# 1999–2000 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1999–2000 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 33rd in the National Hockey League. It was the first season under ownership led by former superstar Mario Lemieux.

## Off-season

In June 1999, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge granted former player Mario Lemieux ownership of the Penguins franchise, who were in danger of either relocating to Portland, Oregon, or folding. Lemieux received final approval of team ownership by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on September 3, 1999.

## Regular season

On April 7, 2000, Jaromir Jagr scored just 13 seconds into the overtime period to give the Penguins a 2–1 road win over the Buffalo Sabres. It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 1999–2000 regular season.

### Final standings

Atlantic Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 237 | 179 | 105 |
| 2 | 4 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 |
| 3 | 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 236 | 88 |
| 4 | 11 | New York Rangers | 82 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 218 | 246 | 73 |
| 5 | 13 | New York Islanders | 82 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 194 | 275 | 58 |
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 Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | z – Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 237 | 179 | 105 |
| 2 | y – Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 227 | 194 | 102 |
| 3 | y – Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 246 | 222 | 100 |
| 4 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 |
| 5 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 209 | 98 |
| 6 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 244 | 210 | 95 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 236 | 88 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 213 | 204 | 85 |
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| 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 217 | 216 | 84 |
| 10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 196 | 194 | 83 |
| 11 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 218 | 246 | 73 |
| 12 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 210 | 248 | 73 |
| 13 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 194 | 275 | 58 |
| 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 19 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 204 | 310 | 54 |
| 15 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 14 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 170 | 313 | 39 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs; z – Won conference; y – Won division

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1999–2000 regular season :
October: 2–3–3–1 (home: 0–1–2–0; road: 2–2–1–1), 8 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
1October 1Pittsburgh Penguins4–6Dallas Stars0–1–0–00Recap
2October 7Pittsburgh Penguins7–5New Jersey Devils1–1–0–02Recap
3October 8Colorado Avalanche3–3Pittsburgh Penguins1–1–0–13Recap
4October 14Pittsburgh Penguins5–2New York Rangers2–1–0–15Recap
5October 16Chicago Blackhawks3–3Pittsburgh Penguins2–1–0–26Recap
6October 23Carolina Hurricanes3–2Pittsburgh Penguins2–2–0–26Recap
7October 27Pittsburgh Penguins1–2 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim2–2–1–27Recap
8October 28Pittsburgh Penguins3–5Los Angeles Kings2–3–1–27Recap
9October 30Pittsburgh Penguins1–1San Jose Sharks2–3–1–38Recap :
November: 6–5–0–2 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 1–3–0–2), 14 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
10November 2Los Angeles Kings5–4Pittsburgh Penguins2–4–1–38Recap
11November 4Pittsburgh Penguins1–2Ottawa Senators2–5–1–38Recap
12November 6Tampa Bay Lightning7–4Pittsburgh Penguins2–6–1–38Recap
13November 10Montreal Canadiens4–5Pittsburgh Penguins3–6–1–310Recap
14November 12Pittsburgh Penguins2–3 OTDetroit Red Wings3–6–2–311Recap
15November 13Nashville Predators2–6Pittsburgh Penguins4–6–2–313Recap
16November 16Buffalo Sabres2–3Pittsburgh Penguins5–6–2–315Recap
17November 18Pittsburgh Penguins1–2Tampa Bay Lightning5–7–2–315Recap
18November 20Pittsburgh Penguins1–2 OTFlorida Panthers5–7–3–316Recap
19November 23Toronto Maple Leafs1–3Pittsburgh Penguins6–7–3–318Recap
20November 26Ottawa Senators0–5Pittsburgh Penguins7–7–3–320Recap
21November 27Pittsburgh Penguins3–5Carolina Hurricanes7–8–3–320Recap
22November 30Pittsburgh Penguins4–1Buffalo Sabres8–8–3–322Recap :
December: 8–4–0–2 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 3–2–0–2), 18 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
23December 2San Jose Sharks5–2Pittsburgh Penguins8–9–3–322Recap
24December 4Pittsburgh Penguins2–3 OTToronto Maple Leafs8–9–4–323Recap
25December 7Pittsburgh Penguins1–2New Jersey Devils8–10–4–323Recap
26December 9Washington Capitals0–3Pittsburgh Penguins9–10–4–325Recap
27December 11Phoenix Coyotes2–4Pittsburgh Penguins10–10–4–327Recap
28December 14Boston Bruins2–4Pittsburgh Penguins11–10–4–329Recap
29December 15Pittsburgh Penguins6–3Carolina Hurricanes12–10–4–331Recap
30December 18Florida Panthers5–2Pittsburgh Penguins12–11–4–331Recap
31December 20Pittsburgh Penguins1–5Montreal Canadiens12–12–4–331Recap
32December 21Pittsburgh Penguins4–0New York Islanders13–12–4–333Recap
33December 23Tampa Bay Lightning3–4Pittsburgh Penguins14–12–4–335Recap
34December 26Pittsburgh Penguins4–2Chicago Blackhawks15–12–4–337Recap
35December 29Pittsburgh Penguins2–3 OTWashington Capitals15–12–5–338Recap
36December 30New York Islanders3–9Pittsburgh Penguins16–12–5–340Recap :
January: 5–8–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 1–5–0–0), 11 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
37January 2Detroit Red Wings3–4Pittsburgh Penguins17–12–5–342Recap
38January 5New Jersey Devils3–1Pittsburgh Penguins17–13–5–342Recap
39January 7Toronto Maple Leafs2–5Pittsburgh Penguins18–13–5–344Recap
40January 8Pittsburgh Penguins2–6Philadelphia Flyers18–14–5–344Recap
41January 12Pittsburgh Penguins1–3Phoenix Coyotes18–15–5–344Recap
42January 13Pittsburgh Penguins3–4Colorado Avalanche18–16–5–344Recap
43January 15Pittsburgh Penguins2–4Nashville Predators18–17–5–344Recap
44January 19St. Louis Blues1–3Pittsburgh Penguins19–17–5–346Recap
45January 22Pittsburgh Penguins2–4Montreal Canadiens19–18–5–346Recap
46January 23Philadelphia Flyers4–4Pittsburgh Penguins19–18–5–447Recap
47January 25New York Rangers4–3Pittsburgh Penguins19–19–5–447Recap
48January 27Atlanta Thrashers1–4Pittsburgh Penguins20–19–5–449Recap
49January 29Mighty Ducks of Anaheim7–1Pittsburgh Penguins20–20–5–449Recap
50January 31Pittsburgh Penguins2–1 OTAtlanta Thrashers21–20–5–451Recap :
February: 5–3–4–1 (home: 4–0–4–0; road: 1–3–0–1), 15 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
51February 1Washington Capitals2–3Pittsburgh Penguins22–20–5–453Recap
52February 3New York Islanders2–4Pittsburgh Penguins23–20–5–455Recap
53February 9Atlanta Thrashers2–5Pittsburgh Penguins24–20–5–457Recap
54February 11Edmonton Oilers2–2Pittsburgh Penguins24–20–5–558Recap
55February 12Pittsburgh Penguins1–5New York Islanders24–21–5–558Recap
56February 14Vancouver Canucks0–3Pittsburgh Penguins25–21–5–560Recap
57February 16Buffalo Sabres1–1Pittsburgh Penguins25–21–5–661Recap
58February 19Pittsburgh Penguins2–1Florida Panthers26–21–5–663Recap
59February 21Pittsburgh Penguins1–2Tampa Bay Lightning26–22–5–663Recap
60February 22Pittsburgh Penguins3–4New York Rangers26–23–5–663Recap
61February 24Pittsburgh Penguins3–4 OTPhiladelphia Flyers26–23–6–664Recap
62February 26Boston Bruins2–2Pittsburgh Penguins26–23–6–765Recap
63February 28Ottawa Senators1–1Pittsburgh Penguins26–23–6–866Recap :
March: 8–6–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 4–4–0–0), 16 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
64March 1Pittsburgh Penguins2–8Calgary Flames26–24–6–866Recap
65March 4Pittsburgh Penguins3–2Edmonton Oilers27–24–6–868Recap
66March 8Montreal Canadiens3–0Pittsburgh Penguins27–25–6–868Recap
67March 9Pittsburgh Penguins0–7Ottawa Senators27–26–6–868Recap
68March 11New York Rangers1–3Pittsburgh Penguins28–26–6–870Recap
69March 13New Jersey Devils3–2Pittsburgh Penguins28–27–6–870Recap
70March 16Florida Panthers2–4Pittsburgh Penguins29–27–6–872Recap
71March 18Pittsburgh Penguins2–3Boston Bruins29–28–6–872Recap
72March 19New York Rangers4–5Pittsburgh Penguins30–28–6–874Recap
73March 21Pittsburgh Penguins8–2New York Islanders31–28–6–876Recap
74March 24Pittsburgh Penguins5–3Atlanta Thrashers32–28–6–878Recap
75March 26Pittsburgh Penguins1–3Philadelphia Flyers32–29–6–878Recap
76March 28New Jersey Devils2–3Pittsburgh Penguins33–29–6–880Recap
77March 30Pittsburgh Penguins4–3 OTWashington Capitals34–29–6–882Recap :
April: 3–2–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 2–1–0–0), 6 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPointsRecap
78April 1Philadelphia Flyers3–2Pittsburgh Penguins34–30–6–882Recap
79April 3Carolina Hurricanes2–3Pittsburgh Penguins35–30–6–884Recap
80April 5Pittsburgh Penguins4–2Toronto Maple Leafs36–30–6–886Recap
81April 7Pittsburgh Penguins2–1 OTBuffalo Sabres37–30–6–888Recap
82April 9Pittsburgh Penguins1–3Boston Bruins37–31–6–888Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Washington Capitals – Penguins win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeSeriesRecap
1April 13Pittsburgh Penguins7–0Washington Capitals1–0Recap
2April 15Washington Capitals1–2 OTPittsburgh Penguins2–0Recap
3April 17Washington Capitals3–4Pittsburgh Penguins3–0Recap
4April 19Pittsburgh Penguins2–3Washington Capitals3–1Recap
5April 21Pittsburgh Penguins2–1Washington Capitals4–1Recap :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeSeriesRecap
1April 27Pittsburgh Penguins2–0Philadelphia Flyers1–0Recap
2April 29Pittsburgh Penguins4–1Philadelphia Flyers2–0Recap
3May 2Philadelphia Flyers4–3 OTPittsburgh Penguins2–1Recap
4May 4Philadelphia Flyers2–1 OTPittsburgh Penguins2–2Recap
5May 7Pittsburgh Penguins3–6Philadelphia Flyers2–3Recap
6May 9Philadelphia Flyers2–1Pittsburgh Penguins2–4Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jaromir Jagr | 63 | 42 | 54 | 96 | 25 | 50 |
| Alex Kovalev | 82 | 26 | 40 | 66 | -3 | 94 |
| Robert Lang | 78 | 23 | 42 | 65 | -9 | 14 |
| Martin Straka | 71 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 24 | 26 |
| Jan Hrdina | 70 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 13 | 43 |
| German Titov$^‡$ | 63 | 17 | 25 | 42 | -3 | 34 |
| Aleksey Morozov | 68 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 14 |
| Jiri Slegr | 74 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 20 | 82 |
| Matthew Barnaby | 64 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 197 |
| Rob Brown | 50 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -13 | 10 |
| Tyler Wright | 50 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 45 |
| Michal Rozsival | 75 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 48 |
| Kip Miller$^‡$ | 44 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -1 | 10 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 73 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -12 | 146 |
| Hans Jonsson | 68 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 12 |
| Pat Falloon$^†$ | 30 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 10 |
| Ian Moran | 73 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 28 |
| Brad Werenka$^‡$ | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 69 |
| Josef Beranek$^†$ | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| Janne Laukkanen$^†$ | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| Robert Dome | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Ference | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| Tom Chorske | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
| Peter Popovic | 54 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 30 |
| Stephen Leach | 56 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -11 | 24 |
| John Slaney | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -10 | 10 |
| Martin Sonnenberg | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Boughner$^†$ | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 69 |
| Rene Corbet$^†$ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Daniel Trebil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Bonvie | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 80 |
| Sven Butenschon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 241 | 426 | 667 | — | 1,197 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jaromir Jagr | 11 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 6 |
| Jan Hrdina | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| Martin Straka | 11 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
| Robert Lang | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 |
| Janne Laukkanen | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| Alex Kovalev | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| Jiri Slegr | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| Tyler Wright | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Rob Brown | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Josef Beranek | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Rene Corbet | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 10 |
| Bob Boughner | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| Matthew Barnaby | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 29 |
| John Slaney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Falloon | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Moran | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hans Jonsson | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Peter Popovic | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 10 |
| Aleksey Morozov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Michal Rozsival | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 31 | 54 | 85 | — | 167 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jean-Sebastien Aubin | 51 | 48 | 2788:50 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 120 | 2.58 | 1392 | 0.914 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Barrasso$^‡$ | 18 | 16 | 869:34 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 3.17 | 386 | 0.881 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Peter Skudra | 20 | 12 | 922:16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 3.12 | 374 | 0.872 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Tugnutt$^†$ | 7 | 6 | 374:19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2.40 | 197 | 0.924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 82 | 4954:59 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 229 | 2.77 | 2349 | 0.903 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ron Tugnutt | 11 | 11 | 746:03 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1.77 | 398 | 0.945 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Skudra | 1 | 0 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 11 | 0.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 11 | 766:03 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1.80 | 409 | 0.944 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Art Ross Trophy | Jaromir Jagr |
| League (annual) | Lester B. Pearson Award | Jaromir Jagr |
| League (annual) | Lester Patrick Trophy | Mario Lemieux |
| League (annual) | Lester Patrick Trophy | Craig Patrick |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Jaromir Jagr (Right Wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Jaromir Jagr |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Month | Jaromir Jagr (November) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Jaromir Jagr (November 15) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Jean-Sebastien Aubin (February 21) |
| Team | A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award | Jean-Sebastien Aubin |
| Team | Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award | Rob Brown |
| Team | Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award | Jiri Slegr |
| Team | Leading Scorer Award | Jaromir Jagr |
| Team | Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy | Jean-Sebastien Aubin |
| Team | Most Valuable Player Award | Jaromir Jagr |
| Team | Players' Player Award | Martin Straka |
| Team | The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award | Matthew Barnaby |
| Team | The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award | Ian Moran |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Andrew Ference | October 1, 1999 |
| First game | Michal Roszival | October 1, 1999 |
| First game | Hans Jonsson | October 14, 1999 |

## Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 1999–2000 season:

### Trades

| September 30, 1999 | To New York Rangers Kevin Hatcher | To Pittsburgh Penguins Peter Popovic |
| January 29, 2000 | To Anaheim Ducks Kip Miller | To Pittsburgh Penguins 2000 9th round pick |
| March 13, 2000 | To Nashville Predators Pavel Skrbek | To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Boughner |
| March 14, 2000 | To Edmonton Oilers German Titov | To Pittsburgh Penguins Josef Beranek |
| March 14, 2000 | To Anaheim Ducks 2000 5th round pick | To Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Trebil |
| March 14, 2000 | To Calgary Flames Brad Werenka | To Pittsburgh Penguins Rene Corbet Tyler Moss |
| March 14, 2000 | To Ottawa Senators Tom Barrasso | To Pittsburgh Penguins Janne Laukkanen Ron Tugnutt |

## Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 18 | Konstantin Koltsov | Left Wing | Belarus | Severstal Cherepovets (RSL) |
| 2 | 51 | Matt Murley | Left Wing | United States | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) |
| 2 | 57 | Jeremy Van Hoof | Defense | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 3 | 86 | Sebastien Caron | Goaltender | Canada | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 115 | Ryan Malone | Left Wing | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
| 5 | 144 | Tomas Skvaridlo | Center | Slovakia | HKm Zvolen Jr. (Slovakia) |
| 5 | 157 | Vladimir Malenkykh | Defense | Russia | Lada Togliatti (RSL) |
| 6 | 176 | Doug Meyer | Defense | Russia | University of Minnesota (WCHA) |
| 7 | 204 | Tom Kostopoulos | Right Wing | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 8 | 233 | Darcy Robinson | Defense | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 9 | 261 | Andrew McPherson | Left Wing | Canada | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) |

### Draft notes

* $^a$ Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Ron Francis.
* $^b$ Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Fredrik Olausson.

## Farm teams

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, previously known as the Cornwall Aces, debuted in the AHL as the top minor league affiliate for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Playing in the Empire State Division, they finished last overall in the Western Conference with a record of 23-43-9-5. WBRE, the NBC station in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, received a James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding television coverage. Marketing executives Brian Magness and Rich Hixon won the Ken McKenzie Award as the league's outstanding marketing executives.
The Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League finished the season in fifth place in the Northwest Division with a record of 25-40-5.