2003β04 Edmonton Oilers | |
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Division | 4th Northwest |
Conference | 9th Western |
2003β04 record | 36β29β12β5 |
Home record | 22β12β4β3 |
Road record | 14β17β8β2 |
Goals for | 221 |
Goals against | 208 |
Team information | |
General manager | Kevin Lowe |
Coach | Craig MacTavish |
Captain | Jason Smith |
Alternate captains |
Ethan Moreau Ryan Smyth |
Arena |
Rexall Place
[a] Commonwealth Stadium ( 1 game) |
Average attendance | 17,677 (105.0%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Toronto Roadrunners (
AHL) Columbus Cottonmouths ( ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ryan Smyth (23) |
Assists | Ryan Smyth (36) |
Points | Ryan Smyth (59) |
Penalty minutes | Georges Laraque (99) |
Plus/minus | Igor Ulanov (+19) |
Wins |
Ty Conklin (17) Tommy Salo (17) |
Goals against average | Ty Conklin (2.42) |
The 2003β04 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 25th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 36β26β11β9 record in 2002β03, earning 92 points, and returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence. The Oilers were then defeated by the Dallas Stars in six games in the opening round.
During the off-season, the Oilers and Mike Comrie could not come to a contract agreement, and Comrie would not start the season with the team. Comrie would eventually be traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in December for Jeff Woywitka and the Flyers' first-round draft pick in 2004.
The club would start off the season on the right foot, having a record of 10β7β2β0 in the first 19 games. However, Edmonton would go into a slump and have a 10β17β6β1 in their next 34 games, falling to 12th place in the Western Conference. The Oilers would later emerge from the slump and finish the season with a 16β5β4β4 in their remaining 29 games. Despite the season turnaround, the Oilers would finish in ninth in the West, two points behind the eighth-placed Nashville Predators for the final playoff spot, thereby failing to qualify for the post-season for the second time in three seasons.
Offensively, Ryan Smyth would lead the club with 23 goals, 36 assists and 59 points. Radek Dvorak would finish just behind Smyth with 50 points, while Ethan Moreau and Raffi Torres would each score 20 goals. Marc-Andre Bergeron would lead the defense with 9 goals and 26 points, while Eric Brewer would finish just behind him with seven goals and 25 points. Georges Laraque would lead the club in penalty minutes, with 99.
In goal, Tommy Salo would begin the season as the starter. However, he would lose his job and eventually be traded to the Colorado Avalanche before the season was over. He won 17 games and had a 2.58 goals against average (GAA), along with three shutouts, with Edmonton. Ty Conklin took over the starting duties, where he would win 17 games, attain a 2.42 GAA and earn a shutout along the way.
The Heritage Classic [1] was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22, 2003, in Edmonton between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the second NHL outdoor game and the first regular season outdoor game in the history of the NHL, and was modeled after the success of the " cold war" game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in 2001. The first NHL game to be played outdoors was in 1991 when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. [2] The event took place in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in front of a crowd of 57,167, the largest number of people to ever watch a live NHL game, despite temperatures of close to -18 Β°C, -30 Β°C (-22 Β°F) with wind chill. It was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton Oilers joining the NHL in 1979. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television broadcast also set the record for most viewers of a single NHL game with 2.747 million nationwide. This was the first NHL game broadcast in HDTV on CBC. Montreal won the game 4β3.
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | |
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1 | 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 235 | 194 | 101 |
2 | 4 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 235 | 198 | 100 |
3 | 6 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 200 | 176 | 94 |
4 | 9 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 221 | 208 | 89 |
5 | 10 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 188 | 183 | 83 |
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 | P- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
2 | Y- San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 255 | 183 | 104 |
3 | Y- Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 235 | 194 | 101 |
4 | X- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 236 | 198 | 100 |
5 | X- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 194 | 175 | 97 |
6 | X- Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 200 | 176 | 94 |
7 | X- St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
8 | X- Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
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9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 221 | 208 | 89 |
10 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 188 | 183 | 83 |
11 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 205 | 217 | 81 |
12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 184 | 213 | 76 |
13 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 188 | 245 | 68 |
14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
15 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 59 |
Divisions: CE β Central, PA β Pacific, NW β Northwest
P β Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y β Clinched Division; X β Clinched Playoff spot
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
94 | Ryan Smyth | LW | 82 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 11 | 70 |
20 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 78 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 18 | 26 |
16 | Mike York | C | 61 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 18 | 15 |
10 | Shawn Horcoff | C | 80 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 0 | 73 |
14 | Raffi Torres | LW | 80 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 12 | 65 |
83 | Ales Hemsky | RW | 71 | 12 | 22 | 34 | β7 | 14 |
18 | Ethan Moreau | LW | 81 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 96 |
34 | Fernando Pisani | RW | 76 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 46 |
24 | Steve Staios | D | 82 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 17 | 86 |
47 | Marc-Andre Bergeron | D | 54 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 26 |
2 | Eric Brewer | D | 77 | 7 | 18 | 25 | β6 | 67 |
36 | Jarret Stoll | C | 68 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 42 |
23 | Cory Cross | D | 68 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 56 |
21 | Jason Smith | D | 68 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 98 |
15 | Brad Isbister | LW | 51 | 10 | 8 | 18 | β2 | 54 |
55 | Igor Ulanovβ | D | 42 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 28 |
77 | Adam Oatesβ | C | 60 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 8 |
27 | Georges Laraque | RW | 66 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 99 |
93 | Petr Nedvedβ | C | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
28 | Jason Chimera | LW | 60 | 4 | 8 | 12 | β1 | 57 |
19 | Marty Reasoner | C | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
32 | Scott Ferguson | D | 52 | 1 | 5 | 6 | β5 | 80 |
5 | Alexei Semenov | D | 46 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
12 | Mike Bishai | C | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
33 | Peter Sarnoβ‘ | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
26 | Mikko Luoma | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Tony Salmelainen | LW | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β1 | 4 |
35 | Tommy Saloβ‘ | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | Ty Conklin | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
44 | Doug Lynch | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Jussi Markkanenβ | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
22 | Jani Rita | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Steve Valiquetteβ‘ | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
1 | Ty Conklin | 39 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 959 | 84 | 2.42 | .912 | 1 | 2085 |
35 | Tommy Saloβ‘ | 44 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1024 | 107 | 2.58 | .896 | 3 | 2486 |
30 | Jussi Markkanenβ | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 182 | 12 | 1.83 | .934 | 0 | 393 |
40 | Steve Valiquetteβ‘ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9.23 | .714 | 0 | 13 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Ty Conklin (November 17) | [6] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Alexei Semenov | [7] | |
Raffi Torres | |||
Team | Community Service Award | Georges Laraque | [8] |
Defenceman of the Year | Jason Smith | [8] | |
Molson Cup | Ryan Smyth | [8] | |
Most Popular Player | Ryan Smyth | [8] | |
Top Defensive Forward | Shawn Horcoff | [8] | |
Top First Year Oiler | Not awarded | [9] | |
Unsung Hero | Igor Ulanov | [8] | |
Zane Feldman Trophy | Ethan Moreau | [8] |
Regular Season | |||||||||
Player | Milestone | Reached | |||||||
Raffi Torres | 1st NHL Goal | October 9, 2003 | |||||||
Eric Brewer | 200th NHL PIM | October 16, 2003 | |||||||
Tony Salmelainen | 1st NHL Game | October 30, 2003 | |||||||
Radek Dvorak | 200th NHL Assist 200th NHL PIM |
November 1, 2003 | |||||||
Mike York | 200th NHL Point | ||||||||
Tony Salmelainen | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point |
November 4, 2003 | |||||||
Peter Sarno | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point | ||||||||
Steve Staios | 700th NHL PIM | ||||||||
Shawn Horcoff | 200th NHL Game | November 6, 2003 | |||||||
Ryan Smyth | 200th NHL Assist | November 10, 2003 | |||||||
Jarret Stoll | 1st NHL Goal | ||||||||
Ty Conklin | 1st NHL Shutout | November 13, 2003 | |||||||
Steve Staios | 100th NHL Point | November 22, 2003 | |||||||
Jason Smith | 700th NHL PIM | December 6, 2003 | |||||||
Cory Cross | 600th NHL PIM | December 12, 2003 | |||||||
Jason Chimera | 100th NHL Game | December 23, 2003 | |||||||
Georges Laraque | 700th NHL PIM | December 30, 2003 | |||||||
Mikko Luoma | 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point | ||||||||
Doug Lynch | 1st NHL Game | January 2, 2004 | |||||||
Ryan Smyth | 600th NHL Game | January 5, 2004 | |||||||
Ales Hemsky | 100th NHL Game | January 10, 2004 | |||||||
Tommy Salo | 200th NHL Win 500th NHL Game | ||||||||
Adam Oates | 1,300th NHL Game | January 13, 2004 | |||||||
Steve Staios | 500th NHL Game | January 15, 2004 | |||||||
Brad Isbister | 500th NHL PIM | January 17, 2004 | |||||||
Igor Ulanov | 1,100th NHL PIM | January 22, 2004 | |||||||
Ryan Smyth | 400th NHL Point | January 24, 2004 | |||||||
Mike Bishai | 1st NHL Game | January 29, 2004 | |||||||
Eric Brewer | 100th NHL Point | ||||||||
Mike Bishai | 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point |
January 31, 2004 | |||||||
Brad Isbister | 400th NHL Game | ||||||||
Ethan Moreau | 700th NHL PIM | ||||||||
Scott Ferguson | 200th NHL Game | February 16, 2004 | |||||||
Ryan Smyth | 500th NHL PIM | February 23, 2004 | |||||||
Shawn Horcoff | 100th NHL Point | February 25, 2004 | |||||||
Ethan Moreau | 100th NHL Goal | February 27, 2004 | |||||||
Georges Laraque | 400th NHL Game | February 29, 2004 | |||||||
Fernando Pisani | 100th NHL Game | March 12, 2004 | |||||||
Raffi Torres | |||||||||
Jason Smith | 700th NHL Game | March 14, 2004 | |||||||
Cory Cross | 600th NHL Game | March 21, 2004 | |||||||
Eric Brewer | 400th NHL Game | March 26, 2004 | |||||||
Ethan Moreau | 600th NHL Game | ||||||||
Petr Nedved | 300th NHL Goal | ||||||||
Igor Ulanov | 700th NHL Game | March 30, 2004 |
The Oilers 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. [10]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To
New Jersey Devils 1st-round pick in 2003 |
To Edmonton Oilers 1st-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
[11] |
June 30, 2003 | To
New York Rangers Jussi Markkanen Conditional draft pick [b] |
To Edmonton Oilers Rights to Brian Leetch |
[13] |
December 16, 2003 | To
Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Mike Comrie |
To Edmonton Oilers Jeff Woywitka 1st-round pick in 2004 3rd-round pick in 2005 |
[14] |
February 16, 2004 | To
Vancouver Canucks Peter Sarno |
To Edmonton Oilers Tyler Moss |
[15] |
March 3, 2004 | To New York Rangers Steve Valiquette Rights to Dwight Helminen 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
To Edmonton Oilers Jussi Markkanen Petr Nedved |
[16] |
March 9, 2004 | To
Colorado Avalanche Tommy Salo 6th-round pick in 2005 |
To Edmonton Oilers Rights to Tom Gilbert |
[17] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 15, 2003 | Rocky Thompson | Florida Panthers | 2-year | Free agency | [18] |
Steve Valiquette | New York Islanders | 1-year | Free agency | [18] | |
August 21, 2003 | Dan Smith | Springfield Falcons ( AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [19] |
September 2, 2003 | Jamie Wright | Philadelphia Flyers | 2-year | Free agency | [20] |
October 8, 2003 | Steve Valiquette | Florida Panthers | Waivers | [21] | |
November 17, 2003 | Adam Oates | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
January 5, 2004 | Igor Ulanov | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency | [23] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [c] | Ref |
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June 30, 2003 | Daniel Cleary | Phoenix Coyotes [d] | Buyout | [26] |
July 3, 2003 | Todd Marchant | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (V) | [27] |
July 24, 2003 | Brian Swanson | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (VI) | [28] |
July 28, 2003 | Kari Haakana | Modo Hockey ( SHL) | Free agency (II) [e] | [30] |
July 30, 2003 | Brian Leetch | New York Rangers | Free agency (III) | [12] |
October 3, 2003 | Steve Valiquette | Florida Panthers | Waiver draft | [31] |
April 3, 2004 | Adam Oates | Retirement | [32] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 30, 2003 | Cory Cross | 3-year | Re-signing | [26] |
July 3, 2003 | Jan Horacek | 1-year | Re-signing | [33] |
Mikko Luoma | 1-year | Entry-level | [33] | |
Mathieu Roy | 3-year | Entry-level | [33] | |
July 28, 2003 | Chad Hinz | 1-year | Re-signing | [34] |
Jason Smith | 1-year | Re-signing | [34] | |
July 29, 2003 | Brad Isbister | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] |
August 1, 2003 | Marty Reasoner | 2-year | Re-signing | [36] |
Raffi Torres | 2-year | Re-signing | [36] | |
August 5, 2003 | Bobby Allen | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] |
Michael Henrich | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] | |
Shawn Horcoff | 2-year | Re-signing | [37] | |
August 14, 2003 | Ryan Smyth | 2-year | Re-signing | [38] |
August 21, 2003 | Fernando Pisani | 3-year | Re-signing | [39] |
September 2, 2003 | Peter Sarno | 2-year | Re-signing | [20] |
September 11, 2003 | Joe Cullen | 2-year | Entry-level | [40] |
Georges Laraque | 3-year | Re-signing | [40] | |
Ethan Moreau | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] | |
Brad Winchester | 2-year | Entry-level | [40] | |
September 29, 2003 | Ethan Moreau | 4-year | Re-signing | [41] |
November 19, 2003 | Steve Staios | 3-year | Extension | [42] |
May 31, 2004 | Jeff Deslauriers | 3-year | Entry-level | [43] |
Edmonton's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. [44]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 22 | Marc-Antoine Pouliot | Canada | Rimouski Oceanic ( QMJHL) |
2 | 51 | Colin McDonald | United States | New England Jr. Coyotes ( EJHL) |
2 | 68 | Jean-François Jacques | Canada | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
3 | 72 | Mikhail Zhukov | Russia | Arboga (Sweden) |
3 | 94 | Zack Stortini | Canada | Sudbury Wolves ( OHL) |
5 | 147 | Kalle Olsson | Sweden | Frolunda HC ( Elitserien) |
5 | 154 | David Rohlfs | United States | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors ( NAHL) |
6 | 184 | Dragan Umicevic | Sweden | Sodertalje SK (SEL) |
7 | 214 | Kyle Brodziak | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors ( WHL) |
7 | 215 | Mathieu Roy | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
8 | 248 | Josef Hrabal | Czech Republic | HC Vsetin ( Czech Extraliga) |
9 | 278 | Troy Bodie | Canada | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
Conklin⦠has gone 3-1 with a 2.21 goals-against average and .931 save percentage in his past four starts and earned NHL defensive player of the week honors.
21-Aug-03: Signed as a free agent by the Edmonton Oilers.
21-Aug-03: Re-signed by the Edmonton Oilers.