# 2003–04 Minnesota Wild season

The 2003–04 Minnesota Wild season was the team's fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite an incredible playoff run the previous year in 2002–03, the Wild failed to qualify for the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs.

## Regular season
### All-Star Game

The 2004 NHL All-Star Game was held on February 8, 2004, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, home the Wild. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 6–4.

### Final standings

Northwest Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1 | 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 235 | 194 | 101 |
| 2 | 4 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 235 | 198 | 100 |
| 3 | 6 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 200 | 176 | 94 |
| 4 | 9 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 221 | 208 | 89 |
| 5 | 10 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 188 | 183 | 83 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | P- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
| 2 | Y- San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 255 | 183 | 104 |
| 3 | Y- Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 235 | 194 | 101 |
| 4 | X- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 236 | 198 | 100 |
| 5 | X- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 194 | 175 | 97 |
| 6 | X- Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 200 | 176 | 94 |
| 7 | X- St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
| 8 | X- Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
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| 9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 221 | 208 | 89 |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 188 | 183 | 83 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 205 | 217 | 81 |
| 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 184 | 213 | 76 |
| 13 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 188 | 245 | 68 |
| 14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
| 15 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 59 |
Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

## Schedule and results

2003–04 regular season :
October: 4–6–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 2–3–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 8, 20030–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)0–1–0–0Recap
2WOctober 10, 20035–3New York Rangers (2003–04)1–1–0–0Recap
3LOctober 12, 20032–3San Jose Sharks (2003–04)1–2–0–0Recap
4LOctober 16, 20032–5Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)1–3–0–0Recap
5TOctober 18, 20032–2 OTVancouver Canucks (2003–04)1–3–1–0Recap
6LOctober 19, 20031–3@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)1–4–1–0Recap
7LOctober 21, 20032–3Calgary Flames (2003–04)1–5–1–0Recap
8WOctober 24, 20034–3@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)2–5–1–0Recap
9LOctober 25, 20032–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)2–6–1–0Recap
10WOctober 28, 20033–1@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)3–6–1–0Recap
11WOctober 30, 20033–2Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)4–6–1–0Recap :
November: 4–6–3–0 (home: 2–4–2–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
12WNovember 1, 20032–1Washington Capitals (2003–04)5–6–1–0Recap
13TNovember 4, 20034–4 OT@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)5–6–2–0Recap
14WNovember 7, 20033–0@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)6–6–2–0Recap
15LNovember 8, 20033–4@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)6–7–2–0Recap
16WNovember 11, 20031–0Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)7–7–2–0Recap
17LNovember 13, 20030–2Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)7–8–2–0Recap
18TNovember 15, 20031–1 OTDetroit Red Wings (2003–04)7–8–3–0Recap
19WNovember 19, 20036–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)8–8–3–0Recap
20LNovember 20, 20031–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)8–9–3–0Recap
21LNovember 22, 20032–5Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)8–10–3–0Recap
22LNovember 26, 20031–3Dallas Stars (2003–04)8–11–3–0Recap
23LNovember 28, 20031–2San Jose Sharks (2003–04)8–12–3–0Recap
24TNovember 30, 20031–1 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)8–12–4–0Recap :
December: 6–2–6–0 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 3–1–5–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
25WDecember 3, 20031–0@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)9–12–4–0Recap
26LDecember 5, 20031–2@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)9–13–4–0Recap
27TDecember 6, 20031–1 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)9–13–5–0Recap
28WDecember 9, 20032–1Calgary Flames (2003–04)10–13–5–0Recap
29LDecember 11, 20030–1Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)10–14–5–0Recap
30WDecember 13, 20033–2Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)11–14–5–0Recap
31WDecember 15, 20035–2@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)12–14–5–0Recap
32WDecember 17, 20033–2@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)13–14–5–0Recap
33TDecember 18, 20031–1 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)13–14–6–0Recap
34WDecember 20, 20035–2Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)14–14–6–0Recap
35TDecember 23, 20033–3 OTNashville Predators (2003–04)14–14–7–0Recap
36TDecember 26, 20032–2 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)14–14–8–0Recap
37TDecember 29, 20032–2 OT@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)14–14–9–0Recap
38TDecember 30, 20032–2 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)14–14–10–0Recap :
January: 3–6–5–2 (home: 3–2–2–1; road: 0–4–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
39LJanuary 2, 20041–2Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)14–15–10–0Recap
40LJanuary 4, 20041–3@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)14–16–10–0Recap
41TJanuary 5, 20041–1 OT@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)14–16–11–0Recap
42WJanuary 7, 20047–4Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)15–16–11–0Recap
43LJanuary 9, 20040–2Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)15–17–11–0Recap
44TJanuary 12, 20043–3 OTNashville Predators (2003–04)15–17–12–0Recap
45TJanuary 14, 20042–2 OTLos Angeles Kings (2003–04)15–17–13–0Recap
46WJanuary 16, 20044–2Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)16–17–13–0Recap
47TJanuary 17, 20042–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)16–17–14–0Recap
48LJanuary 19, 20040–2@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)16–18–14–0Recap
49WJanuary 21, 20044–2Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)17–18–14–0Recap
50LJanuary 23, 20042–6@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)17–19–14–0Recap
51LJanuary 24, 20040–4@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)17–20–14–0Recap
52TJanuary 26, 20042–2 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)17–20–15–0Recap
53OTLJanuary 29, 20042–3 OTMontreal Canadiens (2003–04)17–20–15–1Recap
54OTLJanuary 31, 20041–2 OT@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)17–20–15–2Recap :
February: 4–5–2–0 (home: 3–3–1–0; road: 1–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
55WFebruary 2, 20044–0St. Louis Blues (2003–04)18–20–15–2Recap
56WFebruary 4, 20044–3@ New York Rangers (2003–04)19–20–15–2Recap
57LFebruary 10, 20041–3Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)19–21–15–2Recap
58WFebruary 13, 20043–0Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)20–21–15–2Recap
59LFebruary 15, 20041–2Calgary Flames (2003–04)20–22–15–2Recap
60TFebruary 17, 20044–4 OT@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)20–22–16–2Recap
61WFebruary 19, 20046–2Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)21–22–16–2Recap
62LFebruary 22, 20041–3Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)21–23–16–2Recap
63LFebruary 26, 20040–4@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)21–24–16–2Recap
64LFebruary 27, 20041–3@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)21–25–16–2Recap
65TFebruary 29, 20043–3 OTCarolina Hurricanes (2003–04)21–25–17–2Recap :
March: 7–4–3–1 (home: 4–0–0–1; road: 3–4–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
66LMarch 3, 20040–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)21–26–17–2Recap
67TMarch 4, 20041–1 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)21–26–18–2Recap
68TMarch 7, 20041–1 OT@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)21–26–19–2Recap
69WMarch 9, 20044–3@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)22–26–19–2Recap
70TMarch 10, 20041–1 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)22–26–20–2Recap
71WMarch 14, 20043–2Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)23–26–20–2Recap
72WMarch 16, 20045–2Ottawa Senators (2003–04)24–26–20–2Recap
73WMarch 18, 20042–0@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)25–26–20–2Recap
74LMarch 19, 20041–3@ New York Islanders (2003–04)25–27–20–2Recap
75OTLMarch 22, 20042–3 OTPhoenix Coyotes (2003–04)25–27–20–3Recap
76LMarch 24, 20040–2@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)25–28–20–3Recap
77WMarch 25, 20048–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)26–28–20–3Recap
78WMarch 28, 20042–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)27–28–20–3Recap
79LMarch 29, 20043–5@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)27–29–20–3Recap
80WMarch 31, 20045–4 OTColorado Avalanche (2003–04)28–29–20–3Recap :
April: 2–0–0–0 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
81WApril 2, 20044–2Dallas Stars (2003–04)29–29–20–3Recap
82WApril 4, 20043–0St. Louis Blues (2003–04)30–29–20–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 9 | Alexandre Daigle | LW | 78 | 20 | 31 | 51 | −4 | 14 |
| 15 | Andrew Brunette | RW | 82 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Marian Gaborik | RW | 65 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 10 | 20 |
| 33 | Sergei Zholtok‡ | C | 59 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 19 |
| 24 | Antti Laaksonen | LW | 77 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Pascal Dupuis | LW | 59 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 20 |
| 18 | Richard Park | RW | 73 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 28 |
| 37 | Wes Walz | C | 57 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 32 |
| 17 | Filip Kuba | D | 77 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −7 | 28 |
| 34 | Jim Dowd‡ | C | 55 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 38 |
| 96 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | LW | 61 | 4 | 18 | 22 | −7 | 22 |
| 32 | Marc Chouinard | C | 45 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 17 |
| 20 | Andrei Zyuzin | D | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 48 |
| 28 | Jason Wiemer† | C | 62 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −6 | 106 |
| 55 | Nick Schultz | D | 79 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Willie Mitchell | D | 70 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 83 |
| 19 | Stephane Veilleux | LW | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 25 | Rickard Wallin | C | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 26 | Christoph Brandner | RW | 35 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −2 | 8 |
| 12 | Matt Johnson | LW | 57 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 177 |
| 21 | Eric Chouinard† | RW | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −7 | 6 |
| 36 | Alex Henry† | LW | 71 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 106 |
| 8 | Brent Burns | RW | 36 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −10 | 12 |
| 23 | Jason Marshall‡ | D | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 18 |
| 5 | Brad Bombardir‡ | D | 56 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −10 | 21 |
| 6 | Zbynek Michalek | D | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −7 | 4 |
| 14 | Darby Hendrickson‡ | C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −7 | 6 |
| 4 | Brad Brown‡ | D | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 54 |
| 71 | Travis Roche | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| 30 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 8 |
| 27 | Kyle Wanvig | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 10 |
| 35 | Manny Fernandez | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 28 | Jeremy Stevenson‡ | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 30 | Dwayne Roloson | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 1323 | 89 | 1.88 | .933 | 5 | 2847 |
| 35 | Manny Fernandez | 37 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1056 | 90 | 2.49 | .915 | 2 | 2166 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award | Dwayne Roloson |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Filip Kuba |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Dwayne Roloson |
| League (in-season) | NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Dwayne Roloson (December 22) |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Pierre-Marc Bouchard |
| Team | Three Star Award | Dwayne Roloson |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Christoph Brandner | October 8, 2003 |
| First game | Brent Burns | October 8, 2003 |
| First game | Zbynek Michalek | January 16, 2004 |
| 750th game coached | Jacques Lemaire | December 11, 2003 |

## Transactions

The Wild were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21) | To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 20034th-round pick in 2003 | To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
| June 26, 2003 (2003-06-26) | To Nashville Predators Curtis Murphy | To Minnesota Wild Peter Smrek |
| June 26, 2003 (2003-06-26) | To Ottawa Senators Peter Smrek | To Minnesota Wild Chris Bala |
| December 9, 2003 (2003-12-09) | To Phoenix Coyotes Chris Dyment | To Minnesota Wild Michael Schutte |
| December 17, 2003 (2003-12-17) | To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2004 | To Minnesota Wild Eric Chouinard |
| February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25) | To Colorado Avalanche Darby Hendrickson8th-round pick in 2004 | To Minnesota Wild 4th-round pick in 2005 |
| March 3, 2004 (2004-03-03) | To San Jose Sharks Jason Marshall | To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2004 |
| March 4, 2004 (2004-03-04) | To Montreal Canadiens Jim Dowd | To Minnesota Wild 4th-round pick in 2004 |
| March 5, 2004 (2004-03-05) | To Nashville Predators Brad BombardirSergei Zholtok | To Minnesota Wild Buffalo’s 3rd-round pick in 20044th-round pick in 2004 |
| March 8, 2004 (2004-03-08) | To Buffalo Sabres Brad Brown6th-round pick in 2005 | To Minnesota Wild 4th-round pick in 2005 |
| March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) | To Colorado Avalanche Chris Bala | To Minnesota Wild Jordan Krestanovich |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28) | Marc Chouinard | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | | Free agency |
| August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06) | Jason Beckett | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 11, 2003 (2003-09-11) | Chris McAlpine | Los Angeles Kings | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30) | Alexandre Daigle | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 9, 2003 (2003-10-09) | Alex Henry | Washington Capitals | | Waivers |
| November 13, 2003 (2003-11-13) | Jason Wiemer | New York Islanders | | Waivers |
| May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25) | Ryan Stokes | Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) | | Free agency |
| June 3, 2004 (2004-06-03) | Mark Rooneem | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) | | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15) | David Cullen | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (VI) |
| July 23, 2003 (2003-07-23) | Ladislav Benysek | HIFK (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07) | Dieter Kochan | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) |
| September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03) | Jay Henderson | Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 9, 2003 (2003-09-09) | Greg Crozier | New Jersey Devils | Free agency |
| September 16, 2003 (2003-09-16) | Lubomir Sekeras | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) | Chris McAlpine | | Retirement |
| October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01) | Derek Gustafson | Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 8, 2003 (2003-10-08) | Tony Tuzzolino | Binghamton Senators (AHL) | Free agency |
| October 16, 2003 (2003-10-16) | Rastislav Pavlikovsky | Leksands IF (SHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22) | Jeremy Stevenson | Nashville Predators | Waivers |
| January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09) | Cliff Ronning | New York Islanders | Free agency (III) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 2, 2003 (2003-07-02) | Mika Hannula | | Entry-level |
| July 8, 2003 (2003-07-08) | Johan Holmqvist | multi-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15) | Christoph Brandner | multi-year | Entry-level |
| July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17) | Mikko Koivu | multi-year | Entry-level |
| July 23, 2003 (2003-07-23) | Antti Laaksonen | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30) | Manny Fernandez | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31) | Andrei Zyuzin | multi-year | Re-signing |
| August 11, 2003 (2003-08-11) | Willie Mitchell | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15) | Matt Johnson | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19) | Matt Foy | multi-year | Entry-level |
| October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01) | Brent Burns | | Entry-level |
| October 26, 2003 (2003-10-26) | Pascal Dupuis | 3-year | Re-signing |
| October 31, 2003 (2003-10-31) | Marian Gaborik | multi-year | Re-signing |
| February 28, 2004 (2004-02-28) | Wes Walz | multi-year | Extension |
| March 1, 2004 (2004-03-01) | Matt Johnson | multi-year | Extension |

## Draft picks

The 2003 NHL entry draft was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. After finishing the 2002–03 season with a 42–29–10–1 record, the Wild were awarded the 20th pick in the draft. Despite figuring fourth in the NHL for the previous season with only 178 goals allowed, and scoring only 198 goals, general manager Doug Risebrough selected defenseman Brent Burns in the first round.
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Pos | Team (league) |
| 1 | 20 | Brent Burns | Canada | D | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
| 2 | 56 | Patrick O'Sullivan | United States | C | Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) |
| 3 | 78 | Danny Irmen | United States | C | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
| 5 | 157 | Marcin Kolusz | Poland | F | Podhale Nowy Targ (Poland) |
| 6 | 187 | Miroslav Kopriva | Czech Republic | G | Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga) |
| 7 | 207 | Georgi Misharin | Russia | D | Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg (Russia) |
| 7 | 219 | Adam Courchaine | Canada | C | Vancouver Giants (WHL) |
| 8 | 251 | Mathieu Melanson | Canada | C | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
| 9 | 281 | Jean-Michel Bolduc | United States | D | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |