2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 15th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 23–47–8–4 |
Home record | 13–22–6–0 |
Road record | 10–25–2–4 |
Goals for | 190 |
Goals against | 303 |
Team information | |
General manager | Craig Patrick |
Coach | Eddie Olczyk |
Captain | Mario Lemieux |
Alternate captains | Marc Bergevin (Oct-Mar) Kelly Buchberger (Nov-Apr) Martin Straka (Oct-Nov) |
Arena | Mellon Arena |
Average attendance | 11,877[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Wheeling Nailers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ryan Malone (22) |
Assists | Dick Tarnstrom (36) |
Points | Dick Tarnstrom (52) |
Penalty minutes | Brooks Orpik (127) |
Plus/minus | Rob Scuderi (2) |
Wins | Sebastien Caron (9) |
Goals against average | Jean-Sebastien Aubin (2.98) |
The 2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 37th season of play. For the third season in a row, the club placed last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In an 18-game losing streak, they went 0–17–1 (one overtime loss). In the first 62 games, they were 11–42–5–4 for 31 points. In their final 20 games, they were 12–5–3–0, ultimately finishing with a 23–47–8–4 record for a last place finish. Their record losing streak would not be matched until the pandemic-shortened 2020–21 season by the Buffalo Sabres. By then, tie games would be out of the picture.
Offseason
Head coach Rick Kehoe was fired on April 15, 2003.[2] Team broadcaster and former Penguins player Eddie Olczyk was hired as his replacement on June 11.[3]
Regular season
The Penguins struggled defensively, finishing 30th overall in the NHL in goals allowed, with 303. They struggled in short-handed situations, allowing the most power-play goals in the League, with 84, and finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.24%. Furthermore, they allowed the most short-handed goals in the NHL, with 15.[4]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | |
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1 | 3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 229 | 186 | 101 |
2 | 6 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 213 | 164 | 100 |
3 | 8 | New York Islanders | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 237 | 210 | 91 |
4 | 13 | New York Rangers | 82 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 206 | 250 | 69 |
5 | 15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 190 | 303 | 58 |
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 | Z- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 245 | 192 | 106 |
2 | Y- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 209 | 188 | 104 |
3 | Y- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 209 | 188 | 101 |
4 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 242 | 204 | 103 |
5 | X- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 262 | 189 | 102 |
6 | X- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 213 | 164 | 100 |
7 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 41 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 208 | 192 | 93 |
8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 237 | 210 | 91 |
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9 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 220 | 221 | 85 |
10 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 214 | 243 | 78 |
11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 172 | 209 | 76 |
12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 188 | 221 | 75 |
13 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 206 | 250 | 69 |
14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 186 | 253 | 59 |
15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 190 | 303 | 58 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Schedule and results
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October: 2–4–3–0 (home: 1–2–2–0 ; road: 1–2–1–0), 7 Points
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November: 3–8–1–1 (home: 2–3–1–0 ; road: 1–5–0–1), 8 Points
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December: 4–8–1–2 (home: 4–3–0–0 ; road: 0–5–1–2), 11 Points
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January: 2–14–0–0 (home: 0–8–0–0 ; road: 2–6–0–0), 4 Points
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February: 2–9–0–1 (home: 0–5–0–0 ; road: 2–4–0–1), 5 Points
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March: 8–4–3–0 (home: 5–1–3–0 ; road: 3–3–0–0), 19 Points
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April: 2–0–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0 ; road: 1–0–0–0), 4 Points
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Legend: = Win = Loss = OT Loss = Tie |
Player statistics
- Skaters
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- Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Sebastien Caron | 40 | 37 | 2212:35 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 138 | 3.74 | 1179 | 0.883 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Jean-Sebastien Aubin | 22 | 17 | 1067:03 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 53 | 2.98 | 574 | 0.908 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Marc-Andre Fleury | 21 | 20 | 1154:02 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 70 | 3.64 | 675 | 0.896 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Chiodo | 8 | 8 | 485:37 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 3.46 | 260 | 0.892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martin Brochu | 1 | 0 | 32:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.84 | 19 | 0.947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 82 | 4951:57 | 23 | 51 | 8 | 290 | 3.51 | 2707 | 0.893 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
Awards and records
- Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 1700 points for the Penguins. He did so in a 4–4 tie with the New York Islanders on October 29.
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Ryan Malone (Forward) | [10] |
League (in-season) |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Marc-Andre Fleury (October) | [11] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Ryan Malone | [12] | |
Brooks Orpik | |||
Team | A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award | Ryan Malone | [13] |
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award | Brooks Orpik | [13] | |
Leading Scorer Award | Dick Tarnstrom | [13] | |
Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy | Ryan Malone | [13] | |
Most Valuable Player Award | Dick Tarnstrom | [13] | |
Players' Player Award | Kelly Buchberger | [13] | |
The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award | Rico Fata | [13] | |
Steve McKenna |
Records
The team also set the NHL record for longest home losing streak, with 14 home losses.
Transactions
The Penguins 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.[14][15]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To Florida Panthers Mikael Samuelsson 1st-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 1st-round pick in 2003 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
[16] |
August 25, 2003 | To Vancouver Canucks Johan Hedberg |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
[17] |
November 30, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Martin Straka |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Sergei Anshakov Martin Strbak |
[18] |
February 10, 2004 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Brendan Buckley |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Pauli Levokari |
[19] |
February 11, 2004 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Drake Berehowsky |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Ric Jackman |
[20] |
February 22, 2004 | To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Landon Wilson |
[21] |
March 8, 2004 | To New York Islanders Steve Webb |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Alain Nasreddine |
[22] |
March 9, 2004 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Brian Holzinger |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Lasse Pirjeta |
[23] |
March 9, 2004 | To Vancouver Canucks Marc Bergevin |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2004 |
[24] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 31, 2003 | Kelly Buchberger | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency | [25] | |
Mike Eastwood | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency | [25] | ||
August 22, 2003 | Martin Brochu | Severstal Cherepovets (RSL) | Free agency | [26] | |
August 28, 2003 | Patrick Boileau | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency | [27] | |
August 29, 2003 | Drake Berehowsky | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency | [28] | |
Reid Simpson | Nashville Predators | Free agency | [28] | ||
October 3, 2003 | Nolan Baumgartner | Vancouver Canucks | Waiver draft | [29] | |
October 22, 2003 | Steve Webb | Philadelphia Flyers | Waivers | [30] | |
March 4, 2004 | Jon Sim | Los Angeles Kings | Waivers | [31] |
Players lost
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 14, 2003 | Ryan Malone | 2-year | Entry-level | [52] |
July 29, 2003 | Dick Tarnstrom | 2-year | Re-signing | [53] |
July 31, 2003 | Rico Fata | Re-signing | [54] | |
Mario Lemieux | 1-year | Re-signing | [54] | |
Toby Petersen | Re-signing | [54] | ||
Rob Scuderi | Re-signing | [54] | ||
August 1, 2003 | Matt Bradley | 1-year | Re-signing | [55] |
Milan Kraft | 1-year | Re-signing | [55] | |
August 21, 2003 | Andy Chiodo | Entry-level | [56] | |
August 22, 2003 | Sebastien Caron | 4-year | Re-signing | [57] |
September 11, 2003 | Ramzi Abid | 1-year | Re-signing | [58] |
October 3, 2003 | Cam Paddock | Entry-level | [29] | |
October 6, 2003 | Marc-Andre Fleury | 3-year | Entry-level | [59] |
April 7, 2004 | Ryan Whitney | 3-year | Entry-level | [60] |
May 26, 2004 | Maxime Talbot | 3-year | Entry-level | [61] |
June 1, 2004 | Erik Christensen | Entry-level | [62] |
Other
Player | Date | Details |
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Eddie Olczyk | June 11, 2003 | Hired as head coach |
Tom Barrasso | June 18, 2003 | Retired[lower-alpha 5] |
Draft picks
Pittsburgh had 11 picks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.[64]
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 1[a] | Marc-Andre Fleury | Goaltender | Canada | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) |
2 | 32 | Ryan Stone | Center | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
3 | 70 | Jonathan Filewich | Right winger | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
3 | 73[b] | Daniel Carcillo | Left winger | Canada | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
4 | 121[c] | Paul Bissonnette | Defence | Canada | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
5 | 161[d] | Evgeni Isakov | Left wing | Russia | Severstal Cherepovets (RSL) |
6 | 169 | Lukas Bolf | Defence | Czech Republic | Sparta Prague (Czech Extraliga Jr.) |
7 | 199 | Andy Chiodo | Goaltender | Canada | Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL) |
7 | 229[e] | Stephen Dixon | Center | Canada | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) |
8 | 232 | Joe Jensen | Center | United States | St. Cloud State University (WCHA) |
9 | 263 | Matt Moulson | Left wings | Canada | Cornell University (ECAC) |
- Draft notes[65]
- a The Florida Panthers' first-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 first-round pick and a 2003 second round pick to the Panthers in exchange for a 2003 third-round pick and this pick.
- The Penguins' first-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 first-round pick and a 2003 third-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for Mikael Samuelsson, a 2003 first-round pick and this pick.
- The Penguins' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 first-round pick and a 2003 third-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for Mikael Samuelsson, a 2003 first-round pick and this pick.
- b The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent Mikael Samuelsson, a 2003 first-round pick and a 2003 second round pick to the Panthers in exchange for a 2003 first-round pick and this pick.
- The Penguins' fourth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a March 15, 2002 trade that sent Jamie Pushor to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
- c The Boston Bruins' fourth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 11, 2003 trade that sent Ian Moran the Bruins in exchange for this pick.
- The Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a February 9, 2003 trade that sent Shawn Heins to the Penguins in exchange for this conditional pick.
- d The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick (from Philadelphia Flyers) went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 9, 2003 trade that sent Randy Robitaille the Islanders in exchange for this pick.
- e The New Jersey Devils' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 19, 2002 trade that sent Stephane Richer to the Devils in exchange for this pick.
Farm teams
The AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins finished third in the East Division with a 34–28–10–8 record. They defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Philadelphia Phantoms and the Hartford Wolf Pack to win the Richard F. Canning Trophy as Eastern Conference Champions. They were swept by the Milwaukee Admirals in the Calder Cup Finals.
The ECHL's Wheeling Nailers won the Northern Division and the Eastern Conference with a record of 51–17–4. They lost to the Reading Royals in the first round of the playoffs. Pat Bingham won the John Brophy Award as the ECHL's coach of the year.
See also
Notes
- ↑ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[32]
- ↑ Pittsburgh retained DuPont’s NHL rights and re-signed him on June 15, 2006.[37]
- ↑ Pittsburgh retained Lintner’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[40]
- ↑ Pittsburgh retained Sivek’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.[50]
- ↑ Barrasso signed a one-day contract in order to retire as a member of the Penguins.[63]
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