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1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division5th Pacific
Conference9th Western
1999–2000 record34–33–12–3
Home record19–13–7–2
Road record15–20–5–1
Goals for217
Goals against227
Team information
General managerPierre Gauthier
CoachCraig Hartsburg
CaptainPaul Kariya
Alternate captainsKevin Haller
Teemu Selanne
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance14,460
Minor league affiliate(s)Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Team leaders
GoalsPaul Kariya (42)
AssistsTeemu Selanne (52)
PointsPaul Kariya (86)
Penalty minutesStu Grimson (116)
Plus/minusPaul Kariya (+22)
WinsGuy Hebert (28)
Goals against averageGuy Hebert (2.51)

The 1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's seventh season. The Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs despite recording 83 Points again.

Off-season

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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

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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 had won the Stanley Cup with Dallas the previous season. They played very consistently 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 dropping below the .500 mark for the first time. Anaheim stayed below that mark until January 26, 2000 when rumors surfaced about trading Selanne to give the Ducks more depth in order to make the playoffs, which looked questionable at that point.

The Ducks did boost their lineup 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 playoff push, winning the next three games, but going 3–4–0–1 after that streak in their last eight games, thus missing the postseason by four points. Since the Mighty Ducks never were out of the playoff 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 Jorgen Jonsson had no impact, each scoring only one goal though Ward brought some physical play with him, which was needed after the Ducks waived Jim McKenzie in mid-January.

Anaheim's biggest problem was their penalty killing: the Mighty Ducks struggled often short-handed during the regular season, as they had the lowest penalty-kill percentage in the NHL at 79.05%.[1] The defense ranked seventh in the West, but the team's poor penalty kill resulted in 21 more goals allowed than the previous season, which cost them the playoffs. Offensively, their defensemen scored 43 goals compared to 25 goals in 1998–99, led by Olausson and Tverdovsky for a combined 30 goals. Both goalies had another very solid season though their save percentage was down compared to the previous year. Hebert recorded the second-best GAA of his career; this was also Hebert's fifth straight season with three or more shutouts. Their offense relied on their first line, again combining 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 while Mike Leclerc had a solid rookie season with 19 points. Marty McInnis missed twenty games, which was a factor. The Ducks' power play was good but nowhere near the dominance of last season, ranking 14th with a percentage of 16.57%.[2]

Final standings

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Pacific Division[3]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Dallas Stars 82 43 23 10 6 211 184 102
2 5 Los Angeles Kings 82 39 27 12 4 245 228 94
3 6 Phoenix Coyotes 82 39 31 8 4 232 228 90
4 8 San Jose Sharks 82 35 30 10 7 225 214 87
5 9 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 34 33 12 3 217 227 83

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

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

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

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Mighty Ducks only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
9 Paul Kariya LW 74 42 44 86 22 24
8 Teemu Selanne RW 79 33 52 85 6 12
20 Steve Rucchin C 71 19 38 57 9 16
10 Oleg Tverdovsky D 82 15 36 51 5 30
17 Matt Cullen C 80 13 26 39 5 24
2 Fredrik Olausson D 70 15 19 34 −13 28
21 Ted Donato LW 81 11 19 30 −3 26
16 Marty McInnis RW 62 10 18 28 −4 26
11 Kip Miller C 30 6 17 23 1 4
29 Ladislav Kohn RW 77 5 16 21 −17 27
12 Mike Leclerc LW 69 8 11 19 −15 70
19 Jeff Nielsen RW 79 8 10 18 4 14
14 Antti Aalto C 63 7 11 18 −13 26
7 Pavel Trnka D 57 2 15 17 12 34
15 Tony Hrkac C 60 4 7 11 −2 8
24 Ruslan Salei D 71 5 5 10 3 94
28 Niclas Havelid D 50 2 7 9 0 20
5 Kevin Haller D 67 3 5 8 −8 61
33 Jim McKenzie LW 31 3 3 6 −5 48
27 Pascal Trepanier D 37 0 4 4 2 54
32 Stu Grimson LW 50 1 2 3 0 116
22 Jorgen Jonsson LW 13 1 2 3 −2 0
23 Jason Marshall D 55 0 3 3 −10 88
18 Ted Drury C 11 1 1 2 −1 6
6 Vitaly Vishnevskiy D 31 1 1 2 0 26
31 Guy Hebert G 68 0 2 2 2
22 Johan Davidsson C 5 1 0 1 0 2
33 Ed Ward RW 8 1 0 1 −2 15
18 Maxim Balmochnykh LW 6 0 1 1 2 2
25 Frank Banham RW 3 0 0 0 0 2
30 Dominic Roussel G 20 0 0 0 6
26 Jeremy Stevenson LW 3 0 0 0 −1 7

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31 Guy Hebert 68 28 31 9 1805 166 2.51 .908 4 3976
30 Dominic Roussel 20 6 5 3 445 52 3.16 .883 1 988

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)
NHL Second All-Star Team Paul Kariya (Left Wing) [6]
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Paul Kariya[a] [8]
Teemu Selanne[a]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Niclas Havelid October 2, 1999 [9]
Maxim Balmochnykh January 19, 2000
Vitali Vishnevski
25th shutout Guy Hebert December 17, 1999 [10]

Transactions

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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

Acquired a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Jonas Ronnqvist) for Trent Hunter from the New York Islanders on May 23, 2000

Acquired a 2001 4th draft pick for Espen Knutsen from the Columbus Blue Jackets on May 25, 2000

Acquired a 2000 4th draft pick for the rights to Stephen Peat from the Washington Capitals on June 1, 2000

Acquired Jean-Sebastien Giguere for a 2000 2nd round draft pick from the Calgary Flames on June 10, 2000

Draft picks

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Anaheim's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.[11]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 44 Jordan Leopold  United States University of Minnesota (NCAA)
3 83 Niclas Havelid  Sweden Malmo IF (Sweden)
4 105 Alexander Chagodayev  Russia CSKA Moscow (Russia)
5 141 Maxim Rybin  Russia Spartak Moscow (Russia)
6 173 Jan Sandstrom  Sweden AIK IF (Sweden)
8 230 Petr Tenkrat  Czech Republic Poldi Kladno (Czech Republic)
9 258 Brian Gornick  United States Air Force Academy (NCAA)

Farm teams

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Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Kariya and Selanne were voted to the starting lineup.[7]

References

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  • "Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  • "1999-00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  1. ^ "1999-00 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ "1999-00 NHL Summary".
  3. ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  5. ^ "1999-00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  8. ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  9. ^ "1999-00 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  10. ^ "Ducks Shut Down Blackhawks". www.cbsnews.com. December 18, 1999. Retrieved June 10, 2023. The shutout was Hebert's third of the season and 25th of his career.
  11. ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.