1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks season

1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks
Division3rd Northwest
Conference10th Western
1999–2000 record30–29–15–8
Home record16–14–5–6
Road record14–15–10–2
Goals for227
Goals against237
Team information
General managerBrian Burke
CoachMarc Crawford
CaptainMark Messier
Alternate captainsMarkus Naslund
Mattias Ohlund
ArenaGeneral Motors Place
Average attendance14,641[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMarkus Naslund (27)
AssistsAndrew Cassels (45)
PointsMarkus Naslund (65)
Penalty minutesDonald Brashear (136)
Plus/minusHarold Druken (+14)
WinsFelix Potvin (12)
Goals against averageFelix Potvin (2.59)

The 1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 30th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

Off-season

Regular season

  • December 12, 1999: With a victory over the Vancouver Canucks, Patrick Roy passed Tony Esposito's mark of 423 victories.[2]

Final standings

Northwest Division[3]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Colorado Avalanche 82 42 28 11 1 233 201 96
2 7 Edmonton Oilers 82 32 26 16 8 226 212 88
3 10 Vancouver Canucks 82 30 29 15 8 227 237 83
4 12 Calgary Flames 82 31 36 10 5 211 256 77

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.

Western Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – St. Louis Blues CEN 82 51 19 11 1 248 165 114
2 y – Dallas Stars PAC 82 43 23 10 6 211 184 102
3 y – Colorado Avalanche NW 82 42 28 11 1 233 201 96
4 Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 48 22 10 2 278 210 108
5 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 39 27 12 4 245 228 94
6 Phoenix Coyotes PAC 82 39 31 8 4 232 228 90
7 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 32 26 16 8 226 212 88
8 San Jose Sharks PAC 82 35 30 10 7 225 214 87
8.5
9 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 82 34 33 12 3 217 227 83
10 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 30 29 15 8 227 237 83
11 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 33 37 10 2 242 245 78
12 Calgary Flames NW 82 31 36 10 5 211 256 77
13 Nashville Predators CEN 82 28 40 7 7 199 240 70

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


Schedule and results

1999–2000 regular season[5]
October: 7–3–2–1 (home: 4–2–0–1; road: 3–1–2–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 W October 2, 1999 2–1 New York Rangers (1999–2000) 1–0–0–0 Recap
2 W October 6, 1999 5–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 2–0–0–0 Recap
3 W October 9, 1999 4–1 Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 3–0–0–0 Recap
4 OTL October 13, 1999 3–4 OT Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 3–0–0–1 Recap
5 L October 15, 1999 1–4 Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 3–1–0–1 Recap
6 T October 16, 1999 4–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 3–1–1–1 Recap
7 W October 19, 1999 6–5 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 4–1–1–1 Recap
8 L October 20, 1999 2–5 @ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 4–2–1–1 Recap
9 T October 23, 1999 2–2 OT @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 4–2–2–1 Recap
10 W October 24, 1999 3–0 @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 5–2–2–1 Recap
11 W October 26, 1999 5–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 6–2–2–1 Recap
12 L October 28, 1999 1–4 Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 6–3–2–1 Recap
13 W October 30, 1999 4–1 Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 7–3–2–1 Recap
November: 3–5–4–0 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 2–2–2–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
14 W November 5, 1999 3–2 Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 8–3–2–1 Recap
15 L November 7, 1999 1–6 St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 8–4–2–1 Recap
16 T November 9, 1999 4–4 OT San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 8–4–3–1 Recap
17 W November 12, 1999 3–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 9–4–3–1 Recap
18 T November 15, 1999 2–2 OT Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 9–4–4–1 Recap
19 L November 17, 1999 2–7 Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 9–5–4–1 Recap
20 W November 20, 1999 3–1 @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 10–5–4–1 Recap
21 L November 22, 1999 3–6 @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 10–6–4–1 Recap
22 T November 24, 1999 1–1 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 10–6–5–1 Recap
23 T November 26, 1999 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 10–6–6–1 Recap
24 L November 27, 1999 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 10–7–6–1 Recap
25 L November 30, 1999 2–4 Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 10–8–6–1 Recap
December: 2–6–1–2 (home: 2–3–0–2; road: 0–3–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
26 W December 2, 1999 3–2 OT Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 11–8–6–1 Recap
27 L December 4, 1999 2–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 11–9–6–1 Recap
28 L December 6, 1999 2–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 11–10–6–1 Recap
29 T December 8, 1999 2–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 11–10–7–1 Recap
30 L December 10, 1999 2–3 @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 11–11–7–1 Recap
31 OTL December 12, 1999 2–3 OT Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 11–11–7–2 Recap
32 L December 16, 1999 1–2 Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 11–12–7–2 Recap
33 L December 18, 1999 2–4 Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 11–13–7–2 Recap
34 W December 22, 1999 6–3 Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 12–13–7–2 Recap
35 L December 26, 1999 0–2 Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 12–14–7–2 Recap
36 OTL December 29, 1999 2–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 12–14–7–3 Recap
January: 3–5–3–3 (home: 1–3–2–2; road: 2–2–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
37 L January 2, 2000 2–4 @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 12–15–7–3 Recap
38 T January 5, 2000 3–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 12–15–8–3 Recap
39 W January 7, 2000 3–1 @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 13–15–8–3 Recap
40 L January 8, 2000 2–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 13–16–8–3 Recap
41 OTL January 12, 2000 2–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 13–16–8–4 Recap
42 W January 13, 2000 4–3 OT @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 14–16–8–4 Recap
43 L January 15, 2000 1–2 Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 14–17–8–4 Recap
44 OTL January 17, 2000 4–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 14–17–8–5 Recap
45 T January 19, 2000 3–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 14–17–9–5 Recap
46 T January 22, 2000 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 14–17–10–5 Recap
47 L January 23, 2000 1–2 Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 14–18–10–5 Recap
48 OTL January 25, 2000 4–5 OT Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 14–18–10–6 Recap
49 W January 28, 2000 4–1 San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 15–18–10–6 Recap
50 L January 30, 2000 1–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 15–19–10–6 Recap
February: 6–5–2–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 3–3–2–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
51 L February 1, 2000 1–2 @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 15–20–10–6 Recap
52 L February 3, 2000 2–5 St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 15–21–10–6 Recap
53 W February 9, 2000 4–3 OT Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 16–21–10–6 Recap
54 W February 12, 2000 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 17–21–10–6 Recap
55 L February 14, 2000 0–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 17–22–10–6 Recap
56 L February 16, 2000 2–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 17–23–10–6 Recap
57 W February 17, 2000 2–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 18–23–10–6 Recap
58 W February 19, 2000 3–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 19–23–10–6 Recap
59 W February 21, 2000 5–2 Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 20–23–10–6 Recap
60 T February 23, 2000 4–4 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 20–23–11–6 Recap
61 L February 25, 2000 2–5 Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 20–24–11–6 Recap
62 W February 27, 2000 2–1 Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 21–24–11–6 Recap
63 T February 29, 2000 1–1 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 21–24–12–6 Recap
March: 7–4–2–2 (home: 5–0–0–1; road: 2–4–2–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
64 W March 2, 2000 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 22–24–12–6 Recap
65 W March 4, 2000 4–2 New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 23–24–12–6 Recap
66 OTL March 6, 2000 5–6 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 23–24–12–7 Recap
67 T March 8, 2000 3–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 23–24–13–7 Recap
68 T March 9, 2000 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 23–24–14–7 Recap
69 L March 11, 2000 0–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 23–25–14–7 Recap
70 OTL March 13, 2000 2–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 23–25–14–8 Recap
71 W March 16, 2000 6–3 Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 24–25–14–8 Recap
72 W March 18, 2000 6–1 Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 25–25–14–8 Recap
73 W March 20, 2000 3–2 @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 26–25–14–8 Recap
74 L March 22, 2000 3–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 26–26–14–8 Recap
75 W March 24, 2000 8–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 27–26–14–8 Recap
76 W March 25, 2000 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 28–26–14–8 Recap
77 L March 29, 2000 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 28–27–14–8 Recap
78 L March 31, 2000 1–2 @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 28–28–14–8 Recap
April: 2–1–1–0 (home: 0–1–1–0; road: 2–0–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
79 W April 2, 2000 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 29–28–14–8 Recap
80 T April 5, 2000 1–1 OT Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 29–28–15–8 Recap
81 L April 7, 2000 4–5 OT Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 29–29–15–8[a] Recap
82 W April 9, 2000 5–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 30–29–15–8 Recap
Legend:

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

Player statistics

Scoring

  • 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
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
19 Markus Naslund LW 82 27 38 65 −5 64
25 Andrew Cassels C 79 17 45 62 8 16
11 Mark Messier C 66 17 37 54 −15 30
44 Todd Bertuzzi RW 80 25 25 50 −2 126
89 Alexander Mogilny‡ RW 47 21 17 38 7 16
72[b] Peter Schaefer LW 71 16 15 31 0 20
55 Ed Jovanovski D 75 5 21 26 −3 54
6 Adrian Aucoin D 57 10 14 24 7 30
4 Greg Hawgood D 79 5 17 22 5 26
26 Trent Klatt RW 47 10 10 20 −8 26
2 Mattias Ohlund D 42 4 16 20 6 24
18 Steve Kariya LW 45 8 11 19 9 22
27 Harry York C 54 4 13 17 −4 20
9 Brad May LW 59 9 7 16 −2 90
15 Harold Druken C 33 7 9 16 14 10
8 Donald Brashear LW 60 11 2 13 −9 136
24 Matt Cooke LW 51 5 7 12 3 39
17 Bill Muckalt‡ RW 33 4 8 12 6 17
23 Murray Baron D 81 2 10 12 8 67
28 Chris Joseph‡ D 38 2 9 11 −4 6
14 Darby Hendrickson C 40 5 4 9 −3 14
7 Brendan Morrison† C 12 2 7 9 4 10
13 Artem Chubarov C 49 1 8 9 −4 10
3 Brent Sopel D 18 2 4 6 9 12
21 Josh Holden C 6 1 5 6 2 2
20 Denis Pederson† C 12 3 2 5 1 2
39 Chris O'Sullivan D 11 0 5 5 2 2
34 Jason Strudwick D 63 1 3 4 −13 64
20 Dave Scatchard‡ C 21 0 4 4 −3 24
17 Vadim Sharifijanov† RW 17 2 1 3 −7 14
5 Zenith Komarniski D 18 1 1 2 −1 8
29 Felix Potvin† G 34 0 2 2 2
30 Garth Snow G 32 0 2 2 8
3 Doug Bodger‡ D 13 0 1 1 −6 4
37 Jarkko Ruutu LW 8 0 1 1 −1 6
36 Ryan Bonni D 3 0 0 0 −1 0
38 Brad Leeb† RW 2 0 0 0 −2 2
33 Alfie Michaud G 2 0 0 0 0
32 Corey Schwab† G 6 0 0 0 2
31 Lubomir Vaic C 4 0 0 0 0 0
35 Kevin Weekes‡ G 20 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

  • † = 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 Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
29 Felix Potvin† 34 12 13 7 906 85 2.51 .906 0 1966
30 Garth Snow 32 10 15 3 775 76 2.68 .902 0 1712
35 Kevin Weekes‡ 20 6 7 4 461 47 2.85 .898 1 987
32 Corey Schwab† 6 2 1 1 115 16 3.57 .861 0 269
33 Alfie Michaud 2 0 1 0 27 5 4.32 .815 0 69

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Mark Messier [6]
NHL Player of the Week Markus Naslund (March 20) [7]
NHL Rookie of the Month Peter Schaefer (October) [8]
Team Babe Pratt Trophy Mattias Ohlund [9]
Cyclone Taylor Trophy Mark Messier [9]
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy Markus Naslund [9]
Fred J. Hume Award Andrew Cassels [10]
Molson Cup Mark Messier [11]
Most Exciting Player Award Todd Bertuzzi [10]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Artem Chubarov October 2, 1999 [12]
Steve Kariya
Alfie Michaud October 28, 1999
Zenith Komarniski November 20, 1999
Jarkko Ruutu
Harold Druken November 30, 1999
Ryan Bonni December 4, 1999
Brad Leeb December 12, 1999

Transactions

Trades

June 1, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks
Pat Kavanagh 		To Philadelphia Flyers
6th round pick in 1999 (Konstantin Rudenko)
June 26, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks
4th overall pick in 1999 		To Chicago Blackhawks
Bryan McCabe
1st round pick in 2000 (Pavel Vorobiev)
June 26, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks
1st overall selection in 1999 (Patrik Stefan) 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
4th overall pick in 1999 (previously acquired from Chicago)
3rd round pick in 1999 (No. 75-Brett Scheffelmaier)
3rd round pick in 1999 (No. 88-Jimmie Olvestad)
June 26, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks
2nd overall draft pick in 1999 (Daniel Sedin)
conditional 3rd round pick in 2000 (Max Birbraer) 		To Atlanta Thrashers
1st overall selection in 1999 (Patrik Stefan)
June 26, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks
6th round draft pick in 1999 (Josh Reed) 		To San Jose Sharks
6th round draft pick in 2001 (Tom Cavanagh)
October 28, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks
Corey Schwab 		To Atlanta Thrashers
conditional draft pick in 2000 (Carl Mallette)
December 19, 1999 To Vancouver Canucks
Felix Potvin
2nd round draft pick in 2000 (Teemu Laine)
3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Thatcher Bell) 		To New York Islanders
Bill Muckalt
Dave Scatchard
Kevin Weekes
January 14, 2000 To Vancouver Canucks
Vadim Sharifijanov
3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Tim Branham) 		To New Jersey Devils
2nd round draft pick in 2000 (Teemu Laine)
3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Max Birbraer)
March 14, 2000 To Vancouver Canucks
Brendan Morrison
Denis Pederson 		To New Jersey Devils
Alexander Mogilny

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.[13]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Daniel Sedin (LW)  Sweden Vancouver Canucks (from Atlanta) Modo (Elitserien)
1 3 Henrik Sedin (C)  Sweden Vancouver Canucks Modo (Elitserien)
3 69 Rene Vydareny (D)  Slovakia Vancouver Canucks Slovan Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga)
5 129 Ryan Thorpe (LW)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6 172 Josh Reed (D)  Canada Vancouver Canucks (from San Jose) Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
7 189 Kevin Swanson (G)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
8 218 Markus Kankaanpera (D)  Finland Vancouver Canucks JYP (Liiga)
9 271 Darrell Hay (D)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Farm teams

Syracuse Crunch (AHL)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Rule 84.2 of the NHL rulebook states "A team shall be allowed to pull its goalkeeper in favor of an additional skater in the overtime period. However, should that team lose the game during the time in which the goalkeeper has been removed, it would forfeit the automatic point gained in the tie at the end of regulation play, except if the goalkeeper has been removed at the call of a delayed penalty against the other team." The Canucks pulled F. Potvin in OT and lost the game in OT, so they forfeit that 1 point for the OTL
  2. ^ Schaefer wore number 29 until Potvin was acquired.

References

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  1. ^ "NHL Attendance Report - 1999-00". ESPN. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  2. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p436, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
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  4. ^ "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
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  6. ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "Markus Naslund". Canucks.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2003. Retrieved July 27, 2024. Was named NHL player of the week for March 13 to 19 when he led the NHL in scoring (3-5-8) in three games
  8. ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249
  10. ^ a b Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250
  11. ^ 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
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  13. ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.