1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes season

1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	3rd Southeast
1999–2000 record	37–35–10-0
Goals for	217
Goals against	216
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Ron Francis
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The 1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Hockey League and third as the Hurricanes.

Offseason[]

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Regular season[]

The Hurricanes were the least penalized team during the regular season, with only 253 power-play opportunities against them.^[1]

Along with the NHL 2000 patch worn league-wide, Carolina wore Two other patches, one that celebrated their first season at the New Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena, and the other in memory of Steve Chiasson, who died in a drunk driving crash after the Hurricanes were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Final standings[]

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Washington Capitals	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	994	102
2	5	Florida Panthers	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	1329	98
3	9	Carolina Hurricanes	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	799	84
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	1733	54
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	1422	39

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.

Eastern Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z – Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	Y – Washington Capitals	SE	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
3	Y – Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	100
4	X – New Jersey Devils	AT	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
5	X – Florida Panthers	SE	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
6	X – Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
7	X– Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
8	X – Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
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9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	83
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	29	28	12	3	218	246	73
12	Boston Bruins	NE	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	73
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	39

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results[]

October[]

Record for the month 5-3-3-0 (Home 0-1-0-0 Away 5-2-3-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	W	October 2, 1999	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	1–0–0–0	16,189
2	W	October 7, 1999	2–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	2–0–0–0	19,273
3	L	October 8, 1999	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	2–1–0–0	18,200
4	T	October 11, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	2–1–1–0	12,328
5	T	October 13, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	2–1–2–0	13,372
6	W	October 15, 1999	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	3–1–2–0	13,701
7	T	October 20, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	3–1–3–0	18,872
8	L	October 22, 1999	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	3–2–3–0	15,434
9	W	October 23, 1999	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	4–2–3–0	15,711
10	L	October 29, 1999	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	4–3–3–0	18,730
11	W	October 30, 1999	4–0	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	5–3–3–0	8,944

November[]

Record for the month 6-5-3-0 (Home 6-3-1-0 Away 0-2-2-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
12	L	November 3, 1999	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	5–4–3–0	15,961
13	L	November 5, 1999	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	5–5–3–0	19,983
14	W	November 7, 1999	3–2	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	6–5–3–0	12,624
15	L	November 10, 1999	0–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	6–6–3–0	11,413
16	L	November 11, 1999	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	6–7–3–0	19,499
17	W	November 13, 1999	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	7–7–3–0	10,288
18	W	November 17, 1999	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	8–7–3–0	11,237
19	T	November 19, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	8–7–4–0	11,943
20	W	November 20, 1999	1–0	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	9–7–4–0	13,442
21	L	November 22, 1999	1–2	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	9–8–4–0	14,709
22	T	November 24, 1999	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	9–8–5–0	12,932
23	T	November 26, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	9–8–6–0	14,344
24	W	November 27, 1999	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	10–8–6–0	14,268
25	W	November 30, 1999	4–3	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	11–8–6–0	7,903

December[]

Record for the month 3-8-1-0 (Home 2-3-1-0 Away 1-5-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
26	T	December 2, 1999	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	11–8–7–0	9,367
27	L	December 4, 1999	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	11–9–7–0	18,007
28	W	December 7, 1999	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	12–9–7–0	16,356
29	L	December 8, 1999	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	12–10–7–0	17,001
30	L	December 10, 1999	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	12–11–7–0	12,974
31	L	December 15, 1999	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	12–12–7–0	11,387
32	W	December 18, 1999	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	13–12–7–0	10,187
33	L	December 20, 1999	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	13–13–7–0	12,236
34	L	December 22, 1999	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	13–14–7–0	15,375
35	L	December 23, 1999	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	13–15–7–0	18,500
36	W	December 26, 1999	4–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	14–15–7–0	13,940
37	L	December 28, 1999	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	14–16–7–0	17,113

January[]

Record for the month 6-8-1-0 (Home 4-4-1-0 Away 2-4-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
38	W	January 1, 2000	4–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	15–16–7–0	17,642
39	L	January 4, 2000	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	15–17–7–0	7,848
40	W	January 6, 2000	7–3	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	16–17–7–0	15,582
41	T	January 7, 2000	4–4 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	16–17–8–0	12,002
42	W	January 9, 2000	1–0	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–17–8–0	12,174
43	L	January 11, 2000	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	17–18–8–0	11,609
44	L	January 14, 2000	1–5	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	17–19–8–0	15,073
45	L	January 17, 2000	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	17–20–8–0	11,042
46	L	January 18, 2000	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–21–8–0	18,200
47	L	January 20, 2000	1–4	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–22–8–0	11,073
48	W	January 22, 2000	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	18–22–8–0	16,345
49	W	January 24, 2000	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	19–22–8–0	8,552
50	L	January 27, 2000	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	19–23–8–0	9,675
51	W	January 28, 2000	4–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	20–23–8–0	12,136
52	L	January 30, 2000	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	20–24–8–0	19,380

February[]

Record for the month 6-4-1-0 (Home 2-2-1-0 Away 4-2-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
53	W	February 1, 2000	4–2	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	21–24–8–0	8,482
54	L	February 3, 2000	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	21–25–8–0	12,439
55	W	February 8, 2000	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	22–25–8–0	6,891
56	W	February 12, 2000	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	23–25–8–0	13,097
57	W	February 14, 2000	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	24–25–8–0	19,136
58	L	February 15, 2000	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	24–26–8–0	16,610
59	L	February 17, 2000	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	24–27–8–0	16,416
60	W	February 19, 2000	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	25–27–8–0	14,896
61	T	February 21, 2000	1–1 OT	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	25–27–9–0	10,144
62	L	February 24, 2000	2–4	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	25–28–9–0	10,494
63	W	February 26, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	26–28–9–0	16,801

March[]

Record for the month 8-6-1-0 (Home 4-3-1-0 Away 4-3-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
64	L	March 1, 2000	5–7	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	26–29–9–0	14,666
65	W	March 2, 2000	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	27–29–9–0	15,424
66	W	March 4, 2000	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	28–29–9–0	17,483
67	W	March 8, 2000	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	29–29–9–0	10,332
68	L	March 10, 2000	3–5	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	29–30–9–0	13,716
69	W	March 12, 2000	5–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	30–30–9–0	11,513
70	T	March 15, 2000	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	30–30–10–0	9,789
71	L	March 17, 2000	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	30–31–10–0	14,908
72	L	March 18, 2000	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	30–32–10–0	21,273
73	W	March 21, 2000	5–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	31–32–10–0	13,809
74	L	March 22, 2000	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	31–33–10–0	13,014
75	W	March 26, 2000	4–1	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	32–33–10–0	11,406
76	L	March 27, 2000	1–5	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	32–34–10–0	15,395
77	W	March 29, 2000	3–1	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	33–34–10–0	14,055
78	W	March 31, 2000	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	34–34–10–0	18,690

April[]

Record for the month 3-1-0-0 (Home 2-0-0-0 Away 1-1-0-0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
79	W	April 2, 2000	1–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	35–34–10–0	17,075
80	L	April 3, 2000	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	35–35–10–0	16,958
81	W	April 8, 2000	4–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	36–35–10–0	18,612
82	W	April 9, 2000	2–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	37–35–10–0	14,284

Playoffs[]

The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ron Francis	C	78	23	50	73	18	10	7	0	4
Jeff O'Neill	RW	80	25	38	63	72	-9	4	0	7
Gary Roberts	LW	69	23	30	53	62	-10	12	0	1
Sami Kapanen	RW	76	24	24	48	12	10	7	0	5
Sean Hill	D	62	13	31	44	59	3	8	0	2
Robert Kron	LW	81	13	27	40	8	-4	2	1	3
Paul Coffey	D	69	11	29	40	40	-6	6	0	3
Andrei Kovalenko	RW	76	15	24	39	38	-13	2	0	3
Bates Battaglia	LW	77	16	18	34	39	20	3	0	3
Martin Gelinas	LW	81	14	16	30	40	-10	3	0	0
Paul Ranheim	LW	79	9	13	22	6	-14	0	0	2
Glen Wesley	D	78	7	15	22	38	-4	1	0	0
Rod Brind'Amour	C	33	4	10	14	22	-12	0	1	1
Marek Malik	D	57	4	10	14	63	13	0	0	1
Tommy Westlund	RW	81	4	8	12	19	-10	0	1	0
Steven Halko	D	58	0	8	8	25	0	0	0	0
Jeff Daniels	LW	69	3	4	7	10	-8	0	0	0
Dave Karpa	D	27	1	4	5	52	9	0	0	0
Kent Manderville	C	56	1	4	5	12	-8	0	0	1
David Tanabe	D	31	4	0	4	14	-4	3	0	0
Nolan Pratt	D	64	3	1	4	90	-22	0	0	1
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	53	0	2	2	14	-19	0	0	0
Byron Ritchie	C	26	0	2	2	17	-10	0	0	0
Arturs Irbe	G	75	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Eric Fichaud	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Fitzpatrick	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sandy McCarthy	RW	13	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0
Shane Willis	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Arturs Irbe	4345	75	34	28	9	175	2.42	5	1858	1683	.906
Eric Fichaud	490	9	3	5	1	24	2.94	1	206	182	.883
Mark Fitzpatrick	107	3	0	2	0	8	4.49	0	68	60	.882
Team:	4942	82	37	35	10	207	2.51	6	2132	1925	.903

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Awards and records[]

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Transactions[]

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Draft picks[]

Carolina's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts. The Hurricanes have the 16th overall pick.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	16	David Tanabe	D	United States	University of Wisconsin–Madison (WCHA)
2	49	Brett Lysak	C	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	84	Brad Fast	D	Canada	Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
4	113	Ryan Murphy	LW	United States	Bowling Green University (NCAA)
6	174	Damian Surma	LW	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
7	202		RW	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	231	David Evans	RW	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)
8	237	Antti Jokela	G	Finland	Lukko (Finland)
9	259		C	Belarus	Anchorage Aces (WCHL)

Farm teams[]

International Hockey League[]

The Cincinnati Cyclones are the Hurricanes International Hockey League affiliate for the 1999–2000 IHL season.

East Coast Hockey League[]

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

References[]

External links[]

• "1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.