1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes season

1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes
1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	6th Western
1999–2000 record	39–31–8–4
Home record	22–16–2–1
Road record	17–15–6–3
Goals for	232
Goals against	228
Team information
General manager	Bobby Smith
Coach	Bob Francis
Captain	Keith Tkachuk
Arena	America West Arena
Average attendance	14,991
Minor league affiliate(s)	Springfield Falcons; Mississippi Sea Wolves
Team leaders
Goals	Jeremy Roenick (34)
Assists	Jeremy Roenick (44)
Points	Jeremy Roenick (78)
Penalty minutes	Jeremy Roenick (102)
Plus/minus	Teppo Numminen (+21)
Wins	Sean Burke (17)
Goals against average	Mikhail Shtalenkov (2.39)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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.

Off-season

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^[2]
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^[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

Playoffs

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.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1999–2000 regular season^[4]

October: 8–2–3–0 (home: 3–0–1–0; road: 5–2–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	W	October 2, 1999	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	1–0–0–0	Recap
2	W	October 5, 1999	4–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	2–0–0–0	Recap
3	T	October 8, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	2–0–1–0	Recap
4	L	October 10, 1999	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	2–1–1–0	Recap
5	T	October 11, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	2–1–2–0	Recap
6	W	October 14, 1999	4–3	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	3–1–2–0	Recap
7	W	October 16, 1999	2–1	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	4–1–2–0	Recap
8	W	October 22, 1999	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	5–1–2–0	Recap
9	T	October 23, 1999	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	5–1–3–0	Recap
10	L	October 26, 1999	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	5–2–3–0	Recap
11	W	October 28, 1999	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	6–2–3–0	Recap
12	W	October 30, 1999	5–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	7–2–3–0	Recap
13	W	October 31, 1999	3–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	8–2–3–0	Recap

November: 8–4–0–0 (home: 5–3–0–0; road: 3–1–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
14	L	November 3, 1999	3–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	8–3–3–0	Recap
15	L	November 5, 1999	4–6	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	8–4–3–0	Recap
16	W	November 10, 1999	5–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	9–4–3–0	Recap
17	L	November 12, 1999	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	9–5–3–0	Recap
18	L	November 14, 1999	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	9–6–3–0	Recap
19	W	November 16, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	10–6–3–0	Recap
20	W	November 18, 1999	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	11–6–3–0	Recap
21	W	November 20, 1999	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	12–6–3–0	Recap
22	W	November 25, 1999	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	13–6–3–0	Recap
23	W	November 26, 1999	7–0	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	14–6–3–0	Recap
24	W	November 28, 1999	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	15–6–3–0	Recap
25	W	November 30, 1999	6–3	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	16–6–3–0	Recap

December: 5–6–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 3–3–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
26	W	December 2, 1999	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	17–6–3–0	Recap
27	L	December 4, 1999	1–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	17–7–3–0	Recap
28	W	December 6, 1999	3–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	18–7–3–0	Recap
29	L	December 8, 1999	1–6	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	18–8–3–0	Recap
30	L	December 11, 1999	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	18–9–3–0	Recap
31	L	December 13, 1999	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	18–10–3–0	Recap
32	L	December 16, 1999	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	18–11–3–0	Recap
33	W	December 19, 1999	4–3	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	19–11–3–0	Recap
34	L	December 21, 1999	0–6	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	19–12–3–0	Recap
35	W	December 22, 1999	8–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	20–12–3–0	Recap
36	W	December 26, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	21–12–3–0	Recap
37	T	December 28, 1999	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	21–12–4–0	Recap

January: 7–4–2–1 (home: 5–1–0–0; road: 2–3–2–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
38	L	January 1, 2000	4–5	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	21–13–4–0	Recap
39	W	January 4, 2000	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	22–13–4–0	Recap
40	L	January 6, 2000	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	22–14–4–0	Recap
41	L	January 8, 2000	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	22–15–4–0	Recap
42	T	January 10, 2000	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	22–15–5–0	Recap
43	W	January 12, 2000	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	23–15–5–0	Recap
44	W	January 15, 2000	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	24–15–5–0	Recap
45	L	January 17, 2000	0–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	24–16–5–0	Recap
46	T	January 18, 2000	4–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	24–16–6–0	Recap
47	W	January 20, 2000	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	25–16–6–0	Recap
48	W	January 23, 2000	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	26–16–6–0	Recap
49	W	January 27, 2000	4–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	27–16–6–0	Recap
50	OTL	January 28, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	27–16–6–1	Recap
51	W	January 31, 2000	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	28–16–6–1	Recap

February: 4–6–1–0 (home: 2–3–0–0; road: 2–3–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
52	W	February 1, 2000	1–0 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	29–16–6–1	Recap
53	L	February 3, 2000	0–2	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	29–17–6–1	Recap
54	L	February 9, 2000	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	29–18–6–1	Recap
55	W	February 12, 2000	4–3	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	30–18–6–1	Recap
56	L	February 14, 2000	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	30–19–6–1	Recap
57	W	February 18, 2000	4–3	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	31–19–6–1	Recap
58	W	February 20, 2000	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	32–19–6–1	Recap
59	L	February 22, 2000	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	32–20–6–1	Recap
60	L	February 23, 2000	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	32–21–6–1	Recap
61	T	February 25, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	32–21–7–1	Recap
62	L	February 27, 2000	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	32–22–7–1	Recap

March: 5–8–0–2 (home: 3–5–0–1; road: 2–3–0–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
63	W	March 1, 2000	7–5	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	33–22–7–1	Recap
64	L	March 3, 2000	1–4	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	33–23–7–1	Recap
65	L	March 5, 2000	3–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	33–24–7–1	Recap
66	L	March 7, 2000	0–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	33–25–7–1	Recap
67	W	March 9, 2000	5–0	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	34–25–7–1	Recap
68	W	March 11, 2000	5–0	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	35–25–7–1	Recap
69	L	March 13, 2000	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	35–26–7–1	Recap
70	L	March 15, 2000	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	35–27–7–1	Recap
71	OTL	March 17, 2000	3–4 OT	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	35–27–7–2	Recap
72	L	March 21, 2000	0–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	35–28–7–2	Recap
73	L	March 23, 2000	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	35–29–7–2	Recap
74	L	March 24, 2000	1–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	35–30–7–2	Recap
75	OTL	March 26, 2000	3–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	35–30–7–3	Recap
76	W	March 29, 2000	3–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	36–30–7–3	Recap
77	W	March 31, 2000	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	37–30–7–3	Recap

April: 2–1–1–1 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 0–0–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
78	OTL	April 1, 2000	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	37–30–7–4	Recap
79	W	April 3, 2000	2–1	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	38–30–7–4	Recap
80	W	April 5, 2000	3–2	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	39–30–7–4	Recap
81	L	April 7, 2000	1–3	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	39–31–7–4	Recap
82	T	April 9, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	39–31–8–4	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. (3) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–1

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	L	April 13, 2000	3–6	@ Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 1–0	Recap
2	L	April 15, 2000	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 2–0	Recap
3	L	April 17, 2000	2–4	Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 3–0	Recap
4	W	April 19, 2000	3–2	Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 3–1	Recap
5	L	April 21, 2000	1–2	@ Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche win 4–1	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

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

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
97	Jeremy Roenick	C	75	34	44	78	11	102	5	2	2	4	−4	10
19	Shane Doan	RW	81	26	25	51	6	66	4	1	2	3	−2	8
39	Travis Green	C	78	25	21	46	−4	45	5	2	1	3	0	2
17	Greg Adams	LW	69	19	27	46	−1	14	5	0	0	0	−1	0
11	Dallas Drake	RW	79	15	30	45	11	62	5	0	1	1	1	4
7	Keith Tkachuk	LW	50	22	21	43	7	82	5	1	1	2	−4	4
27	Teppo Numminen	D	79	8	34	42	21	16	5	1	1	2	1	0
21	Jyrki Lumme	D	74	8	32	40	9	44	5	0	1	1	−2	2
10	Trevor Letowski	RW	82	19	20	39	2	20	5	1	1	2	1	4
22	Rick Tocchet‡	RW	64	12	17	29	−5	67	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Juha Ylonen	C	76	6	23	29	−6	12	1	0	0	0	−1	0
18	Mika Alatalo	LW	82	10	17	27	−3	36	5	0	0	0	1	2
3	Keith Carney	D	82	4	20	24	11	87	5	0	0	0	−4	17
26	Mike Sullivan	C	79	5	10	15	−4	10	5	0	1	1	−1	0
12	Benoit Hogue†	C	27	3	10	13	−1	10	5	1	2	3	2	2
5	Deron Quint‡	D	50	3	7	10	0	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Stan Neckar	D	66	2	8	10	1	36	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lyle Odelein†	D	16	1	7	8	1	19	5	0	0	0	−3	16
29	Louie DeBrusk	LW	61	4	3	7	1	78	3	0	0	0	0	0
33	J. J. Daigneault	D	53	1	6	7	−16	22	1	0	0	0	−1	0
23	Todd Gill‡	D	41	1	6	7	−10	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Mikael Renberg†	RW	10	2	4	6	0	2	5	1	2	3	−2	4
15^[a]	Radoslav Suchy	D	60	0	6	6	2	16	5	0	1	1	3	0
30	Mikhail Shtalenkov‡	G	15	0	3	3		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Daniel Briere	C	13	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	David Oliver	RW	9	1	0	1	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Sean Burke†	G	35	0	0	0		10	5	0	0	0		0
42	Robert Esche	G	8	0	0	0		4	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Bob Essensa	G	30	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Tavis Hansen	RW	5	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Chris Joseph†	D	9	0	0	0	−5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
70	Kevin Sawyer	LW	3	0	0	0	1	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
64	Wyatt Smith	C	2	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
62	Jean-Guy Trudel	LW	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes 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
1	Sean Burke†	35	17	14	3	1022	88	2.55	.914	3	2074	5	1	4	167	16	3.24	.904	0	296
31	Bob Essensa	30	13	10	3	719	73	2.78	.898	1	1573	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Mikhail Shtalenkov‡	15	7	6	2	370	36	2.39	.903	2	904	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Robert Esche	8	2	5	0	215	23	3.38	.893	0	408	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Teppo Numminen	^[5]
	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jeremy Roenick	^[5]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Trevor Letowski (January)	^[6]
Team	Hardest Working Player Award	Shane Doan	^[7]
	Leading Scorer Award	Jeremy Roenick	^[7]
	Man of the Year Award	Jeremy Roenick	^[7]
	Team MVP Award	Jeremy Roenick	^[7]
	Three-Star Award	Keith Tkachuk	^[7]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Rick Tocchet	October 26, 1999	^[8]

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

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

Draft picks

Phoenix's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[9]

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)

Notes

References

"Phoenix Coyotes 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
"1999-00 Phoenix Coyotes Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 6, 2023.

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1999–2000 Phoenix Coyotes season

Contents

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

Free agents

Draft picks

See also

Notes

References