1999–2000 Calgary Flames season
1999–2000 Calgary Flames | |
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Division | 4th Northwest |
Conference | 12th Western |
1999–2000 record | 31–41–10–5 |
Home record | 20–14–6–1 |
Road record | 11–22–4–4 |
Goals for | 211 (21st) |
Goals against | 256 (25th) |
Team information | |
General manager | Al Coates |
Coach | Brian Sutter |
Captain | Steve Smith |
Arena | Canadian Airlines Saddledome |
Average attendance | 14,946 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Saint John Flames Johnstown Chiefs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Valeri Bure (35) |
Assists | Phil Housley (44) |
Points | Valeri Bure (75) |
Penalty minutes | Wade Belak (122) |
Plus/minus | Bobby Dollas (+4) |
Wins | Fred Brathwaite (25) |
Goals against average | Fred Brathwaite (2.75) |
The 1999–2000 Calgary Flames season was the 20th National Hockey League season in Calgary. It featured a very young line-up, as befitted the "Young Guns" slogan the team was using at the time. Twenty-nine-year-old Steve Dubinsky was the oldest forward on the team when the season started.[1] The Flames were pitting their hopes for ending their playoff drought on the off-season acquisition of 37-year-old goaltender Grant Fuhr.[1]
The season started with young sniper Jarome Iginla holding out, as he was unable to come to a contract agreement with General Manager Al Coates. Despite lacking a contract, Iginla attended training camp, however he missed the first two games of the season before a deal could be reached.[2]
The Flames youth led to an inconsistent team, often bouncing between long winning and losing streaks. It took the Flames 20 games to win their first game in regulation time, however the team would break an NHL record on January 21, 2000 by winning their eighth overtime game. At the end of the season the Flames set an NHL record by winning ten games in overtime. The Flames also struggled with injuries all season, losing 479 man-games to injury, and using a total of 45 players over the course of 1999–2000.[3] As a result, the Flames would finish last in the Northwest Division, missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year.
Following the season, the Flames cleaned house, firing Coates, and announcing they would not be offering head coach Brian Sutter and assistant coach Rich Preston new contracts.[3]
On the bright side for the Flames, two players were selected to participate in the 2000 NHL All Star Game, as Phil Housley represented the North American team, while Valeri Bure represented the European team.[4]
Rookie defenceman Robyn Regehr became the youngest nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in NHL history after he survived a serious car accident over the summer of 1999 that left him with two broken legs.[5][6] Regehr would play 57 games for the Flames, but would not win the award.
Prior to the season, the Flames lost right winger Ed Ward to the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft. The Flames also dealt Andreas Karlsson to the Thrashers in exchange for promises not to select certain unprotected players.
Regular season
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 233 | 201 | 96 |
2 | 7 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 226 | 212 | 88 |
3 | 10 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 227 | 237 | 83 |
4 | 12 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 211 | 256 | 77 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 248 | 165 | 114 |
2 | y – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 211 | 184 | 102 |
3 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 233 | 201 | 96 |
4 | Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 48 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 278 | 210 | 108 |
5 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 245 | 228 | 94 |
6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 232 | 228 | 90 |
7 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 226 | 212 | 88 |
8 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 225 | 214 | 87 |
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9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 227 | 83 |
10 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 227 | 237 | 83 |
11 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 242 | 245 | 78 |
12 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 211 | 256 | 77 |
13 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 199 | 240 | 70 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
Schedule and results
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October: 3–8–2–0 (home: 0–3–2–0; road: 3–5–0–0)
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November: 5–6–0–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 0–4–0–0)
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December: 8–2–3–1 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 4–1–2–1)
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January: 7–6–0–0 (home: 6–0–0–0; road: 1–6–0–0)
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February: 3–3–2–4 (home: 2–1–2–1; road: 1–2–0–3)
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March: 4–8–2–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
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April: 1–3–1–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 0–1–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
8 | Valeri Bure | RW | 82 | 35 | 40 | 75 | −7 | 50 |
12 | Jarome Iginla | RW | 77 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 0 | 26 |
6 | Phil Housley | D | 78 | 11 | 44 | 55 | −12 | 24 |
27 | Marc Savard | C | 78 | 22 | 31 | 53 | −2 | 56 |
53 | Derek Morris | D | 78 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 2 | 80 |
62 | Andrei Nazarov | RW | 76 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 78 |
11 | Jeff Shantz | C | 74 | 13 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 30 |
24 | Jason Wiemer | LW | 64 | 11 | 11 | 22 | −10 | 120 |
23 | Clarke Wilm | C | 78 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −6 | 67 |
16 | Cory Stillman | C | 37 | 12 | 9 | 21 | −9 | 12 |
22 | Bill Lindsay | LW | 80 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −7 | 86 |
15 | Martin St. Louis | C | 56 | 3 | 15 | 18 | −5 | 22 |
17 | Hnat Domenichelli‡ | C | 32 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
20 | Rene Corbet‡ | LW | 48 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −7 | 60 |
28 | Robyn Regehr | D | 57 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −2 | 46 |
25[a] | Sergei Krivokrasov† | RW | 12 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Tommy Albelin | D | 41 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −3 | 12 |
4 | Bobby Dollas† | D | 49 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
21 | Andreas Johansson† | LW | 28 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 14 |
2 | Darryl Shannon† | D | 27 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −13 | 22 |
32 | Cale Hulse‡ | D | 47 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −11 | 47 |
38 | Jeff Cowan | LW | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
7 | Marc Bureau† | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
55 | Steve Smith | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −13 | 42 |
37 | Sergei Varlamov | RW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
26[b] | Steve Begin | C | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 18 |
3 | Denis Gauthier | D | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 50 |
33 | Brad Werenka† | D | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 21 |
29 | Wade Belak | D | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 122 |
26 | Travis Brigley‡ | LW | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 4 |
39[c] | Benoit Gratton | LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
50 | Pavel Torgaev‡ | LW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
17[d] | Chris Clark | RW | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 14 |
18 | Steve Dubinsky | C | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −12 | 4 |
34 | Stewart Malgunas† | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
19 | Oleg Saprykin | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
17 | Jason Botterill† | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
40 | Fred Brathwaite | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
36 | Eric Charron | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 37 |
15 | Rico Fata | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
31 | Grant Fuhr | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
47 | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
25 | Dave Roche | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
45[e] | Darrel Scoville | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
32 | Lee Sorochan | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
40 | Fred Brathwaite | 61 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 1664 | 158 | 2.75 | .905 | 5 | 3448 |
31 | Grant Fuhr | 23 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 536 | 77 | 3.83 | .856 | 0 | 1205 |
47 | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 175 | 15 | 2.72 | .914 | 0 | 330 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Valeri Bure | [10] |
Phil Housley | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Jarome Iginla (February) | [11] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Fred Brathwaite (December 27) | [12] | |
Team | Molson Cup | Fred Brathwaite | [13] |
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award | Robyn Regehr | [14] |
Transactions
The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1999–2000 season.[15]
Trades
June 26, 1999 | To Calgary Flames Marc Savard 1st round pick in 1999 | To New York Rangers Jan Hlavac 1st round pick in 1999 3rd round pick in 1999 |
September 5, 1999 | To Calgary Flames Grant Fuhr | To St. Louis Blues 3rd round pick in 2000 |
September 30, 1999 | To Calgary Flames Bill Lindsay | To Florida Panthers Todd Simpson |
February 11, 2000 | To Calgary Flames Darryl Shannon Jason Botterill | To Atlanta Thrashers Hnat Domenichelli Dmitri Vlasenkov |
March 6, 2000 | To Calgary Flames Marc Bureau | To Philadelphia Flyers Travis Brigley 6th round pick in 2001 |
March 14, 2000 | To Calgary Flames Brad Werenka | To Pittsburgh Penguins Rene Corbet Tyler Moss |
March 14, 2000 | To Calgary Flames Sergei Krivokrasov | To Nashville Predators Cale Hulse 3rd round pick in 2001 |
June 10, 2000 | To Calgary Flames 2nd round draft pick in 2000 | To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Jean-Sebastien Giguere |
Free agents
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Draft picks
Calgary's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, held in Boston, Massachusetts.[16] The Flames had the 9th overall pick, however they traded down two spots to get Marc Savard from the New York Rangers. With the 11th overall pick, the Flames drafted Oleg Saprykin.
Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | ||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
1 | 11 | Oleg Saprykin | ![]() | C | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) | 325 | 55 | 82 | 137 | 240 |
2 | 38 | Dan Cavanaugh | ![]() | C | Boston University (HE) | |||||
3 | 77 | Craig Anderson† | ![]() | G | Guelph Storm (OHL) | 406 | 182–148–2–48, 2.72GAA | |||
4 | 106 | Rail Rozakov | ![]() | D | Russia | |||||
5 | 135 | Matt Doman | ![]() | F | Wisconsin (NCAA) | |||||
6 | 153 | Jesse Cook | ![]() | D | Denver (NCAA) | |||||
6 | 166 | Cory Pecker | ![]() | D | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | |||||
6 | 170 | Matt Underhill | ![]() | G | Cornell (NCAA) | 1 | 0–1–0–0, 3.93GAA | |||
7 | 190 | Blair Stayzer | ![]() | LW | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) | |||||
9 | 252 | Dmitri Kirilenko | ![]() | RW | CSKA Moscow (RSL) |
- Statistics are updated to the end of the 2014–15 NHL season. † denotes player was on an NHL roster in 2014–15.
Farm teams
The Baby Flames finished the 1999–2000 season with a .500 record at 32–32–11–5, good enough for 2nd place in the Atlantic Division. They would be swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Lowell Lock Monsters three games to none, however. Daniel Tkaczuk and Benoit Gratton led the team in points with 66 each, while Rico Fata led in goals with 29. Ten different goaltenders suited up for the Flames, led by Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who started 44 games.[17]
See also
Notes
- ^ Krivokrasov wore number 17 in his first game.
- ^ Begin wore number 7 in his first six games and number 33 in his next six games.
- ^ Gratton wore number 37 in his first five games.
- ^ Clark wore number 7 through February 23.
- ^ Scoville wore number 4 in his first game and number 2 in his next three games.
References
- Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 112
- Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 135
- "Calgary Flames 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- "1999-00 Calgary Flames Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ a b King, Kelley, Calgary Flames 1999–2000 team preview, cnnsi.com, accessed January 12, 2007
- ^ Jarome Iginla may hold out: report, cbcsports, August 21, 2002, accessed January 12, 2007
- ^ a b Calgary Flames fire coach and GM, cbcsports, Accessed January 12, 2007
- ^ All Star Selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 22
- ^ Robyn Regehr profile, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 61
- ^ Mah, Andrew Robyn Regehr:Calgary Flames Strongman Archived 2007-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, Where Calgary, November 2006, accessed January 12, 2007
- ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1999-00 Calgary Flames Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000". NHL.com. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ "Flames' Iginla Named Player of the Month". NHL.com. March 1, 2000. Archived from the original on May 17, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Calgary's Brathwaite Named Player of Week". NHL.com. December 27, 1999. Archived from the original on April 16, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ Hanlon, Peter; Kelso, Sean (eds.), 2010–11 Calgary Flames Media Guide, Calgary Flames Hockey Club, p. 143
- ^ "JAROME IGINLA SELECTED AS RECIPIENT OF RALPH SCURFIELD HUMANITARIAN AWARD". Calgary Flames. April 9, 2002. Archived from the original on October 21, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ Calgary Flames 1997–2003 transactions, hockeynut.com, accessed January 12, 2007
- ^ Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed January 12, 2007
- ^ 1999–2000 Saint John Flames, hockeydb.com, Accessed January 12, 2007