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2003–04 Minnesota Wild season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	Minnesota Wild
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	10th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	4th
Record	30–29–20–3
HomeRecord	19–13–7–2
RoadRecord	11–16–13–1
GoalsFor	188
GoalsAgainst	183
GeneralManager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating
Brad Brown (Oct.)
Andrew Brunette (Nov.)
Richard Park (Dec.)
Brad Bombardir (Jan.)
Jim Dowd (Feb.)
Andrew Brunette (Mar.–Apr.)
AltCaptain	Andrew Brunette (Oct., Dec.–Feb.)
Jim Dowd (Oct.–Jan., Mar.)
Alex Henry
Richard Park (Oct.–Nov., Jan.-Apr.)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Attendance	18,530
MinorLeague	Houston Aeros
Louisiana IceGators
GoalsLeader	Alexandre Daigle (20)
AssistsLeader	Andrew Brunette (34)
PointsLeader	Alexandre Daigle (51)
PlusMinusLeader	Nick Schultz (+12)
Willie Mitchell (+12)
PIMLeader	Matt Johnson (177)
WinsLeader	Dwayne Roloson (19)
GAALeader	Dwayne Roloson (1.88)

Brad Brown (Oct.) Andrew Brunette (Nov.) Richard Park (Dec.) Brad Bombardir (Jan.) Jim Dowd (Feb.) Andrew Brunette (Mar.–Apr.) Jim Dowd (Oct.–Jan., Mar.) Alex Henry Richard Park (Oct.–Nov., Jan.-Apr.) Louisiana IceGators Willie Mitchell (+12)

The 2003–04 Minnesota Wild season was the team's fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite an incredible playoff run the previous year in 2002–03, the Wild failed to qualify for the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Regular season

All-Star Game

The 2004 NHL All-Star Game was held on February 8, 2004, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, home the Wild. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 6–4.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 8, 2003||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 10, 2003||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2003–04) ||1–1–0–0 || |- |3||October 12, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2003–04) ||1–2–0–0 || |- |4||October 16, 2003||2–5 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) ||1–3–0–0 || |- |5||October 18, 2003||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) ||1–3–1–0 || |- |6||October 19, 2003||1–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) ||1–4–1–0 || |- |7||October 21, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2003–04) ||1–5–1–0 || |- |8||October 24, 2003||4–3 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) ||2–5–1–0 || |- |9||October 25, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) ||2–6–1–0 || |- |10||October 28, 2003||3–1 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) ||3–6–1–0 || |- |11||October 30, 2003||3–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) ||4–6–1–0 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
9	LW	78	20	31	51	−4	14
15	RW	82	15	34	49	3	12
10	RW	65	18	22	40	10	20
33	C	59	13	16	29	4	19
24	LW	77	12	14	26	0	20
11	LW	59	11	15	26	5	20
18	RW	73	13	12	25	0	28
37	C	57	12	13	25	5	32
17	D	77	5	19	24	−7	28
34	C	55	4	20	24	6	38
96	LW	61	4	18	22	−7	22
32	C	45	11	10	21	4	17
20	D	65	8	13	21	4	48
28	C	62	7	11	18	−6	106
55	D	79	6	10	16	12	16
2	D	70	1	13	14	12	83
19	LW	19	2	8	10	0	20
25	C	15	5	4	9	1	14
26	RW	35	4	5	9	−2	8
12	LW	57	7	1	8	4	177
21	RW	31	3	4	7	−7	6
36	LW	71	2	4	6	4	106
8	RW	36	1	5	6	−10	12
23	D	12	1	4	5	−1	18
5	D	56	1	2	3	−10	21
6	D	22	1	1	2	−7	4
14	C	14	1	0	1	−7	6
4	D	30	0	1	1	−1	54
71	D	5	0	1	1	−3	0
30	G	48	0	1	1		8
27	RW	6	0	1	1	−2	10
35	G	37	0	0	0		2
28	RW	3	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Dwayne Roloson	48	19	18	11	1323	89	1.88	.933	5	2847
35	Manny Fernandez	37	11	14	9	1056	90	2.49	.915	2	2166

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award	Dwayne Roloson
[NHL All-Star Game](2004-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Filip Kuba
Dwayne Roloson
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Dwayne Roloson (December 22)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Three Star Award	Dwayne Roloson

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	750th game coached
Christoph Brandner	October 8, 2003
Brent Burns
Zbynek Michalek	January 16, 2004
Jacques Lemaire	December 11, 2003

Transactions

The Wild 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 [Toronto Maple Leafs](2003-04-toronto-maple-leafs-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To [Nashville Predators](2003-04-nashville-predators-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To [Ottawa Senators](2003-04-ottawa-senators-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To [Phoenix Coyotes](2003-04-phoenix-coyotes-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To [Philadelphia Flyers](2003-04-philadelphia-flyers-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To [Colorado Avalanche](2003-04-colorado-avalanche-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To [San Jose Sharks](2003-04-san-jose-sharks-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To [Montreal Canadiens](2003-04-montreal-canadiens-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To Nashville Predators	To Minnesota Wild
To [Buffalo Sabres](2003-04-buffalo-sabres-season)	To Minnesota Wild
To Colorado Avalanche	To Minnesota Wild

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Marc Chouinard
Jason Beckett
Chris McAlpine
Alexandre Daigle
Alex Henry
Jason Wiemer
Ryan Stokes
Mark Rooneem

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
David Cullen
Ladislav Benysek
Dieter Kochan
Jay Henderson
Greg Crozier
Lubomir Sekeras
Chris McAlpine
Derek Gustafson
Tony Tuzzolino
Rastislav Pavlikovsky
Jeremy Stevenson
Cliff Ronning

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Mika Hannula
Johan Holmqvist
Christoph Brandner
Mikko Koivu
Antti Laaksonen
Manny Fernandez
Andrei Zyuzin
Willie Mitchell
Matt Johnson
Matt Foy
Brent Burns
Pascal Dupuis
Marian Gaborik
Wes Walz
Matt Johnson

Draft picks

The 2003 NHL entry draft was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. After finishing the 2002–03 season with a 42–29–10–1 record, the Wild were awarded the 20th pick in the draft. Despite figuring fourth in the NHL for the previous season with only 178 goals allowed, and scoring only 198 goals, general manager Doug Risebrough selected defenseman Brent Burns in the first round.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	Team (league)
1	20	Brent Burns	Canada	D	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
2	56	Patrick O'Sullivan	United States	C	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
3	78	Danny Irmen	United States	C	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5	157	Marcin Kolusz	Poland	F	Podhale Nowy Targ (Poland)
6	187	Miroslav Kopriva		G	Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
7	207	Georgi Misharin	Russia	D	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg (Russia)
219	Adam Courchaine	Canada	C	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
8	251	Mathieu Melanson	Canada	C	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
9	281	Jean-Michel Bolduc	United States	D	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)

Notes

References

"All-Time Captains - Minnesota Wild".
"2003-04 Minnesota Wild Schedule and Results".
(April 6, 2004). "Dwayne Roloson Wins 2003-04 MBNA MasterCard Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award".
"2004 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
(December 22, 2003). "Dwayne Roloson Named NHL Defensive Player of the Week".
(January 24, 2004). "2004 YoungStars Game rosters".
(April 4, 2004). "Dwayne Roloson Named Pontiac-GMC Three Star Award Winner".
"2003-04 NHL Debuts".
(December 12, 2003). "Maple Leafs vs. Wild - NHL Game Recap - December 11, 2003".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 21, 2003). "Wild Select Three Players On Day One".
(June 26, 2003). "Preds trade for AHL d-man of the year".
(June 26, 2003). "Wild Acquire LW Chris Bala From Ottawa".
(December 9, 2003). "Dyment traded, Mitchell reassigned".
(December 17, 2003). "Wild Acquire RW Eric Chouinard From Philadelphia".
(February 25, 2004). "Wild Acquires Avs 2005 4th Round Draft Pick".
(March 3, 2004). "Wild Acquires Fifth Round Pick From Sharks".
(March 4, 2004). "Wild Obtains Fourth Round Pick From Montreal".
(March 5, 2004). "Wild Acquires Third and Fourth Round Draft Pick From Predators".
(March 8, 2004). "Wild Acquires Buffalo's 2005 Fourth Round Pick".
(March 9, 2004). "Wild Acquires LW Jordan Krestanovich From Avs".
(July 28, 2003). "Wild Sign Free Agent Center Marc Chouinard".
(August 6, 2003). "Wild Sign Free Agent Defenseman Jason Beckett".
(September 11, 2003). "Wild Sign Defenseman Chris McAlpine".
(September 30, 2003). "Wild Sign RW Alexandre Daigle".
(October 9, 2003). "Wild Claim Alex Henry Off Waivers".
(November 13, 2003). "Minnesota Wild Claim Wiemer Off Waivers".
(May 25, 2004). "Minnesota Wild Sign Free Agent Ryan Stokes".
(June 3, 2004). "Wild Sign Free Agent LW Mark Rooneem".
(July 1, 2003). "2003 NHL free agent list".
(July 15, 2003). "Buffalo Sabres Sign Defenseman David Cullen".
{{hockey-reference. b/benysla01. Ladislav Benysek, retrieved May 22, 2022
{{hockey-reference. k/kochadi01. Dieter Kochan, retrieved May 22, 2022
{{hockey-reference. h/hendeja01. Jay Henderson, retrieved May 22, 2022
{{hockey-reference. c/crozigr01. Greg Crozier, retrieved May 22, 2022
{{hockey-reference. s/sekerlu01. Lubomir Sekeras, retrieved May 22, 2022
(September 24, 2003). "TRANSACTIONS".
(October 1, 2003). "IceGators sign four to contracts".
(October 8, 2003). "Sens add two more".
(October 16, 2003). "Rastislav Pavlikovsky skrev på i dag".
"Predators Transactions".
(January 10, 2004). "DEPLETED ISLES ADD RONNING".
(July 2, 2003). "Wild Sign Left Wing Mika Hannula".
(July 8, 2003). "Wild Re-Sign Goaltender Johan Holmqvist".
(July 15, 2003). "Wild Sign LW Christoph Brandner".
(July 17, 2003). "Wild Sign Center Mikko Koivu".
(July 23, 2003). "Wild Re-Sign Left Wing Antti Laaksonen".
(July 30, 2003). "Wild Re-Sign Goaltender Manny Fernandez".
(July 31, 2003). "Wild Re-Sign Defenseman Andrei Zyuzin".
(August 11, 2003). "Wild Re-Sign Willie Mitchell".
"MATT JOHNSON".
(September 19, 2003). "Wild Sign Right Wing Matt Foy".
(October 1, 2003). "Wild Sign RW Brett Burns To Contract".
(October 26, 2003). "MINNESOTA WILD RE-SIGN LW PASCAL DUPUIS".
(October 31, 2003). "MINNESOTA WILD RE-SIGN MARIAN GABORIK".
(February 28, 2004). "Wild Signs Walz To Multi-Year Extension".
(March 1, 2004). "Wild Signs Johnson To Extension".
"2003 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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