1998–99 Calgary Flames season

The 1998–99 Calgary Flames season was the 19th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The Flames opened their season up at "home", in Tokyo, Japan, as the NHL scheduled a two-game series in the Asian country between the Flames and the San Jose Sharks.[1]

1998–99 Calgary Flames
Division	3rd Northwest
Conference	9th Western
1998–99 record	30–40–12
Home record	15–20–6
Road record	15–20–6
Goals for	211 (15th)
Goals against	234 (22nd)
Team information
General Manager	Al Coates
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Todd Simpson
Alternate captains	Theoren Fleury (Oct-Feb) Jason Wiemer
Arena	Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Average attendance	16,201
Team leaders
Goals	Theoren Fleury (30) (traded mid-season)
Assists	Phil Housley (43)
Points	Theoren Fleury (69) (traded mid-season)
Penalty minutes	Jason Wiemer (177)
Wins	Fred Brathwaite (11)
Goals against average	Fred Brathwaite (2.45)

Calgary Flames 3rd jersey logo, introduced in 1998

The Flames were plagued by numerous injuries to their goaltenders, including both starter Ken Wregget and backup Tyler Moss at the same time. Ultimately, the Flames were forced to recall Tyrone Garner from his junior team on an emergency basis before finally signing Fred Brathwaite, who was playing in Europe with the Canadian National team. The highly popular Brathwaite recorded a shutout against the Dallas Stars in his first start, allowing the Flames goaltending situation to stabilize. In all, the Flames used six different goaltenders.

February 28, 1999, marked the end of an era for the Flames, as diminutive star Theoren Fleury was dealt to the Colorado Avalanche in a five player trade that ultimately saw prospect Robyn Regehr come to the Flames as part of the deal. Fleury was the Flames' all-time leading scorer when he was dealt. The deal was made as the small-market Flames felt they would be unable to meet Fleury's contract demands, as he was set to become an Unrestricted Free Agent in the summer.[2]

Despite losing their top star, the Flames proceeded to win seven of their first ten games without Fleury, propelling them into a playoff position. Calgary would win only two of their last eleven games, however, falling to 9th in the conference and missing the playoffs by six points.

Before being dealt, Fleury represented the Flames at the 1999 NHL All Star Game, recording two assists for the North American team.[3]

During this season, the Flames introduced the "flaming horse" third jerseys in conjunction with the "Year of the Cowboy."[4]

Prior to the season, the Flames lost defenceman Joel Bouchard to the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. In addition, the Flames dealt Jim Dowd to the Preds in exchange for a promise not to draft a goaltender in the draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Colorado Avalanche	82	44	28	10	239	205	1619	98
2	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	33	37	12	230	226	1373	78
3	9	Calgary Flames	82	30	40	12	211	234	1389	72
4	13	Vancouver Canucks	82	23	47	12	192	258	1764	58

[5]

Western Conference[6]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	51	19	12	236	168	114
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	28	10	239	205	98
3	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	43	32	7	245	202	93
4	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	39	31	12	205	197	90
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	37	32	13	237	209	87
6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	34	13	215	206	83
7	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	31	33	18	196	191	80
8	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	33	37	12	230	226	78
9	Calgary Flames	NW	82	30	40	12	211	234	72
10	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	41	12	202	248	70
11	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	32	45	5	189	222	69
12	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	47	7	190	261	63
13	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	23	47	12	192	258	58

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

1998–99 Game Log
October: 2–5–2 (Home: 0–2–2; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 9 San Jose 3 – 3 Calgary OT Wregget N/A^† 0–0–1 1 2 October 10 Calgary 5 – 3 San Jose Wregget N/A^† 1–0–1 3 3 October 16 Toronto 7 – 3 Calgary Wregget 17,104 1–1–1 3 4 October 18 Calgary 0 – 2 Detroit Wregget 19,983 1–2–1 3 5 October 20 Calgary 1 – 3 Dallas Wregget 16,181 1–3–1 3 6 October 23 Calgary 4 – 3 Nashville Wregget 14,902 2–3–1 5 7 October 24 Calgary 3 – 4 St. Louis Wregget 19,036 2–4–1 5 8 October 28 Pittsburgh 5 – 2 Calgary Wregget 15,112 2–5–1 5 9 October 30 Washington 0 – 0 Calgary OT Wregget 15,164 2–5–2 6 ^†The Flames and Sharks opened the season with a "home and home" series in Tokyo, Japan.
November: 5–8–0 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 10 November 1 Calgary 4 – 1 Chicago Wregget 15,034 3–5–2 8 11 November 3 Calgary 5 – 2 Detroit Moss 19,983 4–5–2 10 12 November 6 Nashville 2 – 1 Calgary Moss 15,471 4–6–2 10 13 November 8 Colorado 1 – 3 Calgary Giguère 16,556 5–6–2 12 14 November 10 Los Angeles Kings 4 – 5 Calgary OT Giguère 15,247 6–6–2 14 15 November 12 Vancouver 4 – 3 Calgary Moss 15,358 6–7–2 14 16 November 14 Anaheim 1 – 0 Calgary Moss 16,288 6–8–2 14 17 November 16 Detroit 3 – 5 Calgary Moss 15,896 7–8–2 16 18 November 19 Calgary 3 – 4 Montreal Giguère 20,102 7–9–2 16 19 November 21 Calgary 1 – 4 Ottawa Moss 17,154 7–10–2 16 20 November 23 Calgary 2 – 3 Toronto Giguère 15,726 7–11–2 16 21 November 25 Calgary 3 – 4 Nashville Giguère 14,511 7–12–2 16 22 November 27 Edmonton 3 – 2 Calgary Moss 17,104 7–13–2 16 23 November 28 Chicago 4 – 5 Calgary Giguère 15,642 8–13–2 18
December: 4–8–1 (Home: 1–6–0; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 24 December 3 Tampa Bay 1 – 4 Calgary Moss 15,203 9–13–2 20 25 December 5 Phoenix 3 – 2 Calgary Moss 15,285 9–14–2 20 26 December 7 Dallas 3 – 2 Calgary Moss 16,351 9–15–2 22 27 December 11 Calgary 2 – 1 Tampa Bay Giguère 11,614 10–15–2 24 28 December 12 Calgary 4 – 2 Florida Giguère 17,337 11–15–2 26 29 December 14 Calgary 2 – 5 NY Rangers Giguère 18,200 11–16–2 26 30 December 17 Calgary 3 – 3 Philadelphia OT Giguère 19,449 11–16–3 27 31 December 18 Calgary 5 – 2 New Jersey Giguère 17,324 12–16–3 29 32 December 22 Vancouver 5 – 3 Calgary Giguère 16,874 12–17–3 29 33 December 23 Calgary 2 – 5 Vancouver Giguère 15,987 12–18–3 29 34 December 27 Colorado 2 – 1 Calgary Giguère 17,104 12–19–3 29 35 December 29 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Calgary OT Trefilov 17,104 12–20–3 29 36 December 31 Montreal 2 – 1 Calgary N/A N/A 12–21–3 29
January: 4–6–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 37 January 2 Calgary 1 – 7 Buffalo Trefilov 16,419 12–22–3 29 38 January 4 Calgary 1 – 5 Boston Garner 14,491 12–23–3 29 39 January 5 Calgary 1 – 5 Pittsburgh Garner 11,992 12–24–3 29 40 January 8 Dallas 0 – 1 Calgary Brathwaite 16,278 13–24–3 31 41 January 10 Florida 2 – 1 Calgary Brathwaite 15,348 13–25–3 31 42 January 13 Calgary 2 – 1 Anaheim Brathwaite 13,542 14–25–3 33 43 January 14 Calgary 0 – 3 Los Angeles Brathwaite 10,334 14–26–3 33 44 January 16 Calgary 3 – 3 San Jose OT Brathwaite 17,483 14–26–4 34 45 January 19 Detroit 1 – 3 Calgary Brathwaite 15,840 15–26–4 36 46 January 21 Calgary 2 – 4 Colorado Brathwaite 16,061 15–27–4 36 47 January 28 Chicago 6 – 6 Calgary OT Brathwaite 15,807 15–27–5 37 48 January 30 St. Louis 3 – 4 Calgary OT Brathwaite 15,822 16–27–5 39
February: 5–2–5 (Home: 4–2–3; Road: 1–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 49 February 1 Calgary 2 – 2 Dallas OT Brathwaite 16,928 16–27–6 40 50 February 2 Calgary 2 – 2 Phoenix OT Brahwaite 14,117 16–27–7 41 51 February 4 Nashville 2 – 2 Calgary OT Brathwaite 15,062 16–27–8 42 52 February 6 Ottawa 2 – 1 Calgary Brathwaite 16,498 16–28–8 42 53 February 8 Edmonton 1 – 2 Calgary Brathwaite 16,842 17–28–8 44 54 February 9 Calgary 2 – 1 Colorado Wregget 16,061 18–28–8 46 55 February 12 Boston 3 – 4 Calgary Brathwaite 15,856 19–28–8 48 56 February 19 Anaheim 3 – 6 Calgary Wregget 16,347 20–28–8 50 57 February 20 Los Angeles 2 – 2 Calgary Brathwaite 16,758 20–28–9 51 58 February 22 NY Rangers 2 – 6 Calgary Brathwaite 17,104 21–28–9 53 59 February 24 Buffalo 2 – 2 Calgary OT Brathwaite 15,382 21–28–10 54 60 February 26 St. Louis 4 – 2 Calgary Brathwaite 16,103 21–29–10 54
March: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 5–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 61 March 1 San Jose 2 – 1 Calgary Wregget 16,358 21–30–10 54 62 March 5 Calgary 5 – 1 Vancouver Brathwaite 14,005 22–30–10 56 63 March 6 Calgary 4 – 1 Los Angeles Brathwaite 14,451 23–30–10 58 64 March 9 Calgary 7 – 4 St. Louis Wregget 14,861 24–30–10 60 65 March 12 Calgary 1 – 2 Carolina Wregget 8,564 24–31–10 60 66 March 13 Calgary 5 – 4 Washington OT Brathwaite 19,740 25–31–10 62 67 March 16 Calgary 4 – 2 Nashville Wregget 17,298 26–31–10 64 68 March 17 Calgary 1 – 3 Chicago Brathwaite 15,650 26–32–10 64 69 March 21 NY Islanders 1 – 2 Calgary Wregget 16,571 27–32–10 66 70 March 22 Calgary 2 – 2 Edmonton OT Wregget 17,100 27–32–11 67 71 March 25 Montreal 1 – 2 Calgary Wregget 17,104 28–32–11 69 72 March 27 Calgary 1 – 2 Phoenix Wregget 16,210 28–33–11 69 73 March 28 Calgary 1 – 5 Anaheim Brathwaite 15,975 28–34–11 69 74 March 30 Calgary 3 – 3 Colorado OT Wregget 16,061 28–34–12 70
April: 2–6–0 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 75 April 1 Phoenix 4 – 1 Calgary Wregget 16,453 28–35–12 70 76 April 3 Toronto 5 – 1 Calgary Wregget 17,104 28–36–12 70 77 April 7 Calgary 2 – 4 Edmonton Wregget 17,100 28–37–12 70 78 April 9 Edmonton 4 – 1 Calgary Wregget 17,104 28–38–12 70 79 April 12 Vancouver 2 – 0 Calgary Brathwaite 15,238 28–39–12 70 80 April 14 Calgary 5 – 4 Vancouver Brathwaite 15,135 29–39–12 72 81 April 15 Colorado 1 – 4 Calgary Wregget 17,104 30–39–12 74 82 April 17 Calgary 2 – 3 Edmonton Brathwaite 17,100 30–40–12 74

Playoffs

The Flames finished 9th in the Western Conference, just six points behind the 8th place Edmonton Oilers. Calgary failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cory Stillman	16		76	27	30	57	38		-	-	-	-	-
Phil Housley	6		79	11	43	54	52		-	-	-	-	-
Valeri Bure	8		80	26	27	53	22		-	-	-	-	-
Jarome Iginla	12		82	28	23	51	58		-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Cassels	21		70	12	25	37	18		-	-	-	-	-
Derek Morris	53		71	7	27	34	73		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Shantz^†	11		69	12	17	29	40		-	-	-	-	-
Jason Wiemer	24		78	8	13	21	177		-	-	-	-	-
Clarke Wilm	23		78	10	8	18	53		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	55		69	1	14	15	80		-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Nazarov^†	62		36	5	9	14	30		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Dubinsky^†	18		61	4	10	14	14		-	-	-	-	-
Cale Hulse	32		73	3	9	12	117		-	-	-	-	-
Hnat Domenichelli	17		23	5	5	10	11		-	-	-	-	-
Todd Simpson	27		73	2	8	10	151		-	-	-	-	-
Rene Corbet^†	20		20	5	4	9	10		-	-	-	-	-
Ed Ward	42		68	3	5	8	67		-	-	-	-	-
Denis Gauthier	3		55	3	4	7	68		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Roche	25		36	3	3	6	44		-	-	-	-	-
Tommy Albelin	5		60	1	5	6	8		-	-	-	-	-
Bob Bassen	28		41	1	2	3	35		-	-	-	-	-
Martin St. Louis	46		13	1	1	2	10		-	-	-	-	-
Fred Brathwaite	40		28	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
Eric Landry	26		3	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Wade Belak^†	29		9	0	1	1	23		-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Moss	30		11	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Eric Charron	39		12	0	1	1	14		-	-	-	-	-
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	47		15	0	1	1	4		-	-	-	-	-
Rico Fata	44		20	0	1	1	4		-	-	-	-	-
Ken Wregget	31		27	0	1	1	8		-	-	-	-	-
Lee Sorochan	33		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Rocky Thompson	22		3	0	0	0	25		-	-	-	-	-
Tyrone Garner	1		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Trefilov^†	35		4	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Tom Chorske^†	26		7	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Bench/Traded players	--		33	47	80	123	-		-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Fred Brathwaite	40		28	1663	11	9	7	68	1	2.45		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Wregget	31		27	1590	10	12	4	67	1	2.53		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	47		15	860	6	7	1	46	0	3.21		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Moss	30		11	550	3	7	0	23	0	2.51		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Trefilov^†	35		4	162	0	3	0	11	0	4.07		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrone Garner	1		3	139	0	2	0	12	0	5.18		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season.[7]

Trades

June 17, 1998	To Calgary Flames Ken Wregget Dave Roche	To Pittsburgh Penguins German Titov Todd Hlushko
June 26, 1998	To Calgary Flames Future Considerations	To Nashville Predators Jim Dowd
July 2, 1998	To Calgary Flames David Cooper	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ladislav Kohn
July 14, 1998	To Calgary Flames Bob Bassen	To Dallas Stars Aaron Gavey
August 7, 1998	To Calgary Flames Future Considerations	To Washington Capitals Rick Tabaracci
October 27, 1998	To Calgary Flames Jeff Shantz Steve Dubinsky	To Dallas Stars Jamie Allison Marty McInnis Erik Andersson
December 29, 1998	To Calgary Flames Andrei Trefilov	To Chicago Blackhawks Future Considerations
February 28, 1999	To Calgary Flames Rene Corbet Wade Belak Robyn Regehr	To Colorado Avalanche Theoren Fleury Chris Dingman
March 22, 1999	To Calgary Flames Tom Chorske	To Washington Capitals Future Considerations
March 23, 1999	To Calgary Flames Cash considerations	To San Jose Sharks Greg Pankewicz

Free agents

Player Former team

Player New team

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Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, held in Buffalo, New York.[8]

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	6	Rico Fata	Canada	RW	London Knights (OHL)	230	27	36	63	104
2	33	Blair Betts	Canada	C	Prince George Cougars (WHL)	477	41	37	78	118
3	62	Paul Manning	Canada	D	Colorado College (NCAA)	8	0	0	0	2
4	102	Shaun Sutter	Canada	RW	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4	108	Dany Sabourin	Canada	G	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)	57	17–23–2–4, 2.87GAA
5	120	Brent Gauvreau	Canada	RW	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	192	Radek Duda	Czech Republic	RW	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
8	206	Jonas Frogren	Sweden	D	Färjestads BK (SEL)	41	1	6	7	28
9	234	Kevin Mitchell	United States	D	Guelph Storm (OHL)

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

The Baby Flames finished the 1998–99 AHL season with a record of 31–40–8–1, fourth in the Atlantic Division with 71 points. They proceeded to shock the division winning Lowell Lock Monsters in the first round of the playoffs 3 games to 0. The Flames would then be swept themselves by the Fredericton Canadiens.[9] Martin St. Louis led the Flames in both goals (28) and points (62). Saint John used five different goaltenders as a result of Calgary's injury woes in goal. Jean-Sebastien Giguere played the most games, going 18–16–3 in 39 games.[10]

Johnstown Chiefs

The Flames signed a secondary affiliation deal with the Johnstown Chiefs of the East Coast Hockey League prior to the start of the season.[7] They finished 27–34–9, fifth, and last, in the Northeast Division. The Chiefs missed the playoffs.[11]

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

References

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Kingston, NY: Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto, ON: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
• Dryden, Steve, ed. (2000). Century of hockey. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. ISBN 0-7710-4179-9.
• Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley; Hughes, Morgan; Romain, Joseph; Duplacey, James (2003). The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International Inc. ISBN 0-7853-9624-1.

• Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 113.
• Game log: Flames 1998–99 results, usatoday.com, accessed January 12, 2007.
• Team standings: 1998–99 NHL standings @hockeydb.com.
• Trades: hockeydb.com Player pages.

Notes

1. Recap: San Jose 3, Calgary 3, usatoday.com, accessed January 12, 2007.
2. Dolezar, Jon A., Say it aint so: Calgary Flames, cnnsi.com, August 8, 2001, accessed January 13, 2007.
3. All Star Selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 22.
4. Flames history, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 4.
5. Dinger 2011, p. 155.
6. "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
7. Calgary Flames 1997–2003 transactions, hockeynut.com, accessed January 12, 2007.
8. Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed January 12, 2007.
9. 1998–99 AHL playoffs @ hockeydb.com, accessed January 14, 2007.
10. Saint John Flames player stats @ hockeydb.com, accessed January 14, 2007.
11. 1998–99 ECHL standings @ hockeydb.com, accessed January 14, 2007.