1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

The 1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's seventh season.

1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division5th Pacific
1999–2000 record34–33–12–3
Goals for217
Goals against227
Team information
General managerPierre Gauthier
CoachCraig Hartsburg
CaptainPaul Kariya
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Off-season

The Ducks made a few changes during the summer, with the focus on improving their scoring depth much like last season.

Ted Donato was acquired from the Ottawa Senators with Antti-Jussi Niemi in exchange for goalie Patrick Lalime on June 18, 1999 The Mighty Ducks acquired Oleg Tverdovsky from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Travis Green on June 26, 1999 in order to give the team more scoring from the blue line since Fredrik Olausson was the only point producing defence man last season. Defense man Mike Crowley would not make the roster with the Ducks although scoring 4 goals and 9 points in 28 games over the last two seasons, being sent to the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the IHL.

Rookies Mike Leclerc and Niclas Havelid earned roster spots. Vitaly Vishnevskiy would be their first choice to get a call up from Cincinnati in case of needing a defense man.

On September 27, five days before the season started the Ducks acquired prospect Ladislav Kohn from the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for 2000 8th round Draft pick.

Regular season

The season went down very much like the last one. The Mighty Ducks lost their first two games getting shut out both times but won their next two scoring eight goals. Anaheim made an early deal with the Islanders sending Ted Drury to Long Island in exchange for Tony Hrkac, who won the Stanley Cup with Dallas last season. They played very consistent until December 26, 1999 going 18-13-4-1 winning four games in a row in mid December. What seemed like the winning streak they needed quickly turned on its head becoming their longest winless streak going 0-6-1 and being below the .500 mark for the first time this season. Anaheim stayed below that mark until January 26, 2000 when rumors occurred about trading Selanne to give the Ducks more depth in order to make the Play Offs, which looked questionable at that point.

The Ducks did boost their line up though by acquiring Kip Miller from Pittsburgh on January 29. Ironically, the Ducks had a five-game unbeaten streak which began in Pittsburgh and going 7-3-4 since Kip Miller's acquisition by February 29. In early March Anaheim struggled to keep up with Edmonton and San Jose going 1-3-2-1 and winless the last four games during that stretch until March 15. The Ducks then again made a Play Off push winning the next three games but going 3-4-0-1 in their last eight games thus missing the post season by 4 points. Since the Mighty Ducks never were out of the Play Off picture fans and experts criticized General Manager Pierre Gauthier's decision not to obtain a player with some scoring touch (Sergei Krivokrasov and Brendan Morrison were dealt at the trading deadline). Late acquisitions Ed Ward and Jorgon Jonsson had no impact, each scoring only one goal though Ward brought some physical play with him.

Anaheim's biggest problem was their Penalty Kill, the Mighty Ducks struggled a lot short-handed during the regular season, as they had the lowest penalty-kill percentage in the NHL at 79.05%.[1] The Defense did a good job ranking seventh in the west but their bad Penalty kill resulted in allowing 21 more goals which cost them the Play Offs. Offensively their defence men scored 43 goals compared to 25 goals last season, contributed by Olausson and Tverdovsky for a combined 30 goals. Both goalies had another very solid season though their SV% was down compared to the previous year. Hebert recorded his second best GAA of his career and fifth straight season with three or more shutouts. Their Offense relied on their first line again combing for 94 goals (109 goals last season) but saw more secondary scoring from other players as Cullen, Aalto and Nielsen improved their goal and point totals. Marty McInnes missed 20 games, which was a factor their Powerplay was good but nowhere near the dominance of last season ranking number 14 with a percentage of 16,57%.[2]

Final standings
Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA PIM Pts
12Dallas Stars8243231062111841029102
25Los Angeles Kings823927124245228131394
36Phoenix Coyotes8239318423222894090
48San Jose Sharks823530107225214129287
59Mighty Ducks of Anaheim82343312321722792683

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[3]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1p – St. Louis BluesCEN825119111248165114
2y – Dallas StarsPAC824323106211184102
3y – Colorado AvalancheNW82422811123320196
4Detroit Red WingsCEN824822102278210108
5Los Angeles KingsPAC82392712424522894
6Phoenix CoyotesPAC8239318423222890
7Edmonton OilersNW82322616822621288
8San Jose SharksPAC82353010722521487
8.5
9Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC82343312321722783
10Vancouver CanucksNW82302915822723783
11Chicago BlackhawksCEN82333710224224578
12Calgary FlamesNW82313610521125677
13Nashville PredatorsCEN8228407719924070

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

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

Schedule and results
Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 2, 19990–2@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)0–1–0–0
2LOctober 5, 19990–4@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)0–2–0–0
3WOctober 8, 19993–0Dallas Stars (1999–2000)1–2–0–0
4WOctober 11, 19995–3San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)2–2–0–0
5LOctober 13, 19992–3@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)2–3–0–0
6WOctober 15, 19993–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)3–3–0–0
7OTLOctober 16, 19992–3 OT@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)3–3–0–1
8WOctober 19, 19997–1@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)4–3–0–1
9TOctober 21, 19995–5 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)4–3–1–1
10LOctober 24, 19992–3Boston Bruins (1999–2000)4–4–1–1
11WOctober 27, 19992–1 OTPittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)5–4–1–1
12WOctober 29, 19995–2Washington Capitals (1999–2000)6–4–1–1
13LOctober 31, 19990–3Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)6–5–1–1
14TNovember 3, 19993–3 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1999–2000)6–5–2–1
15WNovember 7, 19993–1Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)7–5–2–1
16WNovember 9, 19992–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)8–5–2–1
17LNovember 11, 19991–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)8–6–2–1
18LNovember 13, 19992–4@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)8–7–2–1
19LNovember 15, 19993–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)8–8–2–1
20WNovember 17, 19992–1Calgary Flames (1999–2000)9–8–2–1
21WNovember 19, 19994–2Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)10–8–2–1
22LNovember 22, 19991–2Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)10–9–2–1
23LNovember 24, 19991–2New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)10–10–2–1
24WNovember 26, 19994–2@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)11–10–2–1
25WNovember 27, 19994–3@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)12–10–2–1
26LDecember 1, 19992–4Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)12–11–2–1
27TDecember 3, 19991–1 OTLos Angeles Kings (1999–2000)12–11–3–1
28WDecember 4, 19992–1@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)13–11–3–1
29TDecember 8, 19992–2 OTVancouver Canucks (1999–2000)13–11–4–1
30LDecember 10, 19991–2Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)13–12–4–1
31WDecember 12, 19994–1Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)14–12–4–1
32WDecember 15, 19994–2@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)15–12–4–1
33WDecember 17, 19992–0Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)16–12–4–1
34WDecember 19, 19993–1Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)17–12–4–1
35LDecember 22, 19992–8Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)17–13–4–1
36WDecember 26, 19991–0@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)18–13–4–1
37LDecember 27, 19991–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)18–14–4–1
38LDecember 29, 19991–3@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)18–15–4–1
39LDecember 31, 19994–5@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)18–16–4–1
40LJanuary 5, 20001–5Florida Panthers (1999–2000)18–17–4–1
41TJanuary 7, 20004–4 OT@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)18–17–5–1
42LJanuary 8, 20003–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)18–18–5–1
43LJanuary 12, 20000–2Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)18–19–5–1
44WJanuary 14, 20003–1St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)19–19–5–1
45LJanuary 15, 20002–4@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)19–20–5–1
46LJanuary 17, 20000–5Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)19–21–5–1
47WJanuary 19, 20003–1Dallas Stars (1999–2000)20–21–5–1
48TJanuary 21, 20003–3 OTColorado Avalanche (1999–2000)20–21–6–1
49LJanuary 22, 20003–4@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)20–22–6–1
50LJanuary 26, 20002–4New York Islanders (1999–2000)20–23–6–1
51WJanuary 29, 20007–1@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)21–23–6–1
52WJanuary 31, 20004–2@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)22–23–6–1
53TFebruary 1, 20002–2 OT@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)22–23–7–1
54TFebruary 3, 20003–3 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)22–23–8–1
55WFebruary 8, 20005–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)23–23–8–1
56LFebruary 9, 20003–5Dallas Stars (1999–2000)23–24–8–1
57LFebruary 12, 20003–6@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)23–25–8–1
58WFebruary 14, 20004–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)24–25–8–1
59WFebruary 16, 20006–5 OTCalgary Flames (1999–2000)25–25–8–1
60TFebruary 18, 20004–4 OTSan Jose Sharks (1999–2000)25–25–9–1
61LFebruary 21, 20002–4St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)25–26–9–1
62TFebruary 23, 20004–4 OTVancouver Canucks (1999–2000)25–26–10–1
63WFebruary 27, 20003–2Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)26–26–10–1
64WFebruary 29, 20004–2@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)27–26–10–1
65LMarch 2, 20001–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)27–27–10–1
66LMarch 3, 20001–4@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)27–28–10–1
67WMarch 5, 20001–0Nashville Predators (1999–2000)28–28–10–1
68OTLMarch 8, 20003–4 OTNew York Rangers (1999–2000)28–28–10–2
69TMarch 11, 20001–1 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)28–28–11–2
70LMarch 14, 20002–4@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)28–29–11–2
71TMarch 15, 20002–2 OTLos Angeles Kings (1999–2000)28–29–12–2
72WMarch 17, 20004–2San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)29–29–12–2
73WMarch 19, 20003–1Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)30–29–12–2
74WMarch 21, 20005–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)31–29–12–2
75LMarch 22, 20001–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)31–30–12–2
76LMarch 24, 20001–8@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)31–31–12–2
77WMarch 26, 20004–3 OTPhoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)32–31–12–2
78LApril 1, 20001–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)32–32–12–2
79WApril 3, 20003–1Nashville Predators (1999–2000)33–32–12–2
80LApril 5, 20002–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)33–33–12–2
81WApril 7, 20005–1@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)34–33–12–2
82OTLApril 9, 20003–4 OTLos Angeles Kings (1999–2000)34–33–12–3

[4]

Playoffs

The Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs despite recording 83 Points again.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Kariya7442448624
Teemu Selanne7933528512
Steve Rucchin7119385716
Oleg Tverdovsky8215365130
Matt Cullen8013263924
Fredrik Olausson7015193428
Ted Donato8111193026
Marty McInnis6210182826
Kip Miller30617234
Ladislav Kohn775162127
Mike Leclerc698111970
Jeff Nielsen798101814
Antti Aalto637111826
Pavel Trnka572151734
Tony Hrkac6047118
Ruslan Salei71551094
Niclas Havelid5027920
Kevin Haller6735861
Jim McKenzie3133648
Pascal Trepanier3704454
Stu Grimson50123116
Jorgen Jonsson131230
Jason Marshall5503388
Ted Drury111126
Vitaly Vishnevskiy3111226
Guy Hebert680222
Johan Davidsson51012
Ed Ward810115
Maxim Balmochnykh60112
Frank Banham30002
Dominic Roussel200006
Jeremy Stevenson30007
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Guy Hebert397668283191662.5118051639.9084
Dominic Roussel98820653523.16445393.8831
Team:4964823436122182.6322502032.9035

[5]

Transactions

Acquired Tony Hrkac and Dean Malkoc from the New York Islanders for Ted Drury on October 29, 1999

Waived Jim McKenzie, claimed off waivers by the Washington Capitals on January 20, 2000

Acquired Kip Miller from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2000 9th round Draft pick on January 29, 2000

Acquired Jorgen Jonson from the New York Islanders for Johan Davidson on March 11, 2000

Acquired Ed Ward from the Atlanta Thrashers for a 2001 7th round Draft pick on March 14, 2000

Traded Dan Trebil to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2000 5th round Draft pick on March 14, 2000

Acquired Corey Hirsch from the Nashville Predators for future considerations on March 14, 2000

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
244Jordan Leopold United StatesUniversity of Minnesota (NCAA)
383Niclas Havelid SwedenMalmo IF (Sweden)
4105Alexander Chagodayev RussiaCSKA Moscow (Russia)
5141Maxim Rybin RussiaSpartak Moscow (Russia)
6173Jan Sandstrom SwedenAIK IF (Sweden)
8230Petr Tenkrat Czech RepublicPoldi Kladno (Czech Republic)
9258Brian Gornick United StatesAir Force Academy (NCAA)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1999–2000

References
  1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2000.html
  2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2000.html
  3. "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. "1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  5. "1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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