2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes season
National Hockey League team season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 34th season, 27th season in the National Hockey League and eighth as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup to win the second championship in franchise history. Their first was in 1973, when the team was known as the New England Whalers and played in the World Hockey Association; the Whalers were the inaugural champions of that league.
2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Eastern Conference champions | |
Southeast Division champions | |
Division | 1st Southeast |
Conference | 2nd Eastern |
2005–06 record | 52–22–8 |
Home record | 31–8–2 |
Road record | 21–14–6 |
Goals for | 294 |
Goals against | 260 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jim Rutherford |
Coach | Peter Laviolette |
Captain | Rod Brind'Amour |
Alternate captains | Kevyn Adams Cory Stillman Glen Wesley |
Arena | RBC Center |
Average attendance | 15,596 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Lowell Lock Monsters Florida Everblades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Eric Staal (45) |
Assists | Eric Staal, Cory Stillman (55) |
Points | Eric Staal (100) |
Penalty minutes | Mike Commodore (138) |
Plus/minus | Erik Cole (+19) |
Wins | Martin Gerber (38) |
Goals against average | Martin Gerber (2.78) |
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
On Friday, April 7, 2006, the Hurricanes scored three short-handed goals in a 4–3 win over the Washington Capitals.[1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 52 | 22 | 8 | 294 | 260 | 112 |
2 | 8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 252 | 260 | 92 |
3 | 10 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 281 | 275 | 90 |
4 | 11 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 240 | 257 | 85 |
5 | 14 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 237 | 306 | 70 |
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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Z- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 314 | 211 | 113 |
2 | Y- Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 52 | 22 | 8 | 294 | 260 | 112 |
3 | Y- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 242 | 229 | 101 |
4 | X- Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 242 | 239 | 110 |
5 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 26 | 11 | 267 | 259 | 101 |
6 | X- New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 257 | 215 | 100 |
7 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 243 | 247 | 93 |
8 | X- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 252 | 260 | 92 |
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9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 257 | 270 | 90 |
10 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 281 | 275 | 90 |
11 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 240 | 257 | 85 |
12 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 230 | 278 | 78 |
13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 29 | 37 | 16 | 230 | 266 | 74 |
14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 237 | 306 | 70 |
15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 22 | 46 | 14 | 244 | 316 | 58 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
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October: 8–2–1 (home: 5–0–0; road: 3–2–1)
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November: 8–5–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 4–1–0)
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December: 8–3–3 (home: 6–0–1; road: 2–3–2)
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January: 13–1–0 (home: 8–0–0; road: 5–1–0)
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February: 2–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–2–0)
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March: 9–5–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–3–2)
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April: 4–3–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–2–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
2006 Stanley Cup playoffs[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens – Hurricanes win 4–2
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) New Jersey Devils – Hurricanes win 4–1
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres – Hurricanes win 4–3
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Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W8) Edmonton Oilers – Hurricanes win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
12 | Eric Staal | C | 82 | 45 | 55 | 100 | −8 | 81 | 25 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 8 |
11 | Justin Williams | RW | 82 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 1 | 60 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 34 |
61 | Cory Stillman | LW | 72 | 21 | 55 | 76 | −9 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 14 |
17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 78 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 8 | 68 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 16 |
26 | Erik Cole | RW | 60 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 19 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
13 | Ray Whitney | RW | 63 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 0 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −1 | 14 |
8 | Matt Cullen | C | 78 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 12 |
5 | Frantisek Kaberle | D | 77 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 8 | 46 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −7 | 8 |
6 | Bret Hedican | D | 74 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 58 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 42 |
4 | Aaron Ward | D | 71 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 62 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
14 | Kevyn Adams | C | 82 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 14 |
70 | Oleg Tverdovsky | D | 72 | 3 | 20 | 23 | −1 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
27 | Craig Adams | RW | 67 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 51 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 10 |
39 | Doug Weight† | C | 23 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −6 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 20 |
22 | Mike Commodore | D | 72 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 138 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
59 | Chad LaRose | RW | 49 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 10 |
16 | Andrew Ladd | LW | 29 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
24 | Andrew Hutchinson | D | 36 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −2 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Glen Wesley | D | 64 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
63 | Josef Vasicek | C | 23 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
7 | Niclas Wallin | D | 50 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
18 | Mark Recchi† | RW | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −8 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −5 | 18 |
44 | Niklas Nordgren‡ | LW | 43 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
48 | Anton Babchuk† | D | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Radim Vrbata‡ | RW | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Cam Ward | G | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
29 | Martin Gerber | G | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
18 | Michael Zigomanis‡ | C | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | David Gove | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Keith Aucoin | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
51 | Danny Richmond‡ | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Jesse Boulerice‡ | RW | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
29 | Martin Gerber | 60 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 1719 | 162 | 2.78 | .906 | 3 | 3493 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 13 | 3.52 | .856 | 1 | 221 |
30 | Cam Ward | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 773 | 91 | 3.68 | .882 | 0 | 1484 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 584 | 47 | 2.14 | .920 | 2 | 1320 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Conn Smythe Trophy | Cam Ward | [5] |
Frank J. Selke Trophy | Rod Brind'Amour | [6] | |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Eric Staal (Center) | [7] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL Offensive Player of the Month | Eric Staal (October) | [8] |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Eric Staal (October 31) | [9] | |
Eric Staal (January 16) | [10] | ||
Eric Staal (March 6) | [11] | ||
Team | Good Guy Award | Aaron Ward | [12] |
Most Valuable Player | Eric Staal | [12] | |
Steve Chiasson Award | Rod Brind'Amour | [13] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Niklas Nordgren | October 5, 2005 | [14] |
Cam Ward | |||
Danny Richmond | November 11, 2005 | ||
Andrew Ladd | November 20, 2005 | ||
Chad LaRose | December 6, 2005 | ||
Keith Aucoin | January 23, 2006 | ||
David Gove | January 31, 2006 |
The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 29, 2005 | To Nashville Predators
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To Carolina Hurricanes |
[16] |
To Calgary Flames
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To Carolina Hurricanes |
[17] | |
July 30, 2005 | To Toronto Maple Leafs |
To Carolina Hurricanes
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[18] |
To Columbus Blue Jackets
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To Carolina Hurricanes
|
[18] | |
October 3, 2005 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
To Carolina Hurricanes |
[19] |
December 28, 2005 | To Washington Capitals |
To Carolina Hurricanes |
[20] |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
To Carolina Hurricanes |
[21] | |
December 29, 2005 | To Chicago Blackhawks |
To Carolina Hurricanes
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[22] |
January 20, 2006 | To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Carolina Hurricanes
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[23] |
January 30, 2006 | To St. Louis Blues
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To Carolina Hurricanes
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[24] |
March 9, 2006 | To Pittsburgh Penguins
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To Carolina Hurricanes |
[25] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 2, 2005 | Cory Stillman | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3-year | Free agency | [26] |
August 4, 2005 | Keith Aucoin | Providence Bruins (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [27] |
David Gove | Providence Bruins (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [27] | |
Oleg Tverdovsky | Avangard Omsk (RSL) | 3-year | Free agency | [28] | |
August 6, 2005 | Ray Whitney | Detroit Red Wings | 2-year | Free agency | [29] |
August 16, 2005 | Chris Hajt | Portland Pirates (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [30] |
September 15, 2005 | Vince Bellissimo | San Antonio Rampage (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [31] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[a] | Ref |
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August 10, 2005 | Ed Hill | Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
August 12, 2005 | Allan Rourke | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
August 15, 2005 | Brad Fast | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (UFA) | [35] |
August 16, 2005 | Marty Murray | Hannover Scorpions (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
August 30, 2005 | Rob Zepp | SaiPa (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
September 8, 2005 | Jared Newman | Missouri River Otters (UHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
October 2005 | Jim Henkel | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
October 13, 2005 | Sean Curry | Providence Bruins (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
November 16, 2005 | Ryan Bayda | Manitoba Moose (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
N/A | Daniel Boisclair | Trois-Rivieres Caron & Guay (LNAH) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 28, 2005 | Kevin Nastiuk | multi-year | Entry-level | [43] |
August 8, 2005 | Matt Cullen | 1-year | Re-signing | [44] |
August 9, 2005 | Kevyn Adams | 2-year | Re-signing | [45] |
August 10, 2005 | Radim Vrbata | 1-year | Re-signing | [46] |
Justin Williams | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] | |
August 12, 2005 | Jesse Boulerice | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] |
Erik Cole | 1-year | Re-signing | [49] | |
Gordie Dwyer | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] | |
Colin Forbes | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] | |
Michael Zigomanis | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] | |
August 15, 2005 | Pavel Brendl | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] |
Bruno St. Jacques | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
August 16, 2005 | Glen Wesley | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
August 18, 2005 | Josef Vasicek | 2-year | Re-signing | [53] |
August 24, 2005 | Niklas Nordgren | 1-year | Entry-level | [54] |
September 27, 2005 | Andrew Ladd | 3-year | Entry-level | [55] |
October 4, 2005 | Kevin Estrada | 2-year | Entry-level | [56] |
May 31, 2006 | Brett Carson | 3-year | Entry-level | [57] |
Daniel Manzato | 2-year | Entry-level | [57] | |
Justin Peters | 3-year | Entry-level | [57] |
Carolina's draft picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.[58]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 3 | Jack Johnson | Defense | United States | U.S. National Team Development Program |
2 | 58 | Nate Hagemo | Defense | United States | University of Minnesota (WCHA) |
3 | 64 | Joe Barnes | Center | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
4 | 94 | Jakub Vojta | Defense | Czech Republic | HC Sparta Praha Jr. (Czech) |
4 | 123 | Ondrej Otcenas | Center/Winger | Slovakia | Trenčín Jr. (Slovakia) |
5 | 145 | Tim Kunes | Center | United States | New England Jr. Falcons (EJHL) |
5 | 159 | Risto Korhonen | Winger | Finland | Kärpät Jr. (Finnish Jr.) |
6 | 192 | Nicolas Blanchard | Center | Canada | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
7 | 198 | Kyle Lawson | Defense | United States | U.S. National Team Development Program |
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