2006–07 Columbus Blue Jackets season
2006–07 Columbus Blue Jackets | |
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Division | 4th Central |
Conference | 11th Western |
2006–07 record | 33–42–7 |
Home record | 18–19–4 |
Road record | 15–23–3 |
Goals for | 201 |
Goals against | 249 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug MacLean |
Coach | Gerard Gallant (Oct/Nov) Gary Agnew (interim)(Nov 13–22) Ken Hitchcock (Nov-Apr) |
Captain | Adam Foote |
Alternate captains | Sergei Fedorov Rick Nash David Vyborny |
Arena | Nationwide Arena |
Average attendance | 16,401 (90.43%) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Rick Nash (27) |
Assists | David Vyborny (48) |
Points | David Vyborny (64) |
Penalty minutes | Alexander Svitov (145) |
Plus/minus | Anders Eriksson (+12) |
Wins | Fredrik Norrena (24) |
Goals against average | Fredrik Norrena (2.78) |
The 2006–07 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the seventh National Hockey League season in Columbus, Ohio.
The off-season was dominated by a contract dispute with top forward Nikolay Zherdev, who had threatened to return to Russia to play if Columbus did not meet his demands. Zherdev remained a holdout for much of the preseason. However, the two parties were able to come to an agreement approximately a week before the season began.[1]
The Blue Jackets, hoping to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, got off to a disastrous start, falling as low as 6–16–2 into December, briefly holding the worst record in the NHL. The Jackets' poor start led general manager Doug MacLean to fire head coach Gerard Gallant on November 13.[2] Gallant would be replaced a week later by veteran coach Ken Hitchcock.[3] Coincidentally, Hitchcock's first game as Jackets head coach was against the Philadelphia Flyers, the team that fired him as head coach earlier in the season.
The Blue Jackets once again failed to qualify for the postseason. As the Atlanta Thrashers qualified for the playoffs in the East, the Blue Jackets were, until the 2008–09 season, the only NHL team to have never played a post-season game.
Regular season
[edit]The Blue Jackets were shut out a League-high 16 times during the regular season. Along with the four shutouts Blue Jackets goaltenders recorded, 20 of the Blue Jackets' 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout. They were also the most penalized team in the League, with 453 power-play opportunities against.[4][5]
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: 3–5–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–3–0)
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November: 3–10–1 (home: 2–5–1; road: 1–5–0)
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December: 9–5–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–3–2)
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January: 6–6–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 3–5–0)
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February: 3–7–2 (home: 2–5–1; road: 1–2–1)
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March: 8–6–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 5–4–0)
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April: 1–3–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 0–1–0)
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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 Blue Jackets only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
9 | David Vyborny | RW | 82 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 6 | 60 |
61 | Rick Nash | LW | 75 | 27 | 30 | 57 | −8 | 73 |
33 | Fredrik Modin | LW | 79 | 22 | 20 | 42 | −3 | 50 |
91 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 73 | 18 | 24 | 42 | −7 | 56 |
25 | Jason Chimera | LW | 82 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 2 | 91 |
6 | Ron Hainsey | D | 80 | 9 | 25 | 34 | −19 | 69 |
13 | Nikolay Zherdev | W | 71 | 10 | 22 | 32 | −19 | 26 |
49 | Dan Fritsche | C | 59 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 35 |
77 | Anson Carter‡ | RW | 54 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −1 | 16 |
27 | Manny Malhotra | C | 82 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −8 | 76 |
2 | Anders Eriksson | D | 79 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 46 |
97 | Rostislav Klesla | D | 75 | 9 | 13 | 22 | −13 | 105 |
17 | Gilbert Brule | C | 78 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −21 | 28 |
16 | Alexander Svitov | C | 76 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −10 | 145 |
52 | Adam Foote | D | 59 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −17 | 71 |
10 | Duvie Westcott | D | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −13 | 18 |
44 | Aaron Johnson | D | 61 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −9 | 38 |
47 | Geoff Platt | C | 26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
55 | Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | D | 70 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 123 |
48 | Marc Methot | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
42 | Mark Hartigan‡ | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
4 | Bryan Berard | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 8 |
23 | Derrick Walser† | D | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
40 | Jaroslav Balastik‡ | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
45 | Jody Shelley | LW | 72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 125 |
38 | Joakim Lindstrom | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
37 | Joe Motzko‡ | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Alexandre Picard | LW | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
35 | Brian Boucher† | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | Darcy Campbell† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Ty Conklin‡ | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | Curtis Glencross† | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
39 | Steven Goertzen | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
28 | Zenon Konopka† | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 20 |
31 | Pascal Leclaire | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
30 | Fredrik Norrena | G | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
46 | Filip Novak | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1 | Tomas Popperle | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Fredrik Norrena | 55 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 1420 | 137 | 2.79 | .904 | 3 | 2952 |
31 | Pascal Leclaire | 24 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 629 | 65 | 2.97 | .897 | 1 | 1315 |
35 | Ty Conklin‡ | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 210 | 27 | 3.30 | .871 | 0 | 491 |
35 | Brian Boucher† | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 9 | 3.79 | .866 | 0 | 142 |
1 | Tomas Popperle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1.35 | .929 | 0 | 45 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Rick Nash | [8] |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Fredrik Norrena (January 28) | [9] | |
Team | Foundation Community Service Award | Jody Shelley | [10] |
"Jackets Fans" Most Valuable Player Award | Fredrik Norrena | [10] | |
"John H. McConnell" Most Courageous Player Award | Fredrik Modin | [10] | |
Most Improved Player Award | Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | [10] | |
Outstanding Defenseman Award | Rostislav Klesla | [10] | |
Three Stars Award | Rick Nash | [10] |
Transactions
[edit]The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[11][12]
Trades
[edit]June 30, 2006 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Fredrik Modin Fredrik Norrena | To Tampa Bay Lightning Marc Denis |
October 25, 2006 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Caldwell | To New York Islanders Eric Boguniecki |
November 29, 2006 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Derrick Walser | To Carolina Hurricanes Mark Flood |
January 26, 2007 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Zenon Konopka Curtis Glencross Conditional 7th round pick in 2007 or 2008 | To Anaheim Ducks Joe Motzko Mark Hartigan 4th round pick in 2007 |
February 23, 2007 | To Columbus Blue Jackets 5th round pick in 2008 | To Carolina Hurricanes Anson Carter |
February 27, 2007 | To Columbus Blue Jackets 5th round pick in 2007 | To Buffalo Sabres Ty Conklin |
Free agents acquired
[edit]Player signed | Former team |
D Tomas Kloucek | Atlanta Thrashers |
G Ty Conklin | Edmonton Oilers |
D Filip Novak | Ottawa Senators |
F Eric Boguniecki | Pittsburgh Penguins |
F Anson Carter | Vancouver Canucks |
Free agents lost
[edit]Player lost | New team |
D Andy Delmore | Tampa Bay Lightning |
F Trevor Letowski | Carolina Hurricanes |
G Andrew Penner | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Claimed off waivers
[edit]Player received | Team |
G Brian Boucher | Chicago Blackhawks |
Draft picks
[edit]Columbus' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[13] The Blue Jackets picked 6th overall.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 6 | Derick Brassard (C) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
3 | 69 | Steve Mason (G) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets | London Knights (OHL) |
3 | 85 | Tommy Sestito (LW) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets (from San Jose via Philadelphia) | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
4 | 113 | Ben Wright (D) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets (from San Jose) | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
5 | 129 | Robert Nyholm (RW) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets | HIFK Jr. (Finland) |
5 | 136 | Nick Sucharski (LW) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto) | Michigan State University (NCAA) |
5 | 142 | Maxim Frechette (D) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets (from Anaheim) | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
6 | 159 | Jesse Dudas (D) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
7 | 189 | Derek Dorsett (RW) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
7 | 194 | Matt Marquardt (LW) | ![]() | Columbus Blue Jackets (from Los Angeles) | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) |
Farm teams
[edit]The Syracuse Crunch are the Blue Jackets American Hockey League affiliate for the seventh season. Prior to the start of the 2006–07 season, the two clubs announced they had agreed to extend the affiliation agreement for four more years.[14]
The Dayton Bombers of the ECHL are also entering their seventh season as an affiliate of the Blue Jackets.
The Jackets are also affiliated with the Youngstown SteelHounds of the Central Hockey League.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Columbus Blue Jackets 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- "2006-07 Columbus Blue Jackets Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "Blue Jackets re-sign right wing Zherdev". espn.com. September 28, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ Blue Jackets fire Gerard Gallant, tsn.ca, November 13, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ Blue Jackets hire Hitchcock as coach, tsn.ca, November 22, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Schedule and Results | Hockey-Reference.com". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Summary | Hockey-Reference.com". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 Columbus Blue Jackets 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.
- ^ "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Columbus Blue Jackets 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.301
- ^ NHL Insider - Offseason Trades[permanent dead link], nhl.com. Retrieved December 2, 2006.
- ^ NHL Insider - Free Agent Signings[permanent dead link], nhl.com. Retrieved December 2, 2006.
- ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Syracuse Crunch and Columbus Blue Jackets extend affiliation agreement, Syracuse Crunch press release, July 31, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2006.