1999–2000 WHL season

The 1999–2000 WHL season was the 34th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The season featured eighteen teams and a 72-game season. The Calgary Hitmen won their second consecutive Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for having the league's best regular season record. In the playoffs, the Kootenay Ice won the franchise's first President's Cup in just their second season playing in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

1999–2000 WHL season
League	Western Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	18
Regular season
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy	Calgary Hitmen (2)
Season MVP	Brad Moran (Calgary Hitmen)
Top scorer	Brad Moran (Calgary Hitmen)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Dan Blackburn (Ice)
Finals champions	Kootenay Ice (1)
Runners-up	Spokane Chiefs

1999–2000 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	54
OHL
QMJHL
WHL
Memorial Cup
Finals champions	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) (1st title)
Runners-up	Barrie Colts (OHL)

League notes

• The WHL followed the lead of the National Hockey League and adopted both 4-on-4 overtime and a standings format that saw teams losing in overtime earn one point.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
x Swift Current Broncos	72	47	18	4	3	101	257	170
x Saskatoon Blades	72	34	27	8	3	79	216	223
x Regina Pats	72	32	29	6	5	75	234	255
x Prince Albert Raiders	72	26	33	6	7	65	221	257
x Moose Jaw Warriors	72	25	34	9	4	63	221	259
Brandon Wheat Kings	72	25	38	4	5	59	212	260

Central Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
x Calgary Hitmen	72	58	10	2	2	120	313	182
x Kootenay Ice	72	44	14	11	3	102	275	200
x Red Deer Rebels	72	32	31	9	0	73	227	229
Lethbridge Hurricanes	72	25	38	4	5	59	220	250
Medicine Hat Tigers	72	21	39	6	6	54	222	295

West Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
x Spokane Chiefs	72	47	19	4	2	100	272	191
x Prince George Cougars	72	43	20	4	5	95	279	228
x Seattle Thunderbirds	72	34	26	8	4	80	250	221
x Kamloops Blazers	72	36	30	5	1	78	244	228
x Kelowna Rockets	72	25	40	4	3	57	193	228
x Tri-City Americans	72	24	39	7	2	57	231	288
Portland Winter Hawks	72	16	49	7	0	39	173	296

Map of WHL, 1998–97 to 2000–01

190km
118miles

Wheat Kings

Pats

Warriors

Raiders

Blades

Broncos

Tigers

Hurricanes

Rebels

Hitmen

Ice

Chiefs

Americans

Rockets

Blazers

Thunderbirds

Winterhawks

Cougars

   

   East Division

   Central Division

   West Division

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brad Moran	Calgary Hitmen	72	48	72	120	84
Pavel Brendl	Calgary Hitmen	61	59	52	111	91
Radek Duda	Lethbridge Hurricanes	69	42	64	106	190
Layne Ulmer	Swift Current Broncos	71	50	54	104	66
Justin Mapletoft	Red Deer Rebels	72	39	57	96	135
Tim Smith	Spokane Chiefs	71	26	70	96	61
Trent Hunter	Prince George Cougars	67	46	49	95	47
Mike G. Green	Kootenay Ice	69	43	49	92	63
Zdenek Blatny	Seattle/Kootenay	68	47	44	91	131
Jeremy Reich	Swift Current Broncos	72	33	58	91	167

Goaltending leaders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties ; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Bryce Wandler	Swift Current Broncos	56	3257	37	15	2	112	6	.919	2.06
Brent Krahn	Calgary Hitmen	39	2316	33	6	0	92	4	.912	2.38
Dan Blackburn	Kootenay Ice	51	3004	34	8	7	126	3	.912	2.52
Tyler MacKay	Saskatoon/Spokane	42	2357	25	11	2	109	2	.883	2.77
Cam Ondrik	Medicine Hat/Saskatoon	58	3381	30	24	4	159	4	.908	2.82

2000 WHL Playoffs

• Top eight teams in the Eastern Conference (East and Central divisions) qualified for playoffs
• Top six teams in the Western Conference (division) qualified for the playoffs

First round

Division Semi-Finals

Division Finals

WHL Championship

C1

Calgary

4

E5

Moose Jaw

0

C1

Calgary

4

E2

Saskatoon

0

E2

Saskatoon

4

E3

Regina

3

C1

Calgary

1

C2

Kootenay

4

C2

Kootenay

4

C3

Red Deer

0

C2

Kootenay

4

E1

Swift Current

2

E1

Swift Current

4

E4

Prince Albert

2

C2

Kootenay

4

W1

Spokane

2

W1

Spokane

4

W6

Tri-City

0

W1

Spokane

bye

W1

Spokane

4

W2

Prince George

1

W2

Prince George

4

W5

Kelowna

1

W2

Prince George

3

W3

Seattle

0

W3

Seattle

4

W4

Kamloops

0

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

Calgary vs. Moose Jaw Date Away Home March 29 Moose Jaw 4 5 Calgary OT March 30 Moose Jaw 3 6 Calgary April 1 Calgary 4 2 Moose Jaw April 2 Calgary 8 2 Moose Jaw Calgary wins series 4–0	Kootenay vs. Red Deer Date Away Home March 30 Red Deer 4 7 Kootenay March 31 Red Deer 0 8 Kootenay April 2 Kootenay 7 4 Red Deer April 3 Kootenay 2 1 Red Deer OT Kootenay wins series 4–0
Swift Current vs. Prince Albert Date Away Home March 30 Prince Albert 3 2 Swift Current March 31 Prince Albert 2 6 Swift Current April 2 Swift Current 4 2 Prince Albert April 3 Swift Current 2 5 Prince Albert April 5 Prince Albert 3 6 Swift Current April 7 Swift Current 4 3 Prince Albert Swift Current wins series 4–2	Saskatoon vs. Regina Date Away Home March 29 Regina 6 4 Saskatoon March 31 Saskatoon 1 6 Regina April 1 Regina 0 3 Saskatoon April 3 Saskatoon 6 3 Regina April 5 Regina 0 4 Saskatoon April 7 Saskatoon 2 7 Regina April 8 Regina 1 5 Saskatoon Saskatoon wins series 4–3

Western Conference

Spokane vs. Tri-City Date Away Home March 29 Tri-City 1 8 Spokane March 31 Spokane 6 2 Tri-City April 1 Spokane 3 2 Tri-City April 5 Tri-City 0 2 Spokane Spokane wins series 4–0	Seattle vs. Kamloops Date Away Home April 1 Kamloops 2 5 Seattle April 2 Kamloops 2 7 Seattle April 4 Seattle 3 2 Kamloops April 5 Seattle 5 2 Kamloops Seattle wins series 4–0
Prince George vs. Kelowna Date Away Home March 31 Kelowna 4 2 Prince George April 1 Kelowna 0 4 Prince George April 4 Prince George 4 1 Kelowna April 5 Prince George 4 2 Kelowna April 7 Kelowna 3 4 Prince George OT Prince George wins series 4–1

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference
Calgary vs. Saskatoon Date Away Home April 10 Saskatoon 0 7 Calgary April 11 Saskatoon 2 6 Calgary April 13 Calgary 6 2 Saskatoon April 14 Calgary 4 2 Saskatoon Calgary wins series 4–0	Kootenay vs. Swift Current Date Away Home April 10 Swift Current 2 1 Kootenay April 11 Swift Current 2 6 Kootenay April 13 Kootenay 1 2 Swift Current April 14 Kootenay 4 2 Swift Current April 16 Swift Current 1 6 Kootenay April 18 Kootenay 3 1 Swift Current Kootenay wins series 4–2

Western Conference
Prince George vs. Seattle Date Away Home April 13 Seattle 2 5 Prince George April 14 Seattle 0 7 Prince George April 16 Prince George 4 2 Seattle Prince George wins series 3–0	Spokane earns bye

Conference finals

Eastern Conference	Western Conference
Calgary vs. Kootenay Date Away Home April 21 Kootenay 2 3 Calgary April 22 Kootenay 3 2 Calgary April 25 Calgary 2 3 Kootenay April 26 Calgary 2 3 Kootenay April 29 Kootenay 6 5 Calgary OT Kootenay wins series 4–1	Prince George vs. Spokane Date Away Home April 23 Prince George 4 5 Spokane April 24 Prince George 3 4 Spokane April 25 Spokane 0 3 Prince George April 28 Spokane 4 3 Prince George OT April 29 Spokane 4 2 Prince George Spokane wins series 4–1

WHL Championship

Kootenay vs. Spokane
Date	Away	Home
May 5	Spokane 3	2 Kootenay
May 6	Spokane 3	2 Kootenay
May 9	Kootenay 3	2 Spokane
May 10	Kootenay 4	1 Spokane
May 12	Spokane 1	2 Kootenay
May 13	Kootenay 1	0 Spokane
Kootenay wins series 4–2

All-Star game

On January 19, the Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 10–9 at Kelowna, British Columbia before a crowd of 5,420.

WHL awards

Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (Player of the Year): Brad Moran, Calgary Hitmen

Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy (Scholastic Player of the Year): Chris Nielson, Calgary Hitmen

Scholastic Team of the Year: Portland Winterhawks

Bob Clarke Trophy (Top scorer): Brad Moran, Calgary Hitmen

Brad Hornung Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike Player): Trent Hunter, Prince George Cougars

Bill Hunter Trophy (Top Defenseman): Micki Dupont, Kamloops Blazers

Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Dan Blackburn, Kootenay Ice

Del Wilson Trophy (Top Goaltender): Bryce Wandler, Swift Current Broncos

Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy (Coach of the Year): Todd McLellan, Swift Current Broncos

Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy (Executive of the Year): Tim Speltz, Spokane Chiefs

Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy (Best regular season record): Calgary Hitmen

Allen Paradice Memorial Trophy (Top Official): Mike Hasenfratz

St. Clair Group Trophy (Marketing/Public Relations Award): Mike Jenkins, Prince Albert Raiders

WHL Humanitarian of the Year: Chris Nielson, Calgary Hitmen

WHL Plus-Minus Award: Kenton Smith, Calgary Hitmen

WHL Playoff Most Valuable Player: Dan Blackburn, Kootenay Ice

All-Star Teams

Eastern Conference
	First Team		Second Team
Goal	Bryce Wandler	Swift Current Broncos	Dan Blackburn	Kootenay Ice
Defense	Steve McCarthy	Kootenay Ice	Barret Jackman	Regina Pats
	Lawrence Nycholat	Swift Current Broncos	Matt Kinch	Calgary Hitmen
Forward	Justin Mapletoft	Red Deer Rebels	Zdenek Blatny	Kootenay Ice
	Brad Moran	Calgary Hitmen	Pavel Brendl	Calgary Hitmen
	Layne Ulmer	Swift Current Broncos	Mike Green	Kootenay Ice
Western Conference
	First Team		Second Team
Goal	Kevin Swanson	Kelowna Rockets	unknown
Defense	Micki DuPont	Kamloops Blazers
	Garry Toor	Prince George Cougars
Forward	Trent Hunter	Prince George Cougars
	Tyler Bouck	Prince George Cougars
	Tim Smith	Spokane Chiefs

See also

• 2000 Memorial Cup
• 2000 NHL Entry Draft
• 1999 in sports
• 2000 in sports

References

• 2005–06 WHL Guide

Preceded by 1998–99 WHL season	WHL seasons	Succeeded by 2000–01 WHL season