1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season
1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | |
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Division | 5th Pacific |
Conference | 9th Western |
1999–2000 record | 34–33–12–3 |
Home record | 19–13–7–2 |
Road record | 15–20–5–1 |
Goals for | 217 |
Goals against | 227 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pierre Gauthier |
Coach | Craig Hartsburg |
Captain | Paul Kariya |
Alternate captains | Kevin Haller Teemu Selanne |
Arena | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim |
Average attendance | 14,460 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Paul Kariya (42) |
Assists | Teemu Selanne (52) |
Points | Paul Kariya (86) |
Penalty minutes | Stu Grimson (116) |
Plus/minus | Paul Kariya (+22) |
Wins | Guy Hebert (28) |
Goals against average | Guy Hebert (2.51) |
The 1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's seventh season. The Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs despite recording 83 Points again.
Off-season
[edit]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
[edit]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 had won the Stanley Cup with Dallas the previous season. They played very consistently 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 dropping below the .500 mark for the first time. Anaheim stayed below that mark until January 26, 2000 when rumors surfaced about trading Selanne to give the Ducks more depth in order to make the playoffs, which looked questionable at that point.
The Ducks did boost their lineup 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 playoff push, winning the next three games, but going 3–4–0–1 after that streak in their last eight games, thus missing the postseason by four points. Since the Mighty Ducks never were out of the playoff 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 Jorgen Jonsson had no impact, each scoring only one goal though Ward brought some physical play with him, which was needed after the Ducks waived Jim McKenzie in mid-January.
Anaheim's biggest problem was their penalty killing: the Mighty Ducks struggled often short-handed during the regular season, as they had the lowest penalty-kill percentage in the NHL at 79.05%.[1] The defense ranked seventh in the West, but the team's poor penalty kill resulted in 21 more goals allowed than the previous season, which cost them the playoffs. Offensively, their defensemen scored 43 goals compared to 25 goals in 1998–99, led by Olausson and Tverdovsky for a combined 30 goals. Both goalies had another very solid season though their save percentage was down compared to the previous year. Hebert recorded the second-best GAA of his career; this was also Hebert's fifth straight season with three or more shutouts. Their offense relied on their first line, again combining 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 while Mike Leclerc had a solid rookie season with 19 points. Marty McInnis missed twenty games, which was a factor. The Ducks' power play was good but nowhere near the dominance of last season, ranking 14th with a percentage of 16.57%.[2]
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
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
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October: 6–5–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 2–3–1–1)
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November: 6–5–1–0 (home: 3–2–1–0; road: 3–3–0–0)
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December: 6–6–2–0 (home: 3–3–2–0; road: 3–3–0–0)
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January: 4–7–2–0 (home: 2–4–1–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
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February: 5–3–4–0 (home: 2–2–2–0; road: 3–1–2–0)
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March: 5–5–2–1 (home: 4–0–1–1; road: 1–5–1–0)
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April: 2–2–0–1 (home: 1–0–0–1; road: 1–2–0–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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 Mighty Ducks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
9 | Paul Kariya | LW | 74 | 42 | 44 | 86 | 22 | 24 |
8 | Teemu Selanne | RW | 79 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 6 | 12 |
20 | Steve Rucchin | C | 71 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 9 | 16 |
10 | Oleg Tverdovsky | D | 82 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 5 | 30 |
17 | Matt Cullen | C | 80 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 5 | 24 |
2 | Fredrik Olausson | D | 70 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −13 | 28 |
21 | Ted Donato | LW | 81 | 11 | 19 | 30 | −3 | 26 |
16 | Marty McInnis | RW | 62 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −4 | 26 |
11 | Kip Miller† | C | 30 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 4 |
29 | Ladislav Kohn | RW | 77 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −17 | 27 |
12 | Mike Leclerc | LW | 69 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −15 | 70 |
19 | Jeff Nielsen | RW | 79 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
14 | Antti Aalto | C | 63 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −13 | 26 |
7 | Pavel Trnka | D | 57 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 34 |
15 | Tony Hrkac† | C | 60 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −2 | 8 |
24 | Ruslan Salei | D | 71 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 94 |
28 | Niclas Havelid | D | 50 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
5 | Kevin Haller | D | 67 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −8 | 61 |
33 | Jim McKenzie‡ | LW | 31 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −5 | 48 |
27 | Pascal Trepanier | D | 37 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 54 |
32 | Stu Grimson | LW | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 116 |
22 | Jorgen Jonsson† | LW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
23 | Jason Marshall | D | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −10 | 88 |
18 | Ted Drury‡ | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 |
6 | Vitaly Vishnevskiy | D | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
31 | Guy Hebert | G | 68 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
22 | Johan Davidsson‡ | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
33 | Ed Ward† | RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 15 |
18 | Maxim Balmochnykh | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
25 | Frank Banham | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
30 | Dominic Roussel | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
26 | Jeremy Stevenson | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 |
Goaltending
[edit]Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Guy Hebert | 68 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 1805 | 166 | 2.51 | .908 | 4 | 3976 |
30 | Dominic Roussel | 20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 445 | 52 | 3.16 | .883 | 1 | 988 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Paul Kariya (Left Wing) | [6] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Paul Kariya[a] | [8] |
Teemu Selanne[a] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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25th shutout | Guy Hebert | December 17, 1999 | [9] |
Transactions
[edit]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 Pittsburgh 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
Acquired a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Jonas Ronnqvist) for Trent Hunter from the New York Islanders on May 23, 2000
Acquired a 2001 4th draft pick for Espen Knutsen from the Columbus Blue Jackets on May 25, 2000
Acquired a 2000 4th draft pick for the rights to Stephen Peat from the Washington Capitals on June 1, 2000
Acquired Jean-Sebastien Giguere for a 2000 2nd round draft pick from the Calgary Flames on June 10, 2000
Draft picks
[edit]Anaheim's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.[10]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 44 | Jordan Leopold | ![]() | University of Minnesota (NCAA) |
3 | 83 | Niclas Havelid | ![]() | Malmo IF (Sweden) |
4 | 105 | Alexander Chagodayev | ![]() | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
5 | 141 | Maxim Rybin | ![]() | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
6 | 173 | Jan Sandstrom | ![]() | AIK IF (Sweden) |
8 | 230 | Petr Tenkrat | ![]() | Poldi Kladno (Czech Republic) |
9 | 258 | Brian Gornick | ![]() | Air Force Academy (NCAA) |
Farm teams
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- "1999-00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ "1999-00 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1999-00 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1999-00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000". NHL.com. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ "Ducks Shut Down Blackhawks". www.cbsnews.com. December 18, 1999. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
The shutout was Hebert's third of the season and 25th of his career.
- ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.