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1999–2000 Calgary Flames
Division4th Northwest
Conference12th Western
1999–2000 record31–41–10–5
Home record20–14–6–1
Road record11–22–4–4
Goals for211 (21st)
Goals against256 (25th)
Team information
General managerAl Coates
CoachBrian Sutter
CaptainSteve Smith
ArenaCanadian Airlines Saddledome
Average attendance14,946
Minor league affiliate(s)Saint John Flames
Johnstown Chiefs
Team leaders
GoalsValeri Bure (35)
AssistsPhil Housley (44)
PointsValeri Bure (75)
Penalty minutesWade Belak (122)
Plus/minusBobby Dollas (+4)
WinsFred Brathwaite (25)
Goals against averageFred Brathwaite (2.75)
Calgary Flames 20th anniversary logo

The 1999–2000 Calgary Flames season was the 20th National Hockey League season in Calgary. It featured a very young line-up, as befitted the "Young Guns" slogan the team was using at the time. Twenty-nine-year-old Steve Dubinsky was the oldest forward on the team when the season started.[1] The Flames were pitting their hopes for ending their playoff drought on the off-season acquisition of 37-year-old goaltender Grant Fuhr.[1]

The season started with young sniper Jarome Iginla holding out, as he was unable to come to a contract agreement with General Manager Al Coates. Despite lacking a contract, Iginla attended training camp, however he missed the first two games of the season before a deal could be reached.[2]

The Flames youth led to an inconsistent team, often bouncing between long winning and losing streaks. It took the Flames 20 games to win their first game in regulation time, however the team would break an NHL record on January 21, 2000 by winning their eighth overtime game. At the end of the season the Flames set an NHL record by winning ten games in overtime. The Flames also struggled with injuries all season, losing 479 man-games to injury, and using a total of 45 players over the course of 1999–2000.[3] As a result, the Flames would finish last in the Northwest Division, missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

Following the season, the Flames cleaned house, firing Coates, and announcing they would not be offering head coach Brian Sutter and assistant coach Rich Preston new contracts.[3]

On the bright side for the Flames, two players were selected to participate in the 2000 NHL All Star Game, as Phil Housley represented the North American team, while Valeri Bure represented the European team.[4]

Rookie defenceman Robyn Regehr became the youngest nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in NHL history after he survived a serious car accident over the summer of 1999 that left him with two broken legs.[5][6] Regehr would play 57 games for the Flames, but would not win the award.

Prior to the season, the Flames lost right winger Ed Ward to the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft. The Flames also dealt Andreas Karlsson to the Thrashers in exchange for promises not to select certain unprotected players.

Regular season

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Season standings

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Northwest Division[7]
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[8]
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

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1999–2000 regular season[9]
October: 3–8–2–0 (home: 0–3–2–0; road: 3–5–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts Recap
1 October 2 Calgary 3 – 5 San Jose 0–1–0–0 0 Recap
2 October 6 St. Louis 4 – 1 Calgary 0–2–0–0 0 Recap
3 October 8 Montreal 4 – 1 Calgary 0–3–0–0 0 Recap
4 October 11 Carolina 3 – 3 Calgary OT 0–3–1–0 1 Recap
5 October 13 Calgary 4 – 3 Vancouver OT 1–3–1–0 3 Recap
6 October 15 Los Angeles 4 – 1 Calgary 1–4–1–0 3 Recap
7 October 16 Vancouver 4 – 4 Calgary OT 1–4–2–0 4 Recap
8 October 19 Calgary 1 – 7 St. Louis 1–5–2–0 4 Recap
9 October 22 Calgary 3 – 2 Florida OT 2–5–2–0 6 Recap
10 October 23 Calgary 1 – 2 Tampa Bay 2–6–2–0 6 Recap
11 October 26 Calgary 1 – 2 Atlanta 2–7–2–0 6 Recap
12 October 28 Calgary 4 – 3 Ottawa OT 3–7–2–0 8 Recap
13 October 30 Calgary 1 – 2 Toronto 3–8–2–0 8 Recap
November: 5–6–0–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 0–4–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts Recap
14 November 3 Nashville 4 – 5 Calgary OT 4–8–2–0 10 Recap
15 November 6 Florida 6 – 3 Calgary 4–9–2–0 10 Recap
16 November 10 San Jose 3 – 4 Calgary OT 5–9–2–0 12 Recap
17 November 13 Colorado 5 – 2 Calgary 5–10–2–0 12 Recap
18 November 16 Calgary 1 – 2 Phoenix 5–11–2–0 12 Recap
19 November 17 Calgary 1 – 2 Anaheim 5–12–2–0 12 Recap
20 November 19 Detroit 1 – 3 Calgary 6–12–2–0 14 Recap
21 November 23 NY Islanders 2 – 3 Calgary 7–12–2–0 16 Recap
22 November 25 Chicago 1 – 2 Calgary OT 8–12–2–0 18 Recap
23 November 27 Calgary 1 – 7 Colorado 8–13–2–0 18 Recap
24 November 30 Calgary 3 – 4 Carolina 8–14–2–0 18 Recap
December: 8–2–3–1 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 4–1–2–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts Recap
25 December 2 Calgary 5 – 0 NY Islanders 9–14–2–0 20 Recap
26 December 4 Calgary 4 – 2 New Jersey 10–14–2–0 22 Recap
27 December 6 Calgary 2 – 3 NY Rangers OT 10–14–2–1 23 Recap
28 December 7 Calgary 3 – 3 Montreal OT 10–14–3–1 24 Recap
29 December 10 Vancouver 2 – 3 Calgary 11–14–3–1 26 Recap
30 December 12 Calgary 2 – 1 Chicago 12–14–3–1 28 Recap
31 December 14 Calgary 1 – 1 St. Louis OT 12–14–4–1 29 Recap
32 December 15 Calgary 1 – 5 Dallas 12–15–4–1 29 Recap
33 December 18 Ottawa 1 – 2 Calgary 13–15–4–1 31 Recap
34 December 21 Dallas 0 – 0 Calgary OT 13–15–5–1 32 Recap
35 December 23 Edmonton 1 – 2 Calgary 14–15–5–1 34 Recap
36 December 26 Calgary 2 – 0 Vancouver 15–15–5–1 36 Recap
37 December 27 Philadelphia 5 – 1 Calgary 15–16–5–1 36 Recap
38 December 29 Anaheim 1 – 3 Calgary 16–16–5–1 38 Recap
January: 7–6–0–0 (home: 6–0–0–0; road: 1–6–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts Recap
39 January 2 Vancouver 2 – 4 Calgary 17–16–5–1 40 Recap
40 January 5 Calgary 0 – 4 Colorado 17–17–5–1 40 Recap
41 January 6 Calgary 2 – 5 Chicago 17–18–5–1 40 Recap
42 January 8 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Calgary OT 18–18–5–1 42 Recap
43 January 12 Dallas 1 – 2 Calgary 19–18–5–1 44 Recap
44 January 15 Toronto 0 – 4 Calgary 20–18–5–1 46 Recap
45 January 18 Detroit 1 – 6 Calgary 21–18–5–1 48 Recap
46 January 19 Calgary 0 – 7 Edmonton 21–19–5–1 48 Recap
47 January 21 Nashville 4 – 5 Calgary OT 22–19–5–1 50 Recap
48 January 24 Calgary 4 – 3 Boston OT 23–19–5–1 52 Recap
49 January 26 Calgary 1 – 2 Washington 23–20–5–1 52 Recap
50 January 28 Calgary 1 – 4 Detroit 23–21–5–1 52 Recap
51 January 29 Calgary 1 – 3 Nashville 23–22–5–1 52 Recap
February: 3–3–2–4 (home: 2–1–2–1; road: 1–2–0–3)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts Recap
52 February 1 St. Louis 5 – 4 Calgary OT 23–22–5–2 53 Recap
53 February 3 Chicago 5 – 5 Calgary OT 23–22–6–2 54 Recap
54 February 9 Calgary 3 – 4 Vancouver OT 23–22–6–3 55 Recap
55 February 10 Calgary 2 – 3 Colorado 23–23–6–3 55 Recap
56 February 12 Calgary 3 – 4 Phoenix 23–24–6–3 55 Recap
57 February 14 Calgary 3 – 4 Los Angeles OT 23–24–6–4 56 Recap
58 February 16 Calgary 5 – 6 Anaheim OT 23–24–6–5 57 Recap
59 February 18 Edmonton 2 – 4 Calgary 24–24–6–5 59 Recap
60 February 19 Calgary 3 – 2 Edmonton OT 25–24–6–5 61 Recap
61 February 23 Los Angeles 7 – 2 Calgary 25–25–6–5 61 Recap
62 February 25 Phoenix 3 – 3 Calgary OT 25–25–7–5 62 Recap
63 February 26 Atlanta 2 – 5 Calgary 26–25–7–5 64 Recap
March: 4–8–2–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts Recap
64 March 1 Pittsburgh 2 – 8 Calgary 27–25–7–5 66 Recap
65 March 3 Anaheim 1 – 4 Calgary 28–25–7–5 68 Recap
66 March 5 New Jersey 2 – 2 Calgary OT 28–25–8–5 69 Recap
67 March 7 Colorado 8 – 3 Calgary 28–26–8–5 69 Recap
68 March 9 Toronto 6 – 2 Calgary 28–27–8–5 69 Recap
69 March 11 Calgary 1 – 3 Los Angeles 28–28–8–5 69 Recap
70 March 13 Calgary 3 – 5 San Jose 28–29–8–5 69 Recap
71 March 15 Ottawa 3 – 1 Calgary 28–30–8–5 69 Recap
72 March 18 Buffalo 5 – 1 Calgary 28–31–8–5 69 Recap
73 March 19 Calgary 3 – 2 Edmonton 29–31–8–5 71 Recap
74 March 22 Calgary 2 – 2 Detroit OT 29–31–9–5 72 Recap
75 March 23 Calgary 2 – 4 Buffalo 29–32–9–5 72 Recap
76 March 25 Calgary 2 – 1 Nashville 30–32–9–5 74 Recap
77 March 31 Phoenix 3 – 1 Calgary 30–33–9–5 74 Recap
April: 1–3–1–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 0–1–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts Recap
78 April 1 San Jose 0 – 3 Calgary 31–33–9–5 76 Recap
79 April 3 Calgary 2 – 2 Dallas OT 31–33–10–5 77 Recap
80 April 5 Calgary 5 – 6 St. Louis 31–34–10–5 77 Recap
81 April 7 Colorado 3 – 1 Calgary 31–35–10–5 77 Recap
82 April 8 Edmonton 6 – 3 Calgary 31–36–10–5 77 Recap
Legend:

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

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Flames only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8 Valeri Bure RW 82 35 40 75 −7 50
12 Jarome Iginla RW 77 29 34 63 0 26
6 Phil Housley D 78 11 44 55 −12 24
27 Marc Savard C 78 22 31 53 −2 56
53 Derek Morris D 78 9 29 38 2 80
62 Andrei Nazarov RW 76 10 22 32 3 78
11 Jeff Shantz C 74 13 18 31 −13 30
24 Jason Wiemer LW 64 11 11 22 −10 120
23 Clarke Wilm C 78 10 12 22 −6 67
16 Cory Stillman C 37 12 9 21 −9 12
22 Bill Lindsay LW 80 8 12 20 −7 86
15 Martin St. Louis C 56 3 15 18 −5 22
17 Hnat Domenichelli‡ C 32 5 9 14 0 12
20 Rene Corbet‡ LW 48 4 10 14 −7 60
28 Robyn Regehr D 57 5 7 12 −2 46
25[a] Sergei Krivokrasov† RW 12 1 10 11 2 4
5 Tommy Albelin D 41 4 6 10 −3 12
4 Bobby Dollas† D 49 3 7 10 4 28
21 Andreas Johansson† LW 28 3 7 10 −3 14
2 Darryl Shannon† D 27 1 8 9 −13 22
32 Cale Hulse‡ D 47 1 6 7 −11 47
38 Jeff Cowan LW 13 4 1 5 2 16
7 Marc Bureau† C 9 1 3 4 −3 2
55 Steve Smith D 20 0 4 4 −13 42
37 Sergei Varlamov RW 7 3 0 3 0 0
26[b] Steve Begin C 13 1 1 2 −3 18
3 Denis Gauthier D 39 1 1 2 −4 50
33 Brad Werenka† D 12 1 1 2 −2 21
29 Wade Belak D 40 0 2 2 −4 122
26 Travis Brigley‡ LW 17 0 2 2 −6 4
39[c] Benoit Gratton LW 10 0 2 2 1 10
50 Pavel Torgaev‡ LW 9 0 2 2 0 4
17[d] Chris Clark RW 22 0 1 1 −3 14
18 Steve Dubinsky C 23 0 1 1 −12 4
34 Stewart Malgunas† D 4 0 1 1 1 2
19 Oleg Saprykin C 4 0 1 1 −4 2
17 Jason Botterill† LW 2 0 0 0 −4 0
40 Fred Brathwaite G 61 0 0 0 4
36 Eric Charron D 21 0 0 0 −3 37
15 Rico Fata RW 2 0 0 0 −1 0
31 Grant Fuhr G 23 0 0 0 2
47 Jean-Sebastien Giguere G 7 0 0 0 2
25 Dave Roche LW 2 0 0 0 −1 5
45[e] Darrel Scoville D 6 0 0 0 1 2
32 Lee Sorochan D 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
40 Fred Brathwaite 61 25 25 7 1664 158 2.75 .905 5 3448
31 Grant Fuhr 23 5 13 2 536 77 3.83 .856 0 1205
47 Jean-Sebastien Giguere 7 1 3 1 175 15 2.72 .914 0 330

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Valeri Bure [10]
Phil Housley
NHL Player of the Month Jarome Iginla (February) [11]
NHL Player of the Week Fred Brathwaite (December 27) [12]
Team Molson Cup Fred Brathwaite [13]
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award Robyn Regehr [14]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Oleg Saprykin October 2, 1999 [15]
Robyn Regehr October 28, 1999
Darrel Scoville November 10, 1999
Chris Clark January 12, 2000
Jeff Cowan February 25, 2000

Transactions

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The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1999–2000 season.[16]

Trades

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June 26, 1999 To Calgary Flames
Marc Savard
1st round pick in 1999 		To New York Rangers
Jan Hlavac
1st round pick in 1999
3rd round pick in 1999
September 5, 1999 To Calgary Flames
Grant Fuhr 		To St. Louis Blues
3rd round pick in 2000
September 30, 1999 To Calgary Flames
Bill Lindsay 		To Florida Panthers
Todd Simpson
February 11, 2000 To Calgary Flames
Darryl Shannon
Jason Botterill 		To Atlanta Thrashers
Hnat Domenichelli
Dmitri Vlasenkov
March 6, 2000 To Calgary Flames
Marc Bureau 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Travis Brigley
6th round pick in 2001
March 14, 2000 To Calgary Flames
Brad Werenka 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Rene Corbet
Tyler Moss
March 14, 2000 To Calgary Flames
Sergei Krivokrasov 		To Nashville Predators
Cale Hulse
3rd round pick in 2001
June 10, 2000 To Calgary Flames
2nd round draft pick in 2000 		To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Free agents

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Player Former team
Player New team
Andrew Cassels Vancouver Canucks
Ken Wregget Detroit Red Wings

Draft picks

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Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, held in Boston, Massachusetts.[17] The Flames had the 9th overall pick, however they traded down two spots to get Marc Savard from the New York Rangers. With the 11th overall pick, the Flames drafted Oleg Saprykin.

Rnd Pick Player Nationality Position Team (league) NHL statistics
GP G A Pts PIM
1 11 Oleg Saprykin  Russia C Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 325 55 82 137 240
2 38 Dan Cavanaugh  United States C Boston University (HE)
3 77 Craig Anderson†  United States G Guelph Storm (OHL) 406 182–148–2–48, 2.72GAA
4 106 Rail Rozakov  Russia D Russia
5 135 Matt Doman  United States F Wisconsin (NCAA)
6 153 Jesse Cook  United States D Denver (NCAA)
6 166 Cory Pecker  Canada D Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6 170 Matt Underhill  Canada G Cornell (NCAA) 1 0–1–0–0, 3.93GAA
7 190 Blair Stayzer  Canada LW Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
9 252 Dmitri Kirilenko  Russia RW CSKA Moscow (RSL)
Statistics are updated to the end of the 2014–15 NHL season. † denotes player was on an NHL roster in 2014–15.

Farm teams

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Saint John Flames

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The Baby Flames finished the 1999–2000 season with a .500 record at 32–32–11–5, good enough for 2nd place in the Atlantic Division. They would be swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Lowell Lock Monsters three games to none, however. Daniel Tkaczuk and Benoit Gratton led the team in points with 66 each, while Rico Fata led in goals with 29. Ten different goaltenders suited up for the Flames, led by Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who started 44 games.[18]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Krivokrasov wore number 17 in his first game.
  2. ^ Begin wore number 7 in his first six games and number 33 in his next six games.
  3. ^ Gratton wore number 37 in his first five games.
  4. ^ Clark wore number 7 through February 23.
  5. ^ Scoville wore number 4 in his first game and number 2 in his next three games.

References

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  • Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 112
  • Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 135
  • "Calgary Flames 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  • "1999-00 Calgary Flames Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
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  2. ^ Jarome Iginla may hold out: report, cbcsports, August 21, 2002, accessed January 12, 2007
  3. ^ a b Calgary Flames fire coach and GM, cbcsports, Accessed January 12, 2007
  4. ^ All Star Selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 22
  5. ^ Robyn Regehr profile, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 61
  6. ^ Mah, Andrew Robyn Regehr:Calgary Flames Strongman Archived 2007-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, Where Calgary, November 2006, accessed January 12, 2007
  7. ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  8. ^ "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  9. ^ "1999-00 Calgary Flames Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "Flames' Iginla Named Player of the Month". NHL.com. March 1, 2000. Archived from the original on May 17, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  12. ^ "Calgary's Brathwaite Named Player of Week". NHL.com. December 27, 1999. Archived from the original on April 16, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  13. ^ Hanlon, Peter; Kelso, Sean (eds.), 2010–11 Calgary Flames Media Guide, Calgary Flames Hockey Club, p. 143
  14. ^ "JAROME IGINLA SELECTED AS RECIPIENT OF RALPH SCURFIELD HUMANITARIAN AWARD". Calgary Flames. April 9, 2002. Archived from the original on October 21, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  15. ^ "1999-00 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  16. ^ Calgary Flames 1997–2003 transactions, hockeynut.com, accessed January 12, 2007
  17. ^ Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed January 12, 2007
  18. ^ 1999–2000 Saint John Flames, hockeydb.com, Accessed January 12, 2007
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