Atlantic Coast Hockey League (2002)

The Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL) was a sub-class ice hockey minor league in the southern United States , which only existed in the 2002/03 season.

history

The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was named after a league of the same name that existed from 1981 to 1987 and merged with the All-American Hockey League in 1988 to form the ECHL . The first and only champion of the ACHL were the Orlando Seals from Florida . After that, the teams left it and founded two new leagues:

• South East Hockey League (SEHL)
• World Hockey Association 2 (WHA2)

These two leagues only managed to get through the 2003/04 season. Some teams from both leagues then founded the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).

ACHL teams

• Cape Fear Fire Antz
• Jacksonville Barracudas
• Knoxville Ice Bears
• Macon Trax
• Orlando Seals
• St. Pete / Winston-Salem Parrots

Teams not realized

• Tallahassee Tide - should start playing for the 2002/03 season, but the team owner and arena management could not agree on a lease.

2002/03 season

	Atlantic Coast Hockey League
		2002/03 season
Master:	Orlando Seals
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The 2002/03 season was the only season of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League . The six teams completed between 57 and 60 encounters in the regular season . The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Orlando Seals , who also won the championship title in the play-offs.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Orlando Seals	59	43	14th	2	235	158	84
Knoxville Ice Bears	59	36	21st	2	231	186	68
Macon Trax	59	31	25th	3	214	202	57
St. Pete / Winston-Salem Parrots	57	28	23	6th	171	174	53
Cape Fear Fire Antz	60	21st	37	2	180	243	41
Jacksonville Barracudas	60	18th	41	1	180	248	35

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	Orlando Seals	3
	3	Macon Trax	0
						1	Orlando Seals	3
						2	Knoxville Ice Bears	0
	2	Knoxville Ice Bears	3
	4th	St. Pete / Winston-Salem Parrots	0

Web links

• Information on the ACHL season 2002/03 at hockeydb.com