2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	14th Eastern
2002–03 record	27–44–6
Goals for	189
Goals against	255
Team information
General Manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Rick Kehoe
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Martin Straka Unknown
Arena	Mellon Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (28)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (63)
Points	Mario Lemieux (91)
Penalties in minutes	Steve McKenna (128)
Plus/minus	Guillaume Lefebvre Mathias Johansson (+1)
Wins	Johan Hedberg (14)
Goals against average	Sebastien Caron (2.64)
< 2001–02 2003–04>

The 2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 36th season. The team finished fifth and last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Regular season

The Penguins were shut out an NHL-high ten times, tied with the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators.^[1]

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
2	4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
3	8	New York Islanders	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
4	9	New York Rangers	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
5	14	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65

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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.

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
3	Y- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
5	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
6	X- Washington Capitals	SE	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
7	X- Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
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9	New York Rangers	AT	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
11	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72
13	Florida Panthers	SE	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65
15	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2002–2003 Schedule
October: 6–2–2–0 (Home: 4–1–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1–0), 14 Points # Oct Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 1 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15309) 0–1–0–0 0 2 12 New York Rangers 0–6 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14813) 1–1–0–0 2 3 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (18843) 2–1–0–0 4 4 16 Atlanta Thrashers 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12161) 3–1–0–0 6 5 19 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16106) 3–1–1–0 7 6 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre (19895) 3–1–2–0 8 7 25 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–7 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena (20058) 3–2–2–0 8 8 26 Buffalo Sabres 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16188) 4–2–2–0 10 9 28 Washington Capitals 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14303) 5–2–2–0 12 10 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre (17987) 6–2–2–0 14
November: 5–4–1–3 (Home: 3–2–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–1–2), 14 Points # Nov Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 11 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17108) 7–2–2–0 16 12 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 OT Florida Panthers BB&T Center (14244) 7–2–2–1 17 13 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (18741) 7–3–2–1 17 14 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (18730) 7–4–2–1 17 15 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center (18568) 7–4–3–1 18 16 16 New York Islanders 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15723) 7–5–3–1 18 17 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 OT Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre (21273) 7–5–3–2 19 18 20 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13549) 7–5–3–3 20 19 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena (17375) 8–5–3–3 22 20 23 San Jose Sharks 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16958) 9–5–3–3 24 21 27 Philadelphia Flyers 2–7 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16385) 10–5–3–3 26 22 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center (15733) 11–5–3–3 28 23 30 Boston Bruins 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15111) 11–6–3–3 28
December: 4–9–0–2 (Home: 3–3–0–1 ; Road: 1–6–0–1), 10 Points # Dec Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 24 3 Washington Capitals 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (11640) 11–7–3–3 28 25 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (16860) 11–8–3–3 28 26 7 New York Islanders 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13170) 11–9–3–3 28 27 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (19388) 11–10–3–3 28 28 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 San Jose Sharks SAP Center at San Jose (17496) 11–11–3–3 28 29 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 OT Los Angeles Kings Staples Center (18184) 11–11–3–4 29 30 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Honda Center (16542) 11–12–3–4 29 31 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Phoenix Coyotes America West Arena (13174) 11–13–3–4 29 32 19 New Jersey Devils 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14220) 11–14–3–4 29 33 21 Calgary Flames 0–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12571) 12–14–3–4 31 34 23 Buffalo Sabres 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16569) 13–14–3–4 33 35 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18200) 14–14–3–4 35 36 28 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16109) 15–14–3–4 37 37 30 Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16989) 15–14–3–5 38 38 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena (18136) 15–15–3–5 38
January: 6–7–1–0 (Home: 2–3–0–0 ; Road: 4–4–1–0), 13 Points # Jan Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 39 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena (14177) 16–15–3–5 40 40 4 New York Islanders 2–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14331) 17–15–3–5 42 41 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum (14857) 17–16–3–5 42 42 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13889) 17–17–3–5 42 43 11 New York Rangers 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14769) 17–18–3–5 42 44 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Boston Bruins TD Garden (15672) 18–18–3–5 44 45 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (15265) 19–18–3–5 46 46 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (18202) 20–18–3–5 48 47 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 Florida Panthers BB&T Center (18313) 20–19–3–5 48 48 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–0 Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center (13858) 20–19–4–5 49 49 23 Boston Bruins 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13271) 20–20–4–5 49 50 25 Chicago Blackhawks 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16958) 21–20–4–5 51 51 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum (14246) 21–21–4–5 51 52 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18277) 21–22–4–5 51
February: 4–8–0–0 (Home: 2–6–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0–0), 8 Points # Feb Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 53 4 Vancouver Canucks 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13202) 21–23–4–5 51 54 6 Florida Panthers 6–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12231) 21–24–4–5 51 55 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Boston Bruins TD Garden (17565) 22–24–4–5 53 56 12 Ottawa Senators 3–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14197) 22–25–4–5 53 57 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18200) 22–26–4–5 53 58 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (18235) 23–26–4–5 55 59 18 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13552) 24–26–4–5 57 60 20 Colorado Avalanche 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13751) 24–27–4–5 57 61 22 St. Louis Blues 1–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14718) 25–27–4–5 59 62 23 New Jersey Devils 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17148) 25–28–4–5 59 63 25 Los Angeles Kings 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (11736) 25–29–4–5 59 64 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–6 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena (13581) 25–30–4–5 59
March: 1–13–2–0 (Home: 0–7–1–0 ; Road: 1–6–1–0), 4 Points # Mar Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 65 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center (18007) 25–31–4–5 59 66 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center (18532) 25–32–4–5 59 67 4 Phoenix Coyotes 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13686) 25–33–4–5 59 68 6 Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14812) 25–34–4–5 59 69 8 Ottawa Senators 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14354) 25–35–4–5 59 70 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre (18500) 25–36–4–5 59 71 12 Nashville Predators 2–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17148) 25–36–5–5 60 72 15 Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17032) 25–37–5–5 60 73 16 Florida Panthers 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16958) 25–38–5–5 60 74 18 Detroit Red Wings 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13840) 25–39–5–5 60 75 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19487) 25–40–5–5 60 76 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (15401) 25–41–5–5 60 77 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1 Chicago Blackhawks United Center (16234) 25–41–6–5 61 78 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18200) 26–41–6–5 63 79 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19654) 26–42–6–5 63 80 31 Philadelphia Flyers 6–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12505) 26–43–6–5 63
April: 1–1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0–0), 2 Points # Apr Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 81 2 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15718) 27–43–6–5 65 82 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18277) 27–44–6–5 65
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT Loss           = Tie

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[4] Player GP G A Pts +/- − PIM Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux 67 28 63 91 -25 −25 43 Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev‡ 54 27 37 64 -11 −11 50 Straka, MartinMartin Straka 60 18 28 46 -18 −18 12 Tarnstrom, DickDick Tarnstrom 61 7 34 41 -11 −11 50 Hrdina, JanJan Hrdina‡ 57 14 25 39 1 34 Morozov, AlexeiAlexei Morozov 27 9 16 25 -3 −3 16 Nieminen, VilleVille Nieminen 75 9 12 21 -25 −25 93 Robitaille, RandyRandy Robitaille‡ 41 5 12 17 5 8 Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau‡ 70 5 11 16 -30 −30 55 Fata, RicoRico Fata† 27 5 8 13 -6 −6 10 Kraft, MilanMilan Kraft 31 7 5 12 -8 −8 10 Surovy, TomasTomas Surovy 26 4 7 11 0 10 McKenna, SteveSteve McKenna 79 9 1 10 -18 −18 128 Rozsival, MichalMichal Rozsival 53 4 6 10 -5 −5 40 Donovan, SheanShean Donovan‡ 52 4 5 9 -6 −6 30 Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle 33 4 3 7 -10 −10 8 Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin‡ 69 2 5 7 -9 −9 36 Manderville, KentKent Manderville 82 2 5 7 -22 −22 46 Laukkanen, JanneJanne Laukkanen‡ 17 1 6 7 -3 −3 8 Moran, IanIan Moran‡ 70 0 7 7 -17 −17 46 Meloche, EricEric Meloche 13 5 1 6 -2 −2 4 Sivek, MichalMichal Sivek 38 3 3 6 -5 −5 14 Lefebvre, GuillaumeGuillaume Lefebvre† 12 2 4 6 1 0 Johansson, MathiasMathias Johansson† 12 1 5 6 1 4 Lintner, RichardRichard Lintner† 19 3 2 5 -9 −9 10 Jonsson, HansHans Jonsson 63 1 4 5 -23 −23 36 Pushor, JamieJamie Pushor 76 3 1 4 -28 −28 76 LaCouture, DanDan LaCouture‡ 44 2 2 4 -8 −8 72 Ference, AndrewAndrew Ference‡ 22 1 3 4 -16 −16 36 Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger† 9 1 2 3 -6 −6 6 Focht, DanDan Focht† 12 0 3 3 -7 −7 19 Samuelsson, MikaelMikael Samuelsson† 22 2 0 2 -21 −21 8 Heins, ShawnShawn Heins† 27 1 1 2 -2 −2 33 Bouchard, JoelJoel Bouchard† 7 0 1 1 -6 −6 0 Beech, KrisKris Beech 12 0 1 1 -3 −3 6 Vujtek, VladimirVladimir Vujtek 5 0 1 1 -4 −4 0 Kostopoulos, TomTom Kostopoulos 8 0 1 1 -4 −4 0 Melichar, JosefJosef Melichar 8 0 0 0 -2 −2 2 Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 6 0 0 0 -5 −5 2 Abid, RamziRamzi Abid† 3 0 0 0 -5 −5 2 Lupaschuk, RossRoss Lupaschuk 3 0 0 0 -3 −3 4 Koltsov, KonstantinKonstantin Koltsov 2 0 0 0 -2 −2 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[5]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg	41	39	2,410:11	14	22	4	3	126	3.14	1197	0.895	1	0	2	18
Caron, SebastienSebastien Caron	24	23	1,408:07	7	14	2	0	62	2.64	741	0.916	2	0	0	6
Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	21	20	1,132:16	6	13	0	2	59	3.13	589	0.900	1	0	1	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.

Awards and records

Player	Award
Sebastien Caron	Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team
Johan Hedberg	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Mario Lemieux	Most Valuable Player Award A.T. Caggiano Booster Club Award Leading Point Scorer Award
Steve McKenna	Baz Bastein Memorial "Good Guy" Award Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Martin Straka	Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2002–03 season:^[6]

Trades

June 23, 2002	To New York Rangers: Krzysztof Oliwa	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Future consideration (2003 ninth-round pick (#273–Albert Vishnyakov))
February 9, 2003	To Calgary Flames: Andrew Ference	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 2004 fifth-round pick (#85–Brian Gifford)
February 9, 2003	To San Jose Sharks: 2003 fifth-round pick (#139–Patrick Ehelechner)	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Shawn Heins
February 10, 2003	To New York Rangers: Alexei Kovalev Dan LaCouture Janne Laukkanen Mike Wilson	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Mikael Samuelsson Rico Fata Joel Bouchard Richard Lintner Cash considerations
March 9, 2003	To New York Islanders: Randy Robitaille	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 2003 fifth-round pick (#161–Evgeni Isakov)
March 11, 2003	To Boston Bruins: Ian Moran	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 2003 fourth-round pick (#121–Paul Bissonnette)
March 11, 2003	To Tampa Bay Lightning: Marc Bergevin	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Brian Holzinger
March 11, 2003	To San Jose Sharks: Wayne Primeau	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Matt Bradley
March 11, 2003	To Calgary Flames: Shean Donovan	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Mathias Johansson Micki DuPont
March 11, 2003	To Phoenix Coyotes: Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre
May 12, 2003	To Tampa Bay Lightning: 2003 ninth-round pick (#273–Albert Vishnyakov)	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Marc Bergevin

Free agents acquired Player Former team Date Steve McKenna New York Rangers July 12, 2002 Vladimir Vujtek Atlanta Thrashers July 15, 2002 Marc Bergevin St. Louis Blues July 18, 2002

Claimed via waivers Date Player Previous team August 6, 2002 Dick Tarnstrom New York Islanders

Lost via waivers Date Player New team October 4, 2002 Rick Berry Washington Capitals

Player signings Player Date Jean-Sebastien Aubin June 25, 2002 Brendan Buckley June 26, 2002 Mario Lemieux June 26, 2002 Konstantin Koltsov July 15, 2002 Francois Leroux July 16, 2002 Jamie Pushor July 30, 2002 Rick Berry July 30, 2002 Ville Nieminen July 30, 2002 Andrew Ference July 31, 2002 Dan LaCouture August 1, 2002 Randy Robitaille August 1, 2002 Shean Donovan August 1, 2002 Matt Murley August 2, 2002 Alexei Morozov August 7, 2002 Alexandre Daigle August 13, 2002 Zenon Konopka September 1, 2002 Colby Armstrong September 3, 2002 Rob Tallas September 3, 2002 Josef Melichar September 9, 2002 Michal Rozsival September 9, 2002 Tom Kostopoulos September 9, 2002 Matt Hussey September 27, 2002 Alexandre Daigle October 4, 2002 Tom Barrasso June 18, 2003

Other Name Date Notes Herb Brooks August 16, 2002 Hired as director of player development Rick Kehoe April 15, 2003 Fired as head coach Ed Olczyk June 11, 2003 Hired as head coach Tom Barrasso June 18, 2003 Retired

Roster

Mario Lemieux Alex Kovalev Straka, Martin Tarnstrom, Dick Hrdina, Jan Morozov, Aleksey Nieminen, Ville Robitaille, Randy Primeau, Wayne Fata, Rico Kraft, Milan Surovy, Tomas McKenna, Steve Rozsival, Michal Donovan, Shean Daigle, Alexandre Bergevin, Marc Manderville, Kent Laukkanen, Janne Moran, Ian Meloche, Eric Sivek, Michal Lefebvre, Guillaume Johansson, Mathias Lintner, Richard Jonsson, Hans Pushor, Jamie LaCouture, Dan Ference, Andrew Holzinger, BrianB Focht, Dan Samuelsson, Mikael Heins, Shawn Hedberg, Johan Aubin, Jean-SebastienJ0 Beech, Kris Bouchard, Joel Kostopoulos, Tom Vujtek, Vladimir Abid, Ramzi Caron, Sebastien Koltsov, Konstantin Lupaschuk, Ross Melichar, Josef Orpik, Brooks

Goaltending

Hedberg, Johan Caron, Sebastien Aubin, Jean-Sebastien

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.^[7]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Ryan Whitney	Defense	United States	Boston University (H-EAST)
2	35	Ondrej Nemec	Defense	Czech Republic	HC Vsetin (CZE)
3	69	Erik Christensen	Center	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	101	Daniel Fernholm	Defense	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (SWE)
5	136[a]	Andrew Sertich	Left Wing	United States	Greenway H.S. (USHSW)
5	137[b]	Cam Paddock	Center	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	171	Robert Goepfert	Goaltender	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
7	202	Patrik Bartschi	Forward	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (SUI)
8	234	Maxime Talbot	Center	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	239[c]	Ryan Lannon	Defense	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
9	265	Dwight Labrosse	Goaltender	United States	Guelph Storm (OHL)

Draft notes^[8]

• ^a Compensatory pick received for loss of Group III free agent Garth Snow.
• ^b Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Garth Snow per Michel Leduc.
• ^c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Marc Bergevin.

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

• "2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

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