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2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2005–06
year	2005
Team	Atlanta Thrashers
Record	41–33–8
HomeRecord	24–13–4
RoadRecord	17–20–4
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	3rd
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	10th
GoalsFor	281
GoalsAgainst	275
GeneralManager	Don Waddell
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Scott Mellanby
AltCaptain	Peter Bondra
Bobby Holik
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	15,550
MinorLeague	Chicago Wolves
Gwinnett Gladiators
GoalsLeader	Ilya Kovalchuk (52)
AssistsLeader	Marc Savard (69)
PointsLeader	Ilya Kovalchuk (98)
PlusMinusLeader	Marian Hossa (+17)
PIMLeader	Andy Sutton (144)
WinsLeader	Kari Lehtonen (20)
GAALeader	Mike Dunham (2.77)

Bobby Holik Vyacheslav Kozlov Gwinnett Gladiators

The 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Thrashers again did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

On September 27, 2005, Scott Mellanby was named team captain. Peter Bondra, Bobby Holik, and Vyacheslav Kozlov were named alternate captains, rotating on a game-by-game basis.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 5, 2005||0–2 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||0–1–0 || |- |2||October 7, 2005||7–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||1–1–0 || |- |3||October 8, 2005||8–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||2–1–0 || |- |4||October 12, 2005||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||2–2–0 || |- |5||October 14, 2005||1–9 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||2–3–0 || |- |6||October 15, 2005||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2005–06) ||2–4–0 || |- |7||October 20, 2005||0–6 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||2–5–0 || |- |8||October 22, 2005||4–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||3–5–0 || |- |9||October 25, 2005||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2005–06) ||3–6–0 || |- |10||October 27, 2005||5–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||3–7–0 || |- |11||October 29, 2005||2–3 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||3–8–0 ||

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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 Thrashers only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
17	LW	78	52	46	98	−6	68
9	C	82	28	69	97	7	100
18	RW	80	39	53	92	17	67
13	LW	82	25	46	71	14	33
12	RW	60	21	18	39	−3	40
44	D	79	7	31	38	−9	76
7	D	82	7	28	35	1	76
19	RW	71	12	22	34	5	55
16	C	64	15	18	33	−6	79
28	D	82	4	28	32	9	48
25	D	76	8	17	25	13	144
27	C	64	10	14	24	3	36
10	LW	74	7	17	24	−4	79
23	C	71	10	10	20	1	46
26	RW	60	8	12	20	−8	62
29	LW	62	7	8	15	−3	21
5	D	16	7	3	10	0	8
11	RW	41	4	6	10	−4	40
2	D	75	1	9	10	11	75
36	LW	51	4	5	9	−4	87
34	D	66	0	3	3	1	33
24	LW	6	0	2	2	1	6
35	G	24	0	2	2		0
4	D	9	0	1	1	−2	4
14	RW	6	0	1	1	−2	4
32	G	38	0	1	1		4
21	C	11	0	1	1	0	8
47	C	3	0	0	0	−1	0
33	G	9	0	0	0		0
1	G	17	0	0	0		0
5	D	1	0	0	0	0	2
24	LW	2	0	0	0	−3	2
22	RW	6	0	0	0	−2	0
39	D	7	0	0	0	−5	0
31	G	5	0	0	0		0
42	LW	8	0	0	0	−3	15

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
32	Kari Lehtonen	38	20	15	0	1123	106	2.94	.906	2	2166
35	Michael Garnett	24	10	7	4	634	73	3.45	.885	2	1271
1	Mike Dunham	17	8	5	2	336	36	2.77	.893	1	779
33	Adam Berkhoel	9	2	4	1	255	30	3.81	.882	0	473
31	Steve Shields	5	1	2	1	129	19	4.29	.853	0	266

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Marc Savard (October 10)
Ilya Kovalchuk (November 14)
Marian Hossa (December 26)
Ilya Kovalchuk (January 9)
Community Service Award	Ilya Kovalchuk
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy	Niclas Havelid	title=Awards	url=http://atlantathrashers.com/Community.aspx?Levels=5%7C7%7C0&CID01=ab952906-728f-4b27-9b88-3c0905926450	website=Atlanta Thrashers	access-date=October 29, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422170501/http://atlantathrashers.com/Community.aspx?Levels=5%7C7%7C0&CID01=ab952906-728f-4b27-9b88-3c0905926450	archive-date=April 22, 2006}}
Players' Player Award	Scott Mellanby
Team MVP	Marian Hossa
Ilya Kovalchuk
Three Stars of the Game Award	Marian Hossa

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Braydon Coburn	October 5, 2005
Jim Slater
Michael Garnett	October 12, 2005
Adam Berkhoel	October 15, 2005
Peter Bondra	November 11, 2005

Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To [San Jose Sharks](2005-06-san-jose-sharks-season)	To Atlanta Thrashers	title=Thrashers Select Forward Alex Bourret 16th Overall in First Round of 2005 NHL Entry Draft; Acquire Defenseman Shane Hnidy from Nashville	url=http://www.atlantathrashers.com/View.aspx?CID01=bc3d5295-1575-4c8c-b0f4-0ce87a6fdf9c	website=Atlanta Thrashers	access-date=June 20, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325162729/http://www.atlantathrashers.com/View.aspx?CID01=bc3d5295-1575-4c8c-b0f4-0ce87a6fdf9c	archive-date=March 25, 2006	date=July 30, 2005}}
To [New York Rangers](2005-06-new-york-rangers-season)	To Atlanta Thrashers
To [Nashville Predators](2005-06-nashville-predators-season)	To Atlanta Thrashers
To [Ottawa Senators](2005-06-ottawa-senators-season)	To Atlanta Thrashers
To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2005-06-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	To Atlanta Thrashers
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks	To Atlanta Thrashers
To [Vancouver Canucks](2005-06-vancouver-canucks-season)	To Atlanta Thrashers	title=Thrashers Acquire Defenseman Steve McCarthy from Vancouver	url=http://www.atlantathrashers.com/View.aspx?CID01=23f49fe2-a19d-4ff4-9706-2ca670f79ba3	website=Atlanta Thrashers	access-date=June 20, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325160717/http://www.atlantathrashers.com/View.aspx?CID01=23f49fe2-a19d-4ff4-9706-2ca670f79ba3	archive-date=March 25, 2006	date=March 9, 2006}}
To Vancouver Canucks	To Atlanta Thrashers
To [Minnesota Wild](2005-06-minnesota-wild-season)	To Atlanta Thrashers

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Bobby Holik
Ramzi Abid
Scott Barney
Eric Boulton
Adam Smyth
Mike Dunham
Peter Bondra
Chris Kunitz
Steve Shields
Rico Fata

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Cory Larose
Shawn McEachern
Ivan Majesky
Ben Simon
Daniel Tjarnqvist
Libor Ustrnul
Pasi Nurminen
Paul Flache
Kyle Rossiter
Chris Kunitz
Rico Fata

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Guillaume Desbiens
Jimmy Sharrow
Shane Hnidy
Brian Maloney
Tomas Kloucek
Brad Larsen
Francis Lessard
Pasi Nurminen
Andy Sutton
Stephen Baby
Kevin Doell
Michael Garnett
Jim Slater
Derek MacKenzie
J. P. Vigier
Ilya Kovalchuk
Nathan Oystrick
Boris Valabik
Scott Lehman
Chad Painchaud
Dan Turple
Niclas Havelid

Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	16	Alex Bourret	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
2	41	Ondrej Pavelec	Rabat Kladno (Czech Republic)
2	49	Chad Denny	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
2	53	Andrew Kozek	South Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
4	116	Jordan Smotherman	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	135	Tomas Pospisil	Oceláři Třinec Jr. (Czech Republic)
6	187	Andrei Zubarev	Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia)
7	207	Myles Stoesz	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

Notes

References

(September 27, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Name Scott Mellanby Team Captain".
"2005-06 Atlanta Thrashers Schedule and Results".
(October 10, 2005). "Thrashers' Marc Savard Named NHL Offensive Player Of The Week".
(November 14, 2005). "Ilya Kovalchuk Named NHL Offensive Player of the Week".
(December 26, 2005). "Marian Hossa Named NHL Offensive Player Of The Week".
(January 9, 2006). "Thrasher's Kovalchuk Named NHL Offensive Player of the Week; Flyers' Niittymaki, Avalanche's Aebischer Share Defensive Award".
(April 1, 2006). "Ilya Kovalchuk Receives 2006 Gilner-Reeves Community Service Award".
"Awards".
"2005-06 NHL Debuts".
(November 11, 2005). "Thrashers Forward Peter Bondra to Play in 1,000th NHL Game Tonight".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(July 30, 2005). "Thrashers Select Forward Alex Bourret 16th Overall in First Round of 2005 NHL Entry Draft; Acquire Defenseman Shane Hnidy from Nashville".
(July 30, 2005). "Thrashers Acquire Defenseman Shane Hnidy from Nashville for 2006 4th Round Pick".
(August 23, 2005). "Thrashers Acquire Marian Hossa and Greg de Vries from Ottawa for Dany Heatley".
(August 25, 2005). "Thrashers, Mighty Ducks make swap".
(March 1, 2006). "Thrashers Acquire Forward Joel Stepp from Anaheim for Goalie Jani Hurme".
(March 9, 2006). "Thrashers Acquire Defenseman Steve McCarthy from Vancouver".
(June 14, 2006). "Thrashers Re-Acquire Their Fourth-Round Selection in 2007 NHL Entry Draft from Vancouver in Exchange for Tommi Santala and a Fifth-Round Choice in 2007".
(June 14, 2006). "Thrashers Acquire Conditional Third-Round Draft Pick from Minnesota for Defenseman Petteri Nummelin".
(August 2, 2005). "Thrashers Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Center Bobby Holik".
(August 8, 2005). "Thrashers Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Forwards Eric Boulton, Ramzi Abid and Scott Barney".
(August 9, 2005). "Thrashers Sign Shane Hnidy, Brian Maloney, and Adam Smyth".
(September 2, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Goaltender Mike Dunham".
(September 18, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Right Wing Peter Bondra".
(October 4, 2005). "Thrashers Announce 2005-06 Opening-Night Roster".
(October 27, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Goaltender Steve Shields; Reassign Goaltender Michael Garnett to Chicago (AHL)".
(January 31, 2006). "Thrashers Claim Forward Rico Fata From Pittsburgh On Waivers".
(August 1, 2005). "Free Agents List".
{{hockey-reference. l/larosco01. Cory Larose, retrieved June 20, 2022
(August 2, 2005). "Murray, McEachern return to Bruins".
(August 11, 2005). "TRANSACTIONS".
(August 11, 2005). "Columbus Signs Center Ben Simon".
(August 15, 2005). "Wild sign defenseman Tjarnqvist".
"LIBOR USTRNUL".
(August 23, 2005). "Pasi Nurminen joutuu lopettamaan".
(August 25, 2005). "Thrashers in search of backup goalie for Lehtonen".
"PAUL FLACHE".
(September 27, 2005). "KalPa nappasi Kyle Rossiterin".
(October 18, 2005). "Anaheim Claims Forward Chris Kunitz Off Waivers from Atlanta".
(July 27, 2005). "Thrashers Agree to Terms with 2003 Draft Picks Jim Sharrow and Guillaume Desbiens".
(August 11, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Re-Sign Nurminen, Sutton, Larsen, Lessard & Kloucek".
(August 12, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Re-Sign Stephen Baby, Kevin Doell and Michael Garnett".
(August 15, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Agree to Terms with 2002 First Round Selection Jim Slater".
(August 16, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Re-Sign J.P. Vigier and Derek MacKenzie".
(October 8, 2005). "Atlanta Thrashers Re-Sign Left Wing Ilya Kovalchuk".
(March 29, 2006). "Thrashers Sign Draft Selection Nathan Oystrick".
(March 30, 2006). "Thrashers Sign First Round Draft Selection Boris Valabik".
(June 1, 2006). "Thrashers Agree to Terms with 2004 NHL Entry Draft Selections Scott Lehman, Chad Painchaud and Dan Turple".
(June 7, 2006). "Thrashers and Defenseman Niclas Havelid Agree to Terms on Three-Year Deal".
"2005 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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