# 2002–03 Buffalo Sabres season

The 2002–03 Buffalo Sabres season was the 33rd season of operation for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Sabres failed to qualify for the playoffs for a second consecutive season. The 72 points accumulated in the regular season was the lowest total for the franchise since the 1986–87 season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Northeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 263 | 182 | 113 |
| 2 | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 208 | 98 |
| 3 | 7 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 245 | 237 | 87 |
| 4 | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 234 | 77 |
| 5 | 12 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 190 | 219 | 72 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | P- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 263 | 182 | 113 |
| 2 | Y- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 216 | 166 | 108 |
| 3 | Y- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 219 | 210 | 93 |
| 4 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 211 | 166 | 107 |
| 5 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 208 | 98 |
| 6 | X- Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 224 | 220 | 92 |
| 7 | X- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 245 | 237 | 87 |
| 8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 224 | 231 | 83 |
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| 9 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 210 | 231 | 78 |
| 10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 234 | 77 |
| 11 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 226 | 284 | 74 |
| 12 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 190 | 219 | 72 |
| 13 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 176 | 237 | 70 |
| 14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 189 | 255 | 65 |
| 15 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 171 | 240 | 61 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

## Schedule and results

2002–03 regular season :
October: 3–5–2–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 1–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 10, 20025–1New York Islanders (2002–03)1–0–0–0Recap
2WOctober 12, 20026–1@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)2–0–0–0Recap
3LOctober 13, 20020–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)2–1–0–0Recap
4TOctober 17, 20024–4 OTNew York Rangers (2002–03)2–1–1–0Recap
5LOctober 19, 20022–3Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)2–2–1–0Recap
6WOctober 22, 20022–1Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)3–2–1–0Recap
7LOctober 25, 20021–2New Jersey Devils (2002–03)3–3–1–0Recap
8LOctober 26, 20022–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)3–4–1–0Recap
9TOctober 29, 20021–1 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)3–4–2–0Recap
10LOctober 31, 20020–3@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)3–5–2–0Recap :
November: 1–9–2–1 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 0–5–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
11TNovember 1, 20021–1 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)3–5–3–0Recap
12LNovember 3, 20022–3@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)3–6–3–0Recap
13LNovember 7, 20020–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)3–7–3–0Recap
14LNovember 9, 20024–6Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)3–8–3–0Recap
15LNovember 12, 20023–4Boston Bruins (2002–03)3–9–3–0Recap
16LNovember 15, 20022–3Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)3–10–3–0Recap
17LNovember 16, 20021–4@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)3–11–3–0Recap
18OTLNovember 19, 20023–4 OT@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)3–11–3–1Recap
19WNovember 22, 20025–4Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)4–11–3–1Recap
20LNovember 23, 20021–4@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)4–12–3–1Recap
21TNovember 27, 20021–1 OTTampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)4–12–4–1Recap
22LNovember 29, 20021–4Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)4–13–4–1Recap
23LNovember 30, 20021–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)4–14–4–1Recap :
December: 4–8–1–1 (home: 3–4–1–1; road: 1–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
24WDecember 4, 20024–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)5–14–4–1Recap
25WDecember 6, 20024–1@ New York Rangers (2002–03)6–14–4–1Recap
26WDecember 7, 20024–3Washington Capitals (2002–03)7–14–4–1Recap
27LDecember 10, 20022–4Ottawa Senators (2002–03)7–15–4–1Recap
28TDecember 13, 20021–1 OTChicago Blackhawks (2002–03)7–15–5–1Recap
29LDecember 14, 20020–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)7–16–5–1Recap
30WDecember 18, 20024–2Boston Bruins (2002–03)8–16–5–1Recap
31LDecember 20, 20020–3Florida Panthers (2002–03)8–17–5–1Recap
32LDecember 21, 20022–6@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)8–18–5–1Recap
33LDecember 23, 20022–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)8–19–5–1Recap
34LDecember 26, 20022–3Ottawa Senators (2002–03)8–20–5–1Recap
35LDecember 28, 20023–4Minnesota Wild (2002–03)8–21–5–1Recap
36LDecember 30, 20023–4@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)8–22–5–1Recap
37OTLDecember 31, 20020–1 OTNew York Islanders (2002–03)8–22–5–2Recap :
January: 7–2–2–2 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 4–1–1–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
38WJanuary 3, 20036–3Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)9–22–5–2Recap
39WJanuary 4, 20032–1 OT@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)10–22–5–2Recap
40LJanuary 7, 20032–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)10–23–5–2Recap
41WJanuary 10, 20034–2Boston Bruins (2002–03)11–23–5–2Recap
42WJanuary 11, 20033–2@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)12–23–5–2Recap
43WJanuary 14, 20031–0@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)13–23–5–2Recap
44TJanuary 16, 20032–2 OT@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)13–23–6–2Recap
45WJanuary 18, 20031–0@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)14–23–6–2Recap
46TJanuary 21, 20030–0 OTPittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)14–23–7–2Recap
47WJanuary 24, 20034–0Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)15–23–7–2Recap
48OTLJanuary 25, 20033–4 OT@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)15–23–7–3Recap
49LJanuary 27, 20031–5Nashville Predators (2002–03)15–24–7–3Recap
50OTLJanuary 30, 20031–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)15–24–7–4Recap :
February: 4–7–1–1 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 1–4–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
51LFebruary 4, 20031–4@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)15–25–7–4Recap
52LFebruary 7, 20032–4Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)15–26–7–4Recap
53LFebruary 8, 20031–3@ New York Islanders (2002–03)15–27–7–4Recap
54LFebruary 11, 20032–3St. Louis Blues (2002–03)15–28–7–4Recap
55LFebruary 13, 20032–4@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)15–29–7–4Recap
56WFebruary 15, 20035–4New York Rangers (2002–03)16–29–7–4Recap
57OTLFebruary 17, 20033–4 OT@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)16–29–7–5Recap
58WFebruary 19, 20032–1 OTMontreal Canadiens (2002–03)17–29–7–5Recap
59LFebruary 21, 20031–4Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)17–30–7–5Recap
60WFebruary 23, 20034–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)18–30–7–5Recap
61TFebruary 24, 20032–2 OT@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)18–30–8–5Recap
62LFebruary 26, 20032–3@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)18–31–8–5Recap
63WFebruary 28, 20035–3Dallas Stars (2002–03)19–31–8–5Recap :
March: 7–5–1–3 (home: 5–2–0–1; road: 2–3–1–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
64OTLMarch 1, 20031–2 OT@ New York Islanders (2002–03)19–31–8–6Recap
65LMarch 4, 20031–2Washington Capitals (2002–03)19–32–8–6Recap
66WMarch 6, 20034–2Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)20–32–8–6Recap
67WMarch 8, 20034–0@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)21–32–8–6Recap
68TMarch 9, 20031–1 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)21–32–9–6Recap
69OTLMarch 12, 20032–3 OTCarolina Hurricanes (2002–03)21–32–9–7Recap
70LMarch 14, 20032–4Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)21–33–9–7Recap
71LMarch 15, 20033–5@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)21–34–9–7Recap
72WMarch 18, 20035–2Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)22–34–9–7Recap
73LMarch 19, 20030–3@ New York Rangers (2002–03)22–35–9–7Recap
74OTLMarch 22, 20032–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)22–35–9–8Recap
75WMarch 24, 20034–3 OTColorado Avalanche (2002–03)23–35–9–8Recap
76WMarch 26, 20032–1Florida Panthers (2002–03)24–35–9–8Recap
77WMarch 28, 20034–1Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)25–35–9–8Recap
78WMarch 29, 20033–1@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)26–35–9–8Recap
79LMarch 31, 20030–3@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)26–36–9–8Recap :
April: 1–1–1–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 0–1–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
80WApril 2, 20034–3Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)27–36–9–8Recap
81LApril 5, 20035–8@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)27–37–9–8Recap
82TApril 6, 20032–2 OTNew Jersey Devils (2002–03)27–37–10–8Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 79 | 26 | 49 | 75 | −3 | 20 |
| 77 | Chris Gratton‡ | C | 66 | 15 | 29 | 44 | −5 | 86 |
| 12 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 68 | 21 | 14 | 35 | −2 | 30 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Dumont | RW | 76 | 14 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 44 |
| 41 | Stu Barnes‡ | C | 68 | 11 | 21 | 32 | −13 | 20 |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 74 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 40 |
| 24 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 78 | 14 | 14 | 28 | −8 | 38 |
| 71 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 49 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 18 | Tim Connolly | C | 80 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −28 | 32 |
| 45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −7 | 57 |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 70 | 3 | 18 | 21 | −5 | 85 |
| 51 | Brian Campbell | D | 65 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −8 | 20 |
| 22 | Adam Mair | C | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −4 | 146 |
| 3 | James Patrick | D | 69 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −3 | 26 |
| 10 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 46 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 28 |
| 48 | Daniel Briere† | C | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| 25 | Vaclav Varada‡ | RW | 44 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −2 | 23 |
| 61 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −12 | 21 |
| 4 | Rhett Warrener | D | 50 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 63 |
| 26 | Eric Boulton | LW | 58 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 178 |
| 28 | Jason Botterill | LW | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 74 | Jay McKee | D | 59 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −16 | 49 |
| 8 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 16 |
| 16 | Chris Taylor | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 5 | Jason Woolley‡ | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 29 |
| 55 | Denis Hamel | LW | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 17 |
| 19 | Norm Milley | RW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 6 |
| 15 | Milan Bartovic | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Martin Biron | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 12 |
| 60 | Paul Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Radoslav Hecl | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Doug Houda | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 33 | Doug Janik | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Jaroslav Kristek | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| 23 | Sean McMorrow | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ryan Miller | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 35 | Mika Noronen | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | Rob Ray‡ | RW | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 92 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 43 | Martin Biron | 54 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 1468 | 135 | 2.56 | .908 | 4 | 3170 |
| 30 | Ryan Miller | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 410 | 40 | 2.63 | .902 | 1 | 912 |
| 35 | Mika Noronen | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 411 | 36 | 2.42 | .912 | 1 | 891 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Miroslav Satan |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Miroslav Satan (December 9) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Rookie of the Month | Ales Kotalik (January) |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Ryan Miller |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Taylor Pyatt |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Henrik Tallinder |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Ryan Miller | November 19, 2002 |
| First game | Radoslav Hecl | November 30, 2002 |
| First game | Jaroslav Kristek | January 10, 2003 |
| First game | Doug Janik | March 14, 2003 |
| First game | Sean McMorrow | March 22, 2003 |
| First game | Paul Gaustad | March 24, 2003 |
| First game | Milan Bartovic | April 2, 2003 |

## Transactions

The Sabres were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) | To Buffalo Sabres 1st-round pick in 2002 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Rights to Mike Pandolfo1st-round pick in 2002 |
| June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) | To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 20023rd-round pick in 2002 | To Atlanta Thrashers Vyacheslav Kozlov2nd-round pick in 2002 |
| June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) | To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2002 | To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 20022nd-round pick in 2003 |
| June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22) | To Buffalo Sabres Jochen Hecht | To Edmonton Oilers Atlanta’s 2nd-round pick in 2002Nashville’s 2nd-round pick in 2002 |
| July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24) | To Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair5th-round pick in 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Erik Rasmussen |
| November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16) | To Buffalo Sabres Future considerations | To Detroit Red Wings Jason Woolley |
| February 25, 2003 (2003-02-25) | To Buffalo Sabres Rights to Jakub Klepis | To Ottawa Senators Vaclav Varada5th-round pick in 2003 |
| March 10, 2003 (2003-03-10) | To Buffalo Sabres Future considerations | To Ottawa Senators Rob Ray |
| March 10, 2003 (2003-03-10) | To Buffalo Sabres Rights to Michael Ryan2nd-round pick in 2003 | To Dallas Stars Stu Barnes |
| March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11) | To Buffalo Sabres Daniel Briere3rd-round pick in 2004 | To Phoenix Coyotes Chris Gratton4th-round pick in 2004 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
| August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07) | Peter Ratchuk | Pittsburgh Penguins | | Free agency | |
| August 12, 2002 (2002-08-12) | Jason Botterill | Calgary Flames | | Free agency | |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 14, 2002 (2002-06-14) | Christian Matte | ZSC Lions (NLA) | Free agency (VI) |
| July 10, 2002 (2002-07-10) | Richard Smehlik | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (III) |
| July 29, 2002 (2002-07-29) | Darren Van Oene | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 3, 2002 (2002-08-03) | Bob Corkum | | Retirement (III) |
| August 18, 2002 (2002-08-18) | Mike Hurlbut | | Retirement (VI) |
| September 10, 2002 (2002-09-10) | Bob Essensa | | Retirement (III) |
| N/A | Mario Larocque | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02) | Luc Theoret | Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| December 3, 2002 (2002-12-03) | Jeremy Adduono | Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) | Free agency (II) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 27, 2002 (2002-06-27) | Curtis Brown | 1-year | Option exercised |
| June 27, 2002 (2002-06-27) | Jay McKee | 1-year | Option exercised |
| July 3, 2002 (2002-07-03) | Rob Ray | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12) | Mika Noronen | multi-year | Re-signing |
| July 25, 2002 (2002-07-25) | James Patrick | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30) | Tim Connolly | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31) | Brian Campbell | | Re-signing |
| July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31) | Chris Gratton | | Re-signing |
| July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31) | Rhett Warrener | | Re-signing |
| August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07) | Rory Fitzpatrick | | Re-signing |
| August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08) | Martin Biron | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08) | Radoslav Hecl | | Entry-level |
| August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08) | Jason Pominville | | Entry-level |
| August 12, 2002 (2002-08-12) | Francois Methot | | Re-signing |
| August 26, 2002 (2002-08-26) | Ryan Miller | 2-year | Entry-level |
| September 4, 2002 (2002-09-04) | Maxim Afinogenov | multi-year | Re-signing |
| September 18, 2002 (2002-09-18) | Jiri Novotny | multi-year | Entry-level |
| October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08) | Vaclav Varada | | Re-signing |
| May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28) | Derek Roy | | Entry-level |
| May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28) | Chris Thorburn | | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Buffalo's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 11 | Keith Ballard | United States | University of Minnesota (WCHA) |
| 1 | 20 | Daniel Paille | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 3 | 76 | Michael Tessier | Canada | Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) |
| 3 | 82 | John Adams | United States | Boston College (Hockey East) |
| 4 | 108 | Jakub Hulva | Czech Republic | HC Vitkovice Jr. (Czech Republic) |
| 4 | 121 | Marty Magers | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
| 6 | 178 | Maxim Shchevyev | Russia | Elemash Elektrostal (Russia) |
| 7 | 208 | Radoslav Hecl | Slovakia | Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) |
| 8 | 241 | Dennis Wideman | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 9 | 271 | Martin Cizek | Czech Republic | Slavia Prague Jr. (Czech Republic) |