2002–03 Jr. A SM-Liiga season

The 2002-03 Jr. A SM-Liiga season was contested by 16 teams, and HIFK won the championship.

First round

Group 1

Standings
Pl.	Team	GP	W(OTW)-T-L(OTL)	GF-GA	Points
1.	Tappara Tampere	14	8(0)-1-5(1)	59-41	18
2.	TPS Turku	14	9(1)-0-5(0)	44-33	18
3.	Karpat Oulu	14	7(0)-3-4(0)	41-31	17
4.	Blues Espoo	14	7(1)-1-6(1)	45-40	16
5.	Assat Pori	14	7(2)-0-7(0)	45-50	14
6.	Lukko Rauma	14	6(1)-1-7(0)	40-55	13
7.	HPK Hameenlinna	14	4(0)-1-9(2)	41-49	11
8.	Ilves Tampere	14	4(0)-1-9(1)	41-57	10

Group 2

Standings
Pl.	Team	GP	W(OTW)-T-L(OTL)	GF-GA	Points
1.	HIFK Helsinki	14	10(0)-1-3(1)	70-30	22
2.	JYP Jyvaskyla	14	8(0)-3-3(1)	47-33	20
3.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	14	9(3)-1-4(0)	49-39	19
4.	KalPa Kuopio	14	7(1)-0-7(1)	45-52	15
5.	Jokerit Helsinki	14	5(0)-4-5(0)	50-40	14
6.	Pelicans Lahti	14	4(0)-1-9(1)	39-59	10
7.	KJT Jarvenpaa	14	4(2)-0-10(2)	41-70	10
8.	Jokipojat Joensuu	14	3(1)-2-9(1)	39-57	9

Final round

Standings
Pl.	Team	GP	W(OTW)-T-L(OTL)	GF-GA	Points
1.	HIFK Helsinki	36	27(2)-3-3(1)	175-74	62
2.	Blues Espoo	36	21(2)-4-7(2)	138-74	52
3.	Jokerit Helsinki	36	20(2)-4-10(0)	139-88	48
4.	Karpat Oulu	36	19(0)-4-13(0)	115-76	42
5.	Tappara Tampere	36	17(0)-6-11(2)	115-100	42
6.	TPS Turku	36	18(1)-1-15(1)	114-94	40
7.	JYP Jyvaskyla	36	14(2)6-12(2)	111-115	40
8.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	36	15(3)-3-14(1)	111-116	40
9.	KalPa Kuopio	36	14(1)-2-18(1)	110-142	33
10.	Assat Pori	36	11(3)-0-22(0)	107-160	28
11.	Lukko Rauma	36	8(2)-2-23(1)	101-157	23
12.	Pelicans Lahti	36	7(0)-3-24(2)	84-153	19

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

• HIFK Helsinki - SaiPa Lappeenranta 6:1, 6:2, 5:3
• Blues Espoo - JYP Jyvaskyla 3:1, 1:4, 3:4 SO, 4:0, 9:2
• Jokerit Helsinki - TPS Turku 4:3 OT, 5:2, 3:0
• Tappara Tampere - Karpat Oulu 3:2, 1:0, 2:3, 1:0

Semifinals

• Jokerit Helsinki - Blues Espoo 2:5, 3:2, 10:2, 4:3
• HIFK Helsinki - Tappara Tampere 6:2, 3:2, 4:2

3rd place

• Blues Espoo - Tappara Tampere 6:2

Final

• HIFK Helsinki - Jokerit Helsinki 10:2, 7:1, 2:4, 4:2

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info

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