NHL 2003 ROSTER UPDATE FAQ
By Dynamitehack91 aka Jeff French
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Association, National Hockey League and/or the 30 clubs of
the National Hockey League. I'm just a devoted fan that
wishes not to be sued.
Table of Contents
x legal disclaimer
I Introduction ? What Is this FAQ?
II Version History
III FAQs
IV Roster Transactions (long list)
V Roster Transactions (short list)
VI Create-A-Player List
VII NHL Line Combinations
VIII NHL 23-Man Rosters
IX Contributions
I. INTRODUCTION
This FAQ will NOT be how to play EA Sports NHL 2003
because that is what the manual is for. In time I might
add hints and strategies to this document but right now I'm
concentrating on the roster aspect of the game. When you
open up any sports game you will immediately notice that
most of the roster seems out of date because they set the
roster for shipping long before shipping so many of the
transactions that occur in the league between the roster
set date and the shipping date, don't make the game. Other
mistakes come from the guy in charge of the rosters being
lazy and forgetful to where a player has signed. I cannot
blame him because it is a lot of work and a lot of these
players are just career minor leaguers or fringe players
and hard to keep track of any way.
That is where I come in. I have to the trouble of
listing every single omission to the rosters of NHL2003 for
the Playstation 2, PC, Gamecube and X-Box. This FAQ once
the season starts on October 9, 2002 will be updated a
couple times for the opening day rosters until it's
complete and then it will only be updated every month
(reflecting call-ups and such) unless a major trade occurs,
in which case I'll add that to the list. But for the most
part the NHL Line Combinations and the NHL 23-Man Rosters
sections will only be updated once a month. It's hopefully
enough to keep you coming back for more.
II. VERSION HISTORY
October 5, 2002 ? Version 0.4 ? FAQ started;
Introduction section started; FAQs started; Roster
Transactions (long list) finished as of 10-5-02
III. FAQs
FAQs in an FAQ? Well I'm on the cutting edge so why
not? I'm accepting questions for this section so just fire
them my way. What? Where do you find me? Just read down
further in this section.
Q When do you update this FAQ?
A I'll try to update at least once a month to reflect the
23 man rosters of the NHL teams
Q Where can I find the rosters myself?
A Try the NHL team websites which can be found by typing
the 'www.thefullteamnamehere.com' and there you go.
ESPN.com, TSN.com and TSN.ca are also good sites to go to
but I cannot guarantee that they will always be up to date.
Q How may I contact you?
A Feel free to drop me an e-mail at
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and I'll answer back usually
within that day or night. I'm real good about that.
I can also be found on AIM under the handle Dags91 and
yahoo messenger under the dynamitehack91 handle. I don't
mind that if you're not childish or annoying.
Q You have So-and-So on the wrong team, you have So-and-
So's jersey number wrong, you have So-and-So's position
wrong, you have So-and-So under the wrong team transaction,
ect.
A Chances are I know about it but have not gotten around
to fixing it. However, I won't mind a polite email about
it and that can key me in what needs to be fixed. I'd even
appreciate it in some cases. Some of the positions will be
different from what the game lists them as because I didn't
write down the positions while I was writing down who
needed to go where so I typed in the position I know they
play which will very from what the game has usually. The
player probably can play that position but I'd like an
email about it because I want to get this as accurate to
the game as I can get, not as accurate as to what I know.
I'd be deeply in your debt there. Also if I have a player
on the wrong team transaction list, then PLEASE do drop a
line because I didn't write down all the transactions when
I was going through the game and I forgot where some of
the players came from originally in this game and that is
what happened in those instances.
Q What are those (??) that follow some entries?
A Those are things I am not sure of and need some
confirmation on. So drop me a line if you can confirm them
for me. Like a lot of the players not on the roster, I'm
not sure where they went or if they are actually still in
the system of that team. I put them on waivers just to be
sure because I no longer saw their name in the team's
system.
V. ROSTER TRANSACTIONS (LONG LIST)
Teams come in alphabetical order and this only includes
players that are in the game and not hidden in the database
or are created. I feel the set-up of the list is pretty
self-explanatory but if it's not, please drop an email and
make me know I need to re-do this introduction then.
Anaheim :
To Anaheim :
Rob Valicevic RW from Los Angeles
Todd Reirden D from Atlanta
Jason Krog C from Islanders
From Anaheim :
Aris Brimanis D to St Louis
Released from Anaheim :
Drew Bannister D
Jonas Ronnqvist RW
Jonas Jonsson LW
Sergei Krivokrasov RW
Antti-Jussi Niemi D
Sergei Vyshedkevich D
Anti Aalto C
Atlanta :
To Atlanta :
Chris Herperger C from Ottawa
Dallas Eakins D from Calgary via Detroit
Uwe Krupp D from Detroit
From Atlanta :
Roman Ndur D to Chicago
Todd Reirden D to Anaheim
Vladimir Vujtek C to Pittsburgh
Bryan Adams C to Detroit
Released from Atlanta :
Francis Lessard D
Adam Burt D (retired)
Martin Prochazka W (Europe)
Dean Sylvester RW
Chris Joseph D
Andrei Skopintsev D
Damian Rhodes G
Boston:
To Boston:
Michal Grosek RW from Rangers
Bryan Berard D from Rangers
Bill Bowler C from Nashville
Rich Brennan D from Los Angeles
Brantt Myhers RW from Washington
From Boston :
Dixon Ward RW to Rangers
Denis Bonvie RW to Ottawa
Joe Hulbig LW to New Jersey
Eric Manlow C to Islanders
Released from Boston :
Jeff Zehr RW (??)
Andrei Kovalenko W
Gord Murphy D (retired)
Jeff Norton D
Jamie Rivers D
Bryon Dafoe G
Holdout :
Kyle McLaren D
Buffalo :
To Buffalo :
Adam Mair C from Los Angeles
Jason Botteril LW from Calgary
From Buffalo :
Erik Rasmussen LW to Los Angeles
Released from Buffalo :
Bob Corkum C
Bob Essensa G
Mike Hurlbut D
David Morovec RW (??)
Christian Matte RW
Vladimir Tsyplakov C
Holdout :
Vaclav Varada RW
Calgary :
To Calgary :
Chris Drury C from Colorado
Stephane Yelle C from Colorado
Ladislav Kohn RW from Detroit
From Calgary :
Dean McAmmond C to Colorado
Jeff Shantz C to Colorado
Derek Morris D to Colorado
Alan Letang D to Islanders
Jason Botteril LW to Buffalo
Dallas Eakins D to Atlanta via Detroit
Ronald Petrovicky RW to Rangers
Released from Calgary :
Igor Kravchuk D
Nik Andersson LW
Mikka Elomo LW
Mike Vernon G (retired)
Brad Werenka D (retirement looming)
Carolina:
To Carolina:
Mike Watt C from Philadelphia
From Carolina:
Released from Carolina:
Ted Drury LW
Greg Kuznik D
Chicago:
To Chicago:
Theo Fluery RW from San Jose
Jason Strudwick D from Vancouver
Louie Debrusk LW from Phoenix
Roman Ndur D from Atlanta
From Chicago:
Vladimir Chebaturkin D to Rangers
Jim Campbell RW to Florida
Chris McAlpine D to Los Angeles
Tom Fitzgerald RW to Toronto
Released from Chicago:
Joe Reekie D (retired ??)
Jean-Yves Leroux LW
Valeri Zelepukin LW (Europe)
Josef Marha C (Europe)
Kevin Dean D
Colorado :
To Colorado :
Serge Aubin LW from Columbus
Derek Morris D from Calgary
Jeff Shantz C from Calgary
Dean McAmmond LW from Calgary
From Colorado :
Jeff Daw C to Phoenix
Pascal Trepanier D to Nashville
Chris Drury C to Calgary
Stephane Yelle C to Calgary
Released from Colorado :
Todd Gill D
Stewart Malgunas D
Columbus :
To Columbus :
Andrew Cassels C from Vancouver
Donald MacLean C from Toronto
Petr Tenkrat RW from Nashville via Florida
Hannes Hyvonen RW from San Jose via Florida
From Columbus :
Serge Aubin LW to Colorado
Released from Columbus :
Robert Kron LW
Mathieu Darche C (??)
Jamie Heward D
Jeff Ware D
Mike Maneluk LW
Brett Harkins RW (Europe)
Alexander Selivanov RW (Europe)
Deron Quint D
Steve Maltais LW
Kevin Dahl D
Dan Kesa LW
Jan Caloun C (Europe)
Maxim Galanov D
Dallas :
To Dallas :
Ulf Dahlen RW from Washington
Stephane Robidas D from Montreal via Atlanta
From Dallas :
Released from Dallas :
Dave Manson D
Pat Verbeek RW (retired)
Keith Aldridge RW
Greg Leeb C
Detroit :
To Detroit :
Patrick Boileau D from Washington
Stacy Roest RW from Minnesota
Derek King LW from Ottawa (try-out)
Bryan Adams C from Atlanta
From Detroit :
Uwe Krupp D to Atlanta
Ladislav Kohn RW to Calgary
Released from Detroit:
Steve Duchesne D
Jiri Slegr D
Edmonton :
To Edmonton :
From Edmonton :
Dominic Pittis C to Nashville
Chris Hajt D to Washington
Released from Edmonton :
Patrick Cote LW (??)
Daniel Lacroix C
Alaine Nasreddine D
Sean Selmser RW (??)
Florida :
To Florida :
Mathieu Biron D from Tampa Bay via Columbus
Jani Hurme G from Ottawa
Jim Campbell RW from Chicago
Stephane Matteau LW from San Jose
Dmitry Yushkevich D from Toronto
From Florida :
Trevor Kidd G to Toronto
Robert Svhela D to Toronto
Released from Florida :
Greg Adams LW
Len Barrie C
Brad Norton D
Rocky Thompson RW
Dave Emma C
Craig Ferguson C
Yan Golubovsky D
Alex Hicks LW
Lance Pitlick D (retired)
Los Angeles :
To Los Angeles :
Erik Rasmussen LW from Buffalo
Chris McAlpine D from Chicago
Derek Armstrong C from Rangers
From Los Angeles :
Rob Valicevic RW to Anaheim
Rich Brennan D to Boston
Adam Mair C to Buffalo
Released from Los Angeles :
Nelson Emerson RW
Sandy Mogar RW
Marcel Cousineau G
Jan Nemecek D
Minnesota :
To Minnesota :
Jean-Guy Trudel LW from Phoenix
Dieter Kochan G from Tampa Bay
From Minnesota :
Aaron Gavey C to Toronto
Stacy Roest RW to Detroit
Released from Minnesota :
Roman Simicek C (Europe)
Pavel Patera C (Europe)
Kai Nurminen LW (Europe)
Jeff Neilsen LW (??)
Brian Bonin C (??)
Ian Herbers D (??)
Montreal :
To Montreal :
From Montreal :
Stephane Rodibas D to Dallas via Atlanta
Francois Bouillon D to Nashville
Shawn Van Allen C to Ottawa
Released from Montreal :
Stephane Fiset G
Patrick Poulin C
Darryl Shannon D
Juha Lind LW (Europe)
Eric Bertand RW
Nashville:
To Nashville :
Denis Pederson C from Phoenix
Wyatt Smith C from Phoenix
Francois Bouillon D from Montreal
Andreas Johansson C from Rangers
Pascal Trepanier D from Colorado
Dominic Pittis C from Edmonton
From Nashville :
Steve Dubinsky C to St Louis
Bill Bowler C to Boston
Petr Tenkrat RW to Columbus via Florida
Ryan Tobler RW to Tampa Bay
Released from Nashville :
Jere Karalahti D (suspension, Europe)
Jukka Huntunen RW (Europe)
Alex Boikov D
Jeremy Stevenson LW
Brent Peterson C
Jan Vopat D
Craig Millar D
Bret Hauer D (??)
New Jersey :
To New Jersey :
David Roche C from Islanders
Joe Hulbig LW from Boston
From New Jersey :
Joel Bouchard D to Rangers
Released from New Jersey :
Valeri Kamensky LW
Sergei Nemchinov C
Bruce Gardiner C
Stephane Richer RW
Mike Rucinski D
New York Islanders:
To Islanders :
Alan Letang D from Calgary
Eric Manlow C from Boston
Brandon Smith D from San Jose
From Islanders :
David Roche C to New Jersey
Mats Lindgren C to Vancouver
Jason Krog C to Anaheim
Released from Islanders :
Jim Cummins RW
Jason Podollan C
Darren Van Impe D
Marko Tuomainen RW (Europe)
Alexander Kharitonov RW (Europe)
Ronald Petrovicky C
Markko Kiprasoff D (?? Europe)
Jesse Belanger C
New York Rangers :
To Rangers :
Joel Bouchard D from New Jersey
Dixon Ward RW from Boston
Ronald Petrovicky RW from Calgary
Vladimir Chebaturkin D from Chicago
From Rangers :
Jason Dawe RW to St Louis
Brad Smyth RW to Ottawa
Bryan Berard D to Boston
Michal Grosek RW to Boston
Andreas Johansson C to Nashville
Derek Armstrong C to Los Angeles
Released from Rangers :
Martin Rucinsky LW
Kyle Freadrich RW
Travis Scott F (??)
Ottawa :
To Ottawa :
Brad Smyth RW from Rangers
Denis Bonvie RW from Boston
Shawn Van Allen C from Montreal
Peter Schafer LW from Vancouver
From Ottawa :
Derek King LW to Detroit (try out)
Sami Salo D to Vancouver
Chris Herperger C to Atlanta
Jani Hurme G to Florida
Released from Ottawa :
Benoit Brunet LW
Ricard Persson D
David Oliver RW
Kevin Miller C (retired)
Holdout :
Karal Rachunek D
Philadelphia :
To Philadelphia :
From Philadelphia :
Mike Watt C to Carolina
Released from Philadelphia :
Michal Picard LW
Rick Tocchet RW (retired)
Yves Sarault LW
Jarod Skalde C
Billy Tibbets RW
Phoenix :
To Phoenix :
Jeff Daw C from Colorado
From Phoenix :
Denis Pederson C to Nashville
Wyatt Smith C to Nashville
Travis Hansen RW to San Jose
Louie Debrusk LW to Chicago
Jean-Guy Trudel LW to Minnesota
Released from Phoenix :
Stephane Bordeleau C (retired ??)
Mike Sullivan LW
Pittsburgh :
To Pittsburgh :
Marc Bergevin D from St Louis
Vladimir Vujtek C from Atlanta
From Pittsburgh :
Rick Berry D to Washington
John Japokin D to San Jose
Released from Pittsburgh :
Josef Beranek LW (Europe)
Rob Brown RW
Tom Chorske C (retired)
Bobby Dollas D (retired)
Kevin Stevens LW (retired)
Patrick Falloon RW (??)
Robbie Tallas G
San Jose :
To San Jose :
Travis Hansen RW from Phoenix
John Japokin D from Pittsburgh
From San Jose :
Brandon Smith D to Islanders
Steve Bancroft D to St Louis
Theo Fluery RW to Chicago
Hannes Hyvonen RW to Columbus via Florida
Stephane Matteau LW to Florida
Released from San Jose :
Mike Craig RW
Greg Andrusak D
Paul Kruse LW
Gary Suter D (retired)
Rudy Poescheck D
St Louis :
To St Louis :
Steve Bancroft D from San Jose
Steve Dubinsky C from Nashville
Jason Dawe RW from Rangers
Aris Brimanis D from Anahiem
From St Louis :
Darren Rumble D to Tampa Bay
Marc Bergevin D to Pittsburgh
Released from St Louis :
Ray Ferraro C (retired)
Alexei Gusarov D (retired)
Tampa Bay :
To Tampa Bay :
Darren Rumble D from St Louis
Ryan Tobler RW from Nashville
From Tampa Bay :
Dieter Kochan G to Minnesota
Mathieu Biron D to Florida via Columbus
Released from Tampa Bay :
Grant Ledyard D (retired)
Gaeten Royer RW
Sergy Gusev D
Thomas Ziegler C
Toronto :
To Toronto :
Brad Leeb RW from Vancouver
Tom Fitzgerald RW from Chicago
Trevor Kidd G from Florida
Aaron Gavey C from Minnesota
Robert Svhela D from Florida
From Toronto :
Donald MacLean C to Columbus
Dmitry Yushkevich D to Florida
Released from Toronto :
Tom Barrasso G
Cory Cross D
Vancouver :
To Vancouver :
Sami Salo D from Ottawa
Mats Lindgren C from Islanders
From Vancouver :
Peter Schafer LW to Ottawa
Jason Strudwick D to Chicago
Andrew Cassels C to Columbus
Brad Leeb RW to Toronto
Released from Vancouver :
Vadim Sharifijanov RW (Europe)
Alexei Tezikov D
Lubomir Vaic C (Europe)
Herbert Vasiljevs C
Washington :
To Washingon :
Rick Berry D from Pittsburgh
Chris Hajt D from Edmonton
From Washington :
Brantt Myhers RW to Boston
Ulf Dahlen RW to Dallas
Patrick Boileau D to Detroit
Released from Washington :
Franistek Kucera D
Benoit Houge C
Terry Yake C
Rob Zettler D (retired)
James Black C
Dmitri Kristich RW
Holdout :
Danius Zubrus RW
V. ROSTER TRANSACTIONS (SHORT LIST)
I know no one wants to print out the 11 or so pages that
it takes for the long list of transactions therefore, in
this section I've condensed it as much as I could so it's
more friendly on the ink and paper supply. Instead of
listing each entry twice, these are the only necessary
transactions needed to update the rosters. I did the long
list because it looks better and is easier to use.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
VI. CREATE-A-PLAYER
NHL 2003 gives you the ability to create players to use
on your rosters and it is a good thing too because the
programmers at EA could not possibly put every single
player that will see NHL action this year into the game.
This section will give you the stats, appearance and
ratings for these players. This section will also be
divided into subsections : Essential players, players that
are missing from the game and play a big part in their
team's line-up; Minor leaguers, players that will see time
during the season but won't play a major role for the most
part in the success of their club and therefore can be
omitted; Goalies, EA allows for rosters to hold only 3
goalies at one time on a club and most teams tend to have
more than 3 goalies in their system; Prospects, these are
the future of the NHL but they aren't the present so EA
sports did not put them in the game. However, doesn't mean
we cannot put them in the game for our enjoyment;
Historical players, NHL cards won't unlock historic players
but doesn't mean we cannot create our own replicas of them;
Miscellaneous, any other funny Create-A-Player much like
NHL 2002 featuring the Bare Naked Ladies musical group as
creatable players.
For the most part I'm handling the prospects, essential
players, minor leaguers and the goalies but I welcome
contributions but I cannot guarantee that I will use your
ratings over mine. I also welcome any Create-A-Player
contributions that have the appearance slider numbers
because that would save me the time of trying to get the
sliders to look like the actual player. So that is one
sure-fire way in getting your name on the contribution
list. Any and all Historic and Miscellaneous Create-A-
Player contributions also will be added. I also take
requests if you'd like.
Drop me an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to
contribute or request.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
VII. NHL LINE COMBINATIONS
This section lists the line combinations and defense
pairings each NHL club uses during the season. It'll be
updated once a month only and hopefully will give you an
idea to which lines to use in your NHL2003 game.
However, I cannot do this section alone. I am only one
man and I can only watch so much hockey at one time and
during the season. So this is where YOU come in and get
immortalized in the contribution section of this document.
Any time you watch an NHL game on TV or in person, get a
piece of paper and a pen and jot down who plays with who on
the ice at the same time. It isn't always the same but
coaches tend to use patterns and match the same players
together a lot and some even stick to the same line
combinations for the entire game. If you're using lined
paper, use the first four lines for the home team, space
and then four more lines for the road team. So your paper
should look like this :
W-C-W LD-RD
W-C-W LD-RD
W-C-W LD-RD
W-C-W Goalie
W-C-W LD-RD
W-C-W LD-RD
W-C-W LD-RD
W-C-W Goalie
Then send it to me via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
and I thank you kindly for that. Defensive pairings usually
won't play with the same forward lines but you get the
point and it saves room.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
VIII. NHL 23-MAN ROSTERS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
IX. CONTRIBUTIONS
None so far?
