English National Ice Hockey League 2002/03
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The 2002/03 season was the seventh edition of the English National League . After the Ice Hockey Superleague , the British National League and the English Premier Ice Hockey League , it is the 4th division of British ice hockey.
Mode and participants
The teams played in a north and a south group. In a single round everyone played against everyone. Then the first four played in play-off groups for the play-off places. The first two from North and South then played in play-offs with a return leg for the overall victory.
North group
The northern group played with the same teams as in the previous season. Only the Birmingham Rockets moved to the south group, while the Flintshire Freeze moved from there to the north group.
North Conference Club Locations
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Main round
space | team | Games | S. | U | N | Gates | Points |
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1 | Sheffield Spartans II | 18th | 16 | 1 | 1 | 162: 52 | 33 |
2 | Altrincham Aces | 18th | 15th | 0 | 3 | 198: 64 | 30th |
3 | Whitley Warriors | 18th | 13 | 0 | 5 | 155: 73 | 26th |
4th | Kingston Jets II | 18th | 11 | 0 | 7th | 114: 87 | 22nd |
5 | Blackburn Hawks | 18th | 10 | 0 | 8th | 119: 81 | 20th |
6th | Billingham Bombers | 18th | 10 | 0 | 8th | 101: 68 | 20th |
7th | Flintshire Freeze | 18th | 6th | 0 | 12 | 81: 131 | 12 |
8th | Sunderland Chiefs | 18th | 5 | 0 | 13 | 79: 143 | 10 |
9 | Grimsby Buffalos | 18th | 3 | 1 | 14th | 71: 213 | 7th |
10 | Bradford Bulldogs | 18th | 0 | 0 | 18th | 47: 215 | 0 |
Legend: S – wins, U – draws, N – defeat
Play-offs
The best four teams played a finalist.
space | team | Games | S. | U | N | Gates | Points | AA | SS | KJ | WW |
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1 | Altrincham Aces | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 35:23 | 8th | × | 4: 8 1 | 6: 1 | 11: 4 |
2 | Sheffield Spartans II | 6th | 4th | 0 | 2 | 49:27 | 8th | 7: 8 | × | 0: 3 | 14: 0 |
3 | Kingston Jets II | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27:25 | 7th | 2: 2 | 6:11 | × | 9: 3 |
4th | Whitley Warriors | 6th | 0 | 0 | 6th | 17:53 | 0 | 1: 4 | 6: 9 | 3: 6 | × |
Southern group
The field of participants was reduced by the elimination of the Telford Tigers and the Chelmsford Chieftains , who switched to the higher-class EPIHL . In addition, the Oxford City Stars and the second team of the Slough Jets withdrew and the Flintshire Freeze moved to the northern group, from which the Birmingham Rockets returned.
South Conference Club Locations
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Main round
space | team | Games | S. | U | N | Gates | Points |
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1 | Basingstoke Buffalo II | 20th | 18th | 1 | 1 | 145: 39 | 37 |
2 | Bracknell Hornets II | 20th | 11 | 3 | 6th | 84: 75 | 25th |
3 | Invicta Dynamos II | 20th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 52:55 | 20th |
4th | Milton Keynes Kings II | 20th | 8th | 2 | 10 | 77: 76 | 18th |
5 | Peterborough Islanders II | 20th | 3 | 5 | 12 | 87: 136 | 11 |
6th | Birmingham Rockets | 20th | 4th | 1 | 15th | 71: 135 | 9 |
Legend: S – wins, U – draws, N – defeat
Play-offs
The best four teams played a finalist.
space | team | Games | S. | U | N | Gates | Points | BB | MK | bra | ID |
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1 | Basingstoke Buffalo II | 6th | 6th | 0 | 0 | 57:18 | 12 | × | 10: 6 | 8-0 | 17: 3 |
2 | Milton Keynes Kings II | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30:28 | 6th | 3: 4 | × | 6: 4 | 7: 3 |
3 | Bracknell Hornets II | 6th | 1 | 1 | 4th | 22:36 | 3 | 4: 6 | 2: 8 | × | 6: 2 |
4th | Invicta Dynamos II | 6th | 1 | 1 | 4th | 21:48 | 3 | 2:12 | 5: 0 1 | 6: 6 | × |
final
The finals were played on May 3 and 4, 2003 with a return leg.
final | |||||
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Altrincham Aces | - | Basingstoke Buffalo II | 5: 4 | 4: 6 a.d. |
Web links
- English National Hockey League 2002/03 on MalcolmPreen.co.uk
- English National Hockey League 2002/03 on Passion Hockey