NHL team season
The2004–05Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 81stNational Hockey League season , its games were cancelled as the2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time.
The Bruins selectedDavid Krejci as their first pick in the2004 NHL entry draft , 63rd overall in the second round.
The Bruins preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
2004–05 schedule Game Date Opponent 1 September 24 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2 September 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 3 September 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 4 September 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 5 September 30 Detroit Red Wings 6 October 2 New York Rangers 7 October 5 @ New York Rangers 8 October 9 New York Islanders
Game Date Opponent 1 October 16 @ Dallas Stars 2 October 17 @ Colorado Avalanche 3 October 19 @ New York Islanders 4 October 21 Florida Panthers 5 October 23 San Jose Sharks 6 October 28 New York Islanders 7 October 30 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 8 November 1 @ Ottawa Senators 9 November 3 @ New York Rangers 10 November 4 Buffalo Sabres 11 November 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 12 November 11 @ Philadelphia Flyers 13 November 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 14 November 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 15 November 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 16 November 20 Atlanta Thrashers 17 November 24 @ Buffalo Sabres 18 November 26 Ottawa Senators 19 November 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 20 December 1 @ Carolina Hurricanes 21 December 2 Ottawa Senators 22 December 4 Montreal Canadiens 23 December 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 24 December 9 @ Buffalo Sabres 25 December 11 Buffalo Sabres 26 December 12 @ New York Rangers 27 December 15 @ Philadelphia Flyers 28 December 16 Philadelphia Flyers 29 December 18 @ Ottawa Senators 30 December 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 31 December 23 St. Louis Blues 32 December 27 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 33 December 29 @ Florida Panthers 34 December 31 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 35 January 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 36 January 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 37 January 6 Montreal Canadiens 38 January 8 New York Rangers 39 January 11 Detroit Red Wings 40 January 14 @ New Jersey Devils 41 January 15 New Jersey Devils 42 January 17 Colorado Avalanche 43 January 19 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 44 January 21 @ Florida Panthers 45 January 24 Florida Panthers 46 January 27 Washington Capitals 47 January 29 Tampa Bay Lightning 48 January 30 Buffalo Sabres 49 February 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 50 February 3 Los Angeles Kings 51 February 5 Chicago Blackhawks 52 February 6 @ Washington Capitals 53 February 8 @ Atlanta Thrashers 54 February 10 Montreal Canadiens 55 February 15 Washington Capitals 56 February 17 @ Phoenix Coyotes 57 February 19 @ San Jose Sharks 58 February 22 @ Vancouver Canucks 59 February 25 @ Edmonton Oilers 60 February 26 @ Calgary Flames 61 February 28 New York Islanders 62 March 2 @ New Jersey Devils 63 March 3 @ Ottawa Senators 64 March 5 Philadelphia Flyers 65 March 7 Columbus Blue Jackets 66 March 9 @ Buffalo Sabres 67 March 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 68 March 13 @ New York Islanders 69 March 15 @ Atlanta Thrashers 70 March 17 Nashville Predators 71 March 19 Carolina Hurricanes 72 March 21 Ottawa Senators 73 March 23 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 74 March 24 @ Carolina Hurricanes 75 March 26 @ Minnesota Wild 76 March 28 Carolina Hurricanes 77 March 31 @ Washington Capitals 78 April 2 New Jersey Devils 79 April 4 Atlanta Thrashers 80 April 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 81 April 9 New York Rangers 82 April 10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins
The Bruins were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the2004 Stanley Cup Finals , through February 16, 2005, the day the2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[ 4]
Date Details Ref June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26 ) To Boston Bruins ToSan Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2004 Tampa Bay’s 4th-round pick in 2004 9th-round pick in 2004 [ 5]
Date Player New team Via[ a] Ref June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30 ) Rich Brennan SC Bern (NLA )Free agency (VI) [ 8] July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01 ) Mike Gellard[ b] Contract expiration (UFA) [ 7] Dan McGillis [ c] Contract expiration (III) [ 7] Felix Potvin [ d] Contract expiration (III) [ 7] July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03 ) Mike Knuble Philadelphia Flyers Free agency (III) [ 12] July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06 ) Ted Donato Retirement (III) [ 13] Sean O'Donnell Phoenix Coyotes Free agency (III) [ 14] July 8, 2004 (2004-07-08 ) Brian Rolston Minnesota Wild Free agency (III) [ 15] July 21, 2004 (2004-07-21 ) Andy Delmore Adler Mannheim (DEL )Free agency (UFA) [ 16] July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22 ) Matt Herr DEG Metro Stars (DEL)Free agency (VI) [ 17] August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10 ) Michael Nylander New York Rangers Free agency (III) [ 18] August 18, 2004 (2004-08-18 ) Michal Grosek Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)Free agency (UFA) [ 19] August 20, 2004 (2004-08-20 ) Jiri Slegr HC Litvinov (ELH )Free agency (III) [ 20] August 23, 2004 (2004-08-23 ) Rob Zamuner EHC Basel (NLB )Free agency (III) [ 21] September 2, 2004 (2004-09-02 ) Doug Doull Phoenix Coyotes Free agency (VI) [ 22] September 5, 2004 (2004-09-05 ) Ivan Huml HC Kladno (ELH)Free agency (II)[ e] [ 24] September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09 ) Chris Paradise Fresno Falcons (ECHL )Free agency (UFA) [ 25] September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28 ) Craig MacDonald Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL )Free agency (UFA) [ 26] October 2004 (2004-10 ) Ed Campbell Hershey Bears (AHL)Free agency (VI) [ 27] October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01 ) Carl Corazzini Providence Bruins (AHL)Free agency (VI) [ 28] Pat Leahy Providence Bruins (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [ 28] N/A Peter Metcalf Utah Grizzlies (AHL)Free agency (UFA) [ 29] October 29, 2004 (2004-10-29 ) Darren Van Oene Elmira Jackals (UHL )Free agency (VI) [ 30]
Boston's picks at the2004 NHL entry draft , which was held at theRBC Center inRaleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.[ 37]
^ In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[ 7] ^ Gellard retired.[ 9] ^ McGillis was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[ 10] ^ Potvin retired.[ 11] ^ The Bruins retained Huml’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.[ 23] ^ "Bruins release 2004-2005 Pre-season Schedule" . Boston Bruins. July 14, 2004. Archived fromthe original on August 3, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Bruins release 2004-2005 Schedule" . Boston Bruins. July 14, 2004. Archived fromthe original on August 3, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "BOSTON BRUINS 2004-05 SCHEDULE" . Boston Bruins. Archived fromthe original on August 7, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results" . Pro Sports Transactions. RetrievedJune 12, 2018 .^ "Draft preview" . Boston Bruins. June 26, 2004. Archived fromthe original on October 27, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Bruins agree to terms with Tom Fitzgerald" . Boston Bruins. July 28, 2004. Archived fromthe original on August 3, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^a b c d "2004 free agents" .ESPN.com . RetrievedNovember 8, 2015 .^ Rich Brennan atHockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022^ Mike Gellard career statistics atEliteProspects.com , retrieved April 12, 2022^ Dan McGillis career statistics atEliteProspects.com , retrieved April 11, 2022^ Felix Potvin career statistics atEliteProspects.com , retrieved April 11, 2022^ "Flyers Sign Mike Knuble and Turner Stevenson" . Philadelphia Flyers. July 3, 2004. Archived fromthe original on July 8, 2004. RetrievedOctober 28, 2013 .^ "Donato named coach of Harvard" . Boston Bruins. July 6, 2004. Archived fromthe original on July 8, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Blue-liner gets three-year, $6M deal" . ESPN.com. July 6, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Wild sign free agent Brian Rolston" . CBC. July 8, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ Andy Delmore atHockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022^ Matt Herr atHockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022^ "Rangers sign center Nylander" . Chicago Tribune. August 11, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Michal Grosek" . Genève-Servette HC. August 18, 2004. Archived fromthe original on April 11, 2005. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ Jiri Slegr atHockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022^ "NHL Star zum EHC Basel" . EHC Basel. August 23, 2004. Archived fromthe original on August 27, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Coyotes Sign Six Players to AHL Contracts" . OurSports Central. September 2, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "List of Available Free Agents" .NHL.com . July 1, 2006. RetrievedMay 1, 2022 .^ Ivan Huml atHockey-Reference.com , retrieved April 11, 2022^ "FALCONS SIGN PAIR OF OFFENSIVE STALWARTS" . Fresno Falcons. September 9, 2004. Archived fromthe original on September 17, 2004. RetrievedApril 12, 2022 .^ "Craig MacDonald assigned to Lowell" . Lowell Lock Monsters. September 28, 2004. Archived fromthe original on October 10, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "League Transactions" . TheAHL.com. Archived fromthe original on October 16, 2004. RetrievedApril 12, 2022 .^a b "PROVIDENCE BRUINS SIGN CORAZZINI, LEAHY" . Providence Bruins. October 1, 2004. Archived fromthe original on December 14, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Grizzlies Re-Call Peter Metcalf From Idaho" . OurSports Central. November 26, 2004. RetrievedApril 12, 2022 .^ "The Jackals-Roster" . Elmira Jackals. Archived fromthe original on December 14, 2004. RetrievedApril 12, 2022 .Van Oene signed with the Jackals on 10/29/04 as a free agent. ^ "Bruins sign Girard" . Boston Bruins. June 30, 2004. Archived fromthe original on July 8, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Bruins re-sign Moran" . Boston Bruins. July 7, 2004. Archived fromthe original on August 3, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Bruins agree to terms with Sergei Samsonov" . Boston Bruins. July 20, 2004. Archived fromthe original on July 26, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Bruins agree to terms with Hal Gill" . Boston Bruins. July 21, 2004. Archived fromthe original on August 2, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^a b "Bruins D Gonchar receives $5.5 million arbitration ruling" . ESPN.com. August 3, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "Thornton award accepted" . Boston Bruins. August 17, 2004. Archived fromthe original on August 20, 2004. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 .^ "2004 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com" . hockeyDB.com. RetrievedAugust 2, 2016 .
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