2006–07 San Jose Sharks season

2006–07 San Jose Sharks
2006–07 San Jose Sharks
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
2006–07 record	51–26–5
Home record	25–12–4
Road record	26–14–1
Goals for	258
Goals against	199
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Patrick Marleau
Alternate captains	Scott Hannan; Joe Thornton
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance	17,496
Team leaders
Goals	Jonathan Cheechoo (37)
Assists	Joe Thornton (92)
Points	Joe Thornton (114)
Penalty minutes	Mark Bell (83)
Plus/minus	Joe Thornton (+24)
Wins	Vesa Toskala (26)
Goals against average	Evgeni Nabokov (2.29)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The San Jose Sharks 2006–07 season was the 16th season played by the franchise.

Offseason

During the 2006 offseason, the San Jose Sharks made significant changes in order to bolster their defense and team grit. The Sharks signed Mike Grier from the Buffalo Sabres and former Shark Curtis Brown from the Chicago Blackhawks, two forwards noted for their defense prowess on both sides of the ice. After signing the two veterans, General Manager Doug Wilson traded their top offensive defenceman in 2005–06, Tom Preissing, to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for centre Mark Bell of the Chicago Blackhawks in a three-way trade involving Martin Havlat going from Ottawa to the Blackhawks. Wilson then traded underachieving winger Nils Ekman to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In August, to round off their flurry of trades, the Sharks signed veterans Mathieu Biron and Patrick Traverse. The Sharks also signed Graham Mink and Scott Ferguson to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. On October 2, 2006, the Sharks acquired Vladimir Malakhov and a first-round conditional draft pick in exchange for Jim Fahey and Alexander Korolyuk, who was playing in Russia at the time.

Regular season

The Sharks got off to a sizzling 20–7–0 start, the best in franchise history. Shortly after, however, several key players missed time due to injuries, and the Sharks continued to struggle with consistency as their results dropped off. At the end of February, they lost four games in a row, their longest losing streak of the season.

When the trading deadline approached, Wilson used some of his carefully acquired assets to address the team's areas of need, trading draft picks and prospects for Craig Rivet from the Montreal Canadiens and Bill Guerin from the St. Louis Blues. With Rivet playing quality minutes on defense and Guerin scoring goals on offense, the Sharks began winning at a torrid pace, finishing the last 16 games of the regular season with a record of 13–1–3. They concluded the regular season with a total record of 51–26–5 for 107 points, the most wins and points in franchise history. However, in a competitive Western Conference, their record was only good enough for the fifth playoff seed, and they had to open the playoffs on the road.

The Sharks spent the majority of the season rotating their two goaltenders, Vesa Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov, every other game. The only time either one played for an extended period of time was when the other was injured or otherwise unable to play. When Toskala injured his groin, Nabokov made 14-straight starts and played arguably the best hockey of his career, significantly contributing to the Sharks' late-season spate of victories. As a result, despite Toskala's return from injury, Head Coach Ron Wilson retained Nabokov as the number one goaltender to finish the regular season and enter into the playoffs.

The Sharks iced four rookies during the season: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Matt Carle, Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski, with each making significant contributions to the team's success. Vlasic, at just 19-years-of-age, was not expected to make the team, but put together an impressive pre-season performance and was on the Sharks' opening night roster. He went on to play 81 games, leading all NHL rookie defensemen in average ice time at over 21 minutes per game, and was arguably the Sharks' most consistent defenceman the whole season.

Season standings

Pacific Division
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.

Western Conference^[1]
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
8.5
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 San Jose Sharks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's fifth seed.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Sharks met the Nashville Predators, and advanced to the second round after defeating them 4 games to 1 for the second-straight season. They then fell to the Detroit Red Wings in the semifinals in six games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 regular season^[2]

October: 9–4–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–3–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 5	St. Louis	4 – 5	San Jose	OT	Toskala	17,496	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 7	NY Islanders	0 – 2	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 9	San Jose	4 – 1	Calgary		Toskala	19,289	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 12	San Jose	4 – 6	Edmonton		Nabokov	16,839	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 13	San Jose	6 – 4	Vancouver		Toskala	18,630	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	October 17	Dallas	0 – 2	San Jose		Nabokov	16,380	5–1–0	10	Recap
7	October 19	Detroit	1 – 5	San Jose		Toskala	17,496	6–1–0	12	Recap
8	October 21	Minnesota	4 – 1	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	6–2–0	12	Recap
9	October 23	San Jose	3 – 0	Columbus		Toskala	16,067	7–2–0	14	Recap
10	October 25	San Jose	1 – 2	Detroit		Nabokov	20,066	7–3–0	14	Recap
11	October 26	San Jose	3 – 4	Nashville		Toskala	13,436	7–4–0	14	Recap
12	October 29	San Jose	4 – 2	Tampa Bay		Nabokov	19,904	8–4–0	16	Recap
13	October 31	San Jose	2 – 1	Florida		Toskala	10,081	9–4–0	18	Recap

November: 10–3–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
14	November 2	NY Rangers	3 – 1	San Jose	Nabokov	17,091	9–5–0	18	Recap
15	November 4	Pittsburgh	2 – 3	San Jose	Toskala	17,496	10–5–0	20	Recap
16	November 7	Minnesota	1 – 3	San Jose	Nabokov	17,233	11–5–0	22	Recap
17	November 9	San Jose	7 – 3	Los Angeles	Toskala	16,618	12–5–0	24	Recap
18	November 11	San Jose	2 – 1	Phoenix	Toskala	15,036	13–5–0	26	Recap
19	November 13	San Jose	2 – 4	Los Angeles	Toskala	16,667	13–6–0	26	Recap
20	November 15	San Jose	4 – 3	Colorado	Nabokov	18,007	14–6–0	28	Recap
21	November 18	Philadelphia	1 – 6	San Jose	Toskala	17,496	15–6–0	30	Recap
22	November 21	San Jose	0 – 5	Anaheim	Nabokov	15,013	15–7–0	30	Recap
23	November 22	Los Angeles	3 – 6	San Jose	Toskala	17,496	16–7–0	32	Recap
24	November 25	New Jersey	0 – 2	San Jose	Nabokov	17,496	17–7–0	34	Recap
25	November 28	San Jose	2 – 0	St. Louis	Toskala	8,679	18–7–0	36	Recap
26	November 29	San Jose	2 – 1	Minnesota	Nabokov	18,568	19–7–0	38	Recap

December: 7–7–0 (home: 4–5–0; road: 3–2–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
27	December 2	San Jose	3 – 2	Detroit	Toskala	20,066	20–7–0	40	Recap
28	December 4	San Jose	0 – 1	Dallas	Nabokov	17,056	20–8–0	40	Recap
29	December 7	Colorado	5 – 2	San Jose	Toskala	17,039	20–9–0	40	Recap
30	December 9	Nashville	1 – 3	San Jose	Nabokov	17,496	21–9–0	42	Recap
31	December 11	Phoenix	0 – 4	San Jose	Toskala	16,717	22–9–0	44	Recap
32	December 12	San Jose	3 – 1	Los Angeles	Nabokov	15,204	23–9–0	46	Recap
33	December 14	Los Angeles	4 – 2	San Jose	Toskala	17,496	23–10–0	46	Recap
34	December 16	Anaheim	3 – 4	San Jose	Nabokov	17,496	24–10–0	48	Recap
35	December 21	Dallas	3 – 0	San Jose	Toskala	17,496	24–11–0	48	Recap
36	December 23	Calgary	1 – 4	San Jose	Nabokov	17,496	25–11–0	50	Recap
37	December 26	Anaheim	4 – 3	San Jose	Nabokov	17,496	25–12–0	50	Recap
38	December 28	Phoenix	3 – 2	San Jose	Toskala	17,496	25–13–0	50	Recap
39	December 30	San Jose	0 – 8	Phoenix	Nabokov	17,643	25–14–0	50	Recap
40	December 31	San Jose	4 – 2	Dallas	Toskala	18,584	26–14–0	52	Recap

January: 7–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
41	January 4	Detroit	4 – 9	San Jose		Toskala	17,496	27–14–0	54	Recap
42	January 6	Columbus	2 – 5	San Jose		Toskala	17,496	28–14–0	56	Recap
43	January 10	Edmonton	3 – 2	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	28–15–0	56	Recap
44	January 11	San Jose	5 – 2	Los Angeles		Toskala	17,054	29–15–0	58	Recap
45	January 13	San Jose	4 – 1	Phoenix		Toskala	16,642	30–15–0	60	Recap
46	January 15	Colorado	1 – 3	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	31–15–0	62	Recap
47	January 18	Phoenix	2 – 5	San Jose		Toskala	17,496	32–15–0	64	Recap
48	January 20	St. Louis	1 – 0	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	32–16–0	64	Recap
49	January 26	San Jose	5 – 1	Edmonton		Toskala	16,839	33–16–0	66	Recap
50	January 28	San Jose	1 – 3	Vancouver		Nabokov	18,630	33–17–0	66	Recap
51	January 30	Dallas	3 – 2	San Jose	SO	Toskala	17,496	33–17–1	67	Recap

February: 5–7–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–4–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
52	February 1	Dallas	4 – 2	San Jose		Toskala	17,496	33–18–1	67	Recap
53	February 3	Chicago	2 – 4	San Jose		Toskala	17,496	34–18–1	69	Recap
54	February 6	Anaheim	7 – 4	San Jose		Toskala	17,496	34–19–1	69	Recap
55	February 7	San Jose	3 – 2	Anaheim		Toskala	17,466	35–19–1	71	Recap
56	February 13	San Jose	6 – 5	St. Louis		Toskala	9,235	36–19–1	73	Recap
57	February 14	San Jose	0 – 5	Nashville		Toskala	13,836	36–20–1	73	Recap
58	February 16	San Jose	0 – 3	Columbus		Nabokov	16,045	36–21–1	73	Recap
59	February 18	San Jose	2 – 5	Dallas		Nabokov	17,849	36–22–1	73	Recap
60	February 21	San Jose	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Nabokov	13,622	37–22–1	75	Recap
61	February 22	San Jose	2 – 0	Chicago		Nabokov	10,125	38–22–1	77	Recap
62	February 24	San Jose	4 – 7	Calgary		Nabokov	19,289	38–23–1	77	Recap
63	February 26	Anaheim	3 – 2	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	38–24–1	77	Recap
64	February 28	Nashville	4 – 3	San Jose	SO	Nabokov	17,496	38–24–2	78	Recap

March: 10–2–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 5–2–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
65	March 2	San Jose	1 – 3	Anaheim		Nabokov	17,174	38–25–2	78	Recap
66	March 4	San Jose	4 – 0	Dallas		Nabokov	18,002	39–25–2	80	Recap
67	March 6	San Jose	3 – 0	Minnesota		Nabokov	18,568	40–25–2	82	Recap
68	March 9	Vancouver	2 – 1	San Jose	OT	Nabokov	17,496	40–25–3	83	Recap
69	March 11	Edmonton	0 – 3	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	41–25–3	85	Recap
70	March 13	Chicago	1 – 7	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	42–25–3	87	Recap
71	March 15	San Jose	5 – 1	Phoenix		Nabokov	17,744	43–25–3	89	Recap
72	March 16	Columbus	0 – 3	San Jose		Toskala	17,496	44–25–3	91	Recap
73	March 18	San Jose	3 – 4	Colorado	OT	Nabokov	18,007	44–25–4	92	Recap
74	March 21	San Jose	4 – 1	Chicago		Nabokov	10,374	45–25–4	94	Recap
75	March 22	San Jose	5 – 1	Atlanta		Toskala	16,367	46–25–4	96	Recap
76	March 24	San Jose	4 – 6	Carolina		Toskala	18,763	46–26–4	96	Recap
77	March 27	Los Angeles	1 – 3	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	47–26–4	98	Recap
78	March 30	Phoenix	2 – 4	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	48–26–4	100	Recap

April: 3–0–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
79	April 1	Los Angeles	2 – 6	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	49–26–4	102	Recap
80	April 4	San Jose	3 – 2	Anaheim	SO	Nabokov	17,440	50–26–4	104	Recap
81	April 5	Calgary	3 – 4	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	51–26–4	106	Recap
82	April 7	Vancouver	4 – 3	San Jose	OT	Nabokov	17,496	51–26–5	107	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs^[2]

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Nashville Predators – Sharks win 4–1

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 11	San Jose	5 – 4	Nashville	2OT	Nabokov	17,113	1 – 0	Recap
2	April 13	San Jose	2 – 5	Nashville		Nabokov	17,113	1 – 1	Recap
3	April 16	Nashville	1 – 3	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	2 – 1	Recap
4	April 18	Nashville	2 – 3	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	3 – 1	Recap
5	April 20	San Jose	3 – 2	Nashville		Nabokov	17,113	4 – 1	Recap

Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 26	San Jose	2 – 0	Detroit		Nabokov	18,712	1 – 0	Recap
2	April 28	San Jose	2 – 3	Detroit		Nabokov	19,113	1 – 1	Recap
3	April 30	Detroit	1 – 2	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	2 – 1	Recap
4	May 2	Detroit	3 – 2	San Jose	OT	Nabokov	17,496	2 – 2	Recap
5	May 5	San Jose	1 – 4	Detroit		Nabokov	19,937	2 – 3	Recap
6	May 7	Detroit	2 – 0	San Jose		Nabokov	17,496	2 – 4	Recap

Legend:

Win 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 Sharks only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Joe Thornton	C	82	22	92	114	24	44	11	1	10	11	2	10
12	Patrick Marleau	C	77	32	46	78	9	33	11	3	3	6	−5	2
14	Jonathan Cheechoo	RW	76	37	32	69	11	69	11	3	3	6	1	6
9	Milan Michalek	RW	78	26	40	66	17	36	11	4	2	6	3	4
18	Matt Carle	D	77	11	31	42	9	30	11	2	3	5	3	0
29	Ryane Clowe	RW	58	16	18	34	4	78	11	4	2	6	−2	17
25	Mike Grier	RW	81	16	17	33	−5	43	11	2	2	4	1	27
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	82	10	23	33	8	63	11	0	2	2	1	6
26	Steve Bernier	RW	62	15	16	31	5	29	11	0	1	1	2	2
8^[a]	Joe Pavelski	C	46	14	14	28	4	18	6	1	0	1	2	0
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	81	3	23	26	13	18	11	0	1	1	5	2
22	Scott Hannan	D	79	4	20	24	1	38	11	0	2	2	4	33
34	Patrick Rissmiller	LW	79	7	15	22	1	22	11	1	3	4	1	0
7	Mark Bell	C	71	11	10	21	−9	83	4	0	0	0	−2	2
37	Curtis Brown	C	78	8	12	20	−2	56	11	0	2	2	1	2
4	Kyle McLaren	D	67	5	12	17	10	61	11	0	4	4	−2	10
11	Marcel Goc	C	78	5	8	13	−2	24	11	2	1	3	3	4
16	Mark Smith	C	41	3	10	13	−4	42	3	0	0	0	0	4
13	Bill Guerin†	RW	16	8	1	9	2	14	9	0	2	2	−3	12
52	Craig Rivet†	D	17	1	7	8	8	12	11	2	3	5	−5	18
6	Josh Gorges‡	D	47	1	3	4	−3	26	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Douglas Murray	D	35	0	3	3	0	31	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Vesa Toskala	G	38	0	3	3		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Ville Nieminen‡	LW	30	1	1	2	−7	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Rob Davison	D	22	0	2	2	−2	27	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Mathieu Darche	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Evgeni Nabokov	G	50	0	0	0		6	11	0	0	0		0
27	Scott Parker‡	RW	11	0	0	0	0	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Tomas Plihal	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Vesa Toskala	38	26	10	1	915	84	2.35	.908	4	2142	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	Evgeni Nabokov	50	25	16	4	1227	106	2.29	.914	7	2778	11	6	5	323	26	2.23	.920	1	701

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Matt Carle (Defense)	^[3]
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Marc-Edouard Vlasic (Defense)	^[3]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jonathan Cheechoo^[b]	^[5]
		Patrick Marleau
		Joe Thornton^[b]
	NHL First Star of the Week	Joe Thornton (March 18)	^[6]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Ryane Clowe (January)	^[7]
	NHL Second Star of the Month	Joe Thornton (March)	^[8]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Jonathan Cheechoo (March 25)	^[6]
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Joe Thornton (January 7)	^[6]
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Evgeni Nabokov (March 11)	^[6]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Matt Carle	^[9]
Team	Sharks Player of the Year	Joe Thornton	^[10]
	Sharks Rookie of the Year	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	^[11]
	Three Stars of the Year	Joe Thornton	^[10]

Transactions

The Sharks 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.^[12]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2006	To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick in 2006 2nd-round pick in 2006	^[13]
June 24, 2006	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Columbus Blue Jackets Philadelphia's 3rd-round pick in 2006 4th-round pick in 2006 2nd-round pick in 2007	^[13]
June 24, 2006	To San Jose Sharks Edmonton's 4th-round pick in 2006	To New York Islanders Tampa Bay's 4th-round pick in 2006 6th-round pick in 2006	^[12]
July 10, 2006	To San Jose Sharks Mark Bell	To Chicago Blackhawks Josh Hennessy Tom Preissing	^[14]
July 20, 2006	To San Jose Sharks Carolina's 2nd-round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nils Ekman Patrick Ehelechner	^[15]
October 1, 2006	To San Jose Sharks Vladimir Malakhov Conditional 1st-round pick in 2007	To New Jersey Devils Jim Fahey Alexander Korolyuk	^[16]
December 15, 2006	To San Jose Sharks Patrick Traverse	To Montreal Canadiens Mathieu Biron	^[17]
February 16, 2007^[c]	To San Jose Sharks Alexander Korolyuk	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2007	^[19]
February 25, 2007	To San Jose Sharks Craig Rivet 5th-round pick in 2008	To Montreal Canadiens Josh Gorges 1st-round pick in 2007	^[20]
February 27, 2007	To San Jose Sharks Bill Guerin	To St. Louis Blues Ville Nieminen Rights to Jay Barriball New Jersey's 1st-round pick in 2007	^[21]
February 27, 2007	To San Jose Sharks 6th-round pick in 2008	To Colorado Avalanche Scott Parker	^[22]
February 27, 2007	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nolan Schaefer	^[23]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03)	Curtis Brown	Chicago Blackhawks	multi-year	Free agency	^[24]
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03)	Mike Grier	Buffalo Sabres	3-year	Free agency	^[24]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)	Mathieu Darche	Colorado Avalanche		Free agency	^[25]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)	Patrick Traverse	Dallas Stars		Free agency	^[25]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Scott Ferguson	Minnesota Wild		Free agency	^[26]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Graham Mink	Washington Capitals		Free agency	^[26]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)	Mathieu Biron	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[27]
March 8, 2007 (2007-03-08)	T. J. Fox	Union College (ECAC)	2-year	Free agency	^[28]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[d]	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Scott Thornton	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (III)	^[30]
July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02)	Alyn McCauley	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (III)	^[31]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Tim Conboy	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
July 23, 2006 (2006-07-23)	Matt Carkner	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14)	Shane Joseph	Augsburger Panther (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[34]
September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)	Patrick Traverse	Montreal Canadiens	Waivers	^[35]
October 12, 2006 (2006-10-12)	Josh Prudden	Fresno Falcons (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Taylor Dakers		Entry-level	^[26]
	Rob Davison	1-year	Re-signing	^[26]
	Scott Parker		Re-signing	^[26]
	Dimitri Patzold	1-year	Re-signing	^[26]
	Joe Pavelski		Entry-level	^[26]
July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15)	Jim Fahey	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
	Marcel Goc	2-year	Re-signing	^[37]
	Douglas Murray	3-year	Re-signing	^[37]
	Tomas Plihal	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
	Garrett Stafford	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
	Grant Stevenson	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
	Craig Valette	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)	Mark Smith	1-year	Re-signing	^[38]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)	Mark Bell	3-year	Re-signing	^[39]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)	Christian Ehrhoff	2-year	Re-signing	^[39]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)	Patrick Rissmiller	2-year	Re-signing	^[27]
September 21, 2006 (2006-09-21)	Ashton Rome	3-year	Entry-level	^[40]
October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05)	Nolan Schaefer	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
December 28, 2006 (2006-12-28)	Derek Joslin		Entry-level	^[42]
March 19, 2006 (2006-03-19)	Torrey Mitchell		Entry-level	^[43]
March 30, 2006 (2006-03-30)	Ty Wishart		Entry-level	^[44]
April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23)	Jamie McGinn		Entry-level	^[45]
April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23)	Mike Morris		Entry-level	^[45]

Draft picks

San Jose's draft picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[46]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	16	Ty Wishart	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
2	36	Jamie McGinn	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
4	98	James DeLory	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	143	Ashton Rome	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7	202	John McCarthy	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
7	203	Jay Barriball	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)

Notes

^ Pavelski wore number 53 through December 23.
^ ^a ^b Cheechoo and Thornton were voted to the starting lineup.^[4]
^ This trade was voided on February 23 since Korolyuk did not report to San Jose and remained in Russia.^[18]
^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[29]

References

"San Jose Sharks 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
"2006-07 San Jose Sharks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
^ "NHL Three Stars of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
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^ ^a ^b 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
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^ ^a ^b "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
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^ "Sharks Acquire LW Mark Bell In Exchange For Preissing And Hennessy". San Jose Sharks. July 10, 2006. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "PENGUINS ACQUIRE EKMAN AND EHELECHNER". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 20, 2006. Archived from the original on July 23, 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
^ "Cap call: Devils deal Malakhov to Sharks". ESPN.com. October 1, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "Canadiens acquire defenseman Biron for Traverse". ESPN.com. December 15, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
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^ McKeon, Ross (February 26, 2007). "Sharks try to fill defensive void / Gorges to Montreal for Rivet". SFGATE. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "Sharks Acquire Forward Bill Guerin From St. Louis". San Jose Sharks. February 27, 2007. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "Sharks Acquire Sixth Round Selection In 2008 Draft". San Jose Sharks. February 27, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "Penguins acquire defenseman Kwiatkowski, goalie Schaefer". TribLIVE.com. February 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Sharks Add Veterans Curtis Brown and Mike Grier to Fold". San Jose Sharks. July 3, 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Traverse, Darche to swim with Sharks". theahl.com. July 10, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Sharks sign seven, including Cup champ Mink". theahl.com. July 15, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Briefing, 8/10". The Denver Post. August 9, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "Sharks Sign Forward T.J. Fox". San Jose Sharks. March 8, 2007. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "NHL RELEASES FREE AGENT LIST". NHL.com. July 1, 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
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^ Williams, Terrell (July 21, 2006). "CONBOY, ANGELIDIS AND KELMAN AGREE TO TERMS WITH CAROLINA". Carolina Hurricanes. Archived from the original on August 19, 2006. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
^ "PENGUINS SIGN DEFENSEMAN MATT CARKNER". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 23, 2006. Archived from the original on November 4, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
^ "Panther im Sturm komplett". Augsburger Panther (in German). August 14, 2006. Archived from the original on November 10, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "NO HEADLINE". The Spokesman-Review. September 29, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024. MONTREAL CANADIENS—Claimed D Patrick Traverse off waivers from San Jose.
^ "Falcons Sign Prudden and Leisenring". OurSports Central. October 12, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Sharks Agree To Terms With Seven". San Jose Sharks. July 15, 2006. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "Avery among NHL signings". CBC.ca. July 24, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024. The San Jose Sharks re-signed forward Mark Smith for the 2006-07 season.
^ ^a ^b "TRANSACTIONS". Chicago Tribune. July 26, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024. San Jose: Signed F Mark Bell. Re-signed D Christian Ehrhoff.
^ "Sharks sign right wing Ashton Rome". OurSports Central. September 21, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ Chi, Victor (October 6, 2006). "Thanks but no Tank? Sharks goalie may return even after demotion". East Bay Times. Retrieved September 22, 2024. Schaefer signed a one-year contract with the Sharks on Thursday
^ "Transactions". The New York Times. December 29, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024. SAN JOSE SHARKS--Signed D Derek Joslin.
^ "Vermont's Mitchell signs with NHL's San Jose Sharks". Times Argus. March 20, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ McKeon, Ross (March 31, 2007). "Penalty killing bails out Sharks / Win sends San Jose to 100-point mark". SFGATE. Retrieved September 22, 2024. The Sharks signed defenseman Ty Wishart to an entry-level contract.
^ ^a ^b "An old playoff foe returns / San Jose, Detroit will meet for first time since '95". SFGATE. April 24, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024. The Sharks on Monday announced the signing of two prospects: right wing Mike Morris and left wing Jamie McGinn to a standard player contract.
^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

External links

NHL Team Salaries - San Jose Sharks from nhlnumbers.com

[3] Pavelski wore number 53 through December 23.

[fn1-6] Cheechoo and Thornton were voted to the starting lineup.^[4]

[21] This trade was voided on February 23 since Korolyuk did not report to San Jose and remained in Russia.^[18]

[33] In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[29]

[nhl0607-1] "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

[Gamelog-2] "2006-07 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

[4] "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[5] "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[7] "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007". NHL.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[3stars-8] "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[9] "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[10] "NHL Three Stars of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[11] "2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[Teamawards-12] 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58

[13] "Marc-Edouard Vlasic Voted PlayStation "Sharks Rookie of the Year"". San Jose Sharks. April 7, 2007. Archived from the original on May 10, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2024.

[pst-14] "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[624trades-15] McKeon, Ross (June 25, 2006). "Sharks pick defenseman / San Jose trades up to grab 'ecstatic' youngster Wishart". SFGATE. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[16] "Sharks Acquire LW Mark Bell In Exchange For Preissing And Hennessy". San Jose Sharks. July 10, 2006. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[17] "PENGUINS ACQUIRE EKMAN AND EHELECHNER". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 20, 2006. Archived from the original on July 23, 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2024.

[18] "Cap call: Devils deal Malakhov to Sharks". ESPN.com. October 1, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[19] "Canadiens acquire defenseman Biron for Traverse". ESPN.com. December 15, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[20] Reichart, Pat (February 24, 2007). "DEVILS' KOROLYUK TRADE FALLS THROUGH". New York Post. Retrieved August 31, 2024.

[22] "Devils trade Korolyuk back to Sharks for draft pick". ESPN.com. February 16, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[23] McKeon, Ross (February 26, 2007). "Sharks try to fill defensive void / Gorges to Montreal for Rivet". SFGATE. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[24] "Sharks Acquire Forward Bill Guerin From St. Louis". San Jose Sharks. February 27, 2007. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[25] "Sharks Acquire Sixth Round Selection In 2008 Draft". San Jose Sharks. February 27, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[26] "Penguins acquire defenseman Kwiatkowski, goalie Schaefer". TribLIVE.com. February 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2024.

[703signings-27] "Sharks Add Veterans Curtis Brown and Mike Grier to Fold". San Jose Sharks. July 3, 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[710signings-28] "Traverse, Darche to swim with Sharks". theahl.com. July 10, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[714signings-29] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Sharks sign seven, including Cup champ Mink". theahl.com. July 15, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[809signings-30] "Briefing, 8/10". The Denver Post. August 9, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[31] "Sharks Sign Forward T.J. Fox". San Jose Sharks. March 8, 2007. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[falist-32] "NHL RELEASES FREE AGENT LIST". NHL.com. July 1, 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[34] "Kings Sign Free Agent Scott Thornton". OurSports Central. July 1, 2006. Retrieved September 21, 2024.

[35] Elliott, Helene (July 3, 2006). "Kings Reach Agreement With Center McCauley". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2024.

[36] Williams, Terrell (July 21, 2006). "CONBOY, ANGELIDIS AND KELMAN AGREE TO TERMS WITH CAROLINA". Carolina Hurricanes. Archived from the original on August 19, 2006. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

[37] "PENGUINS SIGN DEFENSEMAN MATT CARKNER". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 23, 2006. Archived from the original on November 4, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2012.

[38] "Panther im Sturm komplett". Augsburger Panther (in German). August 14, 2006. Archived from the original on November 10, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[39] "NO HEADLINE". The Spokesman-Review. September 29, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024. MONTREAL CANADIENS—Claimed D Patrick Traverse off waivers from San Jose.

[40] "Falcons Sign Prudden and Leisenring". OurSports Central. October 12, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[715signings-41] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Sharks Agree To Terms With Seven". San Jose Sharks. July 15, 2006. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[42] "Avery among NHL signings". CBC.ca. July 24, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024. The San Jose Sharks re-signed forward Mark Smith for the 2006-07 season.

[725signings-43] "TRANSACTIONS". Chicago Tribune. July 26, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024. San Jose: Signed F Mark Bell. Re-signed D Christian Ehrhoff.

[44] "Sharks sign right wing Ashton Rome". OurSports Central. September 21, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[45] Chi, Victor (October 6, 2006). "Thanks but no Tank? Sharks goalie may return even after demotion". East Bay Times. Retrieved September 22, 2024. Schaefer signed a one-year contract with the Sharks on Thursday

[46] "Transactions". The New York Times. December 29, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2024. SAN JOSE SHARKS--Signed D Derek Joslin.

[47] "Vermont's Mitchell signs with NHL's San Jose Sharks". Times Argus. March 20, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[48] McKeon, Ross (March 31, 2007). "Penalty killing bails out Sharks / Win sends San Jose to 100-point mark". SFGATE. Retrieved September 22, 2024. The Sharks signed defenseman Ty Wishart to an entry-level contract.

[423signings-49] "An old playoff foe returns / San Jose, Detroit will meet for first time since '95". SFGATE. April 24, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2024. The Sharks on Monday announced the signing of two prospects: right wing Mike Morris and left wing Jamie McGinn to a standard player contract.

[50] "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

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2006–07 San Jose Sharks season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

See also

Notes

References

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