# WHL 2002/03

Die WHL-Saison 2002/03 war die 37. Spielzeit der Western Hockey League. Die reguläre Saison begann am 20. September 2002 und endete am 16. März 2003. Die Play-offs starteten am 21. März 2003 und endeten mit dem erstmaligen President’s-Cup-Gewinn der Kelowna Rockets am 10. Mai 2003, die sich im WHL-Finale gegen die Red Deer Rebels durchsetzten.

## Reguläre Saison
### Abschlusstabellen

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

#### Eastern Conference

| Mannschaft | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
| Red Deer Rebels | 72 | 50 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 105 | 271 | 160 |
| Brandon Wheat Kings | 72 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 98 | 258 | 187 |
| Swift Current Broncos | 72 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 86 | 240 | 215 |
| Moose Jaw Warriors | 72 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 86 | 266 | 208 |
| Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 40 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 234 | 205 |
| Regina Pats | 72 | 25 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 69 | 171 | 217 |
| Medicine Hat Tigers | 72 | 29 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 67 | 278 | 314 |
| Calgary Hitmen | 72 | 27 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 240 | 260 |
| Prince Albert Raiders | 72 | 27 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 185 | 258 |
| Lethbridge Hurricanes | 72 | 28 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 236 | 303 |

#### Western Conference

| Mannschaft | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
| Kelowna Rockets | 72 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 109 | 311 | 164 |
| Seattle Thunderbirds | 72 | 44 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 280 | 224 |
| Kamloops Blazers | 72 | 39 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 84 | 261 | 222 |
| Kootenay Ice | 72 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 234 | 202 |
| Spokane Chiefs | 72 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 216 | 261 |
| Vancouver Giants | 72 | 26 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 217 | 292 |
| Prince George Cougars | 72 | 26 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 257 | 317 |
| Portland Winter Hawks | 72 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 192 | 243 |
| Tri-City Americans | 72 | 20 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 240 | 335 |

### Beste Scorer

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, G = Tore, A = Assists, Pts = Punkte, PIM = Strafminuten; Fett: Saisonbestwert
| Spieler | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Erik Christensen | Kamloops | 67 | 54 | 54 | 108 | 60 |
| Jesse Schultz | Kelowna | 72 | 53 | 51 | 104 | 47 |
| Jeremy Jackson | Lethbridge | 65 | 44 | 58 | 102 | 83 |
| Matt Ellison | Red Deer | 72 | 40 | 56 | 96 | 80 |
| Chris St. Jacques | Medicine Hat | 70 | 31 | 65 | 96 | 78 |
| Brooks Laich | Seattle | 60 | 41 | 53 | 94 | 65 |
| Jeremy Williams | Swift Current | 72 | 41 | 52 | 93 | 117 |
| Dylan Stanley | Tri-City | 72 | 34 | 59 | 93 | 60 |
| David Bararuk | Moose Jaw | 66 | 29 | 64 | 93 | 44 |
| Nigel Dawes | Kootenay | 72 | 47 | 45 | 92 | 54 |

### 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 |
| Cam Ward | Red Deer | 57 | 3367 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 5 | 92,0 | 2,10 |
| Josh Harding | Regina | 57 | 3384 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 156 | 3 | 91,3 | 2,77 |
| Kelly Guard | Kelowna | 53 | 3018 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 6 | 91,1 | 1,93 |
| Blake Grenier | Moose Jaw | 41 | 2356 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 100 | 5 | 91,1 | 2,55 |

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

| Conference-Viertelfinale | Conference-Viertelfinale | Conference-Viertelfinale | | | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Finale | Conference-Finale | Conference-Finale | | | WHL-Meisterschaft | WHL-Meisterschaft | WHL-Meisterschaft |
| C1 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C4 | Calgary Hitmen | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C4 | Calgary Hitmen | 1 | | | C1 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | C3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Swift Current Broncos | 0 | | | C3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| C3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | | | | | | E1 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 1 | | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | C1 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 | | | | | |
| E1 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 4 | | | | | | | | C1 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 | | | | | |
| E4 | Regina Pats | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Regina Pats | 1 | | | E1 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | E2 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 4 | | | E2 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Saskatoon Blades | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Saskatoon Blades | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | C1 | Red Deer Rebels | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | B1 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 |
| B1 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B1 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 |
| B4 | Vancouver Giants | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B4 | Vancouver Giants | 0 | | | B1 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | U2 | Spokane Chiefs | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| U2 | Spokane Chiefs | 4 | | | U2 | Spokane Chiefs | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| U3 | Portland Winter Hawks | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| U3 | Portland Winter Hawks | 3 | | | | | | B1 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 | | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | U1 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 1 | | | | | |
| U1 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 4 | | | | | | | | U1 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 1 | | | | | |
| B5 | Prince George Cougars | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B5 | Prince George Cougars | 1 | | | U1 | Seattle Thunderbirds | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | B3 | Kootenay Ice | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Kamloops Blazers | 2 | | | B3 | Kootenay Ice | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| B3 | Kootenay Ice | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### President’s-Cup-Sieger

| President’s-Cup-Sieger Kelowna Rockets | Torhüter: Kelly Guard, Josh Lepp Verteidiger: Mike Card, Darren Deschamps, Josh Gorges, Duncan Keith, Brett Palin, Tomáš Slovák, Shea Weber Angreifer: Troy Bodie, Blake Comeau, Ryan Cuthbert, Simon Ferguson, Randall Gelech, Joel Henituik, David Jacobson, Joni Lindlöf, Kiel McLeod, Tyler Mosienko, Mark Olafson, Cam Paddock, Jesse Schultz, Tyler Spurgeon, Stephen Sunderman Cheftrainer: Marc Habscheid, Jeff Truitt General Manager: |

### Beste Scorer

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, G = Tore, A = Assists, Pts = Punkte, PIM = Strafminuten; Fett: Saisonbestwert
| Spieler | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Jesse Schultz | Kelowna | 19 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 21 |
| Tomáš Slovák | Kelowna | 19 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 26 |
| Tyler Mosienko | Kelowna | 19 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 2 |
| Boyd Gordon | Red Deer | 23 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 14 |
| Matt Ellison | Red Deer | 22 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 28 |
| Josh Gorges | Kelowna | 19 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 16 |
| Cam Paddock | Kelowna | 19 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 18 |
| Brooks Laich | Seattle | 15 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 24 |
| Ryan Cuthbert | Kelowna | 18 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 19 |
| Chris St. Jacques | Medicine Hat | 11 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 17 |

### 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 |
| Josh Harding | Regina | 5 | 320 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 93,9 | 2,44 |
| Davis Parley | Kamloops | 6 | 495 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 93,6 | 1,94 |
| Billy Thompson | Prince George | 5 | 238 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 93,4 | 3,02 |
| Kelly Guard | Kelowna | 19 | 1233 | 16 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 92,3 | 1,75 |

## Auszeichnungen
### All-Star-Teams
#### Eastern Conference

First All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Jordin Tootoo – Ryan Craig – Boyd Gordon |
| Verteidigung: | Jeff Woywitka – Ian White |
| Tor: | Josh Harding |
Second All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Jeremy Jackson – David Bararuk – Matt Ellison |
| Verteidigung: | Stephen Mann – Nathan Paetsch |
| Tor: | Cam Ward |

#### Western Conference

First All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Erik Christensen – Brooks Laich – Jesse Schultz |
| Verteidigung: | Tomáš Slovák – Tomáš Mojžíš |
| Tor: | Kelly Guard |
Second All-Star-Team :
| Angriff: | Nigel Dawes – Kiel McLeod – Adam Courchaine |
| Verteidigung: | Gerard Dicaire – Josh Gorges |
| Tor: | Billy Thompson |

### Vergebene Trophäen

| Auszeichnung | Auszeichnung | Team |
| Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Kelowna Rockets |
| Auszeichnung | Spieler | Team |
| Four Broncos Memorial Trophy | Josh Harding | Regina Pats |
| Bob Clarke Trophy | Erik Christensen | Kamloops Blazers |
| Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy | Jeff Woywitka | Red Deer Rebels |
| Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy | Matt Ellison | Red Deer Rebels |
| Del Wilson Trophy | Josh Harding | Regina Pats |
| WHL Plus-Minus Award | Matthew Spiller | Seattle Thunderbirds |
| Brad Hornung Trophy | Boyd Gordon | Red Deer Rebels |
| Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy | Brett Dickie | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy | Marc Habscheid | Kelowna Rockets |
| Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy | Bruce Hamilton | Kelowna Rockets |
| Allan Paradice Memorial Trophy | Steve Kozari | – |
| St. Clair Group Trophy | Anne-Marie Hamilton Reid Pederson | Kelowna Rockets Regina Pats |
| Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy | Ryan Craig | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| WHL Playoff MVP | Jesse Schultz | Kelowna Rockets |