2006–07 Florida Panthers | |
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Division | 4th Southeast |
Conference | 12th Eastern |
2006–07 record | 35–31–16 |
Home record | 23–12–6 |
Road record | 12–19–10 |
Goals for | 247 |
Goals against | 257 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jacques Martin |
Coach | Jacques Martin |
Captain | Olli Jokinen |
Alternate captains | Martin Gelinas (Dec.–Apr.) Chris Gratton Joe Nieuwendyk (Oct.–Dec.) Gary Roberts (Oct.–Feb.) Ruslan Salei |
Arena | BankAtlantic Center |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Olli Jokinen (39) |
Assists | Olli Jokinen (52) |
Points | Olli Jokinen (91) |
Penalty minutes | Steve Montador (119) |
Plus/minus | Jay Bouwmeester (+23) |
Wins | Ed Belfour (27) |
Goals against average | Ed Belfour (2.77) |
The 2006–07 Florida Panthers season began on October 6 with a game at the BankAtlantic Center against the Boston Bruins. It was the Panthers' 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
Regular season
The Panthers finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities for with 337.[1]
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 246 | 245 | 97 |
2 | 7 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 253 | 261 | 93 |
3 | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 241 | 253 | 88 |
4 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 247 | 257 | 86 |
5 | 14 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 235 | 286 | 70 |
Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P - Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 308 | 242 | 113 |
2 | Y - New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 216 | 201 | 107 |
3 | Y - Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 246 | 245 | 97 |
4 | X - Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 288 | 222 | 105 |
5 | X - Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 277 | 246 | 105 |
6 | X - New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 242 | 216 | 94 |
7 | X - Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 253 | 261 | 93 |
8 | X - New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 248 | 240 | 92 |
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9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 258 | 269 | 91 |
10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 245 | 256 | 90 |
11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 241 | 253 | 88 |
12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 247 | 257 | 86 |
13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 219 | 289 | 76 |
14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 235 | 286 | 70 |
15 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 214 | 303 | 56 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast |
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Schedule and results
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October: 5–7–2 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–5–2)
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November: 3–7–3 (home: 2–4–1; road: 1–3–2)
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December: 7–5–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–3–1)
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January: 4–4–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 1–3–2)
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February: 6–3–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 2–2–2)
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March: 9–4–1 (home: 6–2–1; road: 3–2–0)
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April: 1–1–2 (home: 0–0–1; road: 1–1–1)
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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 Panthers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
12 | Olli Jokinen | C | 82 | 39 | 52 | 91 | 18 | 78 |
16 | Nathan Horton | C | 82 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 15 | 61 |
15 | Jozef Stumpel | C | 73 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 2 | 22 |
9 | Stephen Weiss | C | 74 | 20 | 28 | 48 | −1 | 28 |
23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 82 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 7 | 36 |
4 | Jay Bouwmeester | D | 82 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 23 | 66 |
18 | Ville Peltonen | LW | 72 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 28 |
77 | Chris Gratton | C | 81 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 1 | 94 |
24 | Ruslan Salei | D | 82 | 6 | 26 | 32 | −13 | 102 |
85 | Rostislav Olesz | C | 75 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 2 | 28 |
10 | Gary Roberts‡ | LW | 50 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 71 |
26 | Mike Van Ryn | D | 78 | 4 | 25 | 29 | −5 | 64 |
13 | Juraj Kolnik | RW | 64 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 18 |
5 | Bryan Allen | D | 82 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 112 |
8 | Joel Kwiatkowski‡ | D | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 20 |
46 | David Booth | LW | 48 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
11 | Gregory Campbell | LW | 79 | 6 | 3 | 9 | −10 | 66 |
7 | Steve Montador | D | 72 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 119 |
25 | Joe Nieuwendyk‡ | C | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −4 | 4 |
44 | Todd Bertuzzi‡ | RW | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −4 | 13 |
21 | Alexei Semenov | D | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
38 | Janis Sprukts | C | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Branislav Mezei | D | 45 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 55 |
50 | Drew Larman | C | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
54 | Kamil Kreps | C | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 |
20 | Ed Belfour | G | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
55 | Ric Jackman‡ | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 10 |
6 | Noah Welch† | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
35 | Alex Auld | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
51 | Rob Globke | C | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
47 | Martin Lojek | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
57 | Anthony Stewart | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
31 | Craig Anderson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
40 | Greg Jacina | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
20 | Ed Belfour | 58 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 1550 | 152 | 2.77 | .902 | 1 | 3289 |
35 | Alex Auld | 27 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 729 | 82 | 3.35 | .888 | 1 | 1471 |
31 | Craig Anderson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 8 | 2.21 | .931 | 0 | 217 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Jay Bouwmeester | [5] |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Olli Jokinen (March 4) | [6] | |
Olli Jokinen (April 1) | [6] | ||
NHL Third Star of the Week | Olli Jokinen (January 14) | [6] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Chris Gratton | March 22, 2007 | [7] |
Transactions
Trades
June 24, 2006 | To Florida Panthers Todd Bertuzzi Alex Auld Bryan Allen |
To Vancouver Canucks Roberto Luongo Lukas Krajicek 6th-round pick in 2006 (Sergei Shirokov) |
June 24, 2006 | To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson |
To Chicago Blackhawks 6th-round pick in 2008 (Luke Witkowski) |
January 3, 2007 | To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick in 2007 (condition not satisfied) |
To Anaheim Ducks Ric Jackman |
February 26, 2007 | To Florida Panthers Noah Welch |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts |
February 27, 2007 | To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick Shawn Matthias |
To Detroit Red Wings Todd Bertuzzi |
February 27, 2007 | To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2007 (Matt Rust) |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Kwiatkowski |
Free agents acquired
Player | Former Team |
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G Ed Belfour | Toronto Maple Leafs |
D Ruslan Salei | Anaheim Ducks |
Free agents lost
Player | New Team |
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F Jon Sim | Atlanta Thrashers |
G Jamie McLennan | Calgary Flames |
D Sean Hill | New York Islanders |
F Serge Payer | Ottawa Senators |
Draft picks
Florida's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 10 | Michael Frolik (RW) | ![]() |
Florida Panthers | Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga) |
3 | 73 | Brady Calla (RW) | ![]() |
Florida Panthers | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |
4 | 103 | Michael Caruso (D) | ![]() |
Florida Panthers | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
4 | 116 | Derrick LaPoint (D) | ![]() |
Florida Panthers (from Nashville) | Eau Claire North (USHS-WI) |
6 | 155 | Peter Aston (D) | ![]() |
Florida Panthers (from Pittsburgh) | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
7 | 193 | Marc Cheverie (G) | ![]() |
Florida Panthers | Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) |
References
- "Florida Panthers 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- "2006-07 Florida Panthers Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Summary".
- ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 Florida Panthers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007". NHL.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ "Elias Says ..." ESPN.com. March 23, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
Chris Gratton of the Panthers played his 1000th NHL game tonight
- ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.