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)