2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks season
2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 5th Central |
Conference | 15th Western |
2003–04 record | 20–43–11–8 |
Home record | 13–17–6–5 |
Road record | 7–26–5–3 |
Goals for | 188 |
Goals against | 259 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Smith (Oct.) Bob Pulford (Oct.–Apr.) |
Coach | Brian Sutter |
Captain | Alexei Zhamnov (Oct.–Feb.) Vacant (Feb.–Apr.) |
Alternate captains | Mark Bell (Feb.–Apr.) Bryan Berard (Feb.–Apr.) Kyle Calder Steve Sullivan (Oct.–Feb.) |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 13,253 (64.6%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Norfolk Admirals Florence Pride[1] Indianapolis Ice[2] |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tuomo Ruutu (23) |
Assists | Bryan Berard (34) |
Points | Tyler Arnason (55) |
Penalty minutes | Scott Nichol (145) |
Plus/minus | Stephane Robidas (+6) |
Wins | Craig Anderson (6) Michael Leighton (6) |
Goals against average | Craig Anderson (2.84) |
The 2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 78th season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League. The Blackhawks missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
Offseason
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Regular season
[edit]General manager Mike Smith was fired on October 24, 2003. Bob Pulford replaced Smith on an interim basis until a replacement could be found.[3]
On December 11, 2003, Mark Bell scored just 15 seconds into the overtime period to give the Blackhawks a 4–3 home win over the Detroit Red Wings.[4] The Sabres' Derek Roy would match that mark in the overtime period on March 17, 2004, in a 4–3 Buffalo road win over the Atlanta Thrashers.[5] Both goals would prove to be the fastest overtime goals scored during the 2003–04 NHL regular season.[6] In February, team captain Alexei Zhamnov was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers. The team chose not to name a replacement for the rest of the season.
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
2 | 7 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
3 | 8 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
4 | 14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
5 | 15 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 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 | 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
Schedule and results
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October: 3–5–3–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 1–3–3–0)
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November: 3–7–1–3 (home: 1–1–1–2; road: 2–6–0–1)
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December: 3–7–3–1 (home: 3–2–3–1; road: 0–5–0–0)
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January: 4–9–0–1 (home: 3–2–0–1; road: 1–7–0–0)
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February: 5–5–1–0 (home: 3–3–1–0; road: 2–2–0–0)
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March: 2–8–3–2 (home: 1–6–1–1; road: 1–2–2–1)
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April: 0–2–0–1 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 0–1–0–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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 Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
39 | Tyler Arnason | C | 82 | 22 | 33 | 55 | −13 | 16 |
4[a] | Bryan Berard† | D | 58 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −24 | 53 |
28 | Mark Bell | C | 82 | 21 | 24 | 45 | −14 | 106 |
15 | Tuomo Ruutu | LW | 82 | 23 | 21 | 44 | −31 | 58 |
26 | Steve Sullivan‡ | RW | 56 | 15 | 28 | 43 | −7 | 36 |
19 | Kyle Calder | LW | 66 | 21 | 18 | 39 | −18 | 29 |
53 | Brett McLean | C | 76 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 54 |
43 | Nathan Dempsey‡ | D | 58 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −5 | 30 |
12 | Scott Nichol | C | 75 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −16 | 145 |
13 | Alex Zhamnov‡ | C | 23 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −8 | 14 |
22 | Igor Korolev | C | 62 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −15 | 22 |
20 | Ville Nieminen‡ | LW | 60 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −15 | 40 |
17 | Stephane Robidas† | D | 45 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
23 | Jim Vandermeer† | D | 23 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −6 | 58 |
55 | Eric Daze | RW | 19 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −7 | 0 |
2 | Deron Quint | D | 51 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −26 | 18 |
50 | Igor Radulov | LW | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −2 | 18 |
36 | Mikhail Yakubov | C | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −12 | 8 |
25 | Alexander Karpovtsev‡ | D | 24 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −17 | 14 |
59 | Travis Moen | LW | 82 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −17 | 142 |
44 | Burke Henry | D | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
14 | Ryan VandenBussche | RW | 65 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −10 | 120 |
11 | Matt Keith | RW | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −5 | 10 |
8 | Steve Poapst | D | 53 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −16 | 26 |
5 | Steve McCarthy | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 8 |
34 | Jason Strudwick | D | 54 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −16 | 73 |
32 | Pavel Vorobiev | RW | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
20 | Eric Nickulas† | RW | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 8 |
6 | Anton Babchuk | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
49 | Michael Leighton | G | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
33 | Shawn Thornton | RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
56 | Johnathan Aitken | D | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −9 | 70 |
42 | Michal Barinka | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 6 |
16 | Matt Ellison | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
42 | Jon Klemm‡ | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
47 | Lasse Kukkonen | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
45 | Quintin Laing | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
31 | Craig Anderson | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
30 | Adam Munro† | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
29 | Steve Passmore | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
40 | Matt Underhill† | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Craig Anderson | 21 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 602 | 57 | 2.84 | .905 | 1 | 1205 |
49 | Michael Leighton | 34 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 987 | 99 | 2.99 | .900 | 2 | 1988 |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 450 | 39 | 2.85 | .913 | 1 | 821 |
29 | Steve Passmore | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 221 | 23 | 2.89 | .896 | 0 | 478 |
30 | Adam Munro† | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 217 | 26 | 3.66 | .880 | 0 | 426 |
40 | Matt Underhill† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 3.93 | .879 | 0 | 61 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | Bryan Berard | [11] |
League (in-season) |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Michael Leighton (December 30) | [12] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Tuomo Ruutu (March) | [13] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Tuomo Ruutu | [14] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Lasse Kukkonen | October 8, 2003 | [15] |
Travis Moen | |||
Tuomo Ruutu | |||
Pavel Vorobiev | October 12, 2003 | ||
Mikhail Yakubov | November 28, 2003 | ||
Anton Babchuk | January 8, 2004 | ||
Matt Ellison | February 1, 2004 | ||
Matt Keith | February 24, 2004 | ||
Quintin Laing | February 29, 2004 | ||
Adam Munro | March 1, 2004 | ||
Matt Underhill | March 7, 2004 | ||
Michal Barinka | March 11, 2004 |
Transactions
[edit]The Blackhawks 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.[16]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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[17] |
June 22, 2003 | To Florida Panthers |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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[17] |
To San Jose Sharks
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To Chicago Blackhawks
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[17] | |
November 17, 2003 | To Dallas Stars
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To Chicago Blackhawks
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[18] |
February 16, 2004 | To Nashville Predators |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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[19] |
February 19, 2004 | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To Chicago Blackhawks
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[20] |
February 24, 2004 | To Calgary Flames |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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[21] |
March 2, 2004 | To Florida Panthers
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To Chicago Blackhawks
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[22] |
To Los Angeles Kings |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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[23] | |
March 9, 2004 | To New York Islanders |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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[24] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Scott Nichol | Calgary Flames | Free agency | [25] | |
July 29, 2003 | Ville Nieminen | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [26] | |
August 5, 2003 | Deron Quint | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency | [27] | |
October 31, 2003 | Bryan Berard | Boston Bruins | Free agency | [28] | |
February 18, 2004 | Adam Munro | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency[b] | [31] | |
February 24, 2004 | Eric Nickulas | St. Louis Blues | Waivers | [32] | |
March 4, 2004 | Matt Underhill | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [33] | |
March 31, 2004 | Nick Kuiper | University of Massachusetts Amherst (HE) | Free agency | [34] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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July 23, 2003 | Matt Henderson | Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [36] |
July 24, 2003 | Mike Peluso | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (VI) | [37] |
July 25, 2003 | Casey Hankinson | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency (VI) | [38] |
Chris Simon | New York Rangers | Free agency (III) | [39] | |
July 31, 2003 | Mike Eastwood | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency (III) | [40] |
August 1, 2003 | Sami Helenius | Jokerit (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
August 14, 2003 | Kent Huskins | Florida Panthers | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
August 20, 2003 | Todd Gill | Florida Panthers | Free agency (III) | [43] |
September 23, 2003 | Bob Probert | Retirement (III) | [44] | |
October 27, 2003 | Michael Souza | Florence Pride (ECHL) | Free agency (VI) | [45] |
December 27, 2003 | Louie DeBrusk | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | Free agency (III) | [46] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Shawn Thornton | Re-signing | [47] | |
July 2, 2003 | Jason Strudwick | Re-signing | [48] | |
July 15, 2003 | Michal Barinka | Entry-level | [49] | |
Vladimir Gusev | Entry-level | [49] | ||
Alexander Kozhevnikov | Entry-level | [49] | ||
Lasse Kukkonen | Entry-level | [49] | ||
July 29, 2003 | Mark Bell | Re-signing | [50] | |
August 1, 2003 | Steve McCarthy | Re-signing | [51] | |
August 13, 2003 | Ajay Baines | Re-signing | [52] | |
August 27, 2003 | Tyler Arnason | Re-signing | [53] | |
Matt Ellison | Entry-level | [54] | ||
August 28, 2003 | Tuomo Ruutu | Entry-level | [55] | |
October 8, 2003 | Duncan Keith | Entry-level | [56] | |
March 22, 2004 | Mike Brodeur | Entry-level | [57] | |
James Wisniewski | Entry-level | [57] |
Draft picks
[edit]Chicago's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[58]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 14 | Brent Seabrook | Canada | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
2 | 52 | Corey Crawford | Canada | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) |
2 | 59 | Michal Barinka | Czech Republic | HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic) |
5 | 151 | Lasse Kukkonen | Finland | Karpat (Finland) |
5 | 156 | Alexei Ivanov | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
6 | 181 | Johan Andersson | Sweden | Troja (Sweden) |
7 | 211 | Mike Brodeur | Canada | Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL) |
8 | 245 | Dustin Byfuglien | United States | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
9 | 275 | Michael Grenzy | United States | Chicago Steel (USHL) |
9 | 282 | Chris Porter | Canada | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Berard started his season wearing number 3 but switched numbers after former Blackhawk Keith Magnuson died in a car accident on December 15.[10]
- ^ Drafted in the first round of the 2001 draft by Chicago, Munro’s rights expired without being signed to a contract prior to the 2003 draft. Chicago received a compensatory second round pick, 59th overall, in that draft.[29][30]
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[35]
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