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1998–99 Calgary Flames season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1998–99
year	1998
Team	Calgary Flames
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	30–40–12
HomeRecord	15–20–6
RoadRecord	15–20–6
GoalsFor	211
GoalsAgainst	234
GeneralManager	Al Coates
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Todd Simpson
AltCaptain	Theoren Fleury (Oct.–Feb.)
Jason Wiemer
Arena	Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Attendance	16,201
MinorLeague	Saint John Flames
Johnstown Chiefs
GoalsLeader	Theoren Fleury (30)
AssistsLeader	Phil Housley (43)
PointsLeader	Theoren Fleury (69)
PIMLeader	Jason Wiemer (177)
PlusMinusLeader	Theoren Fleury (+18)
Todd Simpson (+18)
WinsLeader	Fred Brathwaite (11)
GAALeader	Fred Brathwaite (2.45)
next_season	[1999–2000](1999-2000-calgary-flames-season)

Jason Wiemer Johnstown Chiefs Todd Simpson (+18) 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.

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.

Calgary Flames 3rd jersey logo, introduced in 1998

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.

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.

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

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

Schedule and results

|- | 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 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

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.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
14	RW	60	30	39	69	18	68
16	C	76	27	30	57	7	38
6	D	79	11	43	54	14	52
8	RW	80	26	27	53	0	22
12	RW	82	28	23	51	1	58
21	C	70	12	25	37	−12	18
53	D	71	7	27	34	4	73
11	C	69	12	17	29	15	40
24	C	78	8	13	21	−12	177
23	C	78	10	8	18	11	53
55	D	69	1	14	15	3	80
62	LW	36	5	9	14	1	30
18	C	61	4	10	14	−7	14
32	D	73	3	9	12	−8	117
17	C	23	5	5	10	−4	11
27	D	73	2	8	10	18	151
20	LW	20	5	4	9	−2	10
42	RW	68	3	5	8	−4	67
3	D	55	3	4	7	3	68
25	C	36	3	3	6	−1	44
5	D	60	1	5	6	−11	8
26	C	9	2	3	5	1	2
28	C	41	1	2	3	−13	35
33	RW	18	0	3	3	0	20
18	C	6	1	1	2	−1	6
15	C	13	1	1	2	−2	10
40	G	28	0	2	2		2
29	D	9	0	1	1	3	23
38	D	12	0	1	1	−6	14
44	C	20	0	1	1	0	4
47	G	15	0	1	1		4
26	C	3	0	1	1	1	0
30	G	11	0	1	1		0
19	D	10	0	1	1	−1	2
31	G	27	0	1	1		8
26	LW	7	0	0	0	−5	2
1	G	3	0	0	0		0
4	D	4	0	0	0	−2	8
33	D	2	0	0	0	−3	0
22	RW	3	0	0	0	0	25
35	G	4	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
40	Fred Brathwaite	28	11	9	7	796	68	2.45	.915	1	1663
31	Ken Wregget	27	10	12	4	712	67	2.87	.906	1	1590
47	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	15	6	7	1	447	46	3.21	.897	0	860
30	Tyler Moss	11	3	7	0	295	23	2.51	.922	0	550
1	Tyrone Garner	3	0	2	0	74	12	5.18	.838	0	139
35	Andrei Trefilov	4	0	3	0	84	11	4.01	.869	0	162

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](1999-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Theoren Fleury
Molson Cup	Fred Brathwaite
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award	Ed Ward

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Rico Fata	October 9, 1998
Martin St. Louis
Clarke Wilm
Tyrone Garner	January 2, 1999
Lee Sorochan	March 27, 1999

Transactions

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

Trades

March 23, 1999	To Calgary Flames Cash considerations	To San Jose Sharks Greg Pankewicz

Free agents

Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1998 NHL entry draft, held in Buffalo, New York.

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

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. They finished 27–34–9, fifth, and last, in the Northeast Division. The Chiefs missed the playoffs.

Notes

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 113.
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References

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