Ice Hockey National League (Austria) 2002/03

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The 2002/03 season of the Austrian national ice hockey league was played with eight teams. Last year's champions EC Supergau Feldkirch had made use of their right to promotion to the Bundesliga and therefore did not appear in the National League this season. EK Zell am See became the new champion .

General

Attendees

8 teams took part. After Feldkirch's promotion to the Bundesliga and the withdrawal of EC Kitzbühel and SV Ehrwald , EK Zell am See and the KSV ice hockey club were added. Kapfenberg went into the second division as a relegated team in the previous season, EK Zell am See decided to take this step for financial reasons.

mode

The regular round was played as a double round trip, with the points scored by all teams halved after half of the games (point sharing). All eight teams were automatically qualified for the playoffs. Quarter and semi-finals were held as the best of three series. The final was determined with a best of five series of champions.

Basic round

Table after the basic round

space	team	GP	W.	L (OL)	GF: GA	Pts
1	EC Red Bulls Salzburg	28	22nd	4 (2)	151: 92	35
2	EK Zell am See	28	22nd	3 (3)	204: 99	35
3	EV Zeltweg	28	18th	8 (2)	133: 99	28
4th	EHC Bregenzerwald	28	15th	12 (1)	84: 111	23
5	EHC Montafon	28	13	13 (2)	113: 148	22nd
6th	Kapfenberger SV	28	11	13 (4)	136: 153	32
7th	EC Dornbirn	28	7th	19 (2)	96: 129	12
8th	EC Wattens	28	4th	22 (2)	81: 167	8th

Playoffs

Quarter finals

Red Bulls Salzburg (1) - EC Wattens (8): 2: 0 (9: 2, 8: 3)
EK Zell am See (2) - EC Dornbirn (7): 2: 0 (8: 5, 5: 2)
EV Zeltweg (3) - Kapfenberger SV (6): 1: 2 (4: 7, 5: 2, 1: 5)
EC Bregenzerwald (4) - EC Montafon (5): 2: 1 (1: 2, 2: 1, 8: 3)

Semifinals

Red Bulls Salzburg (1) - EHC Bregenzerwald (4): 2: 1 (6: 1, 1: 3, 10: 5)
EK Zell am See (2) - Kapfenberger SV (6): 2: 0 (8: 3, 5: 3)

final

Red Bulls Salzburg (1) - EK Zell am See (2): 2: 3 (0: 8, 3: 4 a.d., 4: 2, 6: 5 a.s., 3: 8)

With the 8: 3 away win in Salzburg, EK Zell am See won the championship. However, since the club had only been relegated to the second division for financial reasons before this season, those responsible decided against a return to the Bundesliga.

statistics

Top scorer
rank	player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
1	Walter Putnik	Cell	34	39	48	87	42
2	Sheldon Moser	Salzburg	38	46	40	86	52
3	Jason Sands	Salzburg	32	42	32	74	87
4th	Patrik Aronsson	Cell	30th	15th	58	73	97
5	Ryan Foster	Cell	23	36	34	70	77
6th	Jason Melong	Kapfenberg	32	27	39	66	30th
7th	Dmitri Pirozhkov	Kapfenberg	31	30th	33	63	44
8th	Brian McCarthy	Salzburg	38	23	36	59	42
9	Stefan Janisch	Kapfenberg	32	17th	40	57	40
10	Thomas Frühwirth	Salzburg	33	16	33	49	44
11	Helmut Karel	Kapfenberg	33	12	36	48	32
12	Aleksandr Pokladov	Montafon	29	29	18th	47	18th
13	Anton Winkler	Zeltweg	29	15th	32	47	54
14th	Wolfgang Trup	Cell	35	8th	39	47	90
15th	Dieter Strobl	Wattens	30th	15th	31	46	61

Championship final result

Squad of the national league champions

National league champions EK Zell am See	Goalkeepers: Patrick Machreich , Stefan Horneber , Alexander Krätschmer Defenders: Patrik Aronsson, Günther D'Ambros, Albert Fersterer, Markus Hausegger, Jakob Lainer, Victor Lindgren, Wolfgang Trup Attackers: Jozef Daňo , Harald Estermann, Ryan Foster , Thomas Guggenberger, Robin Johnston, Florian Kaindl, Gerald Lederer, Walter Putnik, Christoph Rud, Matthias Schwab , Thomas Schwab, Stephan Uhl, Philipp Wurzer Head coach: