WHL 2003/04

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The 2003/04 WHL season was the 38th season of the Western Hockey League . The play-offs started on March 18, 2004 and ended with the fourth President's Cup win by the Medicine Hat Tigers on May 5, 2004, who defeated the Everett Silvertips in the WHL final .

Team changes

The Everett Silvertips started the season as the 20th WHL franchise to start playing. The team was placed in the US Division , which now comprised five teams. The Silvertips played a successful first season and, in addition to the division title, also won the Conference Championship after defeating last year's champions Kelowna Rockets in the Western Conference finals. The Everett Silvertips were already 3-1 games behind in the best-of-seven series before they could win the following three games in overtime . This marked the first time a new franchise won a play-off series against the best regular season team. In addition, never before has an expansion team won a WHL conference title. The WHL final lost the Silvertips against the Medicine Hat Tigers with 0: 4 games.

Regular season

Final placements

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations:     = play-off qualification,     = division winner,     = Conference winner,     = Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy winner

Eastern Conference

East Division GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Moose Jaw Warriors 72 41 22nd 8th 1 209 172 91
Prince Albert Raiders 72 38 23 6th 5 215 186 87
Brandon Wheat Kings 72 28 32 9 3 230 224 68
Regina Pats 72 24 37 7th 4th 155 232 59
Saskatoon Blades 72 7th 52 11 2 140 279 27
Central Division GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Medicine Hat Tigers 72 40 20th 9 3 277 216 92
Red Deer Rebels 72 35 22nd 10 5 167 169 85
Calgary Hitmen 72 34 24 8th 6th 220 187 82
Swift Current Broncos 72 36 29 7th 0 234 209 79
Lethbridge Hurricanes 72 27 28 10 7th 196 203 71

Western Conference

BC Division GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Kelowna Rockets 72 47 21st 4th 0 185 125 98
Vancouver Giants 72 33 24 9 6th 215 196 81
Kamloops Blazers 72 34 28 8th 2 192 192 78
Kootenay Ice 72 32 30th 7th 3 183 200 74
Prince George Cougars 72 30th 34 7th 1 214 236 68
US division GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Everett Silvertips 72 35 27 8th 2 157 153 80
Portland Winter Hawks 72 34 29 6th 3 199 206 77
Tri-City Americans 72 31 27 10 4th 199 206 76
Spokane Chiefs 72 32 29 4th 7th 200 215 75
Seattle Thunderbirds 72 24 31 8th 9 192 198 65

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Tyler Redenbach Swift Current 71 31 74 105 18th
Jeremy Williams Swift Current 68 52 49 101 38
Kyle Brodziak Moose Jaw 70 39 54 93 18th
Brad Schell Spokane 71 35 57 92 19th
Chris St. Jacques Medicine Hat 64 33 59 92 28
Chad classes Spokane 72 35 56 91 22nd
Seth Leonard Prince Albert 72 50 40 90 17th
Eric Fehr Brandon 71 50 34 84 47
Adam Courchaine Vancouver 70 39 43 82 10
Darren Reid Medicine Hat 67 33 48 81 76

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime defeats, T = draws, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = saved shots (in%), GAA = conceded goal

player team GP TOI W. L. OTL T GA SO Sv% ATM
Mike Brodeur Moose Jaw 41 2385 23 11 1 5 84 4th 92.9 2.11
Cam Ward Red deer 56 3338 31 12 4th 8th 114 4th 92.6 2.05
Kelly Guard Kelowna 62 3651 44 14th 0 4th 95 13 92.5 1.56
Jeff Harvey Everett 48 2684 24 14th 2 5 89 3 92.5 1.99
Dustin Slade Regina
Brandon
Kamloops		 41 2383 19th 14th 2 4th 91 6th 92.5 2.29

Play-offs

Play-off tree

  Conference quarterfinals   Conference semifinals   Conference finals   WHL championship
                                     
E1 Moose Jaw Warriors 4th                  
E4 Regina Pats 0  
E1 Red Deer Rebels 4th
  C3 Moose Jaw Warriors 1  
C2 Calgary Hitmen 3
 
C3 Red Deer Rebels 4th  
E1 Medicine Hat Tigers 4th
Eastern Conference
  E3 Red Deer Rebels 2  
C1 Prince Albert Raiders 4th      
 
C4 Brandon Wheat Kings 2  
C1 Brandon Wheat Kings 2
  E3 Medicine Hat Tigers 4th  
E2 Swift Current Broncos 1
 
E3 Medicine Hat Tigers 4th  
E1 Everett Silvertips 0
  B2 Medicine Hat Tigers 4th
B1 Kelowna Rockets 4th            
 
B4 Kootenay Ice 0  
B1 Kelowna Rockets 4th
  U3 Tri-City Americans 2  
U2 Portland Winter Hawks 1
 
U3 Tri-City Americans 4th  
B1 Kelowna Rockets 3
Western Conference
  B2 Everett Silvertips 4th  
B2 Vancouver Giants 4th      
 
B3 Kamloops Blazers 1  
B2 Everett Silvertips 4th
  U1 Vancouver Giants 2  
U1 Everett Silvertips 4th
 
U4 Spokane Chiefs 0  

President's Cup winner

President's Cup winner


Medicine Hat Tigers

Goalkeepers: Matt Keetley , Kevin Nastiuk

Defenders: Cam Barker , Cody Blanshan , Riley Day , Dan Idema , Martin Kubaliak , Steve Marr , Lee Rogers , Kris Russell , Mark Vodden

Attackers: Kieran Block , Nathan Exner , Ryan Hollweg , Kyle Howarth , Clarke MacArthur , Tommy Maxwell , Stefan Meyer , Steve Regier , Darren Reid , Brett Robertson , Yannic Seidenberg , Chris St. Jacques , Daine Todd , Devyn Tremblay

Head Coach: Will Desjardins  General Manager:

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Chris St. Jacques Medicine Hat 20th 12 15th 27 18th
Darren Reid Medicine Hat 20th 13 8th 21st 31
Yannic Seidenberg Medicine Hat 20th 5 14th 19th 12
Clarke MacArthur Medicine Hat 20th 8th 10 18th 16
Stefan Meyer Medicine Hat 19th 7th 10 17th 27
Shea Weber Kelowna 17th 3 14th 17th 16
Justin Taylor Red deer 19th 6th 10 16 13
Steve Regier Medicine Hat 18th 5 11 16 20th
John Dahl Everett 21st 3 13 16 8th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime / shootout defeats , GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = Conceded goal

player team GP TOI W. L. GA SO Sv% ATM
Cam Ward Red deer 19th 1199 10 8th 37 3 94.5 1.85
Jeff Harvey Everett 20th 1160 11 9 36 3 93.8 1.86
Mike Brodeur Moose Jaw 10 624 6th 3 18th 1 93.5 1.73
Barry chest Calgary 7th 457 3 3 15th 2 92.8 1.97

Awards

All-star teams

Eastern Conference

First all-star team
Attack: Jeremy Williams - Ryan Getzlaf - Kyle Brodziak
Defense: Mark Ardelan - Dion Phaneuf
Goal: Cam Ward
Second all-star team
Attack: Tomáš Fleischmann - Seth Leonard - Tyler Redenbach
Defense: Derek Meech - Aaron Rome
Goal: Réjean Beauchemin

Western Conference

First all-star team
Attack: Adam Courchaine - Nigel Dawes - Ryan Kinasewich
Defense: Josh Gorges - Braydon Coburn
Goal: Kelly Guard
Second all-star team
Attack: Brandon Dubinsky - Chad Klassen - Brad Schell
Defense: Shea Weber - Richie Regehr
Goal: Jeff Harvey

Awarded trophies

Award team
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy Kelowna Rockets
Award player team
Four Broncos Memorial Trophy Cam Ward Red Deer Rebels
Bob Clarke Trophy Tyler Redenbach Swift Current Broncos
Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy Dion Phaneuf Red Deer Rebels
Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy Gilbert Brulé Vancouver Giants
Del Wilson Trophy Cam Ward Red Deer Rebels
WHL Plus-Minus Award Andrew Ladd Calgary Hitmen
Brad Hornung Trophy Nigel Dawes Kootenay Ice
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy Devan Dubnyk Kamloops Blazers
Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy Kevin Constantine Everett Silvertips
Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy Kelly Kisio Calgary Hitmen
Allan Paradice Memorial Trophy Rob Matsuoka
St. Clair Group Trophy Mark Stiles Calgary Hitmen
Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy Braydon Coburn Portland Winter Hawks
WHL Playoff MVP Kevin Nastiuk Medicine Hat Tigers

See also

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