2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season

2006–07 Los Angeles Kings
Division 4th Pacific
Conference 14th Western
2006–07 record 27–41–14
Home record 16–16–9
Road record 11–25–5
Goals for 227
Goals against 283
Team information
General Manager Dean Lombardi
Coach Marc Crawford
Captain Mattias Norstrom (Oct-Feb)
Vacant (Feb-Apr)
Alternate captains Rob Blake
Craig Conroy (Oct-Jan)
Aaron Miller
Scott Thornton
Arena Staples Center
Average attendance 16,859 (91.1%)
Team leaders
Goals Alexander Frolov (35)
Assists Michael Cammalleri (46)
Points Michael Cammalleri (80)
Penalties in minutes Raitis Ivanans (140)
Plus/minus Derek Armstrong (+13)
Wins Mathieu Garon (13)
Goals against average Mathieu Garon (2.66)
<2005–06 2007–08>

The 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season was the 40th season (39th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. This season marked the beginning of a rebuilding phase, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, the former general manager of the San Jose Sharks, Dean Lombardi, as their new GM, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as assistant GM (and GM of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach. Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first-round draft pick (Trevor Lewis), from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006.[1]

But the biggest move of the off-season for the Kings was acquiring goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2007 second-round draft pick and a 2009 conditional draft pick on July 5, 2006.[2] He was then named the team's starting goaltender ahead of Mathieu Garon, whom many fans expected to be their number-one goaltender. Before the season got underway, he was signed to a two-year contract, expecting a great performance from the former Canuck. However, at the end of December, Dan Cloutier was last in save percentage and goals against average (GAA) amongst NHL goaltenders who have played at least 12 games.

Injuries to both Garon and Cloutier in January prompted the Kings to recall Yutaka Fukufuji as an emergency goaltender, who made his NHL debut on January 13 against the St. Louis Blues, becoming the first Japanese-born player in NHL history.[3] On January 18, prior to a home game against St. Louis, the Kings claimed goaltender Sean Burke off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Burke would be the fifth goaltender to play for the Kings during the season (after Cloutier, Garon, Barry Brust and Fukufuji). This marked the first time the Kings have had at least five goaltenders appear during one season since the 2000–01 season (Jamie Storr, Felix Potvin, Steve Passmore, Stephane Fiset and Travis Scott).

On January 20, 2007, prior to a night-game against the Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings officially retired Luc Robitaille's number 20 sweater. This makes him the fifth player to have his number retired by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Wayne Gretzky.

Regular season

The Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing the regular season 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.86%.[4]

Season standings

Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
12 Anaheim Ducks 82 48 20 14 258 208 110
25 San Jose Sharks 82 51 26 5 258 199 107
36 Dallas Stars 82 50 25 7 226 197 107
414 Los Angeles Kings 82 27 41 14 227 283 68
515 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.

Schedule and results

October

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
1 October 6 @ Ducks 3 – 4 Cloutier 17,174 0–1–0 0
2 October 7 Blues 1 – 4 Garon 18,118 1–1–0 2
3 October 10 Islanders 2 – 4 Cloutier 14,394 2–1–0 4
4 October 12 Stars 4 – 1 Cloutier 14,167 2–2–0 4
5 October 14 Stars 4 – 1 Garon 17,052 2–3–0 4
6 October 16 Red Wings 3 – 1 Cloutier 17,417 2–4–0 4
7 October 18 Wild 1 – 2 OT Cloutier 14,617 2–4–1 5
8 October 19 @ Coyotes 4 – 0 Garon 12,714 3–4–1 7
9 October 22 Ducks 3 – 2 SO Garon 18,118 3–4–2 8
10 October 23 @ Avalanche 1 – 6 Cloutier 17,284 3–5–2 8
11 October 25 @ Wild 1 – 3 Cloutier 18,568 3–6–2 8
12 October 27 @ Blue Jackets 0 – 2 Cloutier 16,087 3–7–2 8
13 October 28 @ Stars 2 – 3 Garon 17,711 3–8–2 8
14 October 30 Rangers 1 – 4 Garon 17,236 4–8–2 10

November

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
15 November 1 Penguins 4 – 3 OT Cloutier 18,118 4–8–3 11
16 November 4 @ Coyotes 4 – 6 Garon 14,631 4–9–3 11
17 November 7 @ Avalanche 6 – 5 Cloutier 17,196 5–9–3 13
18 November 9 Sharks 7 – 3 Garon 16,618 5–10–3 13
19 November 11 Wild 3 – 2 SO Garon 17,479 5–10–4 14
20 November 13 Sharks 2 – 4 Cloutier 16,667 6–10–4 16
21 November 16 Flyers 4 – 3 Cloutier 16,446 6–11–4 16
22 November 18 Coyotes 3 – 5 Cloutier 14,487 7–11–4 18
23 November 22 @ Sharks 3 – 6 Cloutier 17,496 7–12–4 18
24 November 24 @ Stars 3 – 5 Garon 18,532 7–13–4 18
25 November 25 Flames 1 – 3 Garon 17,043 8–13–4 20
26 November 27 Devils 2 – 3 SO Garon 16,223 9–13–4 22
27 November 30 @ Coyotes 4 – 7 Brust 11,526 9–14–4 22

December

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
28 December 2 Ducks 4 – 3 Cloutier 16,141 9–15–4 22
29 December 3 @ Ducks 3 – 2 Cloutier 17,174 10–15–4 24
30 December 7 Predators 4 – 1 Cloutier 15,119 10–16–4 24
31 December 9 Avalanche 4 – 5 Cloutier 17,079 11–16–4 26
32 December 12 Sharks 3 – 1 Cloutier 15,204 11–17–4 26
33 December 14 @ Sharks 4 – 2 Brust 17,496 12–17–4 28
34 December 16 Stars 4 – 3 SO Brust 15,846 12–17–5 29
35 December 19 Flames 5 – 3 Cloutier 17,247 12–18–5 29
36 December 21 @ Blues 2 – 5 Cloutier 10,390 12–19–5 29
37 December 23 @ Predators 0 – 7 Cloutier 14,739 12–20–5 29
38 December 26 Coyotes 3 – 4 SO Brust 18,118 13–20–5 31
39 December 28 @ Oilers 7 – 4 Garon 16,839 14–20–5 33
40 December 29 @ Flames 4 – 6 Brust 19,289 14–21–5 33
41 December 31 @ Red Wings 2 – 6 Garon 20,066 14–22–5 33

January

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
42 January 3 Blue Jackets 0 – 3 Garon 16,451 15–22–5 35
43 January 6 Red Wings 2 – 4 Garon 18,118 16–22–5 37
44 January 8 Oilers 2 – 1 OT Garon 16,224 16–22–6 38
45 January 11 Sharks 5 – 2 Garon 17,054 16–23–6 38
46 January 13 @ Blues 5 – 6 Fukufuji 17,868 16–24–6 38
47 January 15 @ Stars 1 – 3 Brust 17,992 16–25–6 38
48 January 16 @ Thrashers 2 – 6 Fukufuji 13,205 16–26–6 38
49 January 18 Blues 3 – 1 Brust 16,544 16–27–6 38
50 January 20 Coyotes 3 – 2 Fukufuji 18,346 16–28–6 38
51 January 26 @ Canucks 3 – 2 OT Burke 18,630 17–28–6 40
52 January 27 @ Oilers 3 – 4 Burke 16,839 17–29–6 40
53 January 30 @ Flames 1 – 4 Burke 19,289 17–30–6 40

February

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
54 February 1 Blackhawks 3 – 2 OT Burke 16,958 17–30–7 41
55 February 3 @ Panthers 7 – 0 Burke 15,108 18–30–7 43
56 February 6 @ Lightning 2 – 3 SO Burke 18,273 18–30–8 44
57 February 8 @ Capitals 3 – 4 OT Garon 15,527 18–30–9 45
58 February 10 @ Predators 4 – 1 Burke 17,113 19–30–9 47
59 February 13 @ Hurricanes 1 – 2 Burke 15,765 19–31–9 47
60 February 17 Ducks 3 – 2 SO Garon 18,118 19–31–10 48
61 February 18 @ Ducks 4 – 3 SO Burke 17,363 20–31–10 50
62 February 22 Canucks 3 – 2 Garon 17,737 20–32–10 50
63 February 24 Avalanche 5 – 6 SO Burke 18,118 21–32–10 52

March

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
64 March 1 Ducks 3 – 4 OT Burke 17,620 22–32–10 54
65 March 3 Predators 6 – 3 Burke 16,854 22–33–10 54
66 March 6 @ Blackhawks 0 – 3 Burke 9,118 22–34–10 54
67 March 7 @ Blue Jackets 2 – 3 OT Garon 15,154 22–34–11 55
68 March 9 @ Red Wings 2 – 3 OT Burke 20,066 22–34–12 56
69 March 11 @ Stars 3 – 4 OT Burke 17,478 22–34–13 57
70 March 12 Oilers 1 – 5 Burke 16,954 23–34–13 59
71 March 15 Blackhawks 4 – 3 SO Burke 16,110 23–34–14 60
72 March 17 Blue Jackets 3 – 5 Garon 17,197 24–34–14 62
73 March 18 @ Ducks 5 – 3 Garon 17,174 25–34–14 64
74 March 21 Stars 4 – 2 Burke 17,838 25–35–14 64
75 March 23 @ Blackhawks 2 – 1 Garon 13,133 26–35–14 66
76 March 24 @ Wild 1 – 4 Garon 18,568 26–36–14 66
77 March 27 @ Sharks 1 – 3 Burke 17,496 26–37–14 66
78 March 29 Canucks 4 – 2 Burke 17,916 26–38–14 66

April

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
79 April 1 @ Sharks 2 – 6 Burke 17,496 26–39–14 66
80 April 3 @ Canucks 2 – 4 Garon 18,630 26–40–14 66
81 April 5 @ Coyotes 2 – 3 Burke 15,965 26–41–14 66
82 April 7 Coyotes 3 – 2 Garon 18,118 27–41–14 68

Playoffs

The Kings were eliminated from playoff contention.[5]

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri C 81 34 46 80 4851605
Frolov, AlexanderAlexander Frolov LW 82 35 36 71 34-81016
Kopitar, AnzeAnze Kopitar C 72 20 41 61 24-12721
Visnovsky, LubomirLubomir Visnovsky D 69 18 40 58 261800
Brown, DustinDustin Brown LW 81 17 29 46 54-211301
Armstrong, DerekDerek Armstrong C 67 11 33 44 6213300
Blake, RobRob Blake D 72 14 20 34 82-261101
Avery, SeanSean Avery C 55 10 18 28 116-10112
Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel D 44 4 19 23 142202
Kostopoulos, TomTom Kostopoulos RW 76 7 15 22 73-2000
Willsie, BrianBrian Willsie RW 81 11 10 21 49-20201
O'Sullivan, PatrickPatrick O'Sullivan C 44 5 14 19 14-6201
Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy C 52 5 11 16 38-13402
Thornton, ScottScott Thornton LW 58 7 6 13 85-15010
Dallman, KevinKevin Dallman D 53 1 9 10 12-13000
Lundmark, JamieJamie Lundmark C 29 7 2 9 25-8000
Weaver, MikeMike Weaver D 39 3 6 9 16-4101
Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom D 62 2 7 9 40-20000
Ivanans, RaitisRaitis Ivanans LW 66 4 4 8 140-12000
Heward, JamieJamie Heward D 19 2 6 8 20-2100
Miller, AaronAaron Miller D 82 0 8 8 60-14000
Modry, JaroslavJaroslav Modry D 19 0 8 8 221000
Pushkarev, KonstantinKonstantin Pushkarev RW 16 2 2 4 8-2000
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky D 26 0 4 4 10-10000
Zeiler, JohnJohn Zeiler RW 23 1 2 3 22-2000
Clarke, NoahNoah Clarke LW 13 2 0 2 4-6010
Cowan, JeffJeff Cowan LW 21 0 2 2 32-1000
Harrold, PeterPeter Harrold D 12 0 2 2 80000
Murray, MartyMarty Murray C 19 0 2 2 4-5000
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley C 10 1 0 1 20000
Burke, SeanSean Burke G 23 0 1 1 40000
Cloutier, DanDan Cloutier G 24 0 1 1 210000
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon G 32 0 1 1 60000
Ward, JasonJason Ward RW 7 0 1 1 4-1000
Brust, BarryBarry Brust G 11 0 0 0 00000
Fukufuji, YutakaYutaka Fukufuji G 4 0 0 0 00000
Gauthier, GabeGabe Gauthier LW 5 0 0 0 2-1000
Jackman, TimTim Jackman RW 5 0 0 0 10-1000
Johnson, JackJack Johnson D 5 0 0 0 18-5000
Piskula, JoeJoe Piskula D 5 0 0 0 6-3000
Stephenson, ShayShay Stephenson LW 2 0 0 0 00000
Tukonen, LauriLauri Tukonen RW 4 0 0 0 0-2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon 1779 32 13 10 6 79 2.66 2849770.907
Burke, SeanSean Burke 1310 23 6 10 5 68 3.11 1687619.901
Cloutier, DanDan Cloutier 1281 24 6 14 2 85 3.98 0608523.860
Brust, BarryBarry Brust 486 11 2 4 1 30 3.70 0245215.878
Fukufuji, YutakaYutaka Fukufuji 96 4 0 3 0 7 4.37 04336.837
Team: 4952 82 27 41 14 269 3.26 324322163.889

[6]

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 Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.

Trades

June 24, 2006 To Minnesota Wild
Pavol Demitra
To Los Angeles Kings
Patrick O'Sullivan
1st round pick in 2006
July 5, 2006 To Vancouver Canucks
2nd round pick in 2007
Conditional pick in 2009
 To Los Angeles Kings
Dan Cloutier
September 29, 2006 To Carolina Hurricanes
Tim Gleason
Eric Belanger		 To Los Angeles Kings
Jack Johnson
Oleg Tverdovsky
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 5, 2007 To New York Rangers
Sean Avery
John Seymour		 To Los Angeles Kings
Jason Ward
Marc-Andre Cliche
Jan Marek
February 26, 2007 To Vancouver Canucks
Brent Sopel		 To Los Angeles Kings
2nd round pick in 2007
4th round pick in 2007
February 27, 2007 To Dallas Stars
Mattias Norstrom
Konstantin Pushkarev
3rd round pick in 2007
4th round pick in 2007		 To Los Angeles Kings
Jaroslav Modry
2nd round pick in 2007
3rd round pick in 2007
1st round pick in 2008
February 27, 2007 To Washington Capitals
Conditional pick in 2008		 To Los Angeles Kings
Jamie Heward
February 27, 2007 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jason Ward		 To Los Angeles Kings
5th round pick in 2007

Free agents acquired

Player Former team
D Rob Blake Colorado Avalanche
F Scott Thornton San Jose Sharks
F Alyn McCauley San Jose Sharks
F Brian Willsie Washington Capitals
D Kevin Dallman St. Louis Blues
F Raitis Ivanans Montreal Canadiens

Free agents lost

Player New team
D Joe Corvo Ottawa Senators
F Mark Parrish Minnesota Wild
F Jeremy Roenick Phoenix Coyotes
D Nathan Dempsey Boston Bruins

Waivers pickups

Player Former team
G Sean Burke Tampa Bay Lightning

Lost to waivers

Player New team
D Jeff Cowan Vancouver Canucks

Draft picks

Los Angeles's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[7] The Kings had the 11th overall draft pick by lottery for the third consecutive year.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 11 Jonathan Bernier (G)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
1 17 Trevor Lewis (C)  United States Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton, via Minnesota) Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
2 48 Joey Ryan (D)  United States Los Angeles Kings Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3 74 Jeff Zatkoff (G)  United States Los Angeles Kings Miami University
3 86 Bud Holloway (C/RW)  Canada Los Angeles Kings (from Nashville) Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4 114 Niclas Andersen (D)  Sweden Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers) Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
5 134 David Meckler (C)  United States Los Angeles Kings Yale University (ECAC)
5 144 Martin Nolet (D)  Canada Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers) Champlain (QAAAJHL)
6 164 Constantin Braun (LW)  Denmark Los Angeles Kings Eisbaren Berlin (Germany)
7 206 Josh Meyers (D)  United States Los Angeles Kings Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7 226 John Seymour (LW)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Brampton Battalion (OHL)

External links

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kings get Patrick O'Sullivan nhl.com - accessed December 3, 2006.
  2. ↑ Kings get Dan Cloutier nhl.com - accessed December 23, 2006.
  3. ↑ Blues edge Kings in offensive contest tsn.ca - accessed January 13, 2007.
  4. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2007.html
  5. ↑ ESPN.com - accessed January 21, 2007.
  6. ↑ "2006-07 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  7. ↑ 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed December 3, 2006.
2006–07 Los Angeles Kings Roster

Goaltenders:

1 – Burke • 31 – Garon • 39 – Cloutier 

Defensemen:

3 – Miller • 4 – Blake • 6 – Heward • 8 – Weaver • 17 – Visnovsky • 22 – Piskula • 33 – Johnson • 38 – Dallman • 44 – Modry • 49 – Harrold 

Forwards:

7 – Armstrong • 10 – McCauley • 11 – Kopitar • 12 – O'Sullivan • 13 – Cammalleri • 15 – Lundmark • 21 – Willsie • 22 – Stephenson • 23 – Brown • 24 – Frolov • 25 – Clarke • 27 – Thornton • 28 – Gauthier • 29 – Kostopoulos • 34 – Tukonen • 41 – Ivanans • 73 – Zeiler 

General Manager: Dean Lombardi •  Coach: Marc Crawford

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