1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes season

1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes
1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	9th Eastern
1999–2000 record	37–35–10–0
Home record	20–16–5–0
Road record	17–19–5–0
Goals for	217
Goals against	216
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Ron Francis
Arena	Raleigh Sports and Entertainment Arena
Average attendance	12,400
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cincinnati Cyclones; Florida Everblades
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff O'Neill (25)
Assists	Ron Francis (50)
Points	Ron Francis (73)
Penalty minutes	Nolan Pratt (90)
Plus/minus	Bates Battaglia (+20)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (34)
Goals against average	Arturs Irbe (2.42)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Hockey League and third as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

Offseason

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^[2]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Washington Capitals	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
2	5	Florida Panthers	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
3	9	Carolina Hurricanes	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	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^[3]
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	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
5	Florida Panthers	SE	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
6	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
8	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
8.5
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	38	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

bold – Qualified for playoffs; z – Won conference; y – Won division

Schedule and results

1999–2000 regular season^[4]

October: 5–3–3–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 5–2–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
1	W	October 2, 1999	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	1–0–0–0	16,189	Recap
2	W	October 7, 1999	2–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	2–0–0–0	19,273	Recap
3	L	October 8, 1999	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	2–1–0–0	18,200	Recap
4	T	October 11, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	2–1–1–0	12,328	Recap
5	T	October 13, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	2–1–2–0	13,372	Recap
6	W	October 15, 1999	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	3–1–2–0	13,701	Recap
7	T	October 20, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	3–1–3–0	18,872	Recap
8	L	October 22, 1999	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	3–2–3–0	15,434	Recap
9	W	October 23, 1999	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	4–2–3–0	15,711	Recap
10	L	October 29, 1999	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	4–3–3–0	18,730	Recap
11	W	October 30, 1999	4–0	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	5–3–3–0	8,944	Recap

November: 6–5–3–0 (home: 6–3–1–0; road: 0–2–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
12	L	November 3, 1999	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	5–4–3–0	15,961	Recap
13	L	November 5, 1999	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	5–5–3–0	19,983	Recap
14	W	November 7, 1999	3–2	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	6–5–3–0	12,624	Recap
15	L	November 10, 1999	0–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	6–6–3–0	11,413	Recap
16	L	November 11, 1999	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	6–7–3–0	19,499	Recap
17	W	November 13, 1999	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	7–7–3–0	10,288	Recap
18	W	November 17, 1999	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	8–7–3–0	11,237	Recap
19	T	November 19, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	8–7–4–0	11,943	Recap
20	W	November 20, 1999	1–0	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	9–7–4–0	13,442	Recap
21	L	November 22, 1999	1–2	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	9–8–4–0	14,709	Recap
22	T	November 24, 1999	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	9–8–5–0	12,932	Recap
23	T	November 26, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	9–8–6–0	14,344	Recap
24	W	November 27, 1999	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	10–8–6–0	14,268	Recap
25	W	November 30, 1999	4–3	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	11–8–6–0	7,903	Recap

December: 3–8–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 1–5–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
26	T	December 2, 1999	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	11–8–7–0	9,367	Recap
27	L	December 4, 1999	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	11–9–7–0	18,007	Recap
28	W	December 7, 1999	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	12–9–7–0	16,356	Recap
29	L	December 8, 1999	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	12–10–7–0	17,001	Recap
30	L	December 10, 1999	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	12–11–7–0	12,974	Recap
31	L	December 15, 1999	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	12–12–7–0	11,387	Recap
32	W	December 18, 1999	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	13–12–7–0	10,187	Recap
33	L	December 20, 1999	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	13–13–7–0	12,236	Recap
34	L	December 22, 1999	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	13–14–7–0	15,375	Recap
35	L	December 23, 1999	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	13–15–7–0	18,500	Recap
36	W	December 26, 1999	4–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	14–15–7–0	13,940	Recap
37	L	December 28, 1999	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	14–16–7–0	17,113	Recap

January: 6–8–1–0 (home: 4–4–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
38	W	January 1, 2000	4–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	15–16–7–0	17,642	Recap
39	L	January 4, 2000	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	15–17–7–0	7,848	Recap
40	W	January 6, 2000	7–3	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	16–17–7–0	15,582	Recap
41	T	January 7, 2000	4–4 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	16–17–8–0	12,002	Recap
42	W	January 9, 2000	1–0	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–17–8–0	12,174	Recap
43	L	January 11, 2000	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	17–18–8–0	11,609	Recap
44	L	January 14, 2000	1–5	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	17–19–8–0	15,073	Recap
45	L	January 17, 2000	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	17–20–8–0	11,042	Recap
46	L	January 18, 2000	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–21–8–0	18,200	Recap
47	L	January 20, 2000	1–4	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–22–8–0	11,073	Recap
48	W	January 22, 2000	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	18–22–8–0	16,345	Recap
49	W	January 24, 2000	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	19–22–8–0	8,552	Recap
50	L	January 27, 2000	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	19–23–8–0	9,675	Recap
51	W	January 28, 2000	4–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	20–23–8–0	12,136	Recap
52	L	January 30, 2000	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	20–24–8–0	19,380	Recap

February: 6–4–1–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 4–2–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
53	W	February 1, 2000	4–2	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	21–24–8–0	8,482	Recap
54	L	February 3, 2000	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	21–25–8–0	12,439	Recap
55	W	February 8, 2000	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	22–25–8–0	6,891	Recap
56	W	February 12, 2000	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	23–25–8–0	13,097	Recap
57	W	February 14, 2000	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	24–25–8–0	19,136	Recap
58	L	February 15, 2000	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	24–26–8–0	16,610	Recap
59	L	February 17, 2000	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	24–27–8–0	16,416	Recap
60	W	February 19, 2000	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	25–27–8–0	14,896	Recap
61	T	February 21, 2000	1–1 OT	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	25–27–9–0	10,144	Recap
62	L	February 24, 2000	2–4	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	25–28–9–0	10,494	Recap
63	W	February 26, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	26–28–9–0	16,801	Recap

March: 8–6–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 4–3–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
64	L	March 1, 2000	5–7	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	26–29–9–0	14,666	Recap
65	W	March 2, 2000	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	27–29–9–0	15,424	Recap
66	W	March 4, 2000	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	28–29–9–0	17,483	Recap
67	W	March 8, 2000	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	29–29–9–0	10,332	Recap
68	L	March 10, 2000	3–5	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	29–30–9–0	13,716	Recap
69	W	March 12, 2000	5–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	30–30–9–0	11,513	Recap
70	T	March 15, 2000	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	30–30–10–0	9,789	Recap
71	L	March 17, 2000	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	30–31–10–0	14,908	Recap
72	L	March 18, 2000	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	30–32–10–0	21,273	Recap
73	W	March 21, 2000	5–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	31–32–10–0	13,809	Recap
74	L	March 22, 2000	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	31–33–10–0	13,014	Recap
75	W	March 26, 2000	4–1	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	32–33–10–0	11,406	Recap
76	L	March 27, 2000	1–5	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	32–34–10–0	15,395	Recap
77	W	March 29, 2000	3–1	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	33–34–10–0	14,055	Recap
78	W	March 31, 2000	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	34–34–10–0	18,690	Recap

April: 3–1–0–0 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
79	W	April 2, 2000	1–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	35–34–10–0	17,075	Recap
80	L	April 3, 2000	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	35–35–10–0	16,958	Recap
81	W	April 8, 2000	4–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	36–35–10–0	18,612	Recap
82	W	April 9, 2000	2–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	37–35–10–0	14,284	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

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 Hurricanes only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
21	Ron Francis	C	78	23	50	73	10	18
92	Jeff O'Neill	RW	80	25	38	63	−9	72
10	Gary Roberts	LW	69	23	30	53	−10	62
24	Sami Kapanen	RW	76	24	24	48	10	12
22	Sean Hill	D	62	13	31	44	3	59
18	Robert Kron	LW	81	13	27	40	−4	8
77	Paul Coffey	D	69	11	29	40	−6	40
51	Andrei Kovalenko	RW	76	15	24	39	−13	38
13	Bates Battaglia	LW	77	16	18	34	20	39
23	Martin Gelinas	LW	81	14	16	30	−10	40
28	Paul Ranheim	LW	79	9	13	22	−14	6
2	Glen Wesley	D	78	7	15	22	−4	38
27	Rod Brind'Amour†	C	33	4	10	14	−12	22
5	Marek Malik	D	57	4	10	14	13	63
16	Tommy Westlund	RW	81	4	8	12	−10	19
14	Steven Halko	D	58	0	8	8	0	25
17	Jeff Daniels	LW	69	3	4	7	−8	10
33	Dave Karpa	D	27	1	4	5	9	52
44	Kent Manderville‡	C	56	1	4	5	−8	12
45	David Tanabe	D	31	4	0	4	−4	14
4	Nolan Pratt	D	64	3	1	4	−22	90
7	Curtis Leschyshyn	D	53	0	2	2	−19	14
15	Byron Ritchie	C	26	0	2	2	−10	17
1	Arturs Irbe	G	75	0	1	1		14
35	Eric Fichaud‡	G	9	0	0	0		2
30	Mark Fitzpatrick	G	3	0	0	0		0
20	Sandy McCarthy†	RW	13	0	0	0	2	9
25	Shane Willis	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Arturs Irbe	75	34	28	9	1858	175	2.42	.906	5	4345
35	Eric Fichaud‡	9	3	5	1	206	24	2.94	.883	1	490
30	Mark Fitzpatrick	3	0	2	0	68	8	4.49	.882	0	107

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Sami Kapanen	^[5]
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Week	Arturs Irbe (April 3)	^[6]
Team	Steve Chiasson Award	Sean Hill	^[7]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Tommy Westlund	October 2, 1999	^[8]
First game	David Tanabe	October 11, 1999	^[8]

Transactions

Draft picks

Carolina's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.^[9] The Hurricanes had 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	Jim Baxter	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	Yevgeni Kurilin	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.

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