2001-02 EmpJHL Season

This is the 2001-02 Empire Junior B Hockey League season.
==Membership Changes==
*The league added the Bucks-Mont Bandits (Bucks County-Montgomery County PA), Elmira Jackals, Johnstown Chiefs (added a team made up of players from lower level junior teams in the organization), and Mechanicsburgh, PA based Metro Falcons
==Standings==
 Team GP W L T GF GA PIM P
 Wheatfield Blades 36 34 1 1 285 75 889 69
 Rochester Jr. B Americans 36 25 10 1 226 126 1278 51
 Binghamton Tornadoes 36 24 10 2 205 116 1164 50
 Johnstown Chiefs 36 23 11 2 193 115 756 48
 Mass Maple Leafs 36 22 14 0 192 158 867 44
 Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins 36 20 14 2 204 126 968 42
 Syracuse Stars 36 15 21 0 179 166 1043 30
 Elmira Jackalls 36 6 29 1 142 238 851 13
 Bucks-Mont Bandits 36 6 29 1 127 230 1073 13
 Metro Falcons 36 0 36 0 58 461 731 0
==Post Season==
Held at Elmira College in Elmira, New York.  If the regular season champion did not win the championship a best-of-three series would be held between the playoff and regular season champions at the regular season champion's rink for a beth in Nationals being held in Blaine, Minnesota. Since Wheatfield won both this was not done.
===First Round===
*Syracuse defeated Metro 18-1
*Elmira defeated Bucks-Mont 8-4
===Quarterfinals===
*Wheatfield defeated Elmira 12-0
*Syracuse defeated Rochester 2-1 (ot)
*Binghamton defeated Pittsburgh 4-3
*Mass defeated Johnstown 7-6 (ot)
===Semifinals===
*Wheatfield defeated Syracuse 8-1
*Mass defeated Binghamton 6-1
===Final===
*Wheatfield defeated Mass 2 games to 1 (3-4, 12-2, 6-1)
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