1999–00 Calgary Flames season
| 1999–2000 Calgary Flames | |
|---|---|
| Division | 4th Northwest |
| Conference | 12th Western |
| 1999–2000 record | 31–41–10–5 |
| Home record | 20–14–6–1 |
| Road record | 11–26–4–4 |
| Goals for | 211 (21st) |
| Goals against | 256 (25th) |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Al Coates |
| Coach | Brian Sutter |
| Captain | Steve Smith |
| Arena | Canadian Airlines Saddledome |
| Average attendance | 14,946 |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Valeri Bure (35) |
| Assists | Phil Housley (44) |
| Points | Valeri Bure (75) |
| Penalties in minutes | Wade Belak (122) |
| Wins | Fred Brathwaite (25) |
| Goals against average | Fred Brathwaite (2.75) |
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. The Flames were pitting their hopes for ending their playoff drought on the off-season acquisition of 37-year-old goaltender Grant Fuhr.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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