Junior ice hockey season
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Sports season
The 2002–03 WHL season was the 37th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Nineteen teams completed a 72-game season. The Kelowna Rockets won both the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the league's best regular season team and the President's Cup as playoff champion, both for the first time. The Rockets thus earned a berth in the 2003 Memorial Cup tournament.
Regular season [ edit ] Final standings [ edit ] Eastern Conference [ edit ] Western Conference [ edit ] Prince George Crosses over into U.S. Division playoffs Scoring leaders [ edit ] Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Goaltending leaders [ edit ] Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
2003 WHL Playoffs [ edit ] Conference quarterfinals [ edit ] Eastern Conference [ edit ] Brandon vs. Regina Date Away Home March 21 Regina 1 3 Brandon March 22 Regina 2 1 Brandon OT March 25 Brandon 3 1 Regina March 26 Brandon 2 1 Regina OT March 28 Regina 2 4 Brandon Brandon wins series 4–1
Moose Jaw vs. Saskatoon Date Away Home March 21 Saskatoon 3 0 Moose Jaw March 22 Saskatoon 4 5 Moose Jaw March 25 Moose Jaw 3 5 Saskatoon March 26 Moose Jaw 3 2 Saskatoon OT March 29 Saskatoon 1 3 Moose Jaw March 31 Moose Jaw 5 3 Saskatoon Moose Jaw wins series 4–2
Red Deer vs. Calgary Date Away Home March 21 Calgary 0 2 Red Deer March 22 Calgary 2 3 Red Deer March 25 Red Deer 4 2 Calgary March 26 Red Deer 1 2 Calgary March 29 Calgary 3 4 Red Deer Red Deer wins series 4–1
Swift Current vs. Medicine Hat Date Away Home March 21 Medicine Hat 3 2 Swift Current OT March 22 Medicine Hat 4 2 Swift Current March 25 Swift Current 3 6 Medicine Hat March 26 Swift Current 1 7 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat wins series 4–0
Western Conference [ edit ] Kelowna vs. Vancouver Date Away Home March 22 Vancouver 0 10 Kelowna March 23 Vancouver 3 4 Kelowna 2OT March 26 Kelowna 2 0 Vancouver March 27 Kelowna 8 2 Vancouver Kelowna wins series 4–0
Kamloops vs. Kootenay Date Away Home March 21 Kootenay 2 1 Kamloops OT March 22 Kootenay 0 1 Kamloops March 25 Kamloops 2 3 Kootenay 2OT March 26 Kamloops 1 4 Kootenay March 29 Kootenay 6 7 Kamloops March 31 Kamloops 1 2OT Kootenay wins series 4–2
Seattle vs. Prince George Date Away Home March 22 Prince George 1 4 Seattle March 23 Prince George 3 7 Seattle March 26 Seattle 2 4 Prince George March 27 Seattle 3 1 Prince George March 29 Prince George 3 4 Seattle Seattle wins series 4–1
Spokane vs. Portland Date Away Home March 21 Spokane 2 4 Portland March 23 Spokane 1 3 Portland March 26 Portland 3 4 Spokane OT March 28 Portland 2 1 Spokane 2OT March 29 Portland 3 8 Spokane March 31 Spokane 3 2 Portland OT April 2 Portland 2 4 Spokane Spokane wins series 4–3
Conference semifinals [ edit ] Eastern Conference Red Deer vs. Medicine Hat Date Away Home April 4 Medicine Hat 2 6 Red Deer April 5 Medicine Hat 0 3 Red Deer April 8 Red Deer 3 4 Medicine Hat April 9 Red Deer 3 6 Medicine Hat April 11 Medicine Hat 2 4 Red Deer April 13 Red Deer 2 3 Medicine Hat 2OT April 15 Medicine Hat 1 5 Red Deer Red Deer wins series 4–3
Brandon vs. Moose Jaw Date Away Home April 4 Brandon 2 3 Moose Jaw April 5 Brandon 2 1 Moose Jaw April 9 Moose Jaw 5 3 Brandon April 11 Moose Jaw 1 4 Brandon April 12 Moose Jaw 1 2 Brandon April 14 Brandon 6 7 Moose Jaw OT April 16 Moose Jaw 3 7 Brandon Brandon wins series 4–3
Western Conference Kelowna vs. Spokane Date Away Home April 4 Spokane 1 6 Kelowna April 5 Spokane 1 5 Kelowna April 9 Kelowna 4 1 Spokane April 11 Kelowna 4 3 Spokane OT Kelowna wins series 4–0
Seattle vs. Kootenay Date Away Home April 5 Kootenay 2 4 Seattle April 7 Kootenay 0 4 Seattle April 9 Seattle 5 0 Kootenay April 10 Seattle 1 2 Kootenay 2OT April 12 Kootenay 1 2 Seattle OT Seattle wins series 4–1
Conference finals [ edit ] Eastern Conference Western Conference Red Deer vs. Brandon Date Away Home April 18 Brandon 1 5 Red Deer April 19 Brandon 0 2 Red Deer April 22 Red Deer 5 1 Brandon April 23 Red Deer 1 2 Brandon April 25 Brandon 1 3 Red Deer Red Deer wins series 4–1
Kelowna vs. Seattle Date Away Home April 18 Seattle 4 5 Kelowna April 19 Seattle 3 6 Kelowna April 22 Kelowna 2 3 Seattle 2OT April 23 Kelowna 4 0 Seattle April 25 Seattle 2 4 Kelowna Kelowna wins series 4–1
WHL Championship [ edit ] Kelowna vs. Red Deer Date Away Home May 2 Red Deer 1 5 Kelowna May 3 Red Deer 2 5 Kelowna May 5 Kelowna 2 6 Red Deer May 6 Kelowna 1 2 Red Deer May 8 Red Deer 2 5 Kelowna May 10 Kelowna 2 0 Red Deer Kelowna wins series 4–2
All-Star game [ edit ] All-Star festivities included a round robin between all-star squads from the three CHL leagues. On November 12, the WHL Eastern All-Stars defeated the QMJHL Lebel All-Stars 5–2 at Hull, Quebec before a crowd of 2,194. Then, on November 19, the WHL Western All-Stars defeated the OHL Eastern All-Stars 7–3 at Vancouver , British Columbia before a crowd of 7,046. With the victories, the WHL won the Hershey Cup as champion of the round robin format all-star tournament.
WHL awards [ edit ] Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (Player of the Year): Josh Harding , Regina Pats Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy (Scholastic Player of the Year): Brett Dickie , Brandon Wheat Kings Scholastic Team of the Year: Prince Albert Raiders Bob Clarke Trophy (Top scorer): Erik Christensen , Kamloops Blazers Brad Hornung Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike Player): Boyd Gordon , Red Deer Rebels Bill Hunter Trophy (Top Defenseman): Jeff Woywitka , Red Deer Rebels Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Matt Ellison , Red Deer Rebels Del Wilson Trophy (Top Goaltender): Josh Harding , Regina Pats Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy (Coach of the Year): Marc Habscheid , Kelowna Rockets Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy (Executive of the Year): Bruce Hamilton , Kelowna Rockets Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy (Best regular season record): Kelowna Rockets Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy (Top Official): Steve Kozari St. Clair Group Trophy (Marketing/Public Relations Award): Anne-Marie Hamilton, Kelowna Rockets , and Reid Pederson, Regina Pats Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy (Humanitarian of the Year): Ryan Craig , Brandon Wheat Kings WHL Plus-Minus Award : Matthew Spiller , Seattle Thunderbirds WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player : Jesse Schultz , Kelowna Rockets
All-Star Teams [ edit ] source: Western Hockey League press release 2003 Bantam draft [ edit ] List of first round picks in the bantam draft. See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]