Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux
(Lemieux Group)

General Manager:
Craig Patrick

Head Coach:
Ed Olczyk

Captain:
Mario Lemieux

Rookie of the Year:
Ryan Malone

Player's Player:
Kelly Buchberger

Most Valuable Player:
Dick Tarnstrom

Booster Club:
Ryan Malone

Masterton Nominee:
Landon Wilson

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Brooks Orpik

Edward J. DeBartolo:
Steve McKenna & Rico Fata

Bob Johnson Memorial:
No winner

October 4
Claimed Nolan Baumgartner in Waiver Draft.

November 1
Nolan Baumgartner lost in Waiver Draft to Vancouver.

November 30
Acquired Sergei Anshakov and Martin Strbak from Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Martin Straka.

March 4
Claimed Jon Sim off waivers from Los Angeles.

March 8
Acquired Alain Nesreddine from New York Islanders in exchange for Steve Webb.

2003-04


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2003-04 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(23-47-8-4) Finished 5th in Atlantic Division
Front row: Sebastien Caron, Brian Holzinger, Rico Fata, Dick Tarnstrom, Martin Straka, Mario Lemieux, Marc Bergevin, Kelly Buchberger, Aleksey Morozov, Mike Eastwood, Marc-Andre Fleury

Middle row: Frank Sciulli (Locker room attendant), Mark Mortland (Trainer), Tom Plasko (Therapist), Josef Melichar, Randy Hiller (Asst. Coach), Ed Olczyk (Head Coach), Craig Patrick (General Manager), Ken Sawyer (President), Lorne Molleken (Asst. Coach), Joe Mulllen (Asst. Coach), Michal Rozsival, Steve Latin (Equip. Manager), Scott Johnson (Trainer), John Welday (Conditioning Coach), & Paul Flati (Asst. Equip. Manager)

Back row: Milan Kraft, Matt Bradley, Konstantin Koltsov, Ryan Malone, Brooks Orpik, Dan Focht, Steve McKenna, Drake Berehowsky, Nolan Baumgartner, Reid Simpson, Matt Murley & Ramzi Abid.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Marc Andre Fleury makes 46 saves - including a penalty shot - in his first NHL game, a 3-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on October 10. Ryan Malone become the first native Pittsburgher to play for the Penguins.

• On October 29 Mario Lemieux records his 1,700 career point in a game against the New York Islanders.

• A hip injury would shelve Mario Lemieux after just 10 games

•Marc Andre Fleury records his first NHL shutout on October 30 against the Chicago Blackhawks.

•Eight players score their first NHL goals, a team record for a season:
Ryan Malone (10/29 - New York Islanders),
Konstantin Koltsov (10/30 - Chicago),
Dan Focht (11/12 - New York Rangers),
Matt Murley (12/13 - Columbus),
Brooks Orpik (1/24 - Colorado),
Josef Melichar (1/27 - Tampa Bay),
Rob Scuderi (3/7 - New York Rangers)
Matt Hussey (3/16 - Washington)

•Ryan Malone and Brooks Orpik represent the Penguins at the NHL Young Stars All-Star weekend on February 7.

UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
#
Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
32
Dick Tarnstrom
80
16
36
52
38
-
-
-
-
-
95
Aleksey Morozov
75
16
34
50
24
-
-
-
-
-
12
Ryan Malone
81
22
21
43
64
-
-
-
-
-
14
Milan Kraft
66
19
21
40
18
-
-
-
-
-
9
Rico Fata
73
16
18
34
54
-
-
-
-
-
71
Konstantin Koltsov
82
9
20
29
30
-
-
-
-
-
55
Ric Jackman
25
7
17
24
14
-
-
-
-
-
43
Tomas Surovy
47
11
12
23
16
-
-
-
-
-
36
Tom Kostopoulos
60
9
13
22
67
-
-
-
-
-
55
Drake Berehowsky
47
5
16
21
50
-
-
-
-
-
15
Brian Holzinger
61
6
15
21
38
-
-
-
-
-
20
Mike Eastwood
82
4
15
19
40
-
-
-
-
-
8
Matt Bradley
82
7
9
16
65
-
-
-
-
-
6
Martin Strbak
44
3
11
14
38
-
-
-
-
-
11
Lasse Pirjeta
13
6
6
12
0
-
-
-
-
-
82
Martin Straka
22
4
8
12
16
-
-
-
-
-
72
Eric Meloche
25
3
7
10
20
-
-
-
-
-
44
Brooks Orpik
79
1
9
10
127
-
-
-
-
-
25
Marc Bergevin
52
1
8
9
27
-
-
-
-
-
66
Mario Lemieux
10
1
8
9
6
-
-
-
-
-
2
Josef Melichar
82
3
5
8
62
-
-
-
-
-
5
Patrick Boileau
16
3
4
7
8
-
-
-
-
-
26
Landon Wilson
19
5
1
6
31
-
-
-
-
-
19
Ramzi Abid
16
3
2
5
27
-
-
-
-
-
4
Dan Focht
52
2
3
5
105
-
-
-
-
-
39
Jonathan Sim
15
2
3
5
6
-
-
-
-
-
7
Kelly Buchberger
71
1
3
4
109
-
-
-
-
-
49
Matt Hussey
3
2
1
3
0
-
-
-
-
-
45
Rob Scuderi
13
1
2
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
23
Steve McKenna
49
1
2
3
85
-
-
-
-
-
22
Matt Murley
18
1
1
2
14
-
-
-
-
-
16
Kris Beech
4
0
1
1
6
-
-
-
-
-
6
Nolan Baumgartner
5
0
0
0
2
-
-
-
-
-
33
Reid Simpson
2
0
0
0
17
-
-
-
-
-
20
Steve Webb
5
0
0
0
2
-
-
-