2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season, the club's 87th season of existence and 77th as the Maple Leafs, saw the team finish in second place in the Northeast Division with a record of 45 wins, 24 losses, 10 ties and three overtime losses for 103 points. It was the highest point total in franchise history, beating out the 100 points earned by the 1999–2000 team. In the playoffs Leafs defeated their provincial rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in seven games in the Conference Quarterfinals before falling to the Philadelphia Flyers four games to two in the Conference Semifinals. The Leafs did not qualify for the playoffs again until the 2012–13 season, and would not win another playoff series until the 2022–23 season.
2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 2nd Northeast |
Conference | 4th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 45–24–10–3 |
Home record | 22–14–3–2 |
Road record | 23–10–7–1 |
Goals for | 242 |
Goals against | 204 |
Team information | |
General manager | John Ferguson, Jr. |
Coach | Pat Quinn |
Captain | Mats Sundin |
Alternate captains | Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts |
Arena | Air Canada Centre |
Average attendance | 19,376 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | St. John's Maple Leafs Memphis RiverKings |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mats Sundin (31) |
Assists | Mats Sundin (44) |
Points | Mats Sundin (75) |
Penalty minutes | Tie Domi (208) |
Plus/minus | Bryan McCabe (+22) |
Wins | Ed Belfour (34) |
Goals against average | Ed Belfour (2.13) |
Offseason
On June 27, 2003, it was announced Pat Quinn would relinquish his dual roles as the team’s general manager and head coach and solely focus on coaching.[1] John Ferguson Jr. was named the team’s new general manager on August 29.[2]
Regular season
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 209 | 188 | 104 |
2 | 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 242 | 204 | 103 |
3 | 5 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 262 | 189 | 102 |
4 | 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 41 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 208 | 192 | 93 |
5 | 9 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 220 | 221 | 85 |
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
Playoffs
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 4–3–2–1 (home: 1–1–1–1; road: 3–2–1–0)
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November: 8–3–3–1 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 5–2–3–1)
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December: 9–1–2–1 (home: 6–0–0–1; road: 3–1–2–0)
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January: 8–6–1–0 (home: 4–4–1–0; road: 4–2–0–0)
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February: 6–6–1–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
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March: 8–5–1–0 (home: 5–4–1–0; road: 3–1–0–0)
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April: 2–0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0–0; road: 2–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
- † Hockey Hall of Fame Game
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Ottawa Senators – Maple Leafs win 4–3
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–2
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Legend:
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Maple Leafs only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
13 | Mats Sundin | C | 81 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 11 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −2 | 8 |
24 | Bryan McCabe | D | 75 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 22 | 86 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
25 | Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 64 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Gary Roberts | LW | 72 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 9 | 84 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −3 | 10 |
11 | Owen Nolan | RW | 65 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 4 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Darcy Tucker | LW | 64 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 14 |
80 | Nik Antropov | C | 62 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
15 | Tomas Kaberle | D | 71 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
21 | Robert Reichel | C | 69 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
89 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 37 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 8 |
22 | Ken Klee | D | 66 | 4 | 25 | 29 | −1 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
23 | Alexei Ponikarovsky | LW | 73 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 14 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 |
14 | Matt Stajan | C | 69 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19 | Mikael Renberg | LW | 59 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −1 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
28 | Tie Domi | RW | 80 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −2 | 208 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 41 |
29 | Karel Pilar | D | 50 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Tom Fitzgerald | C | 69 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −2 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Brian Leetch† | D | 15 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
10 | Ron Francis† | C | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Aki Berg | D | 79 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −1 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
55 | Ric Jackman‡ | D | 29 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −11 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Calle Johansson† | D | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
27 | Bryan Marchment | D | 75 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
18 | Harold Druken | C | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Drake Berehowsky† | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Nathan Perrott | RW | 40 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3[lower-alpha 1] | Wade Belak | D | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
33 | Craig Johnson†‡ | C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Chad Kilger† | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Ed Belfour | G | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
37 | Trevor Kidd | G | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
45 | Carlo Colaiacovo | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Pierre Hedin | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Josh Holden | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Maxim Kondratiev‡ | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
38 | Brad Leeb | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Mikael Tellqvist | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
42 | Kyle Wellwood | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Clarke Wilm† | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −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 |
20 | Ed Belfour | 59 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 1483 | 122 | 2.13 | .918 | 10 | 3444 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 379 | 27 | 2.09 | .929 | 3 | 774 |
37 | Trevor Kidd | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 388 | 48 | 3.26 | .876 | 1 | 883 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1.82 | .909 | 0 | 33 |
32 | Mikael Tellqvist | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 293 | 31 | 2.87 | .894 | 0 | 647 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Bryan McCabe (Defence) | [7] |
Mats Sundin (Centre) | |||
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Pat Quinn (Coach) | [8] |
Gary Roberts | |||
Mats Sundin | |||
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Ed Belfour (January 26) | [9] | |
Ed Belfour (April 5) | [10] | ||
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Brian Leetch (March 22) | [11] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Matt Stajan[lower-alpha 2] | [12] | |
Team | Molson Cup | Ed Belfour | [13] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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600th assist | Mats Sundin | December 16, 2003 | [14] |
1,000th game played | Tom Fitzgerald | January 13, 2004 | [15] |
Gary Roberts | January 13, 2004 | [15] | |
1,000th point | Alexander Mogilny | March 15, 2004 | [16] |
Transactions
The Maple Leafs 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.[17]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2003 4th-round pick in 2003 |
[18] |
February 11, 2004 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Ric Jackman |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Drake Berehowsky |
[19] |
March 3, 2004 | To New York Rangers Maxim Kondratiev Rights to Jarkko Immonen 1st round pick in 2004 2nd-round pick in 2005 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Leetch Conditional draft pick[lower-alpha 3] |
[20] |
March 9, 2004 | To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2005 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Francis |
[21] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 11, 2003 | Bryan Marchment | Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
September 9, 2003 | Joe Nieuwendyk | New Jersey Devils | 1-year | Free agency | [23] |
September 27, 2003 | Ken Klee | Washington Capitals | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
October 3, 2003 | Petr Tenkrat | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waiver draft | [25] | |
October 28, 2003 | Clarke Wilm | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency | [26] |
January 10, 2004 | Craig Johnson | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Waivers | [27] | |
March 9, 2004 | Calle Johansson | Washington Capitals | 1-year | Free agency | [28] |
Chad Kilger | Montreal Canadiens | Waivers | [29] | ||
May 27, 2004 | Ben Ondrus | St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [30][31] |
Andy Wozniewski | St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [30][31] | |
June 2, 2004 | Chris St. Jacques | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [32][31] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 4] | Ref |
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June 19, 2003 | Jyrki Lumme[lower-alpha 5] | Buyout | [35] | |
July 8, 2003 | Glen Wesley | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency (III) | [36] |
July 28, 2003 | Doug Doull | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
Paul Healey | New York Rangers | Free agency (UFA) | [37] | |
September 4, 2003 | Jonas Hoglund | Florida Panthers | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
Robert Svehla | Retirement | [39] | ||
September 8, 2003 | Doug Gilmour | Retirement (III) | [40] | |
September 20, 2003 | Craig Mills | Retirement (VI) | [41] | |
October 3, 2003 | Travis Green | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waiver draft | [25] |
October 28, 2003 | Ryan Bonni | Greensboro Generals (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
November 17, 2003 | Dmitri Yakushin | Aalborg Ishockey (Ligaen) | Free agency | [43] |
January 16, 2004 | Phil Housley | Retirement (III) | [44] | |
March 5, 2004 | Craig Johnson | Washington Capitals | Waivers | [45] |
May 26, 2004 | Mikael Renberg | Lulea HF (SHL) | Free agency | [46] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 30, 2003 | Maxim Kondratiev | 3-year | Entry-level | [47][48] |
July 14, 2003 | Nathan Perrott | multi-year | Re-signing | [49] |
July 15, 2003 | Ric Jackman | 1-year | Re-signing | [50][48] |
July 16, 2003 | Wade Belak | 2-year | Re-signing | [51][48] |
Jamie Hodson | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
July 18, 2003 | Alexei Ponikarovsky | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
July 24, 2003 | Harold Druken | 1-year | Re-signing | [53] |
July 28, 2003 | Josh Holden | 1-year | Re-signing | [54] |
August 22, 2003 | Bryan McCabe | 1-year | Re-signing | [55] |
September 5, 2003 | Nik Antropov | 1-year | Re-signing | [56] |
September 26, 2003 | Brad Leeb | Re-signing | [57] | |
October 28, 2003 | Karel Pilar | Re-signing | [58] | |
May 27, 2004 | Dominic D'Amour | 3-year | Entry-level | [30][31] |
June 1, 2004 | Todd Ford | 3-year | Entry-level | [59][31] |
Draft picks
Toronto's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[60]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 57 | John Doherty | United States | Phillips Academy (USHS-MA) |
3 | 91 | Martin Sagat | Slovakia | Dukla Trenčín (Slovakia) |
4 | 125 | Konstantin Volkov | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
5 | 158 | John Mitchell | Canada | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
7 | 220 | Jeremy Williams | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
8 | 237 | Shaun Landolt | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
Farm teams
See also
Notes
- Belak originally wore number 2 prior to Leetch being acquired.[6]
- Injury replacement for Garnet Exelby of the Atlanta Thrashers.
- 4th-round pick in 2004
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[33]
- Lumme was inactive during the 2003–04 season.[34]
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