WHL 2003/04
# WHL 2003/04

Die WHL-Saison 2003/04 war die 38. Spielzeit der Western Hockey League. Die Play-offs starteten am 18. März 2004 und endeten mit dem vierten President’s-Cup-Gewinn der Medicine Hat Tigers am 5. Mai 2004, die sich im WHL-Finale gegen die Everett Silvertips durchsetzten.

## Teamänderungen

Die Everett Silvertips nahmen zu Beginn der Saison als 20. WHL-Franchise den Spielbetrieb auf. Die Mannschaft wurde in die U.S. Division gesetzt, die nun fünf Teams umfasste. Die Silvertips spielten eine erfolgreiche erste Saison und gewannen neben dem Divisions-Titel auch die Conference-Meisterschaft, nachdem sie im Western-Conference-Finale den Vorjahres-Meister Kelowna Rockets bezwangen. Die Everett Silvertips lagen in der Best-of-Seven-Serie bereits mit 1:3-Spielen im Rückstand, bevor sie die folgenden drei Partien jeweils in Overtime für sich entscheiden konnten. Dies war das erste Mal, dass ein neues Franchise eine Play-off-Serie gegen das beste Team der regulären Saison gewann. Zudem erspielte sich nie zuvor ein Expansions-Team einen WHL-Conference-Titel. Das WHL-Finale verloren die Silvertips gegen die Medicine Hat Tigers mit 0:4-Spielen.

## Reguläre Saison

### Abschlussplatzierungen

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, T = Unentschieden, OTL = Niederlage nach Overtime, GF = Erzielte Tore, GA = Gegentore, Pts = Punkte Erläuterungen: = Play-off-Qualifikation, = Divisions-Sieger, = Conference-Sieger, = Scotty-Munro-Memorial-Trophy-Gewinner

**Eastern Conference**

| East Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moose Jaw Warriors | 72 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 209 | 172 | 91 |
| Prince Albert Raiders | 72 | 38 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 215 | 186 | 87 |
| Brandon Wheat Kings | 72 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 230 | 224 | 68 |
| Regina Pats | 72 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 155 | 232 | 59 |
| Saskatoon Blades | 72 | 7 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 140 | 279 | 27 |
| Central Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Medicine Hat Tigers | 72 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 277 | 216 | 92 |
| Red Deer Rebels | 72 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 167 | 169 | 85 |
| Calgary Hitmen | 72 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 220 | 187 | 82 |
| Swift Current Broncos | 72 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 234 | 209 | 79 |
| Lethbridge Hurricanes | 72 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 196 | 203 | 71 |

**Western Conference**

| B.C. Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kelowna Rockets | 72 | 47 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 185 | 125 | 98 |
| Vancouver Giants | 72 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 215 | 196 | 81 |
| Kamloops Blazers | 72 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 192 | 192 | 78 |
| Kootenay Ice | 72 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 183 | 200 | 74 |
| Prince George Cougars | 72 | 30 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 214 | 236 | 68 |
| U.S. Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| Everett Silvertips | 72 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 157 | 153 | 80 |
| Portland Winter Hawks | 72 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 199 | 206 | 77 |
| Tri-City Americans | 72 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 199 | 206 | 76 |
| Spokane Chiefs | 72 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 200 | 215 | 75 |
| Seattle Thunderbirds | 72 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 9 | 192 | 198 | 65 |

### Beste Scorer

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, G = Tore, A = Assists, Pts = Punkte, PIM = Strafminuten; Fett: Saisonbestwert

| Spieler | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tyler Redenbach | Swift Current | 71 | 31 | 74 | 105 | 18 |
| Jeremy Williams | Swift Current | 68 | 52 | 49 | 101 | 38 |
| Kyle Brodziak | Moose Jaw | 70 | 39 | 54 | 93 | 18 |
| Brad Schell | Spokane | 71 | 35 | 57 | 92 | 19 |
| Chris St. Jacques | Medicine Hat | 64 | 33 | 59 | 92 | 28 |
| Chad Klassen | Spokane | 72 | 35 | 56 | 91 | 22 |
| Seth Leonard | Prince Albert | 72 | 50 | 40 | 90 | 17 |
| Eric Fehr | Brandon | 71 | 50 | 34 | 84 | 47 |
| Adam Courchaine | Vancouver | 70 | 39 | 43 | 82 | 10 |
| Darren Reid | Medicine Hat | 67 | 33 | 48 | 81 | 76 |

### Beste Torhüter

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, TOI = Eiszeit (in Minuten), W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, OTL = Overtime-Niederlagen, T = Unentschieden, GA = Gegentore, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = gehaltene Schüsse (in %), GAA = Gegentorschnitt

| Spieler | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | OTL | T | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Brodeur | Moose Jaw | 41 | 2385 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 84 | 4 | 92,9 | 2,11 |
| Cam Ward | Red Deer | 56 | 3338 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 114 | 4 | 92,6 | 2,05 |
| Kelly Guard | Kelowna | 62 | 3651 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 13 | 92,5 | 1,56 |
| Jeff Harvey | Everett | 48 | 2684 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 89 | 3 | 92,5 | 1,99 |
| Dustin Slade | Regina Brandon Kamloops | 41 | 2383 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 91 | 6 | 92,5 | 2,29 |

## Play-offs

### Play-off-Baum

| Conference-Viertelfinale | Conference-Viertelfinale | Conference-Viertelfinale | | | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Halbfinale | Conference-Finale | Conference-Finale | Conference-Finale | | | WHL-Meisterschaft | WHL-Meisterschaft | WHL-Meisterschaft |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| E1 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Regina Pats | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Regina Pats | 0 | | | E1 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | C3 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Calgary Hitmen | 3 | | | C3 | Moose Jaw Warriors | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| C3 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C3 | Red Deer Rebels | 4 | | | | | | E1 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E3 | Red Deer Rebels | 2 | | | | | |
| C1 | Prince Albert Raiders | 4 | | | | | | | | E3 | Red Deer Rebels | 2 | | | | | |
| C4 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C4 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 2 | | | C1 | Brandon Wheat Kings | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | E3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Swift Current Broncos | 1 | | | E3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Everett Silvertips | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | B2 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 |
| B1 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B2 | Medicine Hat Tigers | 4 |
| B4 | Kootenay Ice | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B4 | Kootenay Ice | 0 | | | B1 | Kelowna Rockets | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | U3 | Tri-City Americans | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| U2 | Portland Winter Hawks | 1 | | | U3 | Tri-City Americans | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| U3 | Tri-City Americans | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| U3 | Tri-City Americans | 4 | | | | | | B1 | Kelowna Rockets | 3 | | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | B2 | Everett Silvertips | 4 | | | | | |
| B2 | Vancouver Giants | 4 | | | | | | | | B2 | Everett Silvertips | 4 | | | | | |
| B3 | Kamloops Blazers | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B3 | Kamloops Blazers | 1 | | | B2 | Everett Silvertips | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | U1 | Vancouver Giants | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| U1 | Everett Silvertips | 4 | | | U1 | Vancouver Giants | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| U4 | Spokane Chiefs | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### President’s-Cup-Sieger

| President’s-Cup-Sieger Medicine Hat Tigers | Torhüter: Matt Keetley, Kevin Nastiuk Verteidiger: Cam Barker, Cody Blanshan, Riley Day, Dan Idema, Martin Kubaliak, Steve Marr, Lee Rogers, Kris Russell, Mark Vodden Angreifer: Kieran Block, Nathan Exner, Ryan Hollweg, Kyle Howarth, Clarke MacArthur, Tommy Maxwell, Stefan Meyer, Steve Regier, Darren Reid, Brett Robertson, Yannic Seidenberg, Chris St. Jacques, Daine Todd, Devyn Tremblay Cheftrainer: Will Desjardins General Manager: |
| - | - |

### Beste Scorer

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, G = Tore, A = Assists, Pts = Punkte, PIM = Strafminuten; Fett: Saisonbestwert

| Spieler | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris St. Jacques | Medicine Hat | 20 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 18 |
| Darren Reid | Medicine Hat | 20 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 31 |
| Yannic Seidenberg | Medicine Hat | 20 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 |
| Clarke MacArthur | Medicine Hat | 20 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 16 |
| Stefan Meyer | Medicine Hat | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| Shea Weber | Kelowna | 17 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
| Justin Taylor | Red Deer | 19 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 |
| Steve Regier | Medicine Hat | 18 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 20 |
| John Dahl | Everett | 21 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 |

### Beste Torhüter

Abkürzungen: GP = Spiele, TOI = Eiszeit (in Minuten), W = Siege, L = Niederlagen, OTL = Overtime/Shootout-Niederlagen, GA = Gegentore, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = gehaltene Schüsse (in %), GAA = Gegentorschnitt

| Spieler | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cam Ward | Red Deer | 19 | 1199 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 94,5 | 1,85 |
| Jeff Harvey | Everett | 20 | 1160 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 93,8 | 1,86 |
| Mike Brodeur | Moose Jaw | 10 | 624 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 93,5 | 1,73 |
| Barry Brust | Calgary | 7 | 457 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 92,8 | 1,97 |

## Auszeichnungen

### All-Star-Teams

**Eastern Conference**

First All-Star-Team :

| Angriff: | Jeremy Williams – Ryan Getzlaf – Kyle Brodziak |
| - | - |
| Verteidigung: | Mark Ardelan – Dion Phaneuf |
| Tor: | Cam Ward |

Second All-Star-Team :

| Angriff: | Tomáš Fleischmann – Seth Leonard – Tyler Redenbach |
| - | - |
| Verteidigung: | Derek Meech – Aaron Rome |
| Tor: | Réjean Beauchemin |

**Western Conference**

First All-Star-Team :

| Angriff: | Adam Courchaine – Nigel Dawes – Ryan Kinasewich |
| - | - |
| Verteidigung: | Josh Gorges – Braydon Coburn |
| Tor: | Kelly Guard |

Second All-Star-Team :

| Angriff: | Brandon Dubinsky – Chad Klassen – Brad Schell |
| - | - |
| Verteidigung: | Shea Weber – Richie Regehr |
| Tor: | Jeff Harvey |

### Vergebene Trophäen

| Auszeichnung | Auszeichnung | Team |
| - | - | - |
| Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy | Kelowna Rockets |
| Auszeichnung | Spieler | Team |
| Four Broncos Memorial Trophy | Cam Ward | Red Deer Rebels |
| Bob Clarke Trophy | Tyler Redenbach | Swift Current Broncos |
| Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy | Dion Phaneuf | Red Deer Rebels |
| Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy | Gilbert Brulé | Vancouver Giants |
| Del Wilson Trophy | Cam Ward | Red Deer Rebels |
| WHL Plus-Minus Award | Andrew Ladd | Calgary Hitmen |
| Brad Hornung Trophy | Nigel Dawes | Kootenay Ice |
| Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy | Devan Dubnyk | Kamloops Blazers |
| Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy | Kevin Constantine | Everett Silvertips |
| Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy | Kelly Kisio | Calgary Hitmen |
| Allan Paradice Memorial Trophy | Rob Matsuoka | |
| St. Clair Group Trophy | Mark Stiles | Calgary Hitmen |
| Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy | Braydon Coburn | Portland Winter Hawks |
| WHL Playoff MVP | Kevin Nastiuk | Medicine Hat Tigers |
