2002–03 NAHL season

2002–03 NAHL season #FFFFFF; border-top:#2c50a3 3px solid; border-bottom:#ee293d 3px solid #000000 150px North American Hockey League Ice hockey Regular seasonSeptember 2002 – March 2003PostseasonApril 2 – April 25, 2003 56 11 Regular season Texas Tornado Tommy Goebel (Cleveland Jr. Barons) Matt Rutkowski (Detroit Compuware Ambassadors) Robertson Cup Playoffs Pittsburgh Forge Texas Tornado List of NAHL seasons NAHL 2001–02 NAHL season 2001–02 2003–04 NAHL season 2003–04 The 2002–03 NAHL season was the 19th season of the North American Hockey League. The season ran from September 2002 to April 2003 with a 56-game schedule for each team. The Pittsburgh Forge won the regular season championship and went on to defeat the Texas Tornado 3 games to 1 for the Robertson Cup. Member changes None Regular season The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:https://nahl.com/standings/?league_id=4&season_id=142&stat_class=7&type=division&mode=overall NAHL Standings North American Hockey League May 26, 2025 Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title Standings East Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xyz – Pittsburgh Forge 56439490208111 x – Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 564112385210143 x – Soo Indians 563022464187152 x – Capital Centre Pride 562625557178209 USNTDP 561638234177238 Cleveland Jr. Barons 561238630150253 West Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xy – Texas Tornado 564113284214142 x – Chicago Freeze 563420270220180 x – Danville Wings 563019767198157 x – Springfield Jr. Blues 562027949191237 Springfield Spirit 561536535129240 Statistics Scoring leaders The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games. https://nahl.com/skater-stats/?league_id=4&team_id=all-teams&sort=points&direction=desc&season_id=142&stat_class=4 NAHL Stats North American Hockey League May 26, 2025 Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Matt Rutkowski Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 56 24 53 77 97 Frank Furdero Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 45 26 43 69 24 Dan Riedel Springfield Jr. Blues 56 29 38 67 110 Tommy Goebel Cleveland Jr. Barons 49 32 32 64 76 Bryan Marshall Danville Wings 53 31 31 62 45 Chris Lawrence Pittsburgh Forge 56 30 32 62 48 Jason Tejchma Danville Wings 56 21 41 62 39 Hank Carisio Springfield Jr. Blues 53 25 36 61 251 Billy McCreary Texas Tornado 43 27 33 60 135 Jeremy Hall Danville Wings 55 40 17 57 59 Geoff Smith Texas Tornado 47 23 34 57 89 Evan Salmela Chicago Freeze 55 19 38 57 60 Robertson Cup playoffs 3/3/5 220 high Division Semifinals(Best-of-3) Semifinal(Best-of-3) Championship(Best-of-5) E1 Pittsburgh Forge 3 1 - E4 Capital Centre Pride 1 0 - W2 Chicago Freeze 4 2 - W3 Danville Wings 5 4 - W1 Texas Tornado 2* 5 - W4 Springfield Jr. Blues 1 2 - E2 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 3 3 - E3 Soo Indians 2 1 - E1 Pittsburgh Forge 3 3*** - W3 Danville Wings 2 2 - W1 Texas Tornado 2* 1 4 E2 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 1 2 0 E1 Pittsburgh Forge 3 3 0 4 - W1 Texas Tornado 1 1 3 2 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s) References 50em NAHL reference External links Official website of the North American Hockey League Category:North American Hockey League seasons NAHL