2001–02 CHL season

The 2001–02 CHL season was the 10th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).

Franchise changes
The league added ten teams when it merged with the Western Professional Hockey League:
 * The Columbus Cottonmouths leave the league and join the ECHL.
 * The Macon Whoopee leave the league and join the ECHL.
 * The Fayetteville Force folded.
 * The Topeka Scarecrows are sold, withdraw from the league and join the junior level USHL.
 * The Huntsville Tornado go inactive, the return 2 seasons later as the Huntsville Channel Cats in the South East Hockey League.
 * Amarillo Rattlers
 * Austin Ice Bats
 * Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
 * Corpus Christi Ice Rays
 * El Paso Buzzards
 * Fort Worth Brahmas
 * Lubbock Cotton Kings
 * New Mexico Scorpions
 * Odessa Jackalopes
 * San Angelo Outlaws

Standings
Northern Conference Northeast Division Team                        GP  W  L OTL  P  GF  GA  x-Memphis RiverKings         64 46 14  4  92 267 186 x-Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 64 33 27 4  70 215 198 x-Fort Worth Brahmas        64 30 27  7  67 205 217 Indianapolis Ice            64 20 37  7  47 192 237 Northwest Division Team                   GP  W  L OTL  P  GF  GA  x-Oklahoma City Blazers 64 35 22  7  77 236 203 Tulsa Oilers           64 30 30  4  64 204 215 Wichita Thunder        64 24 34  6  54 203 262 Amarillo Rattlers      64 19 39  6  44 177 257 Southern Conference Southeast Division Team                  GP  W  L OTL  P  GF  GA  x-Austin Ice Bats      64 44 15  5  93 239 174 x-San Antonio Iguanas 64 40 16  8  88 243 183 San Angelo Outlaws    64 29 31  4  62 207 228 Corpus Christi IceRays 64 16 35 13  45 158 253 Southwest Division Team                GP  W  L OTL   P  GF  GA  x-Odessa Jackalopes  64 47 11  6  100 203 149 x-El Paso Buzzards  64 36 24  4   76 223 222 Lubbock Cotton Kings 64 30 23 11  71 204 196 New Mexico Scorpions 64 33 25 6   70 210 206 x-clinched playoff birth