2005–06 Calgary Flames season

Regular season

The Flames finished first in the NHL in shutouts for with 10 and allowed the fewest goals in the NHL with 193 (excluding shootout goals allowed).

Season standings

Playoffs

The Flames entered the playoffs as the Northwest Division champions, and the third seed in the Western Conference. They met the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the first round in a hard-fought seven-game series. The goaltending of Ilya Bryzgalov would prove the turning point in the series after he replaced the ineffective starter Jean-Sebastien Giguere after game 3 and would stonewall the Flames for the rest of the series.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 5 || Calgary || 3 – 6 || Minnesota || || Kiprusoff || 19,398 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- | 2 || October 7 || Calgary || 3 – 1 || Columbus || || Kiprusoff || 18,136 || 1–1–0 || 2 || |- | 3 || October 9 || Calgary || 3 – 6 || Detroit || || Kiprusoff || 20,066 || 1–2–0 || 2 || |- | 4 || October 10 || Calgary || 3 – 7 || Colorado || || Kiprusoff || 18,007 || 1–3–0 || 2 || |- | 5 || October 13 || Dallas || 3 – 2 || Calgary || OT || Kiprusoff || 19,289 || 1–3–1 || 3 || |- | 6 || October 15 || Edmonton || 0 – 3 || Calgary || || Kiprusoff || 19,289 || 2–3–1 || 5 || |- | 7 || October 17 || Phoenix || 2 – 0 || Calgary || || Kiprusoff || 19,289 || 2–4–1 || 5 || |- | 8 || October 20 || Edmonton || 1 – 3 || Calgary || || Kiprusoff || 19,289 || 3–4–1 || 7 || |- | 9 || October 22 || Calgary || 1 – 2 || Dallas || || Kiprusoff || 18,357 || 3–5–1 || 7 || |- | 10 || October 23 || Calgary || 3 – 2 || Los Angeles || || Kiprusoff || 18,118 || 4–5–1 || 9 || |- | 11 || October 26 || Calgary || 1 – 4 || Anaheim || || Kiprusoff || 11,774 || 4–6–1 || 9 || |- | 12 || October 27 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Phoenix || || Sauve || 13,459 || 4–7–1 || 9 || |- | 13 || October 29 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || San Jose || SO || Kiprusoff || 17,496 || 4–7–2 || 10 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 21 || Anaheim || 1 – 2 || Calgary || OT || Kiprusoff || 19,289 || Calgary leads 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 23 || Anaheim || 4 – 3 || Calgary || || Kiprusoff || 19,289 || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 25 || Calgary || 5 – 2 || Anaheim || || Kiprusoff || 17,174 || Calgary leads 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 27 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Anaheim || OT || Kiprusoff || 17,174 || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 29 || Anaheim || 2 – 3 || Calgary || || Kiprusoff || 19,289 || Calgary leads 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 1 || Calgary || 1 – 2 || Anaheim || || Kiprusoff || 16,594 || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || May 3 || Anaheim || 3 – 0 || Calgary || || Kiprusoff || 19,289 || Anaheim wins 4–3 ||

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

Goaltending

• • = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.*
• • = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.*
• Bold text denotes league record. Italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and records

Awards

Records achieved in the season

Flames team records

• Fewest home goals against in one season: (73)–previous record was 85 in the 2003–04 season
• Tied record for most shots for in one period: 3rd period, November 14, 2005, against the Minnesota Wild (25)
• Longest consecutive shutout minutes, for: April 8, 2006, 2:27 overtime at Vancouver Canucks; April 11 vs. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to April 15, 3rd period at Los Angeles Kings (161:11)–previous record was 160:07 in the 2000–01 season
• Set a new record for fastest goal to start a period when Daymond Langkow scored five seconds into the third period against Anaheim on March 11.

Flames individual records

• Most wins in a season: Miikka Kiprusoff (42)–previous record was 39, held by Mike Vernon in the 1987–88 season
• Most shutouts in a season: Miikka Kiprusoff (10)–Four Flames were tied with the previous record of 5: Dan Bouchard, Phil Myre, Fred Brathwaite, & Roman Turek
• Most goals, rookie defenceman: Dion Phaneuf (20)–previous record was 18, held by Gary Suter in the 1985–86 season

Milestones

Transactions

The Flames 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

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft. Due to the cancellation of the 2004–05 NHL season, the 2005 draft order was determined by a random draw, with each team gaining one to three "balls" based on recent performance. Each team started with three balls, and lost one for each time they made the post-season in the previous three years, with a minimum of one ball per team. The Flames had two balls in the lottery, however were very unlucky, ending up with the 26th overall pick.

Farm teams

Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights

The Flames returned to having their own American Hockey League affiliate in 2005–06 with the debut of the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights in Omaha, Nebraska. This ended a two-year relationship with the Lowell Lockmonsters, whom the Flames shared the affiliation with the Carolina Hurricanes. 2005–06 marked the first season the Flames had a full affiliate since suspending the Saint John Flames franchise in 2003. The team is co-owned by the Calgary Flames, and the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, a philanthropist organization in Omaha.

The Knights had a disappointing inaugural season, finishing sixth in the Western Division, and out of the playoffs, with a record of 35–31–3–11. Carsen Germyn led the team in goals with 24, while Mark Giordano led in assists, 42, and points, 58. Brent Krahn led the way in goal with 26 wins, while both he and Curtis McElhinney finished with three shutouts each.

Las Vegas Wranglers

2005–06 marked the third season the ECHL's Las Vegas Wranglers were affiliated with the Flames. The Wranglers iced a strong team in 2005–06, setting franchise records for wins, 56, goals for, 267, and fewest goals against, 176. Despite their 56–13–6 record, the Wranglers only finished 2nd in the West Division, one point back of the Alaska Aces. Their point total of 112 was second best in the league, behind only the Aces. The Wranglers needed seven games to defeat the Idaho Steelheads in the West Division semi-finals before being knocked out of the playoffs by the eventual Kelly Cup champion Aces in five games.

Notes

References

• Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide – 2005–06 stats, pg. 107.
• Game log: 2005–06 Calgary Flames game log on espn.com
• Team standings: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide – 2005–06 standings, pg. 146.
• Team records: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide – Flames all time team & individual records, pp. 211–214
• Previous team records: 2005–06 Calgary Flames Media Guide – Flames all time team & individual records, pp. 209–212

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