2003–04 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||
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Duration | October 3, 2003– April 10, 2004 | ||
NCAA tournament | 2004 | ||
National championship | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts | ||
NCAA champions | Denver | ||
Hobey Baker Award | Junior Lessard (Minnesota-Duluth) | ||
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 3, 2003 and concluded with the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 10, 2004 at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 57th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 109th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. The 2003-04 season was the inaugural year for the Atlantic Hockey Association after the discontinuation of Division I ice hockey sponsorship by the MAAC at the conclusion of the previous season.[1]
Pre-season polls[]
The top 15 from USCHO.com/CBS College Sports and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine.[2]
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Regular season[]
Standings[3][]
2003–04 Atlantic Hockey standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Holy Cross†* | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 83 | 54 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 117 | 89 | |
Mercyhurst | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 105 | 71 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 145 | 122 | |
Quinnipiac | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 67 | 53 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 87 | 87 | |
Sacred Heart | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 87 | 68 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 107 | 114 | |
Connecticut | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 89 | 86 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 115 | 127 | |
Canisius | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 67 | 73 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 84 | 107 | |
Bentley | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 55 | 71 | 32 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 79 | 103 | |
Army | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 84 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 82 | 107 | |
American International | 24 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 97 | 34 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 71 | 138 | |
Championship: Holy Cross † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#7 Michigan† | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 101 | 66 | 43 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 151 | 104 | |
#10 Miami (OH) | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 99 | 74 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 137 | 106 | |
#14 Michigan State | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 91 | 62 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 136 | 105 | |
#9 Ohio State* | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 89 | 70 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 134 | 106 | |
#12 Notre Dame | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 84 | 71 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 108 | 99 | |
Alaska-Fairbanks | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 92 | 92 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 117 | 127 | |
Northern Michigan | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 66 | 79 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 105 | 113 | |
Western Michigan | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 87 | 101 | 39 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 123 | 136 | |
Bowling Green | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 69 | 83 | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 92 | 112 | |
Ferris State | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 71 | 97 | 38 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 108 | 126 | |
Lake Superior State | 28 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 60 | 83 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 72 | 102 | |
Nebraska-Omaha | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 60 | 91 | 39 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 91 | 135 | |
Championship: Ohio State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
2003–04 College Hockey America standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bemidji State† | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 90 | 48 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 131 | 94 | |
Niagara* | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 72 | 52 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 124 | 120 | |
Alabama-Huntsville | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 65 | 60 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 92 | 94 | |
Findlay | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 58 | 60 | 38 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 95 | 114 | |
Air Force | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 78 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 101 | 131 | |
Wayne State | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 80 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 83 | 144 | |
Championship: Niagara † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
2003–04 ECAC Hockey standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Colgate† | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 65 | 44 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 111 | 80 | |
Cornell | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 53 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 85 | 62 | |
Brown | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 62 | 40 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 80 | 60 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 66 | 60 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 95 | 91 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 70 | 44 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 116 | 89 | |
#13 Harvard* | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 58 | 55 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 104 | 94 | |
Yale | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 65 | 88 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 89 | 134 | |
Union | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 46 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 89 | 108 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 51 | 61 | 41 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 121 | 113 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 62 | 67 | 41 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 104 | 119 | |
Vermont | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 57 | 79 | 35 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 85 | 127 | |
Princeton | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 50 | 83 | 31 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 62 | 122 | |
Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
2003–04 Hockey East standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#3 Boston College† | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 88 | 45 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 143 | 81 | |
#2 Maine* | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 77 | 42 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 141 | 69 | |
Massachusetts | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 47 | 63 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 93 | 99 | |
#11 New Hampshire | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 82 | 76 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 138 | 116 | |
Providence | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 63 | 66 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 106 | 92 | |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 65 | 40 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 105 | 116 | |
Boston University | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 57 | 71 | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 103 | 108 | |
Merrimack | 24 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 79 | 36 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 86 | 110 | |
Northeastern | 24 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 72 | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 92 | 103 | |
Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#5 North Dakota† | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 122 | 62 | 41 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 182 | 90 | |
#4 Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 119 | 71 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 185 | 123 | |
#8 Wisconsin | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 85 | 62 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 123 | 93 | |
#1 Denver | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 93 | 90 | 44 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 149 | 120 | |
#6 Minnesota* | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 101 | 86 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 178 | 127 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 81 | 89 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 113 | 118 | |
#15 Colorado College | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 77 | 75 | 39 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 126 | 98 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 68 | 103 | 40 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 104 | 140 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 83 | 139 | 39 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 124 | 179 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 66 | 118 | 38 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 97 | 161 | |
Championship: Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
2004 NCAA Tournament[4][]
Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | National Championship | |||||||||||||||
1 | Maine | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Harvard | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Maine | 2* | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Wisconsin | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Ohio State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Wisconsin | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Maine | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
NE1 | Boston College | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Boston College | 1* | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Niagara | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Boston College | 3* | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Maine | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
W2 | Denver | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 4* | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Notre Dame | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3* | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Michigan State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
MW2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W2 | Denver | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Holy Cross | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Miami | 1 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats[]
Scoring leaders[5][]
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Junior Lessard | Senior | Minnesota-Duluth | 45 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 34 |
Brandon Bochenski | Junior | North Dakota | 41 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 40 |
Evan Schwabe | Junior | Minnesota-Duluth | 45 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 34 |
Zach Parise | Sophomore | North Dakota | 37 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 24 |
Barret Ehgoetz | Junior | Niagara | 39 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 24 |
Thomas Vanek | Sophomore | Minnesota | 38 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 72 |
Jared Ross | Junior | Alabama-Huntsville | 31 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 46 |
Steve Saviano | Senior | New Hampshire | 41 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 2 |
Troy Riddle | Senior | Minnesota | 44 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 52 |
Derek Edwardson | Senior | Miami | 41 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 36 |
Jim Slater | Junior | Michigan State | 42 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 38 |
Leading goaltenders[5][]
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Jimmy Howard | Sophomore | Maine | 22 | 1363 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 6 | .956 | 1.19 |
Matti Kaltiainen | Junior | Boston College | 38 | 2280 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 4 | .907 | 1.76 |
Yann Danis | Senior | Brown | 30 | 1820 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 55 | 5 | .942 | 1.81 |
Frank Doyle | Senior | Maine | 23 | 1323 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 5 | .923 | 1.81 |
Steve Silverhorn | Junior | Colgate | 31 | 1874 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 3 | .927 | 1.82 |
David McKee | Freshman | Cornell | 32 | 1929 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 59 | 5 | .920 | 1.83 |
Jordan Parise | Freshman | North Dakota | 22 | 1229 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 2 | .908 | 2.05 |
Bernd Brückler | Junior | Wisconsin | 38 | 2299 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 80 | 4 | .924 | 2.09 |
Jeff Jakaitis | Freshman | Lake Superior State | 23 | 1209 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 3 | .933 | 2.13 |
Nathan Marsters | Senior | Rensselaer | 35 | 2093 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 75 | 5 | .922 | 2.15 |
Awards[]
NCAA[]
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Atlantic Hockey[]
CCHA[]
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ECAC[]
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Hockey East[]
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WCHA[]
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Team Photos[]
References[]
- ↑ "History of Atlantic Hockey", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ↑ "2003-04 Michigan Ice Hockey", mgoblue.com, 2003-09-30. Retrieved on 2013-05-10.
- ↑ "Men's Division I Hockey Standings: 2003-04", gophersports.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-10.
- ↑ "NCAA Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Men's Division I Hockey Overall Statistics: 2003-2004. USCHO.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-10.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on June 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners", NCAA.org. Retrieved on June 18, 2013.
- ↑ "AHA Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.
- ↑ "AHA All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.
- ↑ "AHA All-Rookie Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.
- ↑ "CCHA Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.
- ↑ "CCHA All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.
- ↑ "CCHA All-Rookie Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.
- ↑ "CHA Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "CHA All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "CHA All-Rookie Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "ECAC Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "ECAC All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "ECAC All-Rookie Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Hockey East Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Hockey East All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Hockey East All-Rookie Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "WCHA Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "WCHA All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ "WCHA All-Rookie Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 11, 2013.
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