2002–03 USHL season

The 2002–03 USHL season is the 24th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on September 27, 2002, and concluded on March 30, 2003,[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2002–03 season was the first for the River City Lancers after relocating to Council Bluffs, Iowa, from Omaha, Nebraska, and the last for the Topeka ScareCrows, which relocated to Chesterfield, Missouri, after the season concluded.

2002-03 USHL season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2002 – April 2003
Number of games	60
Number of teams	11
Anderson Cup Champions
Season champions	Lincoln Stars
Clark Cup Champions
Champions	Lincoln Stars

The Clark Cup playoffs features the top eight team from the eleven-team league regardless of division competing for the league title.

Regular season

Final standings[2]

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
yWaterloo Black Hawks	60	38	17	5	81	221	171
xCedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	27	26	7	61	157	180
xDes Moines Buccaneers	60	27	27	6	60	200	223
Chicago Steel	60	26	28	6	59	178	204
Green Bay Gamblers	60	16	36	8	40	139	215

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
zLincoln Stars	60	37	14	9	83	214	153
xTopeka ScareCrows	60	36	17	7	79	211	166
xSioux City Musketeers	60	36	18	6	78	210	186
xRiver City Lancers	60	36	19	5	77	178	149
xTri-City Storm	60	27	28	5	59	183	200
Sioux Falls Stampede	60	24	30	6	54	179	223

Clark Cup playoffs

	Quarter-finals									Semi-finals									Clark Cup Championship
	1	Lincoln	5	4	6	–	–
	8	Tri-City	3	1	0	–	–
										1	Lincoln	6	3	5	–	–
										6	Cedar Rapids	3	2	2	–	–
	3	Topeka	2	2	2	2	–
	6	Cedar Rapids	3	1	3	4	–
																			1	Lincoln	3	0	4	5	–
																			2	River City	2	2	1	1	–
	2	Waterloo	6	3	5	5	–
	7	Des Moines	3	7	2	4	–
										2	River City	2	4	3	–	–
										5	Waterloo	0	3	1	–	–
	4	Sioux City	2	2	4	1	–
	5	River City	5	3	1	4	–

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Players

Scoring leaders

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Ryan Potulny	Lincoln Stars	54	35	43	78	+32	18
2	Luke Erickson	Topeka ScareCrows	64	31	40	71	+21	72
3	Joe Pavelski	Waterloo Black Hawks	60	36	33	69	+26	32
	David Backes	Lincoln Stars	57	28	41	69	+10	126
5	Jacob Micflikier	Sioux Falls Stampede	59	31	36	67	+5	26
	Tomas Jasko	Des Moines Buccaneers	60	30	37	67	-3	33
7	Morod Radmacher	Sioux Falls Stampede	60	26	38	64	-3	50
8	Marty Guerin	Des Moines Buccaneers	60	27	33	60	+14	30
	Grant Goeckner-Zoeller	Sioux City Musketeers	60	27	33	60	+19	60
	Brandon Polich	Sioux City Musketeers	60	17	43	60	+20	79

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Leading goaltenders

	Player	Team	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	SO	GA	GAA	SV	SV%
1	Dominic Vicari	River City Lancers	45	2507	28	14	2	6	85	2.03	902	.914
2	Phillippe Lamoureux	Lincoln Stars	34	1967	22	7	4	4	71	2.16	781	.917
3	Jordan Parise	Waterloo Black Hawks	35	1927	21	10	2	2	82	2.55	878	.915
	Michael Zacharias	Topeka ScareCrows	27	1578	14	7	4	2	67	2.55	545	.891
5	Nate Ziegelmann	Lincoln Stars	28	1672	15	7	5	1	72	2.58	713	.908

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Awards

• Coach of the Year: P.K. O'Handley Waterloo Black Hawks
• Curt Hammer Award: Jake Taylor Green Bay Gamblers
• Defenseman of the Year: Matt Carle River City Lancers
• Forward of the Year: Ryan Potulny Lincoln Stars
• General Manager of the Year: P.K. O'Handley Waterloo Black Hawks
• Goaltender of the Year: Dominic Vicari River City Lancers
• Organization of the Year: Waterloo Black Hawks
• Player of the Year: Ryan Potulny Lincoln Stars
• Rookie of the Year: Joe Pavelski Waterloo Black Hawks

References

1. "USHL Standings". Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
2. "USHL Standings". Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
3. "USHL Standings". Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
4. "USHL Standings". Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
5. "USHL Standings". Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

External links

• Official website of the United States Hockey League