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The 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 81st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.
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) |
Following twelve losses in a 15 game stretch, head coach Trent Yawney was fired on November 27 and replaced by assistant coach Denis Savard.[1]
The Blackhawks struggled on the power play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored (43) and power-play percentage (11.81%).[2]
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
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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) |
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 |
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 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Martin Havlat | [5] |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Martin Havlat (October 15) | [6] | |
Nikolai Khabibulin (December 3) | [6] | ||
Martin Havlat (February 11) | [6] | ||
Jeff Hamilton (March 11) | [7] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Brent Seabrook | [8] |
The Blackhawks were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.[9]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks 6th-round pick in 2008 |
To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson |
[10] |
June 24, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2006 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2006 Colorado's 4th-round pick in 2006 |
[9] |
July 9, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Josh Hennessy Tom Preissing |
To San Jose Sharks Mark Bell |
[11] |
July 9, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Martin Havlat Bryan Smolinski |
To Ottawa Senators Michal Barinka Josh Hennessy Tom Preissing 3rd-round pick in 2008 |
[11] |
August 2, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Vaclav Pletka |
To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Meloche |
[12] |
August 4, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus |
To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle Calder |
[13] |
December 28, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks P. A. Parenteau Bruno St. Jacques |
To Anaheim Ducks Sebastien Caron Chris Durno Matt Keith |
[14] |
February 3, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Kris Versteeg Conditional 5th-round pick in 2008 |
To Boston Bruins Brandon Bochenski |
[15] |
February 26, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 2nd-round pick |
To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski |
[16] |
February 26, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder |
To Philadelphia Flyers Lasse Kukkonen 3rd-round pick in 2007 |
[17] |
February 26, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Williams |
To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Calder |
[17] |
February 27, 2007 | To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Alexeev |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl Stewart 6th-round pick in 2007 |
[18] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 1, 2006 | Patrick Lalime | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency | [19] |
July 6, 2006 | Denis Arkhipov | Khimik Moscow Oblast (RSL) | 1-year | Free agency | [20] |
July 17, 2006 | Carl Corazzini | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
Jordan Hendry | Norfolk Admrials (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [21] | |
David Koci | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency | [21] | |
July 27, 2006 | Reed Low | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
August 1, 2006 | Craig MacDonald | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency | [23] |
August 8, 2006 | Sebastien Caron | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
September 23, 2006 | Brian Boucher | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency | [25] |
September 25, 2006 | Chris Durno | Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [26] | |
September 29, 2006 | Jeff Hamilton | New York Islanders | 1-year | Free agency | [27] |
October 26, 2006 | Karl Stewart | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waivers | [28] | |
December 10, 2006 | Peter Bondra | Atlanta Thrashers | 1-year | Free agency | [29] |
June 4, 2007 | Magnus Johansson | Linkopings HC (SHL) | Free agency | [30] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 9, 2006 | Martin Havlat | 3-year | Re-signing | [49] |
July 10, 2006 | Lasse Kukkonen | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] |
Tony Salmelainen | 2-year | Re-signing | [50] | |
Patrick Sharp | 2-year | Re-signing | [50] | |
July 13, 2006 | Rene Bourque | 2-year | Re-signing | [51] |
Michael Holmqvist | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
Duncan Keith | 4-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
July 17, 2006 | Radim Vrbata | 2-year | Re-signing | [52] |
July 27, 2006 | Kyle Calder | 1-year | Arbitration award | [53] |
August 1, 2006 | Brandon Bochenski | 1-year | Re-signing | [54] |
Matt Keith | 1-year | Re-signing | [23] | |
Jim Vandermeer | 1-year | Re-signing | [55] | |
September 13, 2006 | Tuomo Ruutu | 2-year | Re-signing | [56] |
March 22, 2007 | Jack Skille | 3-year | Entry-level | [57] |
April 18, 2007 | Patrick Lalime | 1-year | Extension | [58] |
May 15, 2007 | Evan Brophey | 3-year | Entry-level | [59] |
May 16, 2007 | Jonathan Toews | 3-year | Entry-level | [60] |
May 31, 2007 | Niklas Hjalmarsson | 3-year | Entry-level | [61] |
June 4, 2007 | Adam Hobson | 3-year | Entry-level | [62] |
Petri Kontiola | 3-year | Entry-level | [62] |
Chicago's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[63]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 3 | Jonathan Toews (C/W) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks | University of North Dakota (NCHC) |
2 | 33 | Igor Makarov (RW) | Russia | Chicago Blackhawks | Krylya Sovetov (Russia Pro Hockey League) |
2 | 61 | Simon Danis-Pepin (D) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa) | University of Maine (Hockey East) |
3 | 76 | Tony Lagerstrom (C) | Sweden | Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto) | Södertälje SK (Elitserien) |
4 | 95 | Ben Shutron (D) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks (from Pittsburgh) | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
4 | 96 | Joe Palmer (G) | United States | Chicago Blackhawks | U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
6 | 156 | Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (C) | Finland | Chicago Blackhawks | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
6 | 169 | Chris Auger (C) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks (from Montreal) | Wellington Dukes (OPJHL) |
7 | 186 | Peter LeBlanc (C/LW) | Canada | Chicago Blackhawks | Hamilton Red Wings (OPJHL) |
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