2001–02 SIJHL season

Inaugural season of the SIJHL October 2024 2001–02 SIJHL season #001B4F; border-top:#BE1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#BE1E2D 5px solid #FFFFFF SIJHL Ice hockey 48 7 Dryden Ice Dogs Fort Frances Borderland Thunder 2002–03 SIJHL season 2002–03 The 2001–02 SIJHL season was the inaugural season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). During the first regular season, the five franchise teams each played 48 games, while two associate teams each played 24 games. In the post-season, the third-place Dryden Ice Dogs swept the first-place Fort Frances Borderland Thunder in four games to win the league championship Bill Salonen Cup.History of the SIJHL https://sijhlhockey.com/history/ sijhlhockey.com Superior International Junior Hockey League 3 October 2024 Regular season The five franchise teams each played 48 regular season games, while the two associate teams each played 24 games.2001–02 SIJHL regular season standings https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/sijhl20012002.html hockeydb.com 3 October 2024 wikitable sortable sticky-header |+ style="background:#001B4F; border-top:#BE1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#BE1E2D 5px solid"|#FFFFFF Standings ! style=width:14em | Team ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Games Played">GP</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Wins">W</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Losses">L</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Ties">T</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Goals For">GF</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Goals Against">GA</abbr title> |- align=right | align=left|Fort Frances Borderland Thunder || 48 || 28 || 11 || 9 || 65 || 215 || 142 |- align=right | align=left|Feathermen Hawks || 48 || 29 || 15 || 4 || 62 || 219 || 157 |- align=right | align=left|Dryden Ice Dogs || 48 || 25 || 15 || 8 || 58 || 221 || 169 |- align=right | align=left|Thunder Bay Bulldogs || 48 || 24 || 21 || 3 || 51 || 216 || 198 |- align=right | align=left|Iron Range Yellow Jacketsinterleague The Iron Range Yellow Jackets & Northwest Wisconsin Knights had an interleague relationship with the SIJHL and the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. || 24 || 12 || 10 || 2 || 26 || 102 || 88 |- align=right | align=left|Northwest Wisconsin Knightsinterleague || 24 || 6 || 14 || 4 || 16 || 77 || 118 |- align=right | align=left|Thunder Bay Wolves || 48 || 4 || 42 || 2 || 10 || 111 || 289 Post-season SIJHL playoffs 2002 Bill Salonen Cup 4 Dryden Ice Dogs Fort Frances Borderland Thunder Thunder Bay Bulldogs Feathermen Hawks 15 61 The third-place Dryden Ice Dogs swept the first-place Fort Frances Borderland Thunder in four games to win the inaugural league championship Bill Salonen Cup.2001–02 SIJHL playoff results https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=sijhl2001&season=2002&leaguenm=SIJHL hockeydb.com 3 October 2024 no high Borderland Thunder 4 Bulldogs 3 Ice Dogs 4 Hawks 0 Borderland Thunder 0 Ice Dogs 4 The championship Dryden Ice Dogs went on to compete for the Dudley Hewitt Cup and lost to the Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL).2024 Centennial Cup guide & record book https://cdn.hockeycanada.ca/hockey-canada/National-Championships/Men/National-Junior-A/2024/downloads/2024-centennial-cup-guide-record-book.pdf Hockey Canada 5 October 2024 272 Sources Further reading SIJHL trophy namesake dies https://fftimes.com/news/local-sports/sijhl-trophy-namesake-dies/ 26 October 2025 Fort Frances Times 22 October 2025 en-CA External links SIJHL official website Hockey Northwestern Ontario official website Hockey Canada official website expanded Category:Superior International Junior Hockey League Category:2001–02 in Canadian ice hockey by league