The 2002–03 NAHL season was the 19th season of the North American Hockey League. The season ran from September 2002 to April 2003 with a 56-game schedule for each team. The Pittsburgh Forge won the regular season championship and went on to defeat the Texas Tornado 3 games to 1 for the Robertson Cup.
Member changes None
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:
Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title Standings
East Division
Team xyz – Pittsburgh Forge 56439490208111 x – Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 564112385210143 x – Soo Indians 563022464187152 x – Capital Centre Pride 562625557178209 USNTDP 561638234177238 Cleveland Jr. Barons 561238630150253
West Division
Team xy – Texas Tornado 564113284214142 x – Chicago Freeze 563420270220180 x – Danville Wings 563019767198157 x – Springfield Jr. Blues 562027949191237 Springfield Spirit 561536535129240
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.
Player Team Matt Rutkowski Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 56 24 53 77 97 Frank Furdero Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 45 26 43 69 24 Dan Riedel Springfield Jr. Blues 56 29 38 67 110 Tommy Goebel Cleveland Jr. Barons 49 32 32 64 76 Bryan Marshall Danville Wings 53 31 31 62 45 Chris Lawrence Pittsburgh Forge 56 30 32 62 48 Jason Tejchma Danville Wings 56 21 41 62 39 Hank Carisio Springfield Jr. Blues 53 25 36 61 251 Billy McCreary Texas Tornado 43 27 33 60 135 Jeremy Hall Danville Wings 55 40 17 57 59 Geoff Smith Texas Tornado 47 23 34 57 89 Evan Salmela Chicago Freeze 55 19 38 57 60
Robertson Cup playoffs
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
References
NAHL reference
External links Official website of the North American Hockey League