2006–07 Calgary Flames season

2006–07 Calgary Flames
Division	3rd Northwest
Conference	8th Western
2006–07 record	43–29–10
Home record	30–9–2
Road record	13–20–8
Goals for	258 (T-6th)
Goals against	226 (11th)
Team information
General Manager	Darryl Sutter
Coach	Jim Playfair
Captain	Jarome Iginla
Alternate captains	Robyn Regehr Rhett Warrener (Feb-Apr) Stephane Yelle
Arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance	19,289 (6th)
Team leaders
Goals	Jarome Iginla (39)
Assists	Alex Tanguay (59)
Points	Jarome Iginla (94)
Penalties in minutes	Dion Phaneuf (98)
Wins	Miikka Kiprusoff (40)
Goals against average	Miikka Kiprusoff (2.46)
<2005–06 2007–08>

The 2006–07 Calgary Flames season began with a great deal of promise following the acquisition of top forward Alex Tanguay from the Colorado Avalanche. The other major off-season news was that Darryl Sutter promoted his assistant coach, Jim Playfair, to head coach as Sutter stayed with the team as general manager only.

A pre-season favorite to win the National Hockey League's Northwest Division,^[1][2] the Flames struggled out of the gate in October before a six-game winning streak, and a franchise record ten consecutive home wins in November and December,^[3] brought the Flames back into contention in the tight Northwest Division.

Jarome Iginla and Kris Draper taking a faceoff in game 4 of the Conference Quarter-final.

A January crash proved that the Flames were unable to live up to the pre-season hype. Hoping to rejuvenate the team, GM Sutter orchestrated a trade with the Los Angeles Kings to bring Craig Conroy back to the team.^[4] However there was a lack of passion even after the mid-season shake-up.^[5] The Flames struggled to an eighth-place finish in the Western Conference, having to stave off a furious challenge for the final playoff spot by Colorado. The Flames entered the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a first-round match-up against the Detroit Red Wings, falling in six games to the Red Wings.

The lackluster season and poor playoff performance led to widespread criticism of rookie head coach Jim Playfair.^[6] TSN analyst Bob McKenzie even suggested replacing Playfair after game two of the Flames playoff series against Detroit.^[7] Following the season, however, several players defended their coach.^[8] Despite this, Playfair was relieved of his duties prior to the 2007–08 season.

Regular season

Two Flames were named to the roster for the 2007 All Star Game: goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff and defenceman Dion Phaneuf. It was the first appearance for both. Jarome Iginla would have been named to the team as well, but his knee injury kept him out of the game.^[9]

On February 3, 2007, the Flames made history by having young Cree singer Akina Shirt perform "O Canada" in Woodlands Cree, the first time the national anthem had ever been performed in an Aboriginal language at a major league sporting event.^[10]

On February 6, the Flames retired Mike Vernon's #30. Vernon, who was instrumental in the Flames trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1986 and their Cup victory in 1989 became the second Flame to have his number raised to the rafters, preceded only by Lanny McDonald.^[11]

The Flames entered the stretch drive by re-acquiring fan favorite, and former Flame, Craig Conroy in a deal with the Los Angeles Kings,^[12] then by completing a significant trade with the Boston Bruins, acquiring defenceman Brad Stuart along with Wayne Primeau for Chuck Kobasew and Andrew Ference.^[13]

On February 24, Jarome Iginla scored his 315th career goal, moving him past Joe Nieuwendyk into second on the Flames all-time goal scoring list. Theoren Fleury was the Flames all-time leading scorer at 364 goals.^[14] Miikka Kiprusoff broke Dan Bouchard's franchise record for career shutouts as a Flame when he recorded his 21st in a 1–0 shootout victory against the Minnesota Wild on March 27.^[15]

The Flames were not shut out in any of their 82 regular-season games.^[16]

Season standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Vancouver Canucks	82	49	26	7	222	201	105
2	7	Minnesota Wild	82	48	26	8	235	191	104
3	8	Calgary Flames	82	43	29	10	258	226	96
4	9	Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	272	251	95
5	12	Edmonton Oilers	82	32	43	7	195	248	71

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.

Schedule and results

2006–07 Game Log
October: 3–6–1 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 5 Calgary 1 – 3 Edmonton Kiprusoff 16,839 0–1–0 0 2 October 7 Edmonton 1 – 2 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 1–1–0 2 3 October 9 San Jose 4 – 1 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 1–2–0 2 4 October 12 Calgary 1 – 0 Ottawa Kiprusoff 18,404 2–2–0 4 5 October 14 Calgary 4 – 5 Toronto OT Kiprusoff 19,338 2–2–1 5 6 October 17 Calgary 4 – 5 Montreal Kiprusoff 21,273 2–3–1 5 7 October 19 Calgary 2 – 3 Boston Kiprusoff 17,565 2–4–1 5 8 October 24 Phoenix 1 – 6 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 3–4–1 7 9 October 28 Nashville 3 – 2 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 3–5–1 7 10 October 30 Washington 4 – 2 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 3–6–1 7
November: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 11 November 1 Calgary 2 – 3 Detroit Kiprusoff 20,066 3–7–1 7 12 November 3 Calgary 4 – 5 Columbus SO McLennan 16,103 3–7–2 8 13 November 4 Calgary 3 – 2 St. Louis Kiprusoff 12,097 4–7–2 10 14 November 7 Dallas 1 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 5–7–2 12 15 November 10 Anaheim 0 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 6–7–2 14 16 November 11 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver Kiprusoff 18,630 7–7–2 16 17 November 14 St. Louis 0 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 8–7–2 18 18 November 17 Detroit 1 – 4 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 9–7–2 20 19 November 21 Calgary 1 – 2 Edmonton Kiprusoff 16,839 9–8–2 20 20 November 22 Chicago 1 – 4 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 10–8–2 22 21 November 25 Calgary 1 – 3 Los Angeles Kiprusoff 17,043 10–9–2 22 22 November 26 Calgary 3 – 5 Anaheim McLennan 17,174 10–10–2 22 23 November 28 Colorado 2 – 5 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 11–10–2 24
December: 8–4–2 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 24 December 1 Columbus 1 – 2 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 12–10–2 26 25 December 5 Carolina 0 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 13–10–2 28 26 December 7 Calgary 2 – 3 Minnesota OT Kiprusoff 18,568 13–10–3 29 27 December 9 Vancouver 3 – 5 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 14–10–3 31 28 December 12 Minnesota 2 – 5 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 15–10–3 33 29 December 14 Calgary 1 – 3 Vancouver Kiprusoff 18,630 15–11–3 33 30 December 16 Calgary 6 – 3 Phoenix Kiprusoff 15,551 16–11–3 35 31 December 18 Calgary 1 – 4 Anaheim Kiprusoff 17,174 16–12–3 35 32 December 19 Calgary 5 – 3 Los Angeles McLennan 17,247 17–12–3 37 December 21 Calgary PPD^† Colorado 33 December 23 Calgary 1 – 4 San Jose Kiprusoff 17,496 17–13–3 37 34 December 26 Vancouver 3 – 1 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 17–14–3 37 35 December 27 Calgary 5 – 6 Vancouver OT Kiprusoff 18,630 17–14–4 38 36 December 29 Los Angeles 4 – 6 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 18–14–4 40 37 December 31 Edmonton 2 – 4 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 19–14–4 42 ^†December 21 game @ Colorado was postponed due to a snowstorm in Denver. It was the first postponement of a game in Flames franchise history.
January: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 38 January 2 Vancouver 3 – 2 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 19–15–4 42 39 January 4 Florida 4 – 5 Calgary OT McLennan 19,289 20–15–4 44 40 January 6 Dallas 2 – 4 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 21–15–4 46 41 January 9 Minnesota 0 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 22–15–4 48 42 January 11 Calgary 7 – 3 Colorado Kiprusoff 18,007 23–15–4 50 43 January 13 Edmonton 1 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 24–15–4 52 44 January 15 Calgary 3 – 5 Nashville Kiprusoff 12,011 24–16–4 52 45 January 17 Calgary 2 – 4 Dallas Kiprusoff 18,532 24–17–4 52 46 January 19 Anaheim 2 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 25–17–4 54 47 January 20 Calgary 4 – 0 Edmonton Kiprusoff 16,839 26–17–4 56 48 January 26 Calgary 1 – 2 Minnesota SO Kiprusoff 15,568 26–17–5 57 49 January 28 Calgary 3 – 4 Chicago OT Kiprusoff 11,182 26–17–6 58 50 January 30 Los Angeles 1–4 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 27–17–6 60
February: 7–4–3 (Home: 7–1–1; Road: 0–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 51 February 2 Columbus 2 – 6 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 28–18–6 62 52 February 3 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 29–18–6 64 53 February 6 Chicago 3 – 2 Calgary SO Kiprusoff 19,289 29–18–7 65 54 February 8 Calgary 1 – 2 Columbus McLennan 15,739 29–19–7 65 55 February 10 Calgary 2 – 3 Buffalo SO Kiprusoff 18,690 29–19–8 66 56 February 11 Calgary 4 – 7 Detroit McLennan 20,066 29–20–8 66 57 February 13 Atlanta 1 – 4 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 30–20–8 68 58 February 15 Colorado 7 – 5 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 30–21–8 68 59 February 17 Colorado 2 – 5 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 31–21–8 70 60 February 20 Calgary 3 – 4 Colorado Kiprusoff 17,623 31–22–8 70 61 February 22 Calgary 2 – 3 Phoenix OT Kiprusoff 15,805 31–22–9 71 62 February 24 San Jose 4 – 7 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 32–22–9 73 63 February 26 Phoenix 2 – 5 Calgary McLennan 19,289 33–22–9 75 64 February 28 Minnesota 1 – 2 Calgary SO Kiprusoff 19,289 34–22–9 77
March: 9–4–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 6–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 65 March 3 Calgary 4 – 2 Edmonton Kiprusoff 16,839 35–22–9 79 66 March 6 Calgary 4 – 2 St. Louis Kiprusoff 12,166 36–22–9 81 67 March 8 Calgary 3 – 6 Nashville Kiprusoff 15,515 36–23–9 81 68 March 10 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 Calgary OT Kiprusoff 19,289 36–23–10 82 69 March 12 St. Louis 4 – 5 Calgary SO Kiprusoff 19,289 37–23–10 84 70 March 14 Calgary 2 – 3 Colorado Kiprusoff 17,426 37–24–10 84 71 March 15 Calgary 2 – 4 Dallas McLennan 18,532 37–25–10 84 72 March 17 Minnesota 4 – 2 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 37–26–10 84 73 March 20 Detroit 1 – 2 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 38–26–10 86 74 March 22 Nashville 2 – 3 Calgary OT Kiprusoff 19,289 39–26–10 88 75 March 25 Calgary 3 – 2 Chicago Kiprusoff 10,178 40–26–10 90 76 March 27 Calgary 1 – 0 Minnesota SO Kiprusoff 18,568 41–26–10 92 77 March 29 Calgary 4 – 2 Minnesota Kiprusoff 18,568 42–26–10 94 78 March 31 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver Kiprusoff 18,630 43–26–10 96
April: 0–4–0 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 79 April 3 Colorado 4 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 43–27–10 96 80 April 5 Calgary 3 – 4 San Jose Kiprusoff 17,496 43–28–10 96 81 April 7 Edmonton 3 – 2 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 43–29–10 96 82 April 8^† Calgary 3 – 6 Colorado McClennan 17,551 43–29–10 96 ^†Makeup date for the December 21 postponement

Playoffs

The Flames qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Calgary entered the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the 8th seed in the Western Conference and started on the road against the top ranked Detroit Red Wings.^[17] The Flames were unable to defend against the Wings' ferocious attack, with goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff facing an average of 42 shots per game during the series as Calgary fell to Detroit in six games.^[18]

Game five, in Detroit, ended with a series of nasty incidents as the Flames' frustration got the better of them. Upset with Detroit's constant bumping of Miikka Kiprusoff throughout the series, and angry with what they believed was an illegal, low-bridge hit by Brett Lebda on Daymond Lankow late in the 5–1 loss, the Flames lashed out. First Langkow delivered a quick punch to the face of Lebda following that hit, and later backup goaltender Jamie McLennan delivered a two-handed slash to Wings forward Johan Franzen after only being in goal for eighteen seconds. McLennan received a match penalty for the slash, and was suspended five games by the NHL. Head coach Jim Playfair was fined $25,000, and the Flames organization $100,000.^[19] Franzen would exact a measure of revenge for the hit in game six by scoring the winning goal in double overtime that eliminated the Flames.^[18]

The Flames were not shut out in any of their 6 playoff games.^[16]

2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-final vs. Detroit (1) – Red Wings win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 12 Calgary 1 – 4 Detroit Kiprusoff 19,204 Detroit leads 1–0 2 April 15 Calgary 1 – 3 Detroit Kiprusoff 19,751 Detroit leads 2–0 3 April 17 Detroit 2 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 Detroit leads 2–1 4 April 19 Detroit 2 – 3 Calgary Kiprusoff 19,289 Series tied 2–2 5 April 21 Calgary 1 – 5 Detroit Kiprusoff 19,340 Detroit leads 3–2 6 April 22 Detroit 2 – 1 Calgary 2OT Kiprosoff 19,289 Detroit wins 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jarome Iginla	12		70	39	55	94	40		6	2	2	4	12
Alex Tanguay	40		81	22	59	81	44		6	1	3	4	8
Kristian Huselius	20		81	34	43	77	26		6	0	2	2	4
Daymond Langkow	22		81	33	44	77	44		6	2	2	4	4
Dion Phaneuf	3		79	17	33	50	98		6	1	0	1	7
Matthew Lombardi	18		81	20	26	46	48		6	1	1	2	0
Roman Hamrlik	4		75	7	31	38	88		6	0	1	1	8
Tony Amonte	10		81	10	20	30	40		6	0	1	1	0
Stephane Yelle	11		56	10	14	24	32		6	0	0	0	2
Craig Conroy^†	24		28	8	13	21	18		6	1	1	2	8
Robyn Regehr	28		78	2	19	21	75		1	0	0	0	0
David Moss	58		41	10	8	18	12		6	0	1	1	0
Chuck Kobasew^‡	19		40	4	13	17	37		-	-	-	-	-
Mark Giordano	5		48	7	8	15	36		4	1	0	1	0
Marcus Nilson	26		63	5	10	15	27		6	0	0	0	2
Byron Ritchie	15		64	8	6	14	68		1	0	0	0	10
Jeff Friesen	16		72	6	6	12	34		5	0	0	0	2
Andrew Ference^‡	21		54	2	10	12	66		-	-	-	-	-
Rhett Warrener	44		62	4	6	10	67		6	0	0	0	10
Wayne Primeau^†	19		27	3	4	7	36		6	0	2	2	14
Andrei Zyuzin	7		49	1	5	6	30		5	1	0	1	2
Brad Stuart^†	6		27	0	5	5	18		6	0	1	1	6
Dustin Boyd	41		13	2	2	4	4		-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Lundmark^‡	24		39	0	4	4	31		-	-	-	-	-
Richie Regehr	49		6	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
Eric Godard	17		19	0	1	1	50		-	-	-	-	-
Tomi Maki	-		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Carsen Germyn	29		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Brad Ference	8		5	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Jamie McLennan	29		9	0	0	0	16		1	0	0	0	12
Brandon Prust	-		10	0	0	0	25		-	-	-	-	-
David Hale^†	21		11	0	0	0	10		2	0	0	0	6
Darren McCarty	25		32	0	0	0	58		-	-	-	-	-
Miikka Kiprusoff	34		74	0	0	0	2		6	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season										Playoffs
Player	#		GP	Min	W	L	OT	GA	SO	SV%	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Miikka Kiprusoff	34		74	4419	40	24	9	181	7	.917	2.46		6	384	2	4	18	0	.929	2.82
Jamie McLennan	29		9	533	3	5	1	32	0	.895	3.60		1	0:18	0	0	0	0	.---	-.--

Awards and records

Records

• 10 game home winning streak (November 7 – December 12); previous record was 9, set five times.^[3]
• 21 career shutouts as a Flame: Miikka Kiprusoff (March 27 at Minnesota).^[15]

Milestones

• 300 assists: Jarome Iginla (December 5 vs Carolina).^[20]
• 300 goals: Jarome Iginla (December 7 at Minnesota).^[21]
• 600 points: Jarome Iginla (December 7 at Minnesota).^[21]
• 100 wins: Miikka Kiprusoff (January 9 vs Minnesota).^[22]

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.^[23][24]

Trades

June 24, 2006	To Calgary Flames Alex Tanguay	To Colorado Avalanche Jordan Leopold 2nd round pick in 2006 conditional round pick in 2007 or 2008
January 29, 2007	To Calgary Flames Craig Conroy	To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Lundmark 4th round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008
February 10, 2007	To Calgary Flames Brad Stuart Wayne Primeau Conditional draft pick in 2008	To Boston Bruins Andrew Ference Chuck Kobasew
February 27, 2007	To Calgary Flames David Hale 5th round pick in 2007	To New Jersey Devils 3rd round pick in 2007

Free agents

Player Former team D Andrei Zyuzin Minnesota Wild F Jeff Friesen Anaheim Ducks G Jamie McLennan Florida Panthers D Brad Ference New Jersey Devils F Eric Godard New York Islanders

Player New team F Shean Donovan Boston Bruins F Chris Simon New York Islanders F Craig MacDonald Chicago Blackhawks G Brian Boucher Chicago Blackhawks

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[25] The Flames picked 26th overall for the second consecutive draft.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	26	Leland Irving	Canada	G	Everett Silvertips (WHL	13	3–4–4, 3.25 GAA, .902Sv%
3	87	John Armstrong	Canada	C/RW	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3	89	Aaron Marvin	United States	F	Warroad (USHS-MN)
4	118	Hugo Carpentier	Canada	C	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
5	149	Juuso Puustinen	Finland	RW	Kalpa Jr.
6	179	Jordan Fulton	United States	C	Breck (USHS-MN)
7	187	Devin DiDiomete	Canada	LW	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7	209	Per Johnsson	Sweden	F	Farjestad Jr.

Statistics are updated to the end of the 2013–14 NHL season. ^† denotes player was on an NHL roster in 2013–14.

Farm teams

Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights

The 2006–07 AHL season was the second for the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. The Knights finished a top the Western Conference standings, winning the West Division with a 49–25–5–1 record, earning their first playoff appearance.^[26] Omaha was upset in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs by the Iowa Stars, however, losing four games to two.

Following the season, rumours swirled around the future of the team, which ranked at or near the bottom of league attendance in its first two seasons, and lost us$4 million over two years.^[27] The rumour would quickly be confirmed as the Flames announced that the team was leaving Nebraska for the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois to become the Quad City Flames for the 2007–08 season.^[28]

Las Vegas Wranglers

The Las Vegas Wranglers finished the 2006–07 ECHL season as the league's top club with a 46–12–1–8 record. Their 106 points narrowly edged out the 105 point total of the Alaska Aces.^[29] The Wranglers swept the Phoenix RoadRunners in their first round, but were upset by the Idaho Steelheads in the second, falling four games to two.

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

References

• Player stats: Calgary Flames player stats on espn.com
• Game log: Calgary Flames game log on espn.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

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