The 2003–04 Ottawa Senators season was the 12th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season would see the Senators again finish with over 100 points, finishing with 102, but this was good for only third in the tightly-contested division, as the Boston Bruins would have 104 and the Toronto Maple Leafs 103. Ottawa would meet Toronto in the first-round of the playoffs for the fourth time, where the Maple Leafs would win the series 4–3 to end the Senators' playoff hopes. Ottawa would fire Head Coach Jacques Martin after the playoff round.
2003–04 Ottawa Senators | |
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Division | 3rd Northeast |
Conference | 5th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 43–29–10–6 |
Home record | 23–8–5–5 |
Road record | 20–15–5–1 |
Goals for | 262 |
Goals against | 189 |
Team information | |
General manager | John Muckler |
Coach | Jacques Martin |
Captain | Daniel Alfredsson |
Alternate captains | Zdeno Chara Curtis Leschyshyn Wade Redden |
Arena | Corel Centre |
Average attendance | 17,758 (92.7%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Binghamton Senators |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Marian Hossa (36) |
Assists | Daniel Alfredsson (48) |
Points | Marian Hossa (82) |
Penalty minutes | Chris Neil (194) |
Plus/minus | Zdeno Chara (+33) |
Wins | Patrick Lalime (25) |
Goals against average | Martin Prusek (2.12) |
Offseason
editOn June 21, 2003, Assistant Coach Roger Neilson died after four years of battling cancer. The Senators would wear a patch on their jerseys with an illustration of his signature and a necktie. Neilson would often wear distinctive neckties and the necktie became associated with him, and also became the symbol for "Roger's House", a residence for the use of families with a family member fighting cancer while in hospital, established by him and the Senators.
On August 26, 2003, Eugene Melnyk purchased the club to bring financial stability.
Regular season
editMarian Hossa lead the club in scoring with 82 points, good enough for sixth overall in the NHL.
Highlights
editOn February 5, 2004, the Senators were playing the Toronto Maple Leafs and were leading 4–0 in the second period. The flu started affecting players on the Senators leading the team to be down to only 15 skaters by the end of the game. The Maple Leafs took full advantage and won the game 5–4 in overtime.[1]
On March 5, 2004, in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a record was set for the most penalty minutes in a game by both teams, at 419 minutes. Five brawls broke out in the last two minutes of the game. It took the officials until 90 minutes after the game was over to sort out the penalties. By the end of the game, Philadelphia had 213 penalty minutes and seven men left on the bench, while Ottawa finished with 206 penalty minutes and six men left.
The Senators finished the regular season first overall in the NHL in scoring (262 goals for), power-play goals scored (80) and power-play percentage (21.62%).[2]
Final standings
editNo. | 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
Playoffs
editIn the first round of the 2004 playoffs, the Senators would lose again to the Maple Leafs for the fourth straight time. By now, Ottawa had developed a strong rivalry with their Ontario cousins and there was a great deal of pressure on the team to finally defeat the Leafs. Two days after the Senators' loss, Head Coach Jacques Martin was fired, and goaltender Patrick Lalime was later traded to the St. Louis Blues.
Martin had been coach of the Senators for eight-and-a-half years. He was well respected, earned a 341–255–96 regular season record with the Senators, had led the team to eight consecutive playoff appearances and was widely credited with changing the team into an elite NHL franchise. He also won the Jack Adams Trophy as Coach of the Year in 1999. However, after losing eight of 12 playoff series, including all four series in five years against the rival Toronto Maple Leafs, Senators ownership felt that a new coach was required for playoff success.
Schedule and results
editRegular season
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October: 5–2–0–1 (home: 2–1–0–1; road: 3–1–0–0)
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November: 4–6–2–2 (home: 2–4–2–1; road: 2–2–0–1)
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December: 9–2–3–0 (home: 6–2–1–0; road: 3–0–2–0)
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January: 10–4–2–0 (home: 6–0–1–0; road: 4–4–1–0)
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March: 7–6–1–1 (home: 2–0–0–1; road: 5–6–1–0)
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April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
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Legend:
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Playoffs
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Legend:
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Player statistics
editScoring
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 Senators only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
18 | Marian Hossa | RW | 81 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 4 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
11 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | 77 | 32 | 48 | 80 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Martin Havlat | RW | 68 | 31 | 37 | 68 | 12 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
39 | Jason Spezza | C | 78 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 22 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
21 | Bryan Smolinski | C | 80 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 22 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
14 | Radek Bonk | C | 66 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
6 | Wade Redden | D | 81 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 21 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 2 |
3 | Zdeno Chara | D | 79 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 33 | 147 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
15 | Peter Schaefer | LW | 81 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
28 | Todd White | C | 53 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
4 | Chris Phillips | D | 82 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
33 | Josh Langfeld | RW | 38 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Karel Rachunek‡ | D | 60 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Chris Neil | RW | 82 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 194 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
20 | Antoine Vermette | C | 57 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
10 | Peter Bondra† | RW | 23 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 |
22 | Shaun Van Allen | C | 73 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 30 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
12 | Mike Fisher | C | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −3 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Brian Pothier | D | 55 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 |
19 | Petr Schastlivy‡ | LW | 43 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
34 | Shane Hnidy‡ | D | 37 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Anton Volchenkov | D | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
40 | Patrick Lalime | G | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
32 | Rob Ray | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Greg de Vries† | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 8 |
43 | Serge Payer | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Martin Prusek | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | Todd Simpson† | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Ray Emery | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
45 | Denis Hamel | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Jody Hull | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
49 | Chris Kelly | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Brooks Laich‡ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
42 | Julien Vauclair | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
editNo. | 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 | ||
40 | Patrick Lalime | 57 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 1334 | 127 | 2.29 | .905 | 5 | 3324 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 139 | 13 | 1.96 | .906 | 0 | 398 |
31 | Martin Prusek | 29 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 651 | 54 | 2.12 | .917 | 3 | 1528 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1.50 | .933 | 0 | 40 |
1 | Ray Emery | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 2.38 | .904 | 0 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL First All-Star Team | Zdeno Chara (Defence) | [6] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Daniel Alfredsson | [7] |
Marian Hossa[a] | |||
Wade Redden[a] | |||
NHL Defensive Player of the Month | Wade Redden (January) | [9] | |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Martin Havlat (January 19) | [10] | |
Team | Molson Cup | Daniel Alfredsson | [11] |
Transactions
editThe Senators 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
editDate | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2003 | To Washington Capitals Washington’s 9th-round pick in 2003 |
To Ottawa Senators Future considerations[b] |
[13] |
June 26, 2003 | To Minnesota Wild Chris Bala |
To Ottawa Senators Peter Smrek |
[14] |
September 10, 2003 | To Florida Panthers 9th-round pick in 2004 |
To Ottawa Senators Serge Payer |
[15] |
October 5, 2003 | To Washington Capitals Future considerations[b] |
To Ottawa Senators Denis Hamel |
[16] |
December 29, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Wade Brookbank |
To Ottawa Senators Future considerations |
[12] |
January 6, 2004 | To Atlanta Thrashers Daniel Corso |
To Ottawa Senators Brad Tapper |
[17] |
January 23, 2004 | To Colorado Avalanche Dennis Bonvie |
To Ottawa Senators Charlie Stephens |
[18] |
February 4, 2004 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Petr Schastlivy |
To Ottawa Senators Todd Simpson |
[19] |
February 18, 2004 | To Washington Capitals Brooks Laich 2nd-round pick in 2005 |
To Ottawa Senators Peter Bondra |
[20] |
March 9, 2004 | To Nashville Predators Shane Hnidy |
To Ottawa Senators Colorado’s 3rd-round pick in 2004 |
[21] |
March 9, 2004 | To New York Rangers Alexandre Giroux Karel Rachunek |
To Ottawa Senators Greg de Vries |
[22] |
Players acquired
editDate | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 5, 2003 | Denis Hamel | Buffalo Sabres | multi-year | Free agency | [23] |
September 2, 2003 | Andrew Allen | Binghamton Senators (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
Daniel Corso | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency | [24] | |
October 3, 2003 | Glen Metropolit | Washington Capitals | Waiver draft | [25] | |
December 18, 2003 | Andy Hedlund | Binghamton Senators (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [26] |
December 19, 2003 | Wade Brookbank | Vancouver Canucks | Waivers | [27] | |
April 30, 2004 | Danny Bois | London Knights (OHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [28] |
May 11, 2004 | Kelly Guard | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [29] |
Players lost
editDate | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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July 2, 2003 | Joey Tetarenko | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency (VI) | [31] |
July 7, 2003 | Mathieu Chouinard | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
July 22, 2003 | Bob Wren | Augsburger Panther (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
July 24, 2003 | Joe Murphy | Lukko (Liiga) | Free agency (II)[d] | [35][36] |
September 10, 2003 | Magnus Arvedson | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (III) | [37] |
September 15, 2003 | Toni Dahlman | Ilves (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
October 1, 2003 | Brad Smyth | Oulun Karpat (Liiga) | Free agency (V) | [39] |
October 3, 2003 | Wade Brookbank | Nashville Predators | Waiver draft | [25] |
Denis Hamel | Washington Capitals | Waiver draft | [25] | |
October 2003 | David Hymovitz | Binghamton Senators (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [40] |
October 10, 2003 | Jeff Ulmer | Cardiff Devils (EIHL) | Free agency (VI) | [41] |
November 21, 2003 | Dean Melanson | Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [42] |
May 12, 2004 | Julien Vauclair | HC Lugano (NLA) | Free agency[e] | [44] |
Signings
editDate | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 11, 2003 | Shane Hnidy | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
June 21, 2003 | Bryan Smolinski | 4-year | Re-signing | [46] |
June 26, 2003 | Brian Pothier | 1-year | Option exercised | [47] |
July 3, 2003 | Jody Hull | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] |
July 15, 2003 | Martin Prusek | 1-year | Re-signing | [49] |
July 16, 2003 | Wade Redden | multi-year | Re-signing | [50] |
July 24, 2003 | Wade Brookbank | multi-year | Re-signing | [51] |
Josh Langfeld | multi-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
August 28, 2003 | Dennis Bonvie | 2-year | Re-signing | [52] |
September 10, 2003 | Serge Payer | 1-year | Re-signing | [15] |
October 11, 2003 | Martin Havlat | 1-year | Re-signing | [53] |
February 13, 2004 | Rob Ray | 1-year | Re-signing | [54] |
April 1, 2004 | Neil Komadoski | multi-year | Entry-level | [55] |
April 6, 2004 | Grant Potulny | 1-year | Entry-level | [56] |
Draft picks
editOttawa's draft picks from the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held on June 21 and June 22, 2003 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[57]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (League) |
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1 | 29 | Patrick Eaves | United States | Boston College (Hockey East) |
2 | 67 | Igor Mirnov | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (RSL) |
3 | 100 | Philippe Seydoux | Switzerland | Kloten Flyers (NLA) |
4 | 135 | Matt Karlsson | Sweden | Brynäs IF (Elitserien) |
5 | 142 | Tim Cook | United States | River City Lancers (USHL) |
5 | 166 | Sergei Gimayev | Russia | Severstal Cherepovets (RSL) |
7 | 228 | Will Colbert | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
8 | 269 | Ossi Louhivaara | Finland | KooKoo (Mestis) |
9 | 291 | Brian Elliott | Canada | University of Wisconsin–Madison (WCHA) |
Farm teams
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Hossa and Redden both missed the game due to injury. They were replaced by Glen Murray of the Boston Bruins and Pavel Kubina of the Tampa Bay Lightning, respectively.[8]
- ^ a b Washington’s 9th-round pick in 2004[12]
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[30]
- ^ Ottawa retained Murphy’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.[34]
- ^ Ottawa retained Vauclair’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.[43]
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Hedlund had previously signed a two-year contract with Ottawa on Dec. 18, 2003.
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- ^ "SENATORS SIGN DANIEL BOIS". Ottawa Senators. April 30, 2004. Archived from the original on July 22, 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
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22.07. Die Panther haben soeben die Verpflichtung eines Centers gemeldet: Der neue Stürmer heißt Bob Wren und kommt aus der AHL.
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