2006–07 Minnesota Wild season
2006–07 Minnesota Wild | |
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Division | 2nd Northwest |
Conference | 7th Western |
2006–07 record | 48–26–8 |
Home record | 29–7–5 |
Road record | 19–19–3 |
Goals for | 235 |
Goals against | 191 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug Risebrough |
Coach | Jacques Lemaire |
Captain | Rotating Brian Rolston (Oct.–Nov.) Keith Carney (Dec.) Brian Rolston (Jan.) Mark Parrish (Feb.–Apr.) |
Alternate captains | Rotating Kim Johnsson (Oct.–Nov.) Brian Rolston (Dec.) Keith Carney (Jan.) Brian Rolston (Feb.–Apr.) Wes Walz |
Arena | Xcel Energy Center |
Average attendance | 18,543 |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Brian Rolston (31) |
Assists | Pavol Demitra (39) |
Points | Pavol Demitra (64) Brian Rolston |
Penalty minutes | Derek Boogaard (120) |
Plus/minus | Keith Carney (+22) |
Wins | Niklas Backstrom (23) |
Goals against average | Niklas Backstrom (1.97) |
This 2006–07 Minnesota Wild season began on October 5, 2006. It was the Wild's seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Regular season
[edit]Excluding seven shootout goals allowed, the Wild finished the regular season with just 184 goals allowed, the fewest in the NHL.[1]
Season standings
[edit]Here is how the Wild did in the standings in 2006–07.
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.
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
Playoffs
[edit]The Minnesota Wild ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's seventh seed.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 9–2–0 (home: 7–0–0; road: 2–2–0)
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November: 4–8–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 2–6–0)
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December: 7–7–1 (home: 7–1–0; road: 0–6–1)
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January: 7–4–2 (home: 2–2–2; road: 5–2–0)
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February: 8–2–2 (home: 4–0–1; road: 4–2–1)
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March: 10–3–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 6–1–1)
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April: 3–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 0–0–0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks – Ducks win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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 Wild only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
12 | Brian Rolston | RW | 78 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
38 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 71 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
10 | Marian Gaborik | RW | 48 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 12 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
96 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 82 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
9 | Mikko Koivu | C | 82 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 6 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
28 | Todd White | C | 77 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
21 | Mark Parrish | RW | 76 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Brent Burns | D | 77 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
92 | Branko Radivojevic | RW | 82 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
37 | Wes Walz | C | 62 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
26 | Kurtis Foster | D | 57 | 3 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Kim Johnsson | D | 76 | 3 | 19 | 22 | −4 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
33 | Petteri Nummelin | D | 51 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −15 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
19 | Stephane Veilleux | LW | 75 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Keith Carney | D | 80 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
41 | Martin Skoula | D | 81 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
11 | Pascal Dupuis‡ | LW | 48 | 10 | 3 | 13 | −7 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Nick Schultz | D | 82 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
17 | Wyatt Smith | C | 61 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Adam Hall† | RW | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
11[a] | Dominic Moore† | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Mattias Weinhandl | RW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Niklas Backstrom | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
4 | Shawn Belle | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Derek Boogaard | LW | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
27 | Joel Ward | RW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Manny Fernandez | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
83 | Matt Foy | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Josh Harding | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
23 | Jason Morgan | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
67 | Benoit Pouliot | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Erik Reitz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
32 | Niklas Backstrom | 41 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1028 | 73 | 1.97 | .929 | 5 | 2227 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 145 | 11 | 2.22 | .924 | 0 | 297 |
35 | Manny Fernandez | 44 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 1158 | 103 | 2.55 | .911 | 2 | 2422 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Josh Harding | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 174 | 7 | 1.16 | .960 | 1 | 361 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award | Niklas Backstrom | [4] |
William M. Jennings Trophy | Niklas Backstrom | [5] | |
Manny Fernandez | |||
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Brian Rolston | [6] |
NHL First Star of the Week | Niklas Backstrom (February 25) | [7] | |
NHL Third Star of the Week | Niklas Backstrom (April 8) | [7] |
Transactions
[edit]The Wild were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[8][9]
Trades
[edit]June 24, 2006 | To Minnesota Wild Pavol Demitra |
To Los Angeles Kings Patrick O'Sullivan 1st round pick in 2006 (Trevor Lewis) |
February 9, 2007 | To Minnesota Wild Adam Hall |
To New York Rangers Pascal Dupuis |
February 27, 2007 | To Minnesota Wild Dominic Moore |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd round pick in 2007 |
Free agents acquired
[edit]Player | Former team |
G Niklas Backstrom | Oulun Kärpät |
D Kim Johnsson | Philadelphia Flyers |
D Keith Carney | Vancouver Canucks |
F Mark Parrish | Los Angeles Kings |
F Branko Radivojevic | Philadelphia Flyers |
F Wyatt Smith | New York Islanders |
Free agents lost
[edit]Player | New team |
D Andrei Zyuzin | Calgary Flames |
D Filip Kuba | Tampa Bay Lightning |
F Randy Robitaille | Philadelphia Flyers |
D Daniel Tjarnqvist | Edmonton Oilers |
F Erik Westrum | Toronto Maple Leafs |
D Scott Ferguson | San Jose Sharks |
F Marc Chouinard | Vancouver Canucks |
D Alex Henry | Nashville Predators |
Draft picks
[edit]Minnesota's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[10] The Wild had the ninth overall pick in the draft. They also had the Edmonton Oilers first round pick, 17th overall, which they used to trade for Pavol Demitra from the Los Angeles Kings on draft day.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 9 | James Sheppard (C/LW) | Canada | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) |
2 | 40 | Ondrej Fiala (C) | Czech Republic | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |
3 | 72 | Cal Clutterbuck (RW) | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
4 | 102 | Kyle Medvec (D) | United States | Apple Valley High School (USHS-MN) |
5 | 132 | Niko Hovinen (G) | Finland | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
6 | 162 | Julian Walker (W) | Switzerland | EHC Basel (NLA) |
7 | 192 | Chris Hickey (C) | United States | Cretin-Derham Hall (USHS-MN) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Moore wore number 22 in his first game.
References
[edit]- "Minnesota Wild 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- "2006-07 Minnesota Wild Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Summary".
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "2006-07 Minnesota Wild Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
- ^ "Roger Crozier MBNA Saving Grace Award award winners at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "William M. Jennings Trophy". records.nhl.com. 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.
- ^ a b "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. 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.