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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox sports season<br />
| title =2002 AIHL season<br />
| league =[[Australian Ice Hockey League]]<br />
| sport =[[Ice hockey]]<br />
| duration =<br />
| attendance = <br />
| season =Regular season<br />
| season_champ_name=Champions<br />
| season_champs =[[Sydney Bears]]<br />
| MVP =<br />
| MVP_link =<br />
| top_scorer =Brett Hillier<br />
| top_scorer_link =<br />
| finals =Goodall Cup<br />
| finals_link =Goodall Cup<br />
| finals_champ =[[Sydney Bears]]<br />
| finals_runner-up =[[Adelaide Avalanche]]<br />
| playoffs_MVP =<br />
| playoffs_MVP_link=<br />
|nextseason_year = [[2003 AIHL season|2003]]<br />
|prevseason_year = [[2001 AIHL season|2001]]<br />
| seasonslistnames =[[List of AIHL seasons|AIHL]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''2002 AIHL season''' is the third season of the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]] (AIHL).<br />
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==League business==<br />
The 2002 season saw the league expand from three teams to six with the introduction of the [[Melbourne Ice]], [[Newcastle North Stars]], and the [[West Sydney Ice Dogs]].<br />
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==Regular season==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
|-<br />
!width=165|Team<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|RT|Regulation ties}}<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GDF|Goal difference}}<br />
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}<br />
|- <br />
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Sydney Bears]] || 15 || 12 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 90 || 54 || 36 || 25<br />
|-<br />
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Adelaide Avalanche]] || 16 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 90 || 50 || 40 || 22<br />
|-<br />
|style="text-align:left;"| [[West Sydney Ice Dogs]] || 15 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 54 || 48 || 6 || 17<br />
|-<br />
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Newcastle North Stars]] || 16 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 10 || 56 || 95 || -39 || 13<br />
|-<br />
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Canberra Knights]] || 16 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 42 || 63 || -21 || 12<br />
|-<br />
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Melbourne Ice]] || 14 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 30 || 54 || -24 || 4<br />
|}<br />
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==Playoffs==<br />
* '''[[Sydney Bears]]''' - [[Adelaide Avalanche]] 7:4<br />
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The playoffs were held at Sydney's [[Blacktown Ice Arena]]. The [[Sydney Bears]] defeated the [[Adelaide Avalanche]] in the final to win the [[Goodall Cup]]. The Bears were the first team to win the Goodall Cup in the AIHL after it was transferred from the inter-state tournament.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.theaihl.com Australian Ice Hockey League]<br />
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