2005–06 Colorado Avalanche season

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2005–06 Colorado Avalanche
Division2nd Northwest
Conference7th Western
2005–06 record43–30–9
Goals for283
Goals against257
Team information
General managerPierre Lacroix
CoachJoel Quenneville
CaptainJoe Sakic

The 2005–06 Colorado Avalanche season was the 11th operational season and 10th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.[1] As well as the franchise's 27th season in the National Hockey League and 34th season overall.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Calgary Flames 82 46 25 11 218 200 103
2 7 Colorado Avalanche 82 43 30 9 283 257 95
3 8 Edmonton Oilers 82 41 28 13 256 251 95
4 9 Vancouver Canucks 82 42 32 8 256 255 92
5 11 Minnesota Wild 82 38 36 8 231 215 84

[2] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[3]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 P- Detroit Red Wings CE 82 58 16 8 305 209 124
2 Y- Dallas Stars PA 82 53 23 6 265 218 112
3 Y- Calgary Flames NW 82 46 25 11 218 200 103
4 X- Nashville Predators CE 82 49 25 8 259 227 106
5 X- San Jose Sharks PA 82 44 27 11 266 242 99
6 X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PA 82 43 27 12 254 229 98
7 X- Colorado Avalanche NW 82 43 30 9 283 257 95
8 X- Edmonton Oilers NW 82 41 28 13 256 251 95
8.5
9 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 42 32 8 256 255 92
8 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 42 35 5 249 270 89
11 Minnesota Wild NW 82 38 36 8 231 215 84
12 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 38 39 5 246 271 81
13 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 35 43 4 223 279 74
14 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 26 43 13 211 285 65
15 St. Louis Blues CE 82 21 46 15 197 292 57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 5, 2005 3–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 0–1–0
2 W October 8, 2005 3–2 @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 1–1–0
3 W October 10, 2005 7–3 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 2–1–0
4 L October 12, 2005 4–5 Nashville Predators (2005–06) 2–2–0
5 L October 14, 2005 2–3 SO Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 2–2–1
6 L October 19, 2005 4–5 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 2–3–1
7 W October 21, 2005 7–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 3–3–1
8 L October 22, 2005 4–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 3–4–1
9 W October 25, 2005 5–3 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 4–4–1
10 W October 27, 2005 6–2 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 5–4–1
11 W October 29, 2005 4–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 6–4–1
12 W November 3, 2005 4–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 7–4–1
13 L November 5, 2005 2–3 SO Dallas Stars (2005–06) 7–4–2
14 W November 8, 2005 5–2 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 8–4–2
15 W November 10, 2005 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 9–4–2
16 L November 12, 2005 3–5 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 9–5–2
17 L November 14, 2005 2–5 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 9–6–2
18 W November 16, 2005 3–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 10–6–2
19 W November 18, 2005 3–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 11–6–2
20 L November 19, 2005 3–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 11–7–2
21 L November 21, 2005 2–3 SO Calgary Flames (2005–06) 11–7–3
22 L November 23, 2005 3–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 11–8–3
23 W November 25, 2005 5–0 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 12–8–3
24 W November 27, 2005 6–2 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 13–8–3
25 W November 29, 2005 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 14–8–3
26 L November 30, 2005 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 14–9–3
27 L December 4, 2005 4–6 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 14–10–3
28 W December 7, 2005 4–1 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 15–10–3
29 W December 9, 2005 4–3 SO @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 16–10–3
30 L December 10, 2005 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 16–11–3
31 L December 12, 2005 2–6 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 16–12–3
32 L December 17, 2005 4–5 @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 16–13–3
33 W December 18, 2005 2–1 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 17–13–3
34 L December 20, 2005 2–3 @ Nashville Predators (2005–06) 17–14–3
35 W December 22, 2005 4–3 Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 18–14–3
36 L December 23, 2005 3–5 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 18–15–3
37 W December 26, 2005 7–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 19–15–3
38 L December 28, 2005 3–5 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 19–16–3
39 L December 30, 2005 2–5 @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 19–17–3
40 W December 31, 2005 5–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 20–17–3
41 W January 3, 2006 3–0 Nashville Predators (2005–06) 21–17–3
42 W January 5, 2006 4–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 22–17–3
43 W January 7, 2006 3–2 SO Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 23–17–3
44 W January 9, 2006 6–1 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 24–17–3
45 W January 11, 2006 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 25–17–3
46 W January 14, 2006 4–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 26–17–3
47 W January 17, 2006 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 27–17–3
48 L January 19, 2006 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 27–18–3
49 L January 21, 2006 3–4 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 27–19–3
50 W January 24, 2006 7–4 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 28–19–3
51 L January 26, 2006 2–3 SO Dallas Stars (2005–06) 28–19–4
52 L January 28, 2006 3–4 SO Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 28–19–5
53 W January 31, 2006 3–2 Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 29–19–5
54 L February 2, 2006 3–4 OT @ Nashville Predators (2005–06) 29–19–6
55 L February 4, 2006 0–3 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 29–20–6
56 W February 7, 2006 5–2 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 30–20–6
57 W February 9, 2006 2–1 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 31–20–6
58 W February 10, 2006 4–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 32–20–6
59 L February 12, 2006 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 32–21–6
60 W February 28, 2006 4–2 Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 33–21–6
61 W March 2, 2006 1–0 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 34–21–6
62 L March 4, 2006 3–5 @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 34–22–6
63 L March 5, 2006 3–5 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 34–23–6
64 W March 7, 2006 2–1 SO @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 35–23–6
65 W March 9, 2006 2–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 36–23–6
66 W March 12, 2006 3–0 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 37–23–6
67 L March 13, 2006 3–4 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 37–24–6
68 L March 19, 2006 5–6 @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 37–25–6
69 W March 20, 2006 5–0 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 38–25–6
70 L March 22, 2006 4–5 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 38–25–7
71 W March 25, 2006 3–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 39–25–7
72 L March 26, 2006 3–4 SO Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 39–25–8
73 W March 28, 2006 4–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 40–25–8
74 L March 31, 2006 3–6 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 40–26–8
75 W April 3, 2006 4–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 41–26–8
76 L April 5, 2006 1–2 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 41–27–8
77 W April 8, 2006 4–2 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 42–27–8
78 L April 9, 2006 2–5 Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 42–28–8
79 W April 11, 2006 6–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 43–28–8
80 L April 13, 2006 0–2 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 43–29–8
81 L April 15, 2006 3–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 43–29–9
82 L April 17, 2006 2–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 43–30–9

Playoffs[]

Western Conference Semifinals: (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche[]

April 22 Colorado Avalanche 5–2 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Milan Hejduk (1) – 16:42 First period 13:04 – Brendan Morrow (1)
15:02 – Bill Guerin (1)
Wojtek Wolski (1) – 05:24
Rob Blake (1) – pp – 09:08
John-Michael Liles (1) – pp – 11:12 		Second period No scoring
Brett Clark (1) – 02:58 Third period No scoring
Jose Theodore 16 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Marty Turco 26 saves / 31 shots
April 24 Colorado Avalanche 5–4 OT Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Rob Blake (2) – pp – 07:06
Andrew Brunette (1) – 09:04
Milan Hejduk (2) – 12:23 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:41 – Jussi Jokinen (1)
05:54 – pp – Jere Lehtinen (1)
06:58 – Jere Lehtinen (2)
19:57 – pp – Mike Modano (1)
Brett Clark (2) – sh – 17:56 Third period No scoring
Joe Sakic (1) – 04:36 First overtime period No scoring
Jose Theodore 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Marty Turco 18 saves / 23 shots
April 26 Dallas Stars 3–4 OT Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Stu Barnes (1) – sh – 10:49 First period 05:21 – pp – Joe Sakic (2)
18:53 – Alex Tanguay (1) – 18:53
Jon Klemm (1) – 08:44
Sergei Zubov (1) – pp – 19:45 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:03 – pp – Andrew Brunette (2)
No scoring First overtime period 01:09 – Alex Tanguay (2)
Marty Turco 25 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Jose Theodore 19 saves / 22 shots
April 28 Dallas Stars 4–1 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Jere Lehtinen (3) – 07:35 First period 04:46 – Brad Richardson (1)
Niklas Hagman (1) – 03:50
Bill Guerin (2) – pp – 18:41 		Second period No scoring
Niklas Hagman (2) – en – 18:45 Third period No scoring
Marty Turco 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Jose Theodore 35 saves / 38 shots
April 30 Colorado Avalanche 3–2 OT Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jim Dowd (1) – 13:03
Joe Sakic (3) – 19:58 		Second period 04:25 – pp – Jussi Jokinen (2)
No scoring Third period 02:47 – Bill Guerin (3)
Andrew Brunette (3) – 13:55 First overtime period No scoring
Jose Theodore 50 saves / 52 shots Goalie stats Marty Turco 27 saves / 30 shots
Colorado won series 4–1


Western Conference Semifinals: (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche[]

May 5 Colorado Avalanche 0–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Arrowhead Pond Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:38 – Samuel Pahlsson (2)
10:24 – Chris Kunitz (2)
19:05 – Teemu Selanne (4)
19:54 – pp – Joffrey Lupul (2)
No scoring Third period 11:07 – Travis Moen (1)
Jose Theodore 29 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Ilya Bryzgalov 29 saves / 29 shots
May 7 Colorado Avalanche 0–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Arrowhead Pond Recap  
No scoring First period 18:17 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (2)
No scoring Second period 04:41 – Ruslan Salei (2)
12:24 – Joffrey Lupul (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jose Theodore 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Ilya Bryzgalov 22 saves / 22 shots
May 9 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4–3 OT Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
No scoring First period 19:33 – Dan Hinote (1)
Joffrey Lupul (4) – 09:02 Second period No scoring
Joffrey Lupul (5) – 08:54
Joffrey Lupul (6) – 10:40 		Third period 04:47 – sh – Jim Dowd (2)
13:35 – Rob Blake (3)
Joffrey Lupul (7) – 16:30 First overtime period No scoring
Ilya Bryzgalov 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Jose Theodore 35 saves / 36 shots
May 11 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4–1 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center Recap  
Todd Marchant (1) – 16:52 First period 02:17 – Joe Sakic (4)
Teemu Selanne (5) – 02:22 Second period No scoring
Dustin Penner (1) – 06:07
Todd Marchant (2) – en – 18:21 		Third period No scoring
Ilya Bryzgalov 40 saves / 41 shots Goalie stats Jose Theodore 30 saves / 33 shots
Anaheim won series 4–0


Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Joe Sakic C 82 32 55 87 60 10 10 0 6
Alex Tanguay LW 71 29 49 78 46 8 8 0 4
Andrew Brunette LW 82 24 39 63 48 9 11 0 2
Milan Hejduk RW 74 24 34 58 24 13 14 1 2
Rob Blake D 81 14 37 51 94 2 7 1 1
Marek Svatos RW 61 32 18 50 60 0 12 0 9
John-Michael Liles D 82 14 35 49 44 5 6 0 1
Pierre Turgeon C 62 16 30 46 32 1 7 0 1
Ian Laperriere RW 82 21 24 45 116 3 1 1 3
Brett McLean C 82 9 31 40 51 -7 1 0 0
Patrice Brisebois D 80 10 28 38 55 1 4 0 2
Brett Clark D 80 9 27 36 56 3 4 0 1
Antti Laaksonen LW 81 16 18 34 40 -2 0 2 4
Steve Konowalchuk LW 21 6 9 15 14 5 1 2 0
Karlis Skrastins D 82 3 11 14 65 -7 0 2 0
Dan Hinote RW 73 5 8 13 48 -5 0 1 2
Brad Richardson C 41 3 10 13 12 0 1 0 0
Cody McCormick C/RW 45 4 4 8 29 1 0 0 1
Bob Boughner D 41 1 6 7 54 2 0 0 1
Brad May LW 54 3 3 6 82 -14 0 0 0
Wojtek Wolski LW 9 2 4 6 4 -5 2 0 0
Kurt Sauer D 37 1 4 5 24 5 0 0 0
Ossi Vaananen D 53 0 4 4 56 10 0 0 0
Jim Dowd C 18 2 1 3 2 -6 0 1 0
David Aebischer G 43 0 3 3 16 0 0 0 0
Peter Budaj G 34 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Vitali Kolesnik G 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Healey LW 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
Jose Theodore G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
David Aebischer 2477 43 25 14 2 123 2.98 3 1233 1110 .900
Peter Budaj 1803 34 14 10 6 86 2.86 2 864 778 .900
Vitali Kolesnik 370 8 3 3 0 20 3.24 0 178 158 .888
Jose Theodore 296 5 1 3 1 15 3.04 0 133 118 .887
Team: 4946 82 43 30 9 244 2.96 5 2408 2164 .899
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Joe Sakic C 9 4 5 9 6 -1 1 0 1
Andrew Brunette LW 9 3 6 9 8 -2 1 0 1
Milan Hejduk RW 9 2 6 8 2 3 0 0 0
Alex Tanguay LW 9 2 4 6 12 1 0 0 1
Jim Dowd C 9 2 3 5 20 3 0 1 0
Rob Blake D 9 3 1 4 8 1 2 0 1
Brett Clark D 9 2 2 4 2 -2 0 1 0
Wojtek Wolski LW 8 1 3 4 2 -3 0 0 0
John-Michael Liles D 9 1 2 3 6 -1 1 0 0
Dan Hinote RW 9 1 1 2 31 -2 0 0 0
Antti Laaksonen LW 9 0 2 2 2 -3 0 0 0
Pierre Turgeon C 5 0 2 2 6 -3 0 0 0
Brad Richardson C 9 1 0 1 6 -3 0 0 0
Patrice Brisebois D 9 0 1 1 4 -7 0 0 0
Ian Laperriere RW 9 0 1 1 27 -6 0 0 0
Brett McLean C 8 0 1 1 4 -5 0 0 0
Karlis Skrastins D 9 0 1 1 10 -3 0 0 0
Steve Konowalchuk LW 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Brad May LW 3 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Kurt Sauer D 9 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0
Jose Theodore G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ossi Vaananen D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Jose Theodore 573 9 4 5 29 3.04 0 296 267 .902
Team: 573 9 4 5 29 3.04 0 296 267 .902

[4]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Draft picks[]

Colorado's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 34 Ryan Stoa  United States US NTDP (NAHL)
2 44 Paul Stastny  United States University of Denver (WCHA)
2 47 Tom Fritsche  United States Ohio State University (CCHA)
2 52 Chris Durand  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3 88 T. J. Hensick  United States University of Michigan (CCHA)
4 124 Ray Macias  United States Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6 166 Jason Lynch  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6 168 Justin Mercier  United States US NTDP (NAHL)
7 222 Kyle Cumiskey  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  3. ^ "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  4. ^ "2005-06 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

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