2002–03 UHL season explained

2002–03 UHL season
Finals Champ:Fort Wayne Komets
Prevseason Year:2001–02
Nextseason Year:2003–04

The 2002–03 United Hockey League season was the 12th season of the United Hockey League (Colonial Hockey League before 1997), a North American minor professional league. Ten teams participated in the regular season and the Fort Wayne Komets won the league title.

Offseason

The Port Huron Border Cats ceased operations and were replaced with a new franchise named the Port Huron Beacons.

The Knoxville Speed folded after the team went bankrupt.

The Asheville Smoke folded despite efforts to save the team due to poor attendance and the Asheville Civic Center being outdated

The B.C. Icemen declared bankruptcy and was sold to local owners who launched an expansion team in the AHL named Binghamton Senators.

The New Haven Knights folded because their home arena, the New Haven Coliseum closed.

Regular season

Eastern Division GPWLTGFGAPts
76 44 21 11 24919199
76 44 28 4 30024592
76 41 287 25725489
76 38 30 824826884
76 32 36 8 25729872
Western Division GPWLTGFGAPts
76 412510 28124092
76 382810 26223686
76 38299 24525785
76 3534 723327177
76 29 39 8 21028266

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