Sixth Dallas Stars season
The 1998–99 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' sixth season in Dallas, Texas, and the thirty-second of the franchise. They would defeat the Buffalo Sabres in the Stanley Cup finals to win the first Stanley Cup for the Stars in franchise history.
Offseason
Under a league-wide realignment from four to six divisions, the NHL moved the Stars from the Central to the Pacific Division. This resulted in the oddity of Dallas, a city near the longitudinal center of the contiguous United States and in the Central Time Zone, having none of its major professional sports teams in a "Central Division" despite the fact that all of the then-established major leagues at this time had divisions with some form of that name. This would temporarily change when the Dallas Burn of the then-new Major League Soccer were placed in a newly-formed Central Division in 2000, but MLS reverted to an Eastern and Western Conference format without additional divisions after only two seasons. The Stars would eventually return to the Central Division after the NHL returned to a four division alignment in 2013.
Regular season
The Stars finished the regular season with the NHL's best record and first overall in goals against, with just 168. They also tied the St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks for fewest short-handed goals allowed, with 4.[2]
Season standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
Schedule and results
Regular season
Playoffs
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Stars only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
Goaltending
Awards and records
Awards
Milestones
Transactions
- February 26, 1999 – Doug Lidster was signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.
Dallas Stars - 1999 Stanley Cup champions
Players
Coaching and administrative staff
- Thomas O. Hicks (Chairman/Owner/Governor), Jim Lites (President), Bob Gainey (Vice President/General Manager)
- Doug Armstrong (Ass't General Manager), Craig Button (Director of Player Personnel), Ken Hitchcock (Head Coach)
- Doug Jarvis, Rick Wilson (Ass't Coaches), Rick McLaughlin, Jeff Cogen (Vice Presidents)
- Bill Strong (Vice President), Tim Bernhardt (Director-Amateur Scouting), Doug Overton (Director-Pro Scouting)
- Bob Gernader (Chief Scout), Stu McGregor (Western Scout), Dave Suprenant (Medical Trainer), Dave Smith (Equipment Manager),
- Rick Matthews (Ass't Equipment Manager), Jean-Jacque McQueen (Strength-Conditioning Coach),
- Rick St. Croix (Goaltending Consultant), Dan Stuchal (Director of Team Services), Larry Kelly (Director of Public Relations),
- Leon Friedrich† (Video Coordinator), Craig Lowery† (Trainer Ass't), Dave Warner† (Equipment Ass't).
Stanley Cup engraving
- ††Brent Severyn played only 30 games, missing 22 regular season games due to injuries, and was a healthy scratch for the playoffs. Dallas included him on the Stanley Cup because he spent the whole season with Dallas. Derek Plante played 41 regular season games for Buffalo and 10 for Dallas. He also played 6 playoff games. His name was included on the cup because he spent the whole season in the NHL.
- † Members were included on the 1999 Stanley Cup Picture but were not engraved on the cup.
- In February, Dallas added Doug Lidster from the Canadian National Team and Brad Lukowich from the minor league Kalamazoo Wings. Lidster played 17 regular season and 4 playoff games. Lukowich played 14 regular season and 8 playoff games (2 games in the conference finals). They were left off the cup even though they played in the playoffs.
Draft picks
The Stars' picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.[14]
Notes
- ^ Lidster wore number 33 in his first six games.
References
- "Dallas Stars 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- "1998-99 Dallas Stars Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". ESPN.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1998-99 Dallas Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ "Conn Smythe Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "Frank J. Selke Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "William M. Jennings Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ Dallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269
- ^ "Ducks Rally To Tie Up Dallas - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. October 31, 1998. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
Nieuwendyk became the 51st player in NHL history with at least 400 goals when he scored his third in the second game he's played this season.
- ^ "Lot Detail - Ed Belfour's 1998-99 Dallas Stars "500th Game" Tag Heuer 18K Gold Presentational Watch with His Signed LOA". www.classicauctions.net. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
Honoured by the Dallas Stars for playing in his 500th NHL game, Ed Belfour was presented with this stunning Tag Heuer watch by the club, with the milestone reached on Nov 13, 1998.
- ^ "Hull Joins His Father in Elite 1,000-Point Club". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1998. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
