2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2003–04
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=3rd
Division=Atlantic
DivisionRank=1st
Record=40–21–15–6
HomeRecord=24–11–3–3
RoadRecord=16–10–12–3
GoalsFor=229
GoalsAgainst=186
GeneralManager=Bob Clarke
Coach=Ken Hitchcock
Captain=Keith Primeau
AltCaptain=John LeClair
Mark Recchi
Arena=Wachovia Center
Attendance=19,375 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Mark Recchi (26)
AssistsLeader=Mark Recchi (49)
PointsLeader=Mark Recchi (75)
PIMLeader=Donald Brashear (212)
PlusMinusLeader=John LeClair (+20)
WinsLeader=Robert Esche (21)
GAALeader=Robert Esche (2.04)
DivisionWin=yesThe 2003–04 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 37th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Free-agent goaltender Jeff Hackett was signed from Boston to replace Roman Cechmanek and challenge backup Robert Esche for the No.1 spot in 2003–04, but Hackett was forced to retire in February due to vertigo. During the course of the season, serious injuries suffered by both Jeremy Roenick (broken jaw) and Keith Primeau (concussion) in February forced the Flyers to trade for Chicago's Alexei Zhamnov, who filled in well and kept the Flyers afloat. Esche entrenched himself as starter and remained in that position even after the Flyers re-acquired Sean Burke from the Phoenix Coyotes as the Flyers clinched the Atlantic Division title over New Jersey on the last day of the season. Though solid in net, Esche's performance was over-shadowed by the play of captain Keith Primeau in the playoffs. Primeau led the Flyers past the defending Stanley Cup Champion Devils in five, and Toronto in six on their way to the Eastern Conference Finals and a match-up with Tampa Bay. Despite winning Game 6 on the late-game heroics of Primeau and winger Simon Gagne, the Flyers would come up short once again losing Game 7 in Tampa, 2–1.

Regular season

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Game log

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Playoffs

Game log

Player stats

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"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes"

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 2003–04 season.

Trades

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?2003-04 AHL Season Overview: 2003–04] ]

ee also

*2003–04 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?2003-04 2003–04 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?2003-04 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net
*Playoffs game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/poffs.cgi Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log] on FlyersHistory.net