2002–03 CHL season

The 2002–03 CHL season was the 11th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).

Franchise changes

 * The San Antonio Iguanas folded after the city got an AHL expansion team, the San Antonio Rampage.
 * The Amarillo Rattlers are renamed the Amarillo Gorillas.
 * The San Angelo Outlaws are renamed the San Angelo Saints.
 * The Laredo Bucks began play as an expansion team.

Standings
Northern Conference Northwest Division Team                   GP  W  L OTL  P GF   GA  y-Oklahoma City Blazers 64 37 20  7  81 225 196 x-Amarillo Gorillas    64 39 23  2  80 205 176 Tulsa Oilers           64 37 22  5  79 218 195 Wichita Thunder        64 21 36  7  49 216 261 Northeast Division Team                      GP  W  L OTL  P  GF  GA y-Indianapolis Ice         64 39 16  9  87 206 173 x-Memphis RiverKings      64 39 21  4  82 235 190 Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 64 33 22 9  75 206 176 Fort Worth Brahmas        64 16 41  7  39 146 251 Southern Conference Southwest Division Team                  GP  W  L OTL  P  GF  GA y-Odessa Jackalopes    64 35 22  7  77 195 185 x-New Mexico Scorpions 64 31 28 5  67 185 195 Lubbock Cotton Kings  64 29 28  7  65 212 215 El Paso Buzzards      64 18 40  6  42 184 265 Southeast Division Team                  GP  W  L OTL  P  GF  GA  z-Austin Ice Bats      64 46 14  4  96 198 139 x-Laredo Bucks        64 41 17  6  88 253 184 Corpus Christi IceRays 64 31 30 3  65 197 204 San Angelo Saints     64 20 37  7  47 196 272 x-clinched playoff birth y-clinched division title z-clinched league title

Format
The top four teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. One seed vs four seed and two seed vs three seed in a best-of-five. The semifinal and final rounds were best-of-seven.

Quarterfinals

 * Indianapolis defeated Amarillo, three games to one
 * Memphis defeated Oklahoma City, three games to two
 * Austin defeated New Mexico, three games to one
 * Laredo defeated Odessa, three games to two

Semifinals

 * Memphis defeated Indianapolis, four games to none
 * Austin defeated Laredo, four games to two

Final

 * Memphis defeated Austin, four games to one