2006–07 San Jose Sharks season

2006–07 San Jose Sharks
Division2nd Pacific
Conference5th Western
2006–07 record51–26–5
Home record25–12–4
Road record26–14–1
Goals for258
Goals against199
Team information
General managerDoug Wilson
CoachRon Wilson
CaptainPatrick Marleau
Alternate captainsScott Hannan
Joe Thornton
ArenaHP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance17,496
Team leaders
GoalsJonathan Cheechoo (37)
AssistsJoe Thornton (92)
PointsJoe Thornton (114)
Penalty minutesMark Bell (83)
Plus/minusJoe Thornton (+24)
WinsVesa Toskala (26)
Goals against averageEvgeni Nabokov (2.29)

The San Jose Sharks 2006–07 season was the 16th season played by the franchise.

Offseason

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During the 2006 offseason, the San Jose Sharks made significant changes in order to bolster their defense and team grit. The Sharks signed Mike Grier from the Buffalo Sabres and former Shark Curtis Brown from the Chicago Blackhawks, two forwards noted for their defense prowess on both sides of the ice. After signing the two veterans, General Manager Doug Wilson traded their top offensive defenceman in 2005–06, Tom Preissing, to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for centre Mark Bell of the Chicago Blackhawks in a three-way trade involving Martin Havlat going from Ottawa to the Blackhawks. Wilson then traded underachieving winger Nils Ekman to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In August, to round off their flurry of trades, the Sharks signed veterans Mathieu Biron and Patrick Traverse. The Sharks also signed Graham Mink and Scott Ferguson to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. On October 2, 2006, the Sharks acquired Vladimir Malakhov and a first-round conditional draft pick in exchange for Jim Fahey and Alexander Korolyuk, who was playing in Russia at the time.

Regular season

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The Sharks got off to a sizzling 20–7–0 start, the best in franchise history. Shortly after, however, several key players missed time due to injuries, and the Sharks continued to struggle with consistency as their results dropped off. At the end of February, they lost four games in a row, their longest losing streak of the season.

When the trading deadline approached, Wilson used some of his carefully acquired assets to address the team's areas of need, trading draft picks and prospects for Craig Rivet from the Montreal Canadiens and Bill Guerin from the St. Louis Blues. With Rivet playing quality minutes on defense and Guerin scoring goals on offense, the Sharks began winning at a torrid pace, finishing the last 16 games of the regular season with a record of 13–1–3. They concluded the regular season with a total record of 51–26–5 for 107 points, the most wins and points in franchise history. However, in a competitive Western Conference, their record was only good enough for the fifth playoff seed, and they had to open the playoffs on the road.

The Sharks spent the majority of the season rotating their two goaltenders, Vesa Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov, every other game. The only time either one played for an extended period of time was when the other was injured or otherwise unable to play. When Toskala injured his groin, Nabokov made 14-straight starts and played arguably the best hockey of his career, significantly contributing to the Sharks' late-season spate of victories. As a result, despite Toskala's return from injury, Head Coach Ron Wilson retained Nabokov as the number one goaltender to finish the regular season and enter into the playoffs.

The Sharks iced four rookies during the season: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Matt Carle, Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski, with each making significant contributions to the team's success. Vlasic, at just 19-years-of-age, was not expected to make the team, but put together an impressive pre-season performance and was on the Sharks' opening night roster. He went on to play 81 games, leading all NHL rookie defensemen in average ice time at over 21 minutes per game, and was arguably the Sharks' most consistent defenceman the whole season.

Season standings

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Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Anaheim Ducks 82 48 20 14 258 208 110
2 5 San Jose Sharks 82 51 26 5 258 199 107
3 6 Dallas Stars 82 50 25 7 226 197 107
4 14 Los Angeles Kings 82 27 41 14 227 283 68
5 15 Phoenix Coyotes 82 31 46 5 216 284 67

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[1]
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


Playoffs

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The San Jose Sharks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's fifth seed.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Sharks met the Nashville Predators, and advanced to the second round after defeating them 4 games to 1 for the second-straight season. They then fell to the Detroit Red Wings in the semifinals in six games.

Schedule and results

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Regular season

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2006–07 regular season[2]
October: 9–4–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–3–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 5 St. Louis 4 – 5 San Jose OT Toskala 17,496 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 7 NY Islanders 0 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2–0–0 4 Recap
3 October 9 San Jose 4 – 1 Calgary Toskala 19,289 3–0–0 6 Recap
4 October 12 San Jose 4 – 6 Edmonton Nabokov 16,839 3–1–0 6 Recap
5 October 13 San Jose 6 – 4 Vancouver Toskala 18,630 4–1–0 8 Recap
6 October 17 Dallas 0 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 16,380 5–1–0 10 Recap
7 October 19 Detroit 1 – 5 San Jose Toskala 17,496 6–1–0 12 Recap
8 October 21 Minnesota 4 – 1 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 6–2–0 12 Recap
9 October 23 San Jose 3 – 0 Columbus Toskala 16,067 7–2–0 14 Recap
10 October 25 San Jose 1 – 2 Detroit Nabokov 20,066 7–3–0 14 Recap
11 October 26 San Jose 3 – 4 Nashville Toskala 13,436 7–4–0 14 Recap
12 October 29 San Jose 4 – 2 Tampa Bay Nabokov 19,904 8–4–0 16 Recap
13 October 31 San Jose 2 – 1 Florida Toskala 10,081 9–4–0 18 Recap
November: 10–3–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
14 November 2 NY Rangers 3 – 1 San Jose Nabokov 17,091 9–5–0 18 Recap
15 November 4 Pittsburgh 2 – 3 San Jose Toskala 17,496 10–5–0 20 Recap
16 November 7 Minnesota 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,233 11–5–0 22 Recap
17 November 9 San Jose 7 – 3 Los Angeles Toskala 16,618 12–5–0 24 Recap
18 November 11 San Jose 2 – 1 Phoenix Toskala 15,036 13–5–0 26 Recap
19 November 13 San Jose 2 – 4 Los Angeles Toskala 16,667 13–6–0 26 Recap
20 November 15 San Jose 4 – 3 Colorado Nabokov 18,007 14–6–0 28 Recap
21 November 18 Philadelphia 1 – 6 San Jose Toskala 17,496 15–6–0 30 Recap
22 November 21 San Jose 0 – 5 Anaheim Nabokov 15,013 15–7–0 30 Recap
23 November 22 Los Angeles 3 – 6 San Jose Toskala 17,496 16–7–0 32 Recap
24 November 25 New Jersey 0 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 17–7–0 34 Recap
25 November 28 San Jose 2 – 0 St. Louis Toskala 8,679 18–7–0 36 Recap
26 November 29 San Jose 2 – 1 Minnesota Nabokov 18,568 19–7–0 38 Recap
December: 7–7–0 (home: 4–5–0; road: 3–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
27 December 2 San Jose 3 – 2 Detroit Toskala 20,066 20–7–0 40 Recap
28 December 4 San Jose 0 – 1 Dallas Nabokov 17,056 20–8–0 40 Recap
29 December 7 Colorado 5 – 2 San Jose Toskala 17,039 20–9–0 40 Recap
30 December 9 Nashville 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 21–9–0 42 Recap
31 December 11 Phoenix 0 – 4 San Jose Toskala 16,717 22–9–0 44 Recap
32 December 12 San Jose 3 – 1 Los Angeles Nabokov 15,204 23–9–0 46 Recap
33 December 14 Los Angeles 4 – 2 San Jose Toskala 17,496 23–10–0 46 Recap
34 December 16 Anaheim 3 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 24–10–0 48 Recap
35 December 21 Dallas 3 – 0 San Jose Toskala 17,496 24–11–0 48 Recap
36 December 23 Calgary 1 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 25–11–0 50 Recap
37 December 26 Anaheim 4 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 25–12–0 50 Recap
38 December 28 Phoenix 3 – 2 San Jose Toskala 17,496 25–13–0 50 Recap
39 December 30 San Jose 0 – 8 Phoenix Nabokov 17,643 25–14–0 50 Recap
40 December 31 San Jose 4 – 2 Dallas Toskala 18,584 26–14–0 52 Recap
January: 7–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
41 January 4 Detroit 4 – 9 San Jose Toskala 17,496 27–14–0 54 Recap
42 January 6 Columbus 2 – 5 San Jose Toskala 17,496 28–14–0 56 Recap
43 January 10 Edmonton 3 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 28–15–0 56 Recap
44 January 11 San Jose 5 – 2 Los Angeles Toskala 17,054 29–15–0 58 Recap
45 January 13 San Jose 4 – 1 Phoenix Toskala 16,642 30–15–0 60 Recap
46 January 15 Colorado 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 31–15–0 62 Recap
47 January 18 Phoenix 2 – 5 San Jose Toskala 17,496 32–15–0 64 Recap
48 January 20 St. Louis 1 – 0 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 32–16–0 64 Recap
49 January 26 San Jose 5 – 1 Edmonton Toskala 16,839 33–16–0 66 Recap
50 January 28 San Jose 1 – 3 Vancouver Nabokov 18,630 33–17–0 66 Recap
51 January 30 Dallas 3 – 2 San Jose SO Toskala 17,496 33–17–1 67 Recap
February: 5–7–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
52 February 1 Dallas 4 – 2 San Jose Toskala 17,496 33–18–1 67 Recap
53 February 3 Chicago 2 – 4 San Jose Toskala 17,496 34–18–1 69 Recap
54 February 6 Anaheim 7 – 4 San Jose Toskala 17,496 34–19–1 69 Recap
55 February 7 San Jose 3 – 2 Anaheim Toskala 17,466 35–19–1 71 Recap
56 February 13 San Jose 6 – 5 St. Louis Toskala 9,235 36–19–1 73 Recap
57 February 14 San Jose 0 – 5 Nashville Toskala 13,836 36–20–1 73 Recap
58 February 16 San Jose 0 – 3 Columbus Nabokov 16,045 36–21–1 73 Recap
59 February 18 San Jose 2 – 5 Dallas Nabokov 17,849 36–22–1 73 Recap
60 February 21 San Jose 3 – 2 Washington SO Nabokov 13,622 37–22–1 75 Recap
61 February 22 San Jose 2 – 0 Chicago Nabokov 10,125 38–22–1 77 Recap
62 February 24 San Jose 4 – 7 Calgary Nabokov 19,289 38–23–1 77 Recap
63 February 26 Anaheim 3 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 38–24–1 77 Recap
64 February 28 Nashville 4 – 3 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 38–24–2 78 Recap
March: 10–2–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 5–2–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
65 March 2 San Jose 1 – 3 Anaheim Nabokov 17,174 38–25–2 78 Recap
66 March 4 San Jose 4 – 0 Dallas Nabokov 18,002 39–25–2 80 Recap
67 March 6 San Jose 3 – 0 Minnesota Nabokov 18,568 40–25–2 82 Recap
68 March 9 Vancouver 2 – 1 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 40–25–3 83 Recap
69 March 11 Edmonton 0 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 41–25–3 85 Recap
70 March 13 Chicago 1 – 7 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 42–25–3 87 Recap
71 March 15 San Jose 5 – 1 Phoenix Nabokov 17,744 43–25–3 89 Recap
72 March 16 Columbus 0 – 3 San Jose Toskala 17,496 44–25–3 91 Recap
73 March 18 San Jose 3 – 4 Colorado OT Nabokov 18,007 44–25–4 92 Recap
74 March 21 San Jose 4 – 1 Chicago Nabokov 10,374 45–25–4 94 Recap
75 March 22 San Jose 5 – 1 Atlanta Toskala 16,367 46–25–4 96 Recap
76 March 24 San Jose 4 – 6 Carolina Toskala 18,763 46–26–4 96 Recap
77 March 27 Los Angeles 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 47–26–4 98 Recap
78 March 30 Phoenix 2 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 48–26–4 100 Recap
April: 3–0–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
79 April 1 Los Angeles 2 – 6 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 49–26–4 102 Recap
80 April 4 San Jose 3 – 2 Anaheim SO Nabokov 17,440 50–26–4 104 Recap
81 April 5 Calgary 3 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 51–26–4 106 Recap
82 April 7 Vancouver 4 – 3 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 51–26–5 107 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[2]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Nashville Predators – Sharks win 4–1
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 11 San Jose 5 – 4 Nashville 2OT Nabokov 17,113 1 – 0 Recap
2 April 13 San Jose 2 – 5 Nashville Nabokov 17,113 1 – 1 Recap
3 April 16 Nashville 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2 – 1 Recap
4 April 18 Nashville 2 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 3 – 1 Recap
5 April 20 San Jose 3 – 2 Nashville Nabokov 17,113 4 – 1 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 26 San Jose 2 – 0 Detroit Nabokov 18,712 1 – 0 Recap
2 April 28 San Jose 2 – 3 Detroit Nabokov 19,113 1 – 1 Recap
3 April 30 Detroit 1 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2 – 1 Recap
4 May 2 Detroit 3 – 2 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 2 – 2 Recap
5 May 5 San Jose 1 – 4 Detroit Nabokov 19,937 2 – 3 Recap
6 May 7 Detroit 2 – 0 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2 – 4 Recap
Legend:

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Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Sharks only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
19 Joe Thornton C 82 22 92 114 24 44 11 1 10 11 2 10
12 Patrick Marleau C 77 32 46 78 9 33 11 3 3 6 −5 2
14 Jonathan Cheechoo RW 76 37 32 69 11 69 11 3 3 6 1 6
9 Milan Michalek RW 78 26 40 66 17 36 11 4 2 6 3 4
18 Matt Carle D 77 11 31 42 9 30 11 2 3 5 3 0
29 Ryane Clowe RW 58 16 18 34 4 78 11 4 2 6 −2 17
25 Mike Grier RW 81 16 17 33 −5 43 11 2 2 4 1 27
10 Christian Ehrhoff D 82 10 23 33 8 63 11 0 2 2 1 6
26 Steve Bernier RW 62 15 16 31 5 29 11 0 1 1 2 2
8[a] Joe Pavelski C 46 14 14 28 4 18 6 1 0 1 2 0
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 81 3 23 26 13 18 11 0 1 1 5 2
22 Scott Hannan D 79 4 20 24 1 38 11 0 2 2 4 33
34 Patrick Rissmiller LW 79 7 15 22 1 22 11 1 3 4 1 0
7 Mark Bell C 71 11 10 21 −9 83 4 0 0 0 −2 2
37 Curtis Brown C 78 8 12 20 −2 56 11 0 2 2 1 2
4 Kyle McLaren D 67 5 12 17 10 61 11 0 4 4 −2 10
11 Marcel Goc C 78 5 8 13 −2 24 11 2 1 3 3 4
16 Mark Smith C 41 3 10 13 −4 42 3 0 0 0 0 4
13 Bill Guerin† RW 16 8 1 9 2 14 9 0 2 2 −3 12
52 Craig Rivet† D 17 1 7 8 8 12 11 2 3 5 −5 18
6 Josh Gorges‡ D 47 1 3 4 −3 26 — — — — — —
3 Douglas Murray D 35 0 3 3 0 31 — — — — — —
35 Vesa Toskala G 38 0 3 3 0 — — — — — —
15 Ville Nieminen‡ LW 30 1 1 2 −7 14 — — — — — —
5 Rob Davison D 22 0 2 2 −2 27 — — — — — —
49 Mathieu Darche LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
20 Evgeni Nabokov G 50 0 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 0
27 Scott Parker‡ RW 11 0 0 0 0 22 — — — — — —
39 Tomas Plihal C 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —

Goaltending

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Regular season Playoffs
No. Player GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35 Vesa Toskala 38 26 10 1 915 84 2.35 .908 4 2142 – – – – – – – – –
20 Evgeni Nabokov 50 25 16 4 1227 106 2.29 .914 7 2778 11 6 5 323 26 2.23 .920 1 701

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		NHL All-Rookie Team Matt Carle (Defense) [3]
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (Defense)
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Jonathan Cheechoo[b] [5]
Patrick Marleau
Joe Thornton[b]
NHL First Star of the Week Joe Thornton (March 18) [6]
NHL Rookie of the Month Ryane Clowe (January) [7]
NHL Second Star of the Month Joe Thornton (March) [8]
NHL Second Star of the Week Jonathan Cheechoo (March 25) [6]
NHL Third Star of the Week Joe Thornton (January 7) [6]
Evgeni Nabokov (March 11) [6]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Matt Carle [9]
Team Sharks Player of the Year Joe Thornton [10]
Sharks Rookie of the Year Marc-Edouard Vlasic [10]
Three Stars of the Year Joe Thornton [10]

Draft picks

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San Jose's draft picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.[11]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 16 Ty Wishart  Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL)
2 36 Jamie McGinn  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
4 98 James DeLory  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5 143 Ashton Rome  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7 202 John McCarthy  United States Boston University (Hockey East)
7 203 Jay Barriball  United States Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Pavelski wore number 53 through December 23.
  2. ^ a b Cheechoo and Thornton were voted to the starting lineup.[4]

References

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  • "San Jose Sharks 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  • "2006-07 San Jose Sharks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  1. ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2006-07 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007". NHL.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "NHL Three Stars of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
  11. ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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