2002-03 Houston Aeros Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 47-23-7-3 - 104 points
in the AHL's West Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Todd McLellan (47-23-7, 3 OTL)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 204,990, Avg. 5,125 in 40 home dates
2002-03 Houston Aeros RosterTeam Record: 47-23-7-3 - 104 points
in the AHL's West Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Todd McLellan (47-23-7, 3 OTL)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 204,990, Avg. 5,125 in 40 home dates
The Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 47 wins and 23 losses (and 3 overtime losses) and 7 ties for 104 points in the AHL's West Division.
The Aeros netted 266 goals and allowed 222. Jean-Guy Trudel scored 31 goals for Houston and accounted for 54 assists. Derek Gustafson earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Dieter Kochan added 15 or more wins, too. Derek Gustafson registered a 2.82 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Todd McLellan coached the team. The 2002-03 Houston Aeros won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Guy Trudel | L | 79 | 31 | 54 | 85 | 85 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 294 | 10.5 |
| Hnat Domenichelli | C | 62 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 58 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 219 | 13.2 |
| Cory Larose | C | 58 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 192 | 9.4 |
| Curtis Murphy | D | 80 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 63 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 239 | 9.6 |
| Travis Roche | D | 65 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 139 | 10.1 |
| Mark Cullen | C | 72 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 16.2 |
| Lawrence Nycholat | D | 66 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 155 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 142 | 7.7 |
| Rickard Wallin | C | 52 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 70 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 12.4 |
| Kyle Wanvig | R | 57 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 137 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 13.3 |
| David Cullen | D | 72 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 1.9 |
| Rastislav Pavlikovský | C | 44 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 15.4 |
| Dan Cavanaugh | C | 77 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 126 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 11.2 |
| Erik Reitz | D | 62 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 112 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 4.7 |
| Marc Cavosie | C | 54 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 9.8 |
| Tony Virta | R | 39 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 8.0 |
| Tony Tuzzolino | C | 50 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 11.7 |
| Sylvain Cloutier | C | 69 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 129 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 5.3 |
| Zbynek Michalek | D | 62 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 3.4 |
| Jeremy Stevenson | L | 18 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 12.5 |
| Stephane Veilleux | L | 29 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 10.0 |
| Jay Henderson | L | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 14.0 |
| Jeff Hoggan | R | 65 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 7.4 |
| Chris Dyment | D | 40 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4.4 |
| Ladislav Benysek | D | 39 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Derek Gustafson | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Crozier | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tomas Hradecky | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Legault | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Remi Royer | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dieter Kochan | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Shiryaev | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederic Cloutier | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl McArthur | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Keith McCambridge | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Brady | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johan Holmqvist | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1527 | 266 | 431 | 697 | 1716 | 149 | 87 | 12 | 47 | 5 | 2752 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Holmqvist | 8 | 479 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2.88 | 229 | 206 | .900 |
| Frederic Cloutier | 12 | 586 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2.46 | 252 | 228 | .905 |
| Derek Gustafson | 41 | 2301 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 108 | 2.82 | 990 | 882 | .891 |
| Dieter Kochan | 25 | 1447 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 2.53 | 659 | 598 | .907 |
| Peter Brady | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.64 | 18 | 16 | .889 | |
| Totals | 87 | 4846 | 47 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 218 | 2.70 | 2148 | 1930 | .899 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Guy Trudel | L | 23 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hnat Domenichelli | C | 23 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Murphy | D | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Travis Roche | D | 23 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Cullen | C | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickard Wallin | C | 23 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Wanvig | R | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Cullen | D | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rastislav Pavlikovský | C | 23 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Cavanaugh | C | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erik Reitz | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Cavosie | C | 19 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Tuzzolino | C | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sylvain Cloutier | C | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zbynek Michalek | D | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephane Veilleux | L | 23 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Henderson | L | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Hoggan | R | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Dyment | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ladislav Benysek | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dieter Kochan | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johan Holmqvist | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 462 | 60 | 102 | 162 | 391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Holmqvist | 23 | 1499 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 2.00 | 748 | 698 | .933 |
| Dieter Kochan | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 25 | 1519 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1.97 | 757 | 707 | .934 |
