2003–04 Montreal Canadiens season
2003–04 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 4th Northeast |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 41–30–7–4 |
Home record | 23–13–4–1 |
Road record | 18–17–3–3 |
Goals for | 208 |
Goals against | 192 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Gainey |
Coach | Claude Julien |
Captain | Saku Koivu |
Alternate captains | Craig Rivet Sheldon Souray |
Arena | Bell Centre |
Average attendance | 20,555 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hamilton Bulldogs Long Beach Ice Dogs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Richard Zednik (26) |
Assists | Mike Ribeiro (45) |
Points | Mike Ribeiro (65) |
Penalty minutes | Darren Langdon (135) |
Plus/minus | Patrice Brisebois (+17) |
Wins | Jose Theodore (33) |
Goals against average | Jose Theodore Mathieu Garon (2.27) |
The 2003–04 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 95th season of play and their 87th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens would return to the playoffs reaching the Eastern Conference Semifinals before being eliminated by the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4–0.
Offseason
[edit]Bob Gainey, who played his entire 16 season NHL career with Montreal, was named the team’s new general manager on June 2, 2003, and assumed the role on July 1 from Andre Savard, who was demoted to assistant general manager.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Heritage Classic
[edit]The Heritage Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22, 2003, in Edmonton, Alberta, between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the second NHL outdoor game and the first regular season outdoor game in the history of the NHL, and was modeled after the success of the "cold war" game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in 2001.[2]
The first NHL game to be played outdoors was in 1991 when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.[3] The event took place in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in front of a crowd of 57,167, the largest number of people to ever watch a live NHL game, despite temperatures of close to −18 °C, −30 °C (−22 °F) with wind chill. It was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton Oilers joining the NHL in 1979.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television broadcast also set the record for most viewers of a single NHL game with 2.747 million nationwide. This was the first NHL game broadcast in HDTV on CBC.
The Canadiens won the game by a score of 4–3.
Final standings
[edit]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
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 6–5–0–0 (home: 4–3–0–0; road: 2–2–0–0)
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November: 4–6–2–1 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 3–3–0–1)
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December: 7–4–3–1 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 3–3–2–1)
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January: 8–5–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 4–2–0–0)
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February: 8–5–0–0 (home: 5–1–0–0; road: 3–4–0–0)
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March: 7–4–1–2 (home: 4–1–0–1; road: 3–3–1–1)
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April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]2004 Stanley Cup playoffs[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Boston Bruins – Canadiens win 4–3
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Tampa Bay Lightning – Tampa Bay wins series 4–0
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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 Canadiens only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
71 | Mike Ribeiro | C | 81 | 20 | 45 | 65 | 15 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
73 | Michael Ryder | RW | 81 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 10 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 4 |
11 | Saku Koivu | C | 68 | 14 | 41 | 55 | −5 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
20 | Richard Zednik | RW | 81 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 5 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
44 | Sheldon Souray | D | 63 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 104 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 39 |
94 | Yanic Perreault | C | 69 | 16 | 15 | 31 | −10 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
43 | Patrice Brisebois | D | 71 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 4 |
38 | Jan Bulis | C | 72 | 13 | 17 | 30 | −8 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 4 |
79 | Andrei Markov | D | 69 | 6 | 22 | 28 | −2 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
26 | Pierre Dagenais | RW | 50 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
37 | Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 66 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
51 | Francis Bouillon | D | 73 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 7 |
22 | Steve Begin | C | 52 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
90 | Joe Juneau | C | 70 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −4 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
17 | Jason Ward | RW | 53 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
24 | Andreas Dackell | RW | 60 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
52 | Craig Rivet | D | 80 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −1 | 98 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
82 | Donald Audette‡ | RW | 23 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Stephane Quintal | D | 73 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
34 | Jim Dowd† | C | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
25 | Chad Kilger‡ | LW | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Mike Komisarek | D | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
27 | Alexei Kovalev† | RW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
15 | Darren Langdon | LW | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 135 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
60 | Jose Theodore | G | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
65 | Ron Hainsey | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
81 | Marcel Hossa | LW | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
46 | Benoit Gratton | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
76 | Jozef Balej‡ | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Gordie Dwyer | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Karl Dykhuis | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Mathieu Garon | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
88 | Chris Higgins | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Tomas Plekanec | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
60 | Jose Theodore | 67 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 1860 | 150 | 2.27 | .919 | 6 | 3961 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 333 | 27 | 2.39 | .919 | 1 | 678 |
30 | Mathieu Garon | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 480 | 38 | 2.27 | .921 | 0 | 1003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 12 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Michael Ryder (Forward) | [7] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Sheldon Souray | [8] |
Jose Theodore | |||
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Jose Theodore (March 1) | [9] | |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Richard Zednik (March 8) | [10] | |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Michael Ryder (February) | [11] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Michael Ryder | [12] | |
Team | Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy | Francis Bouillon | [13] |
Molson Cup | Jose Theodore | [14] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Stephane Quintal | January 6, 2004 | [15] |
Transactions
[edit]The Canadiens 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 22, 2003 | To Washington Capitals Nashville’s 4th-round pick in 2003 |
To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2003 |
[17] |
March 2, 2004 | To New York Rangers Jozef Balej 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
To Montreal Canadiens Alexei Kovalev |
[18] |
March 4, 2004 | To Minnesota Wild 4th-round pick in 2004 |
To Montreal Canadiens Jim Dowd |
[19] |
March 9, 2004 | To Vancouver Canucks Sylvain Blouin |
To Montreal Canadiens Rene Vydareny |
[20] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 4, 2003 | Pierre Dagenais | Florida Panthers | 1-year[a] | Free agency | [21] |
Jean-Francois Damphousse | Calgary Flames | 1-year[a] | Free agency | [21] | |
October 3, 2003 | Steve Begin | Buffalo Sabres | Waiver draft | [22] | |
Darren Langdon | Vancouver Canucks | Waiver draft | [22] | ||
March 19, 2004 | Yann Danis | Brown University (ECAC) | 3-year | Free agency | [23] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[b] | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Mariusz Czerkawski | New York Islanders[c] | Buyout | [26] |
Randy McKay[d] | Buyout | [26] | ||
Matt O'Dette[e] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [24] | ||
July 29, 2003 | Matthieu Descoteaux | Tappara (Liiga) | Free agency (VI) | [29] |
August 25, 2003 | Bill Lindsay | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (III) | [30] |
September 10, 2003 | Gino Odjick | Retirement (III) | [31] | |
January 2, 2004 | Donald Audette | Florida Panthers[f] | Buyout | [33] |
March 9, 2004 | Chad Kilger | Toronto Maple Leafs | Waivers | [34] |
May 1, 2004 | Joe Juneau | Retirement | [35] | |
May 14, 2004 | Andreas Dackell | Brynas IF (SHL) | Free agency | [36] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 17, 2003 | Francois Beauchemin | 2-year | Re-signing | [37] |
Eric Fichaud | 1-year | Option exercised | [37] | |
July 1, 2003 | Chad Kilger | 2-year | Re-signing | [26] |
July 4, 2003 | Jonathan Ferland | 3-year | Entry-level | [21] |
July 11, 2003 | Alexander Perezhogin | 3-year | Entry-level | [38] |
July 22, 2003 | Michael Ryder | 1-year | Re-signing | [39] |
July 24, 2003 | Mike Ribeiro | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] |
August 4, 2003 | Gordie Dwyer | 2-year | Re-signing | [41] |
August 26, 2003 | Andrei Markov | 2-year | Re-signing | [42] |
September 4, 2003 | Matt Shasby | 2-year | Entry-level | [16] |
September 5, 2003 | Saku Koivu | 2-year | Re-signing | [43] |
June 1, 2004 | Michael Lambert | 3-year | Entry-level | [44] |
Draft picks
[edit]Montreal's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[45]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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1 | 10 | Andrei Kostitsyn (RW) | ![]() |
CSKA Moscow (RSL) |
2 | 40 | Cory Urquhart (C) | ![]() |
Montreal Rocket (QMJHL) |
2 | 61 | Maxim Lapierre (C) | ![]() |
Montreal Rocket (QMJHL) |
3 | 79 | Ryan O'Byrne (D) | ![]() |
Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
4 | 113 | Corey Locke (C) | ![]() |
Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
4 | 123 | Danny Stewart (LW) | ![]() |
Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) |
6 | 177 | Christopher Heino-Lindberg (G) | ![]() |
Hammarby IF (Sweden) |
6 | 188 | Mark Flood (D) | ![]() |
Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
7 | 217 | Oskari Korpikari (D) | ![]() |
Oulun Kärpät (Finland) |
8 | 241 | Jimmy Bonneau (LW) | ![]() |
Montreal Rocket (QMJHL) |
9 | 271 | Jaroslav Halak (G) | ![]() |
Slovan Bratislava Jr. (Slovakia) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Club option for a second year
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[24]
- ^ Czerkawski signed with New York on July 17.[25]
- ^ McKay announced his retirement on September 13, 2003.[27]
- ^ O'Dette was inactive during the 2003–04 season.[28]
- ^ Audette signed with Florida on January 16.[32]
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Theodore entered last night's game after being chosen the NHL's defensive player of the week, allowing just five goals in his previous four games.
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10-Sep-03: Announced his retirement.
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