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2006–07 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2006–07 Detroit Red Wings season was the 81st National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings entered a new era, following the retirement of longtime captain Steve Yzerman after 22 seasons (23 years) in the NHL, all spent with Detroit.[1] The Wings named Yzerman a team vice-president,[2] Yzerman's number 19 was retired by the Wings in January.[3]

The Red Wings lost another longtime player in Brendan Shanahan, who signed with the New York Rangers, although they retained the services of goaltender Dominik Hasek, who re-signed with the club as a free agent. Hasek remained one of the NHL's goaltending leaders, helping the Red Wings remain in contention for top spot in the Western Conference, battling with their division rivals, the Nashville Predators.

Two Red Wings players represented the West at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas – Nicklas Lidstrom was elected as a starting defenceman, and registered an assist, where he was joined by forward Henrik Zetterberg.[4]

Regular season

On February 8, 2007, the Red Wings lost 1–0 at St. Louis. It was the first time that the Red Wings had been shut-out in a regular season game since January 7, 2004, when they lost at home 3–0 to the Boston Bruins. Prior to their loss to the Blues, the Red Wings had gone 175 consecutive regular season games without being shut-out.[5][6][7]

Season standings

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.

bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division
Source:Yahoo Sports.[8]


Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player stats

[9]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[10][11]

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Lost on waivers

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[12] The Red Wings had no first-round pick in this draft, having dealt the 29th overall pick to the Phoenix Coyotes.

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

The Griffins are Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2006–07.

Toledo Storm

The Storm are the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.

See also

References

  1. ^ Longtime Red Wings captain Yzerman retires, espn.com, July 3, 2006, accessed February 11, 2007
  2. ^ Red Wings bring Yzerman into front office Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, tsn.ca, September 25, 2006, accessed February 11, 2007
  3. ^ and retired Yzerman's No. 19 jersey, espn.com, January 3, 2007, accessed February 11, 2007
  4. ^ 2007 All Star Game box score, espn.com, accessed February 11, 2007
  5. ^ "2003-04 Detroit Red Wings Schedule and Results".
  6. ^ "2005-06 Detroit Red Wings Schedule and Results".
  7. ^ a b c "2006-07 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  8. ^ "2006-07 NHL Regular Season Standings". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2007.
  9. ^ "2006-07 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  10. ^ NHL Insider - Offseason Trades[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006
  11. ^ NHL Insider - Free Agent Signings[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006,
  12. ^ 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com[permanent dead link] - accessed November 20, 2006