2006–07 Colorado Avalanche season
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) |
Wins | Peter Budaj (31) |
Goals against average | Peter Budaj (2.68) |
The 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche season was their 12th National Hockey League season in Denver, Colorado. 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 twelve-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]
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 7 points behind the Calgary Flames for the 8th 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 1 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[]
Season standings[]
No. | 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.
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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Player statistics[]
Skaters[]
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
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Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
Joe Sakic | 82 | 36 | 64 | 100 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Andrew Brunette | 82 | 27 | 56 | 83 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Paul Stastny | 82 | 28 | 50 | 78 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Milan Hejduk | 80 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Wojtek Wolski | 76 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Tyler Arnason | 82 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
John-Michael Liles | 71 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Brett Clark | 82 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Brett McLean | 78 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Marek Svatos | 66 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Ian Laperriere | 81 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 133 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Brad Richardson | 73 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Ken Klee | 81 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Mark Rycroft | 66 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Patrice Brisebois | 33 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Ben Guite | 39 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Karlis Skrastins | 68 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Ossi Vaananen | 74 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pierre Turgeon | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Kurt Sauer | 48 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Jordan Leopold | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Jeff Finger | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Antti Laaksonen | 41 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Brad May‡ | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Kyle Cumiskey | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Scott Parker↑ | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Peter Budaj | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Cody McCormick | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Jose Theodore | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
George Parros‡ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Colorado. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
‡Traded during the season.
Goaltenders[]
Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
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Player | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA | GP | Min | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA | ||
Peter Budaj | 57 | 3198 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 143 | 3 | .905 | 2.68 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Jose Theodore | 33 | 1748 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 95 | 0 | .891 | 3.26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Transactions[]
The Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[6][7]
Trades[]
June 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[]
Colorado's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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1 | 18 | Chris Stewart (RW) | ![]() |
Colorado Avalanche | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
2 | 51 | Nigel Williams (D) | ![]() |
Colorado Avalanche | US National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
2 | 59 | Codey Burki (C) | ![]() |
Colorado Avalanche (From Calgary Flames) | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
3 | 81 | Mike Carman (C) | ![]() |
Colorado Avalanche | US National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
4 | 110 | (D) | ![]() |
Colorado Avalanche (From Edmonton Oilers) | US National Team Development Program (NAHL) |
7 | 201 | Billy Sauer (G) | ![]() |
Colorado Avalanche | University of Michigan (NCAA) |
Farm teams[]
Albany River Rats[]
The 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.[9]
Arizona Sundogs[]
The Arizona Sundogs began their inaugural season in the Central Hockey League.
See also[]
References[]
- Player stats: Colorado Avalanche player stats on espn.com.
- Game log: Colorado Avalanche game log on espn.com.
- Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com.
- ^ Giguere hired as new Avalanche GM, tsn.ca, May 24, 2006, accessed February 2, 2007.
- ^ 2006 off-season transactions, 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 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 Results nhl.com[permanent dead link] - accessed December 22, 2006.
- ^ Coming to Ohio, CNNSI.com, December 17, 2006, accessed December 22, 2006.
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