The 2002–03 WHL season was the 37th season for the
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major 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 h ...
. 19 teams completed a 72-game season. The
Kelowna Rockets
The Kelowna Rockets are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The Rockets play in the Western Hockey League (WHL), out of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). They play their home games at Prospera Place.
The Roc ...
won the
President's Cup
The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably ...
.
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
On November 12, the WHL Eastern All-Stars defeated the
QMJHL
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...
Lebel All-Stars 5–2 at
Hull, Quebec
Hull is the central business district and oldest neighbourhood of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadia ...
with a crowd of 2194.
On November 19, the WHL Western All-Stars defeated the
OHL OHL or Ohl may refer to:
Initialisms
*Latvian Hockey Higher League, known in Latvian as the ''Optibet hokeja līga''
*Oberste Heeresleitung, the Supreme Army Command of Germany in World War I
*Obrascón Huarte Lain, a Spanish construction company
* ...
Eastern All-Stars 7–3 at
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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before a crowd of 7,046.
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 Memorial Cup
*
2003 NHL Entry Draft
The 2003 NHL Entry Draft was the 41st NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee on June 21 and 22, 2003.
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was ...
*
2002 in sports
2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
* Alpine Skiing World Cup
** Women's overall season champion: Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria
American football
* Super Bowl XXXVI – the New England Patriots (AFC) won 20â ...
*
2003 in sports
References
whl.ca* 2005–06 WHL Guide
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