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2002-03 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Red Wings 2002-03 Season Recap

Under new Coach Dave Lewis the Red Wings remained a top contender in the NHL despite missing Steve Yzerman for the first 80% of the season, and a mediocre season from new goalie Curtis Joseph, posting a record of 48-20-10-4, good enough to win the Central Division. Along the way Brett Hull became the 6th player in NHL history to score 700 career goals in February 10th game against the San Jose Sharks at the Joe. In the playoffs the Red Wings were matched up against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, most thought it would be a cake walk for the defending champions, but after losing Game 1 in triple overtime 2-1, despite 64 shots on goal it was apparent the Wings were facing a tough task in Ducks goalie Jean-Sebatien Giguere. Game 2 would bring more frustration as the Ducks rallied to win 3-2 and take a 2-0 series lead to Anaheim. A year after rallying from 0-2 against the Vancouver Canucks the Red Wings hole would get deeper as they lost Game 3, by a score of 2-1 despite peppering Giguere with 37 shots. The Wings would not recover as they would lose overtime again 3-2 in Game 4, becoming the first defending champion in 52 years to be swept in the first round.

2003 Red Wings

2002-03 Detroit Red WingsRed Wings

Lost Conference Quarterfinals

48-20 (.679)

1st place in NHL Western Conference Central Division

Head Coach

Dave Lewis

General Manager

Ken Holland

Team Owner

Mike Ilitch

Arena

Joe Louis Arena

Attendance

822,378 total
20,058 per game

2003 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

2 64 Jim Howard G

4 132 Kyle Quincey D

5 164 Ryan Oulahen C

6 170 Andreas Sundin R

6 194 Stefan Blom

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Lost Conference Quarterfinals

2003 Draft Picks

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