2005–06 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2005–06 Colorado Avalanche season was the 11th operational season and 10th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.[1] As well as the franchise's 27th season in the National Hockey League and 34th season overall.

2005–06 Colorado Avalanche
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	7th Western
2005–06 record	43–30–9
Goals for	283
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Joe Sakic

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Calgary Flames	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
2	7	Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
3	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
4	9	Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
5	11	Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	231	215	84

[2] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	Y- Dallas Stars	PA	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
3	Y- Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
4	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
5	X- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
6	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
7	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
8.5
9	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
8	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
11	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	231	215	84
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	39	5	246	271	81
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
14	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
15	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 2005	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	0–1–0
2	W	October 8, 2005	3–2	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	1–1–0
3	W	October 10, 2005	7–3	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	2–1–0
4	L	October 12, 2005	4–5	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	2–2–0
5	L	October 14, 2005	2–3 SO	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	2–2–1
6	L	October 19, 2005	4–5	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	2–3–1
7	W	October 21, 2005	7–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	3–3–1
8	L	October 22, 2005	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	3–4–1
9	W	October 25, 2005	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	4–4–1
10	W	October 27, 2005	6–2	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	5–4–1
11	W	October 29, 2005	4–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	6–4–1
12	W	November 3, 2005	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	7–4–1
13	L	November 5, 2005	2–3 SO	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	7–4–2
14	W	November 8, 2005	5–2	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	8–4–2
15	W	November 10, 2005	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	9–4–2
16	L	November 12, 2005	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	9–5–2
17	L	November 14, 2005	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	9–6–2
18	W	November 16, 2005	3–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	10–6–2
19	W	November 18, 2005	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	11–6–2
20	L	November 19, 2005	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	11–7–2
21	L	November 21, 2005	2–3 SO	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	11–7–3
22	L	November 23, 2005	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	11–8–3
23	W	November 25, 2005	5–0	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	12–8–3
24	W	November 27, 2005	6–2	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	13–8–3
25	W	November 29, 2005	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	14–8–3
26	L	November 30, 2005	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	14–9–3
27	L	December 4, 2005	4–6	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	14–10–3
28	W	December 7, 2005	4–1	Boston Bruins (2005–06)	15–10–3
29	W	December 9, 2005	4–3 SO	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	16–10–3
30	L	December 10, 2005	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	16–11–3
31	L	December 12, 2005	2–6	Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	16–12–3
32	L	December 17, 2005	4–5	@ New York Islanders (2005–06)	16–13–3
33	W	December 18, 2005	2–1	@ New York Rangers (2005–06)	17–13–3
34	L	December 20, 2005	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	17–14–3
35	W	December 22, 2005	4–3	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	18–14–3
36	L	December 23, 2005	3–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	18–15–3
37	W	December 26, 2005	7–4	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	19–15–3
38	L	December 28, 2005	3–5	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	19–16–3
39	L	December 30, 2005	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	19–17–3
40	W	December 31, 2005	5–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	20–17–3
41	W	January 3, 2006	3–0	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	21–17–3
42	W	January 5, 2006	4–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	22–17–3
43	W	January 7, 2006	3–2 SO	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	23–17–3
44	W	January 9, 2006	6–1	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	24–17–3
45	W	January 11, 2006	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	25–17–3
46	W	January 14, 2006	4–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	26–17–3
47	W	January 17, 2006	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	27–17–3
48	L	January 19, 2006	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	27–18–3
49	L	January 21, 2006	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	27–19–3
50	W	January 24, 2006	7–4	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	28–19–3
51	L	January 26, 2006	2–3 SO	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	28–19–4
52	L	January 28, 2006	3–4 SO	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	28–19–5
53	W	January 31, 2006	3–2	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	29–19–5
54	L	February 2, 2006	3–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	29–19–6
55	L	February 4, 2006	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	29–20–6
56	W	February 7, 2006	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	30–20–6
57	W	February 9, 2006	2–1	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	31–20–6
58	W	February 10, 2006	4–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	32–20–6
59	L	February 12, 2006	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	32–21–6
60	W	February 28, 2006	4–2	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	33–21–6
61	W	March 2, 2006	1–0	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	34–21–6
62	L	March 4, 2006	3–5	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	34–22–6
63	L	March 5, 2006	3–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	34–23–6
64	W	March 7, 2006	2–1 SO	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	35–23–6
65	W	March 9, 2006	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	36–23–6
66	W	March 12, 2006	3–0	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	37–23–6
67	L	March 13, 2006	3–4	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	37–24–6
68	L	March 19, 2006	5–6	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	37–25–6
69	W	March 20, 2006	5–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	38–25–6
70	L	March 22, 2006	4–5 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	38–25–7
71	W	March 25, 2006	3–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	39–25–7
72	L	March 26, 2006	3–4 SO	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	39–25–8
73	W	March 28, 2006	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	40–25–8
74	L	March 31, 2006	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	40–26–8
75	W	April 3, 2006	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	41–26–8
76	L	April 5, 2006	1–2	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	41–27–8
77	W	April 8, 2006	4–2	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	42–27–8
78	L	April 9, 2006	2–5	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	42–28–8
79	W	April 11, 2006	6–4	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	43–28–8
80	L	April 13, 2006	0–2	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	43–29–8
81	L	April 15, 2006	3–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	43–29–9
82	L	April 17, 2006	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	43–30–9

Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinals: (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche

April 22	Colorado Avalanche		5–2		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Milan Hejduk (1) – 16:42		First period			13:04 – Brendan Morrow (1) 15:02 – Bill Guerin (1)
Wojtek Wolski (1) – 05:24 Rob Blake (1) – pp – 09:08 John-Michael Liles (1) – pp – 11:12		Second period			No scoring
Brett Clark (1) – 02:58		Third period			No scoring
Jose Theodore 16 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 26 saves / 31 shots

April 24	Colorado Avalanche		5–4	OT	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Rob Blake (2) – pp – 07:06 Andrew Brunette (1) – 09:04 Milan Hejduk (2) – 12:23		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:41 – Jussi Jokinen (1) 05:54 – pp – Jere Lehtinen (1) 06:58 – Jere Lehtinen (2) 19:57 – pp – Mike Modano (1)
Brett Clark (2) – sh – 17:56		Third period			No scoring
Joe Sakic (1) – 04:36		First overtime period			No scoring
Jose Theodore 21 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 18 saves / 23 shots

April 26	Dallas Stars		3–4	OT	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Stu Barnes (1) – sh – 10:49		First period			05:21 – pp – Joe Sakic (2) 18:53 – Alex Tanguay (1) – 18:53
Jon Klemm (1) – 08:44 Sergei Zubov (1) – pp – 19:45		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			19:03 – pp – Andrew Brunette (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			01:09 – Alex Tanguay (2)
Marty Turco 25 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Jose Theodore 19 saves / 22 shots

April 28	Dallas Stars		4–1		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Jere Lehtinen (3) – 07:35		First period			04:46 – Brad Richardson (1)
Niklas Hagman (1) – 03:50 Bill Guerin (2) – pp – 18:41		Second period			No scoring
Niklas Hagman (2) – en – 18:45		Third period			No scoring
Marty Turco 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Jose Theodore 35 saves / 38 shots

April 30	Colorado Avalanche		3–2	OT	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Jim Dowd (1) – 13:03 Joe Sakic (3) – 19:58		Second period			04:25 – pp – Jussi Jokinen (2)
No scoring		Third period			02:47 – Bill Guerin (3)
Andrew Brunette (3) – 13:55		First overtime period			No scoring
Jose Theodore 50 saves / 52 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 27 saves / 30 shots

Colorado won series 4–1

Western Conference Semifinals: (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche

May 5	Colorado Avalanche		0–5		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:38 – Samuel Pahlsson (2) 10:24 – Chris Kunitz (2) 19:05 – Teemu Selanne (4) 19:54 – pp – Joffrey Lupul (2)
No scoring		Third period			11:07 – Travis Moen (1)
Jose Theodore 29 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Ilya Bryzgalov 29 saves / 29 shots

May 7	Colorado Avalanche		0–3		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:17 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (2)
No scoring		Second period			04:41 – Ruslan Salei (2) 12:24 – Joffrey Lupul (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jose Theodore 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Ilya Bryzgalov 22 saves / 22 shots

May 9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim		4–3	OT	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:33 – Dan Hinote (1)
Joffrey Lupul (4) – 09:02		Second period			No scoring
Joffrey Lupul (5) – 08:54 Joffrey Lupul (6) – 10:40		Third period			04:47 – sh – Jim Dowd (2) 13:35 – Rob Blake (3)
Joffrey Lupul (7) – 16:30		First overtime period			No scoring
Ilya Bryzgalov 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Jose Theodore 35 saves / 36 shots

May 11	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim		4–1		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Todd Marchant (1) – 16:52		First period			02:17 – Joe Sakic (4)
Teemu Selanne (5) – 02:22		Second period			No scoring
Dustin Penner (1) – 06:07 Todd Marchant (2) – en – 18:21		Third period			No scoring
Ilya Bryzgalov 40 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats			Jose Theodore 30 saves / 33 shots

Anaheim won series 4–0

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 82 32 55 87 60 10 10 0 6 Alex Tanguay LW 71 29 49 78 46 8 8 0 4 Andrew Brunette LW 82 24 39 63 48 9 11 0 2 Milan Hejduk RW 74 24 34 58 24 13 14 1 2 Rob Blake D 81 14 37 51 94 2 7 1 1 Marek Svatos RW 61 32 18 50 60 0 12 0 9 John-Michael Liles D 82 14 35 49 44 5 6 0 1 Pierre Turgeon C 62 16 30 46 32 1 7 0 1 Ian Laperriere RW 82 21 24 45 116 3 1 1 3 Brett McLean C 82 9 31 40 51 -7 1 0 0 Patrice Brisebois D 80 10 28 38 55 1 4 0 2 Brett Clark D 80 9 27 36 56 3 4 0 1 Antti Laaksonen LW 81 16 18 34 40 -2 0 2 4 Steve Konowalchuk LW 21 6 9 15 14 5 1 2 0 Karlis Skrastins D 82 3 11 14 65 -7 0 2 0 Dan Hinote RW 73 5 8 13 48 -5 0 1 2 Brad Richardson C 41 3 10 13 12 0 1 0 0 Cody McCormick C/RW 45 4 4 8 29 1 0 0 1 Bob Boughner D 41 1 6 7 54 2 0 0 1 Brad May LW 54 3 3 6 82 -14 0 0 0 Wojtek Wolski LW 9 2 4 6 4 -5 2 0 0 Kurt Sauer D 37 1 4 5 24 5 0 0 0 Ossi Vaananen D 53 0 4 4 56 10 0 0 0 Jim Dowd C 18 2 1 3 2 -6 0 1 0 David Aebischer G 43 0 3 3 16 0 0 0 0 Peter Budaj G 34 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Vitali Kolesnik G 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Paul Healey LW 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 Jose Theodore G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% David Aebischer 2477 43 25 14 2 123 2.98 3 1233 1110 .900 Peter Budaj 1803 34 14 10 6 86 2.86 2 864 778 .900 Vitali Kolesnik 370 8 3 3 0 20 3.24 0 178 158 .888 Jose Theodore 296 5 1 3 1 15 3.04 0 133 118 .887 Team: 4946 82 43 30 9 244 2.96 5 2408 2164 .899

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 9 4 5 9 6 -1 1 0 1 Andrew Brunette LW 9 3 6 9 8 -2 1 0 1 Milan Hejduk RW 9 2 6 8 2 3 0 0 0 Alex Tanguay LW 9 2 4 6 12 1 0 0 1 Jim Dowd C 9 2 3 5 20 3 0 1 0 Rob Blake D 9 3 1 4 8 1 2 0 1 Brett Clark D 9 2 2 4 2 -2 0 1 0 Wojtek Wolski LW 8 1 3 4 2 -3 0 0 0 John-Michael Liles D 9 1 2 3 6 -1 1 0 0 Dan Hinote RW 9 1 1 2 31 -2 0 0 0 Antti Laaksonen LW 9 0 2 2 2 -3 0 0 0 Pierre Turgeon C 5 0 2 2 6 -3 0 0 0 Brad Richardson C 9 1 0 1 6 -3 0 0 0 Patrice Brisebois D 9 0 1 1 4 -7 0 0 0 Ian Laperriere RW 9 0 1 1 27 -6 0 0 0 Brett McLean C 8 0 1 1 4 -5 0 0 0 Karlis Skrastins D 9 0 1 1 10 -3 0 0 0 Steve Konowalchuk LW 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Brad May LW 3 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 Kurt Sauer D 9 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0 Jose Theodore G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ossi Vaananen D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Jose Theodore 573 9 4 5 29 3.04 0 296 267 .902 Team: 573 9 4 5 29 3.04 0 296 267 .902

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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;

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	34	Ryan Stoa	United States	US NTDP (NAHL)
2	44	Paul Stastny	United States	University of Denver (WCHA)
2	47	Tom Fritsche	United States	Ohio State University (CCHA)
2	52	Chris Durand	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3	88	T. J. Hensick	United States	University of Michigan (CCHA)
4	124	Ray Macias	United States	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	166	Jason Lynch	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6	168	Justin Mercier	United States	US NTDP (NAHL)
7	222	Kyle Cumiskey	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

References

1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
3. "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
4. "2005-06 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

External links

• "2005–06 Colorado Avalanche Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.