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
Team leaders
<1998–99 2000–01>

Regular season

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

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
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	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
1	W	October 2, 1999	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 7, 1999	2–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	2–0–0–0
3	L	October 8, 1999	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	2–1–0–0
4	T	October 11, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	2–1–1–0
5	T	October 13, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	2–1–2–0
6	W	October 15, 1999	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	3–1–2–0
7	T	October 20, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	3–1–3–0
8	L	October 22, 1999	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	3–2–3–0
9	W	October 23, 1999	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	4–2–3–0
10	L	October 29, 1999	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	4–3–3–0
11	W	October 30, 1999	4–0	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	5–3–3–0

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
12	L	November 3, 1999	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	5–4–3–0
13	L	November 5, 1999	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	5–5–3–0
14	W	November 7, 1999	3–2	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	6–5–3–0
15	L	November 10, 1999	0–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	6–6–3–0
16	L	November 11, 1999	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	6–7–3–0
17	W	November 13, 1999	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	7–7–3–0
18	W	November 17, 1999	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	8–7–3–0
19	T	November 19, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	8–7–4–0
20	W	November 20, 1999	1–0	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	9–7–4–0
21	L	November 22, 1999	1–2	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	9–8–4–0
22	T	November 24, 1999	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	9–8–5–0
23	T	November 26, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	9–8–6–0
24	W	November 27, 1999	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	10–8–6–0
25	W	November 30, 1999	4–3	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	11–8–6–0

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
26	T	December 2, 1999	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	11–8–7–0
27	L	December 4, 1999	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	11–9–7–0
28	W	December 7, 1999	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	12–9–7–0
29	L	December 8, 1999	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	12–10–7–0
30	L	December 10, 1999	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	12–11–7–0
31	L	December 15, 1999	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	12–12–7–0
32	W	December 18, 1999	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	13–12–7–0
33	L	December 20, 1999	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	13–13–7–0
34	L	December 22, 1999	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	13–14–7–0
35	L	December 23, 1999	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	13–15–7–0
36	W	December 26, 1999	4–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	14–15–7–0
37	L	December 28, 1999	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	14–16–7–0

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
38	W	January 1, 2000	4–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	15–16–7–0
39	L	January 4, 2000	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	15–17–7–0
40	W	January 6, 2000	7–3	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	16–17–7–0
41	T	January 7, 2000	4–4 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	16–17–8–0
42	W	January 9, 2000	1–0	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–17–8–0
43	L	January 11, 2000	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	17–18–8–0
44	L	January 14, 2000	1–5	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	17–19–8–0
45	L	January 17, 2000	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	17–20–8–0
46	L	January 18, 2000	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–21–8–0
47	L	January 20, 2000	1–4	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	17–22–8–0
48	W	January 22, 2000	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	18–22–8–0
49	W	January 24, 2000	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	19–22–8–0
50	L	January 27, 2000	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	19–23–8–0
51	W	January 28, 2000	4–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	20–23–8–0
52	L	January 30, 2000	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	20–24–8–0

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
53	W	February 1, 2000	4–2	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	21–24–8–0
54	L	February 3, 2000	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	21–25–8–0
55	W	February 8, 2000	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	22–25–8–0
56	W	February 12, 2000	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	23–25–8–0
57	W	February 14, 2000	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	24–25–8–0
58	L	February 15, 2000	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	24–26–8–0
59	L	February 17, 2000	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	24–27–8–0
60	W	February 19, 2000	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	25–27–8–0
61	T	February 21, 2000	1–1 OT	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	25–27–9–0
62	L	February 24, 2000	2–4	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	25–28–9–0
63	W	February 26, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	26–28–9–0

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
64	L	March 1, 2000	5–7	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	26–29–9–0
65	W	March 2, 2000	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	27–29–9–0
66	W	March 4, 2000	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	28–29–9–0
67	W	March 8, 2000	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	29–29–9–0
68	L	March 10, 2000	3–5	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	29–30–9–0
69	W	March 12, 2000	5–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	30–30–9–0
70	T	March 15, 2000	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	30–30–10–0
71	L	March 17, 2000	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	30–31–10–0
72	L	March 18, 2000	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	30–32–10–0
73	W	March 21, 2000	5–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	31–32–10–0
74	L	March 22, 2000	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	31–33–10–0
75	W	March 26, 2000	4–1	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	32–33–10–0
76	L	March 27, 2000	1–5	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	32–34–10–0
77	W	March 29, 2000	3–1	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	33–34–10–0
78	W	March 31, 2000	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	34–34–10–0

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
79	W	April 2, 2000	1–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	35–34–10–0
80	L	April 3, 2000	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	35–35–10–0
81	W	April 8, 2000	4–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	36–35–10–0
82	W	April 9, 2000	2–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	37–35–10–0

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
Francis, RonRon Francis	C	78	23	50	73	18	10	7	0	4
O'Neill, JeffJeff O'Neill	RW	80	25	38	63	72	-9	4	0	7
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	LW	69	23	30	53	62	-10	12	0	1
Kapanen, SamiSami Kapanen	RW	76	24	24	48	12	10	7	0	5
Hill, SeanSean Hill	D	62	13	31	44	59	3	8	0	2
Kron, RobertRobert Kron	LW	81	13	27	40	8	-4	2	1	3
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	D	69	11	29	40	40	-6	6	0	3
Kovalenko, AndreiAndrei Kovalenko	RW	76	15	24	39	38	-13	2	0	3
Battaglia, BatesBates Battaglia	LW	77	16	18	34	39	20	3	0	3
Gelinas, MartinMartin Gelinas	LW	81	14	16	30	40	-10	3	0	0
Ranheim, PaulPaul Ranheim	LW	79	9	13	22	6	-14	0	0	2
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	D	78	7	15	22	38	-4	1	0	0
Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour	C	33	4	10	14	22	-12	0	1	1
Malik, MarekMarek Malik	D	57	4	10	14	63	13	0	0	1
Westlund, TommyTommy Westlund	RW	81	4	8	12	19	-10	0	1	0
Halko, StevenSteven Halko	D	58	0	8	8	25	0	0	0	0
Daniels, JeffJeff Daniels	LW	69	3	4	7	10	-8	0	0	0
Karpa, DaveDave Karpa	D	27	1	4	5	52	9	0	0	0
Manderville, KentKent Manderville	C	56	1	4	5	12	-8	0	0	1
Tanabe, DavidDavid Tanabe	D	31	4	0	4	14	-4	3	0	0
Pratt, NolanNolan Pratt	D	64	3	1	4	90	-22	0	0	1
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	53	0	2	2	14	-19	0	0	0
Ritchie, ByronByron Ritchie	C	26	0	2	2	17	-10	0	0	0
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	G	75	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy	RW	13	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0
Willis, ShaneShane 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%
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	4345	75	34	28	9	175	2.42	5	1858	1683	.906
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	490	9	3	5	1	24	2.94	1	206	182	.883
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark 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

^[3]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1999-2000 Carolina Hurricanes
Goaltenders 1 – Arturs Irbe  30 – Mark Fitzpatrick  35 – Eric Fichaud		Defensemen 2 – Glen Wesley  4 – Nolan Pratt  5 – Marek Malik  7 – Curtis Leschyshyn  14 – Steven Halko  22 – Sean Hill  33 – Dave Karpa  45 – David Tanabe  77 – Paul Coffey		Wingers 10 – Gary Roberts  13 – Bates Battaglia  16 – Tommy Westlund  17 – Jeff Daniels  18 – Robert Kron  20 – Sandy McCarthy  23 – Martin Gelinas  24 – Sami Kapanen  25 – Shane Willis  28 – Paul Ranheim  51 – Andrei Kovalenko		Centers 15 – Byron Ritchie  21 – Ron Francis  - C 27 – Rod Brind'Amour  44 – Kent Manderville  92 – Jeff O'Neill  Coach: Paul Maurice GM: Jim Rutherford

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	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	Yauhenni 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.

References

1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2000.html
2. "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
3. "1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

External links

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