1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Hockey League and third as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	9th Eastern
1999–2000 record	37–35–10–0
Home record	20–16–5–0
Road record	17–19–5–0
Goals for	217
Goals against	216
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Ron Francis
Arena	Raleigh Sports and Entertainment Arena
Average attendance	12,400
Minor league affiliates	Cincinnati Cyclones Florida Everblades
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff O'Neill (25)
Assists	Ron Francis (50)
Points	Ron Francis (73)
Penalty minutes	Nolan Pratt (90)
Plus/minus	Bates Battaglia (+20)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (34)
Goals against average	Arturs Irbe (2.42)

Regular season

The Hurricanes were the least penalized team during the regular season, with only 253 power-play opportunities against them.

Along with the NHL 2000 patch worn league-wide, Carolina wore Two other patches, one that celebrated their first season at the New Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena, and the other in memory of Steve Chiasson, who died in a drunk driving crash after the Hurricanes were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Washington Capitals	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
2	5	Florida Panthers	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
3	9	Carolina Hurricanes	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	39

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.

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	y – Washington Capitals	SE	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
3	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	100
4	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
5	Florida Panthers	SE	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
6	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
8	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	83
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	73
12	Boston Bruins	NE	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	73
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	39

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs; z – Won conference; y – Won division

Schedule and results

1999–2000 regular season
October: 5–3–3–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 5–2–3–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 1 October 2, 1999 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 1–0–0–0 16,189 W 2 October 7, 1999 2–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 2–0–0–0 19,273 W 3 October 8, 1999 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 2–1–0–0 18,200 L 4 October 11, 1999 3–3 OT @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 2–1–1–0 12,328 T 5 October 13, 1999 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 2–1–2–0 13,372 T 6 October 15, 1999 4–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 3–1–2–0 13,701 W 7 October 20, 1999 3–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 3–1–3–0 18,872 T 8 October 22, 1999 3–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 3–2–3–0 15,434 L 9 October 23, 1999 3–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 4–2–3–0 15,711 W 10 October 29, 1999 2–4 New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 4–3–3–0 18,730 L 11 October 30, 1999 4–0 @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 5–3–3–0 8,944 W
November: 6–5–3–0 (home: 6–3–1–0; road: 0–2–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 12 November 3, 1999 0–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 5–4–3–0 15,961 L 13 November 5, 1999 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 5–5–3–0 19,983 L 14 November 7, 1999 3–2 Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 6–5–3–0 12,624 W 15 November 10, 1999 0–2 New York Islanders (1999–2000) 6–6–3–0 11,413 L 16 November 11, 1999 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 6–7–3–0 19,499 L 17 November 13, 1999 4–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 7–7–3–0 10,288 W 18 November 17, 1999 2–1 Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 8–7–3–0 11,237 W 19 November 19, 1999 3–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 8–7–4–0 11,943 T 20 November 20, 1999 1–0 Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 9–7–4–0 13,442 W 21 November 22, 1999 1–2 Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 9–8–4–0 14,709 L 22 November 24, 1999 1–1 OT Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 9–8–5–0 12,932 T 23 November 26, 1999 3–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 9–8–6–0 14,344 T 24 November 27, 1999 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 10–8–6–0 14,268 W 25 November 30, 1999 4–3 Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 11–8–6–0 7,903 W
December: 3–8–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 1–5–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 26 December 2, 1999 2–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 11–8–7–0 9,367 T 27 December 4, 1999 1–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 11–9–7–0 18,007 L 28 December 7, 1999 4–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 12–9–7–0 16,356 W 29 December 8, 1999 1–2 @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 12–10–7–0 17,001 L 30 December 10, 1999 2–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 12–11–7–0 12,974 L 31 December 15, 1999 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 12–12–7–0 11,387 L 32 December 18, 1999 4–2 Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 13–12–7–0 10,187 W 33 December 20, 1999 2–4 Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 13–13–7–0 12,236 L 34 December 22, 1999 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 13–14–7–0 15,375 L 35 December 23, 1999 3–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 13–15–7–0 18,500 L 36 December 26, 1999 4–3 OT Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 14–15–7–0 13,940 W 37 December 28, 1999 2–3 @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 14–16–7–0 17,113 L
January: 6–8–1–0 (home: 4–4–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 38 January 1, 2000 4–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 15–16–7–0 17,642 W 39 January 4, 2000 1–2 Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 15–17–7–0 7,848 L 40 January 6, 2000 7–3 @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 16–17–7–0 15,582 W 41 January 7, 2000 4–4 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 16–17–8–0 12,002 T 42 January 9, 2000 1–0 New York Rangers (1999–2000) 17–17–8–0 12,174 W 43 January 11, 2000 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 17–18–8–0 11,609 L 44 January 14, 2000 1–5 @ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 17–19–8–0 15,073 L 45 January 17, 2000 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 17–20–8–0 11,042 L 46 January 18, 2000 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 17–21–8–0 18,200 L 47 January 20, 2000 1–4 New York Rangers (1999–2000) 17–22–8–0 11,073 L 48 January 22, 2000 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 18–22–8–0 16,345 W 49 January 24, 2000 3–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 19–22–8–0 8,552 W 50 January 27, 2000 2–4 Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 19–23–8–0 9,675 L 51 January 28, 2000 4–3 OT New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 20–23–8–0 12,136 W 52 January 30, 2000 0–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 20–24–8–0 19,380 L
February: 6–4–1–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 4–2–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 53 February 1, 2000 4–2 Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 21–24–8–0 8,482 W 54 February 3, 2000 1–2 @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 21–25–8–0 12,439 L 55 February 8, 2000 4–3 @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 22–25–8–0 6,891 W 56 February 12, 2000 5–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 23–25–8–0 13,097 W 57 February 14, 2000 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 24–25–8–0 19,136 W 58 February 15, 2000 1–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 24–26–8–0 16,610 L 59 February 17, 2000 0–3 Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 24–27–8–0 16,416 L 60 February 19, 2000 4–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 25–27–8–0 14,896 W 61 February 21, 2000 1–1 OT Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 25–27–9–0 10,144 T 62 February 24, 2000 2–4 Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 25–28–9–0 10,494 L 63 February 26, 2000 2–1 OT @ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 26–28–9–0 16,801 W
March: 8–6–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 4–3–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 64 March 1, 2000 5–7 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 26–29–9–0 14,666 L 65 March 2, 2000 5–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 27–29–9–0 15,424 W 66 March 4, 2000 5–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 28–29–9–0 17,483 W 67 March 8, 2000 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 29–29–9–0 10,332 W 68 March 10, 2000 3–5 Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 29–30–9–0 13,716 L 69 March 12, 2000 5–1 Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 30–30–9–0 11,513 W 70 March 15, 2000 2–2 OT Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 30–30–10–0 9,789 T 71 March 17, 2000 2–4 @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 30–31–10–0 14,908 L 72 March 18, 2000 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 30–32–10–0 21,273 L 73 March 21, 2000 5–0 @ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 31–32–10–0 13,809 W 74 March 22, 2000 1–2 St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 31–33–10–0 13,014 L 75 March 26, 2000 4–1 New York Islanders (1999–2000) 32–33–10–0 11,406 W 76 March 27, 2000 1–5 Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 32–34–10–0 15,395 L 77 March 29, 2000 3–1 Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 33–34–10–0 14,055 W 78 March 31, 2000 3–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 34–34–10–0 18,690 W
April: 3–1–0–0 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 79 April 2, 2000 1–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 35–34–10–0 17,075 W 80 April 3, 2000 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 35–35–10–0 16,958 L 81 April 8, 2000 4–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 36–35–10–0 18,612 W 82 April 9, 2000 2–1 Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 37–35–10–0 14,284 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

• 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 Hurricanes only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
21	Ron Francis	C	78	23	50	73	10	18
92	Jeff O'Neill	RW	80	25	38	63	−9	72
10	Gary Roberts	LW	69	23	30	53	−10	62
24	Sami Kapanen	RW	76	24	24	48	10	12
22	Sean Hill	D	62	13	31	44	3	59
18	Robert Kron	LW	81	13	27	40	−4	8
77	Paul Coffey	D	69	11	29	40	−6	40
51	Andrei Kovalenko	RW	76	15	24	39	−13	38
13	Bates Battaglia	LW	77	16	18	34	20	39
23	Martin Gelinas	LW	81	14	16	30	−10	40
28	Paul Ranheim	LW	79	9	13	22	−14	6
2	Glen Wesley	D	78	7	15	22	−4	38
27	Rod Brind'Amour†	C	33	4	10	14	−12	22
5	Marek Malik	D	57	4	10	14	13	63
16	Tommy Westlund	RW	81	4	8	12	−10	19
14	Steven Halko	D	58	0	8	8	0	25
17	Jeff Daniels	LW	69	3	4	7	−8	10
33	Dave Karpa	D	27	1	4	5	9	52
44	Kent Manderville‡	C	56	1	4	5	−8	12
45	David Tanabe	D	31	4	0	4	−4	14
4	Nolan Pratt	D	64	3	1	4	−22	90
7	Curtis Leschyshyn	D	53	0	2	2	−19	14
15	Byron Ritchie	C	26	0	2	2	−10	17
1	Arturs Irbe	G	75	0	1	1		14
35	Eric Fichaud‡	G	9	0	0	0		2
30	Mark Fitzpatrick	G	3	0	0	0		0
20	Sandy McCarthy†	RW	13	0	0	0	2	9
25	Shane Willis	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Arturs Irbe	75	34	28	9	1858	175	2.42	.906	5	4345
35	Eric Fichaud‡	9	3	5	1	206	24	2.94	.883	1	490
30	Mark Fitzpatrick	3	0	2	0	68	8	4.49	.882	0	107

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Sami Kapanen
	NHL Player of the Week	Arturs Irbe (April 3)
Team	Steve Chiasson Award	Sean Hill

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Tommy Westlund	October 2, 1999
	David Tanabe	October 11, 1999

Draft picks

Main article: 1999 NHL Entry Draft

Carolina's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts. The Hurricanes had the 16th overall pick.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	16	David Tanabe	D	United States	University of Wisconsin–Madison (WCHA)
2	49	Brett Lysak	C	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	84	Brad Fast	D	Canada	Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
4	113	Ryan Murphy	LW	United States	Bowling Green University (NCAA)
6	174	Damian Surma	LW	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
7	202	Jim Baxter	RW	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	231	David Evans	RW	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)
8	237	Antti Jokela	G	Finland	Lukko (Finland)
9	259	Yevgeni Kurilin	C	Belarus	Anchorage Aces (WCHL)

Farm teams

International Hockey League

The Cincinnati Cyclones were the Hurricanes International Hockey League affiliate for the 1999–2000 IHL season.

East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades were the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

References

• "Carolina Hurricanes 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
• "1999-00 Carolina Hurricanes Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.