2003–04 Minnesota Wild season

2003–04 Minnesota Wild
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	10th Western
2003–04 record	30–29–20–3
Goals for	188
Goals against	183
Team information
General manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating Brad Brown (Oct.) Andrew Brunette (Nov.) Richard Park (Dec.) Brad Bombardir (Jan.) Jim Dowd (Feb.) Andrew Brunette (Mar.–Apr.)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,530
Team leaders
Goals	Alexandre Daigle (20)
Assists	Andrew Brunette (34)
Points	Alexandre Daigle (51)
Penalty minutes	Matt Johnson (188)
Plus/minus	Nick Schultz (+12) Willie Mitchell (+12)
Wins	Dwayne Roloson (19)
Goals against average	Dwayne Roloson (1.88)
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The 2003–04 Minnesota Wild season was the team's fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-season[]

NHL draft[]

The 2003 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. After finishing the 2002–03 season with a 42–29–10–1 record, the Wild were awarded the 20th pick in the draft. Despite figuring fourth in the NHL for the previous season with only 178 goals allowed, and scoring only 198 goals, general manager Doug Risebrough selected defenseman Brent Burns in the first round.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	Team (league)
1	20	Brent Burns	Canada	D	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
2	56	Patrick O'Sullivan	United States	C	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
3	78	Danny Irmen	United States	C	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5	157	Marcin Kolusz	Poland	F	Podhale Nowy Targ (Poland)
6	187	Miroslav Kopriva	Czech Republic	G	Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
7	207	Georgi Misharin	Russia	D	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg (Russia)
	219	Adam Courchaine	Canada	C	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
8	251	Mathieu Melanson	Canada	C	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
9	281	Jean-Michel Bolduc	United States	D	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)

Regular season[]

All-Star Game[]

The 2004 NHL All-Star Game was held on February 8, 2004, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, home the Wild. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 6–4.

Final standings[]

Northwest Division^[1]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
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.

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[]

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 2003	0–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	0–1–0–0
2	W	October 10, 2003	5–3	New York Rangers (2003–04)	1–1–0–0
3	L	October 12, 2003	2–3	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	1–2–0–0
4	L	October 16, 2003	2–5	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	1–3–0–0
5	T	October 18, 2003	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	1–3–1–0
6	L	October 19, 2003	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	1–4–1–0
7	L	October 21, 2003	2–3	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	1–5–1–0
8	W	October 24, 2003	4–3	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	2–5–1–0
9	L	October 25, 2003	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	2–6–1–0
10	W	October 28, 2003	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	3–6–1–0
11	W	October 30, 2003	3–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	4–6–1–0
12	W	November 1, 2003	2–1	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	5–6–1–0
13	T	November 4, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	5–6–2–0
14	W	November 7, 2003	3–0	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	6–6–2–0
15	L	November 8, 2003	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	6–7–2–0
16	W	November 11, 2003	1–0	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	7–7–2–0
17	L	November 13, 2003	0–2	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	7–8–2–0
18	T	November 15, 2003	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	7–8–3–0
19	W	November 19, 2003	6–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	8–8–3–0
20	L	November 20, 2003	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	8–9–3–0
21	L	November 22, 2003	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	8–10–3–0
22	L	November 26, 2003	1–3	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	8–11–3–0
23	L	November 28, 2003	1–2	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	8–12–3–0
24	T	November 30, 2003	1–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	8–12–4–0
25	W	December 3, 2003	1–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	9–12–4–0
26	L	December 5, 2003	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	9–13–4–0
27	T	December 6, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	9–13–5–0
28	W	December 9, 2003	2–1	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	10–13–5–0
29	L	December 11, 2003	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	10–14–5–0
30	W	December 13, 2003	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	11–14–5–0
31	W	December 15, 2003	5–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	12–14–5–0
32	W	December 17, 2003	3–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	13–14–5–0
33	T	December 18, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	13–14–6–0
34	W	December 20, 2003	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	14–14–6–0
35	T	December 23, 2003	3–3 OT	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	14–14–7–0
36	T	December 26, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	14–14–8–0
37	T	December 29, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	14–14–9–0
38	T	December 30, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	14–14–10–0
39	L	January 2, 2004	1–2	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	14–15–10–0
40	L	January 4, 2004	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	14–16–10–0
41	T	January 5, 2004	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	14–16–11–0
42	W	January 7, 2004	7–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	15–16–11–0
43	L	January 9, 2004	0–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	15–17–11–0
44	T	January 12, 2004	3–3 OT	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	15–17–12–0
45	T	January 14, 2004	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	15–17–13–0
46	W	January 16, 2004	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	16–17–13–0
47	T	January 17, 2004	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	16–17–14–0
48	L	January 19, 2004	0–2	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	16–18–14–0
49	W	January 21, 2004	4–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	17–18–14–0
50	L	January 23, 2004	2–6	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	17–19–14–0
51	L	January 24, 2004	0–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	17–20–14–0
52	T	January 26, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	17–20–15–0
53	OTL	January 29, 2004	2–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	17–20–15–1
54	OTL	January 31, 2004	1–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	17–20–15–2
55	W	February 2, 2004	4–0	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	18–20–15–2
56	W	February 4, 2004	4–3	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	19–20–15–2
57	L	February 10, 2004	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	19–21–15–2
58	W	February 13, 2004	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	20–21–15–2
59	L	February 15, 2004	1–2	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	20–22–15–2
60	T	February 17, 2004	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	20–22–16–2
61	W	February 19, 2004	6–2	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	21–22–16–2
62	L	February 22, 2004	1–3	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	21–23–16–2
63	L	February 26, 2004	0–4	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	21–24–16–2
64	L	February 27, 2004	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	21–25–16–2
65	T	February 29, 2004	3–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	21–25–17–2
66	L	March 3, 2004	0–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	21–26–17–2
67	T	March 4, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	21–26–18–2
68	T	March 7, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	21–26–19–2
69	W	March 9, 2004	4–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	22–26–19–2
70	T	March 10, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	22–26–20–2
71	W	March 14, 2004	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	23–26–20–2
72	W	March 16, 2004	5–2	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	24–26–20–2
73	W	March 18, 2004	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	25–26–20–2
74	L	March 19, 2004	1–3	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	25–27–20–2
75	OTL	March 22, 2004	2–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	25–27–20–3
76	L	March 24, 2004	0–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	25–28–20–3
77	W	March 25, 2004	8–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	26–28–20–3
78	W	March 28, 2004	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	27–28–20–3
79	L	March 29, 2004	3��5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	27–29–20–3
80	W	March 31, 2004	5–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	28–29–20–3
81	W	April 2, 2004	4–2	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	29–29–20–3
82	W	April 4, 2004	3–0	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	30–29��20–3

Playoffs[]

Despite an incredible playoff run the previous year in 2002–03, the Wild failed to qualify for the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics[]

Forwards[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Alexandre Daigle	78	20	31	51	14	-4
Andrew Brunette	82	15	34	49	12	3
Marian Gaborik	65	18	22	40	20	10
Antti Laaksonen	77	12	14	26	20	0
Pascal Dupuis	59	11	15	26	32	5
Wes Walz	57	12	13	25	28	0
Richard Park	73	13	12	25	28	0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	61	4	18	22	22	-7
Marc Chouinard	45	11	10	21	17	4
Stephane Veilleux	19	2	8	10	20	0
Jeremy Stevenson	53	5	4	9	103	-2
Rickard Wallin	15	5	4	9	14	1
Christoph Brandner	35	4	5	9	8	-2
Matt Johnson	57	7	1	8	177	4
Jim Dowd	14	3	2	5	6	6
Darby Hendrickson	20	1	3	4	6	-8
Jason Wiemer	13	1	3	4	6	-8
Eric Chouinard	17	3	0	3	0	-3
Sergei Zholtok	11	1	1	2	0	-2
Kyle Wanvig	6	0	1	1	20	-2

Defensemen[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Filip Kuba	77	5	19	24	28	-7
Andrei Zyuzin	65	8	13	21	48	4
Nick Schultz	79	6	10	16	16	12
Willie Mitchell	70	1	13	14	83	12
Alex Henry	71	2	4	6	106	4
Brent Burns	36	1	5	6	12	-10
Brad Brown	30	0	1	1	54	3
Jason Marshall	12	1	4	5	8	-1
Zbynek Michalek	22	1	1	2	4	-7
Travis Roche	5	0	1	1	0	-3
Brad Bombardir	56	1	2	3	21	1

Goaltending[]

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA	SV%
Dwayne Roloson	48	19	11	11	5	1.88	.933
Manny Fernandez	37	11	14	9	2	2.49	.915

References[]

• Wild on Hockey Database