1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes season

The 1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' fourth season in Phoenix, the franchise's 21st season in the NHL and 28th overall. The Coyotes made the Stanley Cup playoffs, losing in the first round to Colorado.

1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	6th Western
1999–2000 record	39–31–8–4
Goals for	232
Goals against	228
Team information
General manager	Bobby Smith
Coach	Bob Francis
Captain	Keith Tkachuk

Regular season

The Coyotes struggled on the power play, scoring only 37 power-play goals, tied with the Buffalo Sabres for 28th in the League.[1]

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Dallas Stars	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	1029	102
2	5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	1313	94
3	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	940	90
4	8	San Jose Sharks	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	1292	87
5	9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	926	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[2]

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 2, 1999	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 5, 1999	4–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	2–0–0–0
3	T	October 8, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	2–0–1–0
4	L	October 10, 1999	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	2–1–1–0
5	T	October 11, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	2–1–2–0
6	W	October 14, 1999	4–3	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	3–1–2–0
7	W	October 16, 1999	2–1	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	4–1–2–0
8	W	October 22, 1999	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	5–1–2–0
9	T	October 23, 1999	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	5–1–3–0
10	L	October 26, 1999	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	5–2–3–0
11	W	October 28, 1999	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	6–2–3–0
12	W	October 30, 1999	5–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	7–2–3–0
13	W	October 31, 1999	3–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	8–2–3–0
14	L	November 3, 1999	3–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	8–3–3–0
15	L	November 5, 1999	4–6	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	8–4–3–0
16	W	November 10, 1999	5–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	9–4–3–0
17	L	November 12, 1999	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	9–5–3–0
18	L	November 14, 1999	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	9–6–3–0
19	W	November 16, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	10–6–3–0
20	W	November 18, 1999	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	11–6–3–0
21	W	November 20, 1999	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	12–6–3–0
22	W	November 25, 1999	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	13–6–3–0
23	W	November 26, 1999	7–0	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	14–6–3–0
24	W	November 28, 1999	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	15–6–3–0
25	W	November 30, 1999	6–3	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	16–6–3–0
26	W	December 2, 1999	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	17–6–3–0
27	L	December 4, 1999	1–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	17–7–3–0
28	W	December 6, 1999	3–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	18–7–3–0
29	L	December 8, 1999	1–6	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	18–8–3–0
30	L	December 11, 1999	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	18–9–3–0
31	L	December 13, 1999	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	18–10–3–0
32	L	December 16, 1999	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	18–11–3–0
33	W	December 19, 1999	4–3	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	19–11–3–0
34	L	December 21, 1999	0–6	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	19–12–3–0
35	W	December 22, 1999	8–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	20–12–3–0
36	W	December 26, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	21–12–3–0
37	T	December 28, 1999	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	21–12–4–0
38	L	January 1, 2000	4–5	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	21–13–4–0
39	W	January 4, 2000	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	22–13–4–0
40	L	January 6, 2000	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	22–14–4–0
41	L	January 8, 2000	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	22–15–4–0
42	T	January 10, 2000	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	22–15–5–0
43	W	January 12, 2000	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	23–15–5–0
44	W	January 15, 2000	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	24–15–5–0
45	L	January 17, 2000	0–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	24–16–5–0
46	T	January 18, 2000	4–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	24–16–6–0
47	W	January 20, 2000	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	25–16–6–0
48	W	January 23, 2000	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	26–16–6–0
49	W	January 27, 2000	4–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	27–16–6–0
50	OTL	January 28, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	27–16–6–1
51	W	January 31, 2000	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	28–16–6–1
52	W	February 1, 2000	1–0 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	29–16–6–1
53	L	February 3, 2000	0–2	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	29–17–6–1
54	L	February 9, 2000	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	29–18–6–1
55	W	February 12, 2000	4–3	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	30–18–6–1
56	L	February 14, 2000	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	30–19–6–1
57	W	February 18, 2000	4–3	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	31–19–6–1
58	W	February 20, 2000	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	32–19–6–1
59	L	February 22, 2000	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	32–20–6–1
60	L	February 23, 2000	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	32–21–6–1
61	T	February 25, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	32–21–7–1
62	L	February 27, 2000	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	32–22–7–1
63	W	March 1, 2000	7–5	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	33–22–7–1
64	L	March 3, 2000	1–4	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	33–23–7–1
65	L	March 5, 2000	3–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	33–24–7–1
66	L	March 7, 2000	0–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	33–25–7–1
67	W	March 9, 2000	5–0	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	34–25–7–1
68	W	March 11, 2000	5–0	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	35–25–7–1
69	L	March 13, 2000	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	35–26–7–1
70	L	March 15, 2000	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	35–27–7–1
71	OTL	March 17, 2000	3–4 OT	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	35–27–7–2
72	L	March 21, 2000	0–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	35–28–7–2
73	L	March 23, 2000	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	35–29–7–2
74	L	March 24, 2000	1–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	35–30–7–2
75	OTL	March 26, 2000	3–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	35–30–7–3
76	W	March 29, 2000	3–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	36–30–7–3
77	W	March 31, 2000	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	37–30–7–3
78	OTL	April 1, 2000	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	37–30–7–4
79	W	April 3, 2000	2–1	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	38–30–7–4
80	W	April 5, 2000	3–2	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	39–30–7–4
81	L	April 7, 2000	1–3	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	39–31–7–4
82	T	April 9, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	39–31–8–4

Playoffs

(W3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (W6) Phoenix Coyotes

The first two games were in Colorado. Games 1 and 2 were won by Colorado. Game 1 was won by a score of 6-3, and game 2 was won by a score of 3-1. Games 3 and 4 were in Phoenix. Colorado was victorious in game 3 4-2, but the Coyotes won game 4 3-2. Back in Colorado, the Avalanche went on to win 2-1 and take the series 4-1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeremy Roenick	C	75	34	44	78	102	11	6	3	12
Shane Doan	RW	81	26	25	51	66	6	1	1	4
Travis Green	C	78	25	21	46	45	-4	6	0	2
Greg Adams	LW	69	19	27	46	14	-1	5	0	0
Dallas Drake	RW	79	15	30	45	62	11	0	2	5
Keith Tkachuk	LW	50	22	21	43	82	7	5	1	1
Teppo Numminen	D	79	8	34	42	16	21	2	0	2
Jyrki Lumme	D	74	8	32	40	44	9	4	0	3
Trevor Letowski	RW	82	19	20	39	20	2	3	4	3
Rick Tocchet	RW	64	12	17	29	67	-5	2	0	1
Juha Ylonen	C	76	6	23	29	12	-6	0	1	1
Mika Alatalo	LW	82	10	17	27	36	-3	1	0	1
Keith Carney	D	82	4	20	24	87	11	0	0	1
Mike Sullivan	C	79	5	10	15	10	-4	0	2	1
Benoit Hogue	C	27	3	10	13	10	-1	0	0	0
Deron Quint	D	50	3	7	10	22	0	0	0	1
Stan Neckar	D	66	2	8	10	36	1	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	16	1	7	8	19	1	1	0	0
Louie DeBrusk	LW	61	4	3	7	78	1	0	0	0
J. J. Daigneault	D	53	1	6	7	22	-16	0	0	0
Todd Gill	D	41	1	6	7	30	-10	0	0	1
Mikael Renberg	RW	10	2	4	6	2	0	0	0	0
Radoslav Suchy	D	60	0	6	6	16	2	0	0	0
Mikhail Shtalenkov	G	15	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Daniel Briere	C	13	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
David Oliver	RW	9	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
Sean Burke	G	35	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Robert Esche	G	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Essensa	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tavis Hansen	RW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Joseph	D	9	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
Kevin Sawyer	LW	3	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0
Wyatt Smith	C	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Jean-Guy Trudel	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sean Burke	2074	35	17	14	3	88	2.55	3	1022	934	.914
Bob Essensa	1573	30	13	10	3	73	2.78	1	719	646	.898
Mikhail Shtalenkov	904	15	7	6	2	36	2.39	2	370	334	.903
Robert Esche	408	8	2	5	0	23	3.38	0	215	192	.893
Team:	4959	82	39	35	8	220	2.66	6	2326	2106	.905

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeremy Roenick	C	5	2	2	4	10	1	0	0
Travis Green	C	5	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
Shane Doan	RW	4	1	2	3	8	1	0	0
Benoit Hogue	C	5	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Mikael Renberg	RW	5	1	2	3	4	0	0	1
Trevor Letowski	RW	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Teppo Numminen	D	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Keith Tkachuk	LW	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	0
Dallas Drake	RW	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Jyrki Lumme	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Radoslav Suchy	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Sullivan	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Greg Adams	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mika Alatalo	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Daniel Briere	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Carney	D	5	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
J. J. Daigneault	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louie DeBrusk	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Neckar	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	5	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
Juha Ylonen	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Sean Burke	296	5	1	4	16	3.24	0	167	151	.904
Team:	296	5	1	4	16	3.24	0	167	151	.904

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

Trades

September 11, 1999	To Chicago Blackhawks Cash	To Phoenix Coyotes Craig Mills
November 19, 1999	To Florida Panthers Mikhail Shtalenkov 4th round pick in 2000 (Chris Eade)	To Phoenix Coyotes Sean Burke 5th round pick in 2000 (Nate Kiser)
November 30, 1999	To Edmonton Oilers Rob Murray	To Phoenix Coyotes Eric Houde
March 7, 2000	To New Jersey Devils Deron Quint 3rd round pick in 2001 (Beat Schiess-Forster)	To Phoenix Coyotes Lyle Odelein
March 8, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Rick Tocchet	To Phoenix Coyotes Mikael Renberg
March 13, 2000	To Detroit Red Wings Todd Gill	To Phoenix Coyotes Philippe Audet
June 23, 2000	To Minnesota Wild Rickard Wallin	To Phoenix Coyotes Joe Juneau
June 24, 2000	To Vancouver Canucks Future Considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Brad May

Waivers

March 14, 2000	From Vancouver Canucks Chris Joseph

Free agents

Player Former Team Todd Gill Detroit Red Wings Francois Leroux Colorado Avalanche Jean-Guy Trudel Undrafted Free Agent Steven King Philadelphia Flyers David Oliver Ottawa Senators Eric Healey Calgary Flames Ryan Huska New York Islanders Shayne Toporowski St. Louis Blues Bob Essensa Edmonton Oilers Benoit Hogue Dallas Stars

Player New Team Jamie Huscroft Washington Capitals Jeff Christian Chicago Blackhawks Darin Kimble Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) Stephen Leach Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Corkum Los Angeles Kings Gerald Diduck Toronto Maple Leafs

Roster

1999-2000 Phoenix Coyotes
Goaltenders 1 – Sean Burke  30 – Mikhail Shtalenkov  31 – Bob Essensa  42 – Robert Esche		Defensemen 3 – Keith Carney  4 – Lyle Odelein  5 – Deron Quint  15 – Radoslav Suchy  21 – Jyrki Lumme  23 – Todd Gill  23 – Chris Joseph  24 – Stan Neckar  27 – Teppo Numminen  33 – J. J. Daigneault		Wingers 7 – Keith Tkachuk  - C 11 – Dallas Drake  12 – Benoit Hogue  17 – Greg Adams  18 – Mika Alatalo  19 – Shane Doan  20 – David Oliver  20 – Mikael Renberg  22 – Rick Tocchet  29 – Louie DeBrusk  62 – Jean-Guy Trudel  70 – Kevin Sawyer		Centres 8 – Daniel Briere  10 – Trevor Letowski  14 – Tavis Hansen  26 – Mike Sullivan  36 – Juha Ylonen  39 – Travis Green  64 – Wyatt Smith  97 – Jeremy Roenick  GM: Bobby Smith Coach: Bobby Francis

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Scott Kelman	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
1	19	Kirill Safronov	Russia	SKA St. Petersburg (Russia)
2	53	Brad Ralph	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3	71	Jason Jaspers	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
4	116	Ryan Lauzon	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
4	123	Preston Mizzi	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
6	168	Erik Lewerstrom	Sweden	Grums IK (Sweden)
8	234	Goran Bezina	Switzerland	HC Fribourg-Gotteron (Switzerland)
9	262	Alexei Litvinenko	Kazakhstan	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

1. "1999-00 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com.
2. "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
3. "1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Sources

• "1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links