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Sports season
The 2003–04 WHL season was the 38th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Twenty teams completed a 72-game season. The defending champion Kelowna Rockets won their second consecutive Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for the best regular season record; however, they failed to defend their playoff title as the Medicine Hat Tigers won the President's Cup , their fourth in team history, defeating the expansion Everett Silvertips in the championship series. This gave Medicine Hat a berth in the 2004 Memorial Cup tournament, which, because it was hosted by Kelowna, also featured the Rockets, who went on to win the tournament.
League notes [ edit ] The Everett Silvertips joined the WHL as its 20th franchise, playing in the U.S. Division of the Western Conference.[1] The Silvertips went on to post an historic inaugural season, breaking 10 junior hockey expansion team records. This included winning both a division title and conference title, winning a playoff series against the league's top regular season team, and becoming the first junior hockey expansion team to win a conference championship. The playoff format was simplified so that the top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, eliminating the possibility of cross-overs between divisions. Regular season [ edit ] Final standings [ edit ] Eastern Conference [ edit ] Western Conference [ edit ] Scoring leaders [ edit ] Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Goaltending leaders [ edit ] Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
2004 WHL Playoffs [ edit ] Conference quarterfinals [ edit ] Eastern Conference [ edit ] Moose Jaw vs. Regina Date Away Home March 19 Regina 0 3 Moose Jaw March 20 Regina 2 4 Moose Jaw March 23 Moose Jaw 5 1 Regina March 25 Moose Jaw 4 1 Regina Moose Jaw wins series 4–0
Prince Albert vs. Brandon Date Away Home March 18 Brandon 3 2 Prince Albert OT March 19 Brandon 1 5 Prince Albert March 23 Prince Albert 1 3 Brandon March 24 Prince Albert 2 3 Brandon March 26 Brandon 2 6 Prince Albert March 29 Prince Albert 1 4 Brandon Brandon wins series 4–2
Medicine Hat vs. Swift Current Date Away Home March 19 Swift Current 0 3 Medicine Hat March 20 Swift Current 2 4 Medicine Hat March 23 Medicine Hat 2 4 Swift Current March 24 Medicine Hat 4 2 Swift Current March 26 Swift Current 0 8 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat wins series 4–1
Red Deer vs. Calgary Date Away Home March 19 Calgary 0 4 Red Deer March 20 Calgary 3 4 Red Deer 2OT March 23 Red Deer 0 2 Calgary March 25 Red Deer 4 1 Calgary March 27 Calgary 3 1 Red Deer March 30 Red Deer 0 3 Calgary March 31 Calgary 2 4 Red Deer Red Deer wins series 4–3
Western Conference [ edit ] Kelowna vs. Kootenay Date Away Home March 19 Kootenay 3 5 Kelowna March 20 Kootenay 1 4 Kelowna March 23 Kelowna 4 0 Kootenay March 24 Kelowna 3 1 Kootenay Kelowna wins series 4–0
Vancouver vs. Kamloops Date Away Home March 19 Kamloops 2 1 Vancouver March 20 Kamloops 2 4 Vancouver March 23 Vancouver 2 1 Kamloops March 24 Vancouver 5 3 Kamloops March 27 Kamloops 4 5 Vancouver OT Vancouver wins series 4–1
Everett vs. Spokane Date Away Home March 19 Spokane 1 2 Everett OT March 20 Spokane 0 3 Everett March 23 Everett 5 4 Spokane OT March 24 Everett 3 0 Spokane Everett wins series 4–0
Portland vs Tri-City Date Away Home March 19 Tri-City 4 2 Portland March 21 Tri-City 1 2 Portland OT March 23 Portland 1 4 Tri-City March 24 Portland 2 3 Tri-City March 26 Tri-City 3 1 Portland Tri-City wins series 4–1
Conference semifinals [ edit ] Eastern Conference Medicine Hat vs. Brandon Date Away Home April 2 Brandon 1 5 Medicine Hat April 3 Brandon 2 4 Medicine Hat April 6 Medicine Hat 5 3 Brandon April 7 Medicine Hat 3 9 Brandon April 9 Brandon 1 4 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat wins series 4–1
Moose Jaw vs. Red Deer Date Away Home April 2 Red Deer 4 3 Moose Jaw April 3 Red Deer 3 2 Moose Jaw April 6 Moose Jaw 4 2 Red Deer April 7 Moose Jaw 2 1 Red Deer OT April 9 Red Deer 2 1 Moose Jaw 2OT April 11 Moose Jaw 0 Red Deer 3 Red Deer wins series 4–2
Western Conference Kelowna vs. Tri-City Date Away Home April 2 Tri-City 3 2 Kelowna OT April 3 Tri-City 4 3 Kelowna OT April 6 Kelowna 4 1 Tri-City April 7 Kelowna 4 3 Tri-City OT April 9 Tri-City 2 7 Kelowna April 11 Kelowna 2 1 Tri-City Kelowna wins series 4–2
Vancouver vs Everett Date Away Home April 2 Everett 1 2 Vancouver April 3 Everett 3 1 Vancouver April 5 Vancouver 3 1 Everett April 8 Vancouver 0 4 Everett April 9 Everett 6 2 Vancouver April 11 Vancouver 2 3 Everett Everett wins series 4–2
Conference finals [ edit ] Eastern Conference Western Conference Medicine Hat vs Red Deer Date Away Home April 16 Red Deer 1 0 Medicine Hat April 17 Red Deer 2 4 Medicine Hat April 20 Medicine Hat 1 3 Red Deer April 21 Medicine Hat 2 1 Red Deer April 23 Red Deer 3 4 Medicine Hat April 25 Medicine Hat 4 2 Red Deer Medicine Hat wins series 4–2
Kelowna vs Everett Date Away Home April 16 Everett 3 2 Kelowna April 17 Everett 1 2 Kelowna April 20 Kelowna 2 1 Everett April 22 Kelowna 4 3 Everett April 24 Everett 1 0 Kelowna OT April 26 Kelowna 1 2 Everett OT April 27 Everett 2 1 Kelowna OT Everett wins series 4–3
WHL Championship [ edit ] Medicine Hat vs Everett Date Away Home April 30 Everett 1 4 Medicine Hat May 1 Everett 0 3 Medicine Hat May 4 Medicine Hat 3 0 Everett May 5 Medicine Hat 4 2 Everett Medicine Hat wins series 4–0
On November 26, Team WHL defeated the Russian Selects 4–1 in Calgary, Alberta before a crowd of 7,844.
On November 27, Team WHL defeated the Russian Selects 7–1 in Brandon, Manitoba before a crowd of 4,908.
WHL awards [ edit ] Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (Player of the Year): Cam Ward , Red Deer Rebels Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy (Scholastic Player of the Year): Devan Dubnyk , Kamloops Blazers Scholastic Team of the Year: Portland Winterhawks Bob Clarke Trophy (Top scorer): Tyler Redenbach , Swift Current Broncos Brad Hornung Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike Player): Nigel Dawes , Kootenay Ice Bill Hunter Trophy (Top Defenseman): Dion Phaneuf , Red Deer Rebels Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Gilbert Brule , Vancouver Giants Del Wilson Trophy (Top Goaltender): Cam Ward , Red Deer Rebels Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy (Coach of the Year): Kevin Constantine , Everett Silvertips Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy (Executive of the Year): Kelly Kisio , Calgary Hitmen Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy (Best regular season record): Kelowna Rockets Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy (Top Official): Rob Matsuoka St. Clair Group Trophy (Marketing/Public Relations Award): Mark Stiles, Calgary Hitmen Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy (Humanitarian of the Year): Braydon Coburn , Portland Winter Hawks WHL Plus-Minus Award : Andrew Ladd , Calgary Hitmen WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player : Kevin Nastiuk , Medicine Hat Tigers
All-Star Teams [ edit ] source: Western Hockey League press release 2004 Bantam Draft [ edit ] The 2004 WHL Bantam Draft was held at the WHL's head office in Calgary on April 29, 2004.
List of first round picks in the bantam draft. See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]