1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season
National Hockey League team season
1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche | |
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Northwest Division champions | |
Division | 1st Northwest |
Conference | 3rd Western |
1999–2000 record | 42–28–11–1 |
Home record | 25–12–4–0 |
Road record | 17–16–7–1 |
Goals for | 233 |
Goals against | 201 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pierre Lacroix |
Coach | Bob Hartley |
Captain | Joe Sakic |
Arena | Pepsi Center |
Average attendance | 17,889 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hershey Bears |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Milan Hejduk (36) |
Assists | Joe Sakic (53) |
Points | Joe Sakic (81) |
Penalty minutes | Jeff Odgers (162) |
Plus/minus | Joe Sakic (+30) |
Wins | Patrick Roy (32) |
Goals against average | Patrick Roy (2.28) |
The 1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's fifth season. It was the first season in the new Pepsi Center arena.
Regular season
- December 12, 1999: Colorado beat the Vancouver Canucks, and Patrick Roy, who earned that decision, won his 424th game, surpassing Tony Esposito on the all-time list.[1]
- March 4, 2000: Colorado beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Patrick Roy earned the 435th victory of his career, surpassing Jacques Plante on the all-time list.[1]
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
Regular season
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October: 5–5–2–1 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 3–4–2–1)
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November: 6–5–1–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
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December: 7–5–1–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 3–4–1–0)
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January: 7–4–3–0 (home: 6–0–2–0; road: 1–4–1–0)
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February: 3–7–3–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 1–2–2–0)
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March: 10–2–1–0 (home: 6–2–1–0; road: 4–0–0–0)
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April: 4–0–0–0 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 2–0–0–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes – Avalanche win 4–1
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings: Avalanche win 4–1
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Western Conference Finals vs. (2) Dallas Stars – Stars win 4–3
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Avalanche only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Joe Sakic | C | 60 | 28 | 53 | 81 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −5 | 8 |
23 | Milan Hejduk | RW | 82 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −7 | 6 |
37 | Chris Drury | C | 82 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 8 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 |
8 | Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 82 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 17 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
40 | Alex Tanguay | LW | 76 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
21 | Peter Forsberg | C | 49 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 9 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 12 |
18 | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | 71 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −10 | 106 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 21 |
26 | Stephane Yelle | C | 79 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
25 | Shjon Podein | LW | 75 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
14 | Dave Reid† | LW | 65 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
15 | Brian Rolston†‡ | LW | 50 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
52 | Adam Foote | D | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 98 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
55 | Martin Skoula | D | 80 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
77 | Ray Bourque† | D | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
24 | Jon Klemm | D | 73 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
11 | Chris Dingman | LW | 68 | 8 | 3 | 11 | −2 | 132 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Claude Lemieux‡ | RW | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Eric Messier | LW | 61 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Greg de Vries | D | 69 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −7 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Aaron Miller | D | 53 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
5 | Alexei Gusarov | D | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
38 | Dan Hinote | RW | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
49 | Serge Aubin | LW | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
38 | Dave Andreychuk† | LW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −9 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 18 |
36 | Jeff Odgers | RW | 62 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Patrick Roy | G | 63 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
30 | Marc Denis | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
12 | Shean Donovan‡ | RW | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
17 | Christian Matte | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
44 | Sami Helenius | D | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Ville Nieminen | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
43 | Dan Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Rick Tabaracci† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
50 | Brian Willsie | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33 | Patrick Roy | 63 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 1640 | 141 | 2.28 | .914 | 2 | 3704 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 431 | 31 | 1.79 | .928 | 3 | 1039 |
30 | Marc Denis | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 618 | 51 | 2.54 | .917 | 3 | 1203 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Rick Tabaracci† | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2.00 | .889 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Peter Forsberg[a] | [6] |
Milan Hejduk | |||
Sandis Ozolinsh | |||
Joe Sakic | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Joe Sakic (March) | [7] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Peter Forsberg (January 17) | [8] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th point | Joe Sakic | December 27, 1999 | [9] |
400th goal | Ray Bourque | March 18, 2000 | [10] |
Joe Sakic | March 23, 2000 | [11] |
Transactions
Trades
March 6, 2000 | To Colorado Avalanche Ray Bourque, Dave Andreychuk[12] | To Boston Bruins Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson, First Round pick |
June 7, 2000 | To Colorado Avalanche 2nd round pick in 2000 (Tomas Kurka) | To Columbus Blue Jackets Marc Denis |
Draft picks
Colorado's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.[13]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 25 | Mikhail Kuleshov | ![]() | Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) |
2 | 45 | Martin Grenier | ![]() | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
3 | 93 | Branko Radivojevic | ![]() | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
4 | 112 | Sanny Lindstrom | ![]() | Huddinge IK (Sweden) |
4 | 122 | Kristian Kovac | ![]() | HC Kosice Jr. (Slovakia) |
5 | 142 | William Magnuson | ![]() | Lake Superior State University (NCAA) |
5 | 152 | Jordan Krestanovich | ![]() | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
6 | 158 | Anders Lovdahl | ![]() | HV71 (Sweden) |
6 | 183 | Riku Hahl | ![]() | HPK (Finland) |
7 | 212 | Radim Vrbata | ![]() | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
8 | 240 | Jeff Finger | ![]() | Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |
See also
Notes
- ^ Forsberg did not play and was replaced by Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils.[5]
References
- "Colorado Avalanche 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- "1999-00 Colorado Avalanche Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ a b Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p436 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
- ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1999-00 Colorado Avalanche Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ "NHL - Avs' Forsberg out 7-10 days". ESPN.com. February 4, 2000. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000". NHL.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "Joe SAKIC". Colorado Avalanche. Archived from the original on March 2, 2001. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
NHL Player of the month for March, 2000.
- ^ "Forsberg Named Player of Week". NHL.com. January 17, 2000. Archived from the original on June 4, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Colorado 5, St. Louis 1 - UPI Archives". UPI. December 27, 1999. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "N.H.L.: ROUNDUP; Bourque Scores No. 400, But Detroit Wins Game". The New York Times. March 19, 2000. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "Sakic's like an Avalanche". Deseret News. March 24, 2000. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
Sakic scored three goals, including the 400th of his NHL career
- ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.438, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
- ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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