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2006–07 Colorado Avalanche season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2006–07
year	2006
Team	Colorado Avalanche
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	4th
Record	44–31–7
HomeRecord	22–16–3
RoadRecord	22–15–4
GoalsFor	272
GoalsAgainst	251
GeneralManager	Francois Giguere
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Joe Sakic
AltCaptain	Andrew Brunette
Ian Laperriere
Arena	Pepsi Center
Attendance	17,612
MinorLeague	Albany River Rats
Arizona Sundogs
GoalsLeader	Joe Sakic (36)
AssistsLeader	Joe Sakic (64)
PointsLeader	Joe Sakic (100)
PIMLeader	Ian Laperriere (133)
PlusMinusLeader	Ken Klee (+18)
WinsLeader	Peter Budaj (31)
GAALeader	Peter Budaj (2.68)

Ian Laperriere Arizona Sundogs The 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche season was their 12th season in Denver. It was a season of transition for the Avs, as the team began the season with a new general manager in Francois Giguere, ending the 12-year reign of Pierre Lacroix. The off-season also featured the departures of Alex Tanguay and Rob Blake, continuing the trend of star players leaving Denver that began the previous year.

After a decade near the top of the Western Conference standings, the Avalanche were expected to struggle to make the playoffs in 2006–07. The team's expected decline also saw attendance take a hit, as Colorado's NHL record sellout streak of 487 games was ended on October 16 when 17,681 tickets were sold for a game, 326 shy of a sellout.

Joe Sakic was the lone representative for the Avalanche at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Sakic recorded four assists at the game.

Entering the final week of the season on April 3, 2007, Colorado was seven points behind the Calgary Flames for the eighth and final spot in the Western Conference standings. Needing Calgary to lose all four games that week and for them to win all four they fell short by one point. Calgary losing to Colorado, San Jose, Edmonton, and again to Colorado did not capture a point that week and Colorado winning three out of four was knocked out of contention when they lost to the Nashville Predators on April 7, 2007. The season finale the following night, the Avalanche beat the Flames 6–3 giving them 95 points overall on the season and one short of Calgary who had 96. With the 95 points, the Avalanche became the team with the highest point total in a season to not make the playoffs, missing the post-season for the first time since 1994 back when they were known as the Quebec Nordiques, despite going 15–2–2 to end the regular season. This record would later be matched by the 2010–11 Dallas Stars, who also failed to qualify for the playoffs with 95 points. Both the Avalanche and the Stars were passed by the 2014–15 Boston Bruins, the 2017–18 Florida Panthers, the 2018–19 Montreal Canadiens, and the 2024–25 Calgary Flames, who each earned 96.

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 4 || Dallas || 3 – 2 || Colorado || OT || Theodore || 18,007 || 0–0–1 || 1 || |- | 2 || October 5 || Colorado || 2 – 3 || Minnesota || OT || Budaj || 18,568 || 0–0–2 || 2 || |- | 3 || October 8 || Vancouver || 2 – 3 || Colorado || || Theodore || 18,007 || 1–0–2 || 4 || |- | 4 || October 14 || Edmonton || 4 – 3 || Colorado || || Theodore || 18,007 || 1–1–2 || 4 || |- | 5 || October 16 || Chicago || 5 – 3 || Colorado || || Theodore || 17,681 || 1–2–2 || 4 || |- | 6 || October 18 || Colorado || 4 – 1 || Toronto || || Budaj || 19,463 || 2–2–2 || 6 || |- | 7 || October 19 || Colorado || 2 – 1 || Ottawa || || Theodore || 17,728 || 3–2–2 || 8 || |- | 8 || October 21 || Colorado || 5 – 8 || Montreal || || Theodore || 21,273 || 3–3–2 || 8 || |- | 9 || October 23 || Los Angeles || 1 – 6 || Colorado || || Budaj || 17,284 || 4–3–2 || 10 || |- | 10 || October 25 || Washington || 5 – 3 || Colorado || || Budaj || 17,047 || 4–4–2 || 10 || |- | 11 || October 29 || Minnesota || 1 – 4 || Colorado || || Theodore || 17,615 || 5–4–2 || 12 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
19	C	82	36	64	100	2	46
15	LW	82	27	56	83	−8	36
26	C	82	28	50	78	4	42
23	RW	80	35	35	70	10	44
8	LW	76	22	28	50	2	14
39	C	82	16	33	49	−8	26
4	D	71	14	30	44	0	24
5	D	82	10	29	39	5	50
53	C	78	15	20	35	8	36
40	RW	66	15	15	30	1	46
14	RW	81	8	21	29	5	133
12	RW	73	14	8	22	4	28
2	D	81	3	16	19	18	68
20	RW	66	6	6	12	3	31
28	RW	39	3	8	11	−4	16
71	D	33	1	10	11	−5	22
3	D	68	0	11	11	0	30
27	D	74	2	6	8	6	69
87	C	17	4	3	7	−1	10
34	D	48	0	6	6	−3	24
44	D	15	2	3	5	−4	14
6	D	22	1	4	5	10	11
24	LW	41	3	1	4	−3	16
10	LW	10	0	3	3	0	8
48	D	9	1	1	2	0	2
29	RW	10	1	1	2	0	6
31	G	57	0	2	2		0
11	C	6	0	1	1	1	6
60	G	33	0	1	1		6
57	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Peter Budaj	57	31	16	6	1499	143	2.68	.905	3	3199
60	Jose Theodore	33	13	15	1	870	95	3.26	.891	0	1748

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL Foundation Player Award	Joe Sakic
NHL All-Rookie Team	Paul Stastny (Forward)
[NHL All-Star Game](2007-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Joe Sakic
NHL First Star of the Month	Peter Budaj (March)
NHL Rookie of the Month	Wojtek Wolski (December)
Paul Stastny (February)
NHL Second Star of the Week	Joe Sakic (March 18)
Joe Sakic (April 18)	title=NHL Three Stars of the Week	url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/awards/3starweekly.html	website=Hockey-Reference.com	access-date=August 5, 2024}}
NHL Third Star of the Week	Joe Sakic (February 18)
Peter Budaj (March 4)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Peter Budaj
Wojtek Wolski

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Paul Stastny	October 4, 2006
Kyle Cumiskey	January 1, 2007
Jeff Finger	February 20, 2007

Transactions

The Avalanche 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

Date	Details	Ref
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Calgary Flames](2006-07-calgary-flames-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [New York Islanders](2006-07-new-york-islanders-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To [Anaheim Ducks](2006-07-anaheim-ducks-season)
To Colorado Avalanche	To Anaheim Ducks
To Colorado Avalanche	To [San Jose Sharks](2006-07-san-jose-sharks-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Tyler Arnason
Cody McLeod
Ben Guite
Matt Murley
Mark Rycroft
Ken Klee
George Parros
Jaroslav Hlinka

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Rob Blake
Tomas Slovak
Dan Hinote
Vitali Kolesnik
Paul Healey
Frantisek Skladany
Steve Konowalchuk
Jim Dowd
Tom Lawson

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Joe Sakic
Antti Laaksonen
Ossi Vaananen
Brett Clark
Karlis Skrastins
Kurt Sauer
Jeff Finger
John-Michael Liles
Peter Budaj
Cody McCormick
Paul Stastny
Brett McLean
Marek Svatos
Andrew Brunette
Chris Stewart
Joe Sakic
T. J. Hensick
Ray Macias
Codey Burki
Jeff Finger
David Jones
Jordan Leopold
Kurt Sauer

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	18	Chris Stewart (RW)	Colorado Avalanche	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2	51	Nigel Williams (D)	Colorado Avalanche	U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
2	59	Codey Burki (C)	Colorado Avalanche (From Calgary Flames)	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	81	Mike Carman (C)	Colorado Avalanche	U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
4	110	Kevin Montgomery (D)	Colorado Avalanche (From Edmonton Oilers)	U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
7	201	Billy Sauer (G)	Colorado Avalanche	University of Michigan (CCHA)

Farm teams

Albany River Rats

The Avalanche signed a one-year deal to join the Carolina Hurricanes as the NHL affiliate for the Albany River Rats for the 2006–07 AHL season.

During the season, the Avs announced that they had signed a long term deal to be the NHL affiliate of the new Cleveland expansion team beginning in 2007–08. Coincidentally, the new franchise is a reincarnation of the Utah Grizzlies franchise, which played in Denver as the Denver Grizzlies until 1995, when the Avs came to Denver.

Arizona Sundogs

The Arizona Sundogs began their inaugural season in the Central Hockey League.

Notes

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