2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

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

2006–07 Vancouver Canucks
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	3rd Western
2006–07 record	49–26–7
Home record	26–11–4
Road record	23–15–3
Goals for	222
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Dave Nonis
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Markus Naslund
Alternate captains	Trevor Linden Brendan Morrison
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,630
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Sedin (36)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (71)
Points	Daniel Sedin (84)
Penalty minutes	Kevin Bieksa (134)
Plus/minus	Sami Salo (+21)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (47)
Goals against average	Roberto Luongo (2.29)

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. 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.[1]

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 Quarter-finals. 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 the back of the net and ended the Canucks' season.[2]

Regular season

The Canucks finished the regular season with the League's best penalty-kill percentage, at 86.93%.[3]

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.

Schedule and results

October

Monthly Record: 7–5–1 (Home 2–2–0; Road 5–3–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Vancouver	3 – 1	Detroit		Luongo	20,066	1–0–0	2
2	October 6	Vancouver	3 – 2	Columbus	OT	Luongo	18,136	2–0–0	4
3	October 8	Vancouver	2 – 3	Colorado		Luongo	18,007	2–1–0	4
4	October 10	Vancouver	1 – 2	Minnesota	SO	Luongo	18,064	2–1–1	5
5	October 13	San Jose	6 – 4	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	2–2–1	5
6	October 16	Edmonton	1 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	3–2–1	7
7	October 17	Vancouver	1 – 2	Edmonton		Sabourin	16,839	3–3–1	7
8	October 20	Vancouver	3 – 2	St. Louis	OT	Luongo	9,049	4–3–1	9
9	October 21	Vancouver	4 – 3	Nashville	OT	Luongo	16,073	5–3–1	11
10	October 23	Vancouver	1 – 2	Dallas		Luongo	16,639	5–4–1	11
11	October 25	Vancouver	5 – 0	Chicago		Luongo	11,641	6–4–1	13
12	October 27	Washington	2 – 3	Vancouver	SO	Luongo	18,630	7–4–1	15
13	October 31	Nashville	3 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	7–5–1	15

November

Monthly record: 5–8–0 (home 4–4–0; road 1–4–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
14	November 2	Vancouver	2 – 5	Minnesota		Luongo	18,568	7–6–1	15
15	November 4	Vancouver	2 – 3	Colorado		Luongo	18,007	7–7–1	15
16	November 6	Dallas	1 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	8–7–1	17
17	November 9	Anaheim	6 – 0	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	8–8–1	17
18	November 11	Calgary	3 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	8–9–1	17
19	November 14	Detroit	3 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	8–10–1	17
20	November 17	St. Louis	2 – 4	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	9–10–1	19
21	November 19	Chicago	1 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	10–10–1	21
22	November 22	Vancouver	4 – 3	Detroit	OT	Luongo	20,066	11–10–1	23
23	November 23	Vancouver	0 – 6	Nashville		Sabourin	15,396	11–11–1	23
24	November 25	Vancouver	1 – 4	Colorado		Luongo	17,825	11–12–1	23
25	November 28	Columbus	0 – 1	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	12–12–1	25
26	November 30	Anaheim	2 – 1	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	12–13–1	25

December

Monthly record: 8–5–0 (home 6–1–0; road 2–4–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
27	December 2	Colorado	1 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	13–13–1	27
28	December 4	Edmonton	4 – 0	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	13–14–1	27
29	December 8	Carolina	3 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Luongo	18,630	14–14–1	29
30	December 9	Vancouver	3 – 5	Calgary		Luongo	19,289	14–15–1	29
31	December 12	Phoenix	2 – 5	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	15–15–1	31
32	December 14	Calgary	1 – 3	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	16–15–1	33
33	December 16	Minnesota	1 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	17–15–1	35
34	December 19	Vancouver	2 – 5	Minnesota		Luongo	18,568	17–16–1	35
35	December 21	Vancouver	0 – 2	Boston		Sabourin	12,348	17–17–1	35
36	December 22	Vancouver	2 – 3	Columbus		Luongo	15,861	17–18–1	35
37	December 26	Vancouver	3 – 1	Calgary		Luongo	19,289	18–18–1	37
38	December 27	Calgary	5 – 6	Vancouver	OT	Luongo	18,630	19–18–1	39
39	December 30	Vancouver	6 – 2	Edmonton		Luongo	16,839	20–18–1	41

January

Monthly record: 8–1–3 (home 4–1–2; road 4–0–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
40	January 2	Vancouver	3 – 2	Calgary		Luongo	19,289	21–18–1	43
41	January 3	Dallas	1 – 2	Vancouver	SO	Luongo	18,630	22–18–1	45
42	January 5	Edmonton	2 – 3	Vancouver	OT	Luongo	18,630	23–18–1	47
43	January 7	Florida	3 – 4	Vancouver	SO	Luongo	18,630	24–18–1	49
44	January 11	Minnesota	5 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	24–19–1	49
45	January 13	Vancouver	6 – 1	Toronto		Luongo	19,608	25–19–1	51
46	January 16	Vancouver	4 – 0	Montreal		Luongo	21,273	26–19–1	53
47	January 18	Vancouver	2 – 1	Ottawa		Luongo	19,161	27–19–1	55
48	January 19	Vancouver	3 – 4	Buffalo	SO	Sabourin	18,690	27–19–2	56
49	January 26	Los Angeles	3 – 2	Vancouver	OT	Luongo	18,630	27–19–3	57
50	January 28	San Jose	1 – 3	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	28–19–3	59
51	January 30	Columbus	3 – 2	Vancouver	SO	Luongo	18,630	28–19–4	60

February

Monthly record: 8–3–1 (home 3–1–0; road 5–2–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
52	February 1	Edmonton	3 – 5	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	29–19–4	62
53	February 3	Vancouver	3 – 4	Calgary		Luongo	19,289	29–20–4	62
54	February 6	Vancouver	5 – 2	Edmonton		Luongo	16,839	30–20–4	64
55	February 7	Chicago	3 – 0	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	30–21–4	64
56	February 10	Atlanta	2 – 3	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	31–21–4	66
57	February 14	Vancouver	3 – 2	Minnesota	OT	Luongo	18,568	32–21–4	68
58	February 16	Vancouver	2 – 1	Chicago	SO	Luongo	14,552	33–21–4	70
59	February 18	Colorado	4 – 5	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	34–21–4	72
60	February 20	Vancouver	3 – 2	Anaheim	OT	Sabourin	17,467	35–21–4	74
61	February 22	Vancouver	3 – 2	Los Angeles		Luongo	17,737	36–21–4	76
62	February 25	Vancouver	1 – 2	Dallas	OT	Luongo	17,712	36–21–5	77
63	February 27	Vancouver	1 – 3	St. Louis		Luongo	10,411	36–22–5	77

March

Monthly record: 11–2–2 (home 6–1–2; road 5–1–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
64	March 1	Phoenix	3 – 4	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	37–22–5	79
65	March 4	Minnesota	3 – 4	Vancouver	SO	Luongo	18,630	38–22–5	81
66	March 6	Tampa Bay	1 – 5	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	39–22–5	83
67	March 8	Vancouver	4 – 2	Phoenix		Sabourin	13,841	40–22–5	85
68	March 9	Vancouver	2 – 1	San Jose	OT	Luongo	17,496	41–22–5	87
69	March 11	Vancouver	2 – 4	Anaheim		Luongo	17,174	41–23–5	87
70	March 13	Minnesota	3 – 2	Vancouver	OT	Luongo	18,630	41–23–6	88
71	March 15	St. Louis	2 – 3	Vancouver	OT	Luongo	18,630	42–23–6	90
72	March 17	Detroit	1 – 4	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	43–23–6	92
73	March 19	Vancouver	2 – 1	Edmonton		Luongo	16,839	44–23–6	94
74	March 21	Nashville	0 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	45–23–6	96
75	March 25	Colorado	5 – 4	Vancouver	SO	Luongo	18,630	45–23–7	97
76	March 27	Vancouver	3 – 0	Colorado		Luongo	17,437	46–23–7	99
77	March 29	Vancouver	4 – 2	Los Angeles		Luongo	17,916	47–23–7	101
78	March 31	Calgary	3 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	47–24–7	101

April

Monthly record: 2–2–0 (home 1–1–0; road 1–1–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
79	April 3	Los Angeles	2 – 4	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	48–24–7	103
80	April 5	Colorado	3 – 1	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	48–25–7	103
81	April 7	Vancouver	4 – 3	San Jose	OT	Luongo	17,496	49–25–7	105
82	April 8	Vancouver	1 – 3	Phoenix		Sabourin	17,406	49–26–7	105

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

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

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (6) Dallas Stars

Vancouver wins series 4–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 11	Dallas	4 – 5	Vancouver	4OT	Luongo	18,630	1 – 0
2	April 13	Dallas	2 – 0	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	1 – 1
3	April 15	Vancouver	2 – 1	Dallas	1OT	Luongo	18,532	2 – 1
4	April 17	Vancouver	2 – 1	Dallas		Luongo	18,532	3 – 1
5	April 19	Dallas	1 – 0	Vancouver	1OT	Luongo	18,630	3 – 2
6	April 21	Vancouver	0 – 2	Dallas		Luongo	18,600	3 – 3
7	April 23	Dallas	1 – 4	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	4 – 3

Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks

Anaheim win series 4–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 25	Vancouver	1 – 5	Anaheim		Luongo	17,250	0 – 1
2	April 27	Vancouver	2 – 1	Anaheim	2OT	Luongo	17,392	1 – 1
3	April 29	Anaheim	3 – 2	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	1 – 2
4	May 1	Anaheim	3 – 2	Vancouver	1OT	Luongo	18,630	1 – 3
5	May 3	Vancouver	1 – 2	Anaheim	2OT	Luongo	17,407	1 – 4

Note:

• Green background indicates win
• Red background indicates loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Daniel Sedin	22		81	36	48	84	36		12	2	3	5	4
Henrik Sedin	33		82	10	71	81	66		12	2	2	4	14
Markus Naslund	19		82	24	36	60	54		12	4	1	5	16
Brendan Morrison	7		82	20	31	51	60		12	1	3	4	6
Kevin Bieksa	3		81	12	30	42	134		9	0	0	0	20
Taylor Pyatt	9		76	23	14	37	42		12	2	4	6	6
Sami Salo	6		67	14	23	37	26		10	0	1	1	4
Mattias Ohlund	2		77	11	20	31	80		12	2	5	7	12
Matt Cooke	24		81	10	20	30	64		1	0	0	0	2
Trevor Linden	16		80	12	13	25	34		12	2	5	7	6
Jan Bulis	38		79	12	11	23	70		12	1	1	2	2
Ryan Kesler	17		48	6	10	16	40		1	0	0	0	0
Lukas Krajicek	5		78	3	13	16	64		12	0	2	2	12
Willie Mitchell	8		62	1	10	11	45		12	0	1	1	12
Jeff Cowan^†	20		42	7	3	10	93		10	2	0	2	22
Alexandre Burrows	14		81	3	6	9	93		11	1	0	1	14
Bryan Smolinski^†	21		20	4	3	7	8		12	2	2	4	8
Josh Green	25		57	2	5	7	25		9	0	1	1	12
Rory Fitzpatrick	18		58	1	6	7	46		3	0	0	0	6
Tommi Santala	26		30	1	5	6	24		1	0	0	0	0
Brent Sopel^†	4		20	1	4	5	10		11	0	0	0	2
Marc Chouinard	32		42	2	2	4	10		--	--	--	--	--
Yannick Tremblay	28		12	1	2	3	12		--	--	--	--	--
Alexander Edler	23		22	1	2	3	6		3	0	0	0	2
Roberto Luongo	1		76	0	2	2	10		12	0	0	0	0
Brad Moran	39		3	0	1	1	2		--	--	--	--	--
Patrick Coulombe	29		7	0	1	1	4		--	--	--	--	--
Jannik Hansen	36		--	--	--	--	--		10	0	1	1	4
Nathan Smith	29		1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0
Nathan McIver	45		1	0	0	0	7		--	--	--	--	--
Lee Goren	27		2	0	0	0	0		--	--	--	--	--
Jesse Schultz	20		2	0	0	0	0		--	--	--	--	--
Rick Rypien	15		2	0	0	0	5		--	--	--	--	--
Brandon Reid	37		3	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0
Tyler Bouck	21		6	0	0	0	16		--	--	--	--	--
Dany Sabourin	35		9	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0
Luc Bourdon	4		9	0	0	0	4		--	--	--	--	--

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

*Denotes player traded by Vancouver midway through the season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular season										Playoffs
Player	#		GP	Min	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Roberto Luongo	1		76	4490	47	22	6	171	5	.921	2.28		12	847	5	7	25	0	.941	1.77
Dany Sabourin	30		9	480	2	4	1	21	0	.906	2.63		2	14	0	0	1	0	.909	4.29

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

Awards and records

2007 Canuck Awards winners

• Molson Cup - Roberto Luongo
• Cyclone Taylor Trophy - Roberto Luongo
• Cyrus H. McLean Trophy - Daniel Sedin
• Babe Pratt Trophy - Kevin Bieksa
• Fred J. Hume Award - Kevin Bieksa
• Most Exciting Player Award - Roberto Luongo

Roberto Luongo

• Was voted in by the fans to represent the Western Conference at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, as the starting goaltender on January 9, 2007. In addition, Luongo won the goaltenders' competition at the All-Star Skills Competition by allowing the fewest goals-against for the In The Zone and Shootout events on January 23, 2007.
• Earned his 39th victory on March 9, 2007, at San Jose. With the win, Luongo broke the franchise single-season win record of 38, which was set by Kirk McLean in the 1991–92 NHL season.
• Played in his 73rd game this season on March 31, 2007, vs. Calgary. By playing that game Luongo broke the franchise single-season games played record, which was held by Gary Smith in the 1974–75 NHL season.
• Named on the NHL Second All-Star Team on June 14, 2007.
• Was the Monthly Award winner of the Mark Messier Leadership Award on March 21, 2007.
• Nominated for the Vezina Trophy, but lost to Martin Brodeur on June 14, 2007.
• Nominated for the Lester B. Pearson Award, but lost to Sidney Crosby on June 14, 2007.
• Nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy, but lost to Sidney Crosby on June 14, 2007.

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

• Taylor Pyatt earned his 100th career NHL point on an even-strength goal on October 16, 2006, vs. Edmonton.
• Lukas Krajicek played in his 100th career NHL game on October 23, 2006, at Dallas.
• Sami Salo recorded his 100th career NHL point on November 11, 2006, vs. Calgary.
• Mattias Ohlund played in his 600th career NHL game as a Canuck game on January 5, 2007, vs. Edmonton.
• Matt Cooke earned his 100th career NHL point as a Canuck on an assist on February 14, 2007, at Minnesota.

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 2006	To Vancouver Canucks Roberto Luongo Lukas Krajicek 6th round pick in 2006 (Sergei Shirokov)	To Florida Panthers Todd Bertuzzi Alex Auld Bryan Allen
July 5, 2006	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd round pick in 2007 Conditional pick in 2009	To Los Angeles Kings Dan Cloutier
July 14, 2006	To Vancouver Canucks Taylor Pyatt	To Buffalo Sabres 4th round pick in 2007
February 26, 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 2nd round pick in 2007
February 26, 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Brent Sopel	To Los Angeles Kings 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2008

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
D Willie Mitchell	Dallas Stars
F Marc Chouinard	Minnesota Wild
F Jan Bulis	Montreal Canadiens
D Rory Fitzpatrick	Buffalo Sabres

Free agents lost

Player	New team
D Ed Jovanovski	Phoenix Coyotes
D Wade Brookbank	Boston Bruins
D Nolan Baumgartner	Philadelphia Flyers
D Keith Carney	Minnesota Wild
F Jarkko Ruutu	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Anson Carter	Columbus Blue Jackets
F Richard Park	New York Islanders

Received from waivers

Player	From
G Dany Sabourin	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Jeff Cowan	Los Angeles Kings

Placed on waivers

Player	Picked up/Cleared waivers
F Marc Chouinard	Cleared waivers and was sent down to the Manitoba Moose

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[4]

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)	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 Quarter-final. 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.

External links

• Official website of the Vancouver Canucks

See also

• 2006–07 NHL Season

References

• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
• NHL standings on NHL.com

1. Sportsnet 2006–07 Expert NHL Predictions Archived 2007-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
2. David Leon Moore (May 4, 2007). "Ducks' overtime win sends Canucks, Luongo home". USA Today. Retrieved March 3, 2012. Luongo returned and continued to stop everything until Niedermayer blasted one in from the left point 4:30 into the second overtime after his brother, Rob Niedermayer, leveled Canucks wing Jannik Hansen with a thunderous check.
3. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2007.html
4. 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results