1999–2000 WHL Season
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The 1999–2000 WHL season was the 34th season of the
Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hocke ...
(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
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League notes

*The WHL followed the lead of the
National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
and adopted both 4-on-4 overtime and a standings format that saw teams losing in overtime earn one point.


Regular season


Final standings


Scoring leaders

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


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''


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


Conference quarterfinals


Eastern Conference


Western Conference


Conference semifinals


Conference finals


WHL Championship


All-Star game

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


WHL awards


All-Star Teams


See also

* 2000 Memorial Cup * 2000 NHL Entry Draft *
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* 2000 in sports


References

* 2005–06 WHL Guide {{DEFAULTSORT:1999-2000 WHL season Western Hockey League seasons WHL WHL