2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes season

	2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	11th Eastern
2006–07 record	40–34–8
Goals for	241
Goals against	253
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Rod Brind'Amour
Alternate captains	Kevyn Adams (Oct-Jan); Cory Stillman; Glen Wesley; Ray Whitney (Jan-Apr)
Arena	RBC Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Justin Williams (33)
Assists	Rod Brind'Amour (56)
Points	Ray Whitney (83)
Wins	Cam Ward (30)
Goals against average	Cam Ward (2.93)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes season began as the defending Stanley Cup champions started to defend their title. The Hurricanes didn't make any huge changes to their roster, hoping that their lineup would be enough to get them a repeat as league champions. However, due to many factors, including a shortened offseason due to last season's Stanley Cup run, injuries and disappointing performances from the team's young stars (including Eric Staal and Cam Ward), the team failed to qualify for the post-season becoming the first team since the 1995-96 New Jersey Devils to miss the playoffs after winning the cup the previous year.

Regular season[]

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.

Game log[]

October[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4	Buffalo	3 – 2	Carolina	SO	Ward	18,840	0–0–1	1
2	October 6	New Jersey	4 – 0	Carolina		Ward	18,639	0–1–1	1
3	October 7	Carolina	2 – 5	Washington		Ward	16,622	0–2–1	1
4	October 11	Carolina	3 – 6	Florida		Grahame	14,312	0–3–1	1
5	October 13	Carolina	4 – 3	Atlanta		Ward	13,106	1–3–1	3
6	October 14	Carolina	5 – 1	Pittsburgh		Ward	14,351	2–3–1	5
7	October 16	Carolina	5 – 1	Tampa Bay		Ward	19,815	3–3–1	7
8	October 20	Carolina	4 – 5	Buffalo		Ward	18,690	3–4–1	7
9	October 21	Carolina	3 – 4	NY Islanders	OT	Grahame	12,349	3–4–2	8
10	October 25	Atlanta	4 – 5	Carolina	OT	Ward	15,008	4–4–2	10
11	October 26	Carolina	1 – 5	Tampa Bay		Ward	19,826	4–5–2	10
12	October 28	Tampa Bay	4 – 6	Carolina		Ward	18,639	5–5–2	12

November[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 1	Carolina	5 – 2	Atlanta		Ward	14,277	6–5–2	14
14	November 2	Montreal	4 – 0	Carolina		Ward	16,486	6–6–2	14
15	November 4	Carolina	3 – 2	Ottawa		Ward	19,548	7–6–2	16
16	November 7	Carolina	2 – 3	New Jersey	SO	Ward	10,986	7–6–3	17
17	November 9	Washington	0 – 5	Carolina		Ward	18,639	8–6–3	19
18	November 11	Pittsburgh	2 – 6	Carolina		Ward	18,726	9–6–3	21
19	November 13	Buffalo	7 – 4	Carolina		Ward	14,387	9–7–3	21
20	November 15	NY Rangers	1 – 2	Carolina		Ward	16,080	10–7–3	23
21	November 17	Carolina	4 – 1	Washington		Grahame	12,683	11–7–3	25
22	November 18	Dallas	4 – 5	Carolina		Ward	18,639	12–7–3	27
23	November 21	Carolina	0 – 4	NY Rangers		Ward	18,200	12–8–3	27
24	November 22	Carolina	2 – 4	NY Islanders		Grahame	12,419	12–9–3	27
25	November 24	Carolina	5 – 1	Boston		Grahame	16,544	13–9–3	29
26	November 28	Ottawa	4 – 1	Carolina		Grahame	14,393	13–10–3	29
27	November 30	Montreal	2 – 4	Carolina		Ward	13,103	14–10–3	31

December[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 2	Boston	2 – 5	Carolina		Ward	18,639	15–10–3	33
29	December 5	Carolina	0 – 3	Calgary		Grahame	19,289	15–11–3	33
30	December 6	Carolina	1 – 3	Edmonton		Ward	16,839	15–12–3	33
31	December 8	Carolina	3 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Ward	18,630	15–12–4	34
32	December 11	Carolina	2 – 5	Colorado		Grahame	17,214	15–13–4	34
33	December 15	Toronto	5 – 3	Carolina		Ward	18,639	15–14–4	34
34	December 16	Carolina	3 – 2	Tampa Bay		Ward	18,634	16–14–4	36
35	December 19	Carolina	2 – 1	Philadelphia		Ward	19,111	17–14–4	38
36	December 22	NY Islanders	1 – 5	Carolina		Ward	18,252	18–14–4	40
37	December 23	Carolina	3 – 2	Florida	OT	Grahame	16,147	19–14–4	42
38	December 26	Florida	2 – 4	Carolina		Ward	18,639	20–14–4	44
39	December 28	Carolina	1 – 4	Buffalo		Grahame	18,690	20–15–4	44
40	December 29	Anaheim	2 – 4	Carolina		Ward	18,790	21–15–4	46
41	December 31	Philadelphia	5 – 2	Carolina		Ward	18,796	21–16–4	46

January[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
42	January 2	Carolina	0 – 3	Pittsburgh		Ward	16,957	21–17–4	46
43	January 4	Phoenix	2 – 0	Carolina		Ward	15,096	21–18–4	46
44	January 6	NY Islanders	2 – 4	Carolina		Ward	18,639	22–18–4	48
45	January 9	Carolina	4 – 1	Toronto		Ward	19,447	23–18–4	50
46	January 11	Florida	4 – 6	Carolina		Grahame	13,552	24–18–4	52
47	January 13	Atlanta	4 – 3	Carolina	SO	Ward	18,639	24–18–5	53
48	January 16	Carolina	3 – 2	Florida	OT	Grahame	10,317	25–18–5	55
49	January 18	Washington	5 – 2	Carolina		Grahame	16,285	25–19–5	55
50	January 20	Tampa Bay	6 – 5	Carolina	SO	Ward	18,196	25–19–6	56
51	January 26	Washington	2 – 6	Carolina		Ward	18,044	26–19–6	58
52	January 27	Carolina	3 – 7	Washington		Ward	16,924	26–20–6	58
53	January 30	Toronto	4 – 1	Carolina		Ward	16,533	26–21–6	58

February[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
54	February 1	Tampa Bay	4 – 0	Carolina		Grahame	16,635	26–22–6	58
55	February 3	Boston	4 – 3	Carolina	OT	Ward	18,665	26–22–7	59
56	February 6	Carolina	2 – 1	Montreal		Ward	21,273	27–22–7	61
57	February 8	Carolina	5 – 2	Boston		Ward	13,014	28–22–7	63
58	February 10	Carolina	4 – 5	Minnesota		Grahame	18,568	28–23–7	63
59	February 13	Los Angeles	1 – 2	Carolina		Ward	15.765	29–23–7	65
60	February 15	NY Rangers	4 – 1	Carolina		Ward	17,255	29–24–7	65
61	February 17	Carolina	5 – 3	Montreal		Ward	21,273	30–24–7	67
62	February 20	Atlanta	3 – 1	Carolina		Ward	16,228	30–25–7	67
63	February 22	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Carolina	OT	Grahame	14,533	31–25–7	69
64	February 24	Carolina	4 – 1	Atlanta		Grahame	18,744	32–25–7	71
65	February 27	Ottawa	4 – 2	Carolina		Grahame	17,812	32–26–7	71
66	February 28	Carolina	0 – 2	Ottawa		Ward	19,261	32–27–7	71

March[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
67	March 2	Pittsburgh	2 – 3	Carolina		Ward	18,793	33–27–7	73
68	March 4	Carolina	1 – 3	Atlanta		Grahame	17,783	33–28–7	73
69	March 9	Carolina	3 – 0	Washington		Ward	13,970	34–28–7	75
70	March 11	Carolina	1 – 2	NY Rangers	SO	Grahame	18,200	34–28–8	76
71	March 13	Florida	1 – 3	Carolina		Grahame	18,639	35–28–8	78
72	March 15	New Jersey	3 – 2	Carolina		Grahame	18,279	35–29–8	78
73	March 17	Carolina	7 – 2	New Jersey		Grahame	15,490	36–29–8	80
74	March 22	Washington	3 – 4	Carolina		Ward	18,740	37–29–8	82
75	March 24	San Jose	4 – 6	Carolina		Ward	18,763	38–29–8	84
76	March 27	Carolina	1 – 6	Toronto		Ward	19,559	38–30–8	84
77	March 28	Carolina	1 – 5	Philadelphia		Grahame	19,123	38–31–8	84
78	March 30	Tampa Bay	4 – 2	Carolina		Ward	18,639	38–32–8	84

April[]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
79	April 1	Carolina	4 – 3	Florida	OT	Ward	17,878	39–32–8	86
80	April 3	Carolina	2 – 3	Tampa Bay		Ward	20,224	39–33–8	86
81	April 6	Atlanta	4 – 3	Carolina		Ward	17,158	39–34–8	86
82	April 7	Florida	4 – 5	Carolina	OT	Grahame	18.639	40–34–8	88

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs[]

Did not qualify.

Player stats[]

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Whitney, RayRay Whitney	LW	81	32	51	83	46	-5	6	0	6
Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour	C	78	26	56	82	46	7	9	2	5
Staal, EricEric Staal	C	82	30	40	70	68	-6	12	1	1
Williams, JustinJustin Williams	RW	82	33	34	67	73	-11	12	2	8
Cole, ErikErik Cole	LW	71	29	32	61	76	2	9	0	4
Walker, ScottScott Walker	RW	81	21	30	51	45	-10	6	0	6
Commodore, MikeMike Commodore	D	82	7	22	29	113	0	0	2	1
Stillman, CoryCory Stillman	LW	43	5	22	27	24	-8	1	0	0
Ladd, AndrewAndrew Ladd	LW	65	11	10	21	46	1	2	0	3
Belanger, EricEric Belanger	C	56	8	12	20	14	-2	3	0	1
LaRose, ChadChad LaRose	RW	80	6	12	18	10	-2	0	2	0
Tanabe, DavidDavid Tanabe	D	60	5	12	17	44	5	2	0	0
Adams, CraigCraig Adams	RW	82	7	7	14	54	-9	0	1	1
Hutchinson, AndrewAndrew Hutchinson	D	41	3	11	14	30	0	2	0	0
Babchuk, AntonAnton Babchuk	D	52	2	12	14	30	-6	0	0	2
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	D	68	1	12	13	56	11	0	1	1
Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin	D	67	2	8	10	48	-2	0	0	0
Hedican, BretBret Hedican	D	50	0	10	10	36	-8	0	0	0
Vasicek, JosefJosef Vasicek	C	25	2	7	9	22	-6	0	0	0
Kaberle, FrantisekFrantisek Kaberle	D	27	2	6	8	20	8	1	0	1
Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski	RW	61	2	6	8	18	-8	0	0	0
Gleason, TimTim Gleason	D	57	2	4	6	57	-10	1	0	0
Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg	D	20	1	5	6	2	-12	0	0	0
Adams, KevynKevyn Adams	C	35	2	2	4	17	-10	0	1	0
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	G	28	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Bayda, RyanRyan Bayda	LW	9	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter	RW	10	1	0	1	2	-3	1	0	0
Aucoin, KeithKeith Aucoin	C	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ward, CamCam Ward	G	60	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Gove, DavidDavid Gove	C/RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ward, CamCam Ward	3422	60	30	21	6	167	2.93	2	1625	1458	.897
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	1515	28	10	13	2	72	2.85	0	702	630	.897
Team:	4937	82	40	34	8	239	2.90	2	2327	2088	.897

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions[]

Trades[]

July 18, 2006	To Carolina Hurricanes Scott Walker	To Nashville Predators Josef Vasicek
September 29, 2006	To Carolina Hurricanes Tim Gleason Eric Belanger	To Los Angeles Kings Jack Johnson Oleg Tverdovsky
November 21, 2006	To Carolina Hurricanes Jakub Petruzalek conditional pick in 2008	To New York Rangers Brad Isbister
November 29, 2006	To Carolina Hurricanes Mark Flood	To Columbus Blue Jackets Derrick Walser
January 8, 2007	To Carolina Hurricanes Dennis Seidenberg	To Phoenix Coyotes Kevyn Adams
February 9, 2007	To Carolina Hurricanes Josef Vasicek	To Nashville Predators Eric Belanger
February 23, 2007	To Carolina Hurricanes Anson Carter	To Columbus Blue Jackets 5th round pick in 2008

Free agents acquired[]

Player	Former Team
G John Grahame	Tampa Bay Lightning
F Trevor Letowski	Columbus Blue Jackets
D Tim Conboy	San Jose Sharks
F Jesse Boulerice	St. Louis Blues
D David Tanabe	Boston Bruins
D Brad Isbister	Boston Bruins

Free agents lost[]

Player	New Team
F Matt Cullen	New York Rangers
G Martin Gerber	Ottawa Senators
F Doug Weight	St. Louis Blues
D Aaron Ward	New York Rangers
F Mark Recchi	Pittsburgh Penguins

Roster[]

2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes Roster

Goaltenders:

30 Ward • 47 Grahame • 50 Kowalski

Defensemen

2 Wesley • 4 Seidenberg • 5 Kaberle • 6 Hedican • 7 Wallin • 8 Gleason • 22 Commodore • 28 Hutchinson • 45 Tanabe • 48 Babchuk

Forwards

11 Williams • 12 Staal • 13 Whitney • 16 Ladd • 17 Brind'Amour • 18 Bayda • 19 Letowski • 24 Walker • 26 Cole • 27 Adams • 59 LaRose • 61 Stillman • 63 Vasicek • 77 Carter

General Manager: Jim Rutherford • Coach: Peter Laviolette

Draft picks[]

Carolina's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[3]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	63	Jamie McBain (D)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	US National Team Development Program (NAHL), University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
3	93	Harrison Reed (RW)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
4	123	Bobby Hughes (C)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5	153	Stefan Chaput (C)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
6	183	Nick Dodge (RW)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Clarkson University (NCAA)
7	213	Justin Krueger (D)	Switzerland	Carolina Hurricanes	Cornell University (NCAA)

References[]

Game log: Carolina Hurricanes game log on ESPN.com
Team standings: NHL standings on ESPN.com
Player stats: Carolina Hurricanes player stats on NHL.com

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). in Dave McCarthy et al: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League, 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ 2006-07 Carolina Hurricanes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-10.
↑ 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed December 28, 2006

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[1] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). in Dave McCarthy et al: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League, 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[2] 2006-07 Carolina Hurricanes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-10.

[3] 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed December 28, 2006

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2006–07 NHL season by team
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	2006 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Finals • Transactions