Theoren Fleury> NHL Career > 2002/2003
2002/2003 - 15th NHL Season
| Season | Club | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | GT | S | PCT | TF | F% | PPG | MINS |
| Exhibition | Chicago | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 40 | 62.5 | 0.60 | 19:20 |
| Regular | Chicago | 54 | 12 | 21 | 33 | -7 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 124 | 9.7 | 346 | 53.8 | 0.61 | 16:44 |
Game by Game Log
Preseason
Date Opponent Result G A PTS PIM +/- Shts TOI FW FL F% Linemates September 19 vs Nashville W,3-1 Did Not Play - Healthy Scratch September 21 vs Dallas L,2-3ot 0 1 1 0 E 3 23:39 6 5 54.5 55,92 September 24 at Dallas W,5-3 Did Not Play - Healthy Scratch September 27 vs St. Louis W,2-0 0 1 1 4 +1 4 19:30 4 1 80.0 13,94 September 29 vs Detroit L,4-5 0 1 1 10 +2 0 17:47 2 2 50.0 19,39 October 1 at Nashville L,2-3 Did Not Play - Healthy Scratch October 4 at St. Louis L,3-4 0 0 0 0 -1 1 17:59 1 5 16.7 13,94 October 5 at Detroit T,1-1 0 0 0 0 E 5 17:43 12 2 85.7 13,94Regular Season
Date Opponent Result G A PTS PIM +/- Shts TOI FW FL F% Linemates October 10 at Columbus L,1-2 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons October 13 vs Buffalo W,3-0 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons October 17 vs Florida W,4-1 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons October 19 vs Calgary L,2-5 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons October 24 vs Minnesota L,2-3 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons October 26 at Carolina T,3-3 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons October 27 vs San Jose W,3-2 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons October 29 vs Columbus W,3-2 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons October 31 vs Los Angeles W,2-1ot Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 2 at New Jersey L,1-5 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 3 vs Edmonton L,1-4 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 5 at Detroit W,2-0 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 7 vs Atlanta W,5-0 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 9 at Tampa Bay W,3-2ot Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 11 at Florida T,2-2 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 15 vs Washington T,2-2 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 17 vs Nashville W,4-2 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 19 at Edmonton L,1-3 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 20 at Vancouver L,3-5 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 23 at Calgary L,1-3 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 25 at Colorado L,0-1 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 28 at Phoenix W,4-2 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons November 30 at Los Angeles L,1-4 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons December 1 at Anaheim L,2-3 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons December 4 vs Ottawa W,1-0 Did Not Play - Personal Reasons December 6 vs Anaheim L,3-4 1 0 1 2 +1 3 18:29 5 1 83.3 39,94 December 8 vs Tampa Bay W,3-1 1 0 1 0 +2 1 16:38 7 2 77.7 39,94 December 10 at NY Islanders W,3-2 0 1 1 0 +1 1 16:24 8 7 53.3 39,94 December 11 at NY Rangers W,4-3 1 0 1 0 +1 1 14:17 1 10 9.1 39,94 December 13 at Buffalo T,1-1 0 0 0 0 -1 3 17:09 5 2 71.4 39,94 December 15 vs Dallas L,0-5 0 0 0 4 E 1 18:47 4 2 66.7 39,94 December 17 vs Vancouver W,3-2 0 1 1 2 E 5 20:10 3 2 60.0 13,19 December 20 vs Columbus W,3-1 0 1 1 2 +2 5 18:44 4 1 80.0 13,19 December 22 vs Los Angeles W,3-1 0 1 1 2 E 5 17:02 1 2 33.3 13,19 December 26 vs Minnesota T,2-2 1 0 1 2 E 4 20:57 7 1 87.5 13,19 December 28 at San Jose T,3-3 0 0 0 0 -2 4 19:10 2 2 50.0 13,19 December 30 at Los Angeles W,2-0 0 0 0 2 +1 2 16:12 3 3 50.0 13,19 January 2 at St. Louis W,4-1 1 0 1 0 +1 1 15:10 2 1 66.7 13,19 January 4 at Nashville T,3-3 0 0 0 0 -1 2 18:29 3 2 60.0 13,19 January 5 vs Detroit L,4-5ot 1 1 2 0 E 3 18:56 8 4 66.7 13,19 January 8 vs Phoenix T,0-0 0 0 0 0 E 4 22:19 7 4 63.6 13,19 January 9 at Dallas L,3-4 0 1 1 2 -1 0 16:10 0 2 0.0 13,19 January 12 vs Nashville W,2-0 1 1 2 0 +2 2 15:32 1 1 50.0 13,19 January 13 at Detroit L,4-5ot 0 0 0 15 E 4 10:32 2 4 33.3 13,19 January 15 vs Detroit W,4-1 0 1 1 0 +1 5 16:47 3 5 37.5 13,19 January 17 vs Vancouver L,2-4 0 0 0 0 -2 1 18:45 2 0 100.0 11,19 January 18 at St. Louis L,2-4 0 0 0 0 -2 5 18:01 4 6 40.0 11,19 January 20 at Columbus L,1-5 0 0 0 2 -1 3 16:38 10 12 45.5 13,19 January 23 vs St. Louis T,3-3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 19:23 4 2 66.7 13,19 January 25 at Pittsburgh L,3-5 0 1 1 2 E 1 21:19 6 5 54.5 13,26 January 26 at Montreal L,3-4 0 1 1 2 E 2 18:41 2 1 66.7 13,26 January 30 at Boston W,3-1 2 0 2 4 +1 6 16:29 4 7 36.4 13,26 February 5 at Minnesota L,1-3 0 0 0 0 -1 1 17:37 8 3 72.7 13,26 February 6 at Calgary T,2-2 0 0 0 0 E 1 18:37 0 6 0.0 13,26 February 8 at Edmonton W,3-0 0 0 0 2 E 3 16:15 2 2 50.0 13,26 February 10 at Vancouver L,1-2 0 0 0 0 E 4 18:45 3 3 50.0 13,26 February 12 vs Toronto L,1-3 0 0 0 6 E 3 18:13 3 3 50.0 13,26 February 14 vs San Jose L,2-4 0 0 0 0 -1 2 15:33 4 3 57.1 11,32 February 15 at Columbus W,7-1 0 0 0 8 -1 0 13:56 3 3 50.0 11,32 February 17 vs Colorado L,4-5 0 0 0 2 -1 3 16:32 1 4 20.0 11,32 February 20 vs Phoenix L,1-2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 14:26 1 4 20.0 11,32 February 23 vs Dallas L,0-3 Did Not Play - Healthy Scratch February 25 vs Philadelphia L,1-2 Did Not Play - Healthy Scratch February 27 at Philadelphia L,2-5 0 1 1 2 E 0 12:33 2 2 50.0 28,39 March 1 at Nashville L,4-5ot 0 1 1 2 -1 4 14:26 2 2 50.0 28,39 March 2 vs Colorado L,2-3ot 0 0 0 0 E 2 16:53 6 3 66.7 28,39 March 5 at Dallas L,4-7 0 1 1 0 -2 2 15:31 4 2 66.7 28,39 March 7 vs Calgary L,0-2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 17:50 11 5 68.8 28,39 March 9 vs Boston W,8-5 1 1 2 0 +2 1 12:45 9 6 60.0 17,32 March 12 at Anaheim L,2-5 0 0 0 0 -3 3 15:31 1 2 33.3 17,22 March 14 at Phoenix W,4-0 0 1 1 2 E 2 12:47 2 1 66.7 17,22 March 17 at San Jose W,3-2ot 1 1 2 0 +2 3 12:49 3 2 60.0 17,22 March 19 vs Anaheim L,3-4 1 1 2 0 +2 6 16:38 4 0 100.0 17,22 March 22 at Colorado L,1-8 0 0 0 2 -2 1 14:10 2 0 100.0 17,22 March 23 vs Pittsburgh T,1-1 0 0 0 2 E 0 16:24 4 6 40.0 17,22 March 25 vs NY Islanders L,2-9 0 0 0 0 -2 2 13:37 1 1 50.0 28,39 March 27 vs Nashville W,4-1 0 0 0 4 E 1 10:28 0 1 0.0 11,17 March 28 at Minnesota L,4-3ot 0 0 0 0 -1 1 14:13 1 0 100.0 17,20 March 30 vs Edmonton T,4-4 0 1 1 2 E 1 15:16 0 0 17,20 April 3 at St. Louis W,6-4 0 3 3 0 +2 0 14:53 0 1 0.0 11,17 April 4 vs St. Louis T,2-2 0 0 0 0 E 0 11:12 1 0 100.0 11,17 April 6 vs Detroit W,4-3ot Did Not Play - Broken Cheekbone
Linemates Legend 11 - Andrei Nikolishin 13 - Alexei Zhamnov 17 - Chris Simon 19 - Kyle Calder 20 - Mike Eastwood 22 - Igor Korolev 26 - Steve Sullivan 28 - Mark Bell 32 - Steve Thomas 39 - Tyler Arnason 55 - Eric Daze 92 - Michael Nylander 94 - Sergei Berezin
October 5, 2002
Fleury explains disappearance
ST. LOUIS (CP) -- Chicago Blackhawks winger Theo Fleury says he missed two practices last week because he was distraught after his father had surgery to remove a tumour.
Wally Fleury, 63, had surgery in York, Sask., and Theo said it "threw me for a loop."
"We found my father had a tumour in his prostate gland," Fleury told
reporters before the Hawks' 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues in
an exhibition game Friday. "He had surgery, and the tumour was sent
away. We're waiting for the results. My father has been a big part of my
hockey career."
His unexplained two-day absence prompted speculation that Fleury had a relapse in his treatment for alcoholism.
The Hawks didn't know where he was until late Wednesday afternoon. Coach Brian Sutter sent him home before Thursday's practice to avoid contact with reporters.
"I struggle just like others who have a fatal disease," Fleury told the Chicago Sun Times. "I have to work on it on a day-to-day basis. I struggle as much as anybody in life. If you don't go through the same thing, you don't have the right to comment on my life.
"From here on, I don't need to answer questions about my disease and my issues on a daily basis. Having my name printed, along with the term substance abuse, isn't fair."
Fleury remained in Chicago during his father's surgery and was updated by telephone calls from his mother.
"It seems when things are bad with me, they're very bad," said Fleury. "But when they're good, they're really good. ... I appreciate the support of the Blackhawks and my teammates."
December 6, 2002
Fleury scores in first game back suspension
CHICAGO (AP) -- For once, the outcome may have been secondary for Theo Fleury. Just getting back on the ice was good enough.
Fleury made an emotional comeback in his first game back after sitting out the first 25 for a substance abuse violation -- scoring Chicago's first goal midway in the first period.
"I think anybody would have a smile on their face after the couple months I've been through,'' Fleury said after Friday's 4-3 loss to Anaheim. "Tonight was what my goal was and I looked forward to getting here.''
With a defender draped on his back, Fleury controlled a missed shot in front of the Anaheim goal and, with his back to the net, whipped the puck around his body and past the goalie.
Fleury pumped his fist in the air and retrieved the puck from the official, then skated back the bench where he watched several replays of the goal on the JumboTron.
It was Fleury's first goal since March when he was with the New York Rangers.
"I love scoring goals. That's my job. It was nice to get that one early and out of the way,'' Fleury said. ``There was a lot of meaning to it.''
The crowd, which cheered Fleury when he first entered the game, chanted ``Theo, Theo'' as Fleury sat and watched as play resumed.
Fleury was cleared to return to the NHL on Thursday and stepped onto the ice just 36 seconds into the game, drawing another cheer from the crowd when the 5-foot-6 Fleury crashed into the glass while going after defenseman Vitaly Vishnevski.
"It was probably the first time they were able to welcome me to Chicago,'' he said.
Fleury said he was eager to focus on hockey after a difficult two months away from the game because of his personal struggles.
The 34-year-old Fleury spent most of the last two months skating alone in empty arenas, slapping shots into empty nets while awaiting his return. He was not been allowed to work out or practice with the team after he was suspended for violating the league substance abuse aftercare program.
He will continue to participate in the substance abuse program and will be monitored by doctors throughout the season.
Fleury joined a team that is desperate for a spark. Chicago has scored 55 goals this season -- fourth lowest in the league.
He gave it to them in his first game back.
When asked whether he felt good for Fleury, coach Brian Sutter said there was no question.
"Absolutely. That's an understatement,'' he said.
Fleury signed a two-year, $8.5 million contract in the offseason, then relapsed. He is taking recovery slowly and said he can't afford to look far ahead.
"I have tried to stay in the moment and stay with what's been working here in the last two months,'' he said. "I am an alcoholic. Let's just say my disease is in remission.''
Fleury is a seven-time All-Star with 443 goals and 612 assists in career that has spanned 15 years -- the first 10 1/2 in Calgary. He scored 40 or more goals three times and had a career-high 104 points in 1990-91.
With the New York Rangers in February 2001, he was leading the team with 30 goals and 44 assists when he voluntarily checked himself into rehab with 20 games left in the season.
There have been on-ice problems, too.
Fleury has sought treatment for anger management and finished last season in New York with a team-high-tying 214 penalty minutes in 82 games. He also was fined $1,000 for making obscene gestures to fans, allegedly had an altercation with a team mascot in San Jose and left the arena in the middle of a game in Pittsburgh.
Fleury hopes that, too, is behind him.
"My mental frame of mind is in really good shape,'' he said.
Though he hasn't played since the preseason, Fleury said he hasn't forgotten how to score. He proved that on Friday.
"You can't teach goal scoring and fortunately for me I've been gifted with that talent,'' he said. "In the time off that I've had in two months, I've probably shot more pucks practicing by myself than I would have being with the team. I don't think I've lost anything in that area. I possibly have improved a little bit.''