2006–07 Minnesota Wild season

2006–07 Minnesota Wild
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	7th Western
2006–07 record	48–26–8
Home record	29–7–5
Road record	19–19–3
Goals for	235
Goals against	191
Team information
General Manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating Brian Rolston (Oct-Nov) Keith Carney (Dec) Brian Rolston (Jan) Mark Parrish (Feb-Apr)
Alternate captains	Rotating Kim Johnsson (Oct-Nov) Brian Rolston (Dec) Keith Carney (Jan) Brian Rolston (Feb-Apr) Wes Walz
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,543
Team leaders
Goals	Brian Rolston (31)
Assists	Pavol Demitra (39)
Points	Pavol Demitra (64) Brian Rolston
Penalties in minutes	Derek Boogaard (120)
Plus/minus	Keith Carney (+22)
Wins	Niklas Backstrom (23)
Goals against average	Niklas Backstrom (1.97)
<2005–06 2007–08>

This 2006–07 Minnesota Wild season began on October 5, 2006. It was the Wild's seventh season in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Excluding seven shootout goals allowed, the Wild finished the regular season with just 184 goals allowed, the fewest in the League.^[1][2]

Season standings

Here is how the Wild did in the standings in 2006–07.

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

Here is the Wild's 2006–07 schedule with game by game results.

October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Colorado	2 – 3	Minnesota	OT	Fernandez	18,568	1–0–0	2
2	October 7	Nashville	5 – 6	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	2–0–0	4
3	October 10	Vancouver	1 – 2	Minnesota	SO	Fernandez	18,064	3–0–0	6
4	October 12	Washington	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Fernandez	18,064	4–0–0	8
5	October 14	Columbus	0 – 5	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	5–0–0	10
6	October 18	Minnesota	2 – 1	Los Angeles	OT	Fernandez	14,617	6–0–0	12
7	October 20	Minnesota	1 – 2	Anaheim		Fernandez	13,430	6–1–0	12
8	October 21	Minnesota	4 – 1	San Jose		Fernandez	17,496	7–1–0	14
9	October 25	Los Angeles	1 – 3	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	8–1–0	16
10	October 27	Anaheim	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Fernandez	18,568	9–1–0	18
11	October 29	Minnesota	1 – 4	Colorado		Fernandez	17,615	9–2–0	18

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
12	November 2	Vancouver	2 – 5	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	10–2–0	20
13	November 4	Nashville	4 – 3	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	10–3–0	20
14	November 7	Minnesota	1 – 3	San Jose		Fernandez	17,233	10–4–0	20
15	November 11	Minnesota	3 – 2	Los Angeles	SO	Fernandez	17,479	11–4–0	22
16	November 12	Minnesota	2 – 3	Anaheim		Backstrom	16,306	11–5–0	22
17	November 14	Minnesota	3 – 4	Phoenix		Fernandez	12,002	11–6–0	22
18	November 16	Minnesota	7 – 6	Nashville	SO	Backstrom	12,759	12–6–0	24
19	November 18	Colorado	2 – 1	Minnesota	SO	Backstrom	18,568	12–6–1	25
20	November 20	Minnesota	3 – 5	Ottawa		Fernandez	18,094	12–7–1	25
21	November 22	Minnesota	2 – 4	Montreal		Backstrom	21,273	12–8–1	25
22	November 24	Phoenix	0 – 4	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	13–8–1	27
23	November 25	Minnesota	3 – 5	Columbus		Fernandez	15,493	13–9–1	27
24	November 29	San Jose	2 – 1	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	13–10–1	27

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
25	December 1	Detroit	3 – 0	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	13–11–1	27
26	December 2	Minnesota	3 – 4	Dallas	SO	Backstrom	17,027	13–11–2	28
27	December 5	Chicago	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Fernandez	18,568	14–11–2	30
28	December 7	Calgary	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Fernandez	18,568	15–11–2	32
29	December 9	Chicago	4 – 5	Minnesota	OT	Fernandez	18,568	16–11–2	34
30	December 12	Minnesota	2 – 5	Calgary		Fernandez	19,289	16–12–2	34
31	December 14	Minnesota	1 – 3	Edmonton		Fernandez	16,839	16–13–2	34
32	December 16	Minnesota	1 – 2	Vancouver		Backstrom	18,630	16–14–2	34
33	December 19	Vancouver	2 – 5	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	17–14–2	36
34	December 22	Minnesota	1 – 3	Detroit		Fernandez	20,066	17–15–2	36
35	December 23	Detroit	2 – 3	Minnesota	OT	Fernandez	18,568	18–15–2	38
36	December 26	Minnesota	3 – 4	Toronto		Fernandez	19,355	18–16–2	38
37	December 27	Minnesota	1 – 3	Detroit		Backstrom	20,066	18–17–2	38
38	December 29	Columbus	3 – 4	Minnesota	OT	Fernandez	18,568	19–17–2	40
39	December 31	Anaheim	3 – 4	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	20–17–2	42

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
40	January 2	Atlanta	1 – 5	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	21–17–2	44
41	January 4	Tampa Bay	3 – 2	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	21–18–2	44
42	January 6	Colorado	2 – 1	Minnesota	SO	Fernandez	18,568	21–18–3	45
43	January 9	Minnesota	0 – 3	Calgary		Backstrom	19,289	21–19–3	45
44	January 11	Minnesota	5 – 2	Vancouver		Fernandez	18,630	22–19–3	47
45	January 12	Minnesota	4 – 2	Edmonton		Fernandez	16,839	23–19–3	49
46	January 14	Minnesota	4 – 3	Chicago	SO	Fernandez	11,091	24–19–3	51
47	January 16	Edmonton	2 – 1	Minnesota		Fernandez	18,568	24–20–3	51
48	January 19	Minnesota	3 – 0	Chicago		Fernandez	12,333	25–20–3	53
49	January 20	Dallas	2 – 1	Minnesota	SO	Backstrom	18,568	25–20–4	54
50	January 26	Calgary	1 – 2	Minnesota	SO	Backstrom	18,568	26–20–4	56
51	January 27	Minnesota	2 – 3	Columbus		Fernandez	18,136	26–21–4	56
52	January 30	Minnesota	5 – 2	St. Louis		Fernandez	10,445	27–21–4	58

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
53	February 1	Minnesota	5 – 3	Colorado		Backstrom	17,286	28–21–4	60
54	February 3	Minnesota	1 – 0	Phoenix		Backstrom	17,115	29–21–4	62
55	February 6	Minnesota	2 – 4	Dallas		Backstrom	17,660	29–22–4	62
56	February 8	Florida	2 – 4	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	30–22–4	64
57	February 10	Carolina	4 – 5	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	31–22–4	66
58	February 14	Vancouver	3 – 2	Minnesota	OT	Backstrom	18,568	31–22–5	67
59	February 17	Minnesota	4 – 1	Nashville		Backstrom	17,113	32–22–5	69
60	February 18	Minnesota	3 – 5	St. Louis		Backstrom	13,721	32–23–5	69
61	February 20	Dallas	1 – 2	Minnesota	SO	Backstrom	18,568	33–23–5	71
62	February 22	Minnesota	4 – 3	Colorado		Backstrom	18,007	34–23–5	73
63	February 25	Edmonton	1 – 4	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	35–23–5	75
64	February 28	Minnesota	1 – 2	Calgary	OT	Harding	19,289	35–23–6	76

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Minnesota	5 – 0	Edmonton		Harding	16,839	36–23–6	78
66	March 4	Minnesota	3 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Backstrom	18,630	36–23–7	79
67	March 6	San Jose	3 – 0	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	36–24–7	79
68	March 8	Minnesota	2 – 1	Boston		Backstrom	13,709	37–24–7	81
69	March 9	Minnesota	5 – 1	Buffalo		Harding	18,690	38–24–7	83
70	March 11	Colorado	2 – 3	Minnesota	OT	Backstrom	18,568	39–24–7	85
71	March 13	Minnesota	3 – 2	Vancouver	OT	Backstrom	18,630	40–24–7	87
72	March 15	Minnesota	2 – 1	Edmonton		Backstrom	16,839	41–24–7	89
73	March 17	Minnesota	4 – 2	Calgary		Backstrom	19,289	42–24–7	91
74	March 20	Phoenix	2 – 3	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	43–24–7	93
75	March 22	St. Louis	1 – 5	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	44–24–7	95
76	March 24	Los Angeles	1 – 4	Minnesota		Harding	18,568	45–24–7	97
77	March 27	Calgary	1 – 0	Minnesota	SO	Backstrom	18,568	45–24–8	98
78	March 29	Calgary	4 – 2	Minnesota		Harding	18,568	45–25–8	98
79	March 31	Minnesota	1 – 2	Colorado		Harding	17,192	45–26–8	98

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 3	Edmonton	0 – 3	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	46–26–8	100
81	April 4	Edmonton	0 – 3	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	47–26–8	102
82	April 6	St. Louis	1 – 5	Minnesota		Backstrom	18,568	48–26–8	104

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

The Minnesota Wild ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's seventh seed.

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks

Anaheim wins series 4–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 11	Minnesota	1 – 2	Anaheim		Backstrom	17,180	0 – 1
2	April 13	Minnesota	2 – 3	Anaheim		Backstrom	17,324	0 – 2
3	April 15	Anaheim	2 – 1	Minnesota		Backstrom	19,224	0 – 3
4	April 17	Anaheim	1 – 4	Minnesota		Backstrom	19,174	1 – 3
5	April 19	Minnesota	1 – 4	Anaheim		Backstrom	17,318	1 – 4

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston C/RW 78 31 33 64 46 6 13 1 6 Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra LW 71 25 39 64 28 0 9 1 4 Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik RW 48 30 27 57 40 12 12 1 7 Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard C 82 20 37 57 14 13 5 0 3 Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu C 82 20 34 54 58 6 9 2 2 White, ToddTodd White C 77 13 31 44 24 8 6 1 1 Parrish, MarkMark Parrish RW 76 19 20 39 18 9 5 0 4 Burns, BrentBrent Burns D 77 7 18 25 26 16 3 0 3 Radivojevic, BrankoBranko Radivojevic RW 82 11 13 24 21 -9 4 0 3 Walz, WesWes Walz C 62 9 15 24 30 3 0 1 1 Foster, KurtisKurtis Foster D 57 3 20 23 52 -3 0 0 0 Johnsson, KimKim Johnsson D 76 3 19 22 64 -4 3 0 0 Nummelin, PetteriPetteri Nummelin D 51 3 17 20 22 -15 0 0 0 Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux LW 75 7 11 18 47 3 0 0 1 Carney, KeithKeith Carney D 80 4 13 17 58 22 0 0 1 Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D 81 0 15 15 36 9 0 0 0 Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis LW 48 10 3 13 38 -7 2 2 0 Schultz, NickNick Schultz D 82 2 10 12 42 0 0 0 1 Smith, WyattWyatt Smith C 61 3 3 6 16 -8 1 0 0 Hall, AdamAdam Hall RW 23 2 3 5 8 2 0 0 0 Moore, DominicDominic Moore C 10 2 0 2 10 3 0 0 1 Weinhandl, MattiasMattias Weinhandl RW 12 1 1 2 10 -2 0 0 0 Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom G 41 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Belle, ShawnShawn Belle D 9 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 Boogaard, DerekDerek Boogaard LW 48 0 1 1 120 0 0 0 0 Ward, JoelJoel Ward RW 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez G 44 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 Foy, MattMatt Foy RW 9 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Harding, JoshJosh Harding G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan, JasonJason Morgan C 4 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot LW 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Reitz, ErikErik Reitz D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom 2227 41 23 8 6 73 1.97 5 1028 955 .929 Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez 2422 44 22 16 1 103 2.55 2 1158 1055 .911 Harding, JoshJosh Harding 361 7 3 2 1 7 1.16 1 174 167 .960 Team: 5010 82 48 26 8 183 2.19 8 2360 2177 .922

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik RW 5 3 1 4 8 3 1 1 1 Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra LW 5 1 3 4 0 -1 0 0 0 Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard C 5 1 1 2 0 -3 0 0 0 Nummelin, PetteriPetteri Nummelin D 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston C/RW 5 1 1 2 4 -2 0 0 0 Foster, KurtisKurtis Foster D 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu C 5 1 0 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Parrish, MarkMark Parrish RW 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom G 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Boogaard, DerekDerek Boogaard LW 4 0 1 1 20 0 0 0 0 Burns, BrentBrent Burns D 5 0 1 1 14 1 0 0 0 Schultz, NickNick Schultz D 5 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0 Walz, WesWes Walz C 5 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 Carney, KeithKeith Carney D 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 Hall, AdamAdam Hall RW 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Johnsson, KimKim Johnsson D 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Radivojevic, BrankoBranko Radivojevic RW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D 5 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 Smith, WyattWyatt Smith C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux LW 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 White, ToddTodd White C 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Backstrom, NiklasNiklas Backstrom 297 5 1 4 11 2.22 0 145 134 .924 Team: 297 5 1 4 11 2.22 0 145 134 .924

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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;

Transactions

The Wild were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.^[4][5]

Trades

June 24, 2006	To Minnesota Wild Pavol Demitra	To Los Angeles Kings Patrick O'Sullivan 1st round pick in 2006
February 9, 2007	To Minnesota Wild Adam Hall	To New York Rangers Pascal Dupuis
February 27, 2007	To Minnesota Wild Dominic Moore	To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd round pick in 2007

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
G Niklas Backstrom	Kärpät
D Kim Johnsson	Philadelphia Flyers
D Keith Carney	Vancouver Canucks
F Mark Parrish	Los Angeles Kings
F Branko Radivojevic	Philadelphia Flyers
F Wyatt Smith	New York Islanders

Free agents lost

Player	New team
D Andrei Zyuzin	Calgary Flames
D Filip Kuba	Tampa Bay Lightning
F Randy Robitaille	Philadelphia Flyers
D Daniel Tjarnqvist	Edmonton Oilers
F Erik Westrum	Toronto Maple Leafs
D Scott Ferguson	San Jose Sharks
F Marc Chouinard	Vancouver Canucks
D Alex Henry	Nashville Predators

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[6] The Wild had the 9th overall pick in the draft. They also had the Edmonton Oilers first round pick, 17th overall, which they used to trade for Pavol Demitra from the Los Angeles Kings on draft day.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/junior/club team (League)
1	9	James Sheppard (C/LW)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
2	40	Ondrej Fiala (C)	Czech Republic	Minnesota Wild	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
3	72	Cal Clutterbuck (RW)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	102	Kyle Medvec (D)	United States	Minnesota Wild	Apple Valley High School (USHS-MN)
5	132	Niko Hovinen (G)	Finland	Minnesota Wild	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
6	162	Julian Walker (W)	Switzerland	Minnesota Wild	EHC Basel (Nationalliga A)
7	192	Chris Hickey (C)	United States	Minnesota Wild	Cretin-Derham Hall (USHS-MN)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

References

• Game log: Minnesota Wild game log on espn.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
• Player Stats: Minnesota Wild 2006–07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
• Draft Picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft

1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MIN/2007.html
2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2007.html
3. "2006-07 Minnesota Wild Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
4. NHL Insider - Offseason Trades, nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006
5. NHL Insider - Free Agent Signings, nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006,
6. 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed November 20, 2006

External links

• Official site of the Minnesota Wild

2006–07 Minnesota Wild Roster

Goaltenders: 29 – Harding • 32 – Backstrom • 35 – Fernandez  Defensemen 3 – Carney • 4 – Belle • 5 – Johnsson • 8 – Burns • 26 – Foster • 33 – Nummelin • 41 – Skoula • 55 – Schultz  Forwards 9 – Koivu • 10 – Gaborik • 12 – Rolston • 17 – Smith • 18 – Hall • 19 – Veilleux • 21 – Parrish • 22 – Moore • 24 – Boogaard • 28 – White • 37 – Walz • 38 – Demitra • 83 – Foy • 92 – Radivojevic • 96 – Bouchard  General Manager: Doug Risebrough •  Coach: Jacques Lemaire