2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season

Regular season

Following twelve losses in a 15 game stretch, head coach Trent Yawney was fired on November 27 and replaced by assistant coach Denis Savard.

The Blackhawks struggled on the power play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored (43) and power-play percentage (11.81%).

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 5 || Chicago || 8 – 6 || Nashville || || Khabibulin || 17,113 || 1–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || October 7 || Columbus || 5 – 4 || Chicago || || Khabibulin || 17,133 || 1–1–0 || 2 || |- | 3 || October 12 || Nashville || 1 – 3 || Chicago || || Khabibulin || 8,008 || 2–1–0 || 4 || |- | 4 || October 14 || Chicago || 3 – 4 || St. Louis || || Boucher || 11,606 || 2–2–0 || 4 || |- | 5 || October 16 || Chicago || 5 – 3 || Colorado || || Khabibulin || 17,681 || 3–2–0 || 6 || |- | 6 || October 18 || Montreal || 1 – 2 || Chicago || || Khabibulin || 11,095 || 4–2–0 || 8 || |- | 7 || October 20 || Chicago || 4 – 5 || Dallas || || Boucher || 18,198 || 4–3–0 || 8 || |- | 8 || October 21 || St. Louis || 4 – 3 || Chicago || || Khabibulin || 13,254 || 4–4–0 || 8 || |- | 9 || October 25 || Vancouver || 5 – 0 || Chicago || || Boucher || 11,641 || 4–5–0 || 8 || |- | 10 || October 28 || Anaheim || 3 – 0 || Chicago || || Boucher || 13,580 || 4–6–0 || 8 || |- | 11 || October 30 || Chicago || 0 – 3 || Philadelphia || || Boucher || 18,876 || 4–7–0 || 8 || |- | 12 || October 31 || Chicago || 2 – 5 || NY Islanders || || Boucher || 8,739 || 4–8–0 || 8 ||

| Legend:

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

Goaltending

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

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

The Blackhawks were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Chicago's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Notes

References

References

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2. "2006-07 NHL Summary".
3. "2006-07 Chicago Blackhawks Schedule".
4. "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007".
5. "NHL Three Stars of the Week".
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7. "2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters".
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10. (June 24, 2006). "Goalie Anderson Dealt To Panthers".
11. (July 10, 2006). "Hawks Get Havlat, Smolinski In 3-Way Deal".
12. (August 2, 2006). "Hawks Acquire LW Pletka For Meloche".
13. (August 4, 2006). "Hawks Acquire Handzus For Calder".
14. (December 28, 2006). "Blackhawks Acquire Parenteau and St. Jacques from Anaheim for Caron, Durno and Keith".
15. (February 3, 2007). "Blackhawks Acquire Versteeg For Bochenski".
16. (February 26, 2007). "Vancouver trades for experience in Smolinski, Sopel".
17. (February 26, 2007). "Blackhawks Acquire Williams In 3-Way Deal".
18. (February 27, 2007). "Who went where?".
19. (July 2, 2006). "Tallon misses out on the good stuff".
20. (July 7, 2006). "For free agents, Hawks not the team of choice". Chicago Tribune.
21. (July 18, 2006). "Blackhawks Sign Corazzini, Koci and Hendry".
22. (July 27, 2006). "Blackhawks Sign Reed Low".
23. (August 1, 2006). "Blackhawks Re-Sign Matt Keith and Sign Craig MacDonald".
24. (August 9, 2006). "Blackhawks sign goalie Caron".
25. (September 24, 2006). "Ruutu takes another shot to knee, psyche".
26. (September 25, 2006). "Blackhawks Sign Chris Durno".
27. (September 30, 2006). "Hawks give Hamilton 1-year pact".
28. (October 27, 2006). "Notebook: Orpik 'ahead of schedule'".
29. (December 10, 2006). "Blackhawks Sign Peter Bondra".
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32. (July 5, 2006). "Stars sign veteran forwards Halpern, Barnaby".
33. (June 27, 2006). "Hawks buy out vets Brown, Barnaby". Chicago Tribune.
34. (July 3, 2006). "Sharks agree to deals with forwards Grier, Brown".
35. {{eliteprospects. 41108. Mike Brown, retrieved September 12, 2024
36. {{eliteprospects. 9131. Eric Daze, retrieved September 12, 2024
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38. (July 6, 2006). "Flyers ink Cullen to one-year deal".
39. (July 7, 2006). "Moose Sign Nick Kuiper".
40. "2006 Player Tracker".
41. (July 16, 2006). "Ducks sign Parenteau, Thornton".
42. (July 18, 2006). "Wild pick up Morgan".
43. (July 18, 2006). "Laing joins Chocolatetown champs".
44. (July 1, 2009). "2009 Official Free Agent List".
45. (August 4, 2006). "Bulldogs add Ajay Baines".
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47. "Jonas Nordqvist".
48. "Denis Arkhipov".
49. (July 9, 2006). "Senators trade away Havlat".
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51. (July 14, 2006). "BASEBALL".
52. (July 18, 2006). "TRANSACTIONS".
53. (July 28, 2006). "Arbitrator awards Calder $2.95 million".
54. (August 1, 2006). "Blackhawks Sign Brandon Bochenski".
55. (August 1, 2006). "Blackhawks ink Vandermeer, 3 others".
56. (September 14, 2006). "Ullrich's Home Searched in Cycling Doping Raids".
57. (March 22, 2007). "Blackhawks sign left winger Jack Skille".
58. (April 19, 2007). "Blackhawks sign goalie Lalime".
59. (May 16, 2007). "Tallon trying to get his ducks in a row".
60. (May 16, 2007). "Blackhawks Sign 1st Round Pick Toews".
61. (May 31, 2007). "Blackhawks Sign Prospect Hjalmarsson".
62. (June 5, 2007). "NO HEADLINE".
63. "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".