2006–07 St. Louis Blues season

2006–07 St. Louis Blues season
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2006–07 St. Louis Blues (hockey)
Division	3rd Central
Conference	10th Western
2006–07 record	34–35–13
General Manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Mike Kitchen (Oct-Dec) Andy Murray (Dec-Apr)
Captain	Dallas Drake
Alternate captains	Bill Guerin (Oct-Feb) Barret Jackman Doug Weight
Arena	Scottrade Center
Average attendance	12,520 (59.6%)
Team leaders
Goals	Lee Stempniak (27)
Assists	Doug Weight (43)
Points	Doug Weight (59)
Wins	Manny Legace (23)
Goals against average	Curtis Sanford (3.18)

(P.S.: Games 62 to 82 results in the Game Log section are missing.)

The 2006–07 St. Louis Blues season, its 39th in the league, saw the team attempting to improve on the 2005–06 season, in which it had finished with the worst record in the National Hockey League (21–46–15, 57 points).

One major offseason transaction saw the Blues sign Doug Weight back to the roster via free agency, after he had left the team at the trade deadline of the 2005–06 season and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes.

One notable event of the season was the jersey retirement of [Brett Hull]'s #16 on [December 5] 2006. In the ceremony, the Blues announced that a section of nearby Clark Avenue would be renamed 'Brett Hull Way'. In front of a sellout crowd, the Blues then went on to lose a disappointing game 5–1 to the division rival [Detroit Red Wings].

The team started the season very poorly, winning only seven of its first thirty games. A dramatic turn-around was made in mid-December, however, and over a twenty-game span the Blues went 13–3–4. By the end of January, St. Louis had pulled its record to near .500 and had climbed into third place in the Central Division standings.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings (1)	82	50	19	13	274	199	113
Nashville Predators (4)	82	51	23	8	272	212	110
St. Louis Blues (10)	82	34	35	13	214	254	81
Columbus Blue Jackets (11)	82	33	42	7	201	249	73
Chicago Blackhawks (13)	82	31	42	9	200	258	71

For complete final standings, see 2006–07 NHL season

Game log

October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 5	St. Louis	4 – 5	San Jose	OT	Legace	17,496	0–0–1	1
2	October 7	St. Louis	1 – 4	Los Angeles		Legace	18,118	0–1–1	1
3	October 9	St. Louis	0 – 2	Anaheim		Sanford	13,889	0–2–1	1
4	October 12	Boston	2 – 3	St. Louis	SO	Legace	17,213	1–2–1	3
5	October 14	Chicago	3 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	11,606	2–2–1	5
6	October 17	Phoenix	5 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	8,531	2–3–1	5
7	October 20	Vancouver	3 – 2	St. Louis	OT	Sanford	9,049	2–3–2	6
8	October 21	St. Louis	4 – 3	Chicago		Sanford	13,254	3–3–2	8
9	October 28	Detroit	3 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	12,700	3–4–2	8
10	October 30	Anaheim	6 – 5	St. Louis	SO	Sanford	8,629	3–4–3	9

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
11	November 1	St. Louis	1 – 4	Dallas		Sanford	17,634	3–5–3	9
12	November 2	Colorado	1 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	9,467	4–5–3	11
13	November 4	Calgary	3 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	12,097	4–6–3	11
14	November 9	Columbus	4 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	9,631	4–7–3	11
15	November 10	St. Louis	1 – 3	Chicago		Sanford	14,568	4–8–3	11
16	November 12	Edmonton	3 – 5	St. Louis		Sanford	9,214	5–8–3	13
17	November 14	St. Louis	0 – 3	Calgary		Sanford	19,289	5–9–3	13
18	November 16	St. Louis	2 – 6	Edmonton		Legace	16,839	5–10–3	13
19	November 17	St. Louis	2 – 4	Vancouver		Bacashihua	18,630	5–11–3	13
20	November 22	St. Louis	4 – 3	Columbus	SO	Legace	15,279	6–11–3	15
21	November 24	St. Louis	3 – 2	Detroit	SO	Legace	20,066	7–11–3	17
22	November 25	Phoenix	2 – 1	St. Louis		Sanford	13,440	7–12–3	17
23	November 28	San Jose	2 – 0	St. Louis		Legace	8,679	7–13–3	17
24	November 30	Nashville	5 – 4	St. Louis		Legace	5,410	7–14–3	17

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
25	December 1	St. Louis	2 – 5	Chicago		Legace	12,110	7–15–3	17
26	December 5	Detroit	5 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	19,646	7–16–3	17
27	December 7	St. Louis	3 – 4	Detroit	OT	Bacashihua	20,066	7–16–4	18
28	December 9	Columbus	5 – 1	St. Louis		Bacashihua	11,831	7–17–4	18
29	December 12	Chicago	3 – 2	St. Louis		Schwarz	10,812	7–18–4	18
30	December 13	St. Louis	1 – 4	Colorado		Bacashihua	18,007	7–19–4	18
31	December 16	St. Louis	2 – 3	Nashville	SO	Legace	13,309	7–19–5	19
32	December 17	Nashville	2 – 1	St. Louis	OT	Legace	9,318	7–19–6	20
33	December 19	St. Louis	4 – 1	Pittsburgh		Legace	17,017	8–19–6	22
34	December 21	Los Angeles	2 – 5	St. Louis		Legace	10,390	9–19–6	24
35	December 23	Buffalo	2 – 3	St. Louis	OT	Legace	12,513	10–19–6	26
36	December 26	St. Louis	2 – 3	Nashville	SO	Legace	14,807	10–19–7	27
37	December 29	St. Louis	4 – 2	Colorado		Legace	18,007	11–19–7	29
38	December 30	Colorado	0 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	16,078	12–19–7	31

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
39	January 2	Chicago	4 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	11,069	12–20–7	31
40	January 4	Chicago	0 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	11,849	13–20–7	33
41	January 6	St. Louis	2 – 3	Nashville		Legace	14,438	13–21–7	33
42	January 9	St. Louis	4 – 3	Columbus	SO	Legace	15,238	14–21–7	35
43	January 10	St. Louis	3 – 2	Nashville		Legace	16,337	15–21–7	37
44	January 13	Los Angeles	5 – 6	St. Louis		Legace	17,868	16–21–7	39
45	January 15	St. Louis	4 – 5	Phoenix	SO	Legace	15,533	16–21–8	40
46	January 16	St. Louis	6 – 2	Anaheim		Sanford	17,174	17–21–8	42
47	January 18	St. Louis	3 – 1	Los Angeles		Legace	16,544	18–21–8	44
48	January 20	St. Louis	1 – 0	San Jose		Legace	17,496	19–21–8	46
49	January 26	Detroit	1 – 2	St. Louis	OT	Legace	16,427	20–21–8	48
50	January 27	Nashville	6 – 3	St. Louis		Sanford	16,346	20–22–8	48
51	January 30	Minnesota	5 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	10,445	20–23–8	48

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
52	February 2	St. Louis	3 – 5	Detroit		Legace	20,066	20–24–8	48
53	February 3	Dallas	0 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	16,627	21–24–8	50
54	February 6	Toronto	2 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	9,533	21–25–8	50
55	February 8	Detroit	0 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	11,285	22–25–8	52
56	February 10	St. Louis	3 – 4	Philadelphia	OT	Sanford	19,215	22–25–9	53
57	February 13	San Jose	6 – 5	St. Louis		Sanford	9,235	22–26–9	53
58	February 14	St. Louis	4 – 2	Columbus		Legace	14,295	23–26–9	55
59	February 16	Nashville	0 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	15,660	24–26–9	57
60	February 18	Minnesota	3 – 5	St. Louis		Legace	13,721	25–26–9	59
61	February 20	Columbus	4 – 5	St. Louis	SO	Legace	11,104	26–26–9	61

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

Season Stats

Scoring Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Bill Guerin	60	28	19	47	9	50
Keith Tkachuk*	61	20	23	43	3	92
Doug Weight	61	6	34	40	7	48
Lee Stempniak	61	18	19	37	-4	21
Petr Cajanek	56	8	26	34	3	32

as of February 24, 2007

*Keith Tkachuk was traded to Atlanta on February 25. Stats reflect games played with St. Louis only.

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Manny Legace	45	2522	23	15	5	109	5	.907	2.59
Curtis Sanford	17	751	3	7	3	39	0	.890	3.12
Jason Bacashihua	8	366	0	3	1	22	0	.893	3.61
Marek Schwarz	2	60	0	1	0	3	0	.880	3.00

as of February 24, 2007

Transactions

The Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season:

Trades

January 16, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Yan Stastny	To Boston Bruins 5th round pick in 2007
February 25, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Glen Metropolit 1st round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008 1st round pick in 2008 if Tkachuk resigns with Atlanta in the offseason.	To Atlanta Thrashers Keith Tkachuk
February 27, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Ville Nieminen Jay Barriball 1st round pick in 2007	To San Jose Sharks Bill Guerin
February 27, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Brad Boyes	To Boston Bruins Dennis Wideman

Free Agents Acquired

Player	Former Team
D Jay McKee	Buffalo Sabres
F Doug Weight	Carolina Hurricanes
F Dan Hinote	Colorado Avalanche
F Martin Rucinsky	New York Rangers
G Manny Legace	Detroit Red Wings
D Jamie Rivers	Phoenix Coyotes
F Radek Dvorak	Edmonton Oilers

Free Agents Lost

Player	New Team
G Patrick Lalime	Chicago Blackhawks
D Kevin Dallman	Los Angeles Kings
F Mark Rycroft	Colorado Avalanche
F Jeff Hoggan	Boston Bruins
F Mike Zigomanis	Phoenix Coyotes
F Jesse Boulerice	Carolina Hurricanes
F Dean McAmmond	Ottawa Senators

Claimed on Waivers

Player claimed	Former team
F Joel Perrault	Phoenix Coyotes

Draft Picks

St. Louis' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Blues possessed the first overall pick in the draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Erik Johnson (D)	United States	St. Louis Blues	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
1	25	Patrik Berglund (C)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues (from New Jersey)	Västerås SK Hockey (Allsvenskan)
2	31	Tomas Kana (C)	Czech Republic	St. Louis Blues	HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga)
3	64	Jonas Junland (D)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Linköpings HC (Elitserien)
4	94	Ryan Turek (C)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
4	106	Reto Berra (G)	Switzerland	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto)	Zurich/Kusnacht
5	124	Andy Sackrison (C/LW)	United States	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Park (USHS-MN)
6	154	Matthew McCollem (LW)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Belmont Hill (Independent School League)
7	184	Alexander Hellstrom (D)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	IF Björklöven (Allsvenskan)

External links

Official website of the St. Louis Blues

References

Player stats: St. Louis Blues player stats on espn.com
Game log: St. Louis Blues game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

2006–07 St. Louis Blues Roster

Goaltenders:

1 Sanford • 30 Bacashihua • 34 Legace • 40 Schwarz

Defensemen

4 Brewer • 5 Jackman • 27 Salvador • 28 Walker • 26 Woywitka • 46 Polak • 55 Backman • 74 McKee

Forwards

9 McClement • 10 Drake • 12 Stempniak • 15 Sejna • 17 Johnson • 18 Dvorak • 19 King • 21 Mayers • 22 Metropolit • 26 Cajanek • 32 Nieminen • 33 Orszagh • 38 Boyes • 39 Weight • 42 Backes • 58 Hinote • 62 Rucinsky

General Manager: Larry Pleau • Coach: Andy Murray

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