1999–2000 Calgary Flames season

1999–2000 Calgary Flames
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	12th Western
1999–2000 record	31–41–10–5
Home record	20–14–6–1
Road record	11–26–4–4
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
Team leaders
Goals	Valeri Bure (35)
Assists	Phil Housley (44)
Points	Valeri Bure (75)
Penalties in minutes	Wade Belak (122)
Wins	Fred Brathwaite (25)
Goals against average	Fred Brathwaite (2.75)
<1998–99 2000–01>

Calgary Flames 20th anniversary logo

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

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	28	11	1	233	201	1118	96
2	7	Edmonton Oilers	82	32	26	16	8	226	212	1344	88
3	10	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	29	15	8	227	237	1047	83
4	12	Calgary Flames	82	31	36	10	5	211	256	1267	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.

Western Conference^[7]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

1999–2000 Game Log
October: 3–8–2–0 (Home: 0–3–2–0; Road: 3–5–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 October 2 Calgary 3 – 5 San Jose 0–1–0–0 0 2 October 6 St. Louis 4 – 1 Calgary 0–2–0–0 0 3 October 8 Montreal 4 – 1 Calgary 0–3–0–0 0 4 October 11 Carolina 3 – 3 Calgary OT 0–3–1–0 1 5 October 13 Calgary 4 – 3 Vancouver OT 1–3–1–0 3 6 October 15 Los Angeles 4 – 1 Calgary 1–4–1–0 3 7 October 16 Vancouver 4 – 4 Calgary OT 1–4–2–0 4 8 October 19 Calgary 1 – 7 St. Louis 1–5–2–0 4 9 October 22 Calgary 3 – 2 Florida OT 2–5–2–0 6 10 October 23 Calgary 1 – 2 Tampa Bay 2–6–2–0 6 11 October 26 Calgary 1 – 2 Atlanta 2–7–2–0 6 12 October 28 Calgary 4 – 3 Ottawa OT 3–7–2–0 8 13 October 30 Calgary 1 – 2 Toronto 3–8–2–0 8
November: 5–6–0–0 (Home: 5–2–0–0; Road: 0–4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 14 November 3 Nashville 4 – 5 Calgary OT 4–8–2–0 10 15 November 6 Florida 6 – 3 Calgary 4–9–2–0 10 16 November 10 San Jose 3 – 4 Calgary OT 5–9–2–0 12 17 November 13 Colorado 5 – 2 Calgary 5–10–2–0 12 18 November 16 Calgary 1 – 2 Phoenix 5–11–2–0 12 19 November 17 Calgary 1 – 2 Anaheim 5–12–2–0 12 20 November 19 Detroit 1 – 3 Calgary 6–12–2–0 14 21 November 23 NY Islanders 2 – 3 Calgary 7–12–2–0 16 22 November 25 Chicago 1 – 2 Calgary OT 8–12–2–0 18 23 November 27 Calgary 1 – 7 Colorado 8–13–2–0 18 24 November 30 Calgary 3 – 4 Carolina 8–14–2–0 18
December: 8–2–3–1 (Home: 4–1–1–0; Road: 4–1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 25 December 2 Calgary 5 – 0 NY Islanders 9–14–2–0 20 26 December 4 Calgary 4 – 2 New Jersey 10–14–2–0 22 27 December 6 Calgary 2 – 3 NY Rangers OT 10–14–2–1 23 28 December 7 Calgary 3 – 3 Montreal OT 10–14–3–1 24 29 December 10 Vancouver 2 – 3 Calgary 11–14–3–1 26 30 December 12 Calgary 2 – 1 Chicago 12–14–3–1 28 31 December 14 Calgary 1 – 1 St. Louis OT 12–14–4–1 29 32 December 15 Calgary 1 – 5 Dallas 12–15–4–1 29 33 December 18 Ottawa 1 – 2 Calgary 13–15–4–1 31 34 December 21 Dallas 0 – 0 Calgary OT 13–15–5–1 32 35 December 23 Edmonton 1 – 2 Calgary 14–15–5–1 34 36 December 26 Calgary 2 – 0 Vancouver 15–15–5–1 36 37 December 27 Philadelphia 5 – 1 Calgary 15–16–5–1 36 38 December 29 Anaheim 1 – 3 Calgary 16–16–5–1 38
January: 7–6–0–0 (Home: 6–0–0–0; Road: 1–6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 39 January 2 Vancouver 2 – 4 Calgary 17–16–5–1 40 40 January 5 Calgary 0 – 4 Colorado 17–17–5–1 40 41 January 6 Calgary 2 – 5 Chicago 17–18–5–1 40 42 January 8 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Calgary OT 18–18–5–1 42 43 January 12 Dallas 1 – 2 Calgary 19–18–5–1 44 44 January 15 Toronto 0 – 4 Calgary 20–18–5–1 46 45 January 18 Detroit 1 – 6 Calgary 21–18–5–1 48 46 January 19 Calgary 0 – 7 Edmonton 21–19–5–1 48 47 January 21 Nashville 4 – 5 Calgary OT 22–19–5–1 50 48 January 24 Calgary 4 – 3 Boston OT 23–19–5–1 52 49 January 26 Calgary 1 – 2 Washington 23–20–5–1 52 50 January 28 Calgary 1 – 4 Detroit 23–21–5–1 52 51 January 29 Calgary 1 – 3 Nashville 23–22–5–1 52
February: 3–3–2–4 (Home: 2–0–2–1; Road: 1–3–0–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 52 February 1 St. Louis 5 – 4 Calgary OT 23–22–5–2 53 53 February 3 Chicago 5 – 5 Calgary OT 23–22–6–2 54 54 February 9 Calgary 3 – 4 Vancouver OT 23–22–6–3 55 55 February 10 Calgary 2 – 3 Colorado 23–23–6–3 55 56 February 12 Calgary 3 – 4 Phoenix 23–24–6–3 55 57 February 14 Calgary 3 – 4 Los Angeles OT 23–24–6–4 56 58 February 16 Calgary 5 – 6 Anaheim OT 23–24–6–5 57 59 February 18 Edmonton 2 – 4 Calgary 24–24–6–5 59 60 February 19 Calgary 3 – 2 Edmonton OT 25–24–6–5 61 61 February 23 Calgary 2 – 7 Los Angeles 25–25–6–5 61 62 February 25 Phoenix 3 – 3 Calgary OT 25–25–7–5 62 63 February 26 Atlanta 2 – 5 Calgary 26–25–7–5 64
March: 4–8–2–0 (Home: 2–5–1–0; Road: 2–3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 64 March 1 Pittsburgh 2 – 8 Calgary 27–25–7–5 66 65 March 3 Anaheim 1 – 4 Calgary 28–25–7–5 68 66 March 5 New Jersey 2 – 2 Calgary OT 28–25–8–5 69 67 March 7 Colorado 8 – 3 Calgary 28–26–8–5 69 68 March 9 Toronto 6 – 2 Calgary 28–27–8–5 69 69 March 11 Calgary 1 – 3 Los Angeles 28–28–8–5 69 70 March 13 Calgary 3 – 5 San Jose 28–29–8–5 69 71 March 15 Ottawa 3 – 1 Calgary 28–30–8–5 69 72 March 18 Buffalo 5 – 1 Calgary 28–31–8–5 69 73 March 19 Calgary 3 – 2 Edmonton 29–31–8–5 71 74 March 22 Calgary 2 – 2 Detroit OT 29–31–9–5 72 75 March 23 Calgary 2 – 4 Buffalo 29–32–9–5 72 76 March 25 Calgary 2 – 1 Nashville 30–32–9–5 74 77 March 31 Phoenix 3 – 1 Calgary 30–33–9–5 74
April: 1–3–1–0 (Home: 1–2–0–0; Road: 0–1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 78 April 1 San Jose 0 – 3 Calgary 31–33–9–5 76 79 April 3 Calgary 2 – 2 Dallas OT 31–33–10–5 77 80 April 5 Calgary 5 – 6 St. Louis 31–34–10–5 77 81 April 7 Colorado 3 – 1 Calgary 31–35–10–5 77 82 April 8 Edmonton 6 – 3 Calgary 31–36–10–5 77

Playoffs

The Flames finished 12th in the Western Conference, ten points behind the 8th place San Jose Sharks. Calgary failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth straight season.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Valeri Bure	8		82	35	40	75	50		-	-	-	-	-
Jarome Iginla	12		77	29	34	63	26		-	-	-	-	-
Phil Housley	6		78	11	44	55	24		-	-	-	-	-
Marc Savard	27		78	22	31	53	56		-	-	-	-	-
Derek Morris	53		78	9	29	38	80		-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Nazarov	62		76	10	22	32	78		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Shantz	11		74	13	18	31	30		-	-	-	-	-
Jason Wiemer	24		64	11	11	22	120		-	-	-	-	-
Clarke Wilm	23		78	10	12	22	67		-	-	-	-	-
Cory Stillman	16		37	12	9	21	12		-	-	-	-	-
Bill Lindsay	22		80	8	12	20	86		-	-	-	-	-
Martin St. Louis	26		56	3	15	18	22		-	-	-	-	-
Robyn Regehr	28		57	5	7	12	46		-	-	-	-	-
Sergei Krivokrasov^†	17/25		12	1	10	11	4		-	-	-	-	-
Tommy Albelin	5		41	4	6	10	12		-	-	-	-	-
Andreas Johansson^†	21		28	3	7	10	14		-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Dollas^†	4		49	3	7	10	28		-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Shannon^†	2		27	1	8	9	22		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Cowan	38		13	4	1	5	16		-	-	-	-	-
Marc Bureau^†	7		9	1	3	4	2		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	55		20	0	4	4	42		-	-	-	-	-
Sergei Varlamov	37		7	3	0	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
Brad Werenka^†	33		12	1	1	2	21		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Begin	7/26/33		13	1	1	2	18		-	-	-	-	-
Denis Gauthier	3		39	1	1	2	50		-	-	-	-	-
Benoit Gratton	37/39		10	0	2	2	10		-	-	-	-	-
Wade Belak	29		40	0	2	2	122		-	-	-	-	-
Stewart Malgunas	34		4	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Oleg Saprykin	19		4	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Chris Clark	7/17		22	0	1	1	14		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Dubinsky	18		23	0	1	1	4		-	-	-	-	-
Lee Sorochan	32		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Jason Botterill^†	17		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Roche	25		2	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
Rico Fata	15		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Darrel Scoville	2/4		6	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	47		7	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Eric Charron	36		21	0	0	0	37		-	-	-	-	-
Grant Fuhr	31		23	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Fred Brathwaite	40		61	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Bench/Traded players	--		10	29	39	135	-		-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Fred Brathwaite	40		61	3448	25	25	7	158	5	2.75		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Fuhr	31		23	1205	5	13	2	77	0	3.83		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	47		7	330	1	3	1	15	0	2.73		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1999–2000 season.^[8]

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 Dimitri 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

Free agents

Player Former team

Player New team Andrew Cassels Vancouver Canucks Ken Wregget Detroit Red Wings

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Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, held in Boston, Massachusetts.^[9] 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
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	11	Oleg Saprykin	Russia	C	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	325	55	82	137	240
2	38	Dan Cavanaugh	United States	C	Boston University (HE)
3	77	Craig Anderson^†	United States	G	Guelph Storm (OHL)	406	182–148–2–48, 2.72GAA
4	106	Rail Rozakov	Russia	D	Russia
5	135	Matt Doman	United States	F	Wisconsin (NCAA)
6	153	Jesse Cook	United States	D	Denver (NCAA)
6	166	Cory Pecker	Canada	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6	170	Matt Underhill	Canada	G	Cornell (NCAA)	1	0–1–0–0, 3.93GAA
7	190	Blair Stayzer	Canada	LW	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
9	252	Dmitri Kirilenko	Russia	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

Saint John Flames

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.^[10]

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

• Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 112
• Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 135
• Team standings: 1999–2000 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
• Trades: hockeydb.com player pages

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