1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season explained

League:NHL
Season:1999–2000
Year:1999
Team:Colorado Avalanche
Conferencerank:3rd
Divisionrank:1st
Record:42–28–11–1
Homerecord:25–12–4–0
Roadrecord:17–16–7–1
Goalsfor:233
Goalsagainst:201
Attendance:17,889
Goalsleader:Milan Hejduk (36)
Assistsleader:Joe Sakic (53)
Pointsleader:Joe Sakic (81)
Pimleader:Jeff Odgers (162)
Plusminusleader:Joe Sakic (+30)
Winsleader:Patrick Roy (32)
Gaaleader:Patrick Roy (2.28)
Divisionwin:yes

The 1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's fifth season. It was the first season in the new Pepsi Center arena.

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|1||W||October 5, 1999||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) ||1–0–0–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|2||L||October 6, 1999||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) ||1–1–0–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|3||T||October 8, 1999||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) ||1–1–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|4||L||October 10, 1999||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) ||1–2–1–0 || |- style="text-align:center;"|5||T||October 11, 1999||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) ||1–2–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|6||W||October 13, 1999||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1999–2000) ||2–2–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|7||W||October 16, 1999||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) ||3–2–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|8||W||October 20, 1999||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) ||4–2–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|9||L||October 21, 1999||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) ||4–3–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|10||W||October 23, 1999||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) ||5–3–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|11||L||October 27, 1999||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||5–4–2–0 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#FF6F6F;"|12||OTL||October 28, 1999||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) ||5–4–2–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|13||L||October 30, 1999||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||5–5–2–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|14||W||November 3, 1999||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) ||6–5–2–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|15||W||November 5, 1999||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1999–2000) ||7–5–2–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|16||L||November 11, 1999||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) ||7–6–2–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|17||W||November 13, 1999||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||8–6–2–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|18||T||November 15, 1999||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||8–6–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|19||L||November 17, 1999||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1999–2000) ||8–7–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|20||L||November 19, 1999||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1999–2000) ||8–8–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|21||W||November 22, 1999||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||9–8–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|22||L||November 23, 1999||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) ||9–9–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|23||L||November 26, 1999||0–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||9–10–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|24||W||November 27, 1999||7–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||10–10–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|25||W||November 30, 1999||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||11–10–3–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|26||L||December 1, 1999||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||11–11–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|27||W||December 4, 1999||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) ||12–11–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|28||W||December 6, 1999||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||13–11–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|29||L||December 8, 1999||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||13–12–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|30||W||December 10, 1999||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||14–12–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|31||W||December 12, 1999||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||15–12–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|32||L||December 15, 1999||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||15–13–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|33||L||December 17, 1999||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||15–14–3–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|34||T||December 18, 1999||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) ||15–14–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|35||W||December 20, 1999||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) ||16–14–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|36||L||December 23, 1999||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) ||16–15–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|37||W||December 27, 1999||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) ||17–15–4–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|38||W||December 29, 1999||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) ||18–15–4–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center;"|39||T||January 3, 2000||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||18–15–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|40||W||January 5, 2000||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||19–15–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|41||W||January 7, 2000||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) ||20–15–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|42||L||January 9, 2000||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) ||20–16–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|43||W||January 11, 2000||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Nashville Predators (1999–2000) ||21–16–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|44||W||January 13, 2000||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) ||22–16–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|45||W||January 15, 2000||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) ||23–16–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|46||W||January 17, 2000||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||24–16–5–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|47||T||January 19, 2000||0–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||24–16–6–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|48||T||January 21, 2000||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||24–16–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|49||L||January 23, 2000||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) ||24–17–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|50||W||January 25, 2000||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||25–17–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|51||L||January 27, 2000||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) ||25–18–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|52||L||January 29, 2000||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) ||25–19–7–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|53||W||February 1, 2000||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||26–19–7–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|54||T||February 3, 2000||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||26–19–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|55||L||February 8, 2000||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) ||26–20–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|56||W||February 10, 2000||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||27–20–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|57||L||February 13, 2000||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||27–21–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|58||L||February 15, 2000||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) ||27–22–8–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|59||T||February 17, 2000||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) ||27–22–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|60||W||February 18, 2000||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) ||28–22–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|61||L||February 20, 2000||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||28–23–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|62||L||February 22, 2000||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) ||28–24–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|63||L||February 25, 2000||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) ||28–25–9–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|64||T||February 27, 2000||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||28–25–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|65||L||February 29, 2000||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||28–26–10–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|66||W||March 2, 2000||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) ||29–26–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|67||W||March 4, 2000||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) ||30–26–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|68||W||March 7, 2000||8–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||31–26–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|69||W||March 10, 2000||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||32–26–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|70||W||March 12, 2000||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) ||33–26–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|71||W||March 14, 2000||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||34–26–10–1 || |- style="text-align:center;"|72||T||March 16, 2000||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Nashville Predators (1999–2000) ||34–26–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|73||L||March 18, 2000||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||34–27–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|74||L||March 20, 2000||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||34–28–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|75||W||March 23, 2000||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||35–28–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|76||W||March 26, 2000||2–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||36–28–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|77||W||March 27, 2000||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) ||37–28–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|78||W||March 29, 2000||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||38–28–11–1 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|79||W||April 2, 2000||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||39–28–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|80||W||April 5, 2000||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||40–28–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|81||W||April 7, 2000||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||41–28–11–1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|82||W||April 9, 2000||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||42–28–11–1 || |-|-| Legend:

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#fbb" |1||W||April 13, 2000||6–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc" |2||W||April 15, 2000||3–1 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Avalanche lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc" |3||W||April 17, 2000||4–2 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Avalanche lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fbb" |4||L||April 19, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc" |5||W||April 21, 2000||2–1 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Avalanche win 4–1 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 1 ||W|| April 27, 2000 || 2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 2 ||W|| April 29, 2000 || 3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Avalanche lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fbb" | 3 ||L|| May 1, 2000 || 1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 4 ||W|| May 3, 2000 || 3–2 OT || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 5 ||W|| May 5, 2000 || 4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Avalanche win 4–1 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 1 ||W|| May 13, 2000 || 2–0 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fbb"| 2 ||L|| May 15, 2000 || 2–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Series tied 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 3 ||W|| May 19, 2000 || 2–0 || align="left"| Dallas Stars || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fbb"| 4 ||L|| May 21, 2000 || 1–4 || align="left"| Dallas Stars || Series tied 2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fbb"| 5 ||L|| May 23, 2000 || 2–3 OT || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Stars lead 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 6 ||W|| May 25, 2000 || 2–1 || align="left"| Dallas Stars || Series tied 3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fbb"| 7 ||L|| May 27, 2000 || 2–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars || Stars win 4–3 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Regular seasonPlayoffs
Player
19 C 60 28 53 81 30 28 17 2 7 9 −5 8
23 RW 82 36 36 72 14 16 17 5 4 9 −7 6
37 C 82 20 47 67 8 42 17 4 10 14 7 4
8 D 82 16 36 52 17 46 17 5 5 10 1 20
40 LW 76 17 34 51 6 22 17 2 1 3 −2 2
21 C 49 14 37 51 9 52 16 7 8 15 9 12
18 RW 71 18 27 45 −10 106 17 4 11 15 7 21
26 C 79 8 14 22 9 28 17 1 2 3 3 4
25 LW 75 11 8 19 12 29 17 5 0 5 4 8
14 LW 65 11 7 18 12 28 17 1 3 4 4 0
15 LW 50 8 10 18 −6 12
52 D 59 5 13 18 5 98 16 0 7 7 6 28
55 D 80 3 13 16 5 20 17 0 2 2 −3 4
77 D 14 8 6 14 9 6 13 1 8 9 4 8
24 D 73 5 7 12 26 34 17 2 1 3 4 9
11 LW 68 8 3 11 −2 132
22 RW 13 3 6 9 0 4
29 LW 61 3 6 9 0 24 14 0 1 1 1 4
7 D 69 2 7 9 −7 73 5 0 0 0 2 4
3 D 53 1 7 8 3 36 17 1 1 2 4 6
5 D 34 2 2 4 −8 10
38 RW 27 1 3 4 0 10
49 LW 15 2 1 3 1 6 17 0 1 1 1 6
38 LW 14 1 2 3 −9 2 17 3 2 5 −3 18
36 RW 62 1 2 3 −7 162 4 0 0 0 0 0
33 G 63 0 3 3 10 17 0 1 1 4
30 G 23 0 2 2 6
12 RW 18 1 0 1 −4 8
17 RW 5 0 1 1 −2 4
44 D 33 0 0 0 −5 46
39 LW 1 0 0 0 0 0
43 D 3 0 0 0 2 0
35 G 2 0 0 0 0
50 RW 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Regular seasonPlayoffs
Player
33 63 32 21 8 1640 141 2.28 .914 2 3704 17 11 6 431 31 1.79 .928 3 1039
30 23 9 8 3 618 51 2.54 .917 3 1203
35 2 1 0 0 18 2 2.00 .889 0 60

Awards and records

Awards

TypeAward/honorRecipientRef
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selectionPeter Forsberg[2]
Milan Hejduk
Sandis Ozolinsh
Joe Sakic
NHL Player of the MonthJoe Sakic (March)[3]
NHL Player of the WeekPeter Forsberg (January 17)[4]

Milestones

MilestonePlayerDateRef
1,000th pointJoe SakicDecember 27, 1999[5]
400th goalRay BourqueMarch 18, 2000[6]
Joe SakicMarch 23, 2000[7]

Transactions

Trades

March 6, 2000To Colorado Avalanche
Ray Bourque, Dave Andreychuk[8]
To Boston Bruins
Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson, First Round pick
June 7, 2000To 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.[9]

RoundPlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
125Mikhail KuleshovSeverstal Cherepovets (Russia)
245Martin GrenierQuebec Remparts (QMJHL)
393Branko RadivojevicBelleville Bulls (OHL)
4112Sanny LindstromHuddinge IK (Sweden)
4122Kristian KovacHC Kosice Jr. (Slovakia)
5142William MagnusonLake Superior State University (NCAA)
5152Jordan KrestanovichCalgary Hitmen (WHL)
6158Anders LovdahlHV71 (Sweden)
6183Riku HahlHPK (Finland)
7212Radim VrbataHull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8240Jeff FingerGreen Bay Gamblers (USHL)

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p436, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON,
  2. Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000 . NHL.com . June 10, 2023.
  3. Web site: Joe SAKIC . Colorado Avalanche . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010302182742/http://www.coloradoavalanche.com/team/19.html . March 2, 2001 . NHL Player of the month for March, 2000..
  4. Web site: Forsberg Named Player of Week . NHL.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000604221256/http://www.nhl.com/news/pow011700.htm . June 4, 2000 . January 17, 2000.
  5. Web site: Colorado 5, St. Louis 1 - UPI Archives . UPI . June 10, 2023 . December 27, 1999.
  6. Web site: N.H.L.: ROUNDUP; Bourque Scores No. 400, But Detroit Wins Game . The New York Times . June 10, 2023 . March 19, 2000.
  7. Web site: Sakic's like an Avalanche . Deseret News . June 10, 2023 . March 24, 2000 . Sakic scored three goals, including the 400th of his NHL career.
  8. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.438, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON,
  9. Web site: 1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 10, 2023.