Sports 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.
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
West Division
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
–
[3]
Players
Scoring leaders
[4]
Leading goaltenders
[5]
Awards
References
External links
Western Conference Eastern Conference Seasons