1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season

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Pepsi Center
Average attendance17,889
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears
Team leaders
GoalsMilan Hejduk (36)
AssistsJoe Sakic (53)
PointsJoe Sakic (81)
Penalty minutesJeff Odgers (162)
Plus/minusJoe Sakic (+30)
WinsPatrick Roy (32)
Goals against averagePatrick Roy (2.28)

The 1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's

Pepsi Center
arena.

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division[2]
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[3]
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

Regular season

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

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

Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes – Avalanche win 4–1
Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap
1 W April 13, 2000 6–3
Phoenix Coyotes
 Avalanche lead 1–0 Recap
2 W April 15, 2000 3–1 Phoenix Coyotes Avalanche lead 2–0 Recap
3 W April 17, 2000 4–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes Avalanche lead 3–0 Recap
4 L April 19, 2000 2–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes Avalanche lead 3–1 Recap
5 W April 21, 2000 2–1 Phoenix Coyotes Avalanche win 4–1 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings: Avalanche win 4–1
Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap
1 W April 27, 2000 2–0 Detroit Red Wings Avalanche lead 1–0 Recap
2 W April 29, 2000 3–1 Detroit Red Wings Avalanche lead 2–0 Recap
3 L May 1, 2000 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings Avalanche lead 2–1 Recap
4 W May 3, 2000 3–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings Avalanche lead 3–1 Recap
5 W May 5, 2000 4–2 Detroit Red Wings Avalanche win 4–1 Recap
Western Conference Finals vs. (2) Dallas Stars – Stars win 4–3
Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap
1 W May 13, 2000 2–0 @ Dallas Stars Avalanche lead 1–0 Recap
2 L May 15, 2000 2–3 @ Dallas Stars Series tied 1–1 Recap
3 W May 19, 2000 2–0 Dallas Stars Avalanche lead 2–1 Recap
4 L May 21, 2000 1–4 Dallas Stars Series tied 2–2 Recap
5 L May 23, 2000 2–3 OT @ Dallas Stars Stars lead 3–2 Recap
6 W May 25, 2000 2–1 Dallas Stars Series tied 3–3 Recap
7 L May 27, 2000 2–3 @ Dallas Stars Stars win 4–3 Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C =
    Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
19 Joe Sakic C 60 28 53 81 30 28 17 2 7 9 −5 8
23 Milan Hejduk RW 82 36 36 72 14 16 17 5 4 9 −7 6
37 Chris Drury C 82 20 47 67 8 42 17 4 10 14 7 4
8 Sandis Ozolinsh D 82 16 36 52 17 46 17 5 5 10 1 20
40 Alex Tanguay LW 76 17 34 51 6 22 17 2 1 3 −2 2
21 Peter Forsberg C 49 14 37 51 9 52 16 7 8 15 9 12
18 Adam Deadmarsh RW 71 18 27 45 −10 106 17 4 11 15 7 21
26 Stephane Yelle C 79 8 14 22 9 28 17 1 2 3 3 4
25 Shjon Podein LW 75 11 8 19 12 29 17 5 0 5 4 8
14 Dave Reid† LW 65 11 7 18 12 28 17 1 3 4 4 0
15 Brian Rolston†‡ LW 50 8 10 18 −6 12 — — — — — —
52 Adam Foote D 59 5 13 18 5 98 16 0 7 7 6 28
55 Martin Skoula D 80 3 13 16 5 20 17 0 2 2 −3 4
77 Ray Bourque† D 14 8 6 14 9 6 13 1 8 9 4 8
24 Jon Klemm D 73 5 7 12 26 34 17 2 1 3 4 9
11 Chris Dingman LW 68 8 3 11 −2 132 — — — — — —
22 Claude Lemieux‡ RW 13 3 6 9 0 4 — — — — — —
29 Eric Messier LW 61 3 6 9 0 24 14 0 1 1 1 4
7 Greg de Vries D 69 2 7 9 −7 73 5 0 0 0 2 4
3 Aaron Miller D 53 1 7 8 3 36 17 1 1 2 4 6
5 Alexei Gusarov D 34 2 2 4 −8 10 — — — — — —
38 Dan Hinote RW 27 1 3 4 0 10 — — — — — —
49 Serge Aubin LW 15 2 1 3 1 6 17 0 1 1 1 6
38 Dave Andreychuk† LW 14 1 2 3 −9 2 17 3 2 5 −3 18
36 Jeff Odgers RW 62 1 2 3 −7 162 4 0 0 0 0 0
33 Patrick Roy G 63 0 3 3 10 17 0 1 1 4
30 Marc Denis G 23 0 2 2 6 — — — — — —
12 Shean Donovan‡ RW 18 1 0 1 −4 8 — — — — — —
17 Christian Matte RW 5 0 1 1 −2 4 — — — — — —
44 Sami Helenius D 33 0 0 0 −5 46 — — — — — —
39 Ville Nieminen LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
43 Dan Smith D 3 0 0 0 2 0 — — — — — —
35 Rick Tabaracci† G 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
50 Brian Willsie RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —

Goaltending

  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
33 Patrick Roy 63 32 21 8 1640 141 2.28 .914 2 3704 17 11 6 431 31 1.79 .928 3 1039
30 Marc Denis 23 9 8 3 618 51 2.54 .917 3 1203 — — — — — — — — —
35 Rick Tabaracci† 2 1 0 0 18 2 2.00 .889 0 60 — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Peter Forsberg[a] [6]
Milan Hejduk
Sandis Ozolinsh
Joe Sakic

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
1,000th point Joe Sakic December 27, 1999 [7]
400th goal Ray Bourque March 18, 2000 [8]
Joe Sakic March 23, 2000 [9]

Transactions

Trades

March 6, 2000 To Colorado Avalanche
Ray Bourque, Dave Andreychuk[10] 		To Boston Bruins
Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson, First Round pick
June 7, 2000 To Colorado Avalanche
2nd round pick in
2000 (Tomas Kurka
) 		To Columbus Blue Jackets
Marc Denis

Draft picks

Colorado'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)
1 25 Mikhail Kuleshov  Russia Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
2 45 Martin Grenier  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3 93 Branko Radivojevic  Slovakia Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4 112 Sanny Lindstrom  Sweden Huddinge IK (Sweden)
4 122 Kristian Kovac  Slovakia HC Kosice Jr. (Slovakia)
5 142 William Magnuson  United States Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
5 152 Jordan Krestanovich  Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6 158 Anders Lovdahl  Sweden HV71 (Sweden)
6 183 Riku Hahl  Finland HPK (Finland)
7 212 Radim Vrbata  Czech Republic Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8 240 Jeff Finger  United States Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Forsberg did not play and was replaced by Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils.[5]

References

  • "Colorado Avalanche 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  • "1999-00 Colorado Avalanche Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  2. ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. ^ a b "1999-00 Colorado Avalanche Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "NHL - Avs' Forsberg out 7-10 days". ESPN.com. February 4, 2000. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000". NHL.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "Colorado 5, St. Louis 1 - UPI Archives". UPI. December 27, 1999. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "N.H.L.: ROUNDUP; Bourque Scores No. 400, But Detroit Wins Game". The New York Times. March 19, 2000. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "Sakic's like an Avalanche". Deseret News. March 24, 2000. Retrieved June 10, 2023. Sakic scored three goals, including the 400th of his NHL career
  10. ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
  11. ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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