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2005–06 Montreal Canadiens season
NHL hockey team season
NHL hockey team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Team | Montreal Canadiens |
| League | NHL |
| Season | 2005–06 |
| year | 2005 |
| Conference | Eastern |
| ConferenceRank | 7th |
| Division | Northeast |
| DivisionRank | 3rd |
| Record | 42–31–9 |
| HomeRecord | 24–13–4 |
| RoadRecord | 18–18–5 |
| GoalsFor | 243 |
| GoalsAgainst | 247 |
| GeneralManager | Bob Gainey |
| Coach | Claude Julien (Oct.–Jan.) |
| Bob Gainey (Jan.–May) | |
| Captain | Saku Koivu |
| AltCaptain | Alexei Kovalev |
| Craig Rivet | |
| Sheldon Souray (Oct.–Jan.) | |
| Richard Zednik (Oct.–Jan.) | |
| Arena | Bell Centre |
| Attendance | 21,273 (100.0%) |
| MinorLeague | Hamilton Bulldogs |
| Long Beach Ice Dogs | |
| GoalsLeader | Michael Ryder (30) |
| AssistsLeader | Saku Koivu (45) |
| PointsLeader | Alexei Kovalev (65) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Andrei Markov (+13) |
| PIMLeader | Mike Komisarek |
| Sheldon Souray (116) | |
| WinsLeader | Cristobal Huet (18) |
| GAALeader | Cristobal Huet (2.20) |
Bob Gainey (Jan.–May) Craig Rivet Sheldon Souray (Oct.–Jan.) Richard Zednik (Oct.–Jan.) Long Beach Ice Dogs Sheldon Souray (116) The 2005–06 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 97th season, 89th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens would qualify for the 2006 playoffs, eventually being eliminated in the conference quarterfinals by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in six games.
Regular season
Claude Julien started the season as coach but was fired and replaced on an interim basis by general manager Bob Gainey on January 14. The Canadiens's number one goaltender Jose Theodore was traded to the Colorado Avalanche. His place was taken by Cristobal Huet. Huet would lead the league in save percentage of 92.9% and placed fourth overall in goals against average of 2.20.
Final standings
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 5, 2005||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||1–0–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2005||4–3 OT || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2005–06) ||2–0–0 || |- |3||October 8, 2005||5–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||3–0–0 || |- |4||October 11, 2005||2–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||3–1–0 || |- |5||October 12, 2005||2–0 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||4–1–0 || |- |6||October 15, 2005||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||4–2–0 || |- |7||October 18, 2005||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||5–2–0 || |- |8||October 22, 2005||4–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2005–06) ||6–2–0 || |- |9||October 25, 2005||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||7–2–0 || |- |10||October 27, 2005||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||7–2–1 || |- |11||October 29, 2005||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2005–06) ||7–3–1 || |- |12||October 31, 2005||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2005–06) ||8–3–1 ||
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Playoffs
The Canadiens placed 3rd in the Northeast division, and seventh in the Eastern Conference. The Canadiens played the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in the first round and lost four games to two. The Canadiens were winning 2–0 in the series when Saku Koivu sustained a serious injury to his left eye. Hurricanes forward Justin Williams attempted to lift Koivu's stick but instead struck him in the eye. Koivu was rushed to the hospital, where he would remain overnight and for the remainder of the playoffs. Koivu remained out of the lineup for the rest of the series and underwent surgery to repair a detached retina during the off-season.
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (2) Carolina Hurricanes
Main article: 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs
|- |1||April 22, 2006||6–1 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Canadiens lead 1–0 || |- |2||April 24, 2006||6–5 OT || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Canadiens lead 2–0 || |- |3||April 26, 2006||1–2 OT || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Canadiens lead 2–1 || |- |4||April 28, 2006||2–3 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Series tied 2–2 || |- |5||April 30, 2006||1–2 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Hurricanes lead 3–2 || |- |6||May 2, 2006||1–2 OT || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Hurricanes win 4–2 || |- | Legend:
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | RW | 69 | 23 | 42 | 65 | −1 | 76 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 11 | C | 72 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 73 | RW | 81 | 30 | 25 | 55 | −5 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |||
| 71 | LW | 79 | 16 | 35 | 51 | −6 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 79 | D | 67 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 38 | LW | 73 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 44 | D | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −11 | 116 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 8 | |||
| 21 | C | 80 | 23 | 15 | 38 | −1 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 52 | D | 82 | 7 | 27 | 34 | −5 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 20 | RW | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | −2 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 35 | LW | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 22 | C | 76 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 51 | D | 67 | 3 | 19 | 22 | −6 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 14 | C | 61 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −3 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 25 | D | 82 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 42 | RW | 67 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 37 | RW | 55 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 26 | RW | 32 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 16 | |||||||||
| 32 | D | 48 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 57 | C | 36 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −2 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 8 | D | 71 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 47 | RW | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 46 | RW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 86 | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 60 | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 30 | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 64 | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 75 | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 39 | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 40 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Goaltending
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.*
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Cristobal Huet | 36 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1008 | 77 | 2.20 | .929 | 7 | 2103 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 212 | 15 | 2.33 | .929 | 0 | 386 | ||
| 60 | Jose Theodore | 38 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1025 | 122 | 3.46 | .881 | 0 | 2114 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 30 | David Aebischer | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 26 | 3.73 | .892 | 0 | 418 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 75 | Yann Danis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 14 | 2.69 | .908 | 1 | 312 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (annual) | League | |||||
| (in-season) | Team | |||||
| Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award | Cristobal Huet | |||||
| NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Cristobal Huet (March 6) | |||||
| Cristobal Huet (April 3) | ||||||
| Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy | Steve Begin | |||||
| Molson Cup | Saku Koivu |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Perezhogin | October 6, 2005 | |||
| Raitis Ivanans | October 8, 2005 | |||
| Mark Streit | ||||
| Yann Danis | October 12, 2005 | |||
| Maxim Lapierre | November 15, 2005 | |||
| Jean-Philippe Cote | November 29, 2005 | |||
| Andrei Kostitsyn | December 1, 2005 | |||
| Jonathan Ferland | January 3, 2006 |
Transactions
The Canadiens 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 [New York Rangers](2005-06-new-york-rangers-season) | To Montreal Canadiens | |
| To New York Rangers | To Montreal Canadiens | |
| To [Colorado Avalanche](2005-06-colorado-avalanche-season) | To Montreal Canadiens | |
| To [Chicago Blackhawks](2005-06-chicago-blackhawks-season) | To Montreal Canadiens |
Players acquired
| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Vandermeer | ||||||||||
| Mathieu Dandenault | ||||||||||
| Johnathan Aitken | ||||||||||
| Jeff Paul | ||||||||||
| Francis Lemieux | ||||||||||
| Andre Benoit | ||||||||||
| Aaron Downey | ||||||||||
| James Sanford |
Players lost
| Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andre Thinel | ||||||||
| Patrice Brisebois | ||||||||
| Jason Ward | ||||||||
| Karl Dykhuis | ||||||||
| Gavin Morgan | ||||||||
| Matt Shasby | ||||||||
| Christian Larrivee | ||||||||
| Ron Hainsey | ||||||||
| Niklas Sundstrom |
Signings
| Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Bonneau | ||||||||
| Maxim Lapierre | ||||||||
| Francis Bouillon | ||||||||
| Alexei Kovalev | ||||||||
| Pierre Dagenais | ||||||||
| Jaroslav Halak | ||||||||
| Mike Komisarek | ||||||||
| Mike Ribeiro | ||||||||
| Jan Bulis | ||||||||
| Marcel Hossa | ||||||||
| Saku Koivu | ||||||||
| Tomas Plekanec | ||||||||
| Mark Streit | ||||||||
| Andrei Markov | ||||||||
| Jose Theodore | ||||||||
| Michael Ryder | ||||||||
| Saku Koivu | ||||||||
| Kyle Chipchura | ||||||||
| Loic Lacasse | ||||||||
| Greg Stewart | ||||||||
| Steve Begin | ||||||||
| Aaron Downey | ||||||||
| Garth Murray | ||||||||
| Mark Streit |
Draft picks
Montreal'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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Carey Price | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | |
| 2 | 45 | Guillaume Latendresse | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) | |
| 4 | 121 | Juraj Mikus | HK 36 Skalica Jr. (Slovakia) | |
| 5 | 130 | Mathieu Aubin | Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL) | |
| 6 | 190 | Matt D'Agostini | Guelph Storm (OHL) | |
| 7 | 200 | Sergei Kostitsyn | Belarus | HK Gomel (Belarusian Extraleague) |
| 7 | 229 | Philippe Paquet | Salisbury School (USHS-CT) |
Notes
References
References
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- (January 14, 2006). "Canadiens fire coach Claude Julien".
- "2005-06 Montreal Canadiens Schedule and Results".
- (June 25, 2006). "Habs hold on to Huet".
- (March 6, 2006). "Huet named NHL Defensive Player of the Week".
- (April 3, 2006). "Huet NHL's Defensive Player of the Week".
- (April 14, 2006). "Begin Jacques Beauchamp-Molson Trophy recipient for 2005-06".
- (April 20, 2006). "Koivu takes Molson Cup for 2005-06".
- "2005-06 NHL Debuts".
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- (July 30, 2005). "Rangers Make Nine Selections in 2005 NHL Entry Draft".
- (September 30, 2005). "Canadiens acquire Garth Murray in swap with Rangers".
- (March 8, 2006). "Habs acquire Aebischer from Avalanche".
- (March 9, 2006). "Canadiens pick up Simpson from Chicago".
- (August 2, 2005). "Habs re-sign Bouillon, add Vandermeer".
- (August 3, 2005). "Kovalev and Dandenault ink 4-year deals".
- (August 16, 2005). "Plekanec, free agent Aitken reach deals with Canadiens".
- (September 7, 2005). "Canadiens sign heavyweight Jeff Paul".
- (December 8, 2005). "Habs sign Francis Lemieux to three-year deal".
- (January 9, 2006). "Canadiens sign defenseman Benoit to three-year contract".
- (January 23, 2006). "Canadiens claim Downey off waivers from Blues".
- (March 2, 2006). "Canadiens sign defenseman Sanford".
- (August 1, 2005). "Free Agents List".
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- "MARC-ANDRE THINEL".
- (August 3, 2005). "Avs pick up Turgeon, Brisebois after stars bolt".
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- (June 7, 2006). "Niklas Sundström vänder åter till MODO Hockey".
- (July 29, 2005). "TRANSACTIONS".
- (August 8, 2005). "Dagenais signs one-year deal".
- (August 11, 2005). "Habs ink Ribeiro, Komisarek and Halak to new deals".
- (August 12, 2005). "FaBulis: Jan signs on for 05-06".
- (August 15, 2005). "Habs re-sign Hossa".
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- (August 24, 2005). "Switzerland’s Streit is alright for Habs".
- (August 25, 2005). "Markov re-signs for two years".
- (September 2, 2005). "Yes way, Jose: Theo signs for 3 years".
- (September 12, 2005). "Ryder signs in time for training camp".
- (February 11, 2006). "No place like home for Koivu".
- (March 25, 2006). "Canadiens sign Chipchura to three-year deal".
- (May 30, 2006). "Canadiens sign Lacasse and Stewart".
- (June 5, 2006). "Habs ink Begin, Downey".
- (June 5, 2006). "Two more years for Murray".
- (June 7, 2006). "Canadiens sign Streit to two-year pact".
- "2005 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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