2006–07 Dallas Stars season
National Hockey League team season
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The 2006–07 Dallas Stars season was the 14th season for the Dallas Stars, and the 40th overall of the franchise. The Stars made one major acquisition, Eric Lindros. With Marty Turco still in goal, and Mike Modano and captain Brenden Morrow leading the team, the Stars qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.
| 2006–07 Dallas Stars | |
|---|---|
| Division | 3rd Pacific |
| Conference | 6th Western |
| 2006–07 record | 50–25–7 |
| Home record | 28–11–2 |
| Road record | 22–14–5 |
| Goals for | 226 |
| Goals against | 197 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Doug Armstrong |
| Coach | Dave Tippett |
| Captain | Brenden Morrow |
| Alternate captains | Mike Modano Sergei Zubov |
| Arena | American Airlines Center |
| Average attendance | 17,914 |
| Minor league affiliates | Iowa Stars Idaho Steelheads |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Jere Lehtinen (26) |
| Assists | Mike Ribeiro (41) |
| Points | Mike Ribeiro (59) |
| Penalty minutes | Matthew Barnaby (127) |
| Plus/minus | Mike Modano (+9) |
| Wins | Marty Turco (37) |
| Goals against average | Mike Smith (2.23) Mary Turco (2.23) |
Off-season
Brenden Morrow was named team captain on September 29.[1]
Regular season
The Stars tied the Toronto Maple Leafs for the fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season, with three.[2]
Season standings
| No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 258 | 208 | 110 |
| 2 | 5 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 258 | 199 | 107 |
| 3 | 6 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 226 | 197 | 107 |
| 4 | 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 227 | 283 | 68 |
| 5 | 15 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 216 | 284 | 67 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
| R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | z-Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 254 | 199 | 113 |
| 2 | y-Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 258 | 208 | 110 |
| 3 | y-Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 222 | 201 | 105 |
| 4 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 51 | 23 | 8 | 272 | 212 | 110 |
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 258 | 199 | 107 |
| 6 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 226 | 197 | 107 |
| 7 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 235 | 191 | 104 |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 258 | 226 | 96 |
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| 9 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 272 | 251 | 95 |
| 10 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 214 | 254 | 81 |
| 11 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 201 | 249 | 73 |
| 12 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 195 | 248 | 71 |
| 13 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 201 | 258 | 71 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 227 | 283 | 68 |
| 15 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 216 | 284 | 67 |
bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division
Playoffs
The Dallas Stars ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's sixth seed.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 9–2–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–1–0)
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November: 7–7–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–6–0)
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December: 9–6–0 (home: 5–4–0; road: 4–2–0)
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January: 5–4–2 (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–2–1)
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February: 9–2–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 3–1–0)
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March: 11–2–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 6–1–2)
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Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Legend: W Win L Loss |
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 Stars only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
| 63 | Mike Ribeiro | C | 81 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
| 56 | Sergei Zubov | D | 78 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | Philippe Boucher | D | 76 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 2 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 6 |
| 36 | Jussi Jokinen | C | 82 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 26 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 73 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 9 | Mike Modano | C | 59 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Brenden Morrow | LW | 40 | 16 | 15 | 31 | −2 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 18 |
| 15 | Niklas Hagman | LW | 82 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 10 |
| 88 | Eric Lindros | C | 49 | 5 | 21 | 26 | −1 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| 14 | Stu Barnes | C | 82 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −2 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | Antti Miettinen | RW | 74 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −5 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Jeff Halpern | C | 76 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −7 | 78 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 | Darryl Sydor | D | 74 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −4 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Loui Eriksson | LW | 59 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Stephane Robidas | D | 75 | 0 | 17 | 17 | −1 | 86 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 17 | Ladislav Nagy† | LW | 25 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Trevor Daley | D | 74 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| 27 | Patrik Stefan | C | 41 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Jaroslav Modry‡ | D | 57 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 77 | Matthew Barnaby | RW | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Joel Lundqvist | C | 36 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 50 | Krys Barch | RW | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Mathias Tjarnqvist‡ | RW | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Steve Ott | C | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −4 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 35 | Marty Turco | G | 67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 65 | Chris Conner | W | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Jon Klemm | D | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Nolan Baumgartner† | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Mattias Norstrom† | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Junior Lessard | RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Nicklas Grossmann | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Vojtech Polak | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Mike Smith | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Goaltending
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
| 35 | Marty Turco | 67 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 1564 | 140 | 2.23 | .910 | 6 | 3764 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 229 | 11 | 1.30 | .952 | 3 | 509 |
| 41 | Mike Smith | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 511 | 45 | 2.23 | .912 | 3 | 1213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Mike Smith (Goaltender) | [5] |
| League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Philippe Boucher | [6] |
| Marty Turco | |||
| NHL First Star of the Week | Marty Turco (October 15) | [7] | |
| NHL Second Star of the Week | Marty Turco (January 21) | [7] | |
| NHL Third Star of the Week | Mike Smith (November 26) | [7] | |
| Mike Smith (February 11) | [7] | ||
| Mike Modano (March 18) | [7] | ||
| NHL YoungStars Game selection | Jussi Jokinen | [8] | |
| Team | Star of the Game Award | Mike Modano | [9] |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| First game | Loui Eriksson | October 4, 2006 | [10] |
| Mike Smith | October 21, 2006 | ||
| Nicklas Grossmann | December 2, 2006 | ||
| Joel Lundqvist | December 4, 2006 | ||
| Chris Conner | December 8, 2006 | ||
| Krys Barch | January 15, 2007 | ||
| 25th shutout | Marty Turco | November 9, 2006 | [11] |
| 1,000th game played | Stu Barnes | November 30, 2006 | [12] |
| Sergei Zubov | March 15, 2007 | [13] |
Transactions
The Stars 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.[14]
Trades
| Date | Details | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2006 | To Atlanta Thrashers
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To Dallas Stars |
[15] |
| July 1, 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning
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To Dallas Stars |
[16] |
| September 30, 2006 | To Montreal Canadiens
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To Dallas Stars
|
[17] |
| February 12, 2007 | To Phoenix Coyotes
|
To Dallas Stars |
[18] |
| February 23, 2007 | To Anaheim Ducks
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To Dallas Stars |
[19] |
| February 27, 2007 | To Los Angeles Kings
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To Dallas Stars
|
[20] |
Players acquired
| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 5, 2006 | Matthew Barnaby | Chicago Blackhawks | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
| Jeff Halpern | Washington Capitals | 4-year | Free agency | [21] | |
| July 10, 2006 | Marty Sertich | Colorado College (WCHA) | 2-year | Free agency | [22] |
| July 13, 2006 | Chris Conner | Michigan Tech (WCHA) | 2-year | Free agency | [23] |
| July 17, 2006 | Eric Lindros | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
| July 18, 2006 | Krys Barch | Iowa Stars (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [25] |
| February 2, 2007 | Aaron Gagnon | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [26] |
| February 24, 2007 | Nolan Baumgartner | Philadelphia Flyers | Waivers | [27] |
Players lost
| Date | Player | New team | Via[a] | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2006 | Bill Guerin | St. Louis Blues[b] | Buyout | [30] |
| July 1, 2006 | Johan Hedberg | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (III) | [31] |
| Willie Mitchell | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (III) | [32] | |
| July 2, 2006 | Jason Arnott | Nashville Predators | Free agency (III) | [33] |
| July 10, 2006 | Patrick Traverse | San Jose Sharks | Free agency (III) | [34] |
| July 13, 2006 | Dan Jancevski | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
| July 31, 2006 | David Oliver | Rogle BK (Allsvenskan) | Free agency (III) | [36] |
| September 6, 2006 | Jaroslav Svoboda | HC Znojemsti Orli (ELH) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
| October 10, 2006 | Mike Siklenka | Leksands IF (Allsvenskan) | Free agency (VI) | [38] |
| October 15, 2006 | Nathan Perrott | Toronto Marlies (AHL) | Free agency (III) | [39] |
| October 17, 2006 | Jeremy Stevenson | Amarillo Gorillas (CHL) | Free agency (III) | [40] |
| October 26, 2006 | David Bararuk | Ilves (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
| December 11, 2006 | Garrett Burnett | St-Jean Chiefs (LNAH) | Free agency (III) | [42] |
Signings
| Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 28, 2006 | Jon Klemm | 1-year | Option exercised | [43] |
| Mathias Tjarnqvist | 2-year | Re-signing | [44] | |
| July 2, 2006 | Mike Smith | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
| July 10, 2006 | Steve Ott | 2-year | Re-signing | [22] |
| July 12, 2006 | Vadim Khomitsky | 1-year | Entry-level | [46] |
| July 14, 2006 | Junior Lessard | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] |
| July 18, 2006 | Dan Ellis | 1-year | Re-signing | [25] |
| August 31, 2006 | Trevor Daley | 2-year | Re-signing | [48] |
| September 16, 2006 | Jere Lehtinen | 2-year | Extension | [49] |
| September 21, 2006 | Brenden Morrow | 6-year | Extension | [50] |
| October 20, 2006 | James Neal | 3-year | Entry-level | [51] |
| December 6, 2006 | Stephane Robidas | 3-year | Extension | [52] |
| February 7, 2007 | Mike Smith | 2-year | Extension | [53] |
| March 19, 2007 | Matt Niskanen | 3-year | Entry-level | [54] |
| March 26, 2007 | Richard Clune | 3-year | Entry-level | [55] |
| May 1, 2007 | Krys Barch | 1-year | Extension | [56] |
| May 15, 2007 | Tom Wandell | 3-year | Entry-level | [57] |
Draft picks
Dallas' picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[58]
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Ivan Vishnevskiy (D) | Dallas Stars | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) | |
| 3 | 90 | Aaron Snow (LW) | Dallas Stars | Brampton Battalion (OHL) | |
| 4 | 120 | Richard Bachman (G) | Dallas Stars | Cushing Academy (USHS-MA) | |
| 5 | 138 | David McIntyre (C) | Dallas Stars (from Tampa Bay) | Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJRA) | |
| 5 | 150 | Max Warn (LW) | Dallas Stars | HIFK Jr. (Fin. Jr.) |