2001-02 EmpJHL Season

This is the 2001-02 Empire Junior B Hockey League season.

Membership Changes

 * The league added the Bucks-Mont Bandits (Bucks County-Montgomery County PA), Elmira Jackals, Johnstown Chiefs (added a team made up of players from lower level junior teams in the organization), and Mechanicsburgh, PA based Metro Falcons

Standings
Team                     GP  W  L T  GF  GA  PIM  P  Wheatfield Blades         36 34  1 1 285  75  889 69 Rochester Jr. B Americans 36 25 10 1 226 126 1278 51 Binghamton Tornadoes     36 24 10 2 205 116 1164 50 Johnstown Chiefs         36 23 11 2 193 115  756 48 Mass Maple Leafs         36 22 14 0 192 158  867 44 Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins  36 20 14 2 204 126  968 42 Syracuse Stars           36 15 21 0 179 166 1043 30 Elmira Jackalls          36  6 29 1 142 238  851 13 Bucks-Mont Bandits       36  6 29 1 127 230 1073 13 Metro Falcons            36  0 36 0  58 461  731  0

Post Season
Held at Elmira College in Elmira, New York. If the regular season champion did not win the championship a best-of-three series would be held between the playoff and regular season champions at the regular season champion's rink for a beth in Nationals being held in Blaine, Minnesota. Since Wheatfield won both this was not done.

First Round

 * Syracuse defeated Metro 18-1
 * Elmira defeated Bucks-Mont 8-4

Quarterfinals

 * Wheatfield defeated Elmira 12-0
 * Syracuse defeated Rochester 2-1 (ot)
 * Binghamton defeated Pittsburgh 4-3
 * Mass defeated Johnstown 7-6 (ot)

Semifinals

 * Wheatfield defeated Syracuse 8-1
 * Mass defeated Binghamton 6-1

Final

 * Wheatfield defeated Mass 2 games to 1 (3-4, 12-2, 6-1)