1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers season
The 1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers season was the inaugural campaign for the franchise that would play in Atlanta for 11 seasons.
1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers | |
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Division | 5th Southeast |
Conference | 15th Eastern |
1999–2000 record | 14–57–7–4 |
Home record | 9–26–3–3 |
Road record | 5–31–4–1 |
Goals for | 170 |
Goals against | 313 |
Team information | |
General manager | Don Waddell |
Coach | Curt Fraser |
Captain | Kelly Buchberger (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Arena | Philips Arena |
Average attendance | 17,206 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Orlando Solar Bears |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Andrew Brunette (23) |
Assists | Andrew Brunette (27) |
Points | Andrew Brunette (50) |
Penalty minutes | Denny Lambert (219) |
Plus/minus | Donald Audette (-4) |
Wins | Damian Rhodes (5) |
Goals against average | Scott Fankhouser (3.20) |
The Thrashers finished their inaugural season with an NHL-worst record of 14–57–7–4 for 39 points. To date, it is the worst season in the history of the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets franchise. In addition, it represents the lowest full-season point total since the beginning of the NHL's "three-point" standings system in 1999–2000, as well as the lowest point total for any team playing an 82-game season. The rebuilding Detroit Red Wings tied the mark 19 seasons later. But, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Red Wings played 71 games, 11 less than the Thrashers. Their .238 points percentage was the lowest by an NHL team since the 1993–94 Ottawa Senators.
Offseason
editThe newly formed Thrashers selected Patrik Stefan with the first overall selection in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
Regular season
editThe players who were introduced to the NHL as members of the expansion Thrashers, along with Stefan were Bryan Adams, Scott Fankhouser, Andreas Karlsson, Geordie Kinnear, Per Svartvadet, and Sergei Vyshedkevich. Éric Bertrand and Frantisek Kaberle played their rookie campaigns as members of the Thrashers, too, but they weren't Thrashers to begin with, with Bertrand getting traded from the New Jersey Devils, the eventual Stanley Cup champions, and Kaberle getting traded from the Los Angeles Kings.
They played their first game on October 2, 1999, losing 4–1 to the eventual Stanley Cup Champions, the New Jersey Devils. Captain Kelly Buchberger scored the franchise's first goal in the loss.[1] The Thrashers would not get their first win until two weeks later. Damian Rhodes blanked the New York Islanders 2–0 on the road.[1] The Thrashers would not get their first victory in Atlanta until October 26 when they beat the Calgary Flames in their return to Atlanta 2–1.[2] Andrew Brunette led the team in scoring with 50 points as the Thrashers finished last in the Southeast Division with an NHL worst record of 14–57–7–4.
In addition to being shut out a league-high 12 times, the Thrashers struggled offensively and defensively, scoring the fewest goals (170) and allowing the most goals (313) out of all 28 teams. They also tied the Chicago Blackhawks for most short-handed goals allowed, with 13.[3][4]
Final standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
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: 2–5–2–1 (home: 1–3–1–1; road: 1–2–1–0)
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November: 3–9–0–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 0–6–0–0)
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December: 3–7–2–2 (home: 2–2–0–1; road: 1–5–2–1)
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January: 3–8–2–1 (home: 2–4–1–1; road: 1–4–1–0)
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February: 1–11–0–0 (home: 0–5–0–0; road: 1–6–0–0)
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March: 1–13–1–0 (home: 0–7–1–0; road: 1–6–0–0)
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April: 1–4–0–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0)
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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 Thrashers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
15 | Andrew Brunette | LW | 81 | 23 | 27 | 50 | −32 | 30 |
21 | Ray Ferraro | C | 81 | 19 | 25 | 44 | −33 | 88 |
19 | Nelson Emerson‡ | RW | 58 | 14 | 19 | 33 | −24 | 47 |
38 | Yannick Tremblay | D | 75 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −42 | 22 |
11 | Dean Sylvester | RW | 52 | 16 | 10 | 26 | −14 | 24 |
13 | Patrik Stefan | C | 72 | 5 | 20 | 25 | −20 | 30 |
14 | Mike Stapleton | C | 62 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −29 | 30 |
2 | Petr Buzek | D | 63 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −22 | 41 |
8 | Darryl Shannon‡ | D | 49 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −14 | 65 |
16 | Kelly Buchberger‡ | RW | 68 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −34 | 139 |
29 | Johan Garpenlov | LW | 73 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −30 | 31 |
9 | Hnat Domenichelli† | LW | 27 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −21 | 4 |
24 | Andreas Karlsson | C | 51 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −17 | 14 |
12 | Steve Guolla† | C | 20 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −13 | 4 |
28 | Donald Audette† | RW | 14 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −4 | 12 |
27[a] | Denny Lambert | LW | 73 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −17 | 219 |
22[b] | Shean Donovan† | RW | 33 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −13 | 18 |
5 | Gord Murphy | D | 58 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −26 | 38 |
4 | Chris Tamer | D | 69 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −32 | 91 |
33 | Maxim Galanov | D | 40 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −12 | 20 |
39 | Per Svartvadet | C | 38 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −8 | 6 |
17 | Matt Johnson | LW | 64 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −11 | 144 |
8 | Frantisek Kaberle† | D | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −13 | 6 |
42 | Ed Ward‡ | RW | 44 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 44 |
6 | David Harlock | D | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −8 | 36 |
25 | Steve Staios | D | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −5 | 66 |
18[c] | Jason Botterill‡ | LW | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −7 | 17 |
3 | Sergei Vyshedkevich | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
28 | Kevin Dean‡ | D | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 14 |
36 | Rumun Ndur† | D | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −17 | 17 |
37 | Herbert Vasiljevs | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
23 | Brett Clark | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −12 | 4 |
23 | Martin Prochazka | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
26 | Bryan Adams | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
22 | Eric Bertrand†‡ | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 4 |
30 | Scott Fankhouser | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
28 | Geordie Kinnear | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 13 |
35 | Scott Langkow | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
34 | Norm Maracle | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Chris McAlpine† | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
1 | Damian Rhodes | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
31 | Rick Tabaracci†‡ | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Vladimir Vujtek | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
1 | Damian Rhodes | 28 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 803 | 101 | 3.88 | .874 | 1 | 1561 |
34 | Norm Maracle | 32 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 852 | 94 | 3.49 | .890 | 1 | 1618 |
35 | Scott Langkow | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 395 | 55 | 4.31 | .861 | 0 | 765 |
30 | Scott Fankhouser | 16 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 451 | 49 | 3.20 | .891 | 0 | 920 |
31 | Rick Tabaracci†‡ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 4.07 | .875 | 0 | 59 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Petr Buzek | [8] |
Team | Community Service Award | David Harlock | [9] |
Players' Player Award | Denny Lambert | [9] | |
Three Stars of the Game Award | Ray Ferraro | [9] |
Transactions
editThe Thrashers were involved in the following transactions during the 1999–2000 season.[10]
Trades
editFree agents signed
editJune 28, 1999 | From Owen Sound Platers (OHL) Dan Snyder |
July 1, 1999 | From Michigan State (CCHA) Bryan Adams |
July 6, 1999 | From Ohio State (CCHA) Hugo Boisvert |
July 6, 1999 | From Adirondack Red Wings (AHL) Kirby Law |
July 13, 1999 | From Indianapolis Ice (IHL) Bob Lachance |
July 19, 1999 | From HC Vítkovice (ECH) Vladimír Vůjtek |
July 20, 1999 | From Ottawa Senators Nelson Emerson |
August 2, 1999 | From Los Angeles Kings Ray Ferraro |
August 12, 1999 | From University of Michigan (CCHA) Sean Ritchlin |
August 12, 1999 | From New Jersey Devils Geordie Kinnear |
August 24, 1999 | From Massachusetts-Lowell (HE) Scott Fankhouser |
November 3, 1999 | From Washington Capitals Rick Tabaracci |
March 24, 2000 | From Northern Michigan (WCHA) J.P. Vigier |
March 27, 2000 | From R.P.I. (ECAC) Brian Pothier |
April 11, 2000 | From R.P.I. (ECAC) Brad Tapper |
Free agents lost
editOctober 18, 1999 | To Philadelphia Flyers Ulf Samuelsson |
Waivers claims
editSeptember 27, 1999 | From New Jersey Devils Jeff Williams |
September 27, 1999 | From Toronto Maple Leafs Ladislav Kohn |
December 11, 1999 | From New York Rangers Rumun Ndur |
March 1, 2000 | From Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Guolla |
Lost on waivers
editSeptember 27, 1999 | To St. Louis Blues Terry Yake |
Draft picks
editNHL Expansion Draft
editThese results are numbered 1–26 for aesthetic purposes, but the players were not necessarily chosen in this order. As the Thrashers were the only team participating in the draft, the order is inconsequential.
NHL Entry Draft
editAtlanta's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.[11]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 1 | Patrik Stefan | Center | Czech Republic | Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) |
2 | 30 | Luke Sellars | Defense | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
3 | 68 | Zdenek Blatny | Left wing | Czech Republic | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
4 | 98 | David Kaczowka | Left wing | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
4 | 99 | Rob Zepp | Goaltender | Canada | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
5 | 128 | Derek MacKenzie | Center | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
6 | 159 | Yuri Dobryshkin | Right wing | Russia | Krylya Sovetov Moscow (Russia) |
7 | 188 | Stephen Baby | Right wing | United States | Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |
8 | 217 | Garnet Exelby | Defense | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
9 | 245 | Tommi Santala | Center | Finland | Jokerit (Finland) |
9 | 246 | Ray DiLauro | Defense | United States | St. Lawrence University (ECAC) |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "Atlanta Thrashers 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "1999-00 Atlanta Thrashers Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ a b Atlanta Thrashers (1999-Present)
- ^ Atlanta Thrashers 1999-2000 Schedule & Results
- ^ "1999-00 NHL Schedule and Results".
- ^ "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 Atlanta Thrashers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ a b c 2014–15 Winnipeg Jets Media Guide, p.223
- ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
- ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.