Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux
(Lemieux Group)

General Manager:
Craig Patrick

Head Coach:
Rick Kehoe

Captain:
Mario Lemieux

Rookie of the Year:
No winner

Player's Player:
No winner

Most Valuable Player:
Mario Lemieux

Booster Club:
Mario Lemieux

Masterton Nominee:
Martin Straka

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Steve McKenna

Edward J. DeBartolo:
Johan Hedberg & Steve McKenna

Bob Johnson Memorial:
No winner

February 9
Obtained Shawn Heins from San Jose for a conditional draft pick

February 10
Obtained Mikael Samuelsson, Rico Fata, Richard Litner and Joel Bouchard from the New York Rangers for Alexei Kovalev, Dan LaCouture, Mike Wilson and Janne Laukkanen.

March 11
Obtained Matt Bradley from San Jose from Wayne Primeau.

March 11
Obtained Ramzi Abid, Guillaume Lefebvre and Dan Focht from Pheonix for Jan Hrdina and Francois Leroux

2002-03


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2002-03 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(27-44-6-5) Finished 5th in Atlantic Division
Front row: Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Aleksy Morozov, Jan Hrdina, Marc Bergevin, Alexei Kovalev, Mario Lemieux (Owner/Captian), Martin Straka, Wayne Primeau, Ian Moran, Jamie Pushor & Johan Hedberg

Middle row: Frank Sciulli (Locker room attendant), Mark Mortland (Trainer), Tom Plasko (Physical Therapist), Scott Johnson (Trainer), Josef Melichar, Joe Mullen (Asst. Coach), Randy Hillier (Asst. Coach), Rick Kehoe (Asst. Coach), Ken Sawyer (President, Lemieux Group LP), Tom Rooney (President, Team Lemieux LLC), Craig Patrick (General Manager), Ed Johnston (Asst. General Manager), Michal Rozsival, Steve Latin (Equip. Manager), John Welday (Conditioning Coach) & Paul Flati (Asst. Equip. Manager), Paul DeFazio (Asst. Equip. Manager)

Back row: Andrew Ference, Randy Robitaille, Hans Jonsson, Dick Tarnstrom, Shean Donovan, Steve McKenna, Dan LaCouture, Kent Manderville, Janne Laukkanen, Alexandre Daigle & Ville Nieminen
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Martin Straka records his 300th assist on December 7 against the New York Islanders

• On January 13, Sebastien Caron stops 31 shots in his first NHL start, a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins.

• Mario Lemieux records his 1000th career assists with four against Boston on February 8.

• Mario Lemieux bagged his 11th career game-winning overtime goal in a February 18 game against the Edmonton Oilers.

• Martin Straka scores his 500th NHL point with a goal against the Detroit Red Wings on March 18.

UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
#
Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
66
Mario Lemieux
67
28
63
91
43
-
-
-
-
-
27
Alexei Kovalev
54
27
37
64
50
-
-
-
-
-
82
Martin Straka
60
18
28
46
12
-
-
-
-
-
32
Dick Tarnstrom
61
7
34
41
50
-
-
-
-
-
38
Jan Hrdina
57
14
25
39
34
-
-
-
-
-
95
Aleksey Morozov
27
9
16
25
16
-
-
-
-
-
10
Ville Nieminen
75
9
12
21
93
-
-
-
-
-
22
Randy Robitaille
41
5
12
17
8
-
-
-
-
-
15
Wayne Primeau
70
5
11
16
55
-
-
-
-
-
19
Rico Fata
27
5
8
13
10
-
-
-
-
-
14
Milan Kraft
31
7
5
12
10
-
-
-
-
-
43
Tomas Surovy
26
4
7
11
10
-
-
-
-
-
23
Steve McKenna
79
9
1
10
128
-
-
-
-
-
28
Michal Rozsival
53
4
6
10
40
-
-
-
-
-
18
Shean Donovan
52
4
5
9
30
-
-
-
-
-
25
Marc Bergevin
69
2
5
7
36
-
-
-
-
-
11
Alexandre Daigle
33
4
3
7
8
-
-
-
-
-
5
Janne Laukkanen
17
1
6
7
8
-
-
-
-
-
26
Kent Manderville
82
2
5
7
46
-
-
-
-
-
24
Ian Moran
70
0
7
7
46
-
-
-
-
-
20
Mathias Johansson
12
1
5
6
4
-
-
-
-
-
33
Guillaume Lefebvre
12
2
4
6
0
-
-
-
-
-
72
Eric Meloche
13
5
1
6
4
-
-
-
-
-
47, 12
Michal Sivek
38
3
3
6
14
-
-
-
-
-
8
Hans Jonsson
63
1
4
5
36
-
-
-
-
-
6
Richard Lintner
19
3
2
5
10
-
-
-
-
-
7
Andrew Ference
22
1
3
4
36
-
-
-
-
-
33
Dan LaCouture
44
2
2
4
72
-
-
-
-
-
3
Jamie Pushor
76
3
1
4
76
-
-
-
-
-
4
Dan Focht
12
0
3
3
19
-
-
-
-
-
15
Brian Holzinger
9
1
2
3
6
-
-
-
-
-
57
Shawn Heins
27
1
1
2
33
-
-
-
-
-
37
Mikael Samuelsson
22
2
0
2
8
-
-
-
-
-
16
Kris Beech
12
0
1
1
6
-
-
-
-
-
39
Joel Bouchard
7
0
1
1
0
-
-
-
-
-
36