2003–04 Montreal Canadiens season

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2003–04 Montreal Canadiens
Division 4th Northeast
Conference 7th Eastern
2003–04 record 41–30–7
Goals for 208
Goals against 192
General Manager Bob Gainey
Coach Claude Julien
Captain Saku Koivu
Arena Bell Centre
Team leaders
Goals Richard Zednik (26)
Assists Mike Ribeiro (45)
Points Mike Ribeiro (65)
Penalties in minutes Darren Langdon (135)
Wins Jose Theodore (33)
Goals against average Mathieu Garon and Jose Theodore (2.27)

The 2003–04 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 95th season of play, 87th in the National Hockey League. The Canadiens returned to the playoffs this season and made i to the Eastern Conference Semi-finals before being eliminated by the Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 0.

Contents:
Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions
Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References


[edit] Offseason

[edit] NHL Draft

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 10 Andrei Kostitsyn (RW) Flag of Belarus Belarus CSKA Moscow (RUS)
2 40 Cory Urquhart (C) Flag of Canada Canada Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
2 61 Maxim Lapierre (C) Flag of Canada Canada Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
3 79 Ryan O'Byrne (D) Flag of Canada Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Northeast Division W L T OTL GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins (2) 41 19 15 7 209 188 104
Toronto Maple Leafs (4) 45 24 10 3 242 204 103
Ottawa Senators (5) 43 23 10 6 262 189 102
Montreal Canadiens (7) 41 30 7 4 208 192 93
Buffalo Sabres (9) 37 34 7 4 220 221 85

[edit] Heritage Classic

The Heritage Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22, 2003 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the second NHL outdoor game and the first regular season outdoor game in the history of the National Hockey League, and was modeled after the success of the "cold war" game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in 2001[1]. The first NHL game to be played outdoors was in 1991 when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. [1] The event took place in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in front of a crowd of 57,167, the largest number of people to ever watch a live NHL game, despite temperatures of close to -18 °C, -30 °C (-22 °F) with wind chill. It was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton Oilers joining the NHL in 1979. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television broadcast also set the record for most viewers of a single NHL game with 2.747 million nationwide. This was the first NHL game broadcast in HDTV on CBC.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM

[edit] Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM

[edit] Goaltending

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

Player GP W L T SO GAA

[edit] References

  1. ^ Edmonton Oilers Heritage Website - Heritage Classic

[edit] See also

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Montreal Canadiens seasons
1909–10 • 1910–11 • 1911–12 • 1912–13 • 1913–14 • 1914–15 • 1915–16 • 1916–17 • 1917–18 • 1918–19 • 1919–20 • 1920–21 • 1921–22 • 1922–23 • 1923–24 • 1924–25 • 1925–26 • 1926–27 • 1927–28 • 1928–29 • 1929–30 • 1930–31 • 1931–32 • 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1935–36 • 1936–37 • 1937–38 • 1938–39 • 1939–40 • 1940–41 • 1941–42 • 1942–43 • 1943–44 • 1944–45 • 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50 • 1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60 • 1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09
Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship
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Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cups
Affiliates
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2003–04 NHL season by team
Atlantic
New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh
Northeast
Boston • Buffalo • Montreal • Ottawa • Toronto
Southeast
Atlanta • Carolina • Florida • Tampa Bay • Washington
Central
Chicago • Columbus • Detroit • Nashville • St. Louis
Northwest
Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Minnesota • Vancouver
Pacific
Anaheim • Dallas • Los Angeles • Phoenix • San Jose
See also