# OHL 2002/03

Die OHL-Saison 2002/03 war die 23. Spielzeit der Ontario Hockey League. Die reguläre Saison begann am 19. September 2002 und endete am 16. März 2003. Die Play-offs starteten am 20. März 2003 und endeten mit dem dritten J.-Ross-Robertson-Cup-Gewinn der Kitchener Rangers am 10. Mai 2003, die sich im OHL-Finale gegen die Ottawa 67’s durchsetzten.

## Teamänderungen

Die North Bay Centennials wurden vor Saisonbeginn nach Saginaw, Michigan umgesiedelt und in Saginaw Spirit umbenannt. Das neue Team wurde in die West Division des OHL Western Conference gesetzt. Dadurch wurden die London Knights von der West Division in die Midwest Division umgesetzt. Als weitere Änderung wurden die Brampton Battalion von der Midwest Division der Western Conference in die Central Division der OHL Eastern Conference gesetzt.

## Reguläre Saison
### Abschlussplatzierungen

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, T = Unentschieden, OTL = Niederlage nach Overtime, GF = Erzielte Tore, GA = Gegentore, Pts = Punkte Erläuterungen: = Play-off-Qualifikation, = Division-Sieger, = Conference-Sieger, = Hamilton-Spectator-Trophy-Gewinner

#### Eastern Conference

| East Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Ottawa 67’s | 68 | 44 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 318 | 210 | 98 |
| Peterborough Petes | 68 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 222 | 215 | 78 |
| Belleville Bulls | 68 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 195 | 200 | 74 |
| Oshawa Generals | 68 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 243 | 225 | 72 |
| Kingston Frontenacs | 68 | 25 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 222 | 287 | 56 |
| Central Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Brampton Battalion | 68 | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 239 | 202 | 78 |
| Toronto St. Michael’s Majors | 68 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 207 | 214 | 76 |
| Barrie Colts | 68 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 228 | 223 | 71 |
| Mississauga IceDogs | 68 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 212 | 231 | 60 |
| Sudbury Wolves | 68 | 16 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 175 | 273 | 38 |

#### Western Conference

| Midwest Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Kitchener Rangers | 68 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 275 | 188 | 100 |
| London Knights | 68 | 31 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 220 | 205 | 72 |
| Guelph Storm | 68 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 217 | 208 | 69 |
| Owen Sound Attack | 68 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 206 | 243 | 65 |
| Erie Otters | 68 | 24 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 181 | 248 | 57 |
| West Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Plymouth Whalers | 68 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 259 | 174 | 97 |
| Sarnia Sting | 68 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 251 | 193 | 90 |
| Windsor Spitfires | 68 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 259 | 221 | 80 |
| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 68 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 232 | 284 | 61 |
| Saginaw Spirit | 68 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 158 | 275 | 34 |

### Beste Scorer

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, G = Tore, A = Assists, Pts = Punkte, PIM = Strafminuten; Fett: Saisonbestwert
| Spieler | 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 |

### Beste Torhüter

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, TOI = Eiszeit (in Minuten), W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, OTL = Overtime-Niederlagen, T = Unentschieden, GA = Gegentore, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = gehaltene Schüsse (in %), GAA = Gegentorschnitt
| Spieler | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | OTL | T | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Eric Tobia | Belleville Bulls | 18 | 934 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 91,9 | 2,51 |
| Ryan Aschaber | Windsor Spitfires | 46 | 2692 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 131 | 4 | 91,8 | 2,92 |
| Jeff Weber | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Plymouth Whalers | 23 | 1277 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 91,7 | 2,58 |

## Play-offs
### Play-off-Baum

| Conference-Viertelfinale | Conference-Viertelfinale | Conference-Viertelfinale | | | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Finale | Conference-Finale | Conference-Finale | | | OHL-Meisterschaft | OHL-Meisterschaft | OHL-Meisterschaft |
| E1 | Ottawa 67’s | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Mississauga IceDogs | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Mississauga IceDogs | 1 | | | E1 | Ottawa 67’s | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | E6 | Oshawa Generals | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Peterborough Petes | 3 | | | E6 | Oshawa Generals | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Oshawa Generals | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Oshawa Generals | 4 | | | | | | E1 | Ottawa 67’s | 4 | | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E4 | Toronto St. Michael’s Majors | 3 | | | | | |
| E4 | Toronto St. Michael’s Majors | 4 | | | | | | | | E4 | Toronto St. Michael’s Majors | 3 | | | | | |
| E5 | Belleville Bulls | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Belleville Bulls | 3 | | | E4 | Toronto St. Michael’s Majors | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | E2 | Brampton Battalion | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Brampton Battalion | 4 | | | E2 | Brampton Battalion | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Barrie Colts | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Barrie Colts | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Ottawa 67’s | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | W1 | Kitchener Rangers | 4 |
| W1 | Kitchener Rangers | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | W1 | Kitchener Rangers | 4 |
| W8 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W8 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 0 | | | W1 | Kitchener Rangers | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | W6 | Guelph Storm | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| W3 | Sarnia Sting | 2 | | | W6 | Guelph Storm | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | Guelph Storm | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | Guelph Storm | 4 | | | | | | W1 | Kitchener Rangers | 4 | | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W2 | Plymouth Whalers | 3 | | | | | |
| W4 | Windsor Spitfires | 3 | | | | | | | | W2 | Plymouth Whalers | 3 | | | | | |
| W5 | London Knights | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W5 | London Knights | 4 | | | W5 | London Knights | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | W2 | Plymouth Whalers | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| W2 | Plymouth Whalers | 4 | | | W2 | Plymouth Whalers | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| W7 | Owen Sound Attack | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### J.-Ross-Robertson-Cup-Sieger

| J.-Ross-Robertson-Cup-Sieger Kitchener Rangers | Torhüter: Scott Dickie, Carlo DiRienzo, Neil Hoch Verteidiger: André Benoit, Nick Duff, T. J. Eason, Steve Eminger, George Halkidis, Thomas Harrison, Evan McGrath, Marcus Smith Angreifer: Jesse Boucher, Gregory Campbell, David Clarkson, Cam Fergus, David Frawley, Matt Grennier, Petr Kanko, Adam Keefe, Matt Manias, Rafael Martynowski, Chad McCaffrey, Paul McFarland, Nathan O’Nabigon, Mike Richards, Derek Roy Cheftrainer: Peter DeBoer General Manager: |

### Beste Scorer

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, G = Tore, A = Assists, Pts = Punkte, PIM = Strafminuten; Fett: Saisonbestwert
| Spieler | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Corey Locke | Ottawa 67’s | 23 | 19 | 19 | 38 |
| Derek Roy | Kitchener Rangers | 21 | 9 | 23 | 32 |
| Matt Foy | Ottawa 67’s | 21 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| Petr Kanko | Kitchener Rangers | 20 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Mike Richards | Kitchener Rangers | 21 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| Brendan Bell | Ottawa 67’s | 23 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Scott Sheppard | Ottawa 67’s | 23 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Tim Brent | Toronto St. Michael’s Majors | 19 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| Frank Lukes | Toronto St. Michael’s Majors | 19 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Corey Perry | London Knights | 14 | 7 | 16 | 23 |

### Beste Torhüter

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, TOI = Eiszeit (in Minuten), W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, OTL = Overtime/Shootout-Niederlagen, GA = Gegentore, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = gehaltene Schüsse (in %), GAA = Gegentorschnitt
| Spieler | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Scott Dickie | Kitchener Rangers | 21 | 1315 | 16 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 94,3 | 2,01 |
| Adam Munro | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 4 | 240 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 92,9 | 3,00 |
| Paulo Colaiacovo | Barrie Colts | 6 | 360 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 92,5 | 2,33 |
| Brad Topping | Brampton Battalion | 11 | 568 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 92,5 | 2,54 |

## Auszeichnungen
### All-Star-Teams

First All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Cody McCormick – Corey Locke – Matt Foy |
| Verteidigung: | Brendan Bell – Lukáš Krajíček |
| Tor: | Andy Chiodo |
| Trainer: | Brian Kilrea |
Second All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Brandon Nolan – Eric Staal – Chad LaRose |
| Verteidigung: | Steve Eminger – Carlo Colaiacovo |
| Tor: | Chris Houle |
| Trainer: | Jim Hulton |
Third All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Kris Newbury – Matt Stajan – Dustin Brown |
| Verteidigung: | Trevor Daley – Tim Gleason |
| Tor: | Michael Mole |
| Trainer: | Peter DeBoer |

### All-Rookie-Teams

First All-Rookie-Team :
| Angriff: | Wojtek Wolski – Rob Schremp – Brent Burns |
| Verteidigung: | Mark Giordano – Danny Syvret |
| Tor: | Ryan Munce |
Second All-Rookie-Team :
| Angriff: | Daniel Carcillo – Evan McGrath – Jean-Michel Rizk |
| Verteidigung: | Mitch Maunu – Scott Lehman |
| Tor: | Lukáš Mensator |

### Vergebene Trophäen

| Auszeichnung | Auszeichnung | Team |
| J. Ross Robertson Cup | J. Ross Robertson Cup | Kitchener Rangers |
| Hamilton Spectator Trophy | Hamilton Spectator Trophy | Kitchener Rangers |
| Bobby Orr Trophy | Bobby Orr Trophy | Ottawa 67’s |
| Wayne Gretzky Trophy | Wayne Gretzky Trophy | Kitchener Rangers |
| Emms Trophy | Emms Trophy | Brampton Battalion |
| Leyden Trophy | Leyden Trophy | Ottawa 67’s |
| Holody Trophy | Holody Trophy | Kitchener Rangers |
| Bumbacco Trophy | Bumbacco Trophy | Plymouth Whalers |
| Auszeichnung | Spieler | Team |
| 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 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 |
| OHL Humanitarian of the Year | 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 |
| Bill Long Award | Norm Bryan | Peterborough Petes |