2002–03 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2002–03 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 18, 2002, and concluded on March 22, 2003. This was the 30th season of Division III college ice hockey.

2002–03 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
Duration	October 18, 2002– March 22, 2003
NCAA tournament	2003
National championship	Kreitzberg Arena Norwich, Vermont
NCAA champion	Norwich
Sid Watson Award	Māris Ziediņš (St. Norbert)
List of NCAA Division III men's ice hockey seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The NCAA changed the national tournament format to have all rounds be Single elimination. As a result, the mini-game was eliminated from the Championship.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

2002–03 ECAC East standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Division III
Norwich †*	19	16	3	0	32	129	50		30	27	3	0	191	73
New England College	19	15	4	0	30	104	55		26	20	6	0	138	76
Babson	19	10	6	3	23	83	72		27	17	7	3	143	93
Salem State	19	9	7	3	21	85	79		27	15	9	3	127	103
Skidmore	19	6	12	1	13	48	75		25	7	17	1	66	103
MCLA	19	3	14	2	8	64	107		23	5	15	3	88	125
Southern Maine	19	3	14	2	8	50	101		25	6	17	2	86	135
Massachusetts–Boston	19	0	18	1	1	33	153		24	0	22	2	43	183
Division II
Saint Anselm	19	5	12	2	12	53	92		26	9	14	3	78	108
Saint Michael's ~	19	5	12	2	12	71	108		26	11	13	2	117	130
Division III Championship: March 8, 2003 Division II Championship: March 8, 2003 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ~ indicates Division II Tournament champion

2002–03 ECAC Northeast standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Division III
Wentworth †*	16	13	1	2	28	101	26		29	21	5	3	153	58
Lebanon Valley	16	14	2	0	28	91	31		27	20	6	1	137	66
Curry	16	13	3	0	26	98	43		27	18	9	0	150	97
Fitchburg State	16	12	3	1	25	97	60		26	16	8	2	107	86
Johnson & Wales	16	11	4	1	23	67	52		26	14	11	1	131	116
Massachusetts–Dartmouth	16	9	6	1	19	67	52		25	15	7	3	103	82
Salve Regina	16	8	7	1	17	68	57		25	11	13	1	94	99
Worcester State	16	7	7	2	16	58	68		25	8	14	3	84	121
Suffolk	16	6	9	1	13	62	67		21	9	10	2	84	91
Plymouth State	16	3	9	4	10	54	86		22	5	12	5	75	120
Western New England	16	4	11	1	9	50	77		23	5	16	2	68	107
Nichols	16	3	13	0	6	41	102		23	4	17	2	70	138
Framingham State	16	2	14	0	4	35	118		24	3	20	1	52	179
Division II
Southern New Hampshire	16	7	7	2	16	66	52		26	12	11	3	110	88
Stonehill	16	8	8	0	16	78	69		24	11	13	0	111	103
Assumption	16	7	8	1	15	68	58		27	11	15	1	114	110
Franklin Pierce	16	0	15	1	1	35	123		23	0	22	1	45	184
Division III Championship: March 8, 2003 Division II Championship: March 8, 2003 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions ~ indicates Division II Tournament champion

2002–03 ECAC West standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
RIT †	10	8	1	1	17	66	31		25	19	4	2	154	72
Manhattanville	10	7	3	0	14	46	31		26	18	6	2	108	64
Elmira *	10	6	3	1	13	64	39		28	18	8	2	154	104
Hobart	10	4	5	1	9	42	43		26	14	10	2	97	84
Utica	10	3	6	1	7	39	43		25	11	13	1	84	96
Neumann	10	0	10	0	0	13	83		24	1	22	1	48	173
Championship: March 8, 2003 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2002–03 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Finlandia	10	1	8	1	34	54
Scranton	3	0	3	0	10	23

2002–03 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Minnesota–Crookston †*	16	10	3	3	23	89	48		25	18	4	3	129	75
Marian	16	10	4	2	22	75	33		27	14	11	2	104	80
Lawrence	16	10	6	0	20	72	67		27	12	15	0	97	113
MSOE	16	4	10	2	10	47	77		28	7	18	3	76	129
Northland	16	2	13	1	5	33	91		24	3	19	2	53	144
Championship: February 23, 2003 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2002–03 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Saint John's †*	16	13	2	1	27	76	47		28	20	7	1	116	89
St. Thomas	16	10	5	1	21	58	31		27	16	9	2	97	59
Augsburg	16	10	6	0	20	64	56		26	17	9	0	114	92
Gustavus Adolphus	16	8	7	1	17	67	40		27	14	12	1	114	75
Concordia (MN)	16	7	7	2	16	55	62		26	13	11	2	92	103
Hamline	16	7	7	2	16	55	70		25	9	13	3	76	106
St. Olaf	16	6	9	1	13	59	57		25	10	13	2	90	85
Saint Mary's	16	5	11	0	10	50	67		25	11	13	1	98	94
Bethel	16	2	14	0	4	30	84		24	3	21	0	49	136
Championship: March 1, 2003 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2002–03 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Middlebury †	19	16	1	2	34	99	33		29	22	5	2	135	63
Trinity *	19	15	3	1	31	93	43		27	19	6	2	119	73
Colby	19	14	4	1	29	88	48		25	18	6	1	125	60
Bowdoin	19	11	3	5	27	86	55		24	13	6	5	116	74
Hamilton	19	10	7	2	22	93	57		26	14	10	2	122	75
Amherst	19	7	8	4	18	70	76		25	7	13	5	78	116
Williams	19	8	9	2	18	89	64		25	8	15	2	104	96
Tufts	19	7	10	2	16	78	85		22	7	11	4	87	100
Wesleyan	19	7	11	1	15	49	75		23	7	13	3	56	93
Connecticut College	19	3	12	4	10	50	87		24	5	15	4	65	105
Championship: March 9, 2003 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2002–03 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
St. Norbert †*	14	12	1	1	25	67	28		31	27	2	2	164	66
Wisconsin–Superior	14	11	2	1	23	63	26		29	21	6	2	129	65
Wisconsin–River Falls	14	11	2	1	23	78	26		31	23	7	1	164	63
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	14	8	6	0	16	54	44		29	15	12	2	109	89
Lake Forest	14	6	7	1	15	44	46		27	13	9	5	100	77
St. Scholastica	14	2	11	1	5	27	77		26	5	20	1	68	138
Wisconsin–Stout	14	2	12	0	4	33	71		27	6	21	0	66	133
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	14	1	12	1	3	33	81		25	1	22	2	57	153
Championship: March 1, 2003 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2002–03 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Oswego State †*	14	10	3	1	21	77	31		33	25	7	1	171	81
Fredonia State	14	10	4	0	20	43	25		26	14	12	0	76	57
Plattsburgh State	14	9	4	1	19	77	35		32	20	9	3	158	92
Potsdam State	14	7	6	1	15	45	45		29	14	13	2	100	95
Geneseo State	14	7	6	1	15	37	39		25	9	13	3	79	89
Cortland State	14	3	9	2	8	40	69		27	5	18	4	80	140
Brockport State	14	3	9	2	8	29	66		25	9	14	2	72	103
Buffalo State	14	3	11	0	6	43	79		25	6	18	1	78	123
Championship: March 9, 2003 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

Player stats

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brian Yingling	Senior	Lebanon Valley	27	36	29	65	36
Sean Pero	Sophomore	Curry	25	23	35	58	67
Brian Doherty	Sophomore	Curry	27	24	32	56	44
Don Patrick	Senior	Oswego State	33	15	41	56	4
Alex Marinkovich	Junior	Wentworth	28	25	28	53	52
Rob Pascale	Junior	Stonehill	24	27	25	52	8
Manu Mau'u	Sophomore	Johnson & Wales	25	23	28	51	73
Mike Lukajic	Junior	Oswego State	33	33	17	50	14
Travis Banga	Junior	New England College	25	29	21	50	42
Nick Cote	Junior	MCLA	23	33	16	49	22

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Jamie Vanek	Senior	Wentworth	17	973	13	2	1	27	4	.941	1.66
Cody Brown	Sophomore	Lake Forest	16	949	9	5	2	39	1	.932	2.46
Zachary Sikich	Sophomore	St. Thomas	25	724	8	4	1	23	4	.930	1.90
Mike Boudreau	Freshman	Norwich	10	455	6	0	0	14	1	.929	1.84
Dan Meneghin	Freshman	Wisconsin–River Falls	14	839	13	1	0	24	2	.927	1.72
J.D. Hadiaris	Senior	Colby	15	839	10	3	1	22	6	.925	1.57
Jacque Vezina	Senior	Wisconsin–River Falls	17	1022	10	6	1	34	4	.923	1.99
Jay Chrapala	Freshman	Manhattanville	20	1110	13	5	1	41	1	.922	2.22
Tyson Gajda	Junior	Oswego State	25	1419	20	5	0	53	4	.922	2.24
Raj Bhangoo	Junior	Wentworth	13	707	7	3	2	28	2	.922	2.38

2003 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2003 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

	First Round March 12					Quarterfinals March 15					Semifinals March 21					National Championship March 22
						W1	St. Norbert	5
	W2	Wisconsin–River Falls	2			W2	Wisconsin–River Falls	2
	W3	Saint John's	0								St. Norbert		3
											Norwich		6
						Norwich		6
						Trinity		4
																Norwich		2
																Oswego State		1
						Middlebury		5
						Elmira		1
											Middlebury		0
											Oswego State		6
						Oswego State		4
						Wentworth		3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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See also

• 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season