2006–07 Colorado Avalanche season

2006–07 Colorado Avalanche
Division4th Northwest
Conference9th Western
2006–07 record44–31–7
Home record22–16–3
Road record22–15–4
Goals for272 (T-4th)
Goals against251 (18th)
Team information
General managerFrancois Giguere
CoachJoel Quenneville
CaptainJoe Sakic
Alternate captainsAndrew Brunette
Ian Laperriere
ArenaPepsi Center
Average attendance17,612 (13th)
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Sakic (36)
AssistsJoe Sakic (64)
PointsJoe Sakic (100)
Penalty minutesIan Laperriere (133)
Plus/minusKen Klee (+18)
WinsPeter Budaj (31)
Goals against averagePeter Budaj (2.68)

The 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche season was their 12th season in Denver. It was a season of transition for the Avs, as the team began the season with a new general manager in Francois Giguere, ending the 12-year reign of Pierre Lacroix.[1] The off-season also featured the departures of Alex Tanguay and Rob Blake, continuing the trend of star players leaving Denver that began the previous year.[2]

After a decade near the top of the Western Conference standings, the Avalanche were expected to struggle to make the playoffs in 2006–07.[3] The team's expected decline also saw attendance take a hit, as Colorado's NHL record sellout streak of 487 games was ended on October 16 when 17,681 tickets were sold for a game, 326 shy of a sellout.[4]

Joe Sakic was the lone representative for the Avalanche at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Sakic recorded four assists at the game.[5]

Entering the final week of the season on April 3, 2007, Colorado was seven points behind the Calgary Flames for the eighth and final spot in the Western Conference standings. Needing Calgary to lose all four games that week and for them to win all four they fell short by one point. Calgary losing to Colorado, San Jose, Edmonton, and again to Colorado did not capture a point that week and Colorado winning three out of four was knocked out of contention when they lost to the Nashville Predators on April 7, 2007. The following night, the Avalanche beat the Flames 6–3 giving them 95 points overall on the season and one short of Calgary who had 96. With the 95 points, the Avalanche became the team with the highest point total in a season to not make the playoffs, missing the post-season for the first time since 1994 back when they were known as the Quebec Nordiques, despite going 15–2–2 to end the regular season. This record would later be matched by the 2010–11 Dallas Stars, who also failed to qualify for the playoffs with 95 points. Both the Avalanche and the Stars were passed by the 2014–15 Boston Bruins, 2017-18 Florida Panthers, and the 2018–19 Montreal Canadiens, who each earned 96.

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
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.

Western Conference[6]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
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
8.5
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

2006–07 regular season[7]
October: 5–4–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–1–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 4 Dallas 3 – 2 Colorado OT Theodore 18,007 0–0–1 1 Recap
2 October 5 Colorado 2 – 3 Minnesota OT Budaj 18,568 0–0–2 2 Recap
3 October 8 Vancouver 2 – 3 Colorado Theodore 18,007 1–0–2 4 Recap
4 October 14 Edmonton 4 – 3 Colorado Theodore 18,007 1–1–2 4 Recap
5 October 16 Chicago 5 – 3 Colorado Theodore 17,681 1–2–2 4 Recap
6 October 18 Colorado 4 – 1 Toronto Budaj 19,463 2–2–2 6 Recap
7 October 19 Colorado 2 – 1 Ottawa Theodore 17,728 3–2–2 8 Recap
8 October 21 Colorado 5 – 8 Montreal Theodore 21,273 3–3–2 8 Recap
9 October 23 Los Angeles 1 – 6 Colorado Budaj 17,284 4–3–2 10 Recap
10 October 25 Washington 5 – 3 Colorado Budaj 17,047 4–4–2 10 Recap
11 October 29 Minnesota 1 – 4 Colorado Theodore 17,615 5–4–2 12 Recap
November: 7–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Point Recap
12 November 1 Colorado 5 – 3 Columbus Theodore 16,007 6–4–2 14 Recap
13 November 2 Colorado 1 – 4 St. Louis Budaj 9,467 6–5–2 14 Recap
14 November 4 Vancouver 2 – 3 Colorado Theodore 18,007 7–5–2 16 Recap
15 November 7 Los Angeles 6 – 5 Colorado Budaj 17,196 7–6–2 16 Recap
16 November 11 Colorado 0 – 1 Nashville Theodore 17,113 7–7–2 16 Recap
17 November 13 Edmonton 2 – 1 Colorado Theodore 17,725 7–8–2 16 Recap
18 November 15 San Jose 4 – 3 Colorado Theodore 18,007 7–9–2 16 Recap
19 November 17 Colorado 3 – 0 Columbus Budaj 16,375 8–9–2 18 Recap
20 November 18 Colorado 2 – 1 Minnesota SO Budaj 18,568 9–9–2 20 Recap
21 November 20 Colorado 4 – 5 Dallas Budaj 17,491 9–10–2 20 Recap
22 November 22 Anaheim 2 – 3 Colorado SO Theodore 17,104 10–10–2 22 Recap
23 November 25 Vancouver 1 – 4 Colorado Theodore 17,825 11–10–2 24 Recap
24 November 28 Colorado 2 – 5 Calgary Theodore 19,289 11–11–2 24 Recap
25 November 30 Colorado 7 – 3 Edmonton Budaj 16,839 12–11–2 26 Recap
December: 6–7–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
26 December 2 Colorado 1 – 2 Vancouver Budaj 18,630 12–12–2 26 Recap
27 December 5 Columbus 3 – 0 Colorado Budaj 17,339 12–13–2 26 Recap
28 December 7 Colorado 5 – 2 San Jose Theodore 17,039 13–13–2 28 Recap
29 December 9 Colorado 4 – 5 Los Angeles Theodore 17,079 13–14–2 28 Recap
30 December 11 Carolina 2 – 5 Colorado Budaj 17,113 14–14–2 30 Recap
31 December 13 St. Louis 1 – 4 Colorado Budaj 18,007 15–14–2 32 Recap
32 December 15 Edmonton 1 – 4 Colorado Budaj 17,589 16–14–2 34 Recap
33 December 17 Colorado 1 – 2 Chicago Theodore 11,111 16–15–2 34 Recap
34 December 19 Colorado 7 – 6 Edmonton Budaj 16,839 17–15–2 36 Recap
December 21 Calgary PPD† Colorado
35 December 23 Chicago 2 – 3 Colorado Theodore 17,347 18–15–2 38 Recap
36 December 27 Dallas 5 – 4 Colorado Theodore 18,007 18–16–2 38 Recap
37 December 29 St. Louis 4 – 2 Colorado Budaj 18,007 18–17–2 38 Recap
38 December 30 Colorado 0 – 2 St. Louis Budaj 16,078 18–18–2 38 Recap
†December 21 game against Calgary was postponed due to a snowstorm. The game was made up on April 8.
January: 7–3–2 (home: 4–1–2; road: 3–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
39 January 1 Colorado 5 – 3 Nashville Budaj 15,878 19–18–2 40 Recap
40 January 5 Tampa Bay 2 – 4 Colorado Budaj 18,007 20–18–2 42 Recap
41 January 6 Colorado 2 – 1 Minnesota SO Budaj 18,568 21–18–2 44 Recap
42 January 9 Detroit 4 – 3 Colorado SO Budaj 18,007 21–18–3 45 Recap
43 January 11 Calgary 7 – 3 Colorado Budaj 18,007 21–19–3 45 Recap
44 January 13 Colorado 3 – 2 Anaheim SO Budaj 17,174 22–19–3 47 Recap
45 January 15 Colorado 1 – 3 San Jose Budaj 17,496 22–20–3 47 Recap
46 January 17 Phoenix 3 – 4 Colorado Budaj 17,183 23–20–3 49 Recap
47 January 20 Detroit 1 – 3 Colorado Budaj 18,007 24–20–3 51 Recap
48 January 26 Phoenix 5 – 4 Colorado SO Budaj 18,007 24–20–4 52 Recap
49 January 28 Colorado 1 – 3 Detroit Theodore 20,066 24–21–4 52 Recap
50 January 30 Nashville 3 – 4 Colorado Budaj 17,119 25–21–4 54 Recap
February: 5–8–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
51 February 1 Minnesota 5 – 3 Colorado Budaj 17,286 25–22–5 54 Recap
52 February 3 Edmonton 3 – 2 Colorado Budaj 17,645 25–23–5 54 Recap
53 February 6 Florida 4 – 5 Colorado OT Theodore 17,065 26–23–5 56 Recap
54 February 8 Atlanta 6 – 3 Colorado Budaj 17,428 26–24–5 56 Recap
55 February 11 Colorado 5 – 7 Dallas Theodore 17,506 26–25–5 56 Recap
56 February 13 Anaheim 0 – 2 Colorado Budaj 17,512 27–25–4 58 Recap
57 February 15 Colorado 7 – 5 Calgary Theodore 19,289 28–25–4 60 Recap
58 February 17 Colorado 2 – 5 Calgary Budaj 19,289 28–26–4 60 Recap
59 February 18 Colorado 4 – 5 Vancouver Theodore 18,630 28–27–4 60 Recap
60 February 20 Calgary 3 – 4 Colorado Budaj 17,623 29–27–4 62 Recap
61 February 22 Minnesota 4 – 3 Colorado Budaj 18,007 29–28–4 62 Recap
62 February 24 Colorado 5 – 6 Los Angeles SO Budaj 18,118 29–28–5 63 Recap
63 February 25 Colorado 3 – 5 Anaheim Theodore 17,174 29–29–5 63 Recap
64 February 27 Columbus 2 – 3 Colorado Budaj 17,127 30–29–5 65 Recap
March: 11–1–2 (home: 3–1–0; road: 8–0–2)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
65 March 1 Colorado 6 – 1 Chicago Budaj 10,522 31–29–5 67 Recap
66 March 4 Colorado 4 – 3 Detroit OT Budaj 20,066 32–29–5 69 Recap
67 March 6 Colorado 2 – 0 Boston Budaj 11,707 33–29–5 71 Recap
68 March 7 Colorado 3 – 2 Buffalo Budaj 18,690 34–29–5 73 Recap
69 March 11 Colorado 2 – 3 Minnesota SO Budaj 18,568 34–29–6 74 Recap
70 March 14 Calgary 2 – 3 Colorado Budaj 17,426 35–29–6 76 Recap
71 March 17 Colorado 6 – 3 Phoenix Budaj 17,179 36–29–6 78 Recap
72 March 18 San Jose 3 – 4 Colorado SO Budaj 18,007 37–29–6 80 Recap
73 March 21 Colorado 5 – 1 Edmonton Budaj 16,839 38–29–6 82 Recap
74 March 23 Colorado 3 – 4 Edmonton SO Budaj 16,839 38–29–7 83 Recap
75 March 25 Colorado 5 – 4 Vancouver SO Theodore 18,630 39–29–7 85 Recap
76 March 27 Vancouver 3 – 0 Colorado Theodore 17,437 39–30–7 85 Recap
77 March 29 Colorado 4 – 3 Phoenix Budaj 16,110 40–30–7 87 Recap
78 March 31 Minnesota 1 – 2 Colorado Budaj 17,192 41–30–7 89 Recap
April: 3–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
79 April 3 Colorado 4 – 3 Calgary Budaj 19,289 42–30–7 91 Recap
80 April 5 Colorado 3 – 1 Vancouver Budaj 18,630 43–30–7 93 Recap
81 April 7 Nashville 4 – 2 Colorado Budaj 17,462 43–31–7 93 Recap
82 April 8† Calgary 3 – 6 Colorado Theodore 17,551 44–31–7 95 Recap
†Makeup date for the December 21 game that was postponed.
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 Avalanche only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
19 Joe Sakic C 82 36 64 100 2 46
15 Andrew Brunette LW 82 27 56 83 −8 36
26[a] Paul Stastny C 82 28 50 78 4 42
23 Milan Hejduk RW 80 35 35 70 10 44
8 Wojtek Wolski LW 76 22 28 50 2 14
39 Tyler Arnason C 82 16 33 49 −8 26
4[b] John-Michael Liles D 71 14 30 44 0 24
5 Brett Clark D 82 10 29 39 5 50
53 Brett McLean C 78 15 20 35 8 36
40 Marek Svatos RW 66 15 15 30 1 46
14 Ian Laperriere RW 81 8 21 29 5 133
12 Brad Richardson RW 73 14 8 22 4 28
2 Ken Klee D 81 3 16 19 18 68
20 Mark Rycroft RW 66 6 6 12 3 31
28 Ben Guite RW 39 3 8 11 −4 16
71 Patrice Brisebois D 33 1 10 11 −5 22
3 Karlis Skrastins D 68 0 11 11 0 30
27 Ossi Vaananen D 74 2 6 8 6 69
87 Pierre Turgeon C 17 4 3 7 −1 10
34 Kurt Sauer D 48 0 6 6 −3 24
44 Jordan Leopold D 15 2 3 5 −4 14
6 Jeff Finger D 22 1 4 5 10 11
24 Antti Laaksonen LW 41 3 1 4 −3 16
10 Brad May‡ LW 10 0 3 3 0 8
48 Kyle Cumiskey D 9 1 1 2 0 2
29 Scott Parker† RW 10 1 1 2 0 6
31 Peter Budaj G 57 0 2 2 0
11 Cody McCormick C 6 0 1 1 1 6
60 Jose Theodore G 33 0 1 1 6
57 George Parros‡ RW 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltending

No. Player Regular season
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31 Peter Budaj 57 31 16 6 1499 143 2.68 .905 3 3199
60 Jose Theodore 33 13 15 1 870 95 3.26 .891 0 1748

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		NHL Foundation Player Award Joe Sakic [8]
NHL All-Rookie Team Paul Stastny (Forward) [9]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Joe Sakic[c] [11]
NHL First Star of the Month Peter Budaj (March) [12]
NHL Rookie of the Month Wojtek Wolski (December) [13]
Paul Stastny (February) [14]
NHL Second Star of the Week Joe Sakic (March 18) [15]
Joe Sakic (April 18) [16]
NHL Third Star of the Week Joe Sakic (February 18) [16]
Peter Budaj (March 4) [16]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Peter Budaj [17]
Wojtek Wolski

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Paul Stastny October 4, 2006 [18]
Kyle Cumiskey January 1, 2007
Jeff Finger February 20, 2007

Transactions

The Avalanche 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.[19]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) To Colorado Avalanche
To Calgary Flames
[20]
To Colorado Avalanche
  • Edmonton's 4th-round pick in 2006
 To New York Islanders
  • 5th-round pick in 2006
  • 6th-round pick in 2006
 [21]
November 13, 2006 (2006-11-13) To Colorado Avalanche
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007
 To Anaheim Ducks
[22]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) To Colorado Avalanche
To Anaheim Ducks
[23]
To Colorado Avalanche
To San Jose Sharks
  • 6th-round pick in 2008
 [24]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Tyler Arnason Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency [25]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) Cody McLeod Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL) 2-year Free agency [26]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) Ben Guite Boston Bruins Free agency [27]
Matt Murley Pittsburgh Penguins Free agency [27]
Mark Rycroft St. Louis Blues Free agency [27]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) Ken Klee New Jersey Devils Free agency [28]
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03) George Parros Los Angeles Kings Waivers [29]
June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01) Jaroslav Hlinka HC Sparta Praha (ELH) 1-year Free agency [30]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[d] Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Rob Blake Los Angeles Kings Free agency (III) [32]
Tomas Slovak Mora IK (SHL) Free agency (UFA) [33]
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03) Dan Hinote St. Louis Blues Free agency (III) [34]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) Vitali Kolesnik Khimik Moscow Oblast (RSL) Free agency (II)[e] [36]
September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) Paul Healey Linkoping HC (SHL) Free agency (III) [37]
September 7, 2006 (2006-09-07) Frantisek Skladany HC Energie Karlovy Vary (ELH) Free agency (UFA) [38]
September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29) Steve Konowalchuk Retirement [39]
November 2, 2006 (2006-11-02) Jim Dowd New Jersey Devils Free agency (III) [40]
November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15) Tom Lawson Lukko (Liiga) Free agency (UFA) [41]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 20, 2006 (2006-06-20) Joe Sakic 1-year Re-signing [42]
June 27, 2006 (2006-06-27) Antti Laaksonen 1-year Option exercised [43]
Ossi Vaananen 1-year Re-signing [43]
June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30) Brett Clark multi-year Re-signing [44]
Karlis Skrastins multi-year Re-signing [44]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) Kurt Sauer 1-year Re-signing [45]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) Jeff Finger Re-signing [27]
John-Michael Liles 2-year Re-signing [27]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) Peter Budaj 3-year Re-signing [46]
Cody McCormick Re-signing [46]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) Paul Stastny multi-year Entry-level [47]
August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04) Brett McLean 1-year Re-signing [48]
September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) Marek Svatos 1-year Re-signing [49]
September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12) Andrew Brunette 1-year Extension [50]
April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03) Chris Stewart 3-year Entry-level [51]
April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09) Joe Sakic 1-year Extension [52]
April 11, 2007 (2007-04-11) T. J. Hensick 3-year Entry-level [53]
Ray Macias 3-year Entry-level [53]
May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08) Codey Burki 3-year Entry-level [54]
May 21, 2007 (2007-05-21) Jeff Finger 1-year Extension [55]
David Jones 2-year Entry-level [55]
Jordan Leopold 2-year Extension [55]
Kurt Sauer 1-year Extension [55]

Draft picks

Colorado's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[56]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 18 Chris Stewart (RW)  Canada Colorado Avalanche Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2 51 Nigel Williams (D)  United States Colorado Avalanche U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
2 59 Codey Burki (C)  Canada Colorado Avalanche (From Calgary Flames) Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3 81 Mike Carman (C)  United States Colorado Avalanche U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
4 110 Kevin Montgomery (D)  United States Colorado Avalanche (From Edmonton Oilers) U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
7 201 Billy Sauer (G)  United States Colorado Avalanche University of Michigan (CCHA)

Farm teams

Albany River Rats

The Avalanche signed a one-year deal to join the Carolina Hurricanes as the NHL affiliate for the Albany River Rats for the 2006–07 AHL season.

During the season, the Avs announced that they had signed a long term deal to be the NHL affiliate of the new Cleveland expansion team beginning in 2007–08. Coincidentally, the new franchise is a reincarnation of the Utah Grizzlies franchise, which played in Denver as the Denver Grizzlies until 1995, when the Avs came to Denver.[57]

Arizona Sundogs

The Arizona Sundogs began their inaugural season in the Central Hockey League.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Stastny wore number 62 in his first seven games.
  2. ^ Liles wore number 26 in his first seven games.
  3. ^ Sakic was voted to the starting lineup.[10]
  4. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[31]
  5. ^ Colorado retained Kolesnik's NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.[35]

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