# 2002–03 Vysshaya Liga season

The 2002–03 Vysshaya Liga season was the 11th season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 27 teams participated in the league, and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and Khimik Voskresensk were promoted to the Russian Superleague.

## First round
### Western Conference

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff. | Pts |
| 1. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 48 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 187 | 86 | +101 | 117 |
| 2. | Khimik Voskresensk | 48 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 167 | 81 | +86 | 104 |
| 3. | Neftyanik Leninogorsk | 48 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 149 | 110 | +39 | 98 |
| 4. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 48 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 140 | 86 | +54 | 96 |
| 5. | HC Lipetsk | 48 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 134 | 116 | +18 | 73 |
| 6. | CSK VVS Samara | 48 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 139 | 142 | −3 | 60 |
| 7. | Kristall Saratov | 48 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 118 | 148 | −30 | 57 |
| 8. | Elemash Elektrostal | 48 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 121 | 155 | −34 | 55 |
| 9. | Vityaz Podolsk | 48 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 129 | 167 | −38 | 55 |
| 10. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 48 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 101 | 142 | −41 | 55 |
| 11. | HC Voronezh | 48 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 115 | 140 | −25 | 54 |
| 12. | THK Tver | 48 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 99 | 151 | −52 | 47 |
| 13. | Spartak St. Petersburg | 48 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 108 | 183 | −75 | 37 |

### Eastern Conference

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff. | Pts |
| 1. | Energija Kemerovo | 52 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 164 | 90 | 74 | 110 |
| 2. | Kazzinc-Torpedo | 52 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 174 | 111 | 63 | 105 |
| 3. | Mostovik Kurgan | 52 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 177 | 120 | 57 | 96 |
| 4. | Gazovik Tyumen | 52 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 158 | 105 | 53 | 96 |
| 5. | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 52 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 139 | 116 | 23 | 93 |
| 6. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 52 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 157 | 129 | 28 | 91 |
| 7. | Metallurg Serov | 52 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 167 | 160 | 7 | 80 |
| 8. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 52 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 115 | 108 | 7 | 74 |
| 9. | Kedr Novouralsk | 52 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 143 | 147 | −4 | 70 |
| 10. | Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg | 52 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 126 | 126 | 0 | 61 |
| 11. | Yantar Seversk | 52 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 113 | 159 | −46 | 54 |
| 12. | Motor Barnaul | 52 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 118 | 153 | −35 | 54 |
| 13. | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 52 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 102 | 183 | −81 | 40 |
| 14. | Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk | 52 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 81 | 227 | −146 | 19 |

## Final round

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff. | Pts |
| 1. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 22 | 20 | 33 |
| 2. | Khimik Voskresensk | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 23 | 28 | 32 |
| 3. | Gazovik Tyumen | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 26 |
| 4. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 26 |
| 5. | Energija Kemerovo | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 15 |
| 6. | Neftyanik Leninogorsk | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 11 |
| 7. | Mostovik Kurgan | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 10 |
| 8. | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 9 |