Legace		DET 36-10-3   1.81   .920
Evgeni Nabokov		PIT 35-22-4   2.48   .911
Martin Brodeur		NJ  34-11-9   2.32   .907
Patrick Lalime		EDM 33-19-8   2.78   .897
JS Giguere		PHX 21-25-6   2.63   .905
Tim Thomas		BOS 30-23-9   2.56   .912
PLAYOFFS
The Western Conference playoffs went according to plan as once again top seed Detroit and second seed Colorado will meet in the Conference Finals. The Wings swept both Minnesota and Vancouver to advance while the Avalanche swept Phoenix in the opening round and then won in 5 games over Calgary.

In the East the Boston Bruins knocked off the #1 seeded New York Rangers in 6 games in the preliminary round but the Bruins fell in 6 to Montreal in the second round. Montreal, which beat the Flyers in the opening round, will face the New York Islanders in the conference finals. The Isles beat New Jersey in 5 and then swept the Penguins.

CONFERENCE FINALS
Manny Legace was brilliant through the first two rounds, winning all 8 games while allowing just 7 goals against and posting a .953 save percentage. Ron Tugnutt was nearly as good in the Colorado cage, with a 1.28 GAA and a .946 save percentage entering the conference finals.

The Red Wings won the first two games at home before Colorado claimed an overtime victory in Game Three and then rolled to 3 straight victories, moving the Avalanche to within 4 victories of their third straight Stanley Cup.

Montreal advanced from the East by beating the Islanders in 6 games. Saku Koivu led the Habs with 9 goals and 19 points through 18 playoff games, while Patrick Roy had a .924 save percentage and 2.20 GAA.

STANLEY CUP FINALS
The Avalanche are looking for their third straight Cup and 5th overall while the Canadiens are hoping to win their first since 1986. Montreal, which is the all-time leader with 21 Cups, last made the finals in 1997 but lost to Detroit.

Patrick Roy puts on a show in Game One, making 36 saves for a 1-0 shutout victory for the Canadiens. Eric Daze scored the only goal of the game with just over 4 minutes remaining in regulation. Ron Tugnutt faced 19 shots in the Colorado net.

The Canadiens win Game Two in a rout, getting 3 goals from Patrick Marleau and 2 goals and 2 assists from Eric Daze in an 8-1 victory. Saku Koivu, Darcy Tucker and ex-Bruin Jozef Stumpel also scored for Montreal. Mats Sundin had the only goal for the Avalanche as Roy made 30 saves. Ron Tugnutt faced 37 shots in the loss.

The Canadiens continue to shock as the hammer the Avalanche in Denver by a 7-2 score in Game Three. Luc Robitaille, the former long-time Los Angeles King, scored once and added 2 assists for Montreal. Darcy Tucker, with 2, Andrei Markov, Arron Asham, Eric Daze and Andrew Cassels also scored for Montreal. Alex Tanguay and Owen Nolan scored for Colorado, as the Avalanche outshot Montreal 37-34 but again had difficulty beating Roy.

Joe Sakic comes alive after a very quiet start to the finals. The Colorado captain scores twice and adds 2 assists in a 6-1 Avalanche win in Game Four. Owen Nolan also had two goals while Milan Hejduk aand Mats Sundin round out the Colorado scoring. Stumpel and Robitaille replied for Montreal.

After a huge start to the series Patrick Roy continues to look human in Game Five as Colorado wins by a 5-1 score to cut the Montreal series lead to 3 games to two. Tugnutt made 26 saves in the Avalanche net with only Eric Daze's third period shot eluding him. Roy faced 37 shots as Colorado got goals from Robyn Regehr, John-Michael Liles, Alex Tanguay, Claude Lemieux and Radim Vrbata.

The Avalanche force a 7th game with a 4-2 victory on home ice in Game Six. Milan Hejduk scored twice with Dan Hinote and Claude Lemieux also scoring for Colorado. Trent Klatt and Brent Sopel had the Montreal goals in the loss.

The seventh game is scoreless until just over 14 minutes into the third period when Joe Sakic gets the Avalanche on the board. That goal would stand up as Colorado allowed just 13 shots on Ron Tugnutt all game and Colorado completes an amazing comeback from 3 games to none to win Game Seven 1-0 and claim their third straight Stanley Cup.

John-Michael Liles, who finished with 7 goals and 20 points, is named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy.

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PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS     GP  G  A  PTS
Saku Koivu		MON 25 10 14  24
Joe Sakic		COL 22  4 20  24
John-Michael Liles	COL 22  7 13  20
Milan Hejduk		COL 22 11  8  19
Jozef Stumpel		MON 25  9 10  19
Owen Nolan		COL 18  6 13  19
Patrick Marleau		MON 22  6 13  19
Andrei Markov		MON 22  5 13  18
Eric Daze		MON 25 11  6  17
Mats Sundin		COL 18  9  8  17
Zigmund Palffy		NYI 15  7 10  17
Luc Robitaille		MON 24  6 11  17
Alex Tanguay		COL 22  5 12  17
Other award winners are:

HART TROPHY: Joe Sakic Colorado (82GP 37-85-122)

VEZINA TROPHY: Mikka Kiprusoff Vancouver (38-24-9 2.30)

NORRIS TROPHY: Eric Brewer NY Islanders (82GP 18-51-69)

ART ROSS TROPHY: Joe Sakic Colorado (82GP 37-85-122)

CALDER TROPHY: Marian Gaborik Minnesota (70GP 25-26-51)

The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars
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POS      FIRST TEAM		     SECOND TEAM
G   Mikka Kiprusoff   Vancouver	   Martin Brodeur     New Jersey   	       
D   Eric Brewer       NY Islanders Brian Leetch       NY Rangers   	     	
D   Nic Lidstrom      Detroit      Brian Rafalski     New Jersey          
C   Joe Sakic	      Colorado     Trevor Linden      Vancouver	   
LW  Teeume Selanne    Phoenix      Keith Tkaczuk      Edmonton 	
RW  Zigmund Palffy    NY Islanders Jaromir Jagr       Pittsburgh
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