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This is the 2002-03 Manitoba Junior Hockey League Season, the League's eighty sixth season.

Preceded by
2001-02 MJHL Season
MJHL Seasons Succeeded by
2003-04 MJHL Season

League Notes[]

Commissioner Kim Davis

Regular Season[]

Team GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PTS
Addison Division
Selkirk Steelers 64 47 14 2 1 397 188 97
Southeast Blades 64 41 18 2 3 270 235 87
Winkler Flyers 64 32 30 0 2 222 244 66
Winnipeg South Blues 64 30 29 2 3 234 227 65
Winnipeg Saints 64 23 34 2 5 226 278 53
St. James Canadians 64 6 57 1 0 158 413 13
Sher-Wood Division
OCN Blizzard 64 55 8 1 0 401 162 111
Portage Terriers 64 44 12 3 5 331 181 96
Swan Valley Stampeders 64 43 13 4 4 301 218 94
Dauphin Kings 64 33 27 2 2 248 263 70
Neepawa Natives 64 28 30 4 2 266 300 62
Waywayseecappo Wolverines 64 2 59 1 2 188 533 7

Playoffs[]

Division Semi-Finals Division Finals Turnbull Cup Championship
         
1 Selkirk Steelers 2
4 Winnipeg South Blues 4
4 Winnipeg South Blues 1
Addison Division
2 Southeast Blades 4
2 Southeast Blades 4
3 Winkler Flyers 3
2 Southeast Blades 0
1 OCN Blizzard 4
1 OCN Blizzard 4
4 Dauphin Kings 0
1 OCN Blizzard 4
Sher-Wood Division
2 Portage Terriers 1
2 Portage Terriers 4
3 Swan Valley Stampeders 3

Manitoba / Saskatchewan Playoff[]

Anavet Cup Championship
OCN lost to Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) 4-games-to-1
see 2003 Anavet Cup

All-Star Challenge Weekend[]

Prospects Game
On Friday, January 31 in The Pas, the Sher-Wood Division defeated the Allison Division 5-4, in the first ever MJHL Prospects Game. Dustin Norman scored a pair for the winners & Tim Hammell had a pair for the losers.

see 2003 MJHL Prospects Game

Power Smart All-Star Challenge
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League hosted portion of the All-Star Challenge was held in Flin Flon, on Saturday, February 1, with the SJHL's Dodge Division defeating the MJHL's Addison Division 5-3. On Sunday, in The Pas, the MJHL’s and SJHL’s Sher-Wood Divisions faced off, with the SJHL winning 7-6 in a shootout.

see 2003 MJHL / SJHL All-Star Games

Canada Winter Games[]

selected to Team Manitoba
Player Position Team
Dalyn Flatt Defense Swan Valley Stampeders
Stan Yanchishyn Forward Portage Terriers
see 2003 Canada Winter Games

In Season Awards[]

Player of the Week Players of the Month

League Leaders[]

Category Player Team Amount
Most Points Andy Coates OCN Blizzard 120
Most Goals Andy Coates OCN Blizzard 62
Most Assists James Marquis Selkirk Steelers 67
Top Goals Against Average Jonathan Meyer OCN Blizzard 2.34

Scoring Leaders[]

Rank Player Team G A Pts
1 Andy Coates OCN Blizzard 62 58 120
2 Tyler Skworchinski Portage Terriers 60 55 115
3 James Marquis Selkirk Steelers 44 67 111
4 Aaron Starr OCN Blizzard 60 50 110
5 Steve Lajoie Selkirk Steelers 41 62 103
6 Justin Wise Southeast Blades 42 53 95
7 Cliff Ketchen Portage Terriers 38 53 91
8 Andrew Jackman Portage Terriers 29 61 90
9 Jonathan Parker Selkirk Steelers 35 53 88
10 Dustin Norman Neepawa Natives 43 44 87

Awards[]

Trophy Winner Team
MVP Tyler Skworchinski Portage Terriers
Top Goaltender Andrew Gallant OCN Blizzard
Top Defenseman Colin Tetrault Southeast Blades
Rookie of the Year Andrew Jackman Portage Terriers
Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship Michael Young OCN Blizzard
Coach of the Year Darryl Einarson Winkler Flyers
Scoring Champion Andy Coates OCN Blizzard
Playoff MVP Aaron Starr OCN Blizzard

CJAHL Awards[]

Player Team Category
Andy Coates OCN Blizzard Most Goals (tied)
????? MJHL Player of the Year

Scholarships[]

Scholarship Player Team
Ken "Friar" Nicolson Award Hartley Krulicki Southeast Blades
RBC Financial Group Ian Lepp Winnipeg South Blues
Ed Belfour High Performance Award Matt Wheatley Winnipeg South Blues
Frank McKinnon Award Scott Kozoroski Swan Valley Stampeders

All-Star Teams[]

First All-Star Team
Andy CoatesAaron StarrTyler Skworchinski
OCN BlizzardOCN BlizzardPortage Terriers
Colin TetraultJamie Dowhayko
Southeast BladesSelkirk Steelers
Andrew Gallant
OCN Blizzard
Second All-Star Team
Steve LajoieJames MarquisDavid Phillips
Selkirk SteelersSelkirk SteelersPortage Terriers
Kody MintenkoDan Morin
Portage TerriersSelkirk Steelers
Patrice Godin
Portage Terriers
Third All-Star Team
Cliff KetchenScott KozoroskiJustin Wise
Portage TerriersSwan Valley StampedersSoutheast Blades
Garrett HildebrandtAlton Jackson
OCN BlizzardOCN Blizzard
Jonathan Meyer
OCN Blizzard
First Rookie All-Star Team
Tim HammellAndrew JackmanDustin Norman
Winnipeg SaintsPortage TerriersNeepawa Natives
Nicholas LubimivRiley Weselowski
Portage TerriersNeepawa Natives
Jonathan Meyer
OCN Blizzard
Second Rookie All-Star Team
Josh FroeseBrent HowarthSteven Sleep
Winkler FlyersSelkirk SteelersSelkirk Steelers
Dalyn FlattColin Herman
Swan Valley StampedersWinkler Flyers
Orlando Alamano
Swan Valley Stampeders

Alumni News[]

see 2002-03 MJHL Alumni News

Alumni news

in the News[]

NHL Entry Draft

November

December

January

  • Jordin Tootoo and Team Canada won silver at the World Junior Hockey Championship.

March

April

  • Paul Dyck and the Krefeld Penguins won the Deutsche Eishockey Liga Championship.
  • Jordin Tootoo received the National Aboriginal Achievement Youth Award.

May

June

  • Shane Hnidy signed a one year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators.

National Hockey League[]

Professional Players[]

Major Junior Players[]

University & College Players[]

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