2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes season
The 2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Hockey League and seventh as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes | |
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Division | 3rd Southeast |
Conference | 11th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 28–34–14–6 |
Home record | 13–18–8–2 |
Road record | 15–16–6–4 |
Goals for | 172 |
Goals against | 209 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jim Rutherford |
Coach | Paul Maurice (Oct-Dec) Peter Laviolette (Dec-Apr) |
Captain | Ron Francis (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Alternate captains | Rod Brind'Amour Glen Wesley |
Arena | RBC Center |
Average attendance | 12,330 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Lowell Lock Monsters Florida Everblades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Josef Vasicek (19) |
Assists | Josef Vasicek, Rod Brind'Amour, Sean Hill (26) |
Points | Josef Vasicek (45) |
Penalty minutes | Jesse Boulerice (127) |
Plus/minus | Glen Wesley (+18) |
Wins | Kevin Weekes (23) |
Goals against average | Kevin Weekes (2.33) |
Offseason
Regular season
On December 15, 2003, head coach Paul Maurice was fired after an 8–12–8–2 start to the season and replaced by former New York Islanders head coach Peter Laviolette.[1]
The Hurricanes season finale against the Florida Panthers on April 4, 2004, was the final tie in NHL history.[2] The Hurricane player who scored the final game-tying goal to make it 6–6 was defenseman Brad Fast, who was playing in his first and what proved to be his only NHL game.[2] Fast is one of only five NHL one-gamers to score a goal in their lone NHL appearance.[2][3] Ties were eliminated after the 2004–05 NHL lockout when the shootout was adopted.[4]
The Hurricanes finished 30th overall in the NHL in scoring for the second consecutive season, with just 172 goals for. They also struggled on the power-play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored, with 41, and 30th overall in power-play percentage, at 10.68% (41 for 384).[5]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | |
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1 | 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 245 | 192 | 106 |
2 | 10 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 214 | 243 | 78 |
3 | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 172 | 209 | 76 |
4 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 188 | 221 | 75 |
5 | 14 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 186 | 253 | 59 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Z- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 245 | 192 | 106 |
2 | Y- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 209 | 188 | 104 |
3 | Y- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 209 | 188 | 101 |
4 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 242 | 204 | 103 |
5 | X- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 262 | 189 | 102 |
6 | X- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 213 | 164 | 100 |
7 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 41 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 208 | 192 | 93 |
8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 237 | 210 | 91 |
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9 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 220 | 221 | 85 |
10 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 214 | 243 | 78 |
11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 172 | 209 | 76 |
12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 188 | 221 | 75 |
13 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 206 | 250 | 69 |
14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 186 | 253 | 59 |
15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 190 | 303 | 58 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Schedule and results
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October: 2–3–4–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 1–2–3–0)
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November: 5–7–3–0 (home: 4–2–3–0; road: 1–5–0–0)
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December: 5–5–1–2 (home: 3–2–1–1; road: 2–3–0–1)
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January: 5–9–2–0 (home: 2–7–1–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
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February: 3–3–3–2 (home: 1–0–2–1; road: 2–3–1–1)
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March: 8–6–0–2 (home: 2–5–0–0; road: 6–1–0–2)
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April: 0–1–1–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 0–0–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
63 | Josef Vasicek | LW | 82 | 19 | 26 | 45 | −3 | 60 |
26 | Erik Cole | RW | 80 | 18 | 24 | 42 | −4 | 93 |
22 | Sean Hill | D | 80 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −2 | 84 |
17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 78 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 0 | 28 |
92 | Jeff O'Neill | RW | 67 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −12 | 60 |
12 | Eric Staal | C | 81 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −6 | 40 |
10 | Ron Francis‡ | C | 68 | 10 | 20 | 30 | −12 | 14 |
19 | Radim Vrbata | RW | 80 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −10 | 24 |
6 | Bret Hedican | D | 81 | 7 | 17 | 24 | −10 | 64 |
14 | Kevyn Adams | C | 73 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 43 |
11 | Justin Williams† | RW | 32 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 32 |
27 | Craig Adams | LW | 80 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −5 | 69 |
55 | Danny Markov‡ | D | 44 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −6 | 37 |
15 | Marty Murray | C | 66 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
7 | Niclas Wallin | D | 57 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −8 | 51 |
23 | Pavel Brendl | RW | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
4 | Aaron Ward | D | 49 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 37 |
36 | Jesse Boulerice | RW | 76 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −5 | 127 |
16 | Ryan Bayda | LW | 44 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −14 | 22 |
2 | Glen Wesley | D | 74 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 32 |
8 | Bob Boughner‡ | D | 43 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −9 | 80 |
62 | Jaroslav Svoboda | LW | 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
38 | Allan Rourke | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
18 | Michael Zigomanis | C | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
25 | Bruno St. Jacques | D | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7 | 31 |
47 | Brad Fast | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
52 | Damian Surma | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1 | Arturs Irbe | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
37 | Tomas Kurka | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
56 | Brett Lysak | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
71 | Tomas Malec | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
1 | Jamie Storr | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
33 | Joey Tetarenko | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
80 | Kevin Weekes | G | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
80 | Kevin Weekes | 66 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 1652 | 146 | 2.33 | .912 | 6 | 3765 |
1 | Arturs Irbe | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 228 | 23 | 2.45 | .899 | 0 | 564 |
1 | Jamie Storr | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 262 | 32 | 2.91 | .878 | 0 | 660 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Eric Staal | [9] |
Team | Good Guy Award | Kevyn Adams | [10] |
Most Valuable Player | Sean Hill | [10] | |
Steve Chiasson Award | Sean Hill | [10] |
Transactions
The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.[11]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To Phoenix Coyotes Igor Knyazev David Tanabe |
To Carolina Hurricanes Danny Markov Conditional 4th-round pick in 2004[lower-alpha 1] |
[12] |
June 22, 2003 | To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004 |
To Carolina Hurricanes Marty Murray |
[13] |
June 22, 2003 | To Columbus Blue Jackets 4th-round pick in 2004 |
To Carolina Hurricanes 5th-round pick in 2003 6th-round pick in 2003 |
[14] |
July 16, 2003 | To Calgary Flames Columbus’ 4th-round pick in 2004 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2005[lower-alpha 2] |
To Carolina Hurricanes Bob Boughner |
[16] |
October 3, 2003 | To Atlanta Thrashers Jani Hurme |
To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2004 |
[17] |
January 20, 2004 | To Philadelphia Flyers Danny Markov |
To Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams |
[18] |
February 20, 2004 | To Colorado Avalanche Bob Boughner |
To Carolina Hurricanes Rights to Chris Bahen Washington’s 3rd-round pick in 2004 |
[19] |
March 9, 2004 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Francis |
To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2005 |
[20] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 2, 2003 | Joey Tetarenko | Ottawa Senators | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
July 8, 2003 | Glen Wesley | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
August 6, 2003 | Chad LaRose | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [23] |
October 3, 2003 | Jani Hurme | Florida Panthers | Waiver draft | [17] | |
Jamie Storr | Los Angeles Kings | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 3] | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Steven Halko[lower-alpha 4] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [25] | |
July 3, 2003 | Mike Watt | SKA Saint Petersburg (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) | [27] |
July 21, 2003 | Nikos Tselios | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (UFA) | [28] |
July 30, 2003 | Ryan Murphy | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (UFA) | [11] |
August 14, 2003 | Craig MacDonald | Florida Panthers | Free agency (VI) | [29] |
August 28, 2003 | Jan Hlavac | New York Rangers | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
September 13, 2003 | Kaspars Astasenko | HK Riga 2000 (LHL) | Free agency (VI) | [31] |
September 30, 2003 | Jeff Heerema | New York Rangers | Waivers | [32] |
October 2, 2003 | Brent McDonald | Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
October 22, 2003 | Shaun Fisher | Texas Wildcatters (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
November 17, 2003 | Jeff Daniels | Retirement | [35] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 10, 2003 | Bruno St. Jacques | 1-year | Re-signing | [36] |
July 14, 2003 | Allan Rourke | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] |
July 15, 2003 | Jeff Heerema | 1-year | Re-signing | [38] |
August 11, 2003 | Jaroslav Svoboda | 1-year | Re-signing | [39] |
August 12, 2003 | Danny Markov | 3-year | Re-signing | [40] |
August 13, 2003 | Erik Cole | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] |
September 3, 2003 | Josef Vasicek | 1-year | Re-signing | [42] |
October 6, 2003 | Eric Staal | 3-year | Entry-level | [43] |
May 13, 2004 | Cam Ward | multi-year | Entry-level | [44] |
Draft picks
Carolina's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[45]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 2 | Eric Staal | C | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
2 | 31 | Danny Richmond | RW | United States | University of Michigan (NCAA) |
4 | 102 | Aaron Dawson | D | United States | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
4 | 126 | Kevin Nastiuk | G | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (OHL) |
4 | 130 | Matej Trojovsky | D | Czech Republic | Regina Pats (WHL) |
5 | 137 | Tyson Strachan | D | Canada | Vernon Vipers (BCHL) |
7 | 198 | Shay Stephenson | LW | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
8 | 230 | Jamie Hoffmann | C | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
9 | 262 | Ryan Rorabeck | C | Canada | Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL) |
Farm teams
American Hockey League
The Lowell Lock Monsters are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2003–04 AHL season.
ECHL
The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes ECHL affiliate.
Notes
- Carolina would receive either a “third- or fourth-round draft pick in 2004 or 2005 from Phoenix.”
- Calgary would receive this pick if Carolina re-signed Boughner following the 2003–04 season or if he re-signed with a team Carolina subsequently traded him to. Carolina traded him to Colorado on February 20, 2004, and Boughner re-signed with them on July 1, 2004.[15]
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[25]
- Halko retired.[26]
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