2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season

2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division2nd Southeast
Conference7th Eastern
2006–07 record44–33–5
Home record22–18–1
Road record22–15–4
Goals for253
Goals against261
Team information
General managerJay Feaster
CoachJohn Tortorella
CaptainTim Taylor
Alternate captainsVincent Lecavalier
Brad Richards
ArenaSt. Pete Times Forum
Average attendance19,833
Team leaders
GoalsVincent Lecavalier (52)
AssistsMartin St. Louis (59)
PointsVincent Lecavalier (108)
Penalty minutesAndre Roy (128)
Plus/minusNikita Alexeev (+10)
WinsJohan Holmqvist (27)
Goals against averageJohan Holmqvist (2.85)

The 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning hoped to rebound from their disappointing first round exit in 2005–06. After head coach John Tortorella ripped his goaltenders during the 2006 playoffs,[1] the Lightning pinned their hopes on Marc Denis, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets during the off-season.

Two Lightning players represented the Eastern Conference at the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Dallas: Martin St. Louis scored a goal in the game, while Vincent Lecavalier recorded an assist.[2]

Off-season

Tim Taylor was named the eighth captain in franchise history on September 6, 2006.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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

[4]

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.

Eastern Conference[5]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
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
8.5
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


Playoffs

Tampa Bay ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 regular season[6]
October: 5–6–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 5 Tampa Bay 3–2 Atlanta SO Denis 17,269 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 7 Boston 3–2 Tampa Bay Denis 21,234 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 9 Atlanta 1–0 Tampa Bay Denis 19,817 1–2–0 2 Recap
4 October 13 Tampa Bay 2–3 Florida Holmqvist 15,208 1–3–0 2 Recap
5 October 14 Florida 1–4 Tampa Bay Denis 19,926 2–3–0 4 Recap
6 October 16 Carolina 5–1 Tampa Bay Denis 19,815 2–4–0 4 Recap
7 October 19 Philadelphia 1–4 Tampa Bay Denis 19,920 3–4–0 6 Recap
8 October 21 Tampa Bay 6–4 Washington Denis 13,327 4–4–0 8 Recap
9 October 26 Carolina 1–5 Tampa Bay Denis 18,826 5–4–0 10 Recap
10 October 28 Tampa Bay 4–6 Carolina Denis 18,639 5–5–0 10 Recap
11 October 29 San Jose 4–2 Tampa Bay Denis 19,904 5–6–0 10 Recap
November: 8–5–2 (home: 4–3–0; road: 4–2–2)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
12 November 1 Toronto 4–2 Tampa Bay Denis 19,977 5–7–0 10 Recap
13 November 2 Tampa Bay 5–2 Philadelphia Holmqvist 18,633 6–7–0 12 Recap
14 November 4 Tampa Bay 5–6 Boston OT Denis 14,169 6–7–1 13 Recap
15 November 6 Tampa Bay 5–1 NY Islanders Holmqvist 9,693 7–7–1 15 Recap
16 November 8 Tampa Bay 4–3 Pittsburgh OT Holmqvist 14,483 8–7–1 17 Recap
17 November 11 Atlanta 3–5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,034 9–7–1 19 Recap
18 November 15 Montreal 3–1 Tampa Bay Denis 19,920 9–8–1 19 Recap
19 November 17 NY Islanders 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Holmqvist 19,919 10–8–1 21 Recap
20 November 19 Tampa Bay 1–4 NY Rangers Holmqvist 18,200 10–9–1 21 Recap
21 November 20 Tampa Bay 2–7 Buffalo Denis 18,690 10–10–1 21 Recap
22 November 22 Tampa Bay 6–4 Florida Holmqvist 14,516 11–10–1 23 Recap
23 November 24 Atlanta 2–3 Tampa Bay OT Holmqvist 19,819 12–10–1 25 Recap
24 November 26 Ottawa 1–3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 19,819 13–10–1 27 Recap
25 November 28 Washington 5–2 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 18,874 13–11–1 27 Recap
26 November 30 Tampa Bay 3–4 Boston SO Denis 11,150 13–11–2 28 Recap
December: 5–8–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
27 December 2 Tampa Bay 2–5 Ottawa Holmqvist 18,618 13–12–2 28 Recap
28 December 5 Buffalo 4–1 Tampa Bay Denis 20,025 13–13–2 28 Recap
29 December 7 Atlanta 0–8 Tampa Bay Denis 17,704 14–13–2 30 Recap
30 December 9 Anaheim 4–3 Tampa Bay Denis 18,719 14–14–2 30 Recap
31 December 12 Tampa Bay 4–5 Toronto Holmqvist 19,462 14–15–2 30 Recap
32 December 14 Tampa Bay 2–4 Montreal Denis 21,273 14–16–2 30 Recap
33 December 16 Carolina 3–2 Tampa Bay Denis 18,634 14–17–2 30 Recap
34 December 19 Tampa Bay 5–4 Washington Denis 10,417 15–17–2 32 Recap
35 December 21 Tampa Bay 4–2 Ottawa Denis 18,603 16–17–2 34 Recap
36 December 23 NY Rangers 3–4 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,122 17–17–2 36 Recap
37 December 26 Tampa Bay 1–2 Atlanta Holmqvist 16,356 17–18–2 36 Recap
38 December 28 Philadelphia 4–3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,171 17–19–2 36 Recap
39 December 30 Montreal 1–3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,120 18–19–2 38 Recap
January: 9–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 7–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
40 January 2 Tampa Bay 2–5 Montreal Holmqvist 21,273 18–20–2 38 Recap
41 January 4 Tampa Bay 3–2 Minnesota Denis 18,568 19–20–2 40 Recap
42 January 5 Tampa Bay 2–4 Colorado Denis 18,007 19–21–2 40 Recap
43 January 7 Tampa Bay 3–2 Pittsburgh SO Holmqvist 17,132 20–21–2 42 Recap
44 January 9 Pittsburgh 2–3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 19,226 21–21–2 44 Recap
45 January 11 Washington 4–5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 18,804 22–21–2 46 Recap
46 January 13 Tampa Bay 3–2 Buffalo Denis 18,690 23–21–2 48 Recap
47 January 15 Tampa Bay 4–3 NY Islanders Holmqvist 15,426 24–21–2 50 Recap
48 January 16 Toronto 4–2 Tampa Bay Denis 19,830 24–22–2 50 Recap
49 January 18 Tampa Bay 3–2 New Jersey SO Holmqvist 12,698 25–22–2 52 Recap
50 January 20 Tampa Bay 6–5 Carolina SO Denis 18,196 26–22–2 54 Recap
51 January 26 New Jersey 2–0 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,404 26–23–2 54 Recap
52 January 30 Tampa Bay 4–3 Philadelphia SO Holmqvist 19,313 27–23–2 56 Recap
February: 9–2–2 (home: 6–1–1; road: 3–1–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
53 February 1 Tampa Bay 4–0 Carolina Holmqvist 16,635 28–23–2 58 Recap
54 February 3 NY Rangers 2–3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,354 29–23–2 60 Recap
55 February 6 Los Angeles 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Holmqvist 18,273 30–23–2 62 Recap
56 February 9 Tampa Bay 0–5 NY Rangers Holmqvist 18,200 30–24–2 62 Recap
57 February 11 Tampa Bay 4–1 New Jersey Holmqvist 18,022 31–24–2 64 Recap
58 February 13 Phoenix 3–5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 18,019 32–24–2 66 Recap
59 February 15 Washington 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Denis 18,744 33–24–2 68 Recap
60 February 17 Tampa Bay 4–5 Florida OT Holmqvist 17,813 33–24–3 69 Recap
61 February 20 Florida 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Denis 19,319 34–24–3 71 Recap
62 February 22 Tampa Bay 5–4 Atlanta OT Denis 16,032 35–24–3 73 Recap
63 February 23 Boston 6–2 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,201 35–25–3 73 Recap
64 February 25 Pittsburgh 1–5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,119 36–25–3 75 Recap
65 February 27 Dallas 2–1 Tampa Bay OT Holmqvist 19,255 36–25–4 76 Recap
March: 7–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
66 March 1 Tampa Bay 5–4 Washington SO Holmqvist 10,462 37–25–4 78 Recap
67 March 3 Tampa Bay 2–6 Florida Denis 17,299 37–26–4 78 Recap
68 March 6 Tampa Bay 1–5 Vancouver Holmqvist 18,630 37–27–4 78 Recap
69 March 7 Tampa Bay 3–1 Edmonton Denis 16,839 38–27–4 80 Recap
70 March 10 Tampa Bay 3–2 Calgary OT Denis 19,289 39–27–4 82 Recap
71 March 13 Tampa Bay 2–3 Toronto Denis 19,530 39–28–4 82 Recap
72 March 16 Buffalo 3–2 Tampa Bay Denis 21,264 39–29–4 82 Recap
73 March 18 Tampa Bay 1–7 Washington Holmqvist 14,274 39–30–4 82 Recap
74 March 20 NY Islanders 3–4 Tampa Bay OT Holmqvist 19,916 40–30–4 84 Recap
75 March 22 New Jersey 1–3 Tampa Bay Denis 20,326 41–30–4 86 Recap
76 March 24 Ottawa 7–2 Tampa Bay Denis 20,342 41–31–4 86 Recap
77 March 27 Florida 5–2 Tampa Bay Denis 18,856 41–32–4 86 Recap
78 March 30 Tampa Bay 4–2 Carolina Holmqvist 18,639 42–32–4 88 Recap
79 March 31 Washington 2–5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,064 43–32–4 90 Recap
April: 1–1–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
80 April 3 Carolina 2–5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,224 44–32–4 92 Recap
81 April 6 Florida 7–2 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,002 44–33–4 92 Recap
82 April 7 Tampa Bay 2–3 Atlanta SO Holmqvist 18,756 44–33–5 93 Recap
Legend:

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

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[6]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 12 Tampa Bay 3–5 New Jersey Holmqvist 14,495 0–1 Recap
2 April 14 Tampa Bay 3–2 New Jersey Holmqvist 18,231 1–1 Recap
3 April 16 New Jersey 2–3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,219 2–1 Recap
4 April 18 New Jersey 4–3 Tampa Bay OT Holmqvist 20,940 2–2 Recap
5 April 20 Tampa Bay 0–3 New Jersey Holmqvist 18,096 2–3 Recap
6 April 22 New Jersey 3–2 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,019 2–4 Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

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 Lightning only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
4 Vincent Lecavalier C 82 52 56 108 2 44 6 5 2 7 4 10
26 Martin St. Louis RW 82 43 59 102 7 28 6 3 5 8 6 8
19 Brad Richards C 82 25 45 70 −19 23 6 3 5 8 −4 6
22 Dan Boyle D 82 20 43 63 −5 62 6 0 1 1 0 2
20 Vaclav Prospal C 82 14 41 55 −24 36 6 1 4 5 2 4
71 Filip Kuba D 81 15 22 37 −9 36 6 1 4 5 −1 4
9 Eric Perrin C 82 13 23 36 −7 30 6 1 1 2 −4 2
17 Ruslan Fedotenko LW 80 12 20 32 −3 52 4 0 0 0 −4 4
54 Paul Ranger D 72 4 24 28 5 42 6 0 1 1 3 4
34 Ryan Craig C 72 14 13 27 −11 55 6 0 0 0 −1 12
15 Nikita Alexeev‡ RW 63 10 11 21 10 12 — — — — — —
21 Cory Sarich D 82 0 15 15 −6 70 6 0 0 0 0 2
3 Doug Janik D 75 2 9 11 −11 53 1 0 0 0 0 0
74 Nick Tarnasky C 77 5 4 9 −6 80 6 0 0 0 −1 10
24 Andreas Karlsson C 53 3 6 9 −4 12 6 0 0 0 −1 0
16 Jason Ward† RW 17 4 4 8 −11 10 6 0 1 1 −6 6
44 Nolan Pratt D 81 1 7 8 0 44 6 0 0 0 −2 5
29 Dmitry Afanasenkov‡ LW 33 3 3 6 −6 8 — — — — — —
27 Tim Taylor C 71 1 5 6 −5 16 6 0 0 0 0 0
49 Blair Jones C 20 1 2 3 0 2 — — — — — —
36 Andre Roy† RW 51 1 2 3 −3 116 6 0 0 0 0 17
40 Johan Holmqvist G 48 0 3 3 4 6 0 0 0 0
7 Luke Richardson D 27 0 3 3 3 16 — — — — — —
55 Shane O'Brien† D 18 0 2 2 −8 36 6 0 0 0 −4 12
30 Marc Denis G 44 0 0 0 2 — — — — — —
31 Karri Ramo G 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
61 Karl Stewart† LW 7 0 0 0 −2 2 — — — — — —
56 Kyle Wanvig† RW 4 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —

Goaltending

No. Player Regular season Playoffs
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
40 Johan Holmqvist 48 27 15 3 1134 121 2.85 .893 1 2548 6 2 4 168 18 2.92 .893 0 370
30 Marc Denis 44 17 18 2 1068 125 3.19 .883 1 2353 — — — — — — — — —
31 Karri Ramo 2 0 0 0 23 4 3.45 .826 0 70 — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy Vincent Lecavalier [7]
NHL Second All-Star Team Dan Boyle (Defense) [8]
Vincent Lecavalier (Center)
Martin St. Louis (Right Wing)
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Vincent Lecavalier [9]
Martin St. Louis
NHL First Star of the Week Martin St. Louis (November 26) [10]
NHL Second Star of the Week Vincent Lecavalier (December 10) [10]
NHL Third Star of the Month Vincent Lecavalier (March) [11]
NHL Second Star of the Week Vincent Lecavalier (December 24) [10]
Brad Richards (February 25)
NHL YoungStars Game selection Paul Ranger [12]

Records

Vincent Lecavalier reached 50 goals in a single season and becomes the highest, single-season goal scorer in Lightning history, surpassing Brian Bradley's previous record of 42 goals in a single season.[13]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Blair Jones November 20, 2006 [14]
Karri Ramo December 2, 2006

Transactions

The Lightning 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.[15]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Columbus Blue Jackets
[16]
July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 4th-round pick in 2008
 To Dallas Stars
[17]
November 9, 2006 (2006-11-09) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Philadelphia Flyers
[18]
January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Los Angeles Kings
  • 4th-round pick in 2008
 [19]
February 1, 2007 (2007-02-01) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Atlanta Thrashers
[20]
February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Anaheim Ducks
[21]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Chicago Blackhawks
[22]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Los Angeles Kings
  • 5th-round pick in 2007
 [22]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Anaheim Ducks
[23]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Andy Delmore Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year Free agency [24]
Andreas Karlsson HV71 (SHL) 1-year Free agency [25]
July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) Filip Kuba Minnesota Wild 3-year Free agency [26]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) Doug Janik Buffalo Sabres Free agency [27]
July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11) Luke Richardson Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency [28]
July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) Eric Healey Boston Bruins 2-year Free agency [29]
December 2, 2006 (2006-12-02) Andre Roy Pittsburgh Penguins Waivers [30]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[a] Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Gerard Dicaire[b] Contract expiration (UFA) [31]
John Grahame Carolina Hurricanes Free agency (III) [33]
Pavel Kubina Toronto Maple Leafs Free agency (III) [34]
Steve McLaren[c] Contract expiration (III) [31]
Todd Rohloff[d] Contract expiration (III) [31]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) Dennis Packard Boston Bruins Free agency (UFA) [37]
July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) Jason Jaspers Adler Mannheim (DEL) Free agency (VI) [38]
August 5, 2006 (2006-08-05) Evgeny Artyukhin Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) Free agency (II)[e] [40]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09) Timo Helbling Hershey Bears (AHL)[f] Release (II) [42]
August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16) Martin Cibak Frolunda HC (SHL) Free agency (UFA) [43]
August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22) Zdenek Blatny Springfield Falcons (AHL) Free agency (VI) [44]
October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05) Jean-Francois Soucy Elmira Jackals (UHL) Free agency (UFA) [45]
November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14) Chris Dingman Sodertalje SK (SWE-2) Free agency (III) [46]
December 30, 2006 (2006-12-30) Dmitri Afanasenkov Philadelphia Flyers Waivers [47]
January 18, 2007 (2007-01-18) Sean Burke Los Angeles Kings Waivers [48]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Nikita Alexeev 1-year Re-signing [49]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) Marc Denis 3-year Re-signing [50]
Norm Milley 1-year Re-signing [51]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) Ruslan Fedotenko 1-year Re-signing [52]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) Dmitri Afanasenkov 1-year Re-signing [53]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) Mitch Fritz Re-signing [54]
Blair Jones 3-year Entry-level [55]
July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) Ryan Craig 2-year Re-signing [56]
July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27) Cory Sarich 1-year Re-signing [57]
April 6, 2007 (2007-04-06) Vladimir Mihalik 3-year Entry-level [58]
May 9, 2007 (2007-05-09) Jason Ward 2-year Extension [59]
May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16) Andreas Karlsson 1-year Extension [60]
May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19) Johan Holmqvist 1-year Extension [61]
May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31) Riku Helenius 3-year Entry-level [62]
Chris Lawrence 3-year Entry-level [62]

Draft picks

Tampa's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[63] The Lightning picked 15th overall. Through a series of trades, Tampa had only four picks at this draft.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
1 15 Riku Helenius (G)  Finland Ilves (SM-liiga)
3 78 Kevin Quick (D)  United States Salisbury (USHS-CN)
6 168 Dane Crowley (D)  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7 198 Denis Kazionov (LW)  Russia HC MVD Tver (Russian Superleague)

Farm teams

Springfield Falcons

The Falcons are the Lightning's top affiliate in the American Hockey League for the third year.

Johnstown Chiefs

The Chiefs are Tampa Bay's ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[31]
  2. ^ Dicaire retired.[32]
  3. ^ McLaren retired.[35]
  4. ^ Rohloff retired.[36]
  5. ^ Tampa Bay retained Artyukhin's NHL rights and re-signed him on July 8, 2008.[39]
  6. ^ Helbling signed with Hershey on the same day.[41]

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