2003–04_Phoenix_Coyotes_season

2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes season

NHL hockey team season

The 2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes season was their eighth season in the National Hockey League, the franchise's 25th season in the NHL and 32nd overall. For the second year in a row, the Coyotes failed to make the playoffs. It would be the first season the franchise would have playing their home games at the Glendale Arena. However, because the Glendale Arena didn't open until December 26, the first 13 home games were played at America West Arena. The Coyotes went 5–14–5–4 for 19 points in their new home stadium.

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2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	13th Western
2003–04 record	22–36–18–6
Home record	11–19–7–4
Road record	11–17–11–2
Goals for	188
Goals against	245
Team information
General manager	Mike Barnett
Coach	Bob Francis (Oct-Feb) Rick Bowness (Feb-Apr)
Captain	Shane Doan
Alternate captains	Cale Hulse (Nov-Apr) Mike Johnson^{[lower-alpha 1]} Daymond Langkow
Arena	America West Arena Glendale Arena
Average attendance	15,467
Minor league affiliate(s)	Springfield Falcons
Team leaders
Goals	Shane Doan (27)
Assists	Shane Doan (41)
Points	Shane Doan (68)
Penalty minutes	Andrei Nazarov (125)
Plus/minus	Ladislav Nagy (+11)
Wins	Brian Boucher (10) Sean Burke (10)
Goals against average	Brian Boucher (2.74)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Off-season

Phoenix went into the talent-rich 2003 NHL Entry Draft without a first or second-round draft choice, both having been traded in part for Daymond Langkow in 2001 and Brad Ference at the 2003 trading deadline, respectively. They made their first selection in the third round, 77th overall, selecting centerman Tyler Redenbach. None of the eight players they drafted played a single NHL game.^[2]

Defenseman and team captain Teppo Numminen was traded to the Dallas Stars on July 22.^[3] Forward Shane Doan was named his replacement on the eve of training camp.^[4]

Regular season

Though the Coyotes finished last in their division (13th in the Conference), for a remarkable span in late December and early January, the team attracted the attention of the sports world, as goaltender Brian Boucher set an NHL record for consecutive shutouts.^[5] From December 31 to January 9, Boucher and the Coyotes recorded five consecutive shut-out victories, outscoring their opponents 18–0 during the span. The streak was broken on January 11 in a game against the visiting Atlanta Thrashers, when Randy Robitaille scored on Boucher at 6:16 of the first period.^[5] Boucher's streak lasted 332:01, surpassing Montreal Canadiens goaltender Bill Durnan's 1949 record by over 20 minutes.^[6]

The Coyotes struggled after the streak, winning only six of their remaining 40 games. A winless streak of 15 games from February 21 to March 21 is the third longest in franchise history and the longest since the franchise moved to Arizona in 1996.^[7] Head coach Bob Francis was fired on February 24 and replaced by assistant coach Rick Bowness, who served as interim head coach for the remainder of the season and throughout the 2004–05 NHL lockout.^[8]^[9]

Final standings

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Pacific Division^[10]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	San Jose Sharks	82	43	21	12	6	219	183	104
2	5	Dallas Stars	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
3	11	Los Angeles Kings	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
4	12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
5	13	Phoenix Coyotes	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68

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.

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Western Conference^[11]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	Y- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	43	21	12	6	255	183	104
3	Y- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	43	24	10	5	235	194	101
4	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	40	22	13	7	236	198	100
5	X- Dallas Stars	PA	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
6	X- Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	7	3	200	176	94
7	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
8	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	29	12	5	221	208	89
10	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	30	29	20	3	188	183	83
11	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
15	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2003–04 regular season^[12]

October: 3–4–3–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 2–1–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	W	October 10, 2003	2–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	1–0–0–0	Recap
2	W	October 12, 2003	2–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	2–0–0–0	Recap
3	W	October 15, 2003	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	3–0–0–0	Recap
4	L	October 16, 2003	1–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	3–1–0–0	Recap
5	L	October 18, 2003	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	3–2–0–0	Recap
6	L	October 23, 2003	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	3–3–0–0	Recap
7	T	October 25, 2003	4–4 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	3–3–1–0	Recap
8	T	October 26, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	3–3–2–0	Recap
9	T	October 28, 2003	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	3–3–3–0	Recap
10	L	October 31, 2003	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	3–4–3–0	Recap

November: 4–5–3–1 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 0–4–3–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
11	L	November 1, 2003	3–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	3–5–3–0	Recap
12	L	November 6, 2003	1–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	3–6–3–0	Recap
13	W	November 8, 2003	4–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	4–6–3–0	Recap
14	OTL	November 9, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	4–6–3–1	Recap
15	W	November 13, 2003	3–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	5–6–3–1	Recap
16	T	November 14, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	5–6–4–1	Recap
17	T	November 16, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	5–6–5–1	Recap
18	W	November 19, 2003	5–4	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	6–6–5–1	Recap
19	L	November 21, 2003	0–5	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	6–7–5–1	Recap
20	L	November 23, 2003	0–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	6–8–5–1	Recap
21	L	November 24, 2003	2–5	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	6–9–5–1	Recap
22	W	November 27, 2003	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	7–9–5–1	Recap
23	T	November 30, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	7–9–6–1	Recap

December: 5–3–5–1 (home: 2–2–1–1; road: 3–1–4–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
24	W	December 2, 2003	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	8–9–6–1	Recap
25	W	December 4, 2003	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	9–9–6–1	Recap
26	L	December 5, 2003	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	9–10–6–1	Recap
27	T	December 7, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	9–10–7–1	Recap
28	W	December 10, 2003	2–1	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	10–10–7–1	Recap
29	T	December 12, 2003	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	10–10–8–1	Recap
30	L	December 15, 2003	2–5	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	10–11–8–1	Recap
31	T	December 18, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	10–11–9–1	Recap
32	T	December 20, 2003	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	10–11–10–1	Recap
33	T	December 22, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	10–11–11–1	Recap
34	W	December 23, 2003	2–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	11–11–11–1	Recap
35	L	December 27, 2003	1–3	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	11–12–11–1	Recap
36	OTL	December 29, 2003	2–3 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04)	11–12–11–2	Recap
37	W	December 31, 2003	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	12–12–11–2	Recap

January: 6–6–2–0 (home: 1–5–1–0; road: 5–1–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
38	W	January 2, 2004	6–0	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	13–12–11–2	Recap
39	W	January 4, 2004	3–0	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	14–12–11–2	Recap
40	W	January 7, 2004	3–0	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	15–12–11–2	Recap
41	W	January 9, 2004	2–0	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	16–12–11–2	Recap
42	T	January 11, 2004	1–1 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	16–12–12–2	Recap
43	L	January 13, 2004	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	16–13–12–2	Recap
44	L	January 15, 2004	3–4	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	16–14–12–2	Recap
45	T	January 16, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	16–14–13–2	Recap
46	L	January 21, 2004	2–4	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	16–15–13–2	Recap
47	W	January 22, 2004	2–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	17–15–13–2	Recap
48	W	January 24, 2004	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	18–15–13–2	Recap
49	L	January 27, 2004	1–2	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	18–16–13–2	Recap
50	L	January 29, 2004	1–4	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	18–17–13–2	Recap
51	L	January 31, 2004	4–5	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	18–18–13–2	Recap

February: 2–8–2–2 (home: 2–3–2–2; road: 0–5–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
52	T	February 2, 2004	3–3 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	18–18–14–2	Recap
53	OTL	February 4, 2004	4–5 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	18–18–14–3	Recap
54	L	February 5, 2004	0–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	18–19–14–3	Recap
55	L	February 11, 2004	3–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	18–20–14–3	Recap
56	L	February 13, 2004	2–5	New York Islanders (2003–04)	18–21–14–3	Recap
57	W	February 14, 2004	3–2	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	19–21–14–3	Recap
58	L	February 16, 2004	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	19–22–14–3	Recap
59	L	February 18, 2004	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	19–23–14–3	Recap
60	W	February 20, 2004	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	20–23–14–3	Recap
61	L	February 21, 2004	2–8	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	20–24–14–3	Recap
62	T	February 23, 2004	1–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	20–24–15–3	Recap
63	OTL	February 25, 2004	3–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	20–24–15–4	Recap
64	L	February 27, 2004	2–7	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	20–25–15–4	Recap
65	L	February 29, 2004	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	20–26–15–4	Recap

March: 1–10–3–2 (home: 0–5–2–1; road: 1–5–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
66	OTL	March 2, 2004	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	20–26–15–5	Recap
67	L	March 5, 2004	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	20–27–15–5	Recap
68	T	March 7, 2004	1–1 OT	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	20–27–16–5	Recap
69	L	March 9, 2004	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	20–28–16–5	Recap
70	L	March 10, 2004	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	20–29–16–5	Recap
71	L	March 12, 2004	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	20–30–16–5	Recap
72	L	March 14, 2004	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	20–31–16–5	Recap
73	OTL	March 16, 2004	2–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	20–31–16–6	Recap
74	T	March 18, 2004	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	20–31–17–6	Recap
75	T	March 21, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	20–31–18–6	Recap
76	W	March 22, 2004	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	21–31–18–6	Recap
77	L	March 24, 2004	0–4	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	21–32–18–6	Recap
78	L	March 26, 2004	0–3	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	21–33–18–6	Recap
79	L	March 28, 2004	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	21–34–18–6	Recap
80	L	March 29, 2004	1–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	21–35–18–6	Recap
81	L	March 31, 2004	0–1	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	21–36–18–6	Recap

April: 1–0–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
82	W	April 3, 2004	2–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	22–36–18–6	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

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

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Shane Doan	RW	79	27	41	68	−11	47
17	Ladislav Nagy	LW	55	24	28	52	11	46
11	Daymond Langkow	C	81	21	31	52	4	40
23	Paul Mara	D	81	6	36	42	−11	48
77	Chris Gratton‡	C	68	11	18	29	−19	93
24	Jan Hrdina‡	C	55	11	15	26	−10	30
49	Brian Savage‡	LW	61	12	13	25	−5	36
29	Branko Radivojevic‡	RW	53	9	14	23	−5	36
15	Radoslav Suchy	D	82	7	14	21	1	8
32	Cale Hulse	D	82	3	17	20	−4	123
14	Jeff Taffe	C	59	8	10	18	−8	20
8	Daniel Cleary	RW	68	6	11	17	−8	42
89	Mike Comrie†	C	28	8	7	15	−8	16
16	Mike Sillinger‡	C	60	8	6	14	−14	54
20	Fredrik Sjostrom	RW	57	7	6	13	−7	22
5	David Tanabe	D	45	5	7	12	4	22
36	Krys Kolanos	C	41	4	6	10	−9	24
12	Mike Johnson	RW	11	1	9	10	−1	10
18	Tyson Nash	LW	69	3	5	8	−6	110
4	Ossi Vaananen‡	D	67	2	4	6	−10	87
45	Brad Ference	D	63	0	5	5	−19	103
28	Landon Wilson‡	RW	35	1	3	4	−3	16
2	Derek Morris†	D	14	0	4	4	−5	2
44	Andrei Nazarov	LW	33	1	2	3	−7	125
7	Ivan Novoseltsev†	RW	17	2	0	2	−7	6
39	Erik Westrum	C	15	1	1	2	−3	20
1	Sean Burke‡	G	32	0	2	2		8
2	Todd Reirden†	D	7	0	2	2	−4	4
3	Bryan Helmer	D	17	0	1	1	−5	10
13	Michael Rupp†	C	6	0	1	1	−3	6
57	Goran Bezina	D	3	0	0	0	−1	2
35	Zac Bierk	G	4	0	0	0		2
33	Brian Boucher	G	40	0	0	0		2
21	Jason Jaspers	C	3	0	0	0	−1	2
1	Brent Johnson†	G	8	0	0	0		0
30	Jean-Marc Pelletier	G	4	0	0	0		0
6	Matthew Spiller	D	51	0	0	0	−11	54
43	Mike Stutzel	LW	9	0	0	0	−4	0

Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Brian Boucher	40	10	19	10	1150	108	2.74	.906	5	2364
1	Sean Burke‡	32	10	15	5	913	84	2.81	.908	1	1795
1	Brent Johnson†	8	1	6	1	243	21	2.59	.914	0	486
30	Jean-Marc Pelletier	4	1	1	0	84	12	4.11	.857	0	175
35	Zac Bierk	4	0	1	2	108	12	3.79	.889	0	190

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Shane Doan	^[13]
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Brian Boucher (January 5)	^[14]
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Brian Boucher (January 12)	^[15]
Team	Hardest Working Player Award	Cale Hulse	^[16]
	Leading Scorer Award	Shane Doan	^[17]
	Man of the Year Award	Shane Doan	^[16]
	Man of the Year Award	Tyson Nash	^[16]
	Team MVP Award	Shane Doan	^[16]
	Three-Star Award	Shane Doan	^[16]

Records

Brian Boucher set two modern day (since the 1943–44 season when the center ice red line was introduced) NHL records. From December 22, 2003, to January 11, 2004, Boucher went 332 minutes and 1 second without allowing a goal.^[18] From December 31, 2003, to January 9, 2004, Boucher recorded five shutouts in a row, which also set the modern day record for consecutive shutouts by a team.^[19]^[20]

Transactions

The Coyotes 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.^[21]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes Danny Markov Conditional 4th-round pick in 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Igor Knyazev David Tanabe	^[22]
June 21, 2003	To St. Louis Blues Conditional draft pick^{[lower-alpha 2]}	To Phoenix Coyotes Tyson Nash	^[23]
June 22, 2003	To Dallas Stars 8th-round pick in 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes 9th-round pick in 2003	^[21]
July 22, 2003	To Dallas Stars Teppo Numminen	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Sillinger Conditional draft pick	^[3]
July 25, 2003	To Vancouver Canucks Martin Grenier	To Phoenix Coyotes Bryan Helmer	^[24]
December 9, 2003	To Minnesota Wild Michael Schutte	To Phoenix Coyotes Chris Dyment	^[25]
December 30, 2003	To Florida Panthers Future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Ivan Novoseltsev	^[26]
January 19, 2004	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Todd Reirden	^[27]
February 9, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean Burke Branko Radivojevic Rights to Ben Eager	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Comrie	^[28]
February 22, 2004	To Pittsburgh Penguins Landon Wilson	To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations	^[29]
March 4, 2004	To St. Louis Blues Mike Sillinger	To Phoenix Coyotes Brent Johnson	^[30]
March 5, 2004	To New Jersey Devils Jan Hrdina	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Rupp 2nd-round pick in 2004	^[31]
March 9, 2004	To Colorado Avalanche Chris Gratton Ossi Vaananen 2nd-round pick in 2005	To Phoenix Coyotes Derek Morris Rights to Keith Ballard	^[32]
March 9, 2004	To St. Louis Blues Brian Savage	To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations	^[33]
March 9, 2004	To St. Louis Blues Future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Tom Koivisto	^[34]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10)	Cale Hulse	Nashville Predators	multi-year	Free agency	^[35]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Daniel Cleary	Edmonton Oilers	multi-year	Free agency	^[36]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17)	Chris Ferraro	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[37]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17)	Peter Ferraro	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[37]
July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21)	Nikos Tselios	Carolina Hurricanes	multi-year	Free agency	^[38]
September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)	Mike Wilson	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	^[39]
June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02)	Dustin Wood	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[40]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Ref
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30)	Drake Berehowsky	Pittsburgh Penguins^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Buyout	^[43]
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Paul Ranheim^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Contract expiration (III)	^[41]
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Ryan Lauzon^{[lower-alpha 6]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[41]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)	Kelly Buchberger	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (III)	^[46]
August 5, 2003 (2003-08-05)	Deron Quint	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	^[47]
August 26, 2003 (2003-08-26)	Jay Leach	Reading Royals (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[48]
September 6, 2003 (2003-09-06)	Francois Leroux		Retirement	^[49]
N/A	Peter Fabus	HK Dukla Trencin (SVK)	Free agency (UFA)	^[50]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Todd Simpson	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Waiver draft	^[51]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Colin Zulianello	Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[52]
October 5, 2003 (2003-10-05)	Brent Gauvreau	Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[53]
October 9, 2003 (2003-10-09)	Scott Pellerin	Portland Pirates (AHL)	Free agency (III)	^[54]
October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)	Brad Ralph	Dayton Bombers (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[55]
October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22)	Sergei Kuznetsov	Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[56]
November 30, 2003 (2003-11-30)	Jason Bonsignore	South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[57]
February 11, 2004 (2004-02-11)	Frank Banham	HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL)^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Release	^[59]
April 15, 2004 (2004-04-15)	Tom Koivisto	Frolunda HC (SHL)	Free agency	^[60]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30)	Teppo Numminen	1-year	Option exercised	^[61]^[43]
July 2, 2003 (2003-07-02)	David LeNeveu	multi-year	Entry-level	^[62]
July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07)	Landon Wilson	1-year	Re-signing	^[63]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	Jakub Koreis	multi-year	Entry-level	^[64]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18)	Tyson Nash	1-year	Re-signing	^[65]
July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28)	Zac Bierk	1-year	Re-signing	^[66]
N/A	Bryan Helmer	1-year	Re-signing	^[67]
August 8, 2003 (2003-08-08)	Daymond Langkow	1-year	Arbitration award	^[68]
August 9, 2003 (2003-08-09)	Mike Johnson	1-year	Re-signing	^[69]
August 22, 2003 (2003-08-22)	David Tanabe	multi-year	Re-signing	^[70]
August 25, 2003 (2003-08-25)	Chris Gratton	1-year^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Re-signing	^[71]
September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)	Jan Hrdina	1-year^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Re-signing	^[72]
September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)	Erik Westrum		Re-signing	^[73]
February 13, 2004 (2004-02-13)	Shane Doan	3-year	Extension	^[74]
March 19, 2004 (2004-03-19)	Joe Callahan	multi-year	Entry-level	^[75]
June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02)	Lance Monych	3-year	Entry-level	^[40]

Draft picks

Phoenix's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[2]

More information Round, # ...

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
3	77	Tyler Redenbach	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	80	Dmitri Pestunov	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia)
4	115	Liam Lindstrom	Sweden	Mora IK (Sweden)
6	178	Ryan Gibbons	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	208	Randall Gelech	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
8	242	Eduard Lewandowski	Germany	Kolner Haie (Germany)
9	272	Sean Sullivan	United States	St. Sebastian's (USHS)
9	290	Loic Burkhalter	Switzerland	HC Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland)

Notes

Johnson had season-ending shoulder surgery in November.^[1] Hulse replaced him for the remainder of the season.
Either a 5th-round pick in 2003 or Buffalo’s 4th-round pick in 2004. St. Louis chose the 2003 pick.
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[41]
Berehowsky signed with Pittsburgh on August 29.^[42]
Ranheim retired.^[44]
Lauzon was inactive during the 2003–04 season.^[45]
Banham signed with Dynamo Moscow on February 13.^[58]
Club option for a second year.

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"2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

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