| 2002-03 USHL season | |
| League: | United States Hockey League |
| Pixels: | 150px |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | September 2002 – April 2003 |
| Season: | Anderson Cup Champions |
| Season Champs: | Lincoln Stars |
| Finals: | Clark Cup Champions |
| Finals Champ: | Lincoln Stars |
| Nextseason Year: | 2003–04 |
| Prevseason Year: | 2001–02 |
| Seasonslistnames: | USHL |
| No Of Games: | 60 |
| No Of Teams: | 11 |
The 2002–03 USHL season is the 24th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on September 27, 2002, and concluded on March 30, 2003,[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2002–03 season was the first for the River City Lancers after relocating to Council Bluffs, Iowa, from Omaha, Nebraska, and the last for the Topeka ScareCrows, which relocated to Chesterfield, Missouri, after the season concluded.
The Clark Cup playoffs features the top eight team from the eleven-team league regardless of division competing for the league title.
Final standings[2]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yWaterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 81 | 221 | 171 | |
| xCedar Rapids RoughRiders | 60 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 61 | 157 | 180 | |
| xDes Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 60 | 200 | 223 | |
| Chicago Steel | 60 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 59 | 178 | 204 | |
| Green Bay Gamblers | 60 | 16 | 36 | 8 | 40 | 139 | 215 |
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| zLincoln Stars | 60 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 83 | 214 | 153 | |
| xTopeka ScareCrows | 60 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 79 | 211 | 166 | |
| xSioux City Musketeers | 60 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 78 | 210 | 186 | |
| xRiver City Lancers | 60 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 77 | 178 | 149 | |
| xTri-City Storm | 60 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 59 | 183 | 200 | |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 54 | 179 | 223 |
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Potulny | Lincoln Stars | 54 | 35 | 43 | 78 | +32 | 18 | |
| 2 | Luke Erickson | Topeka ScareCrows | 64 | 31 | 40 | 71 | +21 | 72 | |
| 3 | Joe Pavelski | Waterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 36 | 33 | 69 | +26 | 32 | |
| David Backes | Lincoln Stars | 57 | 28 | 41 | 69 | +10 | 126 | ||
| 5 | Jacob Micflikier | Sioux Falls Stampede | 59 | 31 | 36 | 67 | +5 | 26 | |
| Tomas Jasko | Des Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 30 | 37 | 67 | -3 | 33 | ||
| 7 | Morod Radmacher | Sioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 26 | 38 | 64 | -3 | 50 | |
| 8 | Marty Guerin | Des Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 27 | 33 | 60 | +14 | 30 | |
| Grant Goeckner-Zoeller | Sioux City Musketeers | 60 | 27 | 33 | 60 | +19 | 60 | ||
| Brandon Polich | Sioux City Musketeers | 60 | 17 | 43 | 60 | +20 | 79 |
| Player | Team | GP | MIN | W | L | OTL | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominic Vicari | River City Lancers | 45 | 2507 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 85 | 2.03 | 902 | .914 | |
| 2 | Phillippe Lamoureux | Lincoln Stars | 34 | 1967 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 2.16 | 781 | .917 | |
| 3 | Jordan Parise | Waterloo Black Hawks | 35 | 1927 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 2.55 | 878 | .915 | |
| Michael Zacharias | Topeka ScareCrows | 27 | 1578 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 2.55 | 545 | .891 | ||
| 5 | Nate Ziegelmann | Lincoln Stars | 28 | 1672 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 2.58 | 713 | .908 |
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