1999–2000 Calgary Flames season

1999–2000 Calgary Flames
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)
Penalty minutes	Wade Belak (122)
Wins	Fred Brathwaite (25)
Goals against average	Fred Brathwaite (2.75)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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^[7]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Western Conference^[8]
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.^[9]

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

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, held in Boston, Massachusetts.^[10] 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
Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	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.^[11]

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

^ ^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.
^ Calgary Flames 1997–2003 transactions, hockeynut.com, accessed January 12, 2007
^ Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed January 12, 2007
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[2] Jarome Iginla may hold out: report, cbcsports, August 21, 2002, accessed January 12, 2007

[fired-3] Calgary Flames fire coach and GM, cbcsports, Accessed January 12, 2007

[4] All Star Selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 22

[5] Robyn Regehr profile, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 61

[6] Mah, Andrew Robyn Regehr:Calgary Flames Strongman Archived 2007-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, Where Calgary, November 2006, accessed January 12, 2007

[7] "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

[8] "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[9] Calgary Flames 1997–2003 transactions, hockeynut.com, accessed January 12, 2007

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