2003–04 NHL season 2003–04 NHL season The 2003–04 NHL season was the 87th regular season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup champions were the Tampa Bay Lightning, who won the best of seven series four games to three against the Calgary Flames. For the fourth time in eight years, the all-time record for total shutouts in a season was shattered, as 192 shutouts were recorded. The 2003–04 regular season was also the first one (excluding the lockout-shortened 1994–95 season) since 1967–68 in which there was neither a 50-goal scorer, nor a 100-point scorer. This was the final season that ABC and
2003–04 USHL season 2003–04 USHL season The 2003–04 USHL season is the 24th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on September 26, 2003 and concluded on March 28, 2004 with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2003-04 season was the first for the Danville Wings who transferred from the NAHL and the only for the St. Louis Heartland Eagles who moved from Topeka, Kansas. At the conclusion of the season, St. Louis voluntarily suspended operations and officially folded a year later. The Clark Cup playoffs features the top four teams from