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The 2005–06 Phoenix Coyotes season, was the franchise's 34th season overall, 27th season in the National Hockey League and tenth season in Phoenix. Retired player Wayne Gretzky was named coach. The Coyotes missed the playoffs for the third consecutive year.
2005–06 Phoenix Coyotes | |
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Division | 5th Pacific |
Conference | 12th Western |
2005–06 record | 38–39–5 |
Home record | 19–17–4 |
Road record | 19–22–1 |
Goals for | 246 |
Goals against | 271 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Barnett |
Coach | Wayne Gretzky |
Captain | Shane Doan |
Alternate captains | Derek Morris[lower-alpha 1] Sean O'Donnell[lower-alpha 1] Mike Ricci |
Arena | Glendale Arena |
Average attendance | 15,582 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | San Antonio Rampage Stockton Thunder |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mike Comrie and Shane Doan (30) |
Assists | Shane Doan (36) |
Points | Shane Doan (66) |
Penalty minutes | Shane Doan (123) |
Plus/minus | Ladislav Nagy (+8) |
Wins | Curtis Joseph (32) |
Goals against average | Curtis Joseph (2.91) |
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
Despite previous denials that Wayne Gretzky would not assume coaching duties, on August 8, 2005 Gretzky agreed to become the new coach of the Coyotes.
In the time leading up to Gretzky's announcement, several prominent free agents signed with Phoenix citing the chance to play for Gretzky, including Brett Hull. Hull, who was briefly Gretzky's right winger, only lasted five games and only scored one assist before retiring. Ironically, "The Golden Brett" would have had the record for the most goals over any given three seasons — he scored 228 goals between 1989–90 and 1991–92 — if it weren't for The Great One. From 1981–82 to 1983–84, Gretzky scored 254 goals.
Gretzky made his coaching debut on October 5, 2005, the opening night of the 2005–06 NHL season, losing 3–2 to the Vancouver Canucks. His first coaching victory was October 8, 2005, beating the Minnesota Wild 2–1. Gretzky took an indefinite leave of absence as coach on December 17, 2005 to care for his ill mother in Brantford, Ontario. His mother lost her battle to lung cancer two days later, dying on December 19, 2005. Assistant coach Rick Tocchet assumed the position until Gretzky's return on December 28. Coyotes' CEO Jeff Shumway announced on June 5, 2006 that Gretzky has agreed to a new five-year contract to remain as head coach.
Also in the 2005–06 season, the Coyotes were planning to host the NHL all-star game. Due to the XX Winter Olympic Games, the game was canceled. Wayne Gretzky was the General Manager of the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team. Coyotes captain Shane Doan was selected for the Canadian team.
The Coyotes tied the Los Angeles Kings for most power-play opportunities, with 541.[6]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 53 | 23 | 6 | 265 | 218 | 112 |
2 | 5 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 266 | 242 | 99 |
3 | 6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 254 | 229 | 98 |
4 | 10 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 249 | 270 | 89 |
5 | 12 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 246 | 271 | 81 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 58 | 16 | 8 | 305 | 209 | 124 |
2 | Y- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 53 | 23 | 6 | 265 | 218 | 112 |
3 | Y- Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 218 | 200 | 103 |
4 | X- Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 259 | 227 | 106 |
5 | X- San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 266 | 242 | 99 |
6 | X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 254 | 229 | 98 |
7 | X- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 283 | 257 | 95 |
8 | X- Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 256 | 251 | 95 |
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9 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 256 | 255 | 92 |
8 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 249 | 270 | 89 |
11 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 231 | 215 | 84 |
12 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 246 | 271 | 81 |
13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 35 | 43 | 4 | 223 | 279 | 74 |
14 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 211 | 285 | 65 |
15 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 197 | 292 | 57 |
Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
2005–06 regular season[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 5–8–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–6–0)
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November: 8–4–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 4–1–1)
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December: 7–6–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–4–0)
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January: 6–7–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 3–4–0)
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February: 1–3–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 0–0–0)
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March: 8–6–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 5–3–0)
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April: 3–5–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 2–4–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
19 | Shane Doan | RW | 82 | 30 | 36 | 66 | −9 | 123 |
89 | Mike Comrie | C | 80 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 2 | 55 |
17 | Ladislav Nagy | LW | 51 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 8 | 74 |
12 | Mike Johnson | RW | 80 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 7 | 50 |
23 | Paul Mara | D | 78 | 15 | 32 | 47 | −12 | 70 |
8 | Geoff Sanderson† | LW | 75 | 25 | 21 | 46 | −14 | 58 |
2 | Keith Ballard | D | 82 | 8 | 31 | 39 | −18 | 99 |
53 | Derek Morris | D | 53 | 6 | 21 | 27 | −7 | 54 |
91 | Oleg Saprykin | LW | 67 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −16 | 50 |
4[lower-alpha 2] | Zbynek Michalek | D | 82 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 62 |
29 | Steve Reinprecht† | C | 28 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 8 |
38 | Dave Scatchard† | C | 47 | 11 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 84 |
20 | Fredrik Sjostrom | RW | 75 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 42 |
15 | Boyd Devereaux | C | 78 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −13 | 44 |
28[lower-alpha 3] | Mike Leclerc‡ | LW | 35 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 29 |
16 | Jamie Lundmark†‡ | C | 38 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −1 | 36 |
40 | Mike Ricci | C | 78 | 10 | 6 | 16 | −22 | 69 |
11 | Oleg Kvasha† | LW | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
3 | Denis Gauthier‡ | D | 45 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −4 | 61 |
93 | Petr Nedved‡ | C | 25 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −6 | 34 |
22 | Dennis Seidenberg† | D | 34 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −9 | 14 |
21 | Sean O'Donnell‡ | D | 57 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 121 |
18 | Tyson Nash | LW | 50 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −7 | 84 |
5 | Jamie Rivers† | D | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 |
5 | David Tanabe‡ | D | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −5 | 8 |
11 | Krys Kolanos‡†‡ | C | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
21 | Bill Thomas† | RW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 8 |
26 | Joel Perrault† | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
55 | Matt Jones | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 14 |
24 | Josh Gratton† | LW | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 30 |
29 | Yanick Lehoux†‡† | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Steve Gainey† | LW | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 20 |
9[lower-alpha 4] | Brett Hull‡ | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
31 | Curtis Joseph | G | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
6 | Matthew Spiller | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 13 |
33 | Brian Boucher‡ | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
28 | Pavel Brendl† | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
29 | Tim Jackman†‡ | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
30 | David LeNeveu | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | Pascal Rheaume† | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
13 | Michael Rupp‡ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Philippe Sauve† | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Jeff Taffe‡† | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Curtis Joseph | 60 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 1690 | 166 | 2.91 | .902 | 4 | 3424 |
33 | Brian Boucher‡ | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 268 | 33 | 3.87 | .877 | 0 | 512 |
30 | David LeNeveu | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 386 | 44 | 3.24 | .886 | 0 | 814 |
35 | Philippe Sauve† | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 17 | 5.45 | .867 | 0 | 187 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Steven Reinprecht (April 3) | [10] |
Team | Hardest Working Player Award | Keith Ballard | [11] |
Leading Scorer Award | Shane Doan | [12] | |
Man of the Year Award | Keith Ballard | [11] | |
Fredrik Sjostrom | |||
Team MVP Award | Curtis Joseph | [11] | |
Three-Star Award | Curtis Joseph | [11] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Keith Ballard | October 5, 2005 | [13] |
David LeNeveu | October 6, 2005 | ||
Yanick Lehoux | November 8, 2005 | ||
Matt Jones | November 25, 2005 | ||
Bill Thomas | March 28, 2006 | ||
Joel Perrault | April 8, 2006 | ||
1,000th game played | Geoff Sanderson | April 8, 2006 | [14] |
The Coyotes 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 28, 2005 | To Tampa Bay Lightning |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[16] |
July 30, 2005 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Phoenix Coyotes
|
[17] |
August 23, 2005 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks
|
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[18] |
August 26, 2005 | To Minnesota Wild |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[19] |
October 8, 2005 | To Columbus Blue Jackets |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[20] |
October 18, 2005 | To New York Rangers |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[21] |
October 24, 2005 | To Nashville Predators |
To Phoenix Coyotes
|
[22] |
November 18, 2005 | To Boston Bruins |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[23] |
November 25, 2005 | To New Jersey Devils |
To Phoenix Coyotes
|
[24] |
December 28, 2005 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[25] |
To Carolina Hurricanes |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[26] | |
January 20, 2006 | To Philadelphia Flyers
|
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[27] |
January 24, 2006 | To New York Rangers |
To Phoenix Coyotes
|
[28] |
February 1, 2006 | To Calgary Flames
|
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[29] |
February 3, 2006 | To Washington Capitals |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[30] |
March 9, 2006 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Phoenix Coyotes
|
[31] |
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[32] | |
To Detroit Red Wings
|
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[33] | |
To Los Angeles Kings
|
To Phoenix Coyotes |
[34] | |
To New York Islanders
|
To Phoenix Coyotes
|
[35] | |
To Calgary Flames
|
To Phoenix Coyotes
|
[36] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 11, 2005 | Chris McAllister | Newcastle Vipers (BNL) | Free agency | [37] | |
August 17, 2005 | Curtis Joseph | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | Free agency | [38] |
August 19, 2005 | Steve Passmore | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency | [39] |
September 19, 2005 | Mike Bishai | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency | [40] | |
November 4, 2005 | Steve Gainey | San Antonio Rampage (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [41] |
November 5, 2005 | Yanick Lehoux | Los Angeles Kings | Waivers | [42] | |
December 19, 2005 | Krys Kolanos | Edmonton Oilers | Waivers | [43] | |
December 29, 2005 | Vladimir Orszagh | Lulea HF (SHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [44] |
March 27, 2006 | Bill Thomas | University of Nebraska Omaha (CCHA) | Free agency | [45] | |
May 5, 2006 | Patrick Fischer | EV Zug (NLA) | multi-year | Free agency | [46] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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August 2, 2005 | Brian Boucher | 1-year | Re-signing | [65] |
August 3, 2005 | Matt Jones | 2-year | Entry-level | [66] |
August 5, 2005 | Brad Ference | 1-year | Re-signing | [67] |
August 11, 2005 | Derek Morris | 1-year | Re-signing | [68] |
August 15, 2005 | Krys Kolanos | 1-year | Re-signing | [69] |
Jeff Taffe | 1-year | Re-signing | [69] | |
August 22, 2005 | Paul Mara | 1-year | Re-signing | [70] |
September 19, 2005 | Sheldon Keefe | Re-signing | [71] | |
March 8, 2006 | Derek Morris | 3-year | Extension | [72] |
Steven Reinprecht | 3-year | Extension | [72] | |
March 31, 2006 | Daniel Winnik | Entry-level | [73] | |
April 15, 2006 | Zbynek Michalek | 4-year | Extension | [74] |
May 5, 2006 | Keith Yandle | Entry-level | [75] | |
May 12, 2006 | Kevin Cormier | Entry-level | [76] | |
May 26, 2006 | Curtis Joseph | 1-year | Re-signing | [77] |
June 1, 2006 | Enver Lisin | Entry-level | [78] | |
Logan Stephenson | Entry-level | [78] |
Phoenix's draft picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.[79]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 17 | Martin Hanzal (C) | Czech Republic | Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic) |
2 | 59 | Pier-Olivier Pelletier (G) | Canada | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
4 | 105 | Keith Yandle (D) | United States | Cushing Academy (USHS-MA) |
5 | 148 | Anton Krysanov (C) | Russia | Lada Togliatti (Russia) |
7 | 212 | Pat Brosnihan (RW) | United States | Worcester Academy (USHS-MA) |
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