2006–07 San Jose Sharks season
2006–07 San Jose Sharks | |
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Division | 2nd Pacific |
Conference | 5th Western |
2006–07 record | 51–26–5 |
Home record | 25–12–4 |
Road record | 26–14–1 |
Goals for | 258 |
Goals against | 199 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug Wilson |
Coach | Ron Wilson |
Captain | Patrick Marleau |
Alternate captains | Scott Hannan Joe Thornton |
Arena | HP Pavilion at San Jose |
Average attendance | 17,496 |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jonathan Cheechoo (37) |
Assists | Joe Thornton (92) |
Points | Joe Thornton (114) |
Penalty minutes | Mark Bell (83) |
Plus/minus | Joe Thornton (+24) |
Wins | Vesa Toskala (26) |
Goals against average | Evgeni Nabokov (2.29) |
The San Jose Sharks 2006–07 season was the 16th season played by the franchise.
Offseason
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
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 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
[edit]Regular season
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October: 9–4–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–3–0)
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November: 10–3–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–0)
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December: 7–7–0 (home: 4–5–0; road: 3–2–0)
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January: 7–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–0)
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February: 5–7–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–4–0)
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March: 10–2–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 5–2–1)
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April: 3–0–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–0–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Nashville Predators – Sharks win 4–1
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2
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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 Sharks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
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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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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
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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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
[edit]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) |
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1 | 16 | Ty Wishart | ![]() | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
2 | 36 | Jamie McGinn | ![]() | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
4 | 98 | James DeLory | ![]() | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
5 | 143 | Ashton Rome | ![]() | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
7 | 202 | John McCarthy | ![]() | Boston University (Hockey East) |
7 | 203 | Jay Barriball | ![]() | Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "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.
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "2006-07 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. 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 c d "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Three Stars of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ a b c 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
- ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.