2002-03 Hamilton Bulldogs Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 49-19-8-4 - 110 points
in the AHL's Canadian Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Claude Julien (33-6-3, 3 OTL)
Coach: Geoff Ward (16-13-5, 1 OTL)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 188,974, Avg. 4,724 in 40 home dates
2002-03 Hamilton Bulldogs RosterTeam Record: 49-19-8-4 - 110 points
in the AHL's Canadian Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Claude Julien (33-6-3, 3 OTL)
Coach: Geoff Ward (16-13-5, 1 OTL)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 188,974, Avg. 4,724 in 40 home dates
The Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 49 wins and 19 losses (and 4 overtime losses) and 8 ties for 110 points in the AHL's Canadian Division.
The Bulldogs topped the circuit with 279 goals. Hamilton allowed 191 goals. Michael Ryder scored 34 goals for the squad, while Jason Ward netted 30 or more, too. Jason Ward contributed 41 assists. Ty Conklin paced the team with 19 wins, and Mathieu Garon added 15 or more wins, too. Ty Conklin recorded a 2.55 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Claude Julien and Geoff Ward coached the team. The 2002-03 Hamilton Bulldogs lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Ward | R | 69 | 31 | 41 | 72 | 78 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 205 | 15.1 |
| Michael Ryder | R | 69 | 34 | 33 | 67 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 221 | 15.4 |
| Benoit Gratton | C | 43 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 78 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 111 | 18.9 |
| Jarret Stoll | C | 76 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 188 | 11.2 |
| Jani Rita | L | 64 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 13.6 |
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 77 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 74 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 140 | 13.6 |
| Marc-Andre Bergeron | D | 66 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 73 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 5.2 |
| Tony Salmelainen | L | 67 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 13.3 |
| Marcel Hossa | L | 37 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 78 | 24.4 |
| Fernando Pisani | R | 41 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 15.6 |
| Mike Komisarek | D | 56 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 79 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 3.9 |
| Francois Beauchemin | D | 75 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 92 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 4.8 |
| Chad Hinz | C | 65 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 16.2 |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | R | 20 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 9.3 |
| Jozef Balej | R | 56 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 5.2 |
| Bill Lindsay | L | 28 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 8.6 |
| Nate DiCasmirro | RW | 49 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Ron Hainsey | D | 33 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| Bobby Allen | D | 56 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 |
| Francis Bouillon | D | 29 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Mike Bishai | C | 27 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 25.0 |
| Donald Audette | R | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 17.2 |
| Raffi Torres | L | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Alexei Semenov | D | 37 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Sylvain Blouin | L | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Benjamin Carpentier | D | 52 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 140 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Kari Haakana | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Rennette | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Peter Hogan | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Marty Reasoner | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Dufresne | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Dominic Periard | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Ribeiro | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Ty Conklin | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Roach | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ales Pisa | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Adam Dewan | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Power | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Vellinga | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Risidore | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jay Vancik | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| J.J. Hunter | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ryan McKie | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mathieu Garon | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Vince | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Nolan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Henrich | C/D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sean McAslan | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kristian Antila | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt O'Dette | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Eric Fichaud | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1509 | 279 | 465 | 744 | 1319 | 269 | 83 | 15 | 49 | 3 | 2565 | 10.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Conklin | 38 | 2140 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 91 | 2.55 | 1064 | 973 | .914 |
| Mathieu Garon | 20 | 1150 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 1.77 | 537 | 503 | .937 |
| Eric Fichaud | 27 | 1447 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 2.28 | 736 | 681 | .925 |
| Kristian Antila | 2 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.71 | 45 | 39 | .867 |
| Totals | 87 | 4834 | 49 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 186 | 2.31 | 2382 | 2196 | .922 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Ward | R | 23 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Ryder | R | 23 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benoit Gratton | C | 22 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jarret Stoll | C | 23 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jani Rita | L | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc-Andre Bergeron | D | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Salmelainen | L | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcel Hossa | L | 21 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Komisarek | D | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Beauchemin | D | 23 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chad Hinz | C | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mariusz Czerkawski | R | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jozef Balej | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lindsay | L | 23 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nate DiCasmirro | RW | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hainsey | D | 23 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Allen | D | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Bishai | C | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raffi Torres | L | 23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sylvain Blouin | L | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benjamin Carpentier | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kari Haakana | D | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Hogan | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ty Conklin | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Fichaud | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 462 | 74 | 113 | 187 | 438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Conklin | 17 | 1024 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 2.23 | 605 | 567 | .937 |
| Eric Fichaud | 8 | 472 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.16 | 223 | 206 | .924 |
| Totals | 25 | 1496 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 2.21 | 828 | 773 | .934 |
