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2004 Stanley Cup Finals
1234567 Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 14012*3**2 4
Calgary Flames 41303*2**1 3
* indicates periods of overtime
Location(s)Tampa: St. Pete Times Forum (1, 2, 5, 7)
Calgary: Pengrowth Saddledome (3, 4, 6)
CoachesTampa Bay: John Tortorella
Calgary: Darryl Sutter
CaptainsTampa Bay: Dave Andreychuk
Calgary: Jarome Iginla
National anthemsTampa Bay: Brooke Hogan
Calgary: Heather Liscano
RefereesBill McCreary (1, 3, 5, 6, 7)
Stephen Walkom (1, 2, 5, 6)
Kerry Fraser (3, 4, 7)
Brad Watson (2, 4)
DatesMay 25 – June 7, 2004
MVPBrad Richards (Lightning)
Series-winning goalRuslan Fedotenko (14:38, second, G7)
Hall of FamersLightning:
Dave Andreychuk (2017)
Martin St. Louis (2018)
Flames:
Jarome Iginla (2020)
NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC
(French): RDS
United States:
(English): ESPN (1–2), ABC (3–7)
Announcers(CBC) Bob Cole and Harry Neale
(RDS) Pierre Houde and Yvon Pedneault
(ESPN/ABC) Gary Thorne, Bill Clement, and John Davidson
(NHL International) Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti
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The 2004 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2003–04 season, and the culmination of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Western Conference champion Calgary Flames in seven games for their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, becoming the southernmost team to win the Stanley Cup until their in-state rival Florida Panthers won the Cup in 2024. It was Tampa Bay's first-ever appearance in the Finals in their twelfth season since entering the league in 1992. For Calgary, it was the team's third appearance, and first since their championship season of 1989. This was one of the few Stanley Cup Finals in which the losing team scored more goals.

Lightning owner William Davidson became the first owner in sports history to win two championships in one year as eight days after this series ended, the other team that Davidson owned (the Detroit Pistons of the NBA) won the NBA title in five games over the Los Angeles Lakers. This was the last Stanley Cup Finals to be played for two years, as the 2004–05 NHL lockout began three months after the end of this series, lasting over ten months and leading to the cancellation of the following season, with the league not returning to play for the Stanley Cup until 2006. This was the last of three consecutive Finals to feature a team making its debut appearance.

Paths to the Finals

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Further information: 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs
See also: 2003–04 Calgary Flames season and 2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season

Tampa Bay Lightning

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Tampa Bay finished the season with 106 points and entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference’s top seed. [1] They defeated the eighth, seventh, and third-seeded teams, beating the New York Islanders 4–1, the Montreal Canadiens 4–0 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3, in order, and they advanced to the Finals for the first time in franchise history since their establishment in 1992.[2] It was also the third year in a row in which a team made their debut Finals appearance, after the Carolina Hurricanes and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Calgary Flames

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Calgary finished the season with 94 points, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 1996.[3] As the sixth seed, they defeated the Western Conference's top three seeded teams, which were the Vancouver Canucks 4–3, the Detroit Red Wings 4–2 and the San Jose Sharks 4–2, in order, and made it to the Finals for the first time since 1989. [4] This also marked the first time a Canadian team made it to the Finals since the Vancouver Canucks lost to the New York Rangers in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.[5]

Game summaries

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Game 1

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May 25 Calgary Flames 4–1 Tampa Bay Lightning St. Pete Times Forum Recap
Calgary leads series, 1–0


The first game, at St. Pete Times Forum, saw the Flames win 4–1. Dave Andreychuk began the game with a record 634 career goals without a Stanley Cup Finals appearance.[6] Calgary only got 19 shots off against the Lightning defence, but more than one-fifth found the net. Martin Gelinas got Calgary on the board early, and they extended the lead to 3–0 in the second period on goals by Jarome Iginla, his 11th of the playoffs, and Stephane Yelle. Chris Simon added the fourth and final Calgary goal after Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis scored the lone Lightning goal.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st CGY Martin Gelinas (7) Craig Conroy (11) and Andrew Ference (2) 03:02 1–0 CGY
2nd CGY Jarome Iginla (11) – sh Unassisted 15:21 2–0 CGY
CGY Stephane Yelle (3) Unassisted 18:08 3–0 CGY
3rd TB Martin St. Louis (6) – pp Brad Richards (10) and Dan Boyle (7) 04:13 3–1 CGY
CGY Chris Simon (4) – pp Oleg Saprykin (2) and Robyn Regehr (5) 19:40 4–1 CGY
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st CGY Stephane Yelle Interference 11:32 2:00
TB Pavel Kubina Holding 18:52 2:00
2nd CGY Robyn Regehr Holding 09:22 2:00
CGY Andrew Ference Hooking 14:48 2:00
3rd CGY Ville Nieminen Roughing 03:05 2:00
TB Andre Roy Roughing 04:30 2:00
TB Cory Stillman Roughing 04:30 2:00
CGY Shean Donovan Roughing 04:30 2:00
CGY Oleg Saprykin Unsportsmanlike conduct 07:55 2:00
TB Ruslan Fedotenko Roughing 17:50 2:00
TB Martin St. Louis High-sticking 19:06 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
Calgary 5 10 4 19
Tampa Bay 10 8 6 24

Game 2

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May 27 Calgary Flames 1–4 Tampa Bay Lightning St. Pete Times Forum Recap
Series tied, 1–1


Game 2 saw the same final score, but this time, it was Tampa Bay winning a clutch game to tie the series, 1–1, headed to Calgary. Ruslan Fedotenko's 10th goal of the postseason got the Lightning on the board first, and Tampa Bay used three third-period goals, coming from Brad Richards, Dan Boyle, and St. Louis, respectively, to blast the game open. The lone Calgary goal was scored by Ville Nieminen.

These Finals would be the last until 2013 to be tied after two games. The team with home ice in games one and two held a 2–0 edge in every Final between 2006 and 2011. In 2012, the Los Angeles Kings won the first two games at New Jersey.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st TB Ruslan Fedotenko (10) Jassen Cullimore (2) and Vincent Lecavalier (5) 07:10 1–0 TB
2nd None
3rd TB Brad Richards (9) Dave Andreychuk (10) and Martin St. Louis (14) 02:51 2–0 TB
TB Dan Boyle (2) Brad Richards (11) and Fredrik Modin (10) 04:00 3–0 TB
TB Martin St. Louis (7) – pp Vincent Lecavalier (6) and Dave Andreychuk (11) 05:58 4–0 TB
CGY Ville Nieminen (4) – pp Shean Donovan (5) and Robyn Regehr (6) 12:21 4–1 TB
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st TB Andre Roy Interference 02:00 2:00
TB Dimitri Afanasenkov Boarding 07:58 2:00
CGY Dave Lowry Hooking – Obstruction 10:21 2:00
TB Vincent Lecavalier High-sticking 13:33 2:00
CGY Shean Donovan Holding 15:04 2:00
TB Bench (served by Dimitri Afanasenkov) Too many men on the ice 16:59 2:00
2nd TB Fredrik Modin Hooking – Obstruction 00:53 2:00
CGY Oleg Saprykin Goaltender interference 19:22 2:00
3rd CGY Stephane Yelle Cross-checking 00:37 2:00
TB Brad Richards Roughing 05:50 2:00
TB Dan Boyle Roughing 05:50 2:00
TB Cory Stillman Fightning – Major 05:50 5:00
CGY Chuck Kobasew Roughing 05:50 2:00
CGY Andrew Ference Fighting – Major 05:50 5:00
CGY Andrew Ference Unsportsmanlike conduct 05:50 2:00
CGY Chris Clark Roughing 05:50 2:00
CGY Chris Simon Cross-checking 05:50 2:00
TB Andre Roy Fighting – Major 08:31 5:00
TB Chris Dingman Game misconduct 08:31 10:00
TB Chris Dingman Misconduct 08:31 10:00
TB Chris Dingman Roughing 08:31 2:00
TB Chris Dingman Roughing 08:31 2:00
CGY Chris Simon Misconduct 08:31 10:00
CGY Chris Simon Fighting – Major 08:31 5:00
CGY Chris Simon Instigator 08:31 2:00
TB Tim Taylor Holding 10:35 2:00
CGY Chuck Kobasew Interference 14:27 2:00
CGY Robyn Regehr Holding 15:13 2:00
CGY Martin Gelinas Checking from behind – Major 19:48 5:00
CGY Martin Gelinas Game misconduct 19:48 10:00
CGY Chuck Kobasew Misconduct 20:00 10:00
TB Andre Roy Misconduct 20:00 10:00
TB Pavel Kubina Misconduct 20:00 10:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
Calgary 6 9 4 19
Tampa Bay 8 10 13 31

Game 3

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May 29 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–3 Calgary Flames Pengrowth Saddledome Recap
Calgary leads series, 2–1


The series shifted to the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, where Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff and the Calgary defence completely stonewalled the Tampa Bay attack, which only took 21 shots in a 3–0 Flames victory. Simon scored the first Calgary goal in the second period, and Shean Donovan and Iginla added goals to ice the game.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st None
2nd CGY Chris Simon (5) – pp Jarome Iginla (8) and Jordan Leopold (9) 13:53 1–0 CGY
CGY Shean Donovan (5) Unassisted 17:09 2–0 CGY
3rd CGY Jarome Iginla (12) – pp Robyn Regehr (7) and Chris Simon (2) 18:28 3–0 CGY
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st CGY Martin Gelinas Elbowing 00:27 2:00
TB Brad Lukowich Cross-checking 03:50 2:00
CGY Jarome Iginla Fighting – Major 06:17 5:00
TB Vincent Lecavalier Fighting – Major 06:17 5:00
CGY Chris Clark Tripping 07:10 2:00
TB Dan Boyle Hooking 09:36 2:00
CGY Martin Gelinas Holding the stick 17:03 2:00
2nd TB Brad Lukowich Slashing 13:03 2:00
3rd CGY Shean Donovan Holding 04:05 2:00
TB Cory Sarich Slashing 17:23 2:00
TB Cory Sarich Misconduct 19:16 10:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
Tampa Bay 5 6 10 21
Calgary 2 12 4 18

Game 4

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May 31 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–0 Calgary Flames Pengrowth Saddledome Recap
Series tied, 2–2


With a chance to take a commanding 3–1 series lead, Calgary was shut out by Lightning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, who recorded his fifth shutout of the postseason, a 29-save shutout, in a 1–0 Tampa Bay victory, with the game's lone goal being scored by Brad Richards three minutes into the game on a two-man advantage.

With 4:13 left in the game, Ville Nieminen checked Vincent Lecavalier into the boards from behind, drawing a five-minute major penalty for boarding, a game misconduct penalty, and an eventual game five suspension.[7] Meanwhile, fans at the Pengrowth Saddledome angrily booed referees Kerry Fraser and Brad Watson throughout most of the contest. They were originally also scheduled to work game six in Calgary but the league eventually decided to replace them.[8][9]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st TB Brad Richards (10) – pp Dave Andreychuk (12) and Dan Boyle (8) 02:48 1–0 TB
2nd None
3rd None
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st CGY Chris Clark Cross-checking 01:52 2:00
CGY Mike Commodore Holding 01:52 2:00
TB Vincent Lecavalier Tripping 07:50 2:00
TB Dimitri Afanasenkov Elbowing 12:52 2:00
CGY Chuck Kobasew Holding 16:40 2:00
2nd CGY Krzysztof Oliwa Holding 05:07 2:00
3rd CGY Ville Nieminen Boarding – Major 15:47 5:00
CGY Ville Nieminen Game misconduct 15:47 10:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
Tampa Bay 12 7 5 24
Calgary 12 5 12 29

Game 5

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June 3 Calgary Flames 3–2 OT Tampa Bay Lightning St. Pete Times Forum Recap
Calgary leads series, 3–2


The series returned to Tampa Bay tied, 2–2, for a critical game five, and Calgary pulled off a 3–2 overtime victory to move within one win from the Stanley Cup. After Gelinas and St. Louis traded goals in the first period, Iginla scored for Calgary late in the second period. However, Fredrik Modin tied the game for the Lightning 37 seconds into the third period. The 2–2 score held until after 14:40 had gone by in overtime, when Oleg Saprykin's first goal since the first round won the game for the Flames.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st CGY Martin Gelinas (8) – pp Toni Lydman (1) and Steve Montador (2) 02:13 1–0 CGY
TB Martin St. Louis (8) Martin Cibak (1) and Chris Dingman (1) 19:26 1–1 TIE
2nd CGY Jarome Iginla (13) Unassisted 15:10 2–1 CGY
3rd TB Fredrik Modin (8) – pp Brad Richards (12) and Dave Andreychuk (13) 00:37 2–2 TIE
OT CGY Oleg Saprykin (3) Jarome Iginla (9) and Marcus Nilson (7) 14:40 3–2 CGY
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st TB Fredrik Modin High-sticking 01:43 2:00
CGY Dave Lowry Interference 08:41 2:00
TB Andre Roy Roughing 13:18 2:00
2nd None
3rd CGY Rhett Warrener Holding the stick 00:31 2:00
OT None
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 OT Total
Calgary 11 14 4 7 36
Tampa Bay 9 3 8 8 28

Game 6

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June 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 2OT Calgary Flames Pengrowth Saddledome Recap
Series tied, 3–3


Back to Calgary for game six, each team scored two second-period goals, with Richards scoring two for the Lightning and Chris Clark and Marcus Nilson for the Flames. In the third period, there was a dispute over a Martin Gelinas redirect that appeared to have gone in off of his skate.[10] A review from one camera angle appeared to show the puck crossing the goal line before Khabibulin's pad dragged it out, though some (including Lightning Tim Taylor) argue that the puck had not only been knocked several inches above the goal line (thus making there appear to be white ice between the puck and the goal line) in front of Khabibulin's pad, but that it was also "kicked" by Gelinas. The play was never reviewed. However, the ABC broadcast of Game 7 showed a CGI video analysis of the play, which estimated that the puck did not completely cross the line, and that the call on the ice was correct.[11] The CGI company that did the analysis of the video was based out of Calgary. The game entered overtime with the Flames needing only a goal to win the Stanley Cup. However, thirty-three seconds into the second overtime, St. Louis put in the game-winner for the Lightning to force a winner-take-all seventh game in Tampa.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st None
2nd TB Brad Richards (11) – pp Martin St. Louis (15) and Ruslan Fedotenko (2) 04:17 1–0 TB
CGY Chris Clark (3) Stephane Yelle (3) and Ville Nieminen (4) 09:05 1–1 TIE
TB Brad Richards (12) – pp Unassisted 10:52 2–1 TB
CGY Marcus Nilson (4) Oleg Saprykin (3) and Andrew Ference (3) 17:49 2–2 TIE
3rd None
OT None
2OT TB Martin St. Louis (9) Brad Richards (13) and Tim Taylor (3) 00:33 3–2 TB
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st CGY Andrew Ference Hooking 11:59 2:00
TB Dave Andreychuk Elbowing 11:59 2:00
TB Cory Sarich Interference 16:34 2:00
TB Ruslan Fedotenko Interference 19:01 2:00
2nd CGY Jordan Leopold Interference 02:34 2:00
CGY Craig Conroy Hooking – Obstruction 09:25 2:00
3rd CGY Craig Conroy Hooking 00:45 2:00
CGY Chris Simon Cross-checking 08:38 2:00
TB Jassen Cullimore Interference 11:18 2:00
OT None
2OT None
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 OT 2OT Total
Tampa Bay 6 5 7 7 2 27
Calgary 6 13 7 7 0 33

Game 7

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June 7 Calgary Flames 1–2 Tampa Bay Lightning St. Pete Times Forum Recap
Tampa Bay wins series, 4–3


In a tense Game 7, Fedotenko scored goals for Tampa Bay late in the first period and late in the second period for a 2–0 lead. After Conroy scored to narrow the deficit to 2–1, Calgary bombarded Khabibulin after taking only seven shots in the first two periods. After the Conroy goal, Khabibulin stopped 16 Calgary shots. The series ended as Flames center Marcus Nilson missed a last-second opportunity to force overtime. Tampa Bay won the game, 2–1, and the Stanley Cup.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st TB Ruslan Fedotenko (11) – pp Brad Richards (14) and Fredrik Modin (11) 13:31 1–0 TB
2nd TB Ruslan Fedotenko (12) Vincent Lecavalier (7) and Cory Stillman (5) 14:38 2–0 TB
3rd CGY Craig Conroy (6) – pp Jordan Leopold (10) 09:21 2–1 TB
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st CGY Marcus Nilson Slashing 01:10 2:00
CGY Oleg Saprykin Tripping 11:59 2:00
TB Jassen Cullimore Interference 19:42 2:00
2nd CGY Martin Gelinas Boarding 04:16 2:00
CGY Chris Clark Tripping 18:46 2:00
3rd TB Nolan Pratt Interference 08:50 2:00
CGY Andrew Ference Charging 18:59 2:00
TB Dave Andreychuk Tripping 19:37 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
Calgary 3 4 10 17
Tampa Bay 6 4 5 15

Team rosters

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Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

Calgary Flames

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# Nat Player Position Hand Age Acquired Place of birth Finals appearance
17 United States Chris Clark RW R 28 1994 South Windsor, Connecticut first
2 Canada Mike Commodore D R 24 2003 Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta second (2001)
22 United States Craig Conroy – A C R 32 2001 Potsdam, New York first
16 Canada Shean Donovan RW R 29 2003 Timmins, Ontario first
21 Canada Andrew Ference D L 25 2003 Edmonton, Alberta first
23 Canada Martin Gelinas LW L 34 2002 Shawinigan, Quebec fourth (1990, 1994, 2002)
12 Canada Jarome Iginla – C RW R 26 1995 Edmonton, Alberta first
34 Finland Miikka Kiprusoff G L 27 2003 Turku, Finland first
7 Canada Chuck Kobasew RW R 22 2001 Vancouver, British Columbia first
4 United States Jordan Leopold D L 23 2000 Golden Valley, Minnesota first
10 Canada Dave Lowry LW L 39 2000 Sudbury, Ontario second (1996)
32 Finland Toni Lydman D L 26 1996 Lahti, Finland first
5 Canada Steve Montador D R 24 2000 Vancouver first
24 Finland Ville Nieminen LW L 27 2004 Tampere, Finland second (2001)
26 Sweden Marcus Nilson LW R 26 2004 Bålsta, Sweden first
33 Poland Krzysztof Oliwa LW L 31 2003 Tychy, Poland second (2000)
28 Canada Robyn Regehr – A D L 24 1999 Recife, Brazil first
19 Russia Oleg Saprykin LW L 23 1999 Moscow, U.S.S.R. first
15 Canada Chris Simon LW L 32 2004 Wawa, Ontario third (1996, 1998)
1 Czechoslovakia Roman Turek G R 34 2001 Strakonice, Czechoslovakia second (1999)
44 Canada Rhett Warrener D R 28 2003 Shaunavon, Saskatchewan third (1996, 1999)
11 Canada Stephane Yelle C L 30 2002 Ottawa, Ontario third (1996, 2001)

Tampa Bay Lightning

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# Nat Player Position Hand Age Acquired Place of birth Finals appearance
29 Russia Dmitry Afanasenkov LW R 24 1998 Arkhangelsk, U.S.S.R. first
25 Canada Dave Andreychuk – C LW R 40 2001 Hamilton, Ontario first
22 Canada Dan Boyle D R 27 2002 Ottawa, Ontario first
8 Slovakia Martin Cibak C L 24 1998 Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia first
7 United States Ben Clymer RW R 26 1999 Bloomington, Minnesota first
5 Canada Jassen Cullimore D L 31 1998 Simcoe, Ontario first
11 Canada Chris Dingman LW L 27 2002 Edmonton, Alberta second (2001)
17 Ukraine Ruslan Fedotenko LW L 25 2003 Kyiv, U.S.S.R. first
47 United States John Grahame G L 28 2003 Denver, Colorado first
35 Russia Nikolai Khabibulin G L 31 2001 Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R. first
13 Czech Republic Pavel Kubina D R 27 1996 Čeladná, Czechoslovakia first
4 Canada Vincent Lecavalier – A C L 24 1998 Île Bizard, Quebec first
37 Canada Brad Lukowich D L 27 2002 Cranbrook, British Columbia third (1999, 2000)
33 Sweden Fredrik Modin – A LW L 29 1999 Sundsvall, Sweden first
44 Canada Nolan Pratt D L 28 2001 Fort McMurray, Alberta second (2001)
19 Canada Brad Richards C L 24 1998 Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island first
36 United States Andre Roy RW L 29 2002 Port Chester, New York first
21 Canada Cory Sarich D R 25 2000 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan first
26 Canada Martin St. Louis RW L 28 2000 Laval, Quebec first
61 Canada Cory Stillman LW L 30 2003 Peterborough, Ontario first
55 Canada Darryl Sydor D L 32 2004 Edmonton, Alberta fourth (1993, 1999, 2000)
27 Canada Tim Taylor C L 35 2001 Stratford, Ontario second (1997)

Stanley Cup engraving

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The 2004 Stanley Cup was presented to Lightning captain Dave Andreychuk by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Lightning's 2–1 win over the Flames in game seven

The following Lightning players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning

Players

Coaching and administrative staff

  • William Davidson (Owner), Thomas Wilson (Governor), Ronald Campbell (President)
  • Jay Feaster (Vice President/General Manager), John Tortorella (Head Coach), Craig Ramsay (Associate Coach), Jeff Reese (Asst. Coach)
  • Nigel Kirwan (Video Coach), Eric Lawson (Strength-Conditioning Coach), Tom Mulligan (Medical Trainer), Adam Rambo (Asst. Medical Trainer), Ray Thill (Equipment Manager)
  • Dana Heinze (Asst. Equipment Manager), Jim Pickard (Asst. Equipment Manager), Mike Griebel (Massage Therapist), Bill Barber (Director-Player Personnel), Jake Goertzen (Head Scout)
  • Phil Thibodeau (Director-Team Services), Ryan Belec (Asst. General Manager), Rick Paterson (Chief Pro Scout), Kari Kettunen (Scout)
  • Glen Zacharias (Scout), Steve Barker (Scout), Dave Heitz (Scout)
  • Yuri Yanchenkov (Scout), Bill Wickett (Sr. Vice President-Communications), Sean Henry (Exe. Vice President-Chief Operating Officer)


Stanley Cup engraving

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  • Darren Rumble played only five regular-season games, and did not play in the playoffs. Rumble was a healthy reserve for the rest of the season.
  • Eric Perrin played in four regular-season games and twelve playoff games (four in the conference in finals).
  • Stanislav Neckar played two games in the conference finals. Neckar was on the Nashville Predators injury reserve list majority of the season, before joining Tampa Bay in a trade on March 9, 2004.
  • Ruslan Fedotenko was the first player who was born and raised in Ukraine, and exclusively trained in the country to win the Stanley Cup.
  • Tampa Bay was given permission to include these players on the Stanley Cup even though they did not qualify. Rumble for spending the whole season with Tampa Bay, and Perrin and Neckar for playing in the conference finals.

All 52 members were included with their full first and last names on the presentation Stanley Cup, filling the last spot on it. When the engraver Louise St. Jacques went to engrave the replica Stanley Cup, there was less space available. There was more space between each winning team on the replica Stanley Cup than on the presentation Stanley Cup. Louise decided to keep each member's name in the same order on the same line on the replica Stanley Cup, so all names were engraved with their first initial and full last name. This is another way of telling the presentation Stanley Cup from the replica Stanley Cup. (see 1984 Stanley Cup Finals and 1993 Stanley Cup Finals)

Broadcasting

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In the United States, this was the last Stanley Cup Finals to air on ABC and the ESPN family of networks until the 2022 Finals. ESPN televised the first two games while ABC broadcast the rest of the series. Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, which suspended play for the next season, this marked the end of ESPN's third run and ABC's second run as the main NHL broadcasters. NBC and OLN would pick up the rights to broadcast the NHL for the 2005–06 season. The Comcast-owned OLN would later be renamed Versus for the 2006–07 season, then re-branded as NBCSN on January 2, 2012, following Comcast's 2011 acquisition of NBC, effectively moving to the NHL on NBC banner. The Finals would also be the last time a Canadian team played a game on ABC (regular season and postseason) until 2024.

In Canada, the CBC's broadcast of game seven of the Finals drew 4.862 million viewers, making it the highest-rated NHL game on the CBC since game seven of the 1994 Final, which drew 4.957 million viewers.[12] However, those numbers include both pre-game and post-game coverage. The game itself drew 5.560 million viewers, up from 5.404 in 1994.[12]

References

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  • Diamond, Dan (2008). Total Stanley Cup (PDF). Dan Diamond & Associates, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Tampa Bay Lightning Franchise History". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "2003-04 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Calgary Flames Franchise History". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "2003-04 Calgary Flames Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "Flames reach Stanley Cup finals". CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. May 20, 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2023. Calgary is the first Canadian team to reach the Stanley Cup finals since the 1994 Vancouver Canucks...lost...to the New York Rangers.
  6. ^ "NHL playoffs 2018: Alex Ovechkin, Capitals join Golden Knights in unlikely Stanley Cup Final". The Sporting News. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  7. ^ "Richards nets record seventh winning goal". ESPN. May 31, 2004. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  8. ^ "A faint whiff of panic: Lightning tightly wound with Flames nearing first title in 15 years". SI.com. June 4, 2004. Archived from the original on June 19, 2004. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  9. ^ Lapointe, Joe (June 7, 2004). "The Gamesmanship Is Over: It's One Game for the Cup". New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  10. ^ Martin Gelinas Phantom Goal, Did The Puck Go In? on YouTube
  11. ^ A better look at Martin Gelinas 'goal' in game six Stanley Cup Final 2004 on YouTube
  12. ^ a b "game seven scores with Canadian viewers". The Calgary Herald. June 9, 2004. p. AA.05.

Further reading

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