2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes season

2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes
Division3rd Southeast
Conference11th Eastern
2003–04 record28–34–14–6
Home record13–18–8–2
Road record15–16–6–4
Goals for172
Goals against209
Team information
General managerJim Rutherford
CoachPaul Maurice (Oct.–Dec.)
Peter Laviolette (Dec.–Apr.)
CaptainRon Francis (Oct.–Mar.)
Vacant (Mar.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsRod Brind'Amour
Glen Wesley
ArenaRBC Center
Average attendance12,330
Minor league affiliate(s)Lowell Lock Monsters
Florida Everblades
Team leaders
GoalsJosef Vasicek (19)
AssistsJosef Vasicek,
Rod Brind'Amour,
Sean Hill (26)
PointsJosef Vasicek (45)
Penalty minutesJesse Boulerice (127)
Plus/minusGlen Wesley (+18)
WinsKevin Weekes (23)
Goals against averageKevin Weekes (2.33)

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.

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

Southeast Division[6]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA PTS
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.

Eastern Conference[7]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
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
8.5
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

2003–04 regular season[8]
October: 2–3–4–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 1–2–3–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 L October 9, 2003 1–3 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 0–1–0–0 Recap
2 L October 11, 2003 1–2 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 0–2–0–0 Recap
3 T October 13, 2003 2–2 OT Florida Panthers (2003–04) 0–2–1–0 Recap
4 T October 18, 2003 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 0–2–2–0 Recap
5 T October 22, 2003 1–1 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 0–2–3–0 Recap
6 W October 23, 2003 2–0 @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 1–2–3–0 Recap
7 T October 25, 2003 4–4 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 1–2–4–0 Recap
8 W October 28, 2003 3–0 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 2–2–4–0 Recap
9 L October 30, 2003 1–4 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 2–3–4–0 Recap
November: 5–7–3–0 (home: 4–2–3–0; road: 1–5–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
10 L November 1, 2003 3–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 2–4–4–0 Recap
11 L November 2, 2003 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 2–5–4–0 Recap
12 W November 6, 2003 6–3 New York Rangers (2003–04) 3–5–4–0 Recap
13 W November 8, 2003 3–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 4–5–4–0 Recap
14 T November 9, 2003 1–1 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 4–5–5–0 Recap
15 L November 12, 2003 1–7 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 4–6–5–0 Recap
16 W November 13, 2003 5–1 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 5–6–5–0 Recap
17 L November 15, 2003 1–2 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 5–7–5–0 Recap
18 T November 18, 2003 2–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 5–7–6–0 Recap
19 L November 20, 2003 1–6 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 5–8–6–0 Recap
20 L November 21, 2003 0–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 5–9–6–0 Recap
21 T November 23, 2003 0–0 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 5–9–7–0 Recap
22 W November 26, 2003 2–0 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 6–9–7–0 Recap
23 L November 28, 2003 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 6–10–7–0 Recap
24 W November 29, 2003 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 7–10–7–0 Recap
December: 5–5–1–2 (home: 3–2–1–1; road: 2–3–0–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
25 OTL December 3, 2003 1–2 OT Nashville Predators (2003–04) 7–10–7–1 Recap
26 T December 5, 2003 1–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 7–10–8–1 Recap
27 L December 6, 2003 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 7–11–8–1 Recap
28 W December 9, 2003 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 8–11–8–1 Recap
29 L December 11, 2003 0–1 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 8–12–8–1 Recap
30 OTL December 14, 2003 1–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 8–12–8–2 Recap
31 W December 18, 2003 2–1 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 9–12–8–2 Recap
32 W December 20, 2003 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 10–12–8–2 Recap
33 L December 22, 2003 1–3 Dallas Stars (2003–04) 10–13–8–2 Recap
34 L December 26, 2003 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 10–14–8–2 Recap
35 W December 27, 2003 2–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 11–14–8–2 Recap
36 W December 29, 2003 2–1 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 12–14–8–2 Recap
37 L December 31, 2003 1–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 12–15–8–2 Recap
January: 5–9–2–0 (home: 2–7–1–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
38 L January 2, 2004 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 12–16–8–2 Recap
39 L January 4, 2004 0–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 12–17–8–2 Recap
40 W January 6, 2004 2–0 St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 13–17–8–2 Recap
41 W January 8, 2004 3–2 New York Rangers (2003–04) 14–17–8–2 Recap
42 L January 9, 2004 1–4 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 14–18–8–2 Recap
43 T January 11, 2004 2–2 OT Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 14–18–9–2 Recap
44 L January 15, 2004 4–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 14–19–9–2 Recap
45 W January 16, 2004 4–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 15–19–9–2 Recap
46 L January 18, 2004 2–5 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 15–20–9–2 Recap
47 L January 20, 2004 1–3 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 15–21–9–2 Recap
48 W January 21, 2004 2–1 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 16–21–9–2 Recap
49 L January 23, 2004 2–3 New York Islanders (2003–04) 16–22–9–2 Recap
50 L January 25, 2004 2–4 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 16–23–9–2 Recap
51 W January 27, 2004 2–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 17–23–9–2 Recap
52 L January 29, 2004 3–5 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 17–24–9–2 Recap
53 T January 31, 2004 4–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 17–24–10–2 Recap
February: 3–3–3–2 (home: 1–0–2–1; road: 2–3–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
54 L February 3, 2004 1–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 17–25–10–2 Recap
55 L February 4, 2004 2–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 17–26–10–2 Recap
56 T February 12, 2004 3–3 OT Washington Capitals (2003–04) 17–26–11–2 Recap
57 L February 14, 2004 1–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 17–27–11–2 Recap
58 W February 16, 2004 3–1 Florida Panthers (2003–04) 18–27–11–2 Recap
59 OTL February 19, 2004 1–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 18–27–11–3 Recap
60 T February 21, 2004 3–3 OT Boston Bruins (2003–04) 18–27–12–3 Recap
61 W February 23, 2004 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 19–27–12–3 Recap
62 W February 25, 2004 2–1 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 20–27–12–3 Recap
63 OTL February 28, 2004 0–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 20–27–12–4 Recap
64 T February 29, 2004 3–3 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 20–27–13–4 Recap
March: 8–6–0–2 (home: 2–5–0–0; road: 6–1–0–2)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
65 L March 2, 2004 0–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 20–28–13–4 Recap
66 W March 5, 2004 3–2 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 21–28–13–4 Recap
67 L March 6, 2004 1–4 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 21–29–13–4 Recap
68 W March 8, 2004 4–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 22–29–13–4 Recap
69 L March 10, 2004 2–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 22–30–13–4 Recap
70 W March 12, 2004 4–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 23–30–13–4 Recap
71 W March 13, 2004 5–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 24–30–13–4 Recap
72 OTL March 15, 2004 0–1 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 24–30–13–5 Recap
73 W March 17, 2004 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 25–30–13–5 Recap
74 OTL March 19, 2004 3–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 25–30–13–6 Recap
75 W March 20, 2004 3–2 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 26–30–13–6 Recap
76 L March 23, 2004 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 26–31–13–6 Recap
77 W March 25, 2004 3–2 Florida Panthers (2003–04) 27–31–13–6 Recap
78 W March 27, 2004 3–2 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 28–31–13–6 Recap
79 L March 29, 2004 1–3 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 28–32–13–6 Recap
80 L March 30, 2004 2–3 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 28–33–13–6 Recap
April: 0–1–1–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 0–0–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
81 L April 2, 2004 4–6 New York Islanders (2003–04) 28–34–13–6 Recap
82 T April 4, 2004 6–6 OT @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 28–34–14–6 Recap
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.
No. Player Pos Regular season
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

No. Player Regular season
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
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]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Eric Staal October 9, 2003 [11]
Allan Rourke October 28, 2003
Brett Lysak March 19, 2004
Brad Fast April 4, 2004

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.[12]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21) To Phoenix Coyotes
To Carolina Hurricanes
[13]
June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 6th-round pick in 2004
 To Carolina Hurricanes
[14]
To Columbus Blue Jackets
  • 4th-round pick in 2004
 To Carolina Hurricanes
  • 5th-round pick in 2003
  • 6th-round pick in 2003
 [15]
July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) To Calgary Flames
  • Columbus’ 4th-round pick in 2004
  • Conditional 5th-round pick in 2005[b]
 To Carolina Hurricanes
[17]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) To Atlanta Thrashers
To Carolina Hurricanes
  • 4th-round pick in 2004
 [18]
January 20, 2004 (2004-01-20) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • Danny Markov
 To Carolina Hurricanes
[19]
February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20) To Colorado Avalanche
  • Bob Boughner
 To Carolina Hurricanes
  • Rights to Chris Bahen
  • Washington’s 3rd-round pick in 2004
 [20]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Carolina Hurricanes
  • 4th-round pick in 2005
 [21]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 2, 2003 (2003-07-02) Joey Tetarenko Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency [22]
July 8, 2003 (2003-07-08) Glen Wesley Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency [23]
August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06) Chad LaRose Plymouth Whalers (OHL) 3-year Free agency [24]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) Jani Hurme Florida Panthers Waiver draft [18]
Jamie Storr Los Angeles Kings 1-year Free agency [25]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[c] Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) Steven Halko[d] Contract expiration (UFA) [26]
July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03) Mike Watt SKA Saint Petersburg (RSL) Free agency (UFA) [28]
July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21) Nikos Tselios Phoenix Coyotes Free agency (UFA) [29]
July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30) Ryan Murphy New Jersey Devils Free agency (UFA) [12]
August 14, 2003 (2003-08-14) Craig MacDonald Florida Panthers Free agency (VI) [30]
August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28) Jan Hlavac New York Rangers Free agency (UFA) [31]
September 13, 2003 (2003-09-13) Kaspars Astasenko HK Riga 2000 (LHL) Free agency (VI) [32]
September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30) Jeff Heerema New York Rangers Waivers [33]
October 2, 2003 (2003-10-02) Brent McDonald Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [34]
October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22) Shaun Fisher Texas Wildcatters (ECHL) Free agency (UFA) [35]
November 17, 2003 (2003-11-17) Jeff Daniels Retirement [36]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10) Bruno St. Jacques 1-year Re-signing [37]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14) Allan Rourke 1-year Re-signing [38]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15) Jeff Heerema 1-year Re-signing [39]
August 11, 2003 (2003-08-11) Jaroslav Svoboda 1-year Re-signing [40]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12) Danny Markov 3-year Re-signing [41]
August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13) Erik Cole 1-year Re-signing [42]
September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03) Josef Vasicek 1-year Re-signing [43]
October 6, 2003 (2003-10-06) Eric Staal 3-year Entry-level [44]
May 13, 2004 (2004-05-13) Cam Ward multi-year Entry-level [45]

Draft picks

Carolina's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[46]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
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

  1. ^ Carolina would receive either a “third- or fourth-round draft pick in 2004 or 2005 from Phoenix.”
  2. ^ 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.[16]
  3. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[26]
  4. ^ Halko retired.[27]

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