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2003–04 Colorado Avalanche season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	Colorado Avalanche
Record	40–22–13–7
HomeRecord	19–14–6–2
RoadRecord	21–8–7–5
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	4th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	236
GoalsAgainst	198
GeneralManager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Tony Granato
Captain	Joe Sakic
AltCaptain	Rob Blake
Adam Foote
Peter Forsberg
Arena	Pepsi Center
Attendance	18,007
MinorLeague	Hershey Bears
GoalsLeader	Milan Hejduk (35)
AssistsLeader	Joe Sakic (54)
Alex Tanguay (54)
PointsLeader	Joe Sakic (87)
PIMLeader	Peter Worrell (179)
PlusMinusLeader	Alex Tanguay (+30)
WinsLeader	David Aebischer (32)
GAALeader	David Aebischer (2.09)

Adam Foote Peter Forsberg Alex Tanguay (54) The 2003–04 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's ninth season. For the first time since moving to Colorado, the Avalanche did not win their division. They defeated the Dallas Stars in the Quarterfinal round, but lost in the Semifinal round to the San Jose Sharks.

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 10, 2003||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2003||1–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2003–04) ||1–1–0–0 || |- |3||October 16, 2003||5–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) ||2–1–0–0 || |- |4||October 18, 2003||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) ||2–2–0–0 || |- |5||October 21, 2003||1–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2003–04) ||2–3–0–0 || |- |6||October 23, 2003||6–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) ||3–3–0–0 || |- |7||October 25, 2003||5–3 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) ||4–3–0–0 || |- |8||October 26, 2003||1–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) ||4–4–0–0 || |- |9||October 28, 2003||4–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2003–04) ||5–4–0–0 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 7 || Dallas || 1–3 || Colorado || || Aebischer || 18,007 || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 9 || Dallas || 2–5 || Colorado || || Aebischer || 18,007 || Avalanche lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 12 || Colorado || 3–4 || Dallas || OT || Aebischer || 18,532 || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 14 || Colorado || 3–2 || Dallas || 2OT || Aebischer || 18,532 || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 17 || Dallas || 1–5 || Colorado || || Aebischer || 18,007 || Avalanche win 4–1 ||

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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 Avalanche only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
19	C	81	33	54	87	11	42	11	7	5	12	0	8
18	LW	69	25	54	79	30	42	8	2	2	4	1	2
23	RW	82	35	40	75	19	20	11	5	2	7	6	0
21	C	39	18	37	55	16	30	11	4	7	11	6	12
4	D	74	13	33	46	6	61	9	0	5	5	0	6
22	LW	76	19	20	39	2	70	11	4	0	4	−4	12
9	LW	51	11	25	36	−5	22	1	0	1	1	−1	0
26	D	79	10	24	34	7	28	11	0	1	1	1	4
8	RW	78	16	16	32	2	32	10	0	3	3	−2	2
52	D	73	8	22	30	13	87	11	0	4	4	−2	10
53	D	69	6	22	28	4	47
41	D	58	2	14	16	2	30
3	D	82	5	8	13	18	26	11	0	2	2	−2	2
36	C	57	5	7	12	−5	37
11	C	49	5	7	12	3	24	11	0	2	2	−3	4
13	RW	59	4	7	11	−6	57	11	1	0	1	2	0
38	RW	13	4	5	9	3	37	11	0	2	2	−3	27
60	LW	36	3	4	7	0	10
20	C	44	2	3	5	−4	73
28	LW	49	3	1	4	2	179
15	LW	26	2	2	4	2	11
7	C	20	1	3	4	−8	6	6	1	0	1	−1	2
24	C	13	2	1	3	1	18	11	0	0	0	−1	27
17	RW	55	1	2	3	−5	147
40	RW	4	2	0	2	1	0	11	1	5	6	3	2
5	D	12	1	1	2	3	6
38	C	6	0	2	2	−1	4
1	G	62	0	1	1		4	11	0	0	0		2
44	LW	4	0	1	1	−1	4
32	C	28	0	1	1	−7	12	7	1	0	1	0	2
34	D	14	0	1	1	−3	19	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	D	11	0	0	0	−1	8	11	0	4	4	5	6
37	LW	14	0	0	0	0	6
43	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	0
24	D	34	0	0	0	−2	62
35	G	5	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		2
30	G	17	0	0	0		2
27	D	12	0	0	0	−4	2	11	0	1	1	3	18

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
1	David Aebischer	62	32	19	9	1703	129	2.09	.924	4	3703	11	6	5	295	23	2.08	.922	1	662
30	Philippe Sauve	17	7	7	3	479	50	3.04	.896	0	986	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Tommy Salo	5	1	3	1	136	12	2.37	.912	0	304	1	0	0	7	0	0.00	1.000	0	27

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL All-Rookie Team	John-Michael Liles (Defense)	title=Postseason All-Star Teams	url=https://records.nhl.com/awards/phwa-all-star-teams?season=20032004	website=records.nhl.com	access-date=August 8, 2022}}
NHL First All-Star Team	Joe Sakic (Center)
NHL/Sheraton Road Performer Award	Joe Sakic
[NHL All-Star Game](2004-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Rob Blake
Joe Sakic
Alex Tanguay
NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Milan Hejduk (January 26)
Joe Sakic (March 15)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Philippe Sauve

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
John-Michael Liles	October 10, 2003
Marek Svatos
Cody McCormick	October 12, 2003
Philippe Sauve	October 18, 2003
Mikhail Kuleshov	February 20, 2004

Transactions

The Avalanche 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 [San Jose Sharks](2003-04-san-jose-sharks-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Chicago Blackhawks](2003-04-chicago-blackhawks-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Nashville Predators](2003-04-nashville-predators-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To Nashville Predators	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Buffalo Sabres](2003-04-buffalo-sabres-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Florida Panthers](2003-04-florida-panthers-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2003-04-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Washington Capitals](2003-04-washington-capitals-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Ottawa Senators](2003-04-ottawa-senators-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Carolina Hurricanes](2003-04-carolina-hurricanes-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Minnesota Wild](2003-04-minnesota-wild-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [New York Rangers](2003-04-new-york-rangers-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Edmonton Oilers](2003-04-edmonton-oilers-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To [Phoenix Coyotes](2003-04-phoenix-coyotes-season)	To Colorado Avalanche
To Minnesota Wild	To Colorado Avalanche

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Paul Kariya
Teemu Selanne
Jim Cummins

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
K. C. Timmons
Mike Keane
Bryan Marchment
Greg de Vries
Brent Thompson
Eric Bertrand
Bryan Muir
Jeff Paul
Jeff Shantz
Steve Brule
Dale Clarke
Serge Aubin
Brian Willsie
Brad Larsen
Tommy Salo
Andrei Nikolishin

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Peter Forsberg
Serge Aubin
Derek Morris
Phil Sauve
D. J. Smith
Mikko Viitanen
Brian Willsie
Bates Battaglia
Karlis Skrastins
Tomas Slovak
Peter Worrell
Brett Clark
Steve Moore
Alex Tanguay
Frantisek Skladany
Tyler Weiman

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	63	David Liffiton	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	131	David Svagrovsky	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5	146	Mark McCutcheon	New England Junior Falcons (EJHL)
5	163	Brad Richardson	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
7	204	Linus Videll	Sodertalje SK (Sweden)
7	225	Brett Hemingway	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)
8	257	Darryl Yacboski	Regina Pats (WHL)
9	288	David Jones	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)

Notes

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