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2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	Carolina Hurricanes
Record	28–34–14–6
HomeRecord	13–18–8–2
RoadRecord	15–16–6–4
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	11th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	3rd
GeneralManager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice (Oct.–Dec.)
Peter Laviolette (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Ron Francis (Oct.–Mar.)
Vacant (Mar.–Apr.)
AltCaptain	Rod Brind'Amour
Glen Wesley
Arena	RBC Center
Attendance	12,330
MinorLeague	Lowell Lock Monsters
Florida Everblades
GoalsFor	172
GoalsAgainst	209
GoalsLeader	Josef Vasicek (19)
AssistsLeader	Josef Vasicek,
Rod Brind'Amour,
Sean Hill (26)
PointsLeader	Josef Vasicek (45)
PIMLeader	Jesse Boulerice (127)
PlusMinusLeader	Glen Wesley (+18)
WinsLeader	Kevin Weekes (23)
GAALeader	Kevin Weekes (2.33)

Peter Laviolette (Dec.–Apr.) Vacant (Mar.–Apr.) Glen Wesley Florida Everblades Rod Brind'Amour, Sean Hill (26) The 2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Hockey League and seventh as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Regular season

On December 15, 2003, head coach Paul Maurice was fired after an 8–12–8–2 start to the season and replaced by former New York Islanders head coach Peter Laviolette.

The Hurricanes season finale against the Florida Panthers on April 4, 2004 was the final tie in NHL history. The Hurricane player who scored the final game-tying goal to make it 6–6 was defenseman Brad Fast, who was playing in his first and what proved to be his only NHL game. Fast is one of only five NHL one-gamers to score a goal in their lone NHL appearance. Ties were eliminated after the 2004–05 NHL lockout when the shootout was adopted.

The Hurricanes finished 30th overall in the NHL in scoring for the second consecutive season, with just 172 goals for. They also struggled on the power-play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored, with 41, and 30th overall in power-play percentage, at 10.68% (41 for 384).

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 9, 2003||1–3 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 11, 2003||1–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2003–04) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 13, 2003||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (2003–04) ||0–2–1–0 || |- |4||October 18, 2003||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2003–04) ||0–2–2–0 || |- |5||October 22, 2003||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) ||0–2–3–0 || |- |6||October 23, 2003||2–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) ||1–2–3–0 || |- |7||October 25, 2003||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) ||1–2–4–0 || |- |8||October 28, 2003||3–0 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2003–04) ||2–2–4–0 || |- |9||October 30, 2003||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2003–04) ||2–3–4–0 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
63	LW	82	19	26	45	−3	60
26	RW	80	18	24	42	−4	93
22	D	80	13	26	39	−2	84
17	C	78	12	26	38	0	28
92	RW	67	14	20	34	−12	60
12	C	81	11	20	31	−6	40
10	C	68	10	20	30	−12	14
19	RW	80	12	13	25	−10	24
6	D	81	7	17	24	−10	64
14	C	73	10	12	22	6	43
11	RW	32	5	13	18	2	32
27	LW	80	7	10	17	−5	69
55	D	44	4	10	14	−6	37
15	C	66	5	7	12	6	8
7	D	57	3	7	10	−8	51
23	RW	18	5	3	8	0	8
4	D	49	3	5	8	1	37
36	RW	76	6	1	7	−5	127
16	LW	44	3	3	6	−14	22
2	D	74	0	6	6	18	32
8	D	43	0	5	5	−9	80
62	LW	33	3	1	4	3	6
38	D	25	1	2	3	4	22
18	C	17	0	3	3	−1	2
25	D	35	0	2	2	−7	31
47	D	1	1	0	1	1	0
52	LW	1	0	1	1	1	0
1	G	10	0	0	0		2
37	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0
56	C	2	0	0	0	0	2
71	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
1	G	14	0	0	0		0
33	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
80	G	66	0	0	0		6

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
80	Kevin Weekes	66	23	30	5	1652	146	2.33	.912	6	3765
1	Arturs Irbe	10	5	2	0	228	23	2.45	.899	0	564
1	Jamie Storr	14	0	8	1	262	32	2.91	.878	0	660

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Eric Staal
Good Guy Award	Kevyn Adams	title=Fast Named Chiasson Award Winner	url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/fast-named-chiasson-award-winner/c-333563806	website=NHL.com	access-date=November 12, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527152418/https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/fast-named-chiasson-award-winner/c-333563806	archive-date=May 27, 2022	date=April 29, 2022}}
Most Valuable Player	Sean Hill
Steve Chiasson Award	Sean Hill

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Eric Staal	October 9, 2003
Allan Rourke	October 28, 2003
Brett Lysak	March 19, 2004
Brad Fast	April 4, 2004

Transactions

The Hurricanes 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.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To [Phoenix Coyotes](2003-04-phoenix-coyotes-season)	To Carolina Hurricanes
To [Philadelphia Flyers](2003-04-philadelphia-flyers-season)	To Carolina Hurricanes
To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2003-04-columbus-blue-jackets-season)	To Carolina Hurricanes
To [Calgary Flames](2003-04-calgary-flames-season)	To Carolina Hurricanes
To [Atlanta Thrashers](2003-04-atlanta-thrashers-season)	To Carolina Hurricanes	last1=Williams	first1=Terrell	title=HURRICANES ACQUIRE DRAFT PICK FROM THRASHERS	url=http://www.carolinahurricanes.com:80/news/news.asp?articleid=1108	website=Carolina Hurricanes	access-date=November 24, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031218094850/http://www.carolinahurricanes.com:80/news/news.asp?articleid=1108	archive-date=December 18, 2003	date=October 3, 2003}}
To Philadelphia Flyers	To Carolina Hurricanes
To [Colorado Avalanche](2003-04-colorado-avalanche-season)	To Carolina Hurricanes
To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2003-04-toronto-maple-leafs-season)	To Carolina Hurricanes

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Joey Tetarenko
Glen Wesley
Chad LaRose
Jani Hurme
Jamie Storr

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Steven Halko
Mike Watt
Nikos Tselios
Ryan Murphy
Craig MacDonald
Jan Hlavac
Kaspars Astasenko
Jeff Heerema
Brent McDonald
Shaun Fisher
Jeff Daniels

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Bruno St. Jacques
Allan Rourke
Jeff Heerema
Jaroslav Svoboda
Danny Markov
Erik Cole
Josef Vasicek
Eric Staal
Cam Ward

Draft picks

Carolina's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Position	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Eric Staal	C	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	31	Danny Richmond	RW	University of Michigan (NCAA)
4	102	Aaron Dawson	D	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	126	Kevin Nastiuk	G	Medicine Hat Tigers (OHL)
4	130	Matej Trojovsky	D	Regina Pats (WHL)
5	137	Tyson Strachan	D	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
7	198	Shay Stephenson	LW	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8	230	Jamie Hoffmann	C	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
9	262	Ryan Rorabeck	C	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Lowell Lock Monsters are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2003–04 AHL season.

ECHL

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes ECHL affiliate.

Notes

References

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