2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

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.

2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	12th Western
2003–04 record	29–35–10-8
Goals for	184
Goals against	213
Team information
General manager	Bryan Murray
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Steve Rucchin
Alternate captains	Sergei Fedorov, Keith Carney
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance	14,988 (87.3%) Total: 614,504

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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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

• Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
• 2003–04 NHL season

Other Anaheim–based teams in 2003–04

• Anaheim Angels (Edison Field/Angel Stadium)
  • 2003 Anaheim Angels season
  • 2004 Anaheim Angels season

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.