2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers season

2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	3rd Eastern
2003–04 record	40–21–15–6
Home record	24–11–3–3
Road record	16–10–12–3
Goals for	229
Goals against	186
Team information
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Keith Primeau
Alternate captains	John LeClair Mark Recchi
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	19,375
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) Trenton Titans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Recchi (26)
Assists	Mark Recchi (49)
Points	Mark Recchi (75)
Penalty minutes	Donald Brashear (212)
Plus/minus	John LeClair (+20)
Wins	Robert Esche (21)
Goals against average	Robert Esche (2.04)

The 2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 37th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Eastern Conference Finals but lost in seven games to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Regular season

Free-agent goaltender Jeff Hackett was signed from the Boston Bruins to replace Roman Cechmanek and challenge backup Robert Esche for the number one spot in 2003–04, but Hackett was forced to retire in February due to vertigo. During the course of the season, serious injuries suffered by both Jeremy Roenick (broken jaw) and Keith Primeau (concussion) in February forced the Flyers to trade for the Chicago Blackhawks' Alexei Zhamnov, who filled in well and kept the Flyers afloat. Esche entrenched himself as starter and remained in that position even after the Flyers re-acquired Sean Burke from the Phoenix Coyotes, as the Flyers clinched the Atlantic Division title over the New Jersey Devils on the last day of the season.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	15	6	229	186	101
2	6	New Jersey Devils	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
3	8	New York Islanders	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
4	13	New York Rangers	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

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

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

Playoffs

Though solid in net, Esche's performance was over-shadowed by the play of captain Keith Primeau in the playoffs. Primeau led the Flyers past the defending Stanley Cup champion Devils in five, and the Toronto Maple Leafs in six on their way to the Eastern Conference Finals and a match-up with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Despite winning Game 6 on the late-game heroics of Primeau and winger Simon Gagne, the Flyers would come up short once again losing Game 7 in Tampa, 2–1.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2003 pre-season
Pre-season: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–3–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record 1 September 19 New Jersey Devils 6 – 1 1–0–0 2 September 20 @ Washington Capitals 4 – 2 2–0–0 3 September 23 @ New Jersey Devils1 0 – 3 2–1–0 4 September 26 New Jersey Devils 5 – 4 OT 3–1–0 5 September 27 @ New Jersey Devils 2 – 4 3–2–0 6 September 30 New York Islanders 1 – 4 3–3–0 7 October 1 @ Washington Capitals 4 – 4 OT 3–3–1 8 October 2 @ New York Islanders2 2 – 4 3–4–1 ^ Game played at Sovereign Bank Arena. ^ Game played at Giant Center.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

2003–04 regular season
October: 4–2–3–1, 12 Points (Home: 3–0–2–0; Road: 1–2–1–1) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 9 Buffalo Sabres 2–0 1–0–0–0 2 2 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 OT 1–0–1–0 3 3 16 @ San Jose Sharks 0–0 OT 1–0–2–0 4 4 18 @ Phoenix Coyotes 5–4 2–0–2–0 6 5 21 @ Los Angeles Kings 0–4 2–1–2–0 6 6 22 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3–4 OT 2–1–2–1 7 7 25 Carolina Hurricanes 4–4 OT 2–1–3–1 8 8 27 Montreal Canadiens 5–0 3–1–3–1 10 9 29 Florida Panthers 5–1 4–1–3–1 12 10 30 @ New Jersey Devils 2–3 4–2–3–1 12
November: 10–0–2–0, 22 Points (Home: 7–0–0–0; Road: 3–0–2–0) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 11 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 5–2–3–1 14 12 6 Washington Capitals 4–2 6–2–3–1 16 13 8 @ New York Rangers 2–1 OT 7–2–3–1 18 14 11 New York Islanders 2–1 8–2–3–1 20 15 13 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 OT 9–2–3–1 22 16 15 Atlanta Thrashers 4–0 10–2–3–1 24 17 18 @ Carolina Hurricanes 2–2 OT 10–2–4–1 25 18 20 Minnesota Wild 3–1 11–2–4–1 27 19 22 Boston Bruins 3–2 12–2–4–1 29 20 26 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1 OT 12–2–5–1 30 21 28 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 13–2–5–1 32 22 29 @ New York Islanders 5–1 14–2–5–1 34
December: 5–4–4–3, 17 Points (Home: 3–1–0–2; Road: 2–3–4–1) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 23 1 @ Ottawa Senators 1–4 14–3–5–1 34 24 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 15–3–5–1 36 25 5 Phoenix Coyotes 3–2 16–3–5–1 38 26 6 @ Boston Bruins 1–1 OT 16–3–6–1 39 27 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 17–3–6–1 41 28 10 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 1–1 OT 17–3–7–1 42 29 12 @ New Jersey Devils 3–3 OT 17–3–8–1 43 30 13 New Jersey Devils 0–2 17–4–8–1 43 31 16 Calgary Flames 2–3 OT 17–4–8–2 44 32 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–5 OT 17–4–8–3 45 33 20 New York Islanders 3–1 18–4–8–3 47 34 21 @ Atlanta Thrashers 1–4 18–5–8–3 47 35 23 @ New York Islanders 2–4 18–6–8–3 47 36 27 @ Colorado Avalanche 2–3 OT 18–6–8–4 48 37 29 @ Dallas Stars 2–2 OT 18–6–9–4 49 38 30 @ St. Louis Blues 7–2 19–6–9–4 51
January: 7–5–2–1, 17 Points (Home: 2–3–0–1; Road: 5–2–2–0) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 39 2 @ Florida Panthers 2–1 20–6–9–4 53 40 3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 1–6 20–7–9–4 53 41 7 @ Buffalo Sabres 1–1 OT 20–7–10–4 54 42 8 Florida Panthers 3–4 OT 20–7–10–5 55 43 10 Edmonton Oilers 0–3 20–8–10–5 55 44 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 20–9–10–5 55 45 13 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–6 20–10–10–5 55 46 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 21–10–10–5 57 47 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 22–10–10–5 59 48 20 Montreal Canadiens 1–4 22–11–10–5 59 49 22 @ New York Rangers 4–2 23–11–10–5 61 50 24 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 24–11–10–5 63 51 25 @ Washington Capitals 4–1 25–11–10–5 65 52 28 @ Florida Panthers 3–3 OT 25–11–11–5 66 53 31 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 26–11–11–5 68
February: 7–5–0–2, 16 Points (Home: 5–3–0–0; Road: 2–2–0–2) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 54 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–2 26–12–11–5 68 55 4 Washington Capitals 5–1 27–12–11–5 70 56 5 @ Atlanta Thrashers 5–1 28–12–11–5 72 57 10 New Jersey Devils 4–1 29–12–11–5 74 58 12 @ New York Rangers 2–1 30–12–11–5 76 59 14 New York Rangers 6–2 31–12–11–5 78 60 16 San Jose Sharks 2–5 31–13–11–5 78 61 17 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 2–5 31–14–11–5 78 62 19 Boston Bruins 3–4 31–15–11–5 78 63 21 Atlanta Thrashers 5–4 32–15–11–5 80 64 24 Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 33–15–11–5 82 65 26 @ Ottawa Senators 1–1 OT 33–15–12–5 83 66 28 @ Boston Bruins 2–3 OT 33–15–12–6 84 67 29 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–4 33–16–12–6 84
March: 6–4–2–0, 14 Points (Home: 4–3–1–0; Road: 2–1–1–0) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 68 3 Nashville Predators 5–2 34–16–12–6 86 69 5 Ottawa Senators 5–3 35–16–12–6 88 70 6 @ Washington Capitals 1–2 35–17–12–6 88 71 9 @ New Jersey Devils 3–1 36–17–12–6 90 72 11 Dallas Stars 2–2 OT 36–17–13–6 91 73 13 New Jersey Devils 2–1 37–17–13–6 93 74 14 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 OT 37–17–14–6 94 75 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 37–18–14–6 94 76 20 New York Rangers 3–0 38–18–14–6 96 77 23 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 39–18–14–6 98 78 25 New York Islanders 2–4 39–19–14–6 98 79 27 New York Rangers 1–3 39–20–14–6 98
April: 1–1–1–0, 3 Points (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 1–0–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 80 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–0 40–20–14–6 100 81 2 Ottawa Senators 1–3 40–21–14–6 100 82 4 @ New York Islanders 3–3 OT 40–21–15–6 101
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie/overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

• 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 Flyers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
8	Mark Recchi	35	LW	82	26	49	75	18	47	18	4	2	6	−3	4
26	Michal Handzus	26	C	82	20	38	58	18	82	18	5	5	10	7	7
10	John LeClair	34	LW	75	23	32	55	20	51	18	2	2	4	2	8
11	Tony Amonte	33	RW	80	20	33	53	13	38	18	3	5	8	7	6
97	Jeremy Roenick	34	C	62	19	28	47	1	62	18	4	9	13	4	8
12	Simon Gagne	23	LW	80	24	21	45	12	29	18	5	4	9	10	12
5	Kim Johnsson	27	D	80	13	29	42	16	26	15	2	6	8	−3	8
24	Sami Kapanen	30	RW	74	12	18	30	9	14	18	3	7	10	0	6
44	Joni Pitkanen	20	D	71	8	19	27	15	44	15	0	3	3	−6	6
14	Justin Williams‡	22	RW	47	6	20	26	10	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Keith Primeau	32	C	54	7	15	22	11	80	18	9	7	16	11	22
23	Alexei Zhamnov†	33	C	20	5	13	18	7	14	18	4	10	14	−1	8
28	Marcus Ragnarsson	32	D	70	7	9	16	12	58	14	1	4	5	3	14
20	Radovan Somik	26	LW	53	4	10	14	−2	17	10	1	1	2	1	4
87	Donald Brashear	32	LW	64	6	7	13	−1	212	18	1	3	4	0	61
37	Eric Desjardins	34	D	48	1	11	12	11	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Chris Therien‡	32	D	56	1	9	10	2	50	—	—	—	—	—	—
89	Mike Comrie†‡	23	C	21	4	5	9	2	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Eric Weinrich‡	37	D	54	2	7	9	11	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Branko Radivojevic†	23	RW	24	1	8	9	0	36	18	1	1	2	−1	32
13	Claude Lapointe	35	C	42	5	3	8	2	32	1	0	0	0	0	0
9, 32	Patrick Sharp	22	C	41	5	2	7	−3	55	12	1	0	1	−2	2
23	Jim Vandermeer‡	23	D	23	3	2	5	−5	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Todd Fedoruk	24	LW	49	1	4	5	−4	136	1	0	0	0	−2	2
55	Danny Markov†	27	D	34	2	3	5	0	58	18	1	2	3	17	25
3	Mattias Timander†	29	D	34	1	4	5	13	19	18	2	4	6	2	6
19	Eric Chouinard‡	23	RW	17	3	0	3	−3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	John Slaney	31	D	4	0	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Vladimir Malakhov†	35	D	6	0	1	1	−1	2	17	1	5	6	9	12
47	Kirby Law	26	RW	6	0	1	1	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Boyd Kane	25	LW	7	0	0	0	−4	7	—	—	—	—	—	—
33, 41	Sean Burke†	37	G	15	0	0	0	N/A	0	1	0	0	0	N/A	0
48	Freddy Meyer	23	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	Randy Jones	22	D	5	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Dennis Seidenberg	22	D	5	0	0	0	−4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
30	Antero Niittymaki	23	G	3	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Neil Little	32	G	1	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Mike Peluso	29	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Robert Esche	26	G	40	0	0	0	N/A	31	18	0	0	0	N/A	8
15	Peter White	34	C	3	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Jeff Hackett‡	35	G	27	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltenders

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
42	Robert Esche	26	40	21	11	7	3	79	.915	2.04	2322	17	11	7	1	41	.916	2.32	1060
33	Jeff Hackett‡	35	27	10	10	6	3	65	.905	2.39	1630	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33, 41	Sean Burke†	37	15	6	5	2	1	35	.910	2.55	825	1	0	0	0	1	.889	1.50	40
30	Antero Niittymaki	23	3	3	0	0	0	3	.961	1.00	180	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Neil Little	32	1	0	1	0	0	2	.750	3.64	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient	Notes	Ref
NHL All-Rookie Team	Joni Pitkanen (Defense)
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Robert Esche (November 3)
	Robert Esche (March 15)
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Ken Hitchcock (Coach)	Assistant coach of Eastern Conference
	Keith Primeau
	Jeremy Roenick

Team awards

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kim Johnsson
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mark Recchi
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Robert Esche
Toyota Cup	Mark Recchi
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Sami Kapanen

Records

•   *  NHL record
•  **  Tied for NHL record

Individual single season records

Record	Total	Player
Best plus-minus, playoffs	+17	Danny Markov

Team regular season single game records

Record	Total	Date and opponent
Penalty minutes	213*	March 5, 2004 vs. Ottawa Senators
Penalty minutes, one period	209*	March 5, 2004 vs. Ottawa Senators

Milestones

Individual career milestones

Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
25th shutout	Jeff Hackett	Stopped all 27 shots against the San Jose Sharks	October 16, 2003
500th game played	Jeff Hackett		January 13, 2004
1,000th game played	Tony Amonte		March 5, 2004

Transactions

The Flyers 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.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004	To Carolina Hurricanes Marty Murray
June 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2003
June 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2003
June 22, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2004 9th-round pick in 2004	To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2003 9th-round pick in 2003
June 30, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers conditional 7th-round pick in 2004[a]	To Washington Capitals rights to Dmitri Yushkevich
December 16, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Comrie	To Edmonton Oilers Jeff Woywitka 1st-round pick in 2004 3rd-round pick in 2005
December 17, 2003	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2004	To Minnesota Wild Eric Chouinard
January 20, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Danny Markov	To Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams
January 22, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Mattias Timander	To New York Islanders Tampa Bay's 7th-round pick in 2004
February 9, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2004	To St. Louis Blues Eric Weinrich
February 9, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean Burke Branko Radivojevic rights to Ben Eager	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Comrie
February 16, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Gainey	To Dallas Stars Mike Siklenka
February 19, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Alexei Zhamnov Washington's 4th-round pick in 2004	To Chicago Blackhawks Jim Vandermeer rights to Colin Fraser Los Angeles' 2nd-round pick in 2004
March 8, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Vladimir Malakhov	To New York Rangers rights to Rick Kozak 2nd-round pick in 2005
March 8, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Phoenix's 8th-round pick in 2004 3rd-round pick in 2005	To Dallas Stars Chris Therien

Trade notes

• ^a Condition not met.

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details	Ref
July 1, 2003	Jeff Hackett	Boston Bruins	2 years, $6 million
July 14, 2003	Boyd Kane	Tampa Bay Lightning	*
July 24, 2003	Mark Murphy	Washington Capitals	1 year*
July 24, 2003	Mike Peluso	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year*
October 21, 2003	Steve Webb	New York Islanders	1 year*

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Contract details	Notes	Ref
June 10, 2003	Eric Chouinard	2 years
June 10, 2003	Sami Kapanen	2 years
June 30, 2003	Eric Desjardins	3 years, $11 million	Third year is player option
June 30, 2003	Claude Lapointe	2 years, $2 million
July 14, 2003	Mike Siklenka	*
July 14, 2003	Peter Vandermeer	*
July 14, 2003	Peter White	*
July 30, 2003	Radovan Somik	2 years
July 30, 2003	Justin Williams	1 year, $1.072 million
December 19, 2003	Mike Comrie	1 year, $1.45 million	Acquired in December 16 trade

Entry level contracts

The following players — Flyers draft picks, undrafted free agents, and the unsigned draft picks of other teams — were signed by the Flyers to entry level contracts.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
July 14, 2003	Mathieu Brunelle	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)	2002 7th-round pick
July 14, 2003	Joey Hope	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)	Undrafted free agent
July 15, 2003	Joni Pitkanen	Karpat (SM-liiga)	2002 1st-round pick	3 years, $3.555 million
July 24, 2003	Randy Jones	Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC)	Undrafted free agent	2 years
March 20, 2004	Stephen Wood	Providence College (Hockey East)	Undrafted free agent
April 7, 2004	Ben Eager	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	2002 1st-round pick (Phoenix)	3 years

NHL Waiver Draft

The 2003 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 3, 2003. Each NHL team placed 18 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select. First-year professional players were exempt.

The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Robert Esche and Jeff Hackett, defensemen Eric Desjardins, Kim Johnsson, Marcus Ragnarsson, John Slaney, and Eric Weinrich, and forwards Tony Amonte, Donald Brashear, Eric Chouinard, Todd Fedoruk, Simon Gagne, Michal Handzus, Sami Kapanen, Claude Lapointe, John LeClair, Keith Primeau, Mark Recchi, Jeremy Roenick, and Justin Williams.

The Flyers left the following players unprotected: goaltender Neil Little, defenseman Chris Therien, and forwards Boyd Kane, Kirby Law, Ian MacNeil, Mark Murphy, Mike Peluso, Andre Savage, Mike Siklenka, Pete Vandermeer, and Peter White.

Selections involving the Philadelphia Flyers at the 2003 NHL Waiver Draft

Round	Player	Selected by	Selected from
4	Mike Siklenka	New York Rangers	Philadelphia Flyers

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
October 22, 2003	Steve Webb	Pittsburgh Penguins	Philadelphia Flyers
November 5, 2003	Mike Siklenka	Philadelphia Flyers	New York Rangers

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Notes	Ref
August 8, 2003	Jamie Wright	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency
October 3, 2003	Ryan Bast	Alaska Aces (ECHL)	Free agency
N/A	David Harlock	—	Retirement	No official announcement
N/A	Joe Sacco	—	Retirement	No official announcement
October 22, 2003	Brad Tiley	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	Free agency
February 9, 2004	Jeff Hackett*	—	Retirement

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nasvhille, Tennessee, on June 21–22, 2003.

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2003 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2015–16 season)

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
1	11	Jeff Carter	Center	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	795	307	277	584	412	—	—	—	—	[a]
1	24	Mike Richards	Center	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	749	181	306	487	585	—	—	—	—
3	69	Colin Fraser	Center	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)	359	20	38	58	290	—	—	—	—	[b]
3	81	Stefan Ruzicka	Right Wing	Slovakia	MHC Nitra (Slovakia)	55	4	13	17	47	—	—	—	—	[c]
3	85	Alexandre Picard	Defense	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)	253	19	50	69	86	—	—	—	—	[d]
3	87	Ryan Potulny	Center	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)	126	22	27	49	54	—	—	—	—	[e]
3	95	Rick Kozak	Right Wing	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	108	Kevin Romy	Center	Switzerland	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[f]
5	140	David Tremblay	Goaltender	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[g]
6	191	Rejean Beauchemin	Goaltender	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	193	Ville Hostikka	Goaltender	Finland	SaiPa Jrs. (FIN)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[h]

Draft notes

• ^a The Phoenix Coyotes' first-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a July 1, 2001 trade that sent Daymond Langkow to the Coyotes in exchange for a 2002 second-round pick and this pick.
• The Philadelphia Flyers' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a January 29, 2003 trade that sent Eric Chouinard to the Flyers in exchange for this pick.
• ^b The Carolina Hurricanes' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a June 22, 2002 trade that sent a 2002 third-round pick to the Hurricanes in exchange for a 2002 sixth-round pick and this pick.
• ^c The New York Rangers' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of an August 20, 2001 trade that sent Eric Lindros to the Rangers in exchange for Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl, Jan Hlavac and this pick.
• ^d Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Adam Oates.
• ^e The Edmonton Oilers' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a June 18, 2002 trade that sent Jiri Dopita to the Oilers in exchange for this pick.
• ^f Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Luke Richardson.
• The Philadelphia Flyers' fourth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a March 1, 2003 trade that sent Dmitri Yushkevich to the Flyers in exchange for a 2004 seventh-round pick and this pick.
• ^g The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a June 23, 2002 trade that sent a 2002 sixth round pick and a 2002 seventh round pick to the Blue Jackets in exchange for this pick.
• The Philadelphia Flyers' fifth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a March 9, 2003 trade that sent Claude Lapointe to the Flyers in exchange for this pick.
• ^h The Colorado Avalanche's sixth-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as a result of a February 5, 2003 trade that sent Chris McAllister to the Avalanche in exchange for this pick.
• The Philadelphia Flyers' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a June 22, 2003 trade that sent a 2004 sixth-round pick to the Flyers in exchange for this pick.
• The Philadelphia Flyers' eighth and ninth-round picks went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a June 22, 2003 trade that sent 2004 seventh and ninth-round picks to the Flyers in exchange for these picks.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.

See also

• Flyers–Senators brawl

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific