2002-03_ECHL_season

2002–03 ECHL season

2002–03 ECHL season

Ice hockey league season

The 2002–03 ECHL season was the 15th season of the East Coast Hockey League. The Brabham Cup regular season champions were the Toledo Storm and the Kelly Cup playoff champions were the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies.

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League changes

The Macon Whoopee relocated to Lexington, Kentucky, as the Lexington Men O' War.

The New Orleans Brass ceased operations due to the arrival of the New Orleans Hornets basketball team. The NBA team moved into the Brass' arena but wanted the Brass to pay for every conversion between the hockey and basketball configuration, an expense the Brass could not afford.

The Mobile Mysticks also suspended operations prior to the season and would relocate to Duluth, Georgia, beginning with the 2003–04 season.

All-Star Game

The ECHL All-Star Game was held at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida and was hosted by the Florida Everblades. The Northern Conference All-Stars dominated the game, beating the Southern Conference All-Stars 8–2. Atlantic City's Scott Stirling was named Most Valuable Player.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Green shade = Clinched playoff spot; Blue shade = Clinched division; (z) = Clinched home-ice advantage[1][2]

Northern Conference

More information Northeast Division, GP ...
More information Northwest Division, GP ...

Southern Conference

More information Southeast Division, GP ...
More information Southwest Division, GP ...

Kelly Cup playoffs

Northern Conference

Divisional Semifinals
April 2–8 		Division Finals
April 11–18 		Conference Finals
April 23-May 3
         
NE1 Atlantic City 3
NE4 Trenton 0
NE1 Atlantic City 3
NE2 Greensboro 1
NE2 Greensboro 3
NE3 Roanoke 1
NE1 Atlantic City 4
NW3 Cincinnati 3
NW2 Peoria 1
NW3 Cincinnati 3
NW1 Toledo 1
NW3 Cincinnati 3
NW1 Toledo 3
NW4 Lexington 0

Division semifinals

More information Northeast Division Semifinals Atlantic City vs. Trenton, Date ...
More information Northwest Division Semifinals Toledo vs. Lexington, Date ...

Division finals

More information Northeast Division Finals Atlantic City vs. Greensboro, Date ...

Conference finals

More information Northern Conference Finals Atlantic City vs. Cincinnati, Date ...

Kelly Cup finals

More information Columbia vs. Atlantic City, Date ...

ECHL awards

See also: ECHL awards
Patrick Kelly Cup:Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
Henry Brabham Cup:Toledo Storm
Gingher Memorial Trophy:Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
Bruce Taylor Trophy:Columbia Inferno
John Brophy Award:Claude Noel (Toledo)
CCM TACKS Most Valuable Player:Bud Smith (Arkansas)
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player:Kevin Colley (Atlantic City)
Reebok Hockey Goaltender of the Year:Alfie Michaud (Peoria)
CCM Tacks Rookie of the Year:Jason Jaffray (Roanoke)
Defenseman of the Year:Jim Baxter (Mississippi)
Leading Scorer:Bud Smith (Arkansas)
Reebok Hockey Plus Performer Award:Dennis Vial (Columbia)
Mike Glumac (Pee Dee)
Sportsmanship Award:Rejean Stringer (Columbia)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "2002–03 ECHL Standings". HockeyDB. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "2002–03 ECHL Stats" (PDF). ECHL. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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