2003–04 San Jose Sharks | |
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Pacific Division champions | |
Division | 1st Pacific |
Conference | 2nd Western |
2003–04 record | 43–21–12–6 |
Home record | 24–8–7–2 |
Road record | 19–13–5–4 |
Goals for | 219 |
Goals against | 183 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug Wilson |
Coach | Ron Wilson |
Captain |
Mike Ricci (first 10 games) Vincent Damphousse (next 20 games) Alyn McCauley (next 10 games) Patrick Marleau (last 42 games) |
Alternate captains | Vincent Damphousse Alyn McCauley |
Arena | HP Pavilion at San Jose |
Average attendance | 15,836 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Cleveland Barons Fresno Falcons Johnstown Chiefs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Patrick Marleau (28) |
Assists | Nils Ekman (33) |
Points | Patrick Marleau (57) |
Penalty minutes | Scott Parker (101) |
Plus/minus | Nils Ekman (+30) |
Wins | Evgeni Nabokov (31) |
Goals against average | Vesa Toskala (2.06) |
The 2003–04 San Jose Sharks season was the franchise's 13th in the NHL. The Sharks made it to the Western Conference Finals for the first time before losing to the Calgary Flames. It was the last season before the 2004–05 lockout, which cancelled the following season.
On May 13, 2003, the Sharks hired Doug Wilson (no relation to coach Ron Wilson) as general manager, replacing Dean Lombardi. [1] At the Entry Draft in June, the Sharks chose Milan Michalek with their first-round pick, sixth overall.
The Sharks rotated team captaincy every ten games for the first half of the season before permanently handing the role to forward Patrick Marleau. [2]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
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October: 1–5–4–0 (home: 0–2–3–0; road: 1–3–1–0)
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November: 7–1–4–2 (home: 2–1–2–1; road: 5–0–2–1)
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December: 7–3–3–1 (home: 5–0–2–0; road: 2–3–1–1)
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January: 9–4–0–2 (home: 5–2–0–1; road: 4–2–0–1)
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February: 8–3–0–1 (home: 5–0–0–0; road: 3–3–0–1)
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March: 10–4–1–0 (home: 6–2–0–0; road: 4–2–1–0)
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April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
2004 Stanley Cup playoffs [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) St. Louis Blues – Sharks win 4–1
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Colorado Avalanche – Sharks win 4–2
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Western Conference Finals vs. (6) Calgary Flames – Flames win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
12 | Patrick Marleau | C | 80 | 28 | 29 | 57 | −5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
28 | Nils Ekman | LW | 82 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 30 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 8 |
14 | Jonathan Cheechoo | RW | 81 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 5 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
10 | Alyn McCauley | C | 82 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
19 | Marco Sturm | LW | 64 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Vincent Damphousse | C | 82 | 12 | 29 | 41 | −5 | 66 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
7 | Brad Stuart | D | 77 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 9 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −4 | 13 |
94 | Alexander Korolyuk | LW | 63 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
15 | Wayne Primeau | C | 72 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 90 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 4 |
17 | Scott Thornton | LW | 80 | 13 | 14 | 27 | −6 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
18 | Mike Ricci | C | 71 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
23 | Niko Dimitrakos | RW | 68 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Kyle McLaren | D | 64 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 60 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 10 |
22 | Scott Hannan | D | 82 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 48 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
42 | Tom Preissing | D | 69 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Mike Rathje | D | 80 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
44 | Christian Ehrhoff | D | 41 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
13 | Todd Harvey | C | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
37 | Curtis Brown† | C | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 18 |
27 | Scott Parker | RW | 50 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Mark Smith | C | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
5 | Rob Davison | D | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
21 | Jim Fahey | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Jason Marshall† | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
9 | Milan Michalek | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Vesa Toskala | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
24 | Brad Boyes‡ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Lynn Loyns‡ | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Evgeni Nabokov | G | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
34 | Patrick Rissmiller | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Miroslav Zalesak | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
57 | Marcel Goc | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
20 | Evgeni Nabokov | 59 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 1610 | 127 | 2.20 | .921 | 9 | 3456 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 461 | 30 | 1.71 | .935 | 3 | 1052 |
35 | Vesa Toskala | 28 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 760 | 53 | 2.06 | .930 | 1 | 1541 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Patrick Marleau | [6] |
NHL Defensive Player of the Month | Evgeni Nabokov (February) | [7] | |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Evgeni Nabokov (March 29) | [8] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Jonathan Cheechoo | [9] | |
Christian Ehrhoff | |||
Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Patrick Marleau | [10] |
Sharks Rookie of the Year | Tom Preissing | [10] | |
Three Stars of the Year | Patrick Marleau | [10] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Mike Ricci | February 11, 2004 | [11] |
25th shutout | Evgeni Nabokov | February 29, 2004 | [12] |
The Sharks 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. [13]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To
Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2005 |
To San Jose Sharks Scott Parker |
[14] |
June 21, 2003 | To
Boston Bruins 1st-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2003 4th-round pick in 2003 |
To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2003 |
[14] |
June 21, 2003 | To
New York Rangers 2nd-round pick in 2003 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
[14] |
June 21, 2003 | To
Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 2003 5th-round pick in 2003 6th-round pick in 2003 |
To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
[14] |
June 22, 2003 | To
Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2004 |
To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2003 |
[15] |
June 22, 2003 | To
Chicago Blackhawks 8th-round pick in 2004 |
To San Jose Sharks 9th-round pick in 2003 |
[16] |
June 30, 2003 | To New York Rangers 4th-round pick in 2004 |
To San Jose Sharks Rights to Mark Messier |
[17] |
August 12, 2003 | To New York Rangers Chad Wiseman |
To San Jose Sharks Nils Ekman |
[18] |
November 16, 2003 | To
Calgary Flames Miikka Kiprusoff |
To San Jose Sharks Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2005 |
[19] |
January 9, 2004 | To Calgary Flames Lynn Loyns |
To San Jose Sharks Future considerations [a] |
[20] |
March 3, 2004 | To
Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2004 |
To San Jose Sharks Jason Marshall |
[21] |
March 9, 2004 | To Boston Bruins Brad Boyes |
To San Jose Sharks Jeff Jillson |
[22] |
March 9, 2004 | To
Buffalo Sabres Jeff Jillson |
To San Jose Sharks Curtis Brown Andy Delmore |
[22] |
March 9, 2004 | To Boston Bruins Andy Delmore |
To San Jose Sharks Future considerations |
[22] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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June 30, 2003 | Yuri Moscevsky | Cleveland Barons ( AHL) | Free agency | [23] | |
Patrick Rissmiller | Cleveland Barons (AHL) | Free agency | [23] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [b] | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Marc Kielkucki [c] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [24] | |
Scott Thomas [d] | Contract expiration (VI) | [24] | ||
July 3, 2003 | Teemu Selanne | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency (III) | [27] |
July 8, 2003 | Ryan Kraft | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) | [28] |
August 21, 2003 | John Jakopin | New York Rangers | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
Jeff Nelson | Muskegon Fury ( UHL) | Free agency (VI) | [30] | |
September 6, 2003 | Mark Messier | New York Rangers | Free agency (III) | [31] |
N/A | Eric Laplante | Long Beach Ice Dogs ( ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
October 17, 2003 | Graig Mischler | Reading Royals (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
April 3, 2004 | Adam Graves | Retirement (III) | [34] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 21, 2003 | Alexander Korolyuk | 2-year | Re-signing | [35] |
June 22, 2003 | Christian Ehrhoff | Entry-level | [35] | |
Dimitri Patzold | Entry-level | [35] | ||
July 8, 2003 | Tavis Hansen | Re-signing | [36] | |
July 11, 2003 | Rob Davison | Re-signing | [37] | |
Marcel Goc | Entry-level | [37] | ||
Patrick Marleau | 2-year | Re-signing | [37] | |
July 15, 2003 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 1-year | Re-signing | [38] |
Alyn McCauley | 3-year | Re-signing | [38] | |
Mark Smith | Re-signing | [39] | ||
Marco Sturm | Re-signing | [38] | ||
Miroslav Zalesak | 1-year | Re-signing | [38] | |
July 25, 2003 | Jonathan Cheechoo | Re-signing | [40] | |
August 12, 2003 | Jesse Fibiger | 1-year | Re-signing | [18] |
Robert Mulick | 1-year | Re-signing | [18] | |
August 18, 2003 | Milan Michalek | Entry-level | [41] | |
August 19, 2003 | Nolan Schaefer | Entry-level | [42] | |
August 27, 2003 | Scott Hannan | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] |
August 28, 2003 | Jon DiSalvatore | Entry-level | [44] | |
November 13, 2003 | Scott Thornton | 2-year | Extension | [45] |
December 9, 2003 | Garrett Stafford | Entry-level | [46] |
San Jose's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. [47]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 6 | Milan Michalek | Left Wing | Czech Republic | HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic) |
1 | 16 | Steve Bernier | Right Wing | Canada | Moncton Wildcats ( QMJHL) |
2 | 43 | Josh Hennessy | Center | United States | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
2 | 47 | Matt Carle | Defense | United States | River City Lancers ( USHL) |
5 | 139 | Patrick Ehelechner | Goaltender | Germany | Hannover Scorpions ( DEL) |
7 | 201 | Jonathan Tremblay | Right Wing | Canada | Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) |
7 | 205 | Joe Pavelski | Center | United States | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) |
7 | 216 | Kai Hospelt | Forward | Germany | Kölner Haie (DEL) |
8 | 236 | Alexander Hult | Center | Sweden | Oskarshamn IK (Swe-1) |
9 | 267 | Brian O'Hanley | Defense | United States | Boston College High School (USHS-MA) |
9 | 276 | Carter Lee | Forward | United States | Canterbury School (USHS-CT) |
While Nabokov struggled early in March, he was the NHL's top defensive player for February.
San Jose Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov, who went 3-0-0 with a 1.64 goals-against average and .944 save percentage... has been named Defensive Player of the Week.
Nabokov earned the 25th shutout of his career
Seventh round: 205th: Traded to San Jose for the Sharks' sixth-round pick in 2004.
Sharks dealt an eighth-round pick in 2004 to Chicago to acquire this selection.
BOSTON BRUINS--Acquired F Brad Boyes from San Jose for D Jeff Jillson... SAN JOSE SHARKS--Traded D Jeff Jillson to Buffalo for C Curtis Brown, and D Andy Delmore to Boston for future considerations.
San Jose Sharks: Signed LW Pat Rissmiller and LW Yuri Moscevsky.
08-Jul-03: Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the San Jose Sharks.
SHARKS: Re-signed... C Mark Smith
SHARKS: Signed G Nolan Schaefer.