The 2002–03 OHL season was the 23rd season of the Ontario Hockey League. Twenty teams each played 68 games. The J. Ross Robertson Cup was won by the Kitchener Rangers, who also went on to win the Memorial Cup.

Contents 1 Notes 2 Regular season 2.1 Final standings 2.2 Eastern Conference 2.3 Western Conference 2.4 Scoring leaders 3 OHL Playoffs 3.1 Conference Quarterfinals 3.1.1 Eastern Conference 3.1.2 Western Conference 3.2 Conference semifinals 3.3 Conference finals 3.4 J. Ross Robertson Cup Finals 4 OHL awards 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Notes

• The North Bay Centennials relocated to Saginaw, Michigan, becoming the Saginaw Spirit.
• The Brampton Battalion moved to the Eastern Conference and into the Central Division.
• The London Knights moved from the West Division to the Midwest Division.
• The Saginaw Spirit were placed in the West Division and moved to the Western Conference.
• The London Knights moved into the new John Labatt Centre, which replaced the London Ice House.
• The Mississauga Icedogs qualified for the playoffs for the first time in their existence.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Conference

East Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa 67's	68	44	14	7	3	98	318	210
Peterborough Petes	68	32	22	11	3	78	222	215
Belleville Bulls	68	33	27	6	2	74	195	200
Oshawa Generals	68	34	30	2	2	72	243	225
Kingston Frontenacs	68	25	37	2	4	56	222	287

Central Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Brampton Battalion	68	34	24	6	4	78	239	202
Toronto St. Michael's Majors	68	32	24	7	5	76	207	214
Barrie Colts	68	29	26	4	9	71	228	223
Mississauga IceDogs	68	23	31	11	3	60	212	231
Sudbury Wolves	68	16	46	4	2	38	175	273

[edit] Western Conference

Midwest Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Kitchener Rangers	68	46	14	5	3	100	275	188
London Knights	68	31	27	7	3	72	220	205
Guelph Storm	68	29	28	9	2	69	217	208
Owen Sound Attack	68	27	30	7	4	65	206	243
Erie Otters	68	24	35	6	3	57	181	248

West Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Plymouth Whalers	68	43	14	9	2	97	259	174
Sarnia Sting	68	41	19	7	1	90	251	193
Windsor Spitfires	68	37	25	5	1	80	259	221
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	68	26	33	6	3	61	232	284
Saginaw Spirit	68	11	45	5	7	34	158	275

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Corey Locke	Ottawa 67's	66	63	88	151	83
Matt Foy	Ottawa 67's	68	61	71	132	112
Chad LaRose	Plymouth Whalers	67	61	56	117	52
Joey Tenute	Sarnia Sting	68	41	71	112	75
Kyle Wellwood	Windsor Spitfires	57	41	59	100	20
Jamie Johnson	Oshawa Generals	68	24	76	100	34
Eric Staal	Peterborough Petes	66	39	59	98	36
Matt Stajan	Belleville Bulls	57	34	60	94	75
Kris Newbury	Sarnia Sting	64	34	58	92	149
Brandon Nolan	Oshawa Generals	68	36	52	88	57

[edit] OHL Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

Finals

E1

Ottawa

4

E8

Mississauga

1

E1

Ottawa

4

E6

Oshawa

2

E3

Peterborough

3

E6

Oshawa

4

E1

Ottawa

4

E4

Toronto

3

E4

Toronto

4

E5

Belleville

3

E4

Toronto

4

E2

Brampton

1

E2

Brampton

4

E7

Barrie

2

E1

Ottawa

1

W1

Kitchener

4

W1

Kitchener

4

W8

S.S. Marie

0

W1

Kitchener

4

W6

Guelph

1

W3

Sarnia

2

W6

Guelph

4

W1

Kitchener

4

W2

Plymouth

3

W4

Windsor

3

W5

London

4

W5

London

3

W2

Plymouth

4

W2

Plymouth

4

W7

Owen Sound

0

[edit] Conference Quarterfinals

[edit] Eastern Conference

Ottawa (1) vs. Mississauga (8) Date Away Home March 21 Mississauga 3 4 Ottawa OT March 23 Mississauga 3 8 Ottawa March 24 Ottawa 7 4 Mississauga March 25 Ottawa 4 5 Mississauga OT March 29 Mississauga 3 6 Ottawa Ottawa wins series 4–1	Brampton (2) vs. Barrie (7) Date Away Home March 20 Barrie 2 3 Brampton OT March 22 Brampton 2 4 Barrie March 23 Barrie 4 5 Brampton March 25 Brampton 1 0 Barrie March 27 Barrie 3 1 Brampton March 29 Brampton 2 1 Barrie Brampton wins series 4–2
Peterborough (3) vs. Oshawa (6) Date Away Home March 20 Oshawa 3 2 Peterborough OT March 21 Peterborough 6 5 Oshawa OT March 24 Oshawa 4 5 Peterborough OT March 25 Peterborough 0 3 Oshawa March 27 Oshawa 2 5 Peterborough March 31 Peterborough 1 3 Oshawa April 1 Oshawa 4 3 Peterborough OT Oshawa wins series 4–3	Toronto (4) vs. Belleville (5) Date Away Home March 23 Belleville 4 6 Toronto March 24 Toronto 1 4 Belleville March 27 Belleville 3 6 Toronto March 28 Toronto 2 4 Belleville March 30 Belleville 2 6 Toronto March 31 Toronto 1 6 Belleville April 1 Belleville 1 3 Toronto Toronto wins series 4–3

[edit] Western Conference

Kitchener (1) vs. Sault Ste. Marie (8) Date Away Home March 21 Sault Ste. Marie 0 3 Kitchener March 22 Sault Ste. Marie 0 4 Kitchener March 25 Kitchener 2 1 Sault Ste. Marie March 26 Kitchener 4 2 Sault Ste. Marie Kitchener wins series 4–0	Plymouth (2) vs. Owen Sound (7) Date Away Home March 22 Owen Sound 3 6 Plymouth March 23 Plymouth 6 3 Owen Sound March 25 Owen Sound 4 6 Plymouth March 27 Plymouth 5 2 Owen Sound Plymouth wins series 4–0
Sarnia (3) vs. Guelph (6) Date Away Home March 21 Guelph 5 2 Sarnia March 23 Sarnia 5 7 Guelph March 26 Guelph 0 1 Sarnia March 28 Sarnia 1 6 Guelph March 29 Guelph 0 3 Sarnia March 31 Sarnia 1 9 Guelph Guelph wins series 4–2	Windsor (4) vs. London (5) Date Away Home March 20 London 3 2 Windsor March 21 Windsor 4 1 London March 23 London 6 7 Windsor OT March 26 Windsor 1 2 London March 28 London 5 3 Windsor March 31 Windsor 3 2 London April 1 London 7 4 Windsor London wins series 4–3

[edit] Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference
Ottawa (1) vs. Oshawa (6) Date Away Home April 4 Ottawa 2 3 Oshawa April 6 Oshawa 3 4 Ottawa April 7 Oshawa 1 8 Ottawa April 9 Ottawa 5 7 Oshawa April 11 Oshawa 1 7 Ottawa April 13 Ottawa 6 0 Oshawa Ottawa wins series 4–2	Brampton (2) vs. Toronto (4) Date Away Home April 4 Toronto 0 7 Brampton April 6 Brampton 1 4 Toronto April 8 Toronto 4 3 Brampton OT April 10 Brampton 1 4 Toronto April 11 Toronto 6 3 Brampton Toronto wins series 4–1

Western Conference
Kitchener (1) vs. Guelph (6) Date Away Home April 4 Guelph 3 4 Kitchener April 6 Kitchener 6 2 Guelph April 8 Guelph 5 4 Kitchener April 10 Kitchener 4 1 Guelph April 11 Guelph 4 5 Kitchener OT Kitchener wins series 4–1	Plymouth (2) vs. London (5) Date Away Home April 5 London 3 2 Plymouth April 6 Plymouth 2 1 London April 8 London 4 3 Plymouth April 9 Plymouth 3 2 London OT April 11 London 3 6 Plymouth April 12 Plymouth 1 5 London April 14 London 2 4 Plymouth Plymouth wins series 4–3

[edit] Conference finals

Eastern Conference	Western Conference
Ottawa (1) vs. Toronto (4) Date Away Home April 18 Toronto 3 0 Ottawa April 20 Ottawa 1 2 Toronto April 22 Toronto 0 6 Ottawa April 24 Ottawa 4 2 Toronto April 25 Toronto 6 2 Ottawa April 27 Ottawa 3 2 Toronto OT April 28 Toronto 2 5 Ottawa Ottawa wins series 4–3	Kitchener (1) vs. Plymouth (2) Date Away Home April 16 Plymouth 3 1 Kitchener April 18 Kitchener 6 1 Plymouth April 20 Plymouth 2 3 Kitchener April 22 Kitchener 2 3 Plymouth April 24 Plymouth 2 1 Kitchener OT April 26 Kitchener 7 4 Plymouth April 28 Plymouth 1 3 Kitchener Kitchener wins series 4–3

[edit] J. Ross Robertson Cup Finals

Kitchener (1) vs. Ottawa (1) Date Away Home May 2 Ottawa 3 2 Kitchener OT May 4 Kitchener 4 3 Ottawa OT May 6 Ottawa 1 4 Kitchener May 8 Kitchener 4 3 Ottawa OT May 10 Ottawa 1 4 Kitchener Kitchener wins series 4–1

[edit] OHL awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Kitchener Rangers
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Kitchener Rangers
Red Tilson Trophy:	Corey Locke, Ottawa 67's
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Corey Locke, Ottawa 67's
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Brian Kilrea, Ottawa 67's
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Matt Foy, Ottawa 67's
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Brendan Bell, Ottawa 67's
OHL Goaltender of the Year:	Andy Chiodo, Toronto St. Michael's Majors
Jack Ferguson Award:	Patrick McNeill, Saginaw Spirit
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Paul Drew and Jeff Weber, Plymouth Whalers
OHL Executive of the Year:	Steve Bienkowski, Kitchener Rangers
Emms Family Award:	Rob Schremp, Mississauga IceDogs
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy:	Ryan Munce, Sarnia Sting
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy:	Michael Mole, Belleville Bulls
William Hanley Trophy:	Kyle Wellwood, Windsor Spitfires
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy:	Chad Larose, Plymouth Whalers
Bobby Smith Trophy:	Dustin Brown, Guelph Storm
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award:	Derek Roy, Kitchener Rangers

[edit] See also

• List of OHA Junior A standings
• List of OHL seasons
• 2003 Memorial Cup
• 2003 NHL Entry Draft
• 2002 in sports
• 2003 in sports

[edit] References

• HockeyDB

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