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2003–04 Eliteserien season

Field	Value
title	2003–04 Eliteserien season
league	Eliteserien
sport	Ice hockey
no_of_teams	10
season_champs	Storhamar Dragons
season_champ_name	Regular-season winner
league_champs	Storhamar Dragons
league_champ_name	Champions
seasonslist	GET-ligaen#Seasons
seasonslistnames	GET-ligaen
prevseason_year	2002–03 season
nextseason_year	2004–05 season

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The 2003–04 Eliteserien season ended with Storhamar Dragons claiming their fifth Norwegian title after defeating Vålerenga in double overtime in game 7. Michael Smithurst scored the game winner nearly two minutes into the second extra period in front of 7,405 spectators.

Regular season

Final standings

Rk	Team	Pts	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF–GA
1	Storhamar Dragons	94	29	2	3	8	151–87
2	Vålerenga	92	28	3	2	9	183–89
3	Trondheim Black Panthers	83	25	3	2	12	160–100
4	Frisk Tigers	74	20	5	4	13	152–118
5	Sparta Warriors	64	19	2	3	18	124–126
6	Stavanger Oilers	63	19	1	4	18	163–152
7	Stjernen	62	16	6	2	19	152–137
8	Bergen Flyers	43	11	3	4	24	105–173
9	Lillehammer	42	12	2	2	26	101–154
10	Manglerud Star	13	4	0	1	37	80–235

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
FIN Jari Kesti	Stavanger Oilers	40	26	37	63	+31	40
FIN Tommy Kiviaho	Frisk Tigers	41	27	27	54	+23	20
RUS Ilya Dubkov	Trondheim Black Panthers	42	32	21	53	+29	70
FIN Tomi Suoniemi	Stavanger Oilers	40	20	25	45	+17	20
FIN Teemu Kohvakka	Stavanger Oilers	41	18	27	45	+5	80
NOR Tom Erik Olsen	Storhamar Dragons	40	28	16	44	+32	18
SWE Patric Englund	Vålerenga	40	21	23	44	+23	20
NOR Lars Erik Spets	Lillehammer	40	28	15	43	−10	12
NOR Morten Bakkene	Stavanger Oilers	41	23	20	43	+19	18
NOR Jan Morten Dahl	Trondheim Black Panthers	40	10	31	41	+20	147

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the conclusion of the regular season.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
NOR Jonas Bertil Norgren	Storhamar Dragons	22	1,285:41	–	–	34	6	92.34	1.59
NOR Tommy Lund	Vålerenga	29	1,736:29	–	–	61	5	91.13	2.11
SWE Henrik Smångs	Sparta Warriors	29	1,807:55	–	–	84	1	90.75	2.79
NOR Halvor Hårstad-Evjen	Frisk Tigers	28	1,568:52	–	–	61	2	90.72	2.33
NOR Rolf Joakim Wiberg	Trondheim Black Panthers	41	2,428:22	–	–	89	5	90.65	2.20

Playoffs

After the regular season, the new standard of eight teams qualified for the playoffs. In the first round, the two highest remaining seeds were drawn against the two lowest remaining seeds; in the second round, the highest remaining seed was drawn against one of the two lowest. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage, giving them a possible maximum of three home games as opposed to the lower-seeded team's possible maximum of two. Each best-of-five series followed a 1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 3 (plus 5 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team at home for games 1 and 4 (if necessary).

The final was contested between the Storhamar Dragons and Vålerenga for the second consecutive year. In 2003, the championship had been decided in four straight games when Vålerenga won 4–0 to claim their 22nd title and 18th "double". As in the previous season, the 2004 final was played as a best-of-seven series following a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format. Storhamar, as league champions, were seeded first and played at home for games 2, 4, 5 and 7. They took the lead after winning the first game 2–1 in overtime, but failed to capitalize, losing their first home game 0–4. The third and fourth games were both won by the home side. Game 5 saw Vålerenga achieve an away win in overtime to lead the series 3–2, but Storhamar came back to claim another overtime victory in Oslo and force a seventh, championship deciding game at Hamar OL-Amfi. A record 7,405 spectators turned out for the first game 7 in the history of the Norwegian Championship, in which Storhamar's Michael Smithurst scored the winning goal after 21 minutes and 54 seconds of overtime.

Bracket

Qualifying for UPC-ligaen 2004–05

Final standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Lillehammer (Q)	6	4	0	0	1	0	1	22	14
2	Comet (Q)	6	2	2	1	0	0	1	24	15
3	Manglerud Star	6	3	0	1	1	1	4	26	19
4	Hasle/Løren	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	15	39

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified Source: speaker.no

Game log

Round 1
Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6

References

link. (2007-09-05 Boxscore Game 7 03–04 Finals)
"Scoring Leaders - Eliteserien 03/04". Norwegian Ice Hockey Association.
"Leading Goaltenders - Eliteserien 03/04". Norwegian Ice Hockey Association.
(2004-03-28). "Sluttspill om Norgesmesterskapet menn 2003/2004". Norwegian Ice Hockey Association.
(2004-03-28). "Smithurst fikset festen". Aftenposten.
"Boxscore Game 7: Storhamar – Vålerenga". Norwegian Ice Hockey Association.

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