2002-03 Hershey Bears Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 36-27-14-3 - 89 points
in the AHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mike Foligno (36-27-14, 3 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 312,894, Avg. 7,822 in 40 home dates
2002-03 Hershey Bears RosterTeam Record: 36-27-14-3 - 89 points
in the AHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mike Foligno (36-27-14, 3 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 312,894, Avg. 7,822 in 40 home dates
The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 36 wins and 27 losses (and 3 overtime losses) and 14 ties for 89 points in the AHL's South Division.
The Bears netted 217 goals and gave up 209. Brian Willsie scored 29 goals for Hershey, while Eric Bertrand contributed 40 assists. Philippe Sauve earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.37 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Mike Foligno coached the team. The 2002-03 Hershey Bears 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Bertrand | L | 67 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 87 | -1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 209 | 9.1 |
| Brian Willsie | R | 59 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 49 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 228 | 12.7 |
| Mark Freer | C | 70 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 34 | -15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 126 | 16.7 |
| Charlie Stephens | C | 74 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 169 | 10.1 |
| Steve Brule | R | 49 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 170 | 10.6 |
| Brett Clark | D | 80 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 26 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 194 | 4.1 |
| Jordan Krestanovich | L | 70 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 24 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 8.9 |
| Cail MacLean | RW | 74 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 143 | 11.2 |
| Steve Moore | C | 58 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 41 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 7.1 |
| Bryan Muir | D | 36 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 75 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 7.1 |
| Mikhail Kuleshov | L | 77 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 76 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 6.1 |
| Brent Thompson | D | 61 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 134 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 2.2 |
| Alexander Riazantsev | D | 57 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 3.9 |
| Riku Hahl | C | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 11.5 |
| Marek Svatos | R | 30 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 14.8 |
| Marc Busenburg | D | 44 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 6.7 |
| Brad Larsen | L | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 25 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Bruce Richardson | C | 33 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11.1 |
| Travis Brigley | L | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Tim Wedderburn | D | 67 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 |
| Dale Clarke | D | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Vaclav Nedorost | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 33.3 |
| Jeff Paul | D | 50 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 123 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3.1 |
| Kent Davyduke | C | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Rob Voltera | LW | 54 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 1.9 |
| Agris Saviels | D | 43 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.0 |
| Philippe Sauve | G | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Goodenow | F | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Deschatelets | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Pierre-Luc Emond | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Nick Bootland | RW | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Adam Edinger | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| John-Michael Liles | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Goneau | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Michael Henrich | C/D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Gyori | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brad Wingfield | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Budaj | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandro Sbrocca | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| K.C. Timmons | D/F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sergei Klyazmin | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Simon Tremblay | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Varhaug | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.J. Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Chris Bogas | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steve Rymsha | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1528 | 217 | 347 | 564 | 1313 | -38 | 60 | 11 | 36 | 9 | 2669 | 8.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe Sauve | 60 | 3394 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 134 | 2.37 | 1617 | 1483 | .917 |
| Peter Budaj | 28 | 1467 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 2.66 | 734 | 669 | .911 |
| Totals | 88 | 4861 | 36 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 199 | 2.46 | 2351 | 2152 | .915 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Bertrand | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Freer | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Stephens | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Brule | R | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Clark | D | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jordan Krestanovich | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cail MacLean | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Moore | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Muir | D | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mikhail Kuleshov | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Thompson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Busenburg | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Larsen | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Richardson | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Travis Brigley | L | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Wedderburn | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vaclav Nedorost | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Voltera | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Agris Saviels | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philippe Sauve | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John-Michael Liles | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Henrich | C/D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Budaj | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 101 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe Sauve | 5 | 295 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.85 | 176 | 162 | .920 |
| Peter Budaj | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.00 | 5 | 3 | .600 |
| Totals | 6 | 301 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.19 | 181 | 165 | .912 |
