2002-03 Worcester IceCats Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 35-27-15-3 - 88 points
in the AHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Don Granato (35-27-15, 3 OTL)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 187,123, Avg. 4,678 in 40 home dates
2002-03 Worcester IceCats RosterTeam Record: 35-27-15-3 - 88 points
in the AHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Don Granato (35-27-15, 3 OTL)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 187,123, Avg. 4,678 in 40 home dates
The Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 35 wins and 27 losses (and 3 overtime losses) and 15 ties for 88 points in the AHL's North Division.
The IceCats scored 235 goals and allowed 220. John Pohl netted 26 goals for Worcester, and Sergei Varlamov accounted for 38 assists. Curtis Sanford topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 2.41 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Don Granato coached the team. The 2002-03 Worcester IceCats lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Varlamov | L | 72 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 79 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 249 | 9.2 |
| John Pohl | C | 58 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 16.7 |
| Jeff Panzer | C | 80 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 36 | -1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 252 | 8.7 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 71 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 129 | 13.2 |
| Justin Papineau | C | 44 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 15.3 |
| Terry Virtue | D | 78 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 144 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 3.8 |
| Blake Evans | C | 78 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 136 | 9.6 |
| Eric Nickulas | R | 39 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 118 | 14.4 |
| Marc Brown | LW | 58 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 7.6 |
| Christian Backman | D | 72 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 66 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 6.7 |
| Mark Rycroft | R | 45 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 7.2 |
| Jame Pollock | R | 44 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 50 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 3.4 |
| Aris Brimanis | D | 38 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 51 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 9.4 |
| Greg Davis | RW | 54 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 9.8 |
| Chris Corrinet | R | 28 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 14.6 |
| Igor Valeev | R | 72 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 153 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 5.5 |
| Tom Koivisto | D | 47 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 4.0 |
| Ernie Hartlieb | LW | 24 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26.9 |
| Greg Day | C | 25 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 15.4 |
| Steve Bancroft | D | 21 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 |
| Mike Van Ryn | D | 33 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Matt Walker | D | 40 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.9 |
| Steve Dubinsky | C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Mike Stuart | D | 41 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Christian Laflamme | D | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Colley | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Brett Scheffelmaier | D | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 143 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Yablonski | R | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Simon Tremblay | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Chad Starling | D | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Phil Osaer | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Sanford | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Corso | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Voth | W | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Scott Stirling | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cody Rudkowsky | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reinhard Divis | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve McLaren | L | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Brent Johnson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Baker | C | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1525 | 235 | 400 | 635 | 1523 | 83 | 72 | 10 | 35 | 9 | 2638 | 8.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Osaer | 24 | 1328 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 2.89 | 567 | 503 | .887 |
| Reinhard Divis | 9 | 453 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.25 | 222 | 205 | .923 |
| Curtis Sanford | 41 | 2317 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 93 | 2.41 | 1151 | 1058 | .919 |
| Scott Stirling | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 25 | 21 | .840 |
| Cody Rudkowsky | 10 | 577 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2.91 | 273 | 245 | .897 |
| Brent Johnson | 2 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.84 | 67 | 59 | .881 |
| Totals | 87 | 4860 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 214 | 2.64 | 2305 | 2091 | .907 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Varlamov | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Pohl | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Panzer | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Dawe | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blake Evans | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Nickulas | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Backman | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Rycroft | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jame Pollock | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aris Brimanis | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Davis | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Corrinet | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Igor Valeev | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Koivisto | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Hartlieb | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Day | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Stuart | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Scheffelmaier | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeremy Yablonski | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Sanford | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay McClement | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve McLaren | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 60 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Sanford | 3 | 179 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.68 | 113 | 105 | .929 |
| Totals | 3 | 179 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.68 | 113 | 105 | .929 |
