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

		Regular season
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
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Valeri Bure	[10]
		Phil Housley
Team	Molson Cup	Fred Brathwaite	[11]
	Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award	Robyn Regehr	[12]

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1999–2000 season. ^[13]

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

Player Former team

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

This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, held in Boston, Massachusetts. ^[14] 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, 2.72 GAA
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. ^[15]

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

Notes

References