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This is the 2002-03 Empire Junior B Hockey League season.

Membership Changes[]

  • The league added the Capital District (Troy, New York) and Apple Core (Western Long Island, NY) teams
  • The Metro Falcons became the Hershey-Metro Falcons when they relocated to Hershey Park Arena

Standings[]

North Division

Team                              GP  W  L T  GF  GA  PIM  P
Wheatfield Blades                 32 21  8 3 153  91  770 45
Syracuse Stars                    32 20 10 2 186 100 1137 42
Rochester Jr. B Americans         32 18 11 3 180 128 1003 39
Binghamton Tornadoes              32 16 14 2 154 139  750 34
Capital District Minor Jr Selects 32 14 14 4 134 122  686 32
Elmira Jackals                    32  0 32 0  46 312  669  0

South Division
Team                        GP  W  L T  GF  GA  PIM  P
Apple Core Minor Jr Selects 32 25  4 3 240  86  486 53
Johnstown Chiefs            32 22  8 2 173 103  731 46
Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins     32 20  9 3 195 101  946 43
Bucks-Mont Bandits          32 13 19 0  90 158  861 26
Hershey-Metro Falcons       32  8 24 0  75 205  728 16
Mass Maple Leafs            32  4 28 0  62 143  411  8

Post Season[]

Format[]

The top four teams from each division qualified for the post season.  The first and third teams from one division were paired up with the second and fourth teams in the other division in round robin pools.  The pool champions met in the best-of-three finals.

Pool A[]

  • Wheatfield defeated Bucks-Mont 7-4
  • Rochester defeated Johnston 2-1
  • Rochester defeated Wheatfield 6-2
  • Bucks-Mont defeated Johnstown 4-1
  • Wheatfield defeated Johnstown 8-2
  • Rochester defeated Bucks-Mont 13-2

Pool B[]

  • Apple Core defeated Binghamton 7-6 (OT)
  • Syracuse defeated Pittsburgh 5-2
  • Apple Core defeated Pittsburgh 6-0
  • Binghamton defeated Syracuse 6-3
  • Syracuse defeated Apple Core 7-6 (OT)
  • Binghamton defeated Pittsburgh 6-5

Final[]

  • Rochester defeated Apple Core 2 games to 1 (7-4, 5-7, 5-3)
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