2002 in ice hockey

The following is a chronicle of events during the year 2002 in ice hockey.

Olympics

National Hockey League

• Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames^[1]
• Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens^[2]
• Stanley Cup - Detroit Red Wings defeat the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals
• The Columbus Blue Jackets selected Rick Nash with the first pick overall in the 2002 NHL Draft

Canadian Hockey League

• Ontario Hockey League: The Erie Otters captured the J. Ross Robertson Cup.
• Quebec Major Junior Hockey League: The Victoriaville Tigres won the President's Cup (QMJHL) for the first time in franchise history
• Western Hockey League: The Kootenay Ice won the President's Cup (WHL)
• Memorial Cup: The Guelph Storm served as host team for the 2003 Memorial Cup, which was won by the Kootenay Ice.

International hockey

European hockey

Women's hockey

• In 2002, at the age of 16, Shannon Szabados became the first female to play in the Western Hockey League. Szabados played in four exhibition games for the Tri-City Americans.^[3] On September 22, 2002 she played 20 seconds of a regular season game.^[4]

Minor League hockey

Junior A hockey

Season articles

Deaths

See also

• 1982 in sports

References