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
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
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
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 Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | 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
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
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No. | Player | 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
Awards
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
Trades
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
Player | Former team |
G Patrick Lalime | St. Louis Blues |
F Denis Arkhipov | Nashville Predators |
D David Koci | Pittsburgh Penguins |
F Craig MacDonald | Calgary Flames |
G Sebastien Caron | Pittsburgh Penguins |
F Jeff Hamilton | New York Islanders |
F Peter Bondra | Atlanta Thrashers |
Free agents lost
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
Player | Team |
F Karl Stewart | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Lost on waivers
Player | New team |
G Brian Boucher | Columbus Blue Jackets |
Draft picks
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
References
- "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.
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