the team had their best season in 2003–04 and won the anderson cup for the best regular season record, finishing with a record of 43–12–5 and 91 points. the team featured future national hockey league players bill thomas, mark van guilder, and peter mannino. the storm made their first clark cup final, but were eliminated in four games by the waterloo black hawks. the ushl named tri-city organization of the year for the second time.