1902–03 American ice hockey season

This was the 1902-03 American ice hockey season:
==Chicago, Illinois==
Not much hockey was played in Chicago this winter, with only three games recorded to have been played. The North Shore Hockey League, comprised of Evanston, Lake Forest, Highland Park, and Winnetka, was formed in late January, but no games are reported to have taken place.
;1902-03 Game Results
*1/13: Lake Forest Winter Club - Highland Park Hockey Club 4:3 
*1/19: Lake Forest Winter Club - Highland Park Hockey Club 5:3
*1/24: Prairie Avenue Hockey Club - Northwestern University 1:1 OT
Prairie Avenue roster: Dray (right forward), S. Peck (point), Preston (left forward), Dudley (goal), McCulla (cover point), Baldwin (center), P. Peck (rover). Northwestern roster: Ellingwood (right forward), Ferry (point), Irwin (left forward), Mahon (goal), Raymond (cover point), Hobart (center), Weaver (rover).
==Cleveland, Ohio==
The Cleveland Hockey Club visited St. Louis and played three games against the local teams in February 1903. There were also some local games played. 
;1902-03 Game Results
*12/29: Landon AC - Edgewaters 0:0 - junior game
*1/10: All-High School - Landon AC 6:4
*1/24: Brown-Hoist - Sherwin Williams 4:0
==Colorado==
The Leadville Shamrocks defeated the Leadville High School in a series for the Championship of Lake County. 
;1902-03 Game Results
*2/5: Leadville High School - Leadville Shamrocks 3:2 
*2/12: Leadville Shamrocks - Leadville High School 6:2
*2/19: Leadville Shamrocks - Leadville High School 10:0
==Connecticut==
;1902-03 Game Results
*1/24: Taft School - Hartford Public High School 1:1 
*1/31: Hartford Public High School - Springfield High School 1:0 
*1/31: Taft School - Hopkins Grammar School 3:0 
*2/7: Pomfret School - Taft School 3:0
*2/7: Hartford Public High School - Springfield High School 2:1 
*2/25: Taft School - Hopkins Grammar School 2:0 
==Massachusetts==
The Interscholastic Hockey League consisted of English High, Cambridge Manual Training School, Somerville High, and Melrose High. The Suburban Interscholastic Hockey League featured four teams this winter: Woburn High, Melrose High, Everett High, and Cambridge High. The Interprepatory League was composed of Watertown High, Arlington High, Mechanic Arts High, De Meritte's School, and Watertown High. Brookline High, Newton High, Hopkinson School, Boston Latin, and Cambridge Latin made up the Prepatory League.
1903 Melrose.png|Melrose High's team
1903 Cambridge Latin.png|Cambridge Latin High's team
1903 Cambridge Manual.png|Cambridge Manual Training's team
1903 Mechanic Arts.png|Mechanic Arts High's team
1903 Dorchester.png|The Dorchester Hockey Club
;1902-03 Game Results
*12/24: Dorchester Hockey Club - English High 5:0 
*12/25: Melrose High - Alumni 3:1
*12/27: Boston Hockey Club - Cambridge Latin 12:2
*1/2: Boston Latin - Dorchester/English High Combination 1:1
*1/5: Dorchester Hockey Club - English High 4:0 
*1/9: English High - Boston Latin 2:0
*1/9: Franklin AC - Stone's School 1:0 
*1/10: Newtowne AC - Dorchester Hockey Club 4:2
*1/10: Volkmann School - DeMerritte School 2:0 - Academic League
*1/12: Cambridge Manual Training - Somerville Picked Team 5:0
*1/12: Picked Team - Hopkinson School 5:3
*1/12: Melrose High - Picked Team 5:1
*1/13: Dorchester Hockey Club - Roxbury High 6:4
*1/14: Boston Latin - Mechanic Arts High 1:0
*1/14: Brookline High - Volkmann school 5:1
*1/14: Andover - English High 10:1
*1/14: Cambridge Manual Training - Somerville High 8:0
*1/15: Arlington High - Franklin AC 1:0 
*1/15: Cambridge Latin - Boston Latin 6:0 
*1/16: Arlington High - Hopkinson School 2:0
*1/16: Melrose High - Brookline High 3:1
*1/17: Andover - Newtowne AC 1:0 
*1/17: Arlington High - Cambridge Latin/Manual Scrub team 4:3
*1/20: Dorchester Hockey Club - English High 8:4
*1/20: Melrose High - Cambridge Manual Training Forfeit
*1/20: Mechanic Arts High - Picked Team 4:3
*1/23: Pittsfield Hockey Team - Holyoke 14:0 @ Pittsfield
*1/24: Algonquin AC - Franklin AC 0:0 
*1/24: Dorchester Hockey Club - English High 5:2
*1/24: Roxbury Latin - Volkmann's School 5:1
*1/31: West Roxbury AA - Dedham AA 1:0 - ice polo game
*1/24: Cambridge Manual Training - Cambridge Latin 1:0
*2/7: Dorchester Hockey Club - Mechanic Arts High 8:2
*2/7: Dorchester Hockey Club - Picked Team 16:1
*2/9: English High - Roxbury Picked Team 3:2
;Interscholastic League Results
*2/7: Cambridge Manual Training - English High 2:1 - noted to be CMT's third win in the series, and they were thus the winners
;Intreprepatory League Results
*1/13: Roxbury High - Watertown High Forfeit
*1/24: Mechanic Arts High - Arlington High 1:0
*2/7: Mechanic Arts High - Watertown High Forfeit - Mechanic Arts won title
;Suburban High School League Results
*1/8: Melrose High - Everett High 3:0 
*1/12: Melrose High - Cambridge High Forfeit
*1/14: Melrose High - Woburn High 7:0
*1/20: Cambridge High - Everett High 1:0
;Prepatory League Results
*1/13: Cambridge Latin - Hopkinson School 3:0
*1/13: Brookline High - Stone's School 2:0 
*1/20: Cambridge Latin - Newton High 1:0 
*1/20: Brookline High - Hopkinson School 9:0 
==Michigan==
The Portage Lakes Hockey Club assembled a strong team once again this winter, playing out of the newly-built Amphidrome rink. The team claimed the Championship of the United States. The team consisted of the following players: Joe Jones (goal), Jack Baker, Jack Gibson, Andy Haller, Fred Lake (defensemen), Herbert Meinke (center), Bobby Rowe (right wing), Joe Stephens (rover), Ernie Westcott (left wing). Michigan College of Mines had a hockey team in 1903.
There were plans to form a hockey league in Detroit, with the following teams expressing interest in competing: E.T. Barnum Wire & Iron Works, Buhl Sons & Co., Mitchell, Moody & Garton, A. Krolik & Co., Fletcher Hardware Co., Freeman Delamater Co., Windsor Hockey Club, Detroit College, Detroit College of Medicine, and the Detroit Hockey Club.Detroit Free Press, 1903-01-14
;1902-03 Game Results
*1/15: Freeman, Delamater & Co. - Picked Team 1:0 @ Detroit
*1/22: Canadian Soo Seniors - Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) 18:1
*1/23: Thessalon (ON) - Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) 4:1 @ Soo
*1/27: Canadian Soo Intermediates - Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) 9:4
*2/2: Thessalon (ON) - Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) 14:5 @ Thessalon
*2/3: Blind River (ON) - Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) 6:5 @ Soo
*2/6: Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) - Canadian Soo High School 11:2
*2/10: Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) - Bruce Mines (ON) 5:4 @ Bruce Mines
*2/13: Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) - Canadian Soo Shamrocks 8:1
*2/23: Lock City Hockey Club (American Soo) - Canadian Soo Victorias 7:6
;Portage Lakes Hockey Club Results
*12/29: Portage Lakes - University of Toronto 13:2 @ Houghton
*1/23: Portage Lakes - St. Paul All-Stars 20:2 @ Houghton
*1/24: Portage Lakes - St. Paul All-Stars 8:6 @ Houghton
*1/30: Portage Lakes - World's Fair Hockey Club (St. Louis) 13:0 @ Houghton
*1/31: Portage Lakes - World's Fair Hockey Club (St. Louis) 10:1 @ Houghton
*2/4: Portage Lakes - Detroit 11:2 @ Houghton
*2/5: Portage Lakes - Detroit 12:3 @ Houghton
*2/9: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Victorias 10:1 @ Houghton
*2/10: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Victorias 7:6 @ Houghton
*2/12: Portage Lakes - Duluth 13:0 @ Houghton
*2/23: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 11:1 @ Houghton
*2/24: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Athletic Club 3:1 @ Houghton
*3/2: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 2:2 @ Houghton
*3/3: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 1:0 @ Houghton
*3/20: Pittsburgh Bankers - Portage Lakes 8:1 @ Pittsburgh - Championship of the United States
*3/21: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 2:1 @ Pittsburgh - "
*3/22: Pittsburgh Bankers - Portage Lakes @ Pittsburgh - " - Portage refused to fulfill their contract and play a deciding third game, and claimed the championship
==Minnesota==
The Twin City Hockey League returned for a second season of play in 1903, with four teams competing: The St. Paul Hockey Club, Mascots, Virginias, and the Victorias (formerly the Mechanic Arts High School), all from St. Paul. The St. Paul Victorias won the league title and the Dunbar Cup, after the league committee elected to name them champions. 
A St. Paul All-Star faced the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in Houghton, Michigan, and the World's Fair Hockey Club in St. Louis, Missouri, this winter. The Duluth Centrals also played Portage Lakes in Houghton. The Duluth Zeniths planned a trip to Houghton too, but wound up not going.
;1902-03 Game Results
*12/10: West Duluth - Fairmounts 1:0 
*12/24: Duluth Shamrocks - Duluth Imperials 3:1
*12/26: Duluth Shamrocks - Duluth Imperials 4:2 
*12/29: Duluth Imperials - Duluth Shamrocks 2:1
*1/1: Victorias - Virginias 5:1
*1/1: Duluth Shamrocks - Duluth Imperials 6:0 
*1/13: Broadways - Columbias 2:2 @ St. Paul
*1/16: Duluth Zeniths - Duluth Centrals 1:0 
*1/21: Duluth Shamrocks - Duluth Zeniths 2:1
*1/22: Duluth Centrals - West Duluth Fairmounts 7:0 
*1/23: Two Harbors - Eveleth 5:2 @ Eveleth
*1/24: University of Minnesota - Virginias 4:3
*1/25: St. Paul Central High School - Minneapolis Central High School 2:0 
*1/30: Mechanic Arts High School - Minneapolis Central High School 4:2 OT
*2/4: University of Minnesota - Central High School 4:0 
*2/12: Duluth Shamrocks - Duluth Gophers 8:1
*2/14: Mascots - Central High School 15:1
*2/20: Minneapolis Central High School - St. Paul Central High School 3:2
*2/23: Two Harbors - Duluth Zeniths 5:1
;Twin City Hockey League Results
*1/1: St. Paul Hockey Club - Mascots 6:1
*1/8: Victorias - Mascots 18:1
*1/12: Virginias - St. Paul Hockey Club 5:1
*1/18: Mascots - St. Paul Hockey Club 2:1
*1/20: Virginias - Mascots 8:5
*1/21: Victorias - St. Paul Hockey Club 7:3
*1/29: Victorias - Virginias 3:2
*2/3: St. Paul Hockey Club - Virginias 6:5
*2/9: Victorias - Mascots 8:3
*2/18: Victorias - St. Paul Hockey Club 8:1
*2/20: Mascots - St. Paul Hockey Club 6:3
==New York==
See: 1902-03 AAHL season
The American Amateur Hockey League was once again in existence in 1902-03.
Syracuse University had an ice hockey team this winter, and they planned to face Cornell University in Syracuse on February 15. It was also noted that they would "probably" play games against the University of Buffalo and the Buffalo Tennis Club.Buffalo Evening News, 1903-01-16 No games were reported to have been played.
;1902-03 Game Results
*12/19: St. Paul's School (NH) - St. Paul's School Alumni 5:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*12/20: New York St. Nicholas Juniors - Pomfret School 3:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*12/23: Pomfret School - Cutler School 2:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*12/23: Brooklyn Crescents - Short Hills (NJ) 6:1
*12/25: South Orange Field Club (NJ) - Short Hills (NJ) 9:0 @ Short Hills, NJ
*1/1: Short Hills (NJ) - South Orange Field Club (NJ)
*1/10: Columbia Grammar School - Morristown School (NJ) 6:0 @ Morristown
*1/20: Poly Prep - Company A, 23rd Regiment 9:0 @ Clermont Rink
*1/21: 'Ottawa Hockey Club - New York Hockey Club 10:2 @ Ottawa
*1/21: Columbia Grammar School - Columbia Freshmen 3:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink 
*1/23: Brooklyn Crescents - Montreal Hockey Club 5:4 @ Clermont Rink
*1/24: Montreal Hockey Club - New York AC 4:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink 
*1/24: Yale University Graduates - South Orange Field Club 3:3 OT @ Orange, NJ
*1/26: Cutler School - Morristown School (NJ) 9:0 @ Morristown
*1/28: Berkeley School - Columbia Institute 3:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink 
*2/5: Heffley School - Company A, 23rd Regiment 6:0 @ Clermont Rink
*2/7: Heffley School - St. Paul's School (NH) 9:1 @ Clermont Rink
*2/14: Erasmus Hall School - St. Francis Xavier 2:1 @ Clermont Rink
*2/24: Short Hills (NJ) - South Orange Field Club (NJ) 1:0 @ South Orange, NJ
*2/26: Heffley School - Cutler School 3:0
*2/28: Lawrenceville High School (NJ) - Poly Prep 4:1 @ Clermont Rink
*3/4: Cutler School - Cutler Alumni 6:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*3/4: Hotchkiss School - St. Paul's School 10:0 @ St. Nicholas Rink 
*3/5: Heffley School - Colonial Hockey Team 5:0 @ Clermont Rink
*3/13: Cutler School - St. Paul's School 4:1 @ St. Nicholas Rink
;Saranac Lake Tournament
*2/4: Saranac Lake - Lake Placid 10:2 - semifinal
*2/4: Montreal (QC) - Huntingdon (QC) 2:1 - semifinal
*2/5: Montreal (QC) - Saranac Lake 6:5 - final
;New York Hockey League
*1/28: Heffley School - Columbia University II 4:2 @ Clermont Rink
*1/31: City College of New York - Stevens Institute (NJ) 2:1 @ Clermont Rink 
*2/19: Heffley School - Stevens Institute (NJ) 11:0 @ Clermont Rink
*2/21: Columbia University II - City College of New York @ Clermont Rink
*3/4: Columbia University II - Stevens Institute (NJ) 4:0 @ Clermont Rink
*3/7: Heffley School - City College of New York 8:0 @ Clermont Rink
;New York Interscholastic League
*2/14: Cutler School - Columbia Grammar School 9:0
*2/19: Dwight School - Berkeley School 16:3 @ St. Nicholas Rink
*3/4: Cutler School - Columbia Grammar School Forfeit - final
;Long Island Interscholastic League
*1/16: Poly Prep - St. Paul's School 6:1 @ Clermont Rink
*1/22: Boys' High School - Adelphi School 6:0 @ Clermont Rink 
*1/27: Poly Prep - Brooklyn Latin 9:0 @ Clermont Rink
*2/3: St. Paul's School - Adelphi School 7:0 @ Clermont Rink
*2/6: Erasmus Hall School - Brooklyn Latin School 5:2 @ Clermont Rink
*2/11: Boys' High School - Brooklyn Latin 4:2 @ Clermont Rink
*2/17: Poly Prep - Adelphi School Forfeit
*2/20: St. Paul's School - Erasmus Hall School 7:2 @ Clermont Rink
*2/24: Poly Prep - Boys' High School 12:1 @ Clermont Rink - Poly clinched title
*2/27: Erasmus Hall - Adelphi School Forfeit
*3/3: St. Paul's School - Boys' High School 7:0 @ Clermont Rink
*3/4: Erasmus Hall School - Boys' High School 3:2 OT @ Clermont Rink
*3/6: Poly Prep - Erasmus Hall School 10:0
*3/6: St. Paul's School - Brooklyn Latin 8:0
*3/10: Brooklyn Latin - Adelphi School Forfeit
Standings
#Poly Prep 5-0
#St. Paul's School 4-1
#Erasmus Hall School 3-2
#Boys' High School 2-3
#Brooklyn Latin School 1-4
#Adelphi School 0-5
Adelphi withdrew from the league and forfeited their last three games.
==North Dakota==
The Hannah Hockey Club enjoyed a successful season, defeating the Langdon and Pilot Mound, Manitoba clubs on their home ice.
;1902-03 Game Results
*2/6: Hannah Hockey Club - Langdon Hockey Club @ Hannah
*3/1: Hannah Hockey Club - Pilot Mound Hockey Club (MB) 13:10 @ Hannah
==Pennsylvania==
See: 1902–03 WPHL season
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League returned once again for the 1902-03 season, as did the Pittsburgh Interscholastic Hockey League. The Pittsburgh Bankers, who won the WPHL title, hosted the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in a series for the Championship of the United States in late March.
;1902-03 Game Results
*12/27: Princeton University - Pittsburgh All-Interscholastic Team 1:0
*1/30: Pittsburgh Bankers - Pittsburgh Keystones 13:1
;Championship of the United States
*3/20: Pittsburgh Bankers - Portage Lakes 8:1 @ Pittsburgh 
*3/21: Portage Lakes - Pittsburgh Bankers 2:1 @ Pittsburgh 
*3/22: Pittsburgh Bankers - Portage Lakes @ Pittsburgh - Portage refused to fulfill their contract and play a deciding third game, and claimed the championship
;Pittsburgh Interscholastic League Results
*11/29: East Liberty Academy - Shadyside Academy 1:0 
*12/6: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:1
*12/13: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 3:0 
*12/20: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0 
*1/3: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:1 OT
*1/7: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 1:0
*1/10: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0 
*1/14: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:0
*1/17: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:0
*1/24: Pittsburgh High School - Shadyside Academy 1:0 
*1/31: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0 
*2/7: East Liberty Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:1 OT
*2/14: Pittsburgh High School - Shadyside Academy 1:0 
*2/21: Shadyside Academy - East Liberty Academy 1:0 
*2/28: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 2:2 OT
*3/7: Pittsburgh High School - East Liberty Academy 1:1 OT 
*3/21: Shadyside Academy - Pittsburgh High School 1:0
Standings
#Shadyside 8-3
#Pittsburgh HS 5-3-2
#East Liberty 1-8-2
==Rhode Island==
Hope High School won the Rhode Island Insterscholastic League title.
;1902-03 Ice Hockey Game Results
*1/1: Hope High School - Classical High School 3:2 
*1/9: Hope High School - University School 6:1
*1/14: East Providence High School - Manual Training School 0:0 
*1/15: East Providence High School - English High School 2:0
*1/16: Hope High School - Friends School 2:0 
*1/16: Classical High School - University School 8:0 
*1/17: Classical High School - Manual Training School 2:0
*1/26: Hope High School - Manual Training School 1:0
;1902-03 Ice Polo Game Results
*1/5: Providence Juniors - Dightons 2:0 
==St. Louis, Missouri==
The St. Louis Hockey League featured three new teams for the 1902-03 season. The World's Fair Hockey Club (thus named as the World's Fair was coming to St. Louis in 1904), which was composed of many of the Association Football Hockey Club's former players, Webster Groves, and the Ice Palace club were the new teams, which joined the St. Louis AAA in the league. The World's Fair club won the championship, dominating the league.
The World's Fair Hockey Club paid a visit to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in late January, where they got thrashed by the strong Portage Lakes Hockey Club. The Cleveland Hockey Club came to St. Louis in mid-February to play three games against the local teams. The World's Fair club won the Championship of the Midwest by defeating them. They hoped to face Pittsburgh in St. Louis for the Western Championship. The St. Paul All-Stars later came to St. Louis, for a three game series against World's Fair. 
The St. Louis Ice Palace closed in 1903, leaving the city without an ice rink. 
1903 World's Fair.png|The World's Fair Hockey Club
1903 St. Louis AAA.png|The St. Louis AAA club
1903 Webster Groves.png|The Webster Groves club
1903 St. Louis AAA (2).png|A photo of the St. Louis AAA club
1903 World's Fair (2).png|Captain J. Ross and Billy Tozer of the World's Fair club.
;1902-03 Game Results
*12/11: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 5:1
*12/18: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 5:0
*2/12: Cleveland Hockey Club - Ice Palace 8:1
*2/13: Cleveland Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 8:1
*2/14: World's Fair Hockey Club - Cleveland Hockey Club 5:1
*2/24: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Paul All-Stars 3:2
*2/26: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Paul All-Stars 4:3 2OT
*2/28: St. Paul All-Stars - World's Fair Hockey Club 4:2
;St. Louis Hockey League Results
*12/25: World's Fair Hockey Club - Ice Palace 1:0 
*1/6: St. Louis AAA - Ice Palace 3:2
*1/9: World's Fair Hockey Club - Webster Groves 4:1
*1/13: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 11:1
*1/15: Ice Palace - Webster Groves 7:1 
*1/20: St. Louis AAA - Webster Groves 5:0 
*1/22: World's Fair Hockey Club - Ice Palace 7:0
*1/27: Ice Palace - St. Louis AAA 3:1 
*1/29: Ice Palace - Webster Groves 3:0 
*2/3: World's Fair Hockey Club - St. Louis AAA 13:1
*2/5: Ice Palace - Webster Groves 5:0 
*2/10: World's Fair Hockey Club - Webster Groves 13:0 
*2/17: St. Louis AAA - Webster Groves 9:2
*2/19: World's Fair Hockey Club - Ice Palace 17:2
;St. Louis Interscholastic League Results
*12/19: St. Louis High School - Manual School 8:0 
*12/24: St. Louis University - Smith Academy 2:0
==Utah==
Hockey was played in Salt Lake City, Utah, again this winter, though only a handful of games took place. 
;1902-03 Game Results
*1/1: Mellen Seniors - Mellen Juniors 2:1
*1/8: Mellen Juniors - Mellen Seniors 3:2
*1/11: High Line Hockey Club - Tingles Hockey Club 2:1
==Wisconsin==
The Milwaukee Interscholastic Hockey League was formed this winter.
;Milwaukee Interscholastic League Results
*1/14: Milwaukee Academy - West Division High School 2:1
*2/7: East Division High School - West Division High School 8:2
==College ice hockey==
See: 1902–03 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
==References==
Category:1902 in ice hockey
Category:1903 in ice hockey