1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	15th Eastern
1999–2000 record	14–57–7–4
Home record	TBD
Road record	TBD
Goals for	170
Goals against	313
Team information
General Manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Curt Fraser
Captain	Kelly Buchberger
Alternate captains	Unknown Unknown
Arena	Philips Arena
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	Andrew Brunette (23)
Assists	Andrew Brunette (27)
Points	Andrew Brunette (50)
Penalties in minutes	Denny Lambert (219)
Plus/minus	TBD
Wins	Damian Rhodes (5)
Goals against average	Scott Fankhouser (3.20)

The 1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers season was the inaugural season of the franchise.

Contents 1 NHL draft 2 Expansion draft 3 Regular season 3.1 Final standings 3.2 Game log 4 Player stats 4.1 Regular season 5 Awards and records 5.1 Records 5.2 Milestones 6 Transactions 6.1 Trades 6.2 Free agents 6.3 Claimed from waivers 7 Roster

NHL draftEdit

Atlanta's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)

Expansion draftEdit

#	Player	Drafted from
1.	Trevor Kidd (G)	Carolina Hurricanes
2.	Norm Maracle (G)	Detroit Red Wings
3.	Corey Schwab (G)	Tampa Bay Lightning
4.	Petr Buzek (D)	Dallas Stars
5.	Brett Clark (D)	Montreal Canadiens
6.	Kevin Dean (D)	New Jersey Devils
7.	Maxim Galanov (D)	Pittsburgh Penguins
8.	David Harlock (D)	New York Islanders
9.	Jamie Pushor (D)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
10.	Darryl Shannon (D)	Buffalo Sabres
11.	Chris Tamer (D)	New York Rangers
12.	Mark Tinordi (D)	Washington Capitals
13.	Yannick Tremblay (D)	Toronto Maple Leafs
14.	Kelly Buchberger (RW)	Edmonton Oilers
15.	Sylvain Cloutier (C)	Chicago Blackhawks
16.	Phil Crowe (RW)	Ottawa Senators
17.	Peter Ferraro (RW)	Boston Bruins
18.	Johan Garpenlov (LW)	Florida Panthers
19.	Jody Hull (RW)	Philadelphia Flyers
20.	Matt Johnson (LW)	Los Angeles Kings
21.	Tomi Kallio (LW)	Colorado Avalanche
22.	Steve Staios (RW/D)	Vancouver Canucks
23.	Mike Stapleton (C)	Phoenix Coyotes
24.	Ed Ward (RW)	Calgary Flames
25.	Terry Yake (C)	St. Louis Blues
26.	Alexei Yegorov (RW)	San Jose Sharks

Regular seasonEdit

The newly-formed Thrashers selected Patrik Stefan with the first overall selection in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. They played their first game on October 2, 1999, losing 4–1 to the eventual Stanley Cup Champions, the New Jersey Devils. Captain Kelly Buchberger scored the franchise's first goal in the loss.^[1] The Thrashers would not get their first win until two weeks later. Damian Rhodes blanked the New York Islanders 2–0 on the road.^[1] The Thrashers would not get their first victory in Atlanta until October 23 when they beat the Calgary Flames in their return to Atlanta 2–1.^[1] Andrew Brunette led the team in scoring with 50 points as the Thrashers finished last in the Southeast Division with a NHL worst record of 14–57–7–4.

Final standingsEdit

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Washington Capitals	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	994	102
2	5	Florida Panthers	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	1329	98
3	9	Carolina Hurricanes	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	799	84
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	1733	54
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	1422	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

Game logEdit

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 2, 1999	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 7, 1999	1–7	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	0–2–0–0
3	T	October 9, 1999	5–5 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	0–2–1–0
4	W	October 14, 1999	2–0	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	1–2–1–0
5	T	October 16, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	1–2–2–0
6	L	October 17, 1999	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	1–3–2–0
7	L	October 23, 1999	2–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	1–3–2–1
8	W	October 26, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	2–3–2–1
9	L	October 27, 1999	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	2–4–2–1
10	L	October 31, 1999	4–6	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	2–5–2–1
11	W	November 3, 1999	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	3–5–2–1
12	L	November 6, 1999	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	3–6–2–1
13	L	November 10, 1999	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	3–7–2–1
14	L	November 12, 1999	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	3–8–2–1
15	L	November 13, 1999	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	3–9–2–1
16	W	November 17, 1999	5–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	4–9–2–1
17	L	November 19, 1999	0–4	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	4–10–2–1
18	L	November 20, 1999	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	4–11–2–1
19	W	November 22, 1999	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	5–11–2–1
20	L	November 25, 1999	3–6	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	5–12–2–1
21	L	November 27, 1999	0–3	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	5–13–2–1
22	L	November 28, 1999	2–4	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	5–14–2–1
23	W	December 3, 1999	2–1	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	6–14–2–1
24	W	December 4, 1999	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	7–14–2–1
25	L	December 6, 1999	3–4 OT	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	7–14–2–2
26	L	December 8, 1999	0–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	7–15–2–2
27	L	December 10, 1999	1–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	7–16–2–2
28	L	December 12, 1999	1–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	7–17–2–2
29	L	December 15, 1999	0–4	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	7–18–2–2
30	L	December 17, 1999	1–3	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	7–19–2–2
31	L	December 18, 1999	2–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	7–20–2–2
32	T	December 22, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	7–20–3–2
33	T	December 23, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	7–20–4–2
34	W	December 26, 1999	6–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	8–20–4–2
35	L	December 27, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	8–20–4–3
36	L	December 30, 1999	0–6	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	8–21–4–3
37	L	January 1, 2000	2–4	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	8–22–4–3
38	W	January 4, 2000	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	9–22–4–3
39	W	January 6, 2000	3–1	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	10–22–4–3
40	L	January 8, 2000	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	10–23–4–3
41	L	January 12, 2000	2–5	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	10–24–4–3
42	W	January 14, 2000	1–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	11–24–4–3
43	L	January 16, 2000	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	11–25–4–3
44	T	January 17, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	11–25–5–3
45	L	January 19, 2000	3–4	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	11–26–5–3
46	T	January 21, 2000	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	11–26–6–3
47	L	January 24, 2000	3–6	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	11–27–6–3
48	L	January 27, 2000	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	11–28–6–3
49	L	January 29, 2000	1–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	11–29–6–3
50	L	January 31, 2000	1–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	11–29–6–4
51	L	February 2, 2000	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	11–30–6–4
52	L	February 3, 2000	3–6	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	11–31–6–4
53	L	February 9, 2000	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	11–32–6–4
54	L	February 11, 2000	0–3	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	11–33–6–4
55	L	February 12, 2000	3–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	11–34–6–4
56	L	February 15, 2000	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	11–35–6–4
57	L	February 16, 2000	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	11–36–6–4
58	L	February 20, 2000	2–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	11–37–6–4
59	W	February 22, 2000	4–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	12–37–6–4
60	L	February 25, 2000	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	12–38–6–4
61	L	February 26, 2000	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	12–39–6–4
62	L	February 29, 2000	0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	12–40–6–4
63	L	March 2, 2000	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	12–41–6–4
64	L	March 4, 2000	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	12–42–6–4
65	L	March 6, 2000	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	12–43–6–4
66	L	March 10, 2000	0–9	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	12–44–6–4
67	L	March 12, 2000	1–5	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	12–45–6–4
68	L	March 13, 2000	0–3	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	12–46–6–4
69	L	March 16, 2000	2–4	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	12–47–6–4
70	W	March 18, 2000	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	13–47–6–4
71	L	March 21, 2000	1–7	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	13–48–6–4
72	T	March 22, 2000	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	13–48–7–4
73	L	March 24, 2000	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	13–49–7–4
74	L	March 26, 2000	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	13–50–7–4
75	L	March 28, 2000	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	13–51–7–4
76	L	March 29, 2000	2–3	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	13–52–7–4
77	L	March 31, 2000	0–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	13–53–7–4
78	W	April 2, 2000	5–4	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	14–53–7–4
79	L	April 4, 2000	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	14–54–7–4
80	L	April 6, 2000	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	14–55–7–4
81	L	April 8, 2000	3–4	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	14–56–7–4
82	L	April 9, 2000	1–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	14–57–7–4

Player statsEdit

Regular seasonEdit

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Andrew Brunette	LW	81	23	27	50	30	-32	9	0	2
Ray Ferraro	C	81	19	25	44	88	-33	10	0	3
Nelson Emerson	RW	58	14	19	33	47	-24	4	0	0
Yannick Tremblay	D	75	10	21	31	22	-42	4	1	2
Dean Sylvester	RW	52	16	10	26	24	-14	1	0	2
Patrik Stefan	C	72	5	20	25	30	-20	1	0	0
Mike Stapleton	C	62	10	12	22	30	-29	4	0	1
Petr Buzek	D	63	5	14	19	41	-22	3	0	0
Darryl Shannon	D	49	5	13	18	65	-14	1	0	1
Kelly Buchberger	RW	68	5	12	17	139	-34	0	0	0
Johan Garpenlov	LW	73	2	14	16	31	-30	0	0	0
Domenichelli, HnatHnat Domenichelli	LW	27	6	9	15	4	-21	0	0	0
Andreas Karlsson	C	51	5	9	14	14	-17	1	0	0
Steve Guolla	C	20	4	9	13	4	-13	2	0	0
Donald Audette	RW	14	7	4	11	12	-4	0	1	1
Denny Lambert	LW	73	5	6	11	219	-17	2	0	0
Shean Donovan	RW	33	4	7	11	18	-13	1	0	1
Gord Murphy	D	58	1	10	11	38	-26	0	0	0
Chris Tamer	D	69	2	8	10	91	-32	0	0	0
Maxim Galanov	D	40	4	3	7	20	-12	0	0	0
Per Svartvadet	C	38	3	4	7	6	-8	0	0	0
Matt Johnson	LW	64	2	5	7	144	-11	0	0	0
Frantisek Kaberle	D	14	1	6	7	6	-13	0	1	0
Ed Ward	RW	44	5	1	6	44	-5	0	2	0
David Harlock	D	44	0	6	6	36	-8	0	0	0
Steve Staios	D	27	2	3	5	66	-5	0	0	0
Jason Botterill	LW	25	1	4	5	17	-7	0	0	1
Sergei Vyshedkevich	D	7	1	3	4	2	-3	1	0	0
Kevin Dean	D	23	1	0	1	14	-5	0	1	0
Rumun Ndur	D	27	1	0	1	71	-17	0	0	0
Herbert Vasiljevs	RW	7	1	0	1	4	-3	0	0	0
Brett Clark	D	14	0	1	1	4	-12	0	0	0
Martin Prochazka	RW	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Bryan Adams	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Eric Bertrand	LW	8	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0
Scott Fankhouser	G	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Geordie Kinnear	D	4	0	0	0	13	-1	0	0	0
Scott Langkow	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Maracle	G	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris McAlpine	D	3	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
Damian Rhodes	G	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rick Tabaracci	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vladimir Vujtek	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Damian Rhodes	1561	28	5	19	3	101	3.88	1	803	702	.874
Norm Maracle	1618	32	4	19	2	94	3.49	1	852	758	.890
Scott Langkow	765	15	3	11	0	55	4.31	0	395	340	.861
cott Fankhouser	920	16	2	11	2	49	3.20	0	451	402	.891
Rick Tabaracci	59	1	0	1	0	4	4.07	0	32	28	.875
Team:	4923	82	14	61	7	303	3.69	2	2533	2230	.880

Awards and recordsEdit

RecordsEdit

MilestonesEdit

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached

TransactionsEdit

TradesEdit

In return for agreeing not to select certain unprotected players in the expansion draft, the Thrashers were granted concessions by other franchises. The trades were officially booked as being for "future considerations":

• Ottawa traded Damian Rhodes to Atlanta on June 18, 1999
• Buffalo traded Dean Sylvester to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
• Calgary traded Andreas Karlsson to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
• Detroit traded Ulf Samuelsson to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
• New Jersey traded Sergei Vyshedkevich to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
• Phoenix traded Scott Langkow to Atlanta on June 25, 1999

Free agentsEdit

Player Former team Contract terms

Player New team

Claimed from waiversEdit

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

RosterEdit

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