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The 2002–03 WHL season was the 37th season of the
Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hocke ...
(WHL). Nineteen teams completed a 72-game season. The
Kelowna Rockets The Kelowna Rockets are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Kelowna, British Columbia. The team plays in the B.C Division of the Western Hockey League's Western Conference, playing their home games at Prospera Place. The Rockets a ...
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


Final standings


Eastern Conference


Western Conference

* Prince George crosses over into U.S. Division playoffs


Scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes''


Goaltending leaders

''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


Conference quarterfinals


Eastern Conference


Western Conference


Conference semifinals


Conference finals


WHL Championship


All-Star game

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
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Lebel All-Stars 5–2 at
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before a crowd of 2,194. Then, on November 19, the WHL Western All-Stars defeated the OHL Eastern All-Stars 7–3 at
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,
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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


All-Star Teams

*source: Western Hockey League press release


2003 Bantam draft

:''List of first round picks in the bantam draft.''


See also

* 2003 NHL Entry Draft *
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References

* 2005–06 WHL Guide {{DEFAULTSORT:2002-03 WHL season Western Hockey League seasons WHL WHL