2003–04 USHL season
2003-04 USHL season | |
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League | United States Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 28, 2003 – May 5, 2004 |
Number of games | 60 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Anderson Cup Champions | |
Season champions | Tri-City Storm |
Clark Cup Champions | |
Champions | Waterloo Black Hawks |
The 2003–04 USHL season is the 25th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on September 26, 2003, and concluded on March 28, 2004,[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2003–04 season was the first for the Danville Wings after transferring from the North American Hockey League and the only season for the St. Louis Heartland Eagles after moving from Topeka, Kansas. At the conclusion of the season, St. Louis voluntarily suspended operations and officially folded a year later.
The Clark Cup playoffs features the top four teams from each division competing for the league title.
Regular season[]
Final standings[2]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title
East Division[]
Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
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yChicago Steel | 60 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 72 | 190 | 165 |
xCedar Rapids RoughRiders | 60 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 71 | 207 | 188 |
xDanville Wings | 60 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 66 | 171 | 178 |
xWaterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 63 | 174 | 162 |
Green Bay Gamblers | 60 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 59 | 171 | 176 |
St. Louis Heartland Eagles | 60 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 40 | 135 | 229 |
West Division[]
Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
zTri-City Storm | 60 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 91 | 225 | 138 |
xSioux City Musketeers | 60 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 83 | 192 | 152 |
xRiver City Lancers | 60 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 81 | 202 | 160 |
xDes Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 63 | 202 | 200 |
Lincoln Stars | 60 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 58 | 174 | 191 |
Sioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 15 | 42 | 3 | 33 | 148 | 252 |
Clark Cup playoffs[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Clark Cup Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Chicago | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Waterloo | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Waterloo | 3 | 6 | 9 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
East Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Danville | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Cedar Rapids | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Danville | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
E | Waterloo | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
W | Tri-City | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Tri-City | 4 | 5 | 6 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Des Moines | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Tri-City | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Sioux City | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Sioux City | 3 | 5 | 4 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | River City | 1 | 4 | 3 | – | – |
Players[]
Scoring leaders[]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | River City Lancers | 56 | 36 | 42 | 78 | +27 | 30 | |
2 | Paul Stastny | River City Lancers | 56 | 30 | 47 | 77 | +26 | 46 |
3 | Bill Thomas | Tri-City Storm | 60 | 31 | 38 | 69 | +43 | 30 |
4 | Matthew Ford | Sioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 37 | 31 | 68 | -4 | 60 |
5 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 59 | 26 | 38 | 64 | +13 | 168 | |
River City Lancers | 58 | 26 | 38 | 64 | +11 | 127 | ||
7 | Bryan Marshall | Danville Wings | 60 | 28 | 35 | 63 | +1 | 52 |
8 | Des Moines Buccaneers | 58 | 37 | 24 | 61 | +5 | 23 | |
9 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 17 | 42 | 59 | +3 | 85 | |
10 | Chicago Steel | 59 | 24 | 34 | 58 | +7 | 92 |
Leading goaltenders[]
Player | Team | GP | MIN | W | L | OTL | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Mannino | Tri-City Storm | 38 | 1987 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 2.11 | 687 | .908 |
2 | Jeff Lerg | River City Lancers | 35 | 1962 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 72 | 2.20 | 800 | .917 |
3 | Tri-City Storm | 30 | 1638 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 2.23 | 601 | .908 | |
4 | Jimmy Spratt | Sioux City Musketeers | 34 | 1922 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 2.34 | 835 | .918 |
5 | Sioux City Musketeers | 33 | 1737 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 2.35 | 779 | .920 |
Awards[]
- Coach of the Year: Chicago Steel
- Curt Hammer Award: Chicago Steel
- Defenseman of the Year: Sioux City Musketeers
- Forward of the Year: River City Lancers
- General Manager of the Year: Tri-City Storm
- Goaltender of the Year: Lincoln Stars
- Organization of the Year: Tri-City Storm
- Player of the Year: River City Lancers
- Rookie of the Year: Matthew Ford Sioux Falls Stampede
References[]
- ^ "2003-04 League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ "2003-04 USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ "2004 Playoffs League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ "2003-04 Scoring Leaders". USHL. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ "2003-04 Goalie Leaders". USHL. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
External links[]
- 2003–04 in American ice hockey by league
- United States Hockey League seasons