The 1998–99 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 29th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
1998–99 Vancouver Canucks | |
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Division | 4th Northwest |
Conference | 13th Western |
1998–99 record | 23–47–12 |
Home record | 14–21–6 |
Road record | 9–26–6 |
Goals for | 192 |
Goals against | 258 |
Team information | |
General manager | Brian Burke |
Coach | Mike Keenan (Oct 12, 1998 – Jan 19, 1999) Marc Crawford (from Jan 19, 1999) |
Captain | Mark Messier |
Alternate captains | Bryan McCabe Mattias Ohlund |
Arena | General Motors Place |
Average attendance | 15,806[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Markus Naslund (36) |
Assists | Mark Messier (35) |
Points | Markus Naslund (66) |
Penalty minutes | Donald Brashear (209) |
Plus/minus | Bret Hedican (+7) |
Wins | Garth Snow (20) |
Goals against average | Garth Snow (2.93) |
Off-season
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Regular season
editThe Canucks led the league in power-play opportunities against, with 450, and short-handed goals, with 17.[2]
Final standings
editR | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 239 | 205 | 1619 | 98 |
2 | 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 230 | 226 | 1373 | 78 |
3 | 9 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 211 | 234 | 1389 | 72 |
4 | 13 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 192 | 258 | 1764 | 58 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
2 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 239 | 205 | 98 |
3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 93 |
4 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 87 |
6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
8 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 230 | 226 | 78 |
9 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 211 | 234 | 72 |
10 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 70 |
11 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
12 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 63 |
13 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 192 | 258 | 58 |
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: 4–4–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–3–0)
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November: 5–9–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–6–0)
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December: 4–6–3 (home: 3–3–1; road: 1–3–2)
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January: 3–6–2 (home: 2–3–2; road: 1–3–0)
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February: 3–8–3 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–5–3)
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March: 3–9–2 (home: 2–6–1; road: 1–3–1)
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April: 1–5–1 (home: 0–2–1; road: 1–3–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
19 | Markus Naslund | RW | 80 | 36 | 30 | 66 | −13 | 74 |
11 | Mark Messier | C | 59 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −12 | 33 |
89 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 59 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 0 | 58 |
17 | Bill Muckalt | RW | 73 | 16 | 20 | 36 | −9 | 98 |
2 | Mattias Ohlund | D | 74 | 9 | 26 | 35 | −19 | 83 |
6 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 82 | 23 | 11 | 34 | −14 | 77 |
20 | Dave Scatchard | C | 82 | 13 | 13 | 26 | −12 | 140 |
4 | Bryan McCabe | D | 69 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −11 | 120 |
8 | Donald Brashear | LW | 82 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −25 | 209 |
9 | Brad May | LW | 66 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −14 | 102 |
44 | Todd Bertuzzi | C | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −6 | 44 |
27 | Harry York† | C | 49 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −2 | 20 |
22 | Peter Zezel‡ | C | 41 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 16 |
26 | Trent Klatt† | RW | 73 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −3 | 12 |
15 | Dave Gagner† | C | 33 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −9 | 24 |
3 | Bret Hedican‡ | D | 42 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
55 | Ed Jovanovski† | D | 31 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −5 | 44 |
27 | Brandon Convery‡ | C | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
29[a] | Peter Schaefer | LW | 25 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −1 | 8 |
23 | Murray Baron | D | 81 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −23 | 115 |
21[b] | Josh Holden | C | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −10 | 10 |
14 | Darby Hendrickson† | C | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −15 | 22 |
18 | Bert Robertsson | D | 39 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 13 |
34 | Jason Strudwick | D | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −19 | 114 |
36 | Chris McAllister‡ | D | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −7 | 63 |
24 | Matt Cooke | LW | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −12 | 27 |
5 | Dana Murzyn | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
25 | Steve Staios | RW | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −12 | 54 |
3 | Brent Sopel | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
7 | Jamie Huscroft‡ | D | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 63 |
30 | Garth Snow | G | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | |
7 | Robb Gordon | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
31 | Corey Hirsch | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | Steve Washburn† | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
35 | Kevin Weekes† | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Garth Snow | 65 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 1715 | 171 | 2.99 | .900 | 6 | 3501 |
31 | Corey Hirsch | 20 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 435 | 48 | 3.13 | .890 | 1 | 919 |
35 | Kevin Weekes† | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 257 | 34 | 3.83 | .868 | 0 | 532 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Markus Naslund | [6] |
Mattias Ohlund[c] | |||
Team | Babe Pratt Trophy | Adrian Aucoin | [8] |
Cyclone Taylor Trophy | Markus Naslund | [8] | |
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy | Markus Naslund | [8] | |
Fred J. Hume Award | Adrian Aucoin | [9] | |
Molson Cup | Garth Snow | [10] | |
Most Exciting Player Award | Markus Naslund | [9] |
Transactions
editTrades
editOctober 19, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks Trent Klatt |
To Philadelphia Flyers 6th round pick in 2000 (Jeff Dwyer) |
January 18, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks Ed Jovanovski Dave Gagner Mike Brown rights to Kevin Weekes 1st round pick in 2000 (Nathan Smith) |
To Florida Panthers Pavel Bure Bret Hedican the rights to Brad Ference 3rd round pick in 2000 (Robert Fried) |
March 8, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks future considerations |
To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Huscroft |
Draft picks
editVancouver's picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.[11]
Farm teams
editSee also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "Vancouver Canucks 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- "1998-99 Vancouver Canucks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Kingston, New York: Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto, ON: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- Dryden, Steve, ed. (2000). Century of hockey. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. ISBN 0-7710-4179-9.
- Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley; Hughes, Morgan; Romain, Joseph; Duplacey, James (2003). The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International Inc. ISBN 0-7853-9624-1.
- ^ "NHL Attendance Report - 1998-99". ESPN. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com.
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1998-99 Vancouver Canucks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "ALL-STAR ROSTERS". San Francisco Chronicle. January 23, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ a b c Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249
- ^ a b Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250
- ^ 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.