2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

2006–07 Vancouver Canucks
Northwest Division champions
Division1st Northwest
Conference3rd Western
2006–07 record49–26–7
Home record26–11–4
Road record23–15–3
Goals for222
Goals against201
Team information
General managerDave Nonis
CoachAlain Vigneault
CaptainMarkus Naslund
Alternate captainsTrevor Linden
Brendan Morrison
ArenaGeneral Motors Place
Average attendance18,630
Team leaders
GoalsDaniel Sedin (36)
AssistsHenrik Sedin (71)
PointsDaniel Sedin (84)
Penalty minutesKevin Bieksa (134)
Plus/minusSami Salo (+21)
WinsRoberto Luongo (47)
Goals against averageRoberto Luongo (2.29)

The 2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 37th NHL season.

Season overview

The season began on the heels of a blockbuster trade involving goaltender Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek coming to Vancouver in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen. The acquisition of Luongo combined with the salary increases of the Sedin twins meant that the Canucks were too close to salary cap and as a result, saw names such as Ed Jovanovski, Anson Carter, Nolan Baumgartner, Jarkko Ruutu and Wade Brookbank lost to free agency.

In addition to the departures of high-profile players such as Bertuzzi, Jovanovski and Carter, general manager Dave Nonis had fired Marc Crawford as head coach after the 2005–06 season, and replaced him with Alain Vigneault.[1] The team also added players such as Jan Bulis, Taylor Pyatt, Marc Chouinard and Willie Mitchell, players who many thought are not as highly skilled as the ones who had recently departed. Despite the arrival of Luongo, many hockey analysts and fans predicted before the season began that the team would either miss the playoffs, or at best battle for the last playoff spots as 7th or 8th seed in the Western Conference. However, a few did foresee that the addition of a high-calibre goaltender in Luongo would propel the Canucks into the top three of the conference.[2]

Under such skepticism, the team played mediocre hockey from October to the Christmas break, and received criticism due to the team's lack of scoring during this period. However, after the Christmas break, the team had settled down on Vigneault's coaching system, and played stellar hockey from that point on, exceeding the expectations of fans, analysts and critics alike. On April 7, 2007, the Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks by a score of 4–3 in overtime to clinch the Northwest Division title; their second in the past three seasons. Not only did the team win a division title, this season was known for many milestones, such as Taylor Pyatt setting career high in points, and Alain Vigneault setting a new franchise record for wins as a head coach. Also, second-year player Kevin Bieksa had emerged as a top-four defenceman on the team throughout the season.

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Roberto Luongo had been voted by the fans to start in goal in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Aside from Luongo's selection into the All-Star Game, the first half of the season was also noted for the "Vote for Rory" internet campaign. The campaign was aimed at getting defenceman Rory Fitzpatrick voted into the 2007 All-Star Game, while mocking the NHL system of internet voting which encouraged people to vote as many times as they liked.

For the first time in franchise history, the Canucks ended the regular season with the league's best penalty killing record, with an 86.9% efficiency.

With the division title and third seed in the conference, the Canucks faced off against the Dallas Stars in the Western Quarterfinals. The Canucks first game back in the playoffs was a long one. On April 11, 2007, the Canucks set a franchise record with a quadruple OT win in Game 1. The game was the longest in Canucks history and the sixth longest in league history. Also in this game the Canucks set a record for shots against, allowing 76. The Canucks won this seven-game series despite the fact that every Dallas victory was a shutout for goalie Marty Turco.

The goal scoring woes continued in the second round against Brian Burke's Anaheim Ducks and the Canucks could not score more than two goals in a game. Although Trevor Linden experienced a resurgence and tied for the team lead for scoring in the playoffs, the Sedin twins could not escape the Ducks' tight checking. The third period of Game 4 was a pivotal point as the Canucks could not protect a 2–0 third-period at home and lost in overtime. In the deciding Game 5 in Anaheim, call-up rookie Jannik Hansen attempted to move the puck from the Canucks' zone, but was caught by a thunderous hit by Rob Niedermayer. The puck then went to his brother Scott, right at the blue line, who fired a wrist shot on net. Roberto Luongo, engaged with a referee over whether the puck had cleared the zone, failed to track the puck, which ended up in the back of the net and ended the Canucks' season.[3]

Regular season

The Canucks finished the regular season with the League's best penalty-kill percentage, at 86.93%.[4]

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Vancouver Canucks 82 49 26 7 222 201 105
2 7 Minnesota Wild 82 48 26 8 235 191 104
3 8 Calgary Flames 82 43 29 10 258 226 96
4 9 Colorado Avalanche 82 44 31 7 272 251 95
5 12 Edmonton Oilers 82 32 43 7 195 248 71

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[5]
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

The Vancouver Canucks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's third seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 regular season[6]
October: 7–5–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 5–3–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 5 Vancouver 3 – 1 Detroit Luongo 20,066 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 6 Vancouver 3 – 2 Columbus OT Luongo 18,136 2–0–0 4 Recap
3 October 8 Vancouver 2 – 3 Colorado Luongo 18,007 2–1–0 4 Recap
4 October 10 Vancouver 1 – 2 Minnesota SO Luongo 18,064 2–1–1 5 Recap
5 October 13 San Jose 6 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–2–1 5 Recap
6 October 16 Edmonton 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 3–2–1 7 Recap
7 October 17 Vancouver 1 – 2 Edmonton Sabourin 16,839 3–3–1 7 Recap
8 October 20 Vancouver 3 – 2 St. Louis OT Luongo 9,049 4–3–1 9 Recap
9 October 21 Vancouver 4 – 3 Nashville OT Luongo 16,073 5–3–1 11 Recap
10 October 23 Vancouver 1 – 2 Dallas Luongo 16,639 5–4–1 11 Recap
11 October 25 Vancouver 5 – 0 Chicago Luongo 11,641 6–4–1 13 Recap
12 October 27 Washington 2 – 3 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 7–4–1 15 Recap
13 October 31 Nashville 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 7–5–1 15 Recap
November: 5–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
14 November 2 Vancouver 2 – 5 Minnesota Luongo 18,568 7–6–1 15 Recap
15 November 4 Vancouver 2 – 3 Colorado Luongo 18,007 7–7–1 15 Recap
16 November 6 Dallas 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–7–1 17 Recap
17 November 9 Anaheim 6 – 0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–8–1 17 Recap
18 November 11 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–9–1 17 Recap
19 November 14 Detroit 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–10–1 17 Recap
20 November 17 St. Louis 2 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 9–10–1 19 Recap
21 November 19 Chicago 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 10–10–1 21 Recap
22 November 22 Vancouver 4 – 3 Detroit OT Luongo 20,066 11–10–1 23 Recap
23 November 23 Vancouver 0 – 6 Nashville Sabourin 15,396 11–11–1 23 Recap
24 November 25 Vancouver 1 – 4 Colorado Luongo 17,825 11–12–1 23 Recap
25 November 28 Columbus 0 – 1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 12–12–1 25 Recap
26 November 30 Anaheim 2 – 1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 12–13–1 25 Recap
December: 8–5–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
27 December 2 Colorado 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 13–13–1 27 Recap
28 December 4 Edmonton 4 – 0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 13–14–1 27 Recap
29 December 8 Carolina 3 – 4 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 14–14–1 29 Recap
30 December 9 Vancouver 3 – 5 Calgary Luongo 19,289 14–15–1 29 Recap
31 December 12 Phoenix 2 – 5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 15–15–1 31 Recap
32 December 14 Calgary 1 – 3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 16–15–1 33 Recap
33 December 16 Minnesota 1 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 17–15–1 35 Recap
34 December 19 Vancouver 2 – 5 Minnesota Luongo 18,568 17–16–1 35 Recap
35 December 21 Vancouver 0 – 2 Boston Sabourin 12,348 17–17–1 35 Recap
36 December 22 Vancouver 2 – 3 Columbus Luongo 15,861 17–18–1 35 Recap
37 December 26 Vancouver 3 – 1 Calgary Luongo 19,289 18–18–1 37 Recap
38 December 27 Calgary 5 – 6 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 19–18–1 39 Recap
39 December 30 Vancouver 6 – 2 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 20–18–1 41 Recap
January: 8–1–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 4–0–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
40 January 2 Vancouver 3 – 2 Calgary Luongo 19,289 21–18–1 43 Recap
41 January 3 Dallas 1 – 2 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 22–18–1 45 Recap
42 January 5 Edmonton 2 – 3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 23–18–1 47 Recap
43 January 7 Florida 3 – 4 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 24–18–1 49 Recap
44 January 11 Minnesota 5 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 24–19–1 49 Recap
45 January 13 Vancouver 6 – 1 Toronto Luongo 19,608 25–19–1 51 Recap
46 January 16 Vancouver 4 – 0 Montreal Luongo 21,273 26–19–1 53 Recap
47 January 18 Vancouver 2 – 1 Ottawa Luongo 19,161 27–19–1 55 Recap
48 January 19 Vancouver 3 – 4 Buffalo SO Sabourin 18,690 27–19–2 56 Recap
49 January 26 Los Angeles 3 – 2 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 27–19–3 57 Recap
50 January 28 San Jose 1 – 3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 28–19–3 59 Recap
51 January 30 Columbus 3 – 2 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 28–19–4 60 Recap
February: 8–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 5–2–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
52 February 1 Edmonton 3 – 5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 29–19–4 62 Recap
53 February 3 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary Luongo 19,289 29–20–4 62 Recap
54 February 6 Vancouver 5 – 2 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 30–20–4 64 Recap
55 February 7 Chicago 3 – 0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 30–21–4 64 Recap
56 February 10 Atlanta 2 – 3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 31–21–4 66 Recap
57 February 14 Vancouver 3 – 2 Minnesota OT Luongo 18,568 32–21–4 68 Recap
58 February 16 Vancouver 2 – 1 Chicago SO Luongo 14,552 33–21–4 70 Recap
59 February 18 Colorado 4 – 5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 34–21–4 72 Recap
60 February 20 Vancouver 3 – 2 Anaheim OT Sabourin 17,467 35–21–4 74 Recap
61 February 22 Vancouver 3 – 2 Los Angeles Luongo 17,737 36–21–4 76 Recap
62 February 25 Vancouver 1 – 2 Dallas OT Luongo 17,712 36–21–5 77 Recap
63 February 27 Vancouver 1 – 3 St. Louis Luongo 10,411 36–22–5 77 Recap
March: 11–2–2 (home: 6–1–2; road: 5–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
64 March 1 Phoenix 3 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 37–22–5 79 Recap
65 March 4 Minnesota 3 – 4 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 38–22–5 81 Recap
66 March 6 Tampa Bay 1 – 5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 39–22–5 83 Recap
67 March 8 Vancouver 4 – 2 Phoenix Sabourin 13,841 40–22–5 85 Recap
68 March 9 Vancouver 2 – 1 San Jose OT Luongo 17,496 41–22–5 87 Recap
69 March 11 Vancouver 2 – 4 Anaheim Luongo 17,174 41–23–5 87 Recap
70 March 13 Minnesota 3 – 2 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 41–23–6 88 Recap
71 March 15 St. Louis 2 – 3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 42–23–6 90 Recap
72 March 17 Detroit 1 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 43–23–6 92 Recap
73 March 19 Vancouver 2 – 1 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 44–23–6 94 Recap
74 March 21 Nashville 0 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 45–23–6 96 Recap
75 March 25 Colorado 5 – 4 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 45–23–7 97 Recap
76 March 27 Vancouver 3 – 0 Colorado Luongo 17,437 46–23–7 99 Recap
77 March 29 Vancouver 4 – 2 Los Angeles Luongo 17,916 47–23–7 101 Recap
78 March 31 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 47–24–7 101 Recap
April: 2–2–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
79 April 3 Los Angeles 2 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 48–24–7 103 Recap
80 April 5 Colorado 3 – 1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 48–25–7 103 Recap
81 April 7 Vancouver 4 – 3 San Jose OT Luongo 17,496 49–25–7 105 Recap
82 April 8 Vancouver 1 – 3 Phoenix Sabourin 17,406 49–26–7 105 Recap
Legend:

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

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[6]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Dallas Stars: Vancouver won 4–3
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 11 Dallas 4 – 5 Vancouver 4OT Luongo 18,630 1 – 0 Recap
2 April 13 Dallas 2 – 0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1 – 1 Recap
3 April 15 Vancouver 2 – 1 Dallas 1OT Luongo 18,532 2 – 1 Recap
4 April 17 Vancouver 2 – 1 Dallas Luongo 18,532 3 – 1 Recap
5 April 19 Dallas 1 – 0 Vancouver 1OT Luongo 18,630 3 – 2 Recap
6 April 21 Vancouver 0 – 2 Dallas Luongo 18,600 3 – 3 Recap
7 April 23 Dallas 1 – 4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 4 – 3 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks: Anaheim won 4–1
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 25 Vancouver 1 – 5 Anaheim Luongo 17,250 0 – 1 Recap
2 April 27 Vancouver 2 – 1 Anaheim 2OT Luongo 17,392 1 – 1 Recap
3 April 29 Anaheim 3 – 2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1 – 2 Recap
4 May 1 Anaheim 3 – 2 Vancouver 1OT Luongo 18,630 1 – 3 Recap
5 May 3 Vancouver 1 – 2 Anaheim 2OT Luongo 17,407 1 – 4 Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only.
No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
22 Daniel Sedin LW 81 36 48 84 19 36 12 2 3 5 −5 4
33 Henrik Sedin C 82 10 71 81 19 66 12 2 2 4 −8 14
19 Markus Naslund RW 82 24 36 60 3 54 12 4 1 5 −1 16
7 Brendan Morrison C 82 20 31 51 −9 60 12 1 3 4 4 6
3 Kevin Bieksa D 81 12 30 42 1 134 9 0 0 0 −1 20
9 Taylor Pyatt LW 76 23 14 37 5 42 12 2 4 6 −2 6
6 Sami Salo D 67 14 23 37 21 26 10 0 1 1 0 4
2 Mattias Ohlund D 77 11 20 31 −3 80 12 2 5 7 3 12
24 Matt Cooke LW 81 10 20 30 0 64 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Trevor Linden C 80 12 13 25 −6 34 12 2 5 7 4 6
38 Jan Bulis C 79 12 11 23 −8 70 12 1 1 2 0 2
17 Ryan Kesler C 48 6 10 16 1 40 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lukas Krajicek D 78 3 13 16 −4 64 12 0 2 2 −2 12
8 Willie Mitchell D 62 1 10 11 1 45 12 0 1 1 −2 12
20 Jeff Cowan† LW 42 7 3 10 4 93 10 2 0 2 1 22
14 Alexandre Burrows LW 81 3 6 9 −7 93 11 1 0 1 0 14
21 Bryan Smolinski† C 20 4 3 7 −3 8 12 2 2 4 2 8
25 Josh Green C 57 2 5 7 0 25 9 0 1 1 1 12
18 Rory Fitzpatrick D 58 1 6 7 12 46 3 0 0 0 −1 6
26 Tommi Santala C 30 1 5 6 0 24 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brent Sopel† D 20 1 4 5 0 10 11 0 0 0 1 2
32 Marc Chouinard C 42 2 2 4 −2 10 — — — — — —
23 Alexander Edler D 22 1 2 3 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 2
28 Yannick Tremblay D 12 1 2 3 −6 12 — — — — — —
1 Roberto Luongo G 76 0 2 2 10 12 0 0 0 0
29 Patrick Coulombe† D 7 0 1 1 −6 4 — — — — — —
39 Brad Moran C 3 0 1 1 0 2 — — — — — —
21 Tyler Bouck LW 6 0 0 0 −1 16 — — — — — —
4 Luc Bourdon D 9 0 0 0 −1 4 — — — — — —
27 Lee Goren RW 2 0 0 0 −1 0 — — — — — —
45 Nathan McIver D 1 0 0 0 −3 7 — — — — — —
37 Brandon Reid C 3 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
15 Rick Rypien C 2 0 0 0 0 5 — — — — — —
35 Dany Sabourin G 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
20 Jesse Schultz RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
29 Nathan Smith C 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
36 Jannik Hansen LW — — — — — — 10 0 1 1 0 4

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
1 Roberto Luongo 76 47 22 6 2169 171 2.28 .921 5 4490 12 5 7 427 25 1.77 .941 0 847
35 Dany Sabourin 9 2 4 1 224 21 2.63 .906 0 480 2 0 0 11 1 4.14 .909 0 14

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		Jack Adams Award Alain Vigneault [7]
NHL Second All-Star Team Roberto Luongo (Goaltender) [8]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Roberto Luongo[a] [10]
NHL First Star of the Week Roberto Luongo (January 7) [11]
NHL Third Star of the Month Roberto Luongo (January) [12]
NHL Third Star of the Week Daniel Sedin (December 31) [11]
Team Babe Pratt Trophy Kevin Bieksa [13]
Cyclone Taylor Trophy Roberto Luongo [13]
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy Daniel Sedin [13]
Fred J. Hume Award Kevin Bieksa [14]
Molson Cup Roberto Luongo [15]
Most Exciting Player Award Roberto Luongo [14]

Milestones

Roberto Luongo

Daniel Sedin

  • Played in his 400th career NHL and Canuck game on October 8, 2006, at Colorado.
  • Registered his 100th career NHL and Canuck goal on January 13, 2007, at Toronto. With the goal, Sedin became the sixth most prolific scoring left winger in Canucks history with 237 points.
  • Scored the OT game-winner on March 15, 2007, vs. St. Louis, tying an NHL record with his fourth this season.
  • Got a goal and an assist on March 27, 2007, at Colorado, to register his 300th career NHL and Canuck point.

Henrik Sedin

  • Recorded one assist on February 1, 2007, vs. Edmonton. With the assist, Sedin recorded his 200th career NHL and Canuck assist.
  • Recorded three assists on March 25, 2007, vs. Colorado, to break the franchise single-season assists record with 63. The previous record was 62, set by Andre Boudrias in the 1974–75 NHL season.
  • Recorded two assists on April 3, 2007, vs. Los Angeles, to earn his 300th and 301st career NHL and Canuck points.
  • Scored the game-winning goal in Game 1 vs. Dallas ending the longest overtime game in team history and the 6th longest in NHL history on April 11, 2007. He was set up by his brother Daniel and Mattias Ohlund.

Trevor Linden

  • Scored his 300th career goal as a Canuck on October 6, 2006, at Detroit.
  • Got an assist, to earn his 400th career assist and his 700th career point as a Canuck on November 14, 2006, vs. Detroit.
  • Played his 1,300th career NHL game on February 18, 2007, at Colorado.
  • Scored his 12th goal on March 19, 2007, at Edmonton to record his 367th career NHL goal to surpass Jacques Lemaire (366) as the 97th all-time goal scorer in league history.

Markus Naslund

  • Became the all-time franchise goal scoring leader with 301 goals on October 17, 2006, at Edmonton.
  • Played his 900th career NHL game on December 8, 2006, vs. Carolina.
  • Registered his 103rd power play goal as a Canuck to become the all-time franchise leader in power play goals on February 14, 2007, at Minnesota.

Brendan Morrison

  • Earned his 400th career NHL point with an assist on October 13, 2006, vs. San Jose.
  • On November 22, 2006, at Detroit, Morrison scored the overtime winner to become the franchise leader in overtime goals.
  • Played his 600th career NHL game on January 18, 2007, at Ottawa.
  • Sets a new franchise "Ironman" record playing his 483rd consecutive game on February 22, 2007, at Los Angeles, breaking the record that was previously held by Trevor Linden. On February 25, he became the NHL's active leader with 492 games. Finished the season with 512 consecutive games.

Alain Vigneault

  • Recorded 36 wins as head coach of the Canucks on February 22, 2007, at Los Angeles. With the win, Vigneault recorded the most wins by a Vancouver Canucks head coach during his first year behind the bench.
  • On March 29, 2007, set a new franchise record for wins in a season with his 47th victory at Los Angeles. The record was previously held by coach Pat Quinn and was set in the 1992–93 NHL season.
  • Won the Jack Adams Award for Coach of the Year on June 14, 2007.

Others

Transactions

The Canucks 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.[18]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) To Vancouver Canucks
To Florida Panthers
[19]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) To Vancouver Canucks
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007
  • Conditional draft pick in 2009
 To Los Angeles Kings
[20]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) To Vancouver Canucks
To Buffalo Sabres
  • 4th-round pick in 2007
 [21]
September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12) To Vancouver Canucks
To Detroit Red Wings
  • Conditional draft pick in 2007
 [22]
January 24, 2007 (2007-01-24) To Vancouver Canucks
To Anaheim Ducks
[23]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) To Vancouver Canucks
To Chicago Blackhawks
  • Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2007
 [24]
To Vancouver Canucks
To Los Angeles Kings
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007 or 2008
  • 4th-round pick in 2008
 [25]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Willie Mitchell Dallas Stars 4-year Free agency [26]
July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20) Marc Chouinard Minnesota Wild 2-year Free agency [27]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) Shaun Heshka Everett Silvertips (WHL) Free agency [28]
Joe Rullier New York Rangers Free agency [29]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) Jan Bulis Montreal Canadiens 1-year Free agency [30]
July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28) Yannick Tremblay Adler Mannheim (DEL) 1-year Free agency [31]
August 18, 2006 (2006-08-18) Rory Fitzpatrick Buffalo Sabres Free agency [32]
October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04) Dany Sabourin Pittsburgh Penguins Waivers [33]
November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03) Patrick Coulombe Manitoba Moose (AHL) 3-year Free agency [34]
December 30, 2006 (2006-12-30) Jeff Cowan Los Angeles Kings Waivers [35]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[b] Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Nolan Baumgartner Philadelphia Flyers Free agency (III) [37]
Keith Carney Minnesota Wild Free agency (III) [38]
Ed Jovanovski Phoenix Coyotes Free agency (III) [39]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) Jarkko Ruutu Pittsburgh Penguins Free agency (III) [40]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21) Wade Brookbank Boston Bruins Free agency (UFA) [41]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) Jozef Balej HC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA) Free agency (II)[c] [43]
July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28) Sean Brown DEG Metro Stars (DEL) Free agency (III) [44]
July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29) Craig Darby Augsburger Panther (DEL) Free agency (III) [45]
August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04) Mika Noronen Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) Free agency (II)[d] [47]
August 7, 2006 (2006-08-07) Eric Weinrich Retirement (III)[e] [49]
September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13) Anson Carter Columbus Blue Jackets Free agency (III) [50]
Jason King Skelleftea AIK (SHL) Free agency (II)[f] [52]
October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02) Richard Park New York Islanders Free agency (III) [53]
October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03) Rob McVicar Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) Free agency (UFA) [54]
November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15) Jason Doig Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) Free agency (III) [55]
February 1, 2007 (2007-02-01) Maxime Ouellet Kassel Huskies (ESBG) Free agency (VI) [56]
May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29) Brandon Reid DEG Metro Stars (DEL) Free agency [57]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 29, 2006 (2006-06-29) Roberto Luongo 4-year Re-signing [58]
June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30) Daniel Sedin 3-year Re-signing [59]
Henrik Sedin 3-year Re-signing [59]
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03) Wade Flaherty 1-year Re-signing [60]
July 16, 2006 (2006-07-16) Daniel Rahimi Entry-level [61]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) Alexander Edler Entry-level [28]
Lee Goren Re-signing [62]
Jannik Hansen Entry-level [28]
August 17, 2006 (2006-08-17) Kevin Bieksa Re-signing [63]
Tyler Bouck Re-signing [64]
August 19, 2006 (2006-08-19) Prestin Ryan Re-signing [65]
Jesse Schultz Re-signing [66]
September 8, 2006 (2006-09-08) Alex Burrows 3-year Re-signing [67]
Lukas Krajicek 1-year Re-signing [68]
September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11) Trevor Linden 1-year Re-signing [69]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14) Ryan Kesler 1-year Re-signing [70]
September 16, 2006 (2006-09-16) Josh Green 1-year Re-signing [71]
March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27) Mason Raymond Entry-level [72]
March 29, 2007 (2007-03-29) Sami Salo 4-year Extension [73]
May 24, 2007 (2007-05-24) Ryan Kesler 3-year Extension [74]
May 30, 2007 (2007-05-30) Mario Bliznak Entry-level [75]
June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04) Taylor Pyatt 2-year Extension [76]

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[77]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 14 Michael Grabner (RW)  Austria Vancouver Canucks Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3 82 Daniel Rahimi (D)  Sweden Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim) IF Björklöven (Swe Jr.)
6 163 Sergei Shirokov (W)  Russia Vancouver Canucks (from Florida) HC CSKA Moscow (Russian Superleague)
6 167 Juraj Simek (LW)  Slovakia Vancouver Canucks Kloten Flyers (Nationalliga A)
7 197 Evan Fuller (RW)  Canada Vancouver Canucks Prince George Cougars (WHL)

Farm teams

Manitoba Moose

AHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000–01 AHL season. In the 2006–07 AHL season, Manitoba finished in 1st place in the North Division, it was the franchises first regular season divisional championship in history. In addition, Mike Keane won the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for Sportsmanship, Perseverance and overall dedication to hockey. In the playoffs, the Manitoba Moose defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins, 4 games to 3, in the first round. However, Manitoba would eventually be eliminated by the Hamilton Bulldogs, 4 games to 2, in the second round of the playoffs.

Victoria Salmon Kings

ECHL affiliate that is based in Victoria, British Columbia and their home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. This is the first year that the franchise has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks in its three-year existence. In the 2006–07 ECHL season, the Salmon Kings established their first winning record by going on a nine-game winning streak to end the regular season. The Salmon Kings finished 7th overall in the National Conference and made their first playoff appearance against the Alaska Aces in the National Quarterfinal. The Salmon Kings would win Game 1 by a score of 3–2, however, the Aces would win 4 of the next 5 games to win the series 4–2, eliminating Salmon Kings from the playoffs.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Luongo was voted to the starting lineup.[9]
  2. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[36]
  3. ^ Vancouver retained Balej's NHL rights and re-signed him on August 1, 2007.[42]
  4. ^ Vancouver retained Noronen's NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[46]
  5. ^ Weinrich was hired as an assistant coach for the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League. On January 25, 2007, he came out of retirement to play for Portland.[48]
  6. ^ Vancouver retained King's NHL rights until trading them to the Anaheim Ducks on June 23, 2007.[51]

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