2006–07 Florida Panthers season

2006–07 Florida Panthers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	12th Eastern
2006–07 record	35–31–16
Goals for	247
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Jacques Martin
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Olli Jokinen
Alternate captains	Martin Gelinas (Dec.–Apr.) Chris Gratton Joe Nieuwendyk (Oct.–Dec.) Gary Roberts (Oct.–Feb.) Ruslan Salei
Arena	BankAtlantic Center
Team leaders
Goals	Olli Jokinen (39)
Assists	Olli Jokinen (52)
Points	Olli Jokinen (91)
Wins	Ed Belfour (27)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.77)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Florida Panthers season began on October 6 with a game at the BankAtlantic Center against the Boston Bruins. It was the Panthers' 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

The Panthers finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities for with 337.^[1]

Season standings

Southeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Atlanta Thrashers	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
2	7	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
3	11	Carolina Hurricanes	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
4	12	Florida Panthers	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	28	40	14	235	286	70

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P - Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	53	22	7	308	242	113
2	Y - New Jersey Devils	AT	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
3	Y - Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
4	X - Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	25	9	288	222	105
5	X - Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
6	X - New York Rangers	AT	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
7	X - Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
8	X - New York Islanders	AT	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	40	31	11	258	269	91
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	34	6	245	256	90
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	35	41	6	219	289	76
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	28	40	14	235	286	70
15	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2006–07 Florida Panthers Game Log

October 2006
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 6	Boston	3–8	Florida		Auld	19,250	1–0 – 0	2
2	October 7	Florida	0–6	Atlanta		Belfour	14,239	1–1–0	2
3	October 9	Florida	1–2	Toronto	SO	Auld	19,102	1–1–1	3
4	October 11	Carolina	3–6	Florida		Auld	14,312	2–1–1	5
5	October 13	Tampa Bay	2–3	Florida		Auld	15,208	3–1–1	7
6	October 14	Florida	1–4	Tampa Bay		Belfour	19,926	3–2–1	7
7	October 18	Florida	2–5	Washington		Auld	10,125	3–3–1	7
8	October 20	Philadelphia	2–3	Florida		Belfour	17,194	4–3–1	9
9	October 21	Florida	2–4	Atlanta		Auld	16,178	4–4–1	9
10	October 23	Atlanta	6–3	Florida		Auld	13,102	4–5–1	9
11	October 25	Florida	4–2	NY Rangers		Belfour	18,200	5–5–1	11
12	October 26	Florida	0–2	New Jersey		Auld	11,594	5–6–1	11
13	October 28	Florida	3–4	NY Islanders	SO	Belfour	10,455	5–6–2	12
14	October 31	San Jose	2–1	Florida		Auld	10,081	5–7–2	12

November 2006
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
15	November 2	Toronto	2–4	Florida		Belfour	13,233	6–7–2	14
16	November 8	NY Rangers	4–3	Florida	SO	Belfour	16,893	6–7–3	15
17	November 10	Florida	4–5	Buffalo	OT	Auld	18,690	6–7–4	16
18	November 11	Florida	2–4	New Jersey		Belfour	14,112	6–8–4	16
19	November 13	Washington	4–1	Florida		Auld	12,108	6–9–4	16
20	November 16	Montreal	1–5	Florida		Belfour	13,506	7–9–4	18
21	November 18	NY Islanders	4–1	Florida		Belfour	16,833	7–10–4	18
22	November 20	Florida	3–2	Boston		Auld	11,742	8–10–4	20
23	November 22	Tampa Bay	6–4	Florida		Auld	14,516	8–11–4	20
24	November 24	Ottawa	6–4	Florida		Belfour	16,544	8–12–4	20
25	November 25	Florida	0–1	Atlanta		Auld	17,053	8–13–4	20
26	November 28	Florida	0–1	Montreal	SO	Auld	21,273	8–13–5	21
27	November 30	Florida	0–6	Ottawa		Auld	17,814	8–14–5	21

December 2006
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 2	Atlanta	3–1	Florida		Belfour	13,333	8–15–5	21
29	December 5	Florida	3–2	Pittsburgh		Auld	12,511	9–15–5	23
30	December 7	Buffalo	1–3	Florida		Auld	15,385	10–15–5	25
31	December 9	Florida	4–5	NY Islanders	SO	Auld	12,825	10–15–6	26
32	December 10	Florida	1–2	NY Rangers		Belfour	18,200	10–16–6	26
33	December 12	Anaheim	5–4	Florida		Auld	13,140	10–17–6	26
34	December 14	Florida	1–2	Buffalo		Belfour	18,690	10–18–6	26
35	December 16	Florida	6–3	Boston		Belfour	10,965	11–18–6	28
36	December 19	Florida	7–3	Toronto		Belfour	19,444	12–18–6	30
37	December 21	NY Rangers	2–3	Florida		Belfour	17,556	13–18–6	32
38	December 23	Carolina	3–2	Florida	OT	Belfour	16,147	13–18–7	33
39	December 26	Florida	2–4	Carolina		Auld	18,639	13–19–7	33
40	December 27	Philadelphia	1–3	Florida		Belfour	17,771	14–19–7	35
41	December 29	Montreal	1–3	Florida		Belfour	19,772	15–19–7	37

January 2007
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
42	January 2	Florida	1–4	Edmonton		Belfour	16,839	15–20–7	37
43	January 4	Florida	4–5	Calgary	OT	Auld	19,289	15–20–8	38
44	January 7	Florida	3–4	Vancouver	SO	Belfour	18,630	15–20–9	39
45	January 10	Pittsburgh	2–5	Florida		Auld	16,098	16–20–9	41
46	January 11	Florida	4–6	Carolina		Auld	13,552	16–21–9	41
47	January 13	Washington	3–7	Florida		Belfour	15,061	17–21–9	43
48	January 16	Carolina	3–2	Florida	OT	Belfour	10,317	17–21–10	44
49	January 18	Toronto	3–2	Florida		Auld	12,242	17–22–10	44
50	January 20	Florida	4–1	Washington		Belfour	13,877	18–22–10	46
51	January 27	New Jersey	2–4	Florida		Belfour	18,136	19–22–10	48
52	January 30	Florida	0–3	Pittsburgh		Belfour	15,405	19–23–10	48

February 2007
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
53	February 1	Washington	3–6	Florida		Belfour	11,300	20–23–10	50
54	February 3	Los Angeles	7–0	Florida		Belfour	15,108	20–24–10	50
55	February 6	Florida	4–5	Colorado	OT	Belfour	17,065	20–24–11	51
56	February 8	Florida	2–4	Minnesota		Belfour	18,568	20–25–11	51
57	February 10	Phoenix	2–5	Florida		Belfour	15,312	21–25–11	53
58	February 13	Florida	1–0	Montreal		Belfour	21,273	22–25–11	55
59	February 14	Florida	0–4	Ottawa		Belfour	18,561	22–26–11	55
60	February 17	Tampa Bay	4–5	Florida	OT	Belfour	17,813	23–26–11	57
61	February 20	Florida	2–3	Tampa Bay	SO	Belfour	19,319	23–26–12	58
62	February 22	Pittsburgh	2–1	Florida	OT	Belfour	17,102	23–26–13	59
63	February 24	Boston	2–7	Florida		Belfour	16,816	24–26–13	61
64	February 27	Florida	6–5	Washington	SO	Belfour	10,979	25–26–13	63

March 2007
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Dallas	1–2	Florida	OT	Belfour	11,822	26–26–13	65
66	March 3	Tampa Bay	2–6	Florida		Belfour	17,299	27–26–13	67
67	March 6	Florida	2–4	Atlanta		Belfour	12,566	27–27–13	67
68	March 8	Florida	2–1	Philadelphia		Belfour	19,489	28–27–13	69
69	March 10	Atlanta	2–3	Florida		Belfour	17,927	29–27–13	71
70	March 13	Florida	1–3	Carolina		Belfour	18,639	29–28–13	71
71	March 15	Buffalo	5–3	Florida		Belfour	18,111	29–29–13	71
72	March 17	NY Islanders	5–8	Florida		Belfour	17,078	30–29–13	73
73	March 20	Florida	4–1	Philadelphia		Belfour	18,721	31–29–13	75
74	March 22	Ottawa	4–2	Florida		Belfour	14,202	31–30–13	75
75	March 24	New Jersey	4–3	Florida	SO	Belfour	16,101	31–30–14	76
76	March 27	Florida	5–2	Tampa Bay		Belfour	18,856	32–30–14	78
77	March 28	Atlanta	2–3	Florida	SO	Anderson	12,864	33–30–14	80
78	March 30	Washington	2–3	Florida	OT	Belfour	15,712	34–30–14	82

April 2007
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
79	April 1	Carolina	4–3	Florida	SO	Belfour	17,878	34–30–15	83
80	April 3	Florida	0–1	Washington		Anderson	16,311	34–31–15	83
81	April 6	Florida	7–2	Tampa Bay		Belfour	21,002	35–31–15	85
82	April 7	Florida	2–4	Carolina	OT	Anderson	18,639	35–31–16	86

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Olli Jokinen	C	82	39	52	91	78	18	9	1	8
Nathan Horton	C	82	31	31	62	61	15	7	1	3
Jozef Stumpel	C	73	23	34	57	22	2	9	2	4
Stephen Weiss	C	74	20	28	48	28	-1	10	0	1
Martin Gelinas	LW	82	14	30	44	36	7	7	0	1
Jay Bouwmeester	D	82	12	30	42	66	23	3	0	3
Ville Peltonen	LW	72	17	20	37	28	7	4	0	0
Chris Gratton	C	81	13	22	35	94	1	1	0	1
Ruslan Salei	D	82	6	26	32	102	-13	2	0	0
Rostislav Olesz	C	75	11	19	30	28	2	2	0	2
Gary Roberts	LW	50	13	16	29	71	5	2	0	3
Mike Van Ryn	D	78	4	25	29	64	-5	1	0	0
Juraj Kolnik	RW	64	11	14	25	18	2	0	0	1
Bryan Allen	D	82	4	21	25	112	7	0	0	0
Joel Kwiatkowski	D	41	5	5	10	20	-5	1	0	2
David Booth	LW	48	3	7	10	12	0	0	0	1
Gregory Campbell	LW	79	6	3	9	66	-10	0	1	0
Steve Montador	D	72	1	8	9	119	1	0	0	0
Joe Nieuwendyk	C	15	5	3	8	4	-4	2	0	2
Todd Bertuzzi	RW	7	1	6	7	13	-4	1	0	0
Alexei Semenov	D	23	0	5	5	28	9	0	0	0
Janis Sprukts	C	13	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0
Branislav Mezei	D	45	0	3	3	55	5	0	0	0
Drew Larman	C	16	2	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Kamil Kreps	C	14	1	1	2	6	-1	0	0	0
Ed Belfour	G	58	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
Ric Jackman	D	7	1	0	1	10	-3	0	0	1
Noah Welch	D	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0
Alex Auld	G	27	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Rob Globke	C	19	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Martin Lojek	D	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Anthony Stewart	C	10	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Craig Anderson	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Jacina	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ed Belfour	3289	58	27	17	10	152	2.77	1	1550	1398	.902
Alex Auld	1471	27	7	13	5	82	3.34	1	729	647	.888
Craig Anderson	217	5	1	1	1	8	2.21	0	116	108	.931
Team:	4977	82	35	31	16	242	2.92	2	2395	2153	.899

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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

Trades

June 24, 2006	To Florida Panthers Todd Bertuzzi Alex Auld Bryan Allen	To Vancouver Canucks Roberto Luongo Lukas Krajicek 6th-round pick in 2006 (Sergei Shirokov)
June 24, 2006	To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson	To Chicago Blackhawks 6th-round pick in 2008 (Luke Witkowski)
January 3, 2007	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick in 2007 (condition not satisfied)	To Anaheim Ducks Ric Jackman
February 26, 2007	To Florida Panthers Noah Welch	To Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts
February 27, 2007	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick Shawn Matthias	To Detroit Red Wings Todd Bertuzzi
February 27, 2007	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2007 (Matt Rust)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Kwiatkowski

Free agents acquired

Player	Former Team
G Ed Belfour	Toronto Maple Leafs
D Ruslan Salei	Anaheim Ducks

Free agents lost

Player	New Team
F Jon Sim	Atlanta Thrashers
G Jamie McLennan	Calgary Flames
D Sean Hill	New York Islanders
F Serge Payer	Ottawa Senators

Draft picks

Florida's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[5]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Michael Frolik (RW)	Czech Republic	Florida Panthers	Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
3	73	Brady Calla (RW)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
4	103	Michael Caruso (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	116	Derrick LaPoint (D)	United States	Florida Panthers (from Nashville)	Eau Claire North (USHS-WI)
6	155	Peter Aston (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers (from Pittsburgh)	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	193	Marc Cheverie (G)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)

References

Game log: Florida Panthers game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
Player Stats: Florida Panthers 2006–07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
Draft picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft

^ "2006-07 NHL Summary".
^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "2006–2007 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "2006-07 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
^ 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Official site of the Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers

Founded in 1993
Based in Sunrise, Florida

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owner(s): Sunrise Sports and Entertainment (Vincent Viola, chairman)
General manager: Bill Zito
Head coach: Paul Maurice
Team captain: Aleksander Barkov
Current roster

Arenas

Miami Arena
Amerant Bank Arena

Rivalries

Tampa Bay Lightning

Affiliates

AHL: Charlotte Checkers
ECHL: Florida Everblades

Media

TV: Bally Sports Florida
Radio: WQAM

Culture and lore

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v t e 2006–07 NHL season
Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis
Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver
Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions