2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The Pittsburgh Penguins 2006–07 season was ripe with potential, as the team featured one of the largest groups of young stars in the National Hockey League. Evgeni Malkin, the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, defected from Russia prior to the season and joined the team. He promptly became the first NHL rookie since 1917 to score goals in each of his first six games. Malkin and second-year phenom Sidney Crosby were joined by 18-year-old Jordan Staal, who made the jump directly from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) to the Penguins roster after being drafted second overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. The Penguins also brought back Mark Recchi via free agency, giving Recchi his third stint with the team.

The season was clouded with uncertainty, however, about the Penguins' future in Pittsburgh. After Jim Balsillie had agreed to purchase the franchise for $175 million and to keep it in Pittsburgh, the situation seemed settled. Balsillie's deal fell through, however, in December. Isle of Capri Casinos was next to make a bid to keep the team in Pittsburgh, but their deal was nixed as well. On January 3, 2007, Penguins officials, including Mario Lemieux and other members of the team's ownership group, visited Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss potentials of relocating the team there. Other cities which reportedly have expressed interest in the franchise include Houston, Winnipeg, Portland and Oklahoma City.^[1]

On March 14, 2007, in a joint announcement by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Mario Lemieux, it was made public that an agreement had been reached between the parties. A new state-of-the-art multi-purpose arena (the Consol Energy Center) will be built. This agreement will keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh for another 30 years. Following the announcement of this plan, the Lemieux ownership group announced that they no longer have plans to sell the team.

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Sidney Crosby had been voted by the fans to start at forward in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas.^[2] Malkin, Staal and defenseman Ryan Whitney were all invited to All-Star Weekend to play in the YoungStars game.^[3]

Regular season

The Penguins finished the regular season having scored 94 power-play goals, the most in the NHL. They also had the most power-play opportunities, with 463.^[4]

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
2	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
3	6	New York Rangers	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
4	8	New York Islanders	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
5	15	Philadelphia Flyers	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

^[5]

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^[6]
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	201	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

2006–2007 Schedule

October: 6–6–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–3–0), 12 Points

November: 5–5–4 (Home: 3–1–3 ; Road: 2–4–1), 14 Points

December: 5–7–2 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–3–2), 12 Points

January: 8–2–2 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 4–2–1), 18 Points

February: 9–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–2–1), 19 Points

March: 12–3–2 (Home: 7–0–1 ; Road: 5–3–1), 26 Points

April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0), 4 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

The Pittsburgh Penguins ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's fifth seed. They lost to the Ottawa Senators in five games, in the conference quarter-finals. They would sweep the Senators in the playoffs the following season.

Green background indicates win.
Red indicates loss.

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs #4 Ottawa: 1–4 (Home: 0–2 ; Road: 1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 11	Pittsburgh	3 – 6	Ottawa	Fleury	19,611	0–1
2	April 14	Pittsburgh	4 – 3	Ottawa	Fleury	20,133	1–1
3	April 15	Ottawa	4 – 2	Pittsburgh	Fleury	17,132	1–2
4	April 17	Ottawa	2 – 1	Pittsburgh	Fleury	17,132	1–3
5	April 19	Pittsburgh	0 – 3	Ottawa	Fleury	20,179	1–4

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[7]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby	79	36	84	120	10	60
Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin	78	33	52	85	2	80
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	82	24	44	68	1	62
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	82	13	54	67	-5 !–5	72
Whitney, RyanRyan Whitney	81	14	45	59	9	77
Ouellet, MichelMichel Ouellet	73	19	29	48	-3 !–3	30
Staal, JordanJordan Staal	81	29	13	42	16	24
Armstrong, ColbyColby Armstrong	80	12	22	34	2	67
Christensen, ErikErik Christensen	61	18	15	33	-3 !–3	26
Malone, RyanRyan Malone	64	16	15	31	4	71
Talbot, MaxMax Talbot	75	13	11	24	-2 !–2	53
Ruutu, JarkkoJarkko Ruutu	81	7	9	16	0	125
Ekman, NisseNisse Ekman	34	6	9	15	-14 !–14	24
Moore, DominicDominic Moore^‡	59	6	9	15	1	46
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts^†	19	7	6	13	-5 !–5	26
Melichar, JosefJosef Melichar	70	1	11	12	1	44
Scuderi, RobRob Scuderi	78	1	10	11	3	28
LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	21	2	5	7	-2 !–2	12
Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik	70	0	6	6	4	82
Petrovicky, RonaldRonald Petrovicky	31	3	3	6	4	28
Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn	39	3	2	5	1	69
Nasreddine, AlainAlain Nasreddine	44	1	4	5	12	18
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	35	0	3	3	-6 !–6	16
Letang, KrisKris Letang	7	2	0	2	-3 !–3	4
Laraque, GeorgesGeorges Laraque^†	17	0	2	2	-3 !–3	18
Welch, NoahNoah Welch^‡	22	1	1	2	1	22
Dupont, MickiMicki Dupont	3	0	1	1	-3 !–3	4
Stewart, KarlKarl Stewart^‡	3	0	0	0	-1 !–1	2
Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski^†	1	0	0	0	-1 !–1	0
Cairns, EricEric Cairns	1	0	0	0	0	5
Roy, AndreAndre Roy^‡	5	0	0	0	-1 !–1	12
Total		267	465	732	—	1,207

Playoffs^[8]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby	5	3	2	5	0	4
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	5	0	4	4	-3 !–3	0
Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin	5	0	4	4	-1 !–1	8
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	5	2	2	4	0	2
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	5	1	3	4	-3 !–3	2
Staal, JordanJordan Staal	5	3	0	3	-1 !–1	2
Ouellet, MichelMichel Ouellet	5	0	2	2	-1 !–1	6
Whitney, RyanRyan Whitney	5	1	1	2	-4 !–4	6
Armstrong, ColbyColby Armstrong	5	0	1	1	-2 !–2	11
Talbot, MaxMax Talbot	5	0	1	1	-2 !–2	7
Scuderi, RobRob Scuderi	5	0	0	0	-1 !–1	2
Christensen, ErikErik Christensen	4	0	0	0	-1 !–1	6
Petrovicky, RonaldRonald Petrovicky	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ekman, NisseNisse Ekman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ruutu, JarkkoJarkko Ruutu	5	0	0	0	-1 !–1	10
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	5	0	0	0	-1 !–1	0
Laraque, GeorgesGeorges Laraque	2	0	0	0	-1 !–1	0
Melichar, JosefJosef Melichar	5	0	0	0	-1 !–1	2
Malone, RyanRyan Malone	5	0	0	0	-4 !–4	0
Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik	5	0	0	0	-2 !–2	8
Total		10	20	30	—	78

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[9]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	67	65	3,905:28	40	16	9	184	2.83	1,954	0.906	5	3	4
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	22	17	1,101:15	7	8	2	52	2.83	572	0.909	1	0	0
Total		82	5,006:43	47	24	11	236	2.83	2,526	0.907	6	3	4

Playoffs^[10]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	PIM
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	5	5	286:42	1	4	18	3.77	150	0.880	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	1	0	8:02	0	0	0	0.00	1	1.000
Total		5	294:44	1	4	18	3.67	151	0.881	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season:^[11]

Trades

July 19, 2006	To Nashville Predators 2007 3rd round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Libor Pivko rights to Dominic Moore
July 20, 2006	To San Jose Sharks 2007 2nd round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Patrick Ehelechner Nils Ekman
December 19, 2006	To Boston Bruins future considerations	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wade Brookbank
February 27, 2007	To Florida Panthers Noah Welch 2007 4th round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts Joel Kwiatkowski
February 27, 2007	To Phoenix Coyotes Daniel Carcillo 2008 3rd round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Georges Laraque
February 27, 2007	To San Jose Sharks 2007 7th round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nolan Schaefer
February 27, 2007	To Minnesota Wild Dominic Moore	To Pittsburgh Penguins 2007 3rd round pick

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Mark Eaton^[12]	Nashville Predators	2-year contract
Jarkko Ruutu^[13]	Vancouver Canucks
Wade Skolney^[14]	Philadelphia Flyers
Matt Carkner^[15]	San Jose Sharks	1-year contract
Ronald Petrovicky^[16]	Atlanta Thrashers
Mark Recchi^[17]	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year/$2.28M
Connor James^[18]	Los Angeles Kings
Andrew Penner^[19]	Columbus Blue Jackets

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Konstantin Koltsov	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
Andy Hilbert	New York Islanders
Matt Murley	Colorado Avalanche
Matt Hussey	Detroit Red Wings
Krys Kolanos	Detroit Red Wings
David KočíDavid Koci	Chicago Blackhawks
Andy Chiodo	Karpat (Finland)
Ross Lupaschuk	MIF Redhawks (Sweden)
Petr Taticek	Washington Capitals
Tomas Surovy	Luleå HF (Sweden)
Eric Boguniecki	Columbus Blue Jackets
Matt Moulson	Los Angeles Kings
Johannes Salmonsson	Brynäs IF (Sweden)
Ryan Vandenbussche	Jokerit (Finland)

Claimed via waivers

Date	Player	Previous team
September 27, 2006^[20]	Karl Stewart	Anaheim Ducks
October 3, 2006^[21]	Chris Thorburn	Buffalo Sabres

Lost via waivers

Date	Player	New team
October 4, 2006^[22]	Dany Sabourin	Vancouver Canucks
October 26, 2006	Karl Stewart	Chicago Blackhawks
December 2, 2006	Andre Roy	Tampa Bay Lightning

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Colby Armstrong^[23]	July 21, 2006	1-year contract
Brooks Orpik^[24]	July 23, 2006	2-year contract
Ryan Malone^[25]	July 28, 2006	2-year/$2.75M contract
Dominic Moore^[26]	August 1, 2006	2-year contract
Alain Nasreddine^[27]	August 2, 2006	1-year contract
Libor Pivko^[28]	August 2, 2006	1-year contract
Marc-Andre Fleury^[29]	August 5, 2006	2-year contract
Evgeni Malkin^[30]	September 5, 2006	3-year contract
Jordan Staal^[31]	October 2, 2006	3-year entry level contract
Kris Letang^[31]	October 2, 2006	3-year entry level contract
Mark Letestu	March 22, 2007	2-year contract
Aaron Boogaard^[32]	April 23, 2007	3-year contract entry level contract
Jonathan D'Aversa	May 25, 2007	3-year contract
Tim Wallace	May 29, 2007	2-year contract
Connor James	June 19, 2007	1-year contract

Other

Player	Date	Details
Andre Savard^[33]	July 3, 2006	Hired as assistant coach
Chuck Fletcher	July 14, 2006	Hired as assistant GM
Eddie Johnston	July 14, 2006	Hired as senior adviser of hockey operations
Gilles Meloche^[34]	July 26, 2006	Hired as goaltending coach
Bill O'Flaherty^[35]	August 24, 2006	Hired as pro scout
Chris Stewart^[36]	August 24, 2006	Hired as athletic trainer
Dan MacKinnon^[35]	August 24, 2006	Hired as pro scout
Jay Heinbuck^[35]	August 24, 2006	Hired as director of amateur scouting
Jim Madigan^[35]	August 24, 2006	Hired as amateur scout
Patrik Allvin^[35]	August 24, 2006	Hired as European scout
Scott Adams^[36]	August 24, 2006	Hired as assistant athletic trainer
Travis Ramsay^[36]	August 24, 2006	Hired as video coordinator
Gabriel Bouthillette^[37]	September 12, 2006	Released
Jeff Kryzakos^[37]	September 12, 2006	Released
Jim Balsillie^[38]	October 5, 2006	Signed a purchase agreement to buy the team
John LeClair^[39]	November 30, 2006	Waived
John LeClair^[40]	December 14, 2006	Released
David Morehouse	April 4, 2007	Hired as president
Ron Porter	June 4, 2007	Hired as senior consultant

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
20	CAN !	Armstrong, ColbyColby Armstrong	7.0 !RW	R	24	2001	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
33	CAN !	Cairns, EricEric Cairns	2.0 !D	L	32	1992	Oakville, Ontario
16	CAN !	Christensen, ErikErik Christensen	4.0 !C	L	23	2002	Edmonton, Alberta
87	CAN !	Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby	4.0 !C	L	19	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
47	CAN !	Dupont, MickiMicki Dupont	2.0 !D	R	27	2000	Calgary, Alberta
3	USA !	Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	2.0 !D	L	30	Undrafted	Wilmington, Delaware
28	SWE !	Ekman, NisseNisse Ekman	7.0 !RW	L	31	1994	Stockholm, Sweden
29	CAN !	Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	1.0 !G	L	22	2003	Sorel, Quebec
55	RUS !	Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	2.0 !D	L	33	1992	Chelyabinsk, Russia
6	CAN !	Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski	2.0 !D	L	30	1996	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
27	CAN !	Laraque, GeorgesGeorges Laraque	7.0 !RW	R	30	1995	Montreal, Quebec
10	USA !	LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	6.0 !LW	L	37	1987	St. Albans, Vermont
58	CAN !	Letang, KrisKris Letang	2.0 !D	R	20	2005	Montreal, Quebec
71	RUS !	Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin	4.0 !C	L	20	2004	Magnitogorsk, Russia
12	USA !	Malone, RyanRyan Malone	6.0 !LW	L	27	1999	Pittsburgh
2	CZE !	Melichar, JosefJosef Melichar	2.0 !D	L	28	1997	Ceské Budějovice, Czech Republic
32	CAN !	Nasreddine, AlainAlain Nasreddine	2.0 !D	L	31	1993	Montreal
44	USA !	Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik	2.0 !D	L	26	2000	San Francisco
7	CAN !	Ouellet, MichelMichel Ouellet	7.0 !RW	R	25	2000	Rimouski, Quebec
26	SVK !	Petrovicky, RonaldRonald Petrovicky	7.0 !RW	R	30	1996	Žilina, Slovakia
8	CAN !	Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	7.0 !RW	L	39	1988	Kamloops, British Columbia
10	CAN !	Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	6.0 !LW	L	41	1984	North York, Ontario
37	FIN !	Ruutu, JarkkoJarkko Ruutu	6.0 !LW	L	31	1998	Helsinki, Finland
5	USA !	Scuderi, RobRob Scuderi	2.0 !D	L	28	1998	Syosset, New York
11	CAN !	Staal, JordanJordan Staal	4.0 !C	L	18	2006	Thunder Bay, Ontario
25	CAN !	Talbot, MaxMax Talbot	4.0 !C	L	23	2002	LeMoyne, Quebec
41	CAN !	Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	1.0 !G	L	32	1993	Montreal
22	CAN !	Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn	7.0 !RW	R	24	2001	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
19	USA !	Whitney, RyanRyan Whitney	2.0 !D	L	24	2002	Boston

Draft picks

Pittsburgh's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver.^[41] The Penguins had the second overall draft pick, making the fourth consecutive draft the team had a pick in the top two: they had the first overall pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (Marc-Andre Fleury), the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft (Evgeni Malkin) and the first overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft (Sidney Crosby).

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	2	Jordan Staal	Center	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	32	Carl Sneep	Defence	United States	Brainerd (USHS-MN)
3	65	Brian Strait	Defence	United States	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
5	125	Chad Johnson	Goaltender	Canada	University of Alaska Fairbanks (NCAA)
7	185	Timo Seppanen	Defence	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)

Draft notes^[42]

The Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of an August 10, 2005 trade that sent Jocelyn Thibault to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.^[43]
The Pittsburgh Penguins' sixth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a January 18, 2006 trade that sent Eric Cairns to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.^[44]

Farm teams

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are Pittsburgh's top affiliate in the AHL for the 2006–07 season.

Wheeling Nailers

The Wheeling Nailers are Pittsburgh's ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.

External links

Official website of the Pittsburgh Penguins

References

Game log: Pittsburgh Penguins game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Ronald Burkle; Mario Lemieux
General manager: Jim Rutherford
Head coach: Mike Sullivan
Team captain: Sidney Crosby
Current roster

Arenas

Main facilities: Civic Arena; PPG Paints Arena

Training facilities: Brantford Civic Centre; Rostraver Ice Garden; Island Sports Center; IceoPlex at Southpointe; UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	Root Sports Pittsburgh

Radio	WXDX WBGG

Broadcasters

TV	Paul Steigerwald Bob Errey

Radio	Mike Lange Phil Bourque

Culture and lore

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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

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