2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season
2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 5th Central |
Conference | 13th Western |
2006–07 record | 31–42–9 |
Home record | 17–20–4 |
Road record | 14–22–5 |
Goals for | 201 |
Goals against | 258 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dale Tallon |
Coach | Trent Yawney (Oct/Nov) Denis Savard (Nov-Apr) |
Captain | Adrian Aucoin |
Alternate captains | Martin Havlat Martin Lapointe Bryan Smolinski (Oct-Feb) |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 12,727 (62.1%) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Martin Havlat (25) |
Assists | Martin Havlat (32) |
Points | Martin Havlat (57) |
Penalty minutes | Brent Seabrook (104) |
Plus/minus | Martin Havlat (+15) |
Wins | Nikolai Khabibulin (25) |
Goals against average | Nikolai Khabibulin (2.86) |
The 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 81st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.
Regular season
[edit]The Blackhawks struggled on the power play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored (43) and power-play percentage (11.81%).[1]
Season standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 254 | 199 | 113 |
2 | 4 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 51 | 23 | 8 | 272 | 212 | 110 |
3 | 10 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 214 | 254 | 81 |
4 | 11 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 201 | 249 | 73 |
5 | 13 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 201 | 258 | 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: 4–8–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–4–0)
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November: 4–4–2 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–3–2)
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December: 8–5–3 (home: 5–3–1; road: 3–2–2)
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January: 2–8–2 (home: 1–5–2; road: 1–3–0)
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February: 5–6–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 4–4–1)
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March: 5–9–0 (home: 3–5–0; road: 2–4–0)
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April: 3–2–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[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 Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
24 | Martin Havlat | RW | 56 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 15 | 28 |
16 | Radim Vrbata | RW | 77 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −4 | 26 |
51 | Jeff Hamilton | C | 70 | 18 | 21 | 39 | −4 | 22 |
15 | Tuomo Ruutu | C | 71 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 95 |
11 | Bryan Smolinski‡ | C | 62 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 29 |
10 | Patrick Sharp | C | 80 | 20 | 15 | 35 | −15 | 74 |
2 | Duncan Keith | D | 82 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 76 |
19 | Denis Arkhipov | C | 79 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −13 | 54 |
22 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 82 | 13 | 11 | 24 | −14 | 98 |
7 | Brent Seabrook | D | 81 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −6 | 104 |
14 | Rene Bourque | LW | 44 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −4 | 38 |
8 | Tony Salmelainen | LW | 57 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −3 | 26 |
33 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 59 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −22 | 50 |
12 | Peter Bondra† | RW | 37 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
6 | Lasse Kukkonen‡ | D | 54 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
17 | Michael Holmqvist | C | 63 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −5 | 31 |
43 | James Wisniewski | D | 50 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 39 |
26 | Michal Handzus | C | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
25 | Cam Barker | D | 35 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −12 | 44 |
5 | Jassen Cullimore | D | 65 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −6 | 64 |
23 | Jim Vandermeer | D | 46 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −3 | 53 |
29 | Jason Williams† | C | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −6 | 20 |
27 | Craig MacDonald | LW | 25 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −2 | 14 |
57 | Karl Stewart†‡ | LW | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 43 |
47 | Martin St. Pierre | C | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 8 |
52 | Dustin Byfuglien | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 10 |
34 | Nikita Alexeev† | RW | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
38 | Bryan Bickell | LW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
20 | Brandon Bochenski‡ | RW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
32 | Jonas Nordqvist | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
44 | Danny Richmond | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 48 |
49 | Carl Corazzini | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
58 | P. A. Parenteau† | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
28 | Michael Blunden | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 10 |
36 | Dave Bolland | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
31 | Brian Boucher‡ | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | Troy Brouwer | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 7 |
37 | Adam Burish | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
30 | Sebastien Caron‡ | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
46 | Colin Fraser | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
12 | Matt Keith‡ | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
39 | Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
48 | David Koci | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 88 |
40 | Patrick Lalime | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
34 | Reed Low | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 31 |
Goaltending
[edit]- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
39 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 60 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 1668 | 163 | 2.86 | .902 | 1 | 3425 |
40 | Patrick Lalime | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 317 | 33 | 3.07 | .896 | 1 | 645 |
31 | Brian Boucher‡ | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 389 | 45 | 3.27 | .884 | 1 | 827 |
30 | Sebastien Caron‡ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1.00 | .960 | 0 | 60 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Martin Havlat | [4] |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Martin Havlat (October 15) | [5] | |
Nikolai Khabibulin (December 3) | [5] | ||
Martin Havlat (February 11) | [5] | ||
Jeff Hamilton (March 11) | [5] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Brent Seabrook | [6] |
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]June 24, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Sixth-round pick in 2008 |
To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson |
July 9, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Martin Havlat Bryan Smolinski |
To Ottawa Senators Tom Preissing Josh Hennessy Michal Barinka Third-round pick in 2008 |
August 2, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Vaclav Pletka |
To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Meloche |
August 4, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus |
To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle Calder |
December 28, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Bruno St. Jacques P. A. Parenteau |
To Anaheim Ducks Sebastien Caron Matt Keith Chris Durno |
February 26, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional second-round pick |
To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski |
February 26, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder |
To Philadelphia Flyers Lasse Kukkonen Third-round pick in 2007 |
February 26, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Williams |
To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Calder |
February 26, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Alexeev |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl Stewart Sixth-round pick in 2007 |
Free agents acquired
[edit]Free agents lost
[edit]Player | New team |
F Curtis Brown | San Jose Sharks |
F Matthew Barnaby | Dallas Stars |
F Mark Cullen | Philadelphia Flyers |
F Shawn Thornton | Anaheim Ducks |
Claimed off waivers
[edit]Player | Team |
F Karl Stewart | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Lost on waivers
[edit]Player | New team |
G Brian Boucher | Columbus Blue Jackets |
Draft picks
[edit]Chicago's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[7]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 3 | Jonathan Toews (C/W) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks | University of North Dakota (NCHC) |
2 | 33 | Igor Makarov (RW) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks | Krylya Sovetov (Russia Pro Hockey League) |
2 | 61 | Simon Danis-Pepin (D) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa) | University of Maine (Hockey East) |
3 | 76 | Tony Lagerstrom (C) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto) | Södertälje SK (Elitserien) |
4 | 95 | Ben Shutron (D) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks (from Pittsburgh) | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
4 | 96 | Joe Palmer (G) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks | U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
6 | 156 | Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (C) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
6 | 169 | Chris Auger (C) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks (from Montreal) | Wellington Dukes (OPJHL) |
7 | 186 | Peter LeBlanc (C/LW) | ![]() |
Chicago Blackhawks | Hamilton Red Wings (OPJHL) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Chicago Blackhawks 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- "2006-07 Chicago Blackhawks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Summary".
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 Chicago Blackhawks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007". NHL.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. 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.
- ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.