2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers season
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers | |
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Division | 2nd Southeast |
Conference | 10th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 33–37–8–4 |
Home record | 18–17–4–2 |
Road record | 15–20–4–2 |
Goals for | 214 |
Goals against | 243 |
Team information | |
General manager | Don Waddell |
Coach | Bob Hartley |
Captain | Shawn McEachern |
Alternate captains | Dany Heatley Vyacheslav Kozlov |
Arena | Philips Arena |
Average attendance | 15,121 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Chicago Wolves Gwinnett Gladiators |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ilya Kovalchuk (41) |
Assists | Ilya Kovalchuk (46) |
Points | Ilya Kovalchuk (87) |
Penalty minutes | Francis Lessard (181) |
Plus/minus | Shawn McEachern (+5) |
Wins | Pasi Nurminen (25) |
Goals against average | Pasi Nurminen (2.78) |
The 2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' fifth season.
Off-season
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Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | |
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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.
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
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October: 5–3–2–1 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 2–2–1–1)
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November: 7–6–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 3–3–0–0)
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December: 7–7–0–1 (home: 5–4–0–0; road: 2–3–0–1)
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January: 2–9–3–0 (home: 1–4–2–0; road: 1–5–1–0)
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February: 5–7–0–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 4–5–0–0)
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March: 6–4–2–2 (home: 4–2–0–2; road: 2–2–2–0)
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April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
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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 Thrashers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
17 | Ilya Kovalchuk | LW | 81 | 41 | 46 | 87 | −10 | 63 |
19 | Shawn McEachern | RW | 82 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 5 | 76 |
13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 76 | 20 | 32 | 52 | −12 | 74 |
9 | Marc Savard | C | 45 | 19 | 33 | 52 | −8 | 85 |
27 | Patrik Stefan | C | 82 | 14 | 26 | 40 | −7 | 26 |
28 | Randy Robitaille | C | 69 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −12 | 20 |
26 | Ronald Petrovicky | RW | 78 | 16 | 15 | 31 | −9 | 123 |
8 | Frantisek Kaberle | D | 67 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 30 |
15 | Dany Heatley | LW | 31 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −8 | 18 |
10 | Serge Aubin | LW | 66 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 73 |
16 | Jeff Cowan‡ | LW | 58 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 68 |
25 | Andy Sutton | D | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 94 |
36 | Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 68 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −4 | 20 |
11 | J. P. Vigier | RW | 70 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −18 | 22 |
23 | Ivan Majesky | D | 63 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −7 | 76 |
38 | Yannick Tremblay | D | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −13 | 13 |
2 | Garnet Exelby | D | 71 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −10 | 134 |
4 | Chris Tamer | D | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −9 | 55 |
39 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre†‡ | D | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 26 |
6 | Shawn Heins | D | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 16 |
49 | Zdenek Blatny | LW | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
14 | Ben Simon† | LW | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −10 | 28 |
24 | Tommi Santala | C | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 22 |
20 | Francis Lessard | RW | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 181 |
31 | Pasi Nurminen | G | 64 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 | |
41 | Daniel Corso† | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
47 | Kurtis Foster | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Simon Gamache‡ | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Derek MacKenzie | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
22 | Kamil Piros‡ | C | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
48 | Kyle Rossiter† | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
42 | Karl Stewart | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
29 | Brian Swanson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Kip Brennan† | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
34 | Byron Dafoe | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Tomas Kloucek† | D | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 25 |
29 | Brad Larsen† | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
32 | Kari Lehtonen | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Bill Lindsay | RW | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 25 |
43 | Mike Weaver | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Pasi Nurminen | 64 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 1792 | 173 | 2.78 | .903 | 3 | 3738 |
34 | Byron Dafoe | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 499 | 51 | 3.14 | .898 | 0 | 973 |
32 | Kari Lehtonen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 5 | 1.25 | .953 | 1 | 240 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Ilya Kovalchuk (Left wing) | [4] |
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Ilya Kovalchuk[a] | [5] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Ilya Kovalchuk[b] | [7] |
NHL Offensive Player of the Month | Ilya Kovalchuk (October) | [8] | |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Ilya Kovalchuk (October 20) | [9] | |
Ilya Kovalchuk (October 27) | [10] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Garnet Exelby[c] | [12] | |
Team | Community Service Award | Andy Sutton | [13] |
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy | Garnet Exelby | [14] | |
Players' Player Award | Pasi Nurminen | [15] | |
Team MVP | Ilya Kovalchuk | [16] | |
Three Stars of the Game Award | Ilya Kovalchuk | [15] |
Transactions
[edit]The Thrashers 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.[17]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To Atlanta Thrashers Ivan Majesky |
[18] |
September 15, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Milan Hnilicka |
To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations |
[19] |
October 3, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2004 |
To Atlanta Thrashers Jani Hurme |
[20] |
December 2, 2003 | To Nashville Predators Simon Gamache Kirill Safronov |
To Atlanta Thrashers Tomas Kloucek Ben Simon |
[21] |
December 31, 2003 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Future considerations |
To Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre |
[22] |
January 6, 2004 | To Ottawa Senators Brad Tapper |
To Atlanta Thrashers Daniel Corso |
[23] |
March 8, 2004 | To Florida Panthers Kamil Piros |
To Atlanta Thrashers Kyle Rossiter |
[24] |
March 9, 2004 | To Los Angeles Kings Jeff Cowan |
To Atlanta Thrashers Kip Brennan |
[25] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 24, 2003 | Brian Swanson | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency | [26] | |
August 12, 2003 | Eric Healey | Manchester Monarchs (AHL) | Free agency | [27] | |
Randy Robitaille | New York Islanders | Free agency | [27] | ||
August 25, 2003 | Bill Lindsay | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency | [28] | |
September 10, 2003 | Shawn Heins | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [29] | |
October 3, 2003 | Serge Aubin | Colorado Avalanche | Waiver draft | [20] | |
Shawn Heins | New York Rangers | Waiver draft | [20] | ||
Ronald Petrovicky | New York Rangers | Waiver draft | [20] | ||
February 25, 2004 | Brad Larsen | Colorado Avalanche | Waivers | [30] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[d] | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Yuri Butsayev | HC CSKA Moscow (RSL) | Free agency (II)[e] | [33] |
Mark Hartigan | Columbus Blue Jackets[f] | Buyout | [35] | |
Damian Rhodes[g] | Contract expiration (III) | [31] | ||
July 14, 2003 | Ben Simon | Nashville Predators | Free agency (VI) | [37] |
July 18, 2003 | Andreas Karlsson | EHC Basel (NLA) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
July 21, 2003 | Per Svartvadet | Modo Hockey (SHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
July 28, 2003 | Jeff Farkas | Retirement (VI) | [40] | |
August 6, 2003 | Dallas Eakins | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
August 7, 2003 | Jeff Odgers | Retirement (III) | [42] | |
September 30, 2003 | Shawn Heins | New York Rangers | Waivers | [43] |
November 2, 2003 | Lubos Bartecko | HC Sparta Praha (ELH) | Free agency (UFA) | [44] |
November 4, 2003 | Tony Hrkac | Nashville Predators | Free agency (III) | [45] |
March 9, 2004 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | Washington Capitals | Waivers | [25] |
Bill Lindsay | Washington Capitals | Waivers[h] | [25] | |
April 20, 2004 | Brian Swanson | Kassel Huskies (DEL) | Free agency | [48] |
April 26, 2004 | Randy Robitaille | ZSC Lions (NLA) | Free agency | [49] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 18, 2003 | Byron Dafoe | 1-year | Option exercised | [50] |
July 11, 2003 | Tommi Santala | Entry-level | [51] | |
July 17, 2003 | Ivan Majesky | Re-signing | [52] | |
Andy Sutton | Re-signing | [52] | ||
July 24, 2003 | Kamil Piros | Re-signing | [26] | |
July 26, 2003 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | Re-signing | [53] | |
August 11, 2003 | Pasi Nurminen | 1-year[i] | Re-signing | [54][55] |
August 13, 2003 | Marc Savard | 1-year | Re-signing | [56][55] |
August 20, 2003 | Stephen Baby | Entry-level | [57] | |
September 15, 2003 | Joe DiPenta | Re-signing | [58] | |
June 2, 2004 | Lane Manson | Entry-level | [59] | |
Brad Schell | Entry-level | [59] | ||
Brian Sipotz | Entry-level | [59] |
Draft picks
[edit]Atlanta's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[60]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 8 | Braydon Coburn | ![]() |
Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
4 | 110 | Jim Sharrow | ![]() |
Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
4 | 116 | Guillaume Desbiens | ![]() |
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) |
4 | 136 | Michael Vannelli | ![]() |
Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) |
5 | 145 | Brett Sterling | ![]() |
Colorado College (NCAA) |
6 | 175 | Mike Hamilton | ![]() |
Merritt Centennials (BCHL) |
7 | 203 | Denis Loginov | ![]() |
Ak Bars Kazan (Russia) |
8 | 239 | Tobias Enstrom | ![]() |
Modo Hockey (Sweden) |
9 | 269 | Rylan Kaip | ![]() |
Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Shared with Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames and Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets
- ^ Kovalchuk was voted to the starting lineup, receiving more votes than any other player.[6]
- ^ Exelby did not play and was replaced by Matt Stajan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[11]
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[31]
- ^ The Thrashers retained Butsayev’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[32]
- ^ Hartigan signed with Columbus on July 15.[34]
- ^ Rhodes retired.[36]
- ^ Claim rescinded due to the severity of the throat injury Lindsay suffered during a January 3 game.[46][47]
- ^ Club option for a second year.
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