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| All-State player selection is replaced with the All-League team comprised of the top three forwards, two defenseman and one goaltender as voted by the coaches from a ballot made up of first-team All-Stars. |
| A new academic award is initiated - President's Senior Academic Achievement Award - presented by the League President to Seniors graduating with a 3.5 GPA or better. |
| Quad City Presidents change the team's name to Quad City Blues. |
| Des Moines team officials organize the first 'Turkey Cup.' Winner of the traditional intra-city contest between the Capitals and Oak Leafs, played before Thanksgiving, is awarded the turkey-themed trophy. Preps try to gobble up Turkey Cup PDF Des Moines Register - Tuesday, November 26, 2002 |
 Waterloo Warriors hosted the 2003 year-end tournament. Almost 500 players and parents attended Saturday night's banquet at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center in downtown Waterloo. In lieu of a quest speaker, three IHSHL players each presented a short speech on what high school hockey meant to them. Presenters were: Beau Erickson of Sioux City, Molly Buehner of Waterloo and Kyle Abben of Mason City. |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Mason City Mohawks (31W-1L-1T-0OTL)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
February 28-March 2, 2003 - Young Arena - Waterloo, Iowa
Championship Game: Sioux City Metros 4, Des Moines Oak Leafs 3, 3OT
Lohry goal in 3rd OT gives Metros state title PDF
Sioux City Journal - Monday, March 3, 2003
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Kevin Lohry - Sioux City Metros
VARSITY COACH-OF-THE YEAR
Mark Hicks - Mason City Mohawks
VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Waterloo Warriors
| VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - February 28-March 2, 2003 - Young Arena - Waterloo, Iowa | |
| Quarterfinal Games | #4 Waterloo 7, #5 Sioux City 10 #3 Omaha 3, #6 Des Moines Oak Leafs 6 #2 Des Moines Capitals 4, #7 Kansas City 1 #1 Mason City 3, #8 Lincoln 2, OT |
| Consolation Semifinal Games | Omaha 5, Kansas City 4, OT Waterloo 1, Lincoln 5 |
| Championship Semifinal Games | Mason City 4, Sioux City 6 Des Moines Capitals 0, Des Moines Oak Leafs 3 |
| Seventh-Place Game | Waterloo 5, Kansas City 6, OT |
| Fifth-Place Game | Omaha 5, Lincoln 3 |
| Third-Place Game | Mason City 2, Des Moines Capitals 3 |
| Championship Game | Sioux City 5, Des Moines Oak Leafs 4, 3OT |
| VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | ||||||||||
| TEAM | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Pn | PM |
| 1-Mason City | 33 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 194 | 59 | 234 | 593 |
| 2-Des Moines Capitals | 33 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 179 | 57 | 235 | 589 |
| 3-Omaha Jr. Lancers | 33 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 134 | 57 | 240 | 604 |
| 4-Waterloo | 33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 151 | 117 | 183 | 439 |
| 5-Sioux City | 33 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 111 | 82 | 223 | 596 |
| 6-Des Moines Oak Leafs | 33 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 138 | 102 | 220 | 574 |
| 7-Kansas City Jr. Blades | 33 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 109 | 116 | 314 | 928 |
| 8-Lincoln | 33 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 96 | 103 | 201 | 534 |
| Ames | 33 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 91 | 167 | 208 | 542 |
| Quad City | 33 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 89 | 150 | 220 | 563 |
| Dubuque | 33 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 70 | 201 | 207 | 583 |
| Omaha Gladiators | 33 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 187 | 210 | 568 |
| VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | Go | Ast | Pts | SH | PP | Pn | PM | DQ |
| 1 | Cole Despenas, Mason City | 33 | 26 | 50 | 76 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 0 |
| 2 | Mike Murtaugh, Mason City | 33 | 39 | 35 | 74 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 0 |
| 3 | Kyle Abben, Mason City | 33 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 60 | 0 |
| 4 | Dan Kaaihue, Waterloo | 32 | 40 | 27 | 67 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 1 |
| 5 | Brice Thompson, Waterloo | 31 | 36 | 15 | 51 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Austin Busch, Quad City | 33 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 68 | 0 |
| T7 | Jason Brown, DM Oak Leafs | 33 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| T7 | Chris Steuck, Dubuque | 29 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 83 | 1 |
| T9 | Kevin Lohry, Sioux City | 33 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| T9 | Jamie Elliott, DM Capitals | 33 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 0 |
| VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | Mn | W-L-T | SOG | Svs | GA | SH | PP | SO | Pct. |
| 1 | Brandon Lind, Mason City | 1413 | 30-1-1 | 617 | 565 | 52 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 0.916 |
| T2 | Beau Erickson, Sioux City | 1090 | 13-11-0 | 743 | 680 | 63 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0.915 |
| T2 | Nick Schumacher, Lincoln | 828 | 10-9-0 | 556 | 509 | 47 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0.915 |
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JUNIOR VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Mason City Mohawks (27W-3L-3T)
JUNIOR VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 7-9, 2003 - Metro Ice Sports Arena - Urbandale, Iowa
Championship Game:
Mason City Mohawks 4, Omaha Jr. Lancers 3
JUNIOR VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Lincoln Jr. Stars
| JR. VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - March 7-9, 2003 - Metro Ice Sports Arena - Urbandale, Iowa | |
| Quarterfinal Games | #4 Kansas City 2, Sioux City 1, OT #3 Des Moines Capitals 1, #6 Lincoln 2 #2 Omaha Jr. Lancers 3, #7 Des Moines Oak Leafs 0 #1 Mason City 4, #8 Omaha Gladiators 0 |
| Consolation Semifinal Games | Sioux City 4, Omaha Gladiators 3, OT Des Moines Capitals 3, Des Moines Oak Leafs 1 |
| Championship Semifinal Games | Mason City 4, Kansas City 3 Omaha Jr. Lancers 4, Lincoln 2 |
| Seventh-Place Game | Des Moines Oak Leafs 3, Omaha Gladiators 0 |
| Fifth-Place Game | Des Moines Capitals 4, Sioux City 3 |
| Third-Place Game | Kansas City 5, Lincoln 1 |
| Championship Game | Mason City 4, Omaha Jr. Lancers 3 |
| JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | |||||||||
| TEAM | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Pn | PM |
| 1-Mason City | 33 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 152 | 38 | 213 | 509 |
| 2-Omaha Jr. Lancers | 33 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 148 | 50 | 224 | 624 |
| 3-Des Moines Capitals | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 121 | 55 | 196 | 495 |
| 4-Kansas City Jr. Blades | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 117 | 80 | 251 | 615 |
| 5-Sioux City | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 99 | 62 | 215 | 541 |
| 6-Lincoln | 33 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 91 | 62 | 157 | 387 |
| 7-Des Moines Oak Leafs | 33 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 33 | 84 | 72 | 211 | 529 |
| 8-Omaha Gladiators | 33 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 92 | 109 | 197 | 466 |
| Waterloo | 33 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 25 | 81 | 111 | 216 | 577 |
| Quad City | 33 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 74 | 115 | 186 | 456 |
| Dubuque | 33 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 192 | 182 | 489 |
| Ames | 33 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 186 | 192 | 494 |
| JR. VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | Go | Ast | Pts | SH | PP | Pn | PM | DQ |
| 1 | Alex Maginnis, Mason City | 33 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 0 |
| 2 | Gilberto Solivan, Mason City | 31 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 0 |
| 3 | Mark Marta, Om Gladiators | 31 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 0 |
| 4 | Brad Bissig, Mason City | 30 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 72 | 1 |
| 5 | Michael Uvodich, Kansas City | 33 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 44 | 0 |
| 6 | Jake Olah, Kansas City | 33 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 70 | 0 |
| 7 | Josh Magistretti, Om Gladiators | 21 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 0 |
| 8 | Daniel Limoges, Sioux City | 32 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| 9 | Brendan France, DM Oak Leafs | 33 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| T10 | Kyle Eyer, Sioux City | 33 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 |
| T10 | Chris Sculley, Om Jr Lancers | 26 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 74 | 0 |
| JR. VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS | |||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | Mn | W-L-T | SOG | Svs | GA | SH | PP | SO | SO | Pct. |
| 1 | Steven Erbstein, DM Capitals | 506 | 8-1-1 | 253 | 237 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.937 |
| 2 | Brent Frein, Mason City | 1343 | 27-3-3 | 545 | 509 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0.934 |
| 3 | Chris Taylor, Lincoln | 776 | 9-8-2 | 423 | 393 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0.929 |
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE 2002-2003 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Shawn Spencer - Omaha
Secretary: Micki Frost - Omaha
Treasurer: Wayne Kettwick - DeWitt
Vice President-Chicago Showcase: Larry Leigh - Urbandale
Vice President-Scheduler: Dave Fox - Hampton
Vice President-All-Star Selection: Roger Kelly - Sioux City
Commissioner: Greg Cigrand - Dubuque
Referee-in-Chief: Keith Hendrickson - Omaha
Statistician: Doug Newhoff - Waterloo