National Hockey League (NHL) Season Review 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) Season Review 2005-2006

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers to win their first Stanley Cup as the NHL held it's 88th regular season.

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National Hockey League (NHL) Season Standings 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) Season Standings 2005-2006

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA
Atlantic
New Jersey Devils	82	46	27	0	5	101	242	229
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	0	5	101	267	259
New York Rangers	82	44	26	0	8	100	257	215
New York Islanders	82	36	40	0	3	78	230	278
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	46	0	8	58	244	316
Central
Detroit Red Wings	82	58	16	0	5	124	305	209
Nashville Predators	82	49	25	0	5	106	259	227
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	35	43	0	1	74	223	279
Chicago Blackhawks	82	26	43	0	7	65	211	285
St. Louis Blues	82	21	46	0	7	57	197	292
Northeast
Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	0	3	113	314	211
Buffalo Sabres	82	52	24	0	1	110	281	239
Montreal Canadiens	82	42	31	0	6	93	243	247
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	41	33	0	1	90	257	270
Boston Bruins	82	29	37	0	8	74	230	266
Northwest
Calgary Flames	82	46	25	0	4	103	218	200
Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	0	3	95	283	257
Edmonton Oilers	82	41	28	0	4	95	256	251
Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	0	4	92	256	255
Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	0	5	84	231	215
Pacific
Dallas Stars	82	53	23	0	5	112	265	218
San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	0	4	99	266	242
Anaheim Mighty Ducks	82	43	27	0	5	98	254	229
Los Angeles Kings	82	42	35	0	4	89	249	270
Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	39	0	2	81	246	271
Southeast
Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	22	0	6	112	294	260
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	43	33	0	2	92	252	260
Atlanta Thrashers	82	41	33	0	3	90	281	275
Florida Panthers	82	37	34	0	6	85	240	257
Washington Capitals	82	29	41	0	6	70	237	306

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National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) First Round Entry Draft 2005-2006

Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
St. Louis	Erik Johnson	D	US National Under 18 Team
Pittsburgh	Jordan Staal	C	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
Chicago	Jonathan Toews	C	U. of North Dakota (NCAA)
Washington	Nicklas Backstrom	C	Brynas IF Gavle (SEL)
Boston	Phil Kessel	C	U. of Minnesota (NCAA)
Columbus	Derick Brassard	C	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
NY Islanders	Kyle Okposo	R	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
Phoenix	Peter Mueller	C	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
Minnesota	James Sheppard	C	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
Florida	Michael Frolik	C	Kladno (Czech)
Los Angeles	Jonathan Bernier	G	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
Atlanta	Bryan Little	C	Barrie Colts (OHL)
Toronto	Jiri Tlusty	L	Kladno (Czech)
Vancouver	Michael Grabner	R	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
Tampa Bay	Riku Helenius	G	Ilves Tampere (FNL)
San Jose	Ty Wishart	D	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
Los Angeles	Trevor Lewis	C	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
Colorado	Chris Stewart	R	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
Anaheim	Mark Mitera	D	U. of Michigan (NCAA)
Mtl. Canadiens	David Fischer	D	Apple Valley H.S. (Minn)
NY Rangers	Bob Sanguinetti	D	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
Philadelphia	Claude Giroux	R	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
Washington	Semen Varlamov	G	Yaroslavl-2 [Russia]
Buffalo	Dennis Persson	D	Vasteras IK (Swe-1)
St. Louis	Patrik Berglund	C	Vasteras IK (Swe-1)
Calgary	Leland Irving	G	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
Dallas	Ivan Vishnevskiy	D	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
Ottawa	Nick Foligno	L	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
Phoenix	Chris Summers	D	US National Under 18 Team
New Jersey	Matt Corrente	D	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)

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National Hockey League (NHL) Trophy Winners 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) Trophy Winners 2005-2006

Award	2006 Winner


Stanley Cup	Carolina Hurricanes
Jack Adams	Lindy Ruff, Buffalo Sabres
Georges Vezina	Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
Hart Memorial	Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks/Boston Bruins
Bill Masterton Memorial	Teemu Selänne, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Lester Pearson	Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers
Calder Memorial	Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Lady Byng	Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Maurice Richard	Jonathan Cheechoo, San Jose Sharks
William Jennings	Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
Clarence Campbell Bowl	Edmonton Oilers
Frank Selke	Rod Brind'Amour, Carolina Hurricanes
King Clancy	Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals
Presidents' Trophy	Detroit Red Wings
James Norris	Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings
Art Ross	Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks/Boston Bruins
Prince of Wales Trophy	Carolina Hurricanes
Conn Smythe	Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes
Bud +/- Award	Wade Redden, Ottawa Senators; Michal Rozsival, New York Rangers

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National Hockey League (NHL) All Star Team Selections 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) All Star Team Selections 2005-2006

Voting for the NHL All Star Teams is conducted by the representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the season. These are separate selections from the annual All Star game. Other years selections are listed under NHL All Star Selections.

First Team	Position	Second Team
Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames	G	Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings	D	Zdeno Chara, Ottawa Senators
Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Mighty Ducks	D	Sergei Zubov, Dallas Stars
Joe Thornton, Boston/San Jose	C	Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers	RW	Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals	LW	Dany Heatley, Ottawa Senators

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National Hockey League (NHL) Points Leaders 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) Points Leaders 2005-2006

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS
Joe Thornton, BOS/SJ	C	81	29	96	125
Jaromir Jagr, NYR	RW	82	54	69	123
A. Ovechkin, WAS	LW	81	52	54	106
Dany Heatley, OTT	RW	82	50	53	103
D. Alfredsson, OTT	RW	77	43	60	103
Sidney Crosby, PIT	C	81	39	63	102
Eric Staal, CAR	C	82	45	55	100
Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL	LW	78	52	46	98
Marc Savard, ATL	C	82	28	69	97
J. Cheechoo, SJ	RW	82	56	37	93
Marian Hossa, ATL	RW	80	39	53	92
Brad Richards, TB	C	82	23	68	91
Teemu Selanne, ANH	RW	80	40	50	90
Jason Spezza, OTT	C	68	19	71	90
Brian Gionta, NJ	RW	82	48	41	89
Olli Jokinen, FLA	C	82	38	51	89
Joe Sakic, COL	C	82	32	55	87
Pavel Datsyuk, DET	C	75	28	59	87
Patrick Marleau, SJ	C	82	34	52	86
H. Zetterberg, DET	LW	77	39	46	85
Andy McDonald, ANH	C	82	34	51	85
Paul Kariya, NSH	LW	82	31	54	85
Scott Gomez, NJ	C	82	33	51	84
Brendan Shanahan, DET	LW	82	40	41	81
Vaclav Prospal, TB	C	81	25	55	80
Nicklas Lidstrom, DET	D	80	16	64	80
Simon Gagne, PHI	LW	72	47	32	79
Brian Rolston, MIN	RW	82	34	45	79
Markus Naslund, VAN	RW	81	32	47	79
Michael Nylander, NYR	C	81	23	56	79
Mats Sundin, TOR	C	70	31	47	78
Alex Tanguay, COL	LW	71	29	49	78
Mike Modano, DAL	C	78	27	50	77
Ales Hemsky, EDM	RW	81	19	58	77
Jason Arnott, DAL	C	81	32	44	76
Justin Williams, CAR	RW	82	31	45	76
Martin Straka, NYR	C	82	22	54	76
Cory Stillman, CAR	LW	72	21	55	76
V. Lecavalier, TB	C	80	35	40	75
Peter Forsberg, PHI	C	60	19	56	75
Henrik Sedin, VAN	C	82	18	57	75
Patrice Bergeron, BOS	C	81	31	42	73
Maxim Afinogenov, BUF	RW	77	22	51	73
Shawn Horcoff, EDM	C	79	22	51	73
Todd Bertuzzi, VAN	RW	82	25	46	71
Slava Kozlov, ATL	LW	82	25	46	71
Daniel Sedin, VAN	LW	82	22	49	71
Sergei Zubov, DAL	D	78	13	58	71
Rod Brind'Amour, CAR	C	78	31	39	70
Brad Boyes, BOS	C	82	26	43	69

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National Hockey League (NHL) Assist Leaders 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) Assist Leaders 2005-2006

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS
Joe Thornton, BOS/SJ	C	81	29	96	125
Jason Spezza, OTT	C	68	19	71	90
Jaromir Jagr, NYR	RW	82	54	69	123
Marc Savard, ATL	C	82	28	69	97
Brad Richards, TB	C	82	23	68	91
Nicklas Lidstrom, DET	D	80	16	64	80
Sidney Crosby, PIT	C	81	39	63	102
D. Alfredsson, OTT	RW	77	43	60	103
Pavel Datsyuk, DET	C	75	28	59	87
Ales Hemsky, EDM	RW	81	19	58	77
Sergei Zubov, DAL	D	78	13	58	71
Tomas Kaberle, TOR	D	82	9	58	67
Henrik Sedin, VAN	C	82	18	57	75
Michael Nylander, NYR	C	81	23	56	79
Peter Forsberg, PHI	C	60	19	56	75
Eric Staal, CAR	C	82	45	55	100
Joe Sakic, COL	C	82	32	55	87
Vaclav Prospal, TB	C	81	25	55	80
Cory Stillman, CAR	LW	72	21	55	76
A. Ovechkin, WAS	LW	81	52	54	106
Paul Kariya, NSH	LW	82	31	54	85
Martin Straka, NYR	C	82	22	54	76
Dany Heatley, OTT	RW	82	50	53	103
Marian Hossa, ATL	RW	80	39	53	92
Patrick Marleau, SJ	C	82	34	52	86
Olli Jokinen, FLA	C	82	38	51	89
Andy McDonald, ANH	C	82	34	51	85
Scott Gomez, NJ	C	82	33	51	84
Maxim Afinogenov, BUF	RW	77	22	51	73
Shawn Horcoff, EDM	C	79	22	51	73
Teemu Selanne, ANH	RW	80	40	50	90
Mike Modano, DAL	C	78	27	50	77
L. Visnovsky, LA	D	80	17	50	67
S. Niedermayer, ANH	D	82	13	50	63
Alex Tanguay, COL	LW	71	29	49	78
Daniel Sedin, VAN	LW	82	22	49	71
Bryan McCabe, TOR	D	73	19	49	68
Markus Naslund, VAN	RW	81	32	47	79
Mats Sundin, TOR	C	70	31	47	78
Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL	LW	78	52	46	98
H. Zetterberg, DET	LW	77	39	46	85
Todd Bertuzzi, VAN	RW	82	25	46	71
Slava Kozlov, ATL	LW	82	25	46	71
Jarret Stoll, EDM	C	82	22	46	68
Sergei Gonchar, PIT	D	75	12	46	58
Brian Rolston, MIN	RW	82	34	45	79
Justin Williams, CAR	RW	82	31	45	76
Saku Koivu, MON	C	72	17	45	62
Jason Arnott, DAL	C	81	32	44	76
Craig Conroy, LA	C	78	22	44	66
Chris Pronger, EDM	D	80	12	44	56

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National Hockey League (NHL) Leading Goal Scorers 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) Leading Goal Scorers 2005-2006

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS
J. Cheechoo, SJ	RW	82	56	37	93
Jaromir Jagr, NYR	RW	82	54	69	123
A. Ovechkin, WAS	LW	81	52	54	106
Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL	LW	78	52	46	98
Dany Heatley, OTT	RW	82	50	53	103
Brian Gionta, NJ	RW	82	48	41	89
Simon Gagne, PHI	LW	72	47	32	79
Eric Staal, CAR	C	82	45	55	100
D. Alfredsson, OTT	RW	77	43	60	103
Teemu Selanne, ANH	RW	80	40	50	90
Brendan Shanahan, DET	LW	82	40	41	81
Sidney Crosby, PIT	C	81	39	63	102
Marian Hossa, ATL	RW	80	39	53	92
H. Zetterberg, DET	LW	77	39	46	85
Olli Jokinen, FLA	C	82	38	51	89
Marian Gaborik, MIN	RW	65	38	28	66
Ryan Smyth, EDM	LW	75	36	30	66
V. Lecavalier, TB	C	80	35	40	75
Jarome Iginla, CGY	RW	82	35	32	67
Miroslav Satan, NYI	RW	82	35	31	66
Patrick Marleau, SJ	C	82	34	52	86
Andy McDonald, ANH	C	82	34	51	85
Brian Rolston, MIN	RW	82	34	45	79
Mike Knuble, PHI	RW	82	34	31	65
Scott Gomez, NJ	C	82	33	51	84
Anson Carter, VAN	RW	81	33	22	55
Jere Lehtinen, DAL	RW	80	33	19	52
Joe Sakic, COL	C	82	32	55	87
Markus Naslund, VAN	RW	81	32	47	79
Jason Arnott, DAL	C	81	32	44	76
Mike Sillinger, STL/NSH	C	79	32	31	63
Marek Svatos, COL	RW	61	32	18	50
Paul Kariya, NSH	LW	82	31	54	85
Mats Sundin, TOR	C	70	31	47	78
Justin Williams, CAR	RW	82	31	45	76
Patrice Bergeron, BOS	C	81	31	42	73
Rod Brind'Amour, CAR	C	78	31	39	70
Steve Sullivan, NSH	RW	69	31	37	68
Martin St. Louis, TB	RW	80	31	30	61
Fredrik Modin, TB	LW	77	31	23	54
Rick Nash, CLS	LW	54	31	23	54
Chris Drury, BUF	C	81	30	37	67
Shane Doan, PHO	RW	82	30	36	66
Mike Comrie, PHO	C	80	30	30	60
Erik Cole, CAR	LW	60	30	29	59
Michael Ryder, MON	RW	81	30	25	55
Petr Prucha, NYR	C	68	30	17	47
Joe Thornton, BOS/SJ	C	81	29	96	125
Alex Tanguay, COL	LW	71	29	49	78
Tomas Holmstrom, DET	LW	81	29	30	59
Marco Sturm, BOS/SJ	LW	74	29	30	59
Mark Parrish, LA/NYI	RW	76	29	20	49

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National Hockey League (NHL) Penalty Minutes Leaders 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) Penalty Minute Leaders 2005-2006

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS
Sean Avery, LA	LW	75	15	24	39
Brendan Witt, WAS/NSH	D	75	1	13	14
Chris Neil, OTT	RW	79	16	17	33
Brenden Morrow, DAL	LW	81	23	42	65
Matthew Barnaby, CHI	RW	82	8	20	28
Steve Ott, DAL	C	82	5	17	22
Todd Fedoruk, ANH	LW	76	4	19	23
Donald Brashear, PHI	LW	76	4	5	9
Jody Shelley, CLS	LW	80	3	7	10
Darcy Hordichuk, NSH	LW	74	7	6	13
John Erskine, DAL/NYI	D	60	1	0	1
Derek Boogaard, MIN	LW	65	2	4	6
Barret Jackman, STL	D	63	4	6	10
Sean O'Donnell, PHO/ANH	D	78	2	9	11
Andy Sutton, ATL	D	76	8	17	25
Jarkko Ruutu, VAN	LW	82	10	7	17
Brian McGrattan, OTT	RW	60	2	3	5
Mike Commodore, CAR	D	72	3	10	13
George Parros, LA	RW	55	2	3	5
Zdeno Chara, OTT	D	71	16	27	43
Duvie Westcott, CLS	D	78	6	22	28
Todd Simpson, CHI/MON	D	51	0	3	3
Jamal Mayers, STL	RW	67	15	11	26
Hal Gill, BOS	D	80	1	9	10
Brooks Orpik, PIT	D	64	2	7	9
Eric Cairns, PIT/FLA	D	50	1	1	2
Shane Doan, PHO	RW	82	30	36	66
Todd Bertuzzi, VAN	RW	82	25	46	71
Darren McCarty, CGY	RW	67	7	6	13
Ian Laperriere, COL	RW	82	21	24	45
Jim Vandermeer, CHI	D	76	6	18	24
Sheldon Souray, MON	D	75	12	27	39
Bryan McCabe, TOR	D	73	19	49	68
Mike Komisarek, MON	D	71	2	4	6
Andre Roy, PIT	RW	42	2	1	3
Bryan Allen, VAN	D	77	7	10	17
Bill Guerin, DAL	RW	70	13	27	40
Eric Godard, NYI	RW	57	2	2	4
Ruslan Salei, ANH	D	78	1	18	19
Willie Mitchell, DAL/MIN	D	80	2	8	10
Steve Begin, MON	LW	76	11	12	23
Dave Scatchard, BOS/PHO	C	63	15	18	33
Sidney Crosby, PIT	C	81	39	63	102
Chris Clark, WAS	RW	78	20	19	39
Craig Rivet, MON	D	82	7	27	34
Tie Domi, TOR	RW	77	5	11	16
Wade Belak, TOR	D	55	0	3	3
Chris Chelios, DET	D	81	4	7	11
Mark Bell, CHI	LW	82	25	23	48
Martin Lapointe, CHI	RW	82	14	17	31

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National Hockey League (NHL) Playoffs 2005-2006

National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Playoffs 2005-2006

More Detailed Information on the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals			Conference Semifinals			Conference Finals			Stanley Cup Finals

1	Ottawa Senators	4
8	Tampa Bay Lightning	1
			1	Ottawa Senators	1

			4	Buffalo Sabres	4
4	Buffalo Sabres	4

5	Philadelphia Flyers	2
						2	Carolina Hurricanes	4
Eastern Conference
						4	Buffalo Sabres	3
2	Carolina Hurricanes	4

7	Montreal Canadiens	2
			2	Carolina Hurricanes	4

			3	New Jersey Devils	1
3	New Jersey Devils	4

6	New York Rangers	0
									E2	Carolina Hurricanes	4

									W8	Edmonton Oilers	3
2	Dallas Stars	1

7	Colorado Avalanche	4
			6	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	4

			7	Colorado Avalanche	0
3	Calgary Flames	3

6	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	4
						6	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	1
Western Conference
						8	Edmonton Oilers	4
1	Detroit Red Wings	2

8	Edmonton Oilers	4
			5	San Jose Sharks	2

			8	Edmonton Oilers	4
4	Nashville Predators	1

5	San Jose Sharks	4