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2003–04 WHL season
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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.
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League notes
- 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.
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Regular season
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Final standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Goaltending leaders
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
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2004 WHL Playoffs
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| Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Finals | WHL Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Moose Jaw | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Regina | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Brandon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Prince Albert | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Brandon | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern | |||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Red Deer | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Swift Current | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Moose Jaw | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Red Deer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Red Deer | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Calgary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Medicine Hat | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| U1 | Everett | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| B4 | Kootenay | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Kelowna | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| U3 | Tri-City | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| B3 | Kamloops | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| U1 | Everett | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western | |||||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Kelowna | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| U1 | Everett | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| U4 | Spokane | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| U1 | Everett | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Vancouver | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| U2 | Portland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| U3 | Tri-City | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Conference quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
(E1) Moose Jaw Warriors vs. (E4) Regina Pats
| March 19 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 3 – 0 | Regina Pats | Moose Jaw Civic Centre | ||||
| 14:22 - Ashton Rome (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:34 - sh - Tomáš Fleischmann (1) 14:55 - Masi Marjamäki (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Brodeur (19 saves / 19 shots) | Goalie stats | Dustin Slade (35 saves / 38 shots) Nick Olynyk (1 save / 1 shot) | ||||||
| March 20 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 4 – 2 | Regina Pats | Moose Jaw Civic Centre | ||||
| March 23 | Regina Pats | 1 – 5 | Moose Jaw Warriors | Brandt Centre | ||||
| April 13 | Regina Pats | 1 – 4 | Moose Jaw Warriors | Brandt Centre | ||||
| Moose Jaw wins series 4 – 0 | |
(E2) Prince Albert Raiders vs. (E3) Brandon Wheat Kings
| March 18 | Prince Albert Raiders | 2 – 3 | OT | Brandon Wheat Kings | Art Hauser Centre | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:06 - Jeremy Colliton (1) 11:07 - Justin Cruse (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Tyler Boldt (1) - 13:46 Mark Shefchyk (1) - 16:46 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Erik Christensen (1) - pp - 1:47 | ||||||
| Réjean Beauchemin (23 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Josh Harding (27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| March 19 | Prince Albert Raiders | 5 – 1 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Art Hauser Centre | ||||
| March 23 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 3 – 1 | Prince Albert Raiders | Keystone Centre | ||||
| March 24 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 3 – 2 | Prince Albert Raiders | Keystone Centre | ||||
| March 26 | Prince Albert Raiders | 6 – 2 | Brandon Wheat Kings | Art Hauser Centre | ||||
| March 29 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 4 – 1 | Prince Albert Raiders | Keystone Centre | ||||
| Brandon wins series 4 – 2 | |
* Note: Game 6 was played at MTS Centre in Winnipeg.
(C1) Medicine Hat Tigers vs. (C4) Swift Current Broncos
| March 19 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 3 – 0 | Swift Current Broncos | Medicine Hat Arena | ||||
| March 20 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 – 2 | Swift Current Broncos | Medicine Hat Arena | ||||
| March 23 | Swift Current Broncos | 4 – 2 | Medicine Hat Tigers | InnovationPlex | ||||
| March 24 | Swift Current Broncos | 2 – 4 | Medicine Hat Tigers | InnovationPlex | ||||
| March 26 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 8 – 0 | Swift Current Broncos | Medicine Hat Arena | ||||
| Medicine Hat wins series 4 – 1 | |
(C2) Red Deer Rebels vs. (C3) Calgary Hitmen
| March 19 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 – 0 | Calgary Hitmen | Marchant Crane Centrium | ||||
| 14:31 - Joel Henituik (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:10 - Ladislav Kouba (1) 15:47 - pp - Colin Fraser (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:38 - pp - Shay Stephenson (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Ward (37 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Barry Brust (28 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| March 20 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Calgary Hitmen | Marchant Crane Centrium | |||
| March 23 | Calgary Hitmen | 2 – 0 | Red Deer Rebels | Scotiabank Saddledome | ||||
| March 25 | Calgary Hitmen | 1 – 4 | Red Deer Rebels | Scotiabank Saddledome | ||||
| March 27 | Red Deer Rebels | 1 – 3 | Calgary Hitmen | Marchant Crane Centrium | ||||
| March 30 | Calgary Hitmen | 3 – 0 | Red Deer Rebels | Scotiabank Saddledome | ||||
| March 31 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 – 2 | Calgary Hitmen | Marchant Crane Centrium | ||||
| Red Deer wins series 4 – 3 | |
Western Conference
(B1) Kelowna Rockets vs. (B4) Swift Current Broncos
| March 19 | Kelowna Rockets | 5 – 3 | Kootenay Ice | Prospera Place | ||||
| 7:24 - Randall Gelech (1) | First period | Dale Mahovsky (1) - 10:12 Adam Cracknell (1) - pp - 17:59 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Brad Cole (1) - 14:18 | ||||||
| 2:48 - Blake Comeau (1) 5:53 - Blake Comeau (2) 11:56 - pp - Randall Gelech (2) 19:55 - en - Blake Comeau (3) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kelly Guard (15 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Jeff Glass (24 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| March 20 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 – 1 | Kootenay Ice | Prospera Place | ||||
| March 23 | Kootenay Ice | 0 – 4 | Kelowna Rockets | Cranbrook Recreational Complex | ||||
| March 24 | Kootenay Ice | 1 – 3 | Kelowna Rockets | Cranbrook Recreational Complex | ||||
| Kelowna wins series 4 – 0 | |
(B2) Vancouver Giants vs. (B5) Kamloops Blazers
| March 19 | Vancouver Giants | 1 – 2 | Kamloops Blazers | Pacific Coliseum | ||||
| 4:53 - Triston Grant (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Reid Jorgensen (1) - 11:13 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Jarret Lukin (1) - 4:27 | ||||||
| Aaron Sorochan (26 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Devan Dubnyk (18 saves / 19 shots) | ||||||
| March 20 | Vancouver Giants | 4 – 2 | Kamloops Blazers | Pacific Coliseum | ||||
| March 23 | Kamloops Blazers | 1 – 2 | Vancouver Giants | Interior Savings Centre | ||||
| March 24 | Kamloops Blazers | 3 – 5 | Vancouver Giants | Interior Savings Centre | ||||
| March 27 | Vancouver Giants | 5 – 4 | OT | Kamloops Blazers | Pacific Coliseum | |||
| Vancouver wins series 4 – 1 | |
Conference semifinals
Conference finals
WHL Championship
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RE/Max Canada-Russia Challenge
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
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All-Star Teams
- source: Western Hockey League press release
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2004 Bantam Draft
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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.
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