The 1999–2000 Boston Bruins season was the team's 76th season of operation. The Bruins failed to qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs.
1999–2000 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 5th Northeast |
Conference | 12th Eastern |
1999–2000 record | 24–33–19–6 |
Home record | 12–17–11–1 |
Road record | 12–16–8–5 |
Goals for | 210 |
Goals against | 248 |
Team information | |
General manager | Harry Sinden |
Coach | Pat Burns |
Captain | Ray Bourque (Oct.–Mar.) Vacant (Mar.–Apr.) |
Arena | Fleet Center |
Average attendance | 16,322 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Providence Bruins (AHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Joe Thornton (23) |
Assists | Joe Thornton (37) |
Points | Joe Thornton (60) |
Penalty minutes | Joe Thornton (82) |
Plus/minus | Anson Carter (+8) |
Wins | Byron Dafoe (13) |
Goals against average | John Grahame (2.46) |
Off-season
editFollowing a second-round loss to the Buffalo Sabres the year previous, the Bruins headed into the 1999–2000 season with confidence that they could reach the playoffs for the third straight year under head coach Pat Burns. General manager Harry Sinden signed no free agents in the offseason and made no significant moves heading into the season. Goaltender Byron Dafoe was to be the starter for the third straight year following his best season in 1998–99, going 32–23–11 with a .926 save percentage.
Regular season
editOn February 21, 2000, Marty McSorley, playing for the Bruins, swung his stick and hit Donald Brashear in the head with seconds left in the Bruins-Vancouver Canucks game. Brashear lost consciousness and suffered a grade 3 concussion, but not from immediate contact with the stick. The stick hit Brashear's helmet, but caused him to fall backward, and his head hit hard on the ice.
As a result of the stick incident, McSorley was charged with assault and suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 1999–2000 season (including playoffs) missing 23 games. On October 4, 2000, a jury found McSorley guilty of assault with a weapon for his attack on Brashear. He was sentenced to 18 months probation. The trial was the first for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since 1988. After his assault conviction, his NHL suspension was extended to one full year (through February 21, 2001).[1] This suspension was the longest in NHL history and afterwards McSorley never played in another NHL game.
During the regular season, the Bruins were the only team not to score a short-handed goal.[2]
Final standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 246 | 222 | 100 |
2 | 6 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 244 | 210 | 95 |
3 | 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 213 | 204 | 85 |
4 | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 196 | 194 | 83 |
5 | 11 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 210 | 248 | 73 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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 | 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
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October: 4–5–4–0 (home: 2–1–2–0; road: 2–4–2–0)
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November: 7–3–2–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 3–1–1–0)
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December: 2–6–3–2 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 1–3–1–2)
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January: 4–4–4–2 (home: 1–4–3–1; road: 3–0–1–1)
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February: 2–5–4–0 (home: 1–2–1–0; road: 1–3–3–0)
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March: 4–7–1–2 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 2–2–0–2)
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April: 1–3–1–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 0–3–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
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 Bruins only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
6 | Joe Thornton | C | 81 | 23 | 37 | 60 | −5 | 82 |
33 | Anson Carter | RW | 59 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 8 | 14 |
14 | Sergei Samsonov | LW | 77 | 19 | 26 | 45 | −6 | 4 |
77 | Ray Bourque‡ | D | 65 | 10 | 28 | 38 | −11 | 20 |
38 | Dave Andreychuk‡ | LW | 63 | 19 | 14 | 33 | −11 | 28 |
41 | Jason Allison | C | 37 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 20 |
20 | Darren Van Impe | D | 79 | 5 | 23 | 28 | −19 | 73 |
11 | P. J. Axelsson | LW | 81 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 24 |
23 | Steve Heinze | RW | 75 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −8 | 36 |
19 | Rob DiMaio‡ | RW | 50 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −1 | 42 |
28 | Andre Savage | C | 43 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −8 | 10 |
18 | Kyle McLaren | D | 71 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −4 | 67 |
22 | Mikko Eloranta | LW | 50 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −10 | 36 |
43 | Joe Murphy†‡ | RW | 26 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 41 |
32 | Don Sweeney | D | 81 | 1 | 13 | 14 | −14 | 48 |
10 | Cameron Mann | RW | 32 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −6 | 13 |
17 | Shawn Bates | C | 44 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −17 | 14 |
25 | Hal Gill | D | 81 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 51 |
21 | Eric Nickulas | RW | 20 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −1 | 12 |
57 | Antti Laaksonen | LW | 27 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
12 | Brian Rolston† | LW | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −4 | 6 |
37 | Mattias Timander | D | 60 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −11 | 22 |
26 | Mike Knuble† | RW | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −2 | 8 |
53 | Brandon Smith | D | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 10 |
29 | Marty McSorley† | D | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 62 |
16 | Ken Belanger | LW | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −4 | 44 |
48 | Joe Hulbig | LW | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 8 |
51 | Jay Henderson | LW | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
27 | Landon Wilson | RW | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −6 | 18 |
55 | Jonathan Girard | D | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
39 | Joel Prpic | C | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
61 | Marquis Mathieu | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
42 | Peter Ferraro | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
47 | John Grahame | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
46 | Sean Pronger | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 13 |
49 | Johnathan Aitken | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
44 | Nick Boynton | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 |
34 | Byron Dafoe | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
45 | Aaron Downey | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Robbie Tallas | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
54 | Jeff Zehr | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
34 | Byron Dafoe | 41 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1030 | 114 | 2.96 | .889 | 3 | 2307 |
47 | John Grahame | 24 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 609 | 55 | 2.46 | .910 | 2 | 1344 |
35 | Robbie Tallas | 27 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 628 | 72 | 3.17 | .885 | 0 | 1363 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Ray Bourque | [6] |
Team | Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy | Joe Thornton | [7] |
John P. Bucyk Award | Steve Heinze | [7] | |
Seventh Player Award | Joe Thornton | [7] | |
Three Stars Awards | Joe Thornton (1st) | [8] | |
Kyle McLaren (2nd) | |||
Sergei Samsonov (3rd) |
Transactions
editTrades
editDate | Details | |
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June 25, 1999 | To Atlanta Thrashers Randy Robitaille |
To Boston Bruins Peter Ferraro |
October 20, 1999 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Right to match arbitration award of Dmitri Khristich |
To Boston Bruins 2000 2nd-round pick (#59 overall) |
December 28, 1999 | To Edmonton Oilers Kay Whitmore |
To Boston Bruins Mike Matteucci |
March 6, 2000 | To Colorado Avalanche Ray Bourque Dave Andreychuk |
To Boston Bruins Brian Rolston Martin Grenier Samuel Pahlsson 2000 1st-round pick (#27 overall) |
March 10, 2000 | To New York Rangers Rob DiMaio |
To Boston Bruins Mike Knuble |
Free agentsedit
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Signingsedit
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Waiversedit
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Retirementedit
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Draft picks
editBoston's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.[9]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 21 | Nick Boynton | D | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
2 | 56 | Matt Zultek | LW | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
3 | 89 | Kyle Wanvig | RW | Canada | Kootenay Ice (WHL) |
4 | 118 | Jaakko Harikkala | D | Finland | Lukko (Finland) |
5 | 147 | Seamus Kotyk | G | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
6 | 179 | Don Choukalos | G | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
7 | 207 | Greg Barber | RW | Canada | Victoria Salsa (BCJHL) |
8 | 236 | John Cronin | D | United States | Boston University (Hockey East) |
91 | 247 | Mikko Eloranta | LW | Finland | TPS (Finland) |
9 | 264 | Georgijs Pujacs | D | Latvia | Dynamo-81 Riga (Latvia) |
- Notes
- The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent a ninth-round pick in 1998 to the New York Islanders in exchange for this pick.
References
edit- "Boston Bruins 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- "1999-00 Boston Bruins Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ "McSorley must miss a year". The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. November 8, 2000. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2007.
- ^ "1999-00 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "1999-00 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ a b c Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p.239
- ^ Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p. 239–40
- ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.