2003–04 Ottawa Senators season

The 2003–04 Ottawa Senators season would see the Senators again finish with over 100 points, finishing with 102, but this was good for only third in the tightly-contested division, as the Boston Bruins would have 104 and the Toronto Maple Leafs 103. Ottawa would meet Toronto in the first-round of the playoffs for the fourth time, where the Maple Leafs would win the series 4–3 to end the Senators' playoff hopes. Ottawa would fire Head Coach Jacques Martin after the playoff round.

Offseason

In the off-season, Eugene Melnyk would purchase the club to bring financial stability. Another change was in the general manager position. Marshall Johnston resigned and was replaced by John Muckler on June 3, 2003. Muckler had been a candidate for the positions of Ottawa head coach or GM back in 1992, but had chosen to sign on with the Buffalo Sabres instead.

On June 21, 2003, Assistant Coach Roger Neilson died after four years of battling cancer. The Senators would wear a patch on their jerseys with an illustration of his signature and a necktie. Neilson would often wear distinctive neckties and the necktie became associated with him, and also became the symbol for "Roger's House," a residence for the use of families with a family member fighting cancer while in hospital, established by him and the Senators.

Regular season

Marian Hossa lead the club in scoring with 82 points, good enough for sixth overall in the NHL.

Highlights

On February 5, 2004, the Senators were playing the Toronto Maple Leafs and were leading 4–0 in the second period. The flu started affecting players on the Senators leading the team to be down to only 15 skaters by the end of the game. The Maple Leafs took full advantage and won the game 5–4 in overtime.^[2]

On March 5, 2004, in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a record was set for the most penalty minutes in a game by both teams, at 419 minutes. Five brawls broke out in the last two minutes of the game. It took the officials until 90 minutes after the game was over to sort out the penalties. By the end of the game, Philadelphia had 213 penalty minutes and seven men left on the bench, while Ottawa finished with 206 penalty minutes and six men left.

The Senators finished the regular season first overall in the NHL in scoring (262 goals for), power-play goals scored (80) and power-play percentage (21.62%).^[3]

Division standings

Northeast Division^[4]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Boston Bruins	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
3	5	Ottawa Senators	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
4	7	Montreal Canadiens	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
5	9	Buffalo Sabres	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[5]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	Y- Boston Bruins	NE	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
3	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	40	21	15	6	209	188	101
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
5	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
8.5
9	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
13	New York Rangers	AT	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	W	October 9, 2003	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	1–0–0–0	18,500
2	L	October 11, 2003	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	1–0–0–1	18,500
3	L	October 15, 2003	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	1–1–0–1	18,180
4	W	October 17, 2003	3–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	2–1–0–1	13,885
5	W	October 18, 2003	4–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	3–1–0–1	14,807
6	W	October 23, 2003	5–1	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	4–1–0–1	18,188
7	W	October 25, 2003	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	5–1–0–1	21,273
8	L	October 30, 2003	2–3	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	5–2–0–1	17,086
9	T	November 1, 2003	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	5–2–1–1	15,445
10	L	November 3, 2003	3–6	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	5–3–1–1	10,957
11	T	November 6, 2003	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	5–3–2–1	15,216
12	L	November 8, 2003	0–1	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	5–4–2–1	18,359
13	W	November 11, 2003	5–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	6–4–2–1	13,547
14	W	November 13, 2003	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	7–4–2–1	15,297
15	L	November 15, 2003	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	7–5–2–1	18,337
16	L	November 17, 2003	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	7–6–2–1	15,744
17	W	November 20, 2003	6–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	8–6–2–1	17,159
18	L	November 22, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	8–6–2–2	11,233
19	L	November 23, 2003	2–6	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	8–7–2–2	18,200
20	W	November 25, 2003	6–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	9–7–2–2	11,937
21	L	November 27, 2003	2–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	9–7–2–3	18,500
22	L	November 29, 2003	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	9–8–2–3	18,500
23	W	December 1, 2003	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	10–8–2–3	16,289
24	W	December 3, 2003	4–0	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	11–8–2–3	11,520
25	W	December 4, 2003	4–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	12–8–2–3	15,221
26	L	December 6, 2003	1–2	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	12–9–2–3	17,931
27	T	December 8, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	12–9–3–3	10,662
28	W	December 11, 2003	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	13–9–3–3	17,256
29	L	December 13, 2003	2–3	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	13–10–3–3	17,671
30	W	December 18, 2003	6–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	14–10–3–3	16,420
31	W	December 20, 2003	3–1	New York Rangers (2003–04)	15–10–3–3	18,037
32	W	December 22, 2003	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	16–10–3–3	17,189
33	T	December 23, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	16–10–4–3	15,317
34	T	December 26, 2003	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	16–10–5–3	18,316
35	W	December 28, 2003	5–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	17–10–5–3	18,500
36	W	December 30, 2003	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	18–10–5–3	16,388
37	W	January 1, 2004	1–0	New York Islanders (2003–04)	19–10–5–3	18,500
38	W	January 3, 2004	5–2	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	20–10–5–3	17,695
39	W	January 6, 2004	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	21–10–5–3	16,890
40	W	January 8, 2004	7–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	22–10–5–3	19,395
41	L	January 9, 2004	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	22–11–5–3	18,690
42	T	January 11, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	22–11–6–3	9,350
43	W	January 13, 2004	4–0	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	23–11–6–3	11,456
44	T	January 15, 2004	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (2003–04)	23–11–7–3	17,197
45	W	January 17, 2004	4–0	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	24–11–7–3	18,500
46	L	January 19, 2004	2–5	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	24–12–7–3	14,213
47	W	January 20, 2004	3–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	25–12–7–3	8,810
48	W	January 22, 2004	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	26–12–7–3	16,777
49	W	January 24, 2004	9–1	New York Rangers (2003–04)	27–12–7–3	18,500
50	L	January 28, 2004	3–5	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	27–13–7–3	18,006
51	W	January 29, 2004	4–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	28–13–7–3	13,387
52	L	January 31, 2004	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	28–14–7–3	19,419
53	L	February 3, 2004	1–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	28–15–7–3	12,304
54	L	February 5, 2004	4–5 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	28–15–7–4	18,500
55	W	February 10, 2004	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	29–15–7–4	18,238
56	W	February 12, 2004	3–2 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	30–15–7–4	18,364
57	W	February 14, 2004	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	31–15–7–4	18,500
58	W	February 16, 2004	4–1	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	32–15–7–4	18,200
59	T	February 17, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	32–15–8–4	13,901
60	L	February 19, 2004	2–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	32–15–8–5	18,500
61	W	February 21, 2004	2–1	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	33–15–8–5	18,500
62	W	February 22, 2004	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	34–15–8–5	11,780
63	L	February 24, 2004	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	34–16–8–5	21,273
64	T	February 26, 2004	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	34–16–9–5	18,500
65	W	February 28, 2004	7–1	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	35–16–9–5	18,500
66	L	March 3, 2004	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	35–17–9–5	11,956
67	L	March 5, 2004	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	35–18–9–5	19,539
68	W	March 6, 2004	4–2	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	36–18–9–5	18,500
69	W	March 8, 2004	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	37–18–9–5	17,776
70	L	March 11, 2004	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	37–19–9–5	17,869
71	W	March 13, 2004	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	38–19–9–5	18,630
72	L	March 14, 2004	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	38–20–9–5	16,839
73	L	March 16, 2004	2–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	38–21–9–5	18,568
74	W	March 18, 2004	2–0	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	39–21–9–5	18,500
75	L	March 20, 2004	2–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	39–21–9–6	18,500
76	L	March 23, 2004	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	39–22–9–6	15,887
77	W	March 25, 2004	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	40–22–9–6	21,273
78	T	March 27, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	40–22–10–6	19,480
79	W	March 29, 2004	5–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	41–22–10–6	19,844
80	W	March 31, 2004	5–4	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	42–22–10–6	15,876
81	W	April 2, 2004	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	43–22–10–6	19,776
82	L	April 3, 2004	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	43–23–10–6	18,500

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Playoffs

In the first round of the 2004 playoffs, the Senators would lose again to the Maple Leafs for the fourth straight time. By now, Ottawa had developed a strong rivalry with their Ontario cousins and there was a great deal of pressure on the team to finally defeat the Leafs. Two days after the Senators' loss, Head Coach Jacques Martin was fired, and goaltender Patrick Lalime was later traded to the St. Louis Blues.

Martin had been coach of the Senators for eight-and-a-half years. He was well respected, earned a 341–255–96 regular season record with the Senators, had led the team to eight consecutive playoff appearances and was widely credited with changing the team into an elite NHL franchise. He also won the Jack Adams Trophy as Coach of the Year in 1999. However, after losing eight of 12 playoff series, including all four series in five years against the rival Toronto Maple Leafs, Senators ownership felt that a new coach was required for playoff success.

On June 8, 2004, Bryan Murray of nearby town Shawville, Quebec, became the team's fifth head coach, leaving the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. where he had previously been general manager.

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes	Attendance
April 8	Ottawa	4	Toronto	2		19,535
April 10	Ottawa	0	Toronto	2		19,529
April 12	Toronto	2	Ottawa	0		18,500
April 14	Toronto	1	Ottawa	4		18,500
April 16	Ottawa	0	Toronto	2		19,584
April 18	Toronto	1	Ottawa	2	2OT	18,500
April 20	Ottawa	1	Toronto	4		19,646
Toronto wins series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa	RW	81	36	46	82	46	4	14	1	5
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson	RW	77	32	48	80	24	12	9	0	5
Havlat, MartinMartin Havlat	RW	68	31	37	68	46	12	13	0	7
Spezza, JasonJason Spezza	C	78	22	33	55	71	22	5	0	3
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski	C	80	19	27	46	49	22	4	0	3
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk	C	66	12	32	44	66	2	6	0	1
Redden, WadeWade Redden	D	81	17	26	43	65	21	12	0	3
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara	D	79	16	25	41	147	33	7	0	3
Schaefer, PeterPeter Schaefer	LW	81	15	24	39	26	22	2	2	3
White, ToddTodd White	C	53	9	20	29	22	12	1	1	2
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips	D	82	7	16	23	46	15	0	0	1
Langfeld, JoshJosh Langfeld	RW	38	7	10	17	16	6	2	0	2
Rachunek, KarelKarel Rachunek	D	60	1	16	17	29	17	0	0	0
Neil, ChrisChris Neil	RW	82	8	8	16	194	13	0	0	1
Vermette, AntoineAntoine Vermette	C	57	7	7	14	16	5	0	1	0
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	23	5	9	14	16	1	2	0	1
Van Allen, ShaunShaun Van Allen	C	73	2	10	12	80	6	0	1	0
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	30	5	5	10	26	2	0	0	1
Fisher, MikeMike Fisher	C	24	4	6	10	39	-3	1	0	0
Pothier, BrianBrian Pothier	D	55	2	6	8	24	6	1	0	1
Schastlivy, PetrPetr Schastlivy	LW	43	2	4	6	14	-1	1	0	1
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	56	1	4	5	16	13	0	0	0
Hnidy, ShaneShane Hnidy	D	37	0	5	5	72	2	0	0	0
Volchenkov, AntonAnton Volchenkov	D	19	1	2	3	8	1	0	0	0
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime	G	57	0	2	2	17	0	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	6	1	0	1	14	0	0	0	0
de Vries, GregGreg de Vries	D	13	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Payer, SergeSerge Payer	C	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Prusek, MartinMartin Prusek	G	29	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Simpson, ToddTodd Simpson	D	16	0	1	1	47	-1	0	0	0
Emery, RayRay Emery	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Hamel, DenisDenis Hamel	LW	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Hull, JodyJody Hull	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly, ChrisChris Kelly	C/LW	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Laich, BrooksBrooks Laich	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Vauclair, JulienJulien Vauclair	D	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime	3324	57	25	23	7	127	2.29	5	1334	1207	.905
Prusek, MartinMartin Prusek	1528	29	16	6	3	54	2.12	3	651	597	.917
Emery, RayRay Emery	126	3	2	0	0	5	2.38	0	52	47	.904
Team:	4978	82	43	29	10	186	2.24	8	2037	1851	.909

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa	RW	7	3	1	4	0	2	1	2
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson	RW	7	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Havlat, MartinMartin Havlat	RW	7	0	3	3	2	-1	0	0
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara	D	7	1	1	2	8	3	0	0
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski	C	7	1	1	2	4	-2	0	0
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk	C	7	0	2	2	0	2	0	0
Schaefer, PeterPeter Schaefer	LW	7	0	2	2	4	1	0	0
Fisher, MikeMike Fisher	C	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	1
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips	D	7	1	0	1	12	2	1	0
Redden, WadeWade Redden	D	7	1	0	1	2	-5	1	0
White, ToddTodd White	C	7	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0
de Vries, GregGreg de Vries	D	7	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0
Neil, ChrisChris Neil	RW	7	0	1	1	19	0	0	0
Vermette, AntoineAntoine Vermette	C	4	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	7	0	0	0	6	-4	0	0
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Pothier, BrianBrian Pothier	D	7	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0
Prusek, MartinMartin Prusek	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spezza, JasonJason Spezza	C	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Volchenkov, AntonAnton Volchenkov	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime	398	7	3	4	13	1.96	139	126	.906
Prusek, MartinMartin Prusek	40	1	0	0	1	1.50	15	14	.933
Team:	438	7	3	4	14	1.92	154	140	.909

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

September 10, 2003	To Florida Panthers 2004 draft ninth-round pick	To Ottawa Senators Serge Payer
October 5, 2003	To Washington Capitals future considerations	To Ottawa Senators LW Denis Hamel
December 29, 2003	To Florida Panthers D Wade Brookbank	To Ottawa Senators future considerations
January 6, 2004	To Atlanta Thrashers C Daniel Corso	To Ottawa Senators RW Brad Tapper
January 23, 2004	To Colorado Avalanche RW Dennis Bonvie	To Ottawa Senators C/RW Charlie Stephens
February 4, 2004	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim LW Petr Schastlivy	To Ottawa Senators D Todd Simpson
February 18, 2004	To Washington Capitals C Brooks Laich Second-round draft choice, 2005 draft future considerations	To Ottawa Senators RW Peter Bondra
March 9, 2004	To Nashville Predators D Shane Hnidy	To Ottawa Senators Colorado Avalanche third-round pick in 2004 draft (Peter Regin)

Waivers

October 3, 2003	To Nashville Predators Wade Brookbank
October 3, 2003	To Washington Capitals Denis Hamel
December 19, 2003	From Vancouver Canucks Wade Brookbank

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. pp. 189–190.

Roster

2003-04 Ottawa Senators

Goaltenders

1 – Ray Emery
31 – Martin Prusek
40 – Patrick Lalime

Defencemen

2 – Brian Pothier
3 – Zdeno Chara - A
4 – Chris Phillips
5 – Greg de Vries
6 – Wade Redden - A
7 – Curtis Leschyshyn - A
23 – Karel Rachunek
24 – Anton Volchenkov
27 – Todd Simpson
34 – Shane Hnidy
42 – Julien Vauclair

Wingers

9 – Martin Havlat
10 – Peter Bondra
11 – Daniel Alfredsson - C
15 – Peter Schaefer
16 – Jody Hull
18 – Marian Hossa
19 – Petr Schastlivy
25 – Chris Neil
26 – Vaclav Varada
32 – Rob Ray
33 – Josh Langfeld
45 – Denis Hamel

Centres

12 – Mike Fisher
14 – Radek Bonk
20 – Antoine Vermette
21 – Bryan Smolinski
22 – Shaun Van Allen
28 – Todd White
29 – Brooks Laich
39 – Jason Spezza
43 – Serge Payer
49 – Chris Kelly

GM: John Muckler
Coach: Jacques Martin

Sources:

"NHL.com - Player Search". NHL. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-08.

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks from the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held on June 21 and June 22, 2003 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (League)
1	29	Patrick Eaves	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
2	67	Igor Mirnov	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (RSL)
3	100	Philippe Seydoux	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (NLA)
4	135	Matt Karlsson	Sweden	Brynas IF (Elitserien)
5	142	Tim Cook	United States	River City Lancers ([United States Hockey League\|USHL]])
5	166	Sergei Gimayev	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (RSL)
7	228	Will Colbert	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
8	269	Ossi Louhivaara	Finland	Kookoo (Finland)
9	291	Brian Elliott	Canada	University of Wisconsin–Madison (Big Ten)

Farm teams

Binghamton Senators (American Hockey League)

References

↑ "NHL Attendance - 2004". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
↑ Panzeri, Allen (February 6, 2004). "Senators sick over loss". National Post. p. S1.
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2004.html
↑ "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
↑ "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
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National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2005. Dan Diamond & Associates. 2004.

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History	Expansion Draft History Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Eugene Melnyk General manager Bryan Murray Head coach Dave Cameron Team captain Erik Karlsson Current roster

Arenas	Ottawa Civic Centre Bell Sensplex (practice) Canadian Tire Centre

Rivalries	Toronto Maple Leafs

Affiliates	AHL Binghamton Senators ECHL Evansville IceMen

General managers	Bridgman Sexton Gauthier Dudley Johnston Muckler Murray

Head coaches	Bowness Allison Martin Neilson Martin Murray Paddock Murray Hartsburg Clouston MacLean Cameron

Media	TSN5 RDS TVA Sports Team 1200

Culture/Lore	Spartacat Lyndon Slewidge Flyers–Senators brawl 2014 Heritage Classic

Ottawa Senators seasons

1990s	1990–91 . 1991–92 . 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

2003–04 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks

See also	Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Heritage Classic Bertuzzi–Moore incident Flyers–Senators brawl West Coast Express Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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2003–04 Ottawa Senators season

Offseason

Regular season

Highlights

Division standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References