2003β04 Los Angeles Kings | |
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Division | 3rd Pacific |
Conference | 11th Western |
2003β04 record | 28β29β16β9 |
Home record | 15β16β9β1 |
Road record | 13β13β7β8 |
Goals for | 205 |
Goals against | 217 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dave Taylor |
Coach | Andy Murray |
Captain | Mattias Norstrom |
Alternate captains |
Ian Laperriere Zigmund Palffy Luc Robitaille |
Arena | Staples Center |
Average attendance | 17,889 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Manchester Monarchs Reading Royals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alexander Frolov (24) |
Assists |
Luc Robitaille (29) Jozef Stumpel (29) |
Points | Luc Robitaille (51) |
Penalty minutes | Sean Avery (261) |
Plus/minus | Zigmund Palffy (+18) |
Wins | Roman Cechmanek (18) |
Goals against average | Cristobal Huet (2.43) |
The 2003β04 Los Angeles Kings season was their 37th National Hockey League season. The Kings placed third in their division, 11th overall in their conference, and failed to qualify for the playoffs due to a season-ending, 11-game losing streak.
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No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 219 | 183 | 104 |
2 | 5 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 194 | 175 | 97 |
3 | 11 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 205 | 217 | 81 |
4 | 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 184 | 213 | 76 |
5 | 13 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 188 | 245 | 68 |
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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October: 4β5β0β0 (home: 2β4β0β0; road: 2β1β0β0)
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November: 8β4β1β1 (home: 3β2β1β0; road: 5β2β0β1)
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December: 4β4β4β3 (home: 3β0β3β1; road: 1β4β1β2)
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January: 5β2β7β1 (home: 2β2β4β0; road: 3β0β3β1)
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February: 4β3β3β2 (home: 3β1β0β0; road: 1β2β3β2)
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March: 3β10β1β1 (home: 2β6β1β0; road: 1β4β0β1)
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April: 0β1β0β1 (home: 0β1β0β0; road: 0β0β0β1)
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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 |
20 | Luc Robitaille | LW | 80 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 4 | 56 |
24 | Alexander Frolov | LW | 77 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 8 | 24 |
26 | Trent Klatt | RW | 82 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 2 | 46 |
33 | Zigmund Palffy | RW | 35 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 18 | 12 |
15 | Jozef Stumpel | C | 64 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 5 | 16 |
7 | Derek Armstrong | C | 57 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 33 |
25 | Eric Belanger | C | 81 | 13 | 20 | 33 | β16 | 44 |
44 | Jaroslav Modry | D | 79 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 44 |
17 | Lubomir Visnovsky | D | 58 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 26 |
19 | Sean Avery | C | 76 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 261 |
27 | Joe Corvo | D | 72 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 36 |
22 | Ian Laperriere | RW | 62 | 10 | 12 | 22 | β4 | 58 |
13 | Michael Cammalleri | C | 31 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
82 | Martin Strakaβ | C | 32 | 6 | 8 | 14 | β9 | 4 |
14 | Mattias Norstrom | D | 74 | 1 | 13 | 14 | β3 | 44 |
43 | Jon Simβ‘ | LW | 48 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
62 | Scott Barney | C | 19 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
12 | Esa Pirnes | C | 57 | 3 | 8 | 11 | β9 | 12 |
10 | Nathan Dempseyβ | D | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | β7 | 2 |
29 | Brad Chartrand | C | 53 | 3 | 4 | 7 | β3 | 30 |
42 | Tim Gleason | D | 47 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
53 | Jason Holland | D | 52 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
21 | John Tripp | RW | 34 | 1 | 5 | 6 | β4 | 33 |
5 | Tomas Zizka | D | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | β4 | 12 |
23 | Dustin Brown | LW | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
8 | Jeff Cowanβ | LW | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | β1 | 24 |
3 | Aaron Miller | D | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | β3 | 32 |
8 | Martin Strbakβ‘ | D | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
55 | Pavel Rosa | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
37 | Kip Brennanβ‘ | LW | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | β1 | 79 |
11 | Anson Carterβ | RW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β5 | 0 |
39 | Noah Clarke | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
38 | Denis Grebeshkov | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β4 | 0 |
6 | Maxim Kuznetsov | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β5 | 20 |
2 | Bryan Muir | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
63 | Brad Nortonβ‘ | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β1 | 77 |
52 | Jerred Smithson | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
32 | Roman Cechmanek | G | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
46 | Mathieu Chouinard | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Milan Hnilicka | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | Cristobal Huet | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
11 | Steve Kelly | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
32 | Roman Cechmanek | 49 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1198 | 113 | 2.51 | .906 | 5 | 2701 |
35 | Cristobal Huet | 41 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 961 | 89 | 2.43 | .907 | 3 | 2199 |
46 | Mathieu Chouinard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 |
1 | Milan Hnilicka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 3.75 | .881 | 0 | 80 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mattias Norstrom | [4] |
Team | Ace Bailey Memorial Award | Luc Robitaille | [5] |
Bill Libby Memorial Award | Luc Robitaille | [6] | |
Defensive Player | Mattias Norstrom | [6] | |
Jim Fox Community Service | Ian Laperriere | [7] | |
Leading Scorer | Luc Robitaille | [8] | |
Mark Bavis Memorial Award | Trent Klatt | [5] | |
Most Popular Player | Alexander Frolov | [9] | |
Outstanding Defenseman | Lubomir Visnovsky | [6] | |
Unsung Hero | Trent Klatt | [7] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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25th shutout | Roman Cechmanek | January 13, 2004 | [10] |
The Kings 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. [11]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 20, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Jozef Stumpel 7th-round pick in 2003 |
To
Boston Bruins Philadelphiaβs 4th-round pick in 2003 Detroitβs 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
[12] |
June 22, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings 6th-round pick in 2003 |
To
Nashville Predators 7th-round pick in 2003 Bostonβs 7th-round pick in 2003 |
[13] |
June 22, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings 9th-round pick in 2004 |
To
Columbus Blue Jackets 9th-round pick in 2003 |
[14] |
September 15, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Milan Hnilicka |
To
Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations |
[15] |
November 30, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Martin Straka |
To
Pittsburgh Penguins Sergei Anshakov Martin Strbak |
[16] |
March 2, 2004 | To Los Angeles Kings Nathan Dempsey |
To
Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2005 Future considerations |
[17] |
March 8, 2004 | To Los Angeles Kings Anson Carter |
To
Washington Capitals Jared Aulin |
[18] |
March 9, 2004 | To Los Angeles Kings Jeff Cowan |
To
Atlanta Thrashers Kip Brennan |
[19] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 7, 2003 | Mathieu Chouinard | Ottawa Senators | 1-year | Free agency | [20] |
Trent Klatt | Vancouver Canucks | 2-year | Free agency | [21] | |
July 24, 2003 | Luc Robitaille | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
July 31, 2003 | Bryan Muir | Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | Free agency | [23] |
August 6, 2003 | John Tripp | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [a] | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Ken Belanger [b] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [25] | |
July 24, 2003 | Steve Heinze [c] | Buyout | [28] | |
July 25, 2003 | Erik Rasmussen | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
August 12, 2003 | Travis Scott | Florida Panthers | Free agency (VI) | [30] |
September 3, 2003 | Felix Potvin | Boston Bruins | Free agency (III) | [31] |
September 5, 2003 | Mikko Eloranta | TPS ( Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
September 9, 2003 | Craig Johnson | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency (III) | [33] |
September 10, 2003 | Derek Bekar | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
September 11, 2003 | Chris McAlpine | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (III) | [35] |
October 3, 2003 | Jamie Storr | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
October 9, 2003 | Mike Pudlick | Portland Pirates ( AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [37] |
October 15, 2003 | Greg Koehler | Elmira Jackals ( UHL) | Free agency (VI) | [38] |
March 4, 2004 | Brad Norton | Washington Capitals | Waivers | [39] |
Jon Sim | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waivers | [39] | |
April 20, 2004 | John Tripp | Adler Mannheim ( DEL) | Free agency | [40] |
May 4, 2004 | Steve Kelly | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency [d] | [42] |
Pavel Rosa | Dynamo Moscow ( RSL) | Free agency | [43] | |
May 18, 2004 | Milan Hnilicka | BΓlΓ TygΕi Liberec ( ELH) | Free agency | [44] |
June 7, 2004 | Maxim Kuznetsov | Dynamo Moscow (RSL) | Free agency | [45] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 26, 2003 | Petr Kanko | 3-year | Entry-level | [46] |
July 1, 2003 | Chris Schmidt | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] |
July 8, 2003 | Richard Seeley | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] |
July 15, 2003 | Denis Grebeshkov | 3-year | Entry-level | [49] |
Esa Pirnes | Entry-level | [50] | ||
Martin Strbak | Entry-level | [51] | ||
July 16, 2003 | Jon Sim | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
July 17, 2003 | Adam Deadmarsh | 1-year | Re-signing | [53] |
Ryan Flinn | Re-signing | [54] | ||
July 25, 2003 | Steve Kelly | Re-signing | [55] | |
July 28, 2003 | Maxim Kuznetsov | 1-year | Re-signing | [56] |
Brad Norton | 1-year | Re-signing | [56] | |
July 30, 2003 | Joe Rullier | 1-year | Re-signing | [57] |
July 31, 2003 | Kip Brennan | 1-year | Re-signing | [58] |
Jerred Smithson | 1-year | Re-signing | [58] | |
Jozef Stumpel | 1-year | Re-signing | [59] | |
August 1, 2003 | Sean Avery | 1-year | Re-signing | [60] |
Scott Barney | 1-year | Re-signing | [60] | |
October 4, 2003 | Dustin Brown | 3-year | Entry-level | [61] |
April 2, 2004 | Derek Armstrong | 2-year [e] | Extension | [62] |
April 8, 2004 | Gregory Hogeboom | 2-year | Entry-level | [63] |
April 27, 2004 | Esa Pirnes | 1-year | Option exercised | [64] |
May 6, 2004 | Nathan Dempsey | multi-year | Extension | [65] |
June 4, 2004 | George Parros | 1-year | Extension | [66] |
Los Angeles' picks of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee on June 21, 2003. [67]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 13 | Dustin Brown | United States | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
1 | 26 | Brian Boyle | United States | Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA) |
1 | 27 | Jeff Tambellini | Canada | University of Michigan (NCAA) |
2 | 44 | Konstantin Pushkarev | Kazakhstan | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan) |
3 | 82 | Ryan Munce | Canada | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
5 | 152 | Brady Murray | Canada | Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) |
6 | 174 | Esa Pirnes | Finland | Tappara (Finland) |
8 | 231 | Matt Zaba | Canada | Vernon (BCHL) |
8 | 244 | Mike Sullivan | Canada | Stouffville Spirit (OPJRA) |
9 | 274 | Marty Guerin | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
Cechmanek stopped 29 shots for his fifth shutout of the season and the 25th of his career.
Acquired two seventh-round selections in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (Andrei Mukhachev, Miroslav Hanuljak) from Los Angeles for a sixth-round selection in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (Esa Pirnes).
Anaheim Mighty Ducks signed left-winger Craig Johnson to a one-year contract.
MINNESOTA WILD--Signed D Chris McAlpine to a one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Signed F Greg Hogeboom to a two-year contract.
The Kings exercised a club option on center Esa Pirnes and will retain him for one more season.