2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season

2006–07 Anaheim Ducks
Stanley Cup Champions
Western Conference Champions
Pacific Division Champions
Division 1st Pacific
Conference 2nd Western
2006–07 record 48–20–14
Home record 26–6–9
Road record 22–14–5
Goals for 258
Goals against 208
Team information
General Manager Brian Burke
Coach Randy Carlyle
Captain Scott Niedermayer
Alternate captains Rob Niedermayer
Chris Pronger
Arena Honda Center
Average attendance 16,339 (95.1%)
Total: 699,903
Team leaders
Goals Teemu Selanne (48)
Assists Scott Niedermayer (54)
Points Teemu Selanne (94)
Penalties in minutes George Parros (102)
Plus/minus Chris Pronger (+27)
Wins Jean-Sebastien Giguere (36)
Goals against average Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2.26)
<2005–06 2007–08>

The 2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season was the 14th season of operation (13th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. It was the team's first season as the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks clinched their first Pacific Division title in team history with 110 points, and defeated the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup Final four games to one.

Off-season

Under new ownership, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim changed their team and arena's name, logo and player uniforms. The change involving their name was dropping the "Mighty" from their name, and completely changing their jerseys to black, gold, orange and white colours rather than the eggplant, jade, silver and white from years past.

In a major acquisition, the club acquired defenseman Chris Pronger in a trade from the Edmonton Oilers. Pronger had recently appeared in the 2006 Stanley Cup Final and on the basis of the deal, the media felt that the Ducks would be one of the favorites for the Cup. In the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, the Ducks chose Mark Mitera with their first-round pick, 19th overall.

Not only did the Ducks change their name and logos, but their home arena of 13 years saw some changes as well. On October 3, 2006, the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim was officially renamed Honda Center. The partnership was reportedly for 15 years with an option to extend the naming agreement 10 years.[1] Other changes to the arena included new displays in the rafters behind the goals and four large "Honda Center" signs on each corner of the building. During the pre-season, however, the arena was officially still the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

Regular season

The team came out of the gate to set an NHL record by earning at least one point in each of their first 16 games, a streak which ended exactly five weeks after their first game. They went 12–0–4 (28 points) before they lost their first regulation game of the year, a 3–0 shutout to the Calgary Flames, on November 10, 2006. The streak was broken seven years later by the 2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks, who went 24 games with a point. Behind goaltending by Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Ilya Bryzgalov, an offense headed by Teemu Selanne and a defense anchored by Scott Niedermayer and off-season acquisition Chris Pronger, the Ducks had worked their way to one of the NHL's best records.

On January 9, the NHL announced that Scott Niedermayer had been voted by the fans to start at defense in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas. He later declined to appear, deciding to rest a stress fracture in his foot. Ed Jovanovski of the Phoenix Coyotes was added to replace him. The Ducks' Andy McDonald was later added to replace Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings.

Playoffs

The Anaheim Ducks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's second seed, though they finished tied in points with the West-leading Nashville Predators, with 110 points. The Predators, however, had three more wins, but the Ducks nonetheless earned the second seed as winners of the Pacific Division.

The Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild in the first round, four games to one. In the second round, the Ducks defeated the Vancouver Canucks by the same four games to one result. In the Conference Final, the Ducks defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to two to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in franchise history. In the Final, the Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators four games to one to claim the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2006 Preseason Game Log
Legend
Ducks Win Ducks Loss OT Loss

Regular season

2006–07 Regular Season Game Log: 48-20-14 (Home: 26-6-9; Road: 22-14-5)
Legend
Ducks Win (2 pts.) Ducks Loss (0 pts.) OT Loss (1 pt.) All-Star Game Clinched Playoffs Clinched Division
"Points" Legend
1st (Pacific Division) Not in Playoff Position In Playoff Position

Playoffs

2007 Postseason Game Log: 16-5 (Home: 10-2; Road: 6-3)
Legend
Ducks Win Ducks Loss

Standings

Divisional Standings

Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
12 Anaheim Ducks 82 48 20 14 258 208 110
25 San Jose Sharks 82 51 26 5 258 199 107
36 Dallas Stars 82 50 25 7 226 197 107
414 Los Angeles Kings 82 27 41 14 227 283 68
515 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.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne RW 82 48 46 94 822625010
McDonald, AndyAndy McDonald C 82 27 51 78 4616803
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer D 79 15 54 69 866903
Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz LW 81 25 35 60 81231105
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger D 66 13 46 59 6927802
Getzlaf, RyanRyan Getzlaf C 82 25 33 58 66171116
Penner, DustinDustin Penner LW 82 29 16 45 58-2905
Perry, CoreyCorey Perry RW 82 17 27 44 5512403
Beauchemin, FrancoisFrancois Beauchemin D 71 7 21 28 497200
Pahlsson, SamuelSamuel Pahlsson C 82 8 18 26 42-4001
Marchant, ToddTodd Marchant C 56 8 15 23 447032
Moen, TravisTravis Moen LW 82 11 10 21 101-4000
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell D 79 2 15 17 929001
Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer C 82 5 11 16 77-8000
O'Brien, ShaneShane O'Brien D 62 2 12 14 1405102
Shannon, RyanRyan Shannon C 53 2 9 11 10-2000
Jackman, RicRic Jackman D 24 1 10 11 103100
Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton RW 48 2 7 9 883000
DiPenta, JoeJoe DiPenta D 76 2 6 8 481001
Fedoruk, ToddTodd Fedoruk LW 10 0 3 3 362000
Huskins, KentKent Huskins D 33 0 3 3 14-3000
Green, TravisTravis Green C 7 1 1 2 63000
Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere G 56 0 2 2 00000
Brent, TimTim Brent C 15 1 0 1 6-5000
Glencross, CurtisCurtis Glencross C 2 1 0 1 2-1000
Melin, BjornBjorn Melin RW 3 1 0 1 0-1000
Parros, GeorgeGeorge Parros RW 32 1 0 1 102-2000
May, BradBrad May LW 14 0 1 1 13-1000
Wall, MichaelMichael Wall G 4 0 1 1 00000
Bryzgalov, IlyaIlya Bryzgalov G 27 0 0 0 00000
Caron, SebastienSebastien Caron G 1 0 0 0 00000
Chistov, StanislavStanislav Chistov LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Hartigan, MarkMark Hartigan C 6 0 0 0 4-1000
Moran, IanIan Moran D 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Rome, AaronAaron Rome D 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere 3245 56 36 10 8 122 2.26 414901368.918
Bryzgalov, IlyaIlya Bryzgalov 1509 27 10 8 6 62 2.47 1668606.907
Wall, MichaelMichael Wall 202 4 2 2 0 10 2.97 08171.877
Caron, SebastienSebastien Caron 28 1 0 0 0 1 2.14 065.833
Team: 4984 82 48 20 14 195 2.35 522452050.913
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Getzlaf, RyanRyan Getzlaf C 21 7 10 17 321313
Perry, CoreyCorey Perry RW 21 6 9 15 375101
Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne RW 21 5 10 15 101002
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger D 19 3 12 15 2610100
McDonald, AndyAndy McDonald C 21 10 4 14 106500
Moen, TravisTravis Moen LW 21 7 5 12 225003
Pahlsson, SamuelSamuel Pahlsson C 21 3 9 12 2010002
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer D 21 3 8 11 262102
Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer C 21 5 5 10 399011
Beauchemin, FrancoisFrancois Beauchemin D 20 4 4 8 162400
Penner, DustinDustin Penner LW 21 3 5 8 24002
Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz LW 13 1 5 6 191000
Marchant, ToddTodd Marchant C 11 0 3 3 12-1000
Jackman, RicRic Jackman D 7 1 1 2 22100
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell D 21 0 2 2 108000
Huskins, KentKent Huskins D 21 0 1 1 114000
May, BradBrad May LW 18 0 1 1 28-1000
Bryzgalov, IlyaIlya Bryzgalov G 5 0 0 0 00000
Carter, RyanRyan Carter C 4 0 0 0 0-1000
DiPenta, JoeJoe DiPenta D 16 0 0 0 40000
Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere G 18 0 0 0 00000
Hartigan, MarkMark Hartigan C 1 0 0 0 00000
Miller, DrewDrew Miller LW 3 0 0 0 21000
Motzko, JoeJoe Motzko RW 3 0 0 0 20000
Parros, GeorgeGeorge Parros RW 5 0 0 0 100000
Rome, AaronAaron Rome D 1 0 0 0 0-2000
Shannon, RyanRyan Shannon C 11 0 0 0 60000
Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton RW 15 0 0 0 19-3000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere 1067 18 13 4 35 1.97 1451416.922
Bryzgalov, IlyaIlya Bryzgalov 267 5 3 1 10 2.25 0128118.922
Team: 1334 21 16 5 45 2.02 1579534.922

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

2006-07 Anaheim Ducks
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

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See also

References