2003–04 Dallas Stars season
The 2003–04 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' 11th season, 37th overall of the franchise.
2003–04 Dallas Stars | |
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Division | 2nd Pacific |
Conference | 5th Western |
2003–04 record | 41–26–13–2 |
Home record | 26–7–8–0 |
Road record | 15–19–5–2 |
Goals for | 194 |
Goals against | 175 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug Armstrong |
Coach | Dave Tippett |
Captain | Mike Modano |
Alternate captains | Bill Guerin Richard Matvichuk Brenden Morrow Sergei Zubov |
Arena | American Airlines Center |
Average attendance | 18,355 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Utah Grizzlies Idaho Steelheads |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Bill Guerin (34) |
Assists | Jason Arnott (36) |
Points | Bill Guerin (69) |
Penalty minutes | Steve Ott (152) |
Plus/minus | Jason Arnott (+23) |
Wins | Marty Turco (37) |
Goals against average | Marty Turco (1.98) |
Off-season
On July 3, defenseman Derian Hatcher signed a five-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings.[1] Mike Modano was named his replacement as team captain later the same day.[2]
Regular season
Only 369 total goals (194 for Dallas, 175 for their opponents) were scored in the Stars' regular-season games: the lowest total of all 30 NHL teams. Twenty-one games of their 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout. They also tied the Columbus Blue Jackets for most times shut out, with 11.[3][4]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 219 | 183 | 104 |
2 | 5 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 194 | 175 | 97 |
3 | 11 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 205 | 217 | 81 |
4 | 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 184 | 213 | 76 |
5 | 13 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 188 | 245 | 68 |
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 | P- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
2 | Y- San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 255 | 183 | 104 |
3 | Y- Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 235 | 194 | 101 |
4 | X- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 236 | 198 | 100 |
5 | X- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 194 | 175 | 97 |
6 | X- Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 200 | 176 | 94 |
7 | X- St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
8 | X- Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
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9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 221 | 208 | 89 |
10 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 188 | 183 | 83 |
11 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 205 | 217 | 81 |
12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 184 | 213 | 76 |
13 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 188 | 245 | 68 |
14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
15 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 59 |
Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Playoffs
Round 1: (4) Colorado Avalanche vs. (5) Dallas Stars
The series began in Colorado. The Avalanche won the first two games; game 1 was by a score of 3-1 and game 2 was a 5-2 victory. Games 3 & 4 shifted to Dallas. Game 3 was won by Dallas 4-3 in overtime. However, in game 4, the Avalanche responded with a 3-2 double overtime win. Back in Denver for game 5, Colorado would go on to win 5-1 and clinch the series 4-1.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 6–4–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 2–2–0–0)
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November: 5–7–3–0 (home: 4–2–2–0; road: 1–5–1–0)
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December: 6–5–3–0 (home: 3–0–2–0; road: 3–5–1–0)
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January: 9–4–3–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 5–2–2–0)
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February: 6–2–2–0 (home: 5–0–2–0; road: 1–2–0–0)
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March: 8–3–2–2 (home: 5–1–1–0; road: 3–2–1–2)
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April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 0–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Colorado Avalanche: Avalanche win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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 Stars only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
13 | Bill Guerin | RW | 82 | 34 | 35 | 69 | 14 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
44 | Jason Arnott | C | 73 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 23 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
10 | Brenden Morrow | LW | 81 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 10 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
9 | Mike Modano | C | 76 | 14 | 30 | 44 | −21 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 8 |
56 | Sergei Zubov | D | 77 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 0 |
77 | Pierre Turgeon | C | 76 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
14 | Stu Barnes | C | 77 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 0 |
26 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 58 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
18 | Rob DiMaio | RW | 69 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
43 | Philippe Boucher | D | 70 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
24 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 75 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 8 |
27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 62 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
48 | Scott Young | RW | 53 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
28 | David Oliver | RW | 36 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Steve Ott | C | 73 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 152 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Don Sweeney | D | 63 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
72 | Shayne Corson† | LW | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 12 |
17 | Valeri Bure† | RW | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
42 | Jon Klemm† | D | 58 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5[lower-alpha 1] | Trevor Daley | D | 27 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Niko Kapanen | C | 67 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
47 | Aaron Downey | RW | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Lubomir Sekeras† | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Mathias Tjarnqvist | RW | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Antti Miettinen | RW | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
17 | Stephane Robidas‡ | D | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | John Erskine | D | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −9 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Marty Turco | G | 73 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | Dan Ellis | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
36 | Steve Gainey‡ | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Jeff MacMillan | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Manny Malhotra‡ | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Gavin Morgan | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Blake Sloan† | RW | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Chris Therien† | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
31 | Ron Tugnutt | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
11 | Rob Valicevic | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Marty Turco | 73 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 1648 | 144 | 1.98 | .913 | 9 | 4359 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 119 | 18 | 3.32 | .849 | 0 | 325 |
31 | Ron Tugnutt | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 220 | 22 | 2.41 | .900 | 1 | 548 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Dan Ellis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 3.00 | .893 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Bill Guerin[lower-alpha 2] | [9] |
Mike Modano[lower-alpha 2] | |||
Marty Turco[lower-alpha 2] | |||
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Bill Guerin (November 3) | [10] | |
Team | Star of the Game Award | Brenden Morrow | [11] |
Transactions
The Stars 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.[12]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1st-round pick in 2003 |
To Dallas Stars 2nd-round pick in 2003 San Jose’s 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
[13] |
June 22, 2003 | To Phoenix Coyotes 9th-round pick in 2003 |
To Dallas Stars 8th-round pick in 2004 |
[12] |
July 22, 2003 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Darryl Sydor |
To Dallas Stars Mike Sillinger 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
[14] |
July 22, 2003 | To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Sillinger Conditional draft pick |
To Dallas Stars Teppo Numminen |
[14] |
November 17, 2003 | To Chicago Blackhawks Stephane Robidas 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
To Dallas Stars Jon Klemm 4th-round pick in 2004 |
[15] |
February 16, 2004 | To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Gainey |
To Dallas Stars Mike Siklenka |
[16] |
March 8, 2004 | To Philadelphia Flyers Phoenix’s 8th-round pick in 2004 3rd-round pick in 2005 |
To Dallas Stars Chris Therien |
[17] |
March 8, 2004 | To Florida Panthers Rights to Drew Bagnall 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
To Dallas Stars Valeri Bure |
[18] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 14, 2003 | Don Sweeney | Boston Bruins | 1-year | Free agency | [19] |
July 17, 2003 | Jarrod Skalde | Lausanne HC (NLA) | 1-year | Free agency | [20] |
August 28, 2003 | Rob Valicevic | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
December 3, 2003 | Blake Sloan | Detroit Red Wings | Waivers | [22] | |
February 18, 2004 | Shayne Corson | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency | [23] |
March 9, 2004 | Lubomir Sekeras | Sodertalje SK (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
April 16, 2004 | Junior Lessard | University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) | 1-year | Free agency | [25] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 3] | Ref |
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July 3, 2003 | Derian Hatcher | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (III) | [1] |
Alexei Komarov | HC Spartak Moscow (RUS-2) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 4] | [28] | |
August 23, 2003 | Jim Montgomery | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
August 25, 2003 | Greg Hawgood | Chicago Wolves (AHL) | Free agency (III) | [30] |
September 1, 2003 | David Gosselin | Frankfurt Lions (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [31] |
September 2, 2003 | Kirk Muller | Retirement (III) | [32] | |
September 9, 2003 | Lyle Odelein | Florida Panthers | Free agency (III) | [33] |
September 21, 2003 | Ulf Dahlen | Retirement (III) | [34] | |
October 7, 2003 | Claude Lemieux | EV Zug (NLA)[lower-alpha 5] | Buyout | [36] |
October 14, 2003 | Marcus Kristoffersson | Djurgardens IF (SHL) | Free agency | [37] |
November 21, 2003 | Manny Malhotra | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers | [38] |
December 16, 2003 | Corey Hirsch | Timra IK (SHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 26, 2003 | Aaron Downey | 1-year | Option exercised | [40] |
July 15, 2003 | Antti Miettinen | 2-year | Entry-level | [41] |
Mathias Tjarnqvist | 1-year | Entry-level | [41] | |
July 17, 2003 | Andrew Berenzweig | 1-year | Re-signing | [20] |
Jeff MacMillan | 1-year | Re-signing | [20] | |
David Oliver | 1-year | Re-signing | [20] | |
July 24, 2003 | Stephane Robidas | 1-year | Re-signing | [42] |
July 30, 2003 | John Erskine | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] |
August 14, 2003 | Richard Matvichuk | 1-year | Arbitration award | [44] |
August 18, 2003 | Dan Ellis | 3-year | Entry-level | [45] |
August 26, 2003 | Niko Kapanen | 1-year | Re-signing | [46] |
August 27, 2003 | Mike Modano | 1-year | Extension | [47] |
September 4, 2003 | Jere Lehtinen | 4-year | Extension | [48] |
September 15, 2003 | Steve Gainey | 1-year | Re-signing | [49] |
Marcus Kristoffersson | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] | |
September 18, 2003 | Marty Turco | 3-year | Re-signing | [51] |
May 3, 2004 | Matt Nickerson | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] |
May 21, 2004 | Marius Holtet | 3-year | Entry-level | [53] |
Draft picks
Dallas's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[54]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 33 | Loui Eriksson | Sweden | Frölunda HC (Sweden) |
2 | 36 | Vojtech Polak | Czech Republic | Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) |
2 | 54 | B. J. Crombeen | United States | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
3 | 99 | Matt Nickerson | United States | Texas Tornado (NAHL) |
4 | 134 | Alexander Naurov | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
5 | 144 | Eero Kilpelainen | Finland | KalPa (Finland) |
5 | 165 | Gino Guyer | United States | University of Minnesota (NCAA) |
6 | 185 | Francis Wathier | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
6 | 195 | Drew Bagnall | Canada | Battlefords North Stars (SJHL) |
6 | 196 | Elias Granath | Sweden | Leksands IF (Sweden) |
8 | 259 | Niko Vainio | Finland | Jokerit (Finland) |
Notes
- Daley originally wore number 6 prior to Therien being acquired.
- Guerin, Modano, and Turco were all voted to the starting lineup.[8]
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[26]
- Dallas retained Komarov’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[27]
- Lemieux signed with EV Zug on February 9, 2004.[35]
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