![]() It was also the third and final year in a row in which a team made their debut Finals appearance, after the Carolina Hurricanes and Anaheim Ducks.Ĭalgary finished the season with 94 points, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 1996. They defeated the eighth, seventh, and third-seeded teams, beating the New York Islanders 4–1, the Montreal Canadiens 4–0 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3, in order, and they advanced to the Finals for the first time in franchise history since their establishment in 1992. Tampa Bay finished the season with 106 points and entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference’s top seed, qualifying for the first time in seven seasons. See also: 2003–04 Calgary Flames season and 2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season Tampa Bay Lightning This was the last of three consecutive Finals to feature a team making its debut appearance. This was the last Stanley Cup Final played for two years, as the 2004–05 NHL lockout began three months after the end of this final, lasting over ten months and leading to the cancellation of the 2005 Final, with the league not returning to play for the Cup until 2006. Lightning owner William Davidson would soon become the first owner in sports history to win two championships in one year as eight days later, the other team that Davidson owned (the Detroit Pistons of the NBA) won the NBA title in five games over the Los Angeles Lakers. For Calgary, it was the team's third appearance, and first since their championship season of 1989. It was Tampa Bay's first-ever appearance in the final. The Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Western Conference champion Calgary Flames in seven games, becoming the southernmost team to win the Stanley Cup. The 2004 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2003–04 season, and the culmination of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs. (NHL International) Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti (ESPN/ABC) Gary Thorne, Bill Clement, and John Davidson JSTOR ( January 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message). ![]() ![]() ![]() Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "2004 Stanley Cup Finals" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification. ![]()
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