The 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche season was their 12th season in Denver. It was a season of transition for the Avs, as the team began the season with a new general manager in Francois Giguere, ending the 12-year reign of Pierre Lacroix.[1] The off-season also featured the departures of Alex Tanguay and Rob Blake, continuing the trend of star players leaving Denver that began the previous year.[2]
2006–07 Colorado Avalanche | |
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Division | 4th Northwest |
Conference | 9th Western |
2006–07 record | 44–31–7 |
Home record | 22–16–3 |
Road record | 22–15–4 |
Goals for | 272 (T-4th) |
Goals against | 251 (18th) |
Team information | |
General manager | Francois Giguere |
Coach | Joel Quenneville |
Captain | Joe Sakic |
Alternate captains | Andrew Brunette Ian Laperriere |
Arena | Pepsi Center |
Average attendance | 17,612 (13th) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Joe Sakic (36) |
Assists | Joe Sakic (64) |
Points | Joe Sakic (100) |
Penalty minutes | Ian Laperriere (133) |
Plus/minus | Ken Klee (+18) |
Wins | Peter Budaj (31) |
Goals against average | Peter Budaj (2.68) |
After a decade near the top of the Western Conference standings, the Avalanche were expected to struggle to make the playoffs in 2006–07.[3] The team's expected decline also saw attendance take a hit, as Colorado's NHL record sellout streak of 487 games was ended on October 16 when 17,681 tickets were sold for a game, 326 shy of a sellout.[4]
Joe Sakic was the lone representative for the Avalanche at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Sakic recorded four assists at the game.[5]
Entering the final week of the season on April 3, 2007, Colorado was seven points behind the Calgary Flames for the eighth and final spot in the Western Conference standings. Needing Calgary to lose all four games that week and for them to win all four they fell short by one point. Calgary losing to Colorado, San Jose, Edmonton, and again to Colorado did not capture a point that week and Colorado winning three out of four was knocked out of contention when they lost to the Nashville Predators on April 7, 2007. The following night, the Avalanche beat the Flames 6–3 giving them 95 points overall on the season and one short of Calgary who had 96. With the 95 points, the Avalanche became the team with the highest point total in a season to not make the playoffs, missing the post-season for the first time since 1994 back when they were known as the Quebec Nordiques, despite going 15–2–2 to end the regular season. This record would later be matched by the 2010–11 Dallas Stars, who also failed to qualify for the playoffs with 95 points. Both the Avalanche and the Stars were passed by the 2014–15 Boston Bruins, 2017-18 Florida Panthers, and the 2018–19 Montreal Canadiens, who each earned 96.
Regular season
editSeason standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 222 | 201 | 105 |
2 | 7 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 235 | 191 | 104 |
3 | 8 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 258 | 226 | 96 |
4 | 9 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 272 | 251 | 95 |
5 | 12 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 195 | 248 | 71 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | z-Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 254 | 199 | 113 |
2 | y-Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 258 | 208 | 110 |
3 | y-Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 222 | 201 | 105 |
4 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 51 | 23 | 8 | 272 | 212 | 110 |
5 | San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 258 | 199 | 107 |
6 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 226 | 197 | 107 |
7 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 235 | 191 | 104 |
8 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 258 | 226 | 96 |
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9 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 272 | 251 | 95 |
10 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 214 | 254 | 81 |
11 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 201 | 249 | 73 |
12 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 195 | 248 | 71 |
13 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 201 | 258 | 71 |
14 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 227 | 283 | 68 |
15 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 216 | 284 | 67 |
bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division
Schedule and results
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October: 5–4–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–1–1)
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November: 7–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–4–0)
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December: 6–7–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–4–0)
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January: 7–3–2 (home: 4–1–2; road: 3–2–0)
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February: 5–8–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–1)
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March: 11–1–2 (home: 3–1–0; road: 8–0–2)
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April: 3–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- 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 Avalanche only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
19 | Joe Sakic | C | 82 | 36 | 64 | 100 | 2 | 46 |
15 | Andrew Brunette | LW | 82 | 27 | 56 | 83 | −8 | 36 |
26[a] | Paul Stastny | C | 82 | 28 | 50 | 78 | 4 | 42 |
23 | Milan Hejduk | RW | 80 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 10 | 44 |
8 | Wojtek Wolski | LW | 76 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 2 | 14 |
39 | Tyler Arnason | C | 82 | 16 | 33 | 49 | −8 | 26 |
4[b] | John-Michael Liles | D | 71 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 0 | 24 |
5 | Brett Clark | D | 82 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 5 | 50 |
53 | Brett McLean | C | 78 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 36 |
40 | Marek Svatos | RW | 66 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 46 |
14 | Ian Laperriere | RW | 81 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 133 |
12 | Brad Richardson | RW | 73 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 28 |
2 | Ken Klee | D | 81 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 68 |
20 | Mark Rycroft | RW | 66 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
28 | Ben Guite | RW | 39 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −4 | 16 |
71 | Patrice Brisebois | D | 33 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −5 | 22 |
3 | Karlis Skrastins | D | 68 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
27 | Ossi Vaananen | D | 74 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 69 |
87 | Pierre Turgeon | C | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −1 | 10 |
34 | Kurt Sauer | D | 48 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −3 | 24 |
44 | Jordan Leopold | D | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 14 |
6 | Jeff Finger | D | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
24 | Antti Laaksonen | LW | 41 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 16 |
10 | Brad May‡ | LW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
48 | Kyle Cumiskey | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
29 | Scott Parker† | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
31 | Peter Budaj | G | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
11 | Cody McCormick | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
60 | Jose Theodore | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
57 | George Parros‡ | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Peter Budaj | 57 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 1499 | 143 | 2.68 | .905 | 3 | 3199 |
60 | Jose Theodore | 33 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 870 | 95 | 3.26 | .891 | 0 | 1748 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL Foundation Player Award | Joe Sakic | [8] |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Paul Stastny (Forward) | [9] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Joe Sakic[c] | [11] |
NHL First Star of the Month | Peter Budaj (March) | [12] | |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Wojtek Wolski (December) | [13] | |
Paul Stastny (February) | |||
NHL Second Star of the Week | Joe Sakic (March 18) | [14] | |
Joe Sakic (April 18) | [14] | ||
NHL Third Star of the Week | Joe Sakic (February 18) | [14] | |
Peter Budaj (March 4) | [14] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Peter Budaj | [15] | |
Wojtek Wolski |
Transactions
editThe Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[16][17]
Trades
editJune 24, 2006 | To Colorado Avalanche ----Jordan Leopold 2nd round pick in 2006 conditional round pick in 2007 or 2008 |
To Calgary Flames ---- Alex Tanguay |
November 13, 2006 | To Colorado Avalanche ----2nd round pick in 2007 | To Anaheim Ducks ----George Parros |
February 27, 2007 | To Colorado Avalanche ---- Michael Wall | To Anaheim Ducks ---- Brad May |
February 27, 2007 | To Colorado Avalanche ---- Scott Parker | To San Jose Sharks ---- 6th round pick in 2008 |
Free agents
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Draft picks
editColorado's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[18]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 18 | Chris Stewart (RW) | Canada | Colorado Avalanche | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
2 | 51 | Nigel Williams (D) | United States | Colorado Avalanche | U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
2 | 59 | Codey Burki (C) | Canada | Colorado Avalanche (From Calgary Flames) | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
3 | 81 | Mike Carman (C) | United States | Colorado Avalanche | U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
4 | 110 | Kevin Montgomery (D) | United States | Colorado Avalanche (From Edmonton Oilers) | U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
7 | 201 | Billy Sauer (G) | United States | Colorado Avalanche | University of Michigan (CCHA) |
Farm teams
editAlbany River Rats
editThe Avalanche signed a one-year deal to join the Carolina Hurricanes as the NHL affiliate for the Albany River Rats for the 2006–07 AHL season.
During the season, the Avs announced that they had signed a long term deal to be the NHL affiliate of the new Cleveland expansion team beginning in 2007–08. Coincidentally, the new franchise is a reincarnation of the Utah Grizzlies franchise, which played in Denver as the Denver Grizzlies until 1995, when the Avs came to Denver.[19]
Arizona Sundogs
editThe Arizona Sundogs began their inaugural season in the Central Hockey League.
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "Colorado Avalanche 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- "2006-07 Colorado Avalanche Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ Giguere hired as new Avalanche GM, tsn.ca, May 24, 2006, accessed February 2, 2007.
- ^ 2006 off-season transactions Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, proicehockey.about.com, accessed February 2, 2007.
- ^ Dater, Adrian, More stars desert Denver, The Hockey News 2006–07 season preview, pp. 90–93.
- ^ Frei, Terry, Avs see sellout streak get away, Denver Post, October 17, 2006.
- ^ 2007 All Star Game box score, espn.com, accessed February 11, 2007.
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 Colorado Avalanche Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Foundation Player Award". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007". NHL.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Three Stars of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ NHL Insider - Offseason Trades[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006.
- ^ NHL Insider - Free Agent Signings[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006.
- ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Coming to Ohio[dead link], CNNSI.com, December 17, 2006, accessed December 22, 2006.