1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	Western
1999–2000 record	34–33–12–3
Goals for	217
Goals against	227
Team information
General manager	Pierre Gauthier
Coach	Craig Hartsburg
Captain	Paul Kariya
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

The 1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's seventh season.

Off-season

The Ducks made a few changes during the summer, with the focus on improving their scoring depth much like last season.

Ted Donato was acquired from the Ottawa Senators with Antti-Jussi Niemi in exchange for goalie Patrick Lalime on June 18, 1999 The Mighty Ducks acquired Oleg Tverdovsky from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Travis Green on June 26, 1999 in order to give the team more scoring from the blue line since Fredrik Olausson was the only point producing defence man last season. Defense man Mike Crowley would not make the roster with the Ducks although scoring 4 goals and 9 points in 28 games over the last two seasons, being sent to the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the IHL.

Rookies Mike Leclerc and Niclas Havelid earned roster spots. Vitaly Vishnevskiy would be their first choice to get a call up from Cincinnati in case of needing a defense man.

On September 27, five days before the season started the Ducks acquired prospect Ladislav Kohn from the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for 2000 8th round Draft pick.

Regular season

The season went down very much like the last one. The Mighty Ducks lost their first two games getting shut out both times but won their next two scoring eight goals. Anaheim made an early deal with the Islanders sending Ted Drury to Long Island in exchange for Tony Hrkac, who won the Stanley Cup with Dallas last season. They played very consistent until December 26, 1999 going 18-13-4-1 winning four games in a row in mid December. What seemed like the winning streak they needed quickly turned on its head becoming their longest winless streak going 0-6-1 and being below the .500 mark for the first time this season. Anaheim stayed below that mark until January 26, 2000 when rumors occurred about trading Selanne to give the Ducks more depth in order to make the Play Offs, which looked questionable at that point.

The Ducks did boost their line up though by acquiring Kip Miller from Pittsburgh on January 29. Ironically, the Ducks had a five-game unbeaten streak which began in Pittsburgh and going 7-3-4 since Kip Miller's acquisition by February 29. In early March Anaheim struggled to keep up with Edmonton and San Jose going 1-3-2-1 and winless the last four games during that stretch until March 15. The Ducks then again made a Play Off push winning the next three games but going 3-4-0-1 in their last eight games thus missing the post season by 4 points. Since the Mighty Ducks never were out of the Play Off picture fans and experts criticized General Manager Pierre Gauthier's decision not to obtain a player with some scoring touch (Sergei Krivokrasov and Brendan Morrison were dealt at the trading deadline). Late acquisitions Ed Ward and Jorgon Jonsson had no impact, each scoring only one goal though Ward brought some physical play with him.

Anaheim's biggest problem was their Penalty Kill, the Mighty Ducks struggled a lot short-handed during the regular season, as they had the lowest penalty-kill percentage in the NHL at 79.05%. The Defense did a good job ranking seventh in the west but their bad Penalty kill resulted in allowing 21 more goals which cost them the Play Offs. Offensively their defence men scored 43 goals compared to 25 goals last season, contributed by Olausson and Tverdovsky for a combined 30 goals. Both goalies had another very solid season though their SV% was down compared to the previous year. Hebert recorded his second best GAA of his career and fifth straight season with three or more shutouts. Their Offense relied on their first line again combing for 94 goals (109 goals last season) but saw more secondary scoring from other players as Cullen, Aalto and Nielsen improved their goal and point totals. Marty McInnes missed 20 games, which was a factor their Powerplay was good but nowhere near the dominance of last season ranking number 14 with a percentage of 16,57%.

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Dallas Stars	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	102
2	5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	94
3	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	90
4	8	San Jose Sharks	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	87
5	9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	83

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

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

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 2, 1999	0–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 5, 1999	0–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	0–2–0–0
3	W	October 8, 1999	3–0	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	1–2–0–0
4	W	October 11, 1999	5–3	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	2–2–0–0
5	L	October 13, 1999	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	2–3–0–0
6	W	October 15, 1999	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	3–3–0–0
7	OTL	October 16, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	3–3–0–1
8	W	October 19, 1999	7–1	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	4–3–0–1
9	T	October 21, 1999	5–5 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	4–3–1–1
10	L	October 24, 1999	2–3	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	4–4–1–1
11	W	October 27, 1999	2–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	5–4–1–1
12	W	October 29, 1999	5–2	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	6–4–1–1
13	L	October 31, 1999	0–3	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	6–5–1–1
14	T	November 3, 1999	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	6–5–2–1
15	W	November 7, 1999	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	7–5–2–1
16	W	November 9, 1999	2–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	8–5–2–1
17	L	November 11, 1999	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	8–6–2–1
18	L	November 13, 1999	2–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	8–7–2–1
19	L	November 15, 1999	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	8–8–2–1
20	W	November 17, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	9–8–2–1
21	W	November 19, 1999	4–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	10–8–2–1
22	L	November 22, 1999	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	10–9–2–1
23	L	November 24, 1999	1–2	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	10–10–2–1
24	W	November 26, 1999	4–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	11–10–2–1
25	W	November 27, 1999	4–3	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	12–10–2–1
26	L	December 1, 1999	2–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	12–11–2–1
27	T	December 3, 1999	1–1 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	12–11–3–1
28	W	December 4, 1999	2–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	13–11–3–1
29	T	December 8, 1999	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	13–11–4–1
30	L	December 10, 1999	1–2	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	13–12–4–1
31	W	December 12, 1999	4–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	14–12–4–1
32	W	December 15, 1999	4–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	15–12–4–1
33	W	December 17, 1999	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	16–12–4–1
34	W	December 19, 1999	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	17–12–4–1
35	L	December 22, 1999	2–8	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	17–13–4–1
36	W	December 26, 1999	1–0	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	18–13–4–1
37	L	December 27, 1999	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	18–14–4–1
38	L	December 29, 1999	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	18–15–4–1
39	L	December 31, 1999	4–5	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	18–16–4–1
40	L	January 5, 2000	1–5	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	18–17–4–1
41	T	January 7, 2000	4–4 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	18–17–5–1
42	L	January 8, 2000	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	18–18–5–1
43	L	January 12, 2000	0–2	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	18–19–5–1
44	W	January 14, 2000	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	19–19–5–1
45	L	January 15, 2000	2–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	19–20–5–1
46	L	January 17, 2000	0–5	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	19–21–5–1
47	W	January 19, 2000	3–1	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	20–21–5–1
48	T	January 21, 2000	3–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	20–21–6–1
49	L	January 22, 2000	3–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	20–22–6–1
50	L	January 26, 2000	2–4	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	20–23–6–1
51	W	January 29, 2000	7–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	21–23–6–1
52	W	January 31, 2000	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	22–23–6–1
53	T	February 1, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	22–23–7–1
54	T	February 3, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	22–23–8–1
55	W	February 8, 2000	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	23–23–8–1
56	L	February 9, 2000	3–5	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	23–24–8–1
57	L	February 12, 2000	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	23–25–8–1
58	W	February 14, 2000	4–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	24–25–8–1
59	W	February 16, 2000	6–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	25–25–8–1
60	T	February 18, 2000	4–4 OT	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	25–25–9–1
61	L	February 21, 2000	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	25–26–9–1
62	T	February 23, 2000	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	25–26–10–1
63	W	February 27, 2000	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	26–26–10–1
64	W	February 29, 2000	4–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	27–26–10–1
65	L	March 2, 2000	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	27–27–10–1
66	L	March 3, 2000	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	27–28–10–1
67	W	March 5, 2000	1–0	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	28–28–10–1
68	OTL	March 8, 2000	3–4 OT	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	28–28–10–2
69	T	March 11, 2000	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	28–28–11–2
70	L	March 14, 2000	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	28–29–11–2
71	T	March 15, 2000	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	28–29–12–2
72	W	March 17, 2000	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	29–29–12–2
73	W	March 19, 2000	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	30–29–12–2
74	W	March 21, 2000	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	31–29–12–2
75	L	March 22, 2000	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	31–30–12–2
76	L	March 24, 2000	1–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	31–31–12–2
77	W	March 26, 2000	4–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	32–31–12–2
78	L	April 1, 2000	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	32–32–12–2
79	W	April 3, 2000	3–1	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	33–32–12–2
80	L	April 5, 2000	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	33–33–12–2
81	W	April 7, 2000	5–1	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	34–33–12–2
82	OTL	April 9, 2000	3–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	34–33–12–3

Playoffs

The Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs despite recording 83 Points again.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Kariya	74	42	44	86	24
Teemu Selanne	79	33	52	85	12
Steve Rucchin	71	19	38	57	16
Oleg Tverdovsky	82	15	36	51	30
Matt Cullen	80	13	26	39	24
Fredrik Olausson	70	15	19	34	28
Ted Donato	81	11	19	30	26
Marty McInnis	62	10	18	28	26
Kip Miller	30	6	17	23	4
Ladislav Kohn	77	5	16	21	27
Mike Leclerc	69	8	11	19	70
Jeff Nielsen	79	8	10	18	14
Antti Aalto	63	7	11	18	26
Pavel Trnka	57	2	15	17	34
Tony Hrkac	60	4	7	11	8
Ruslan Salei	71	5	5	10	94
Niclas Havelid	50	2	7	9	20
Kevin Haller	67	3	5	8	61
Jim McKenzie	31	3	3	6	48
Pascal Trepanier	37	0	4	4	54
Stu Grimson	50	1	2	3	116
Jorgen Jonsson	13	1	2	3	0
Jason Marshall	55	0	3	3	88
Ted Drury	11	1	1	2	6
Vitaly Vishnevskiy	31	1	1	2	26
Guy Hebert	68	0	2	2	2
Johan Davidsson	5	1	0	1	2
Ed Ward	8	1	0	1	15
Maxim Balmochnykh	6	0	1	1	2
Frank Banham	3	0	0	0	2
Dominic Roussel	20	0	0	0	6
Jeremy Stevenson	3	0	0	0	7

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Guy Hebert	3976	68	28	31	9	166	2.51	1805	1639	.908	4
Dominic Roussel	988	20	6	5	3	52	3.16	445	393	.883	1
Team:	4964	82	34	36	12	218	2.63	2250	2032	.903	5

Transactions

Acquired Tony Hrkac and Dean Malkoc from the New York Islanders for Ted Drury on October 29, 1999

Waived Jim McKenzie, claimed off waivers by the Washington Capitals on January 20, 2000

Acquired Kip Miller from the Pittsburg Penguins for a 2000 9th round Draft pick on January 29, 2000

Acquired Jorgen Jonson from the New York Islanders for Johan Davidson on March 11, 2000

Acquired Ed Ward from the Atlanta Thrashers for a 2001 7th round Draft pick on March 14, 2000

Traded Dan Trebil to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2000 5th round Draft pick on March 14, 2000

Acquired Corey Hirsch from the Nashville Predators for future considerations on March 14, 2000

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	44	Jordan Leopold	United States	University of Minnesota (NCAA)
3	83	Niclas Havelid	Sweden	Malmo IF (Sweden)
4	105	Alexander Chagodayev	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
5	141	Maxim Rybin	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
6	173	Jan Sandstrom	Sweden	AIK IF (Sweden)
8	230	Petr Tenkrat	Czech Republic	Poldi Kladno (Czech Republic)
9	258	Brian Gornick	United States	Air Force Academy (NCAA)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
• 1999–2000 NHL season

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1999–2000

• Anaheim Angels (Edison International Field of Anaheim)
  • 1999 Anaheim Angels season
  • 2000 Anaheim Angels season