2004–05 Phoenix Coyotes season

The 2004–05 Phoenix Coyotes season was the franchise's 33rd season overall, 26th National Hockey League season and their ninth season in Phoenix, however its games were cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time.

2004–05 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	Pacific
Conference	Western
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Mike Barnett
Coach	Rick Bowness[a]
Captain	Shane Doan
Arena	Glendale Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Utah Grizzlies Idaho Steelheads
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Schedule

The Coyotes preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 8 and July 14, 2004, respectively.^[2][3]

2004–05 schedule[4]
Preseason Game Date Opponent 1 September 23 @ Los Angeles Kings 2 September 24 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3 September 25 @ San Jose Sharks 4 October 1 Los Angeles Kings 5 October 5 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 6 October 9 San Jose Sharks
Regular season Game Date Opponent 1 October 13 Dallas Stars 2 October 14 @ Dallas Stars 3 October 16 @ Minnesota Wild 4 October 21 Tampa Bay Lightning 5 October 23 @ Los Angeles Kings 6 October 24 Buffalo Sabres 7 October 27 @ Colorado Avalanche 8 October 28 Columbus Blue Jackets 9 October 30 Calgary Flames 10 November 3 @ San Jose Sharks 11 November 4 Chicago Blackhawks 12 November 6 @ Detroit Red Wings 13 November 7 @ Chicago Blackhawks 14 November 9 @ Minnesota Wild 15 November 11 Vancouver Canucks 16 November 13 Minnesota Wild 17 November 15 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 18 November 16 @ Washington Capitals 19 November 18 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 20 November 20 St. Louis Blues 21 November 22 San Jose Sharks 22 November 24 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 23 November 26 Los Angeles Kings 24 December 2 Atlanta Thrashers 25 December 4 Dallas Stars 26 December 7 @ San Jose Sharks 27 December 9 Chicago Blackhawks 28 December 11 Florida Panthers 29 December 15 Colorado Avalanche 30 December 17 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 31 December 18 @ St. Louis Blues 32 December 22 @ San Jose Sharks 33 December 23 @ Vancouver Canucks 34 December 26 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 35 December 29 Detroit Red Wings 36 December 31 San Jose Sharks 37 January 2 @ Colorado Avalanche 38 January 4 @ Dallas Stars 39 January 5 @ Chicago Blackhawks 40 January 8 Edmonton Oilers 41 January 12 @ Philadelphia Flyers 42 January 13 @ New York Rangers 43 January 15 @ New York Islanders 44 January 17 St. Louis Blues 45 January 20 Los Angeles Kings 46 January 22 Detroit Red Wings 47 January 25 Nashville Predators 48 January 27 Calgary Flames 49 January 29 @ St. Louis Blues 50 January 31 @ Carolina Hurricanes 51 February 3 @ Nashville Predators 52 February 5 Carolina Hurricanes 53 February 8 @ Calgary Flames 54 February 9 @ Edmonton Oilers 55 February 16 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 56 February 17 Boston Bruins 57 February 19 Washington Capitals 58 February 21 @ Los Angeles Kings 59 February 23 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 60 February 25 Los Angeles Kings 61 February 27 @ Edmonton Oilers 62 March 1 @ Vancouver Canucks 63 March 3 Vancouver Canucks 64 March 5 Minnesota Wild 65 March 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 66 March 10 @ Nashville Predators 67 March 12 New Jersey Devils 68 March 13 @ Los Angeles Kings 69 March 15 New York Islanders 70 March 17 @ Calgary Flames 71 March 19 @ Ottawa Senators 72 March 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 73 March 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 74 March 24 Edmonton Oilers 75 March 26 Colorado Avalanche 76 March 28 Columbus Blue Jackets 77 March 30 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 78 March 31 Anaheim Mighty Ducks 79 April 2 San Jose Sharks 80 April 6 @ Dallas Stars 81 April 8 Dallas Stars 82 April 10 Nashville Predators

Transactions

The Coyotes were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.^[5]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26)	To Phoenix Coyotes Jason Chimera 3rd-round pick in 2004	To Edmonton Oilers New Jersey’s 2nd-round pick in 2004 Buffalo’s 4th-round pick in 2004	[6]
	To Phoenix Coyotes Dallas’ 2nd-round pick in 2004	To New York Rangers Philadelphia’s 2nd-round pick in 2004 Edmonton’s 3rd-round pick in 2004	[5]
July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)	To Phoenix Coyotes 4th-round pick in 2005	To Columbus Blue Jackets Radoslav Suchy 6th-round pick in 2005	[7]
August 26, 2004 (2004-08-26)	To Phoenix Coyotes Denis Gauthier Oleg Saprykin	To Calgary Flames Daymond Langkow	[8]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 2004 (2004-06)	Brian Savage	St. Louis Blues		Waivers	[9]
July 5, 2004 (2004-07-05)	Boyd Devereaux	Detroit Red Wings	1-year[b]	Free agency	[10]
July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)	Sean O'Donnell	Boston Bruins	3-year	Free agency	[11]
July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)	Mike Ricci	San Jose Sharks	multi-year	Free agency	[12]
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12)	Sheldon Keefe	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	[13]
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)	Brett Hull	Detroit Red Wings	2-year	Free agency	[14]
August 26, 2004 (2004-08-26)	Petr Nedved	Edmonton Oilers	3-year	Free agency	[8]
September 2, 2004 (2004-09-02)	Rick Berry	Washington Capitals	2-year	Free agency	[15]
	Doug Doull	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	[15]
	Jon Sim	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	Free agency	[15]
	Martin Sonnenberg	Calgary Flames	2-year	Free agency	[15]
September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15)	Landon Bathe	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[16]
	Olivier Latendresse	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)	3-year	Free agency	[16]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[c]	Ref
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Gary Shuchuk[d]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[17]
July 21, 2004 (2004-07-21)	Bryan Helmer	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (UFA)	[19]
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)	Ivan Novoseltsev	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	[20]
September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)	Chris Ferraro	Sodertalje SK (SHL)	Free agency (VI)	[21]
	Peter Ferraro	Sodertalje SK (SHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[21]
September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)	Chris Dyment	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[22]
September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)	Todd Reirden	Houston Aeros (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[23]
January 1, 2005 (2005-01-01)	Mike Wilson	Storhamar Dragons (Norway)	Free agency (UFA)	[24]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 8, 2004 (2004-06-08)	Keith Ballard	3-year	Entry-level	[25]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Tyson Nash	3-year	Re-signing	[26]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Brent Johnson	1-year[b]	Re-signing	[27]
July 21, 2004 (2004-07-21)	Brian Boucher	1-year	Re-signing	[28]
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)	Derek Morris	1-year	Re-signing	[29]
August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02)	Ladislav Nagy	2-year	Re-signing	[30]
August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03)	Krys Kolanos	1-year[b]	Re-signing	[31]
August 12, 2004 (2004-08-12)	Mike Comrie	2-year	Re-signing	[32]
August 14, 2004 (2004-08-14)	Daymond Langkow	1-year	Re-signing	[33]
August 17, 2004 (2004-08-17)	Mike Johnson	3-year	Re-signing	[34]
August 30, 2004 (2004-08-30)	Jason Chimera	2-year	Re-signing	[35]
	Mike Rupp	1-year[b]	Re-signing	[35]
September 2, 2004 (2004-09-02)	Zac Bierk	1-year	Re-signing	[15]
	Erik Westrum	1-year	Re-signing	[15]
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)	Randall Gelech	3-year	Entry-level	[36]
September 13, 2004 (2004-09-13)	Jason Jaspers	1-year	Re-signing	[37]

Draft picks

Phoenix's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.^[38]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	5	Blake Wheeler	Right wing	United States	Breck School (Minn.)
2	35	Logan Stephenson	Defense	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2	50	Enver Lisin	Right wing	Russia	Kristall Saratov (Russia)
4	103	Roman Tomanek	Right wing	Slovakia	Povazka Bystrica (Slovakia)
4	119	Kevin Porter	Center	United States	US National Under 18 Team
6	168	Kevin Cormier	Left wing	Canada	Moncton Beavers (MJAHL)
7	199	Chad Kolarik	Right wing	United States	US National Under 18 Team
8	240	Aaron Gagnon	Center	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
9	261	Will Engasser	Left wing	United States	Blake School (Minn.)
9	265	Daniel Winnik	Center	Canada	New Hampshire Wildcats (Hockey East)

Notes

1. Bowness remained the interim head coach throughout the lockout.^[1]
2. Club option for a second year.
3. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[17]
4. Shuchuk retired.^[18]

References

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