2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes season

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.

2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	11th Eastern
2003–04 record	28–34–14–6
Home record	13–18–8–2
Road record	15–16–6–4
Goals for	172
Goals against	209
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice (Oct.–Dec.) Peter Laviolette (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Ron Francis (Oct.–Mar.) Vacant (Mar.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Glen Wesley
Arena	RBC Center
Average attendance	12,330
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lowell Lock Monsters Florida Everblades
Team leaders
Goals	Josef Vasicek (19)
Assists	Josef Vasicek, Rod Brind'Amour, Sean Hill (26)
Points	Josef Vasicek (45)
Penalty minutes	Jesse Boulerice (127)
Plus/minus	Glen Wesley (+18)
Wins	Kevin Weekes (23)
Goals against average	Kevin Weekes (2.33)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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 Igor Knyazev David Tanabe	To Carolina Hurricanes Danny Markov Conditional 4th-round pick in 2004[a]	[13]
June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22)	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004	To Carolina Hurricanes Marty Murray	[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 Bob Boughner	[17]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	To Atlanta Thrashers Jani Hurme	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2004	[18]
January 20, 2004 (2004-01-20)	To Philadelphia Flyers Danny Markov	To Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams	[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 Ron Francis	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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