2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

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2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division4th Pacific
Conference12th Western
2003–04 record29–35–10-8
Goals for184
Goals against213
Team information
General managerBryan Murray
CoachMike Babcock
CaptainSteve Rucchin
Alternate captainsKeith Carney
Sergei Fedorov
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance14,988 (87.3%)
Total: 614,504

The 2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). After making it to the 2003 Stanley Cup Final and losing in the seventh game, the team placed fourth in the Pacific Division and 12th in the Western Conference, thereby failing to qualify for the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Offseason[]

In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, the Ducks selected Ryan Getzlaf with their first first-round pick, 19th overall, and Corey Perry with their second first-round pick, 28th overall.

Forward Steve Rucchin was named team captain following Paul Kariya's departure to the Colorado Avalanche via free agency.

Regular season[]

The departure of Franchise player Paul Kariya marked another new era which had many fans angered as well as worried about the teams near future repeating the on-ice success. Signing Sergei Fedorov and Vaclav Prospal in the summer relieved most of the fans' fear. Both players delivered as expected but scoring decreased for several reasons: Mike Leclerc played only 10 games, Rob Niedermayer played only 55 games, though enjoying a good season and Andy McDonald stayed healthy but had trouble repeating his performance after missing half of last season due to a concussion; Chistov suffered from "sophomore jinx" collecting only 2 goals and Jason Krog could not repeat another season like the one he had before. Rookie Joffrey Lupul had a wonderful rookie campaign with a bright future ahead. Overall, while the team had more potential scoring depth, several players fell short to enjoy and repeat the scoring touch they showed last season.

The Defense performed well enough but J.-S. Giguere failed at times to play the way he did the year before allowing soft goals. Later that season Back-up goalie Martin Gerber saw more ice time challenging Giguere for the number one spot and nearly outperforming him.

Playing away from home did not do them well as the Mighty Ducks won 19 games at home but only 10 games on the road.

Final standings[]

Pacific Division[1]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
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.

Western Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
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
8.5
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 – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results[]

2003–04 regular season
October: 4–5–1–1 (Home: 1–3–1–1; Road: 3–2–0–0)
No. Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record Arena Box Points
1 October 8, 2003 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 4–1 18,532 0–1–0–0 American Airlines Center L1 0
2 October 9, 2003 @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 3–1 16,684 0–2–0–0 Gaylord Entertainment Center L2 0
3 October 12, 2003 Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 2–0 17,174 0–3–0–0 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim L3 0
4 October 17, 2003 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 3–0 13,885 0–4–0–0 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim L4 0
5 October 19, 2003 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 4–3 OT 13,120 0–4–0–1 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim O1 1
6 October 21, 2003 @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 2–0 14,362 1–4–0–1 HP Pavilion at San Jose W1 3
7 October 22, 2003 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 4–3 OT 12,737 2–4–0–1 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim W2 5
8 October 24, 2003 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 5–2 14,186 2–5–0–1 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim L1 5
9 October 26, 2003 Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 1–1 OT 12,845 2–5–1–1 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim T1 6
10 October 28, 2003 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 3–1 17,902 3–5–1–1 Madison Square Garden W1 8
11 October 29, 2003 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 4–2 13,350 4–5–1–1 MCI Center W2 10
November: 4–2–3–4 (Home: 4–0–1–1; Road: 0–2–2–3)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
12 L November 1, 2003 1–4 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 4–6–1–1
13 L November 2, 2003 1–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 4–7–1–1
14 OTL November 4, 2003 1–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 4–7–1–2
15 OTL November 8, 2003 3–4 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 4–7–1–3
16 W November 9, 2003 2–1 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 5–7–1–3
17 W November 12, 2003 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 6–7–1–3
18 W November 16, 2003 4–3 St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 7–7–1–3
19 OTL November 18, 2003 1–2 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 7–7–1–4
20 T November 19, 2003 3–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 7–7–2–4
21 OTL November 21, 2003 3–4 OT Nashville Predators (2003–04) 7–7–2–5
22 T November 26, 2003 3–3 OT New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 7–7–3–5
23 W November 28, 2003 4–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 8–7–3–5
24 T November 30, 2003 1–1 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 8–7–4–5
December: 5–8–0–0 (Home: 3–2–0–0; Road: 2–6–0–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
25 L December 2, 2003 1–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 8–8–4–5
26 L December 3, 2003 2–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 8–9–4–5
27 L December 5, 2003 2–6 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 8–10–4–5
28 W December 7, 2003 4–0 Dallas Stars (2003–04) 9–10–4–5
29 W December 10, 2003 3–2 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 10–10–4–5
30 L December 13, 2003 0–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 10–11–4–5
31 L December 14, 2003 2–3 Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 10–12–4–5
32 W December 19, 2003 1–0 Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 11–12–4–5
33 L December 21, 2003 1–2 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 11–13–4–5
34 L December 22, 2003 1–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 11–14–4–5
35 L December 27, 2003 2–3 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 11–15–4–5
36 W December 29, 2003 2–0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 12–15–4–5
37 W December 31, 2003 3–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 13–15–4–5
January: 3–7–4–1 (Home: 2–2–4–1; Road: 1–5–0–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
38 L January 2, 2004 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 13–16–4–5
39 L January 3, 2004 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 13–17–4–5
40 T January 5, 2004 2–2 OT Dallas Stars (2003–04) 13–17–5–5
41 T January 7, 2004 4–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 13–17–6–5
42 L January 9, 2004 2–5 Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 13–18–6–5
43 T January 11, 2004 2–2 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 13–18–7–5
44 L January 13, 2004 1–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 13–19–7–5
45 L January 15, 2004 0–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 13–20–7–5
46 W January 17, 2004 2–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 14–20–7–5
47 L January 19, 2004 1–5 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 14–21–7–5
48 T January 21, 2004 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 14–21–8–5
49 W January 23, 2004 6–2 Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 15–21–8–5
50 L January 24, 2004 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 15–22–8–5
51 OTL January 28, 2004 3–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 15–22–8–6
52 W January 30, 2004 4–3 OT Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 16–22–8–6
February: 7–4–1–2 (Home: 6–0–0–1; Road: 1–4–1–1)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
53 L February 1, 2004 4–6 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 16–23–8–6
54 OTL February 2, 2004 1–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 16–23–8–7
55 W February 4, 2004 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 17–23–8–7
56 W February 11, 2004 5–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 18–23–8–7
57 L February 13, 2004 1–2 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 18–24–8–7
58 W February 14, 2004 2–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 19–24–8–7
59 W February 16, 2004 3–1 Dallas Stars (2003–04) 20–24–8–7
60 W February 18, 2004 3–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 21–24–8–7
61 OTL February 20, 2004 2–3 OT Nashville Predators (2003–04) 21–24–8–8
62 L February 22, 2004 0–4 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 21–25–8–8
63 T February 23, 2004 1–1 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 21–25–9–8
64 W February 25, 2004 4–2 Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 22–25–9–8
65 L February 28, 2004 1–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 22–26–9–8
66 W February 29, 2004 6–3 Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 23–26–9–8
March: 5–9–1–0 (Home: 2–4–1–0; Road: 3–5–0–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
67 W March 3, 2004 2–0 Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 24–26–9–8
68 W March 5, 2004 5–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 25–26–9–8
69 L March 6, 2004 1–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 25–27–9–8
70 L March 8, 2004 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 25–28–9–8
71 L March 12, 2004 1–3 New York Islanders (2003–04) 25–29–9–8
72 L March 14, 2004 1–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 25–30–9–8
73 W March 16, 2004 3–2 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 26–30–9–8
74 T March 17, 2004 1–1 OT St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 26–30–10–8
75 L March 19, 2004 2–4 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 26–31–10–8
76 W March 21, 2004 8��6 Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 27–31–10–8
77 W March 23, 2004 4–1 @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 28–31–10–8
78 L March 25, 2004 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 28–32–10–8
79 L March 26, 2004 1–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 28–33–10–8
80 L March 28, 2004 1–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 28–34–10–8
81 L March 31, 2004 1–2 Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 28–35–10–8
April: 1–0–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
82 W April 4, 2004 2–1 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 29–35–10–8

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Playoffs[]

The Ducks missed the playoffs, despite making it to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year against the eventual champions, the New Jersey Devils.

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Sergei Fedorov 80 31 34 65 42
Vaclav Prospal 82 19 35 54 54
Petr Sykora 81 23 29 52 34
Steve Rucchin 82 20 23 43 12
Joffrey Lupul 75 13 21 34 28
Andy McDonald 79 9 21 30 24
Rob Niedermayer 55 12 16 28 34
Niclas Havelid 79 6 20 26 28
Samuel Pahlsson 82 8 14 22 52
Jason Krog 80 6 12 18 16
Stanislav Chistov 56 2 16 18 26
Vitaly Vishnevski 73 6 10 16 51
Sandis Ozolinsh 36 5 11 16 24
Ruslan Salei 82 4 11 15 110
Martin Skoula 21 2 7 9 2
Todd Simpson 46 4 3 7 105
Keith Carney 69 2 5 7 42
Chris Kunitz 21 0 6 6 12
Kurt Sauer 55 1 4 5 32
Mike Leclerc 10 1 3 4 4
Lance Ward 46 0 4 4 94
Cam Severson 31 3 0 3 50
Garrett Burnett 39 1 2 3 184
Craig Johnson 39 1 2 3 14
Michael Holmqvist 21 2 0 2 25
Petr Schastlivy 22 2 0 2 4
Tony Martensson 6 1 1 2 0
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 55 0 2 2 4
Chris Armstrong 4 0 1 1 0
Alexei Smirnov 8 0 1 1 2
Ilya Bryzgalov 1 0 0 0 0
Dan Bylsma 11 0 0 0 0
Martin Gerber 32 0 0 0 4
Casey Hankinson 4 0 0 0 4
Mark Popovic 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 3210 55 17 31 6 140 2.62 1623 1483 .914 3
Martin Gerber 1698 32 11 12 4 64 2.26 785 721 .918 2
Ilya Bryzgalov 60 1 1 0 0 2 2.00 28 26 .929 0
Team: 4968 82 29 43 10 206 2.49 2436 2230 .915 5

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Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Traded Todd Reirden to the Phoenix Coyotes for future consideration on January 17, 2004

Acquired Martin Škoula from the Avalanche for Kurt Sauer and a 4th round pick on February 21, 2004.

Acquired Petr Shastlivy from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Todd Simpson on February 4, 2004.

Draft picks[]

Anaheim's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 19 Ryan Getzlaf  Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
1 28 Corey Perry  Canada London Knights (OHL)
3 86 Shane Hynes  Canada Cornell University (NCAA)
3 90 Juha Alen  Finland Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
4 119 Nathan Saunders  Canada Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
6 186 Drew Miller  United States River City Lancers (USHL)
7 218 Dirk Southern  Canada Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
8 250 Shane O'Brien  Canada Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
9 280 Ville Mantymaa  Finland Tappara (Finland)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

Other Anaheim–based teams in 2003–04[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  3. ^ "2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  4. ^ "2003-04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
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