2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season was the 14th season of operation (13th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. It was the team's 1st season as the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks clinched their first Pacific Division title in team history with 110 points, and defeated the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup Finals four games to one. It was the first Stanley Cup in franchise history, as well as the first time a team in the state of California won the Stanley Cup.

2006–07 Anaheim Ducks
Stanley Cup champions
Western Conference champions
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
2006–07 record	48–20–14
Home record	26–6–9
Road record	22–14–5
Goals for	258
Goals against	208
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Randy Carlyle
Captain	Scott Niedermayer
Alternate captains	Rob Niedermayer Chris Pronger
Arena	Honda Center
Average attendance	16,339 (95.1%) Total: 699,903
Team leaders
Goals	Teemu Selanne (48)
Assists	Scott Niedermayer (54)
Points	Teemu Selanne (94)
Penalty minutes	George Parros (102)
Plus/minus	Chris Pronger (+27)
Wins	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (36)
Goals against average	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2.26)
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Off-season

Under new ownership, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim changed their team and arena's name, logo and player uniforms.^[1] The change involving their name was dropping the "Mighty" from their name, and completely changing their jerseys to black, gold, orange and white colours rather than the eggplant, jade, silver and white from years past.

In a major acquisition, the club acquired defenseman Chris Pronger in a trade from the Edmonton Oilers. Pronger had recently appeared in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals and on the basis of the deal, the media felt that the Ducks would be one of the favorites for the Cup. In the 2006 NHL entry draft, the Ducks chose Mark Mitera with their first-round pick, 19th overall.

Not only did the Ducks change their name and logos, but their home arena of 13 years saw some changes as well. On October 3, 2006, the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim was officially renamed Honda Center. The partnership was reportedly for 15 years with an option to extend the naming agreement 10 years.^[2] Other changes to the arena included new displays in the rafters behind the goals and four large "Honda Center" signs on each corner of the building. During the pre-season, however, the arena was officially still the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

Regular season

The team came out of the gate to set an NHL record by earning at least one point in each of their first 16 games, a streak which ended exactly five weeks after their first game. They went 12–0–4 (28 points) before they lost their first regulation game of the year, a 3–0 shutout to the Calgary Flames, on November 10, 2006. The streak was broken seven years later by the 2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks, who went 24 games with a point. Behind goaltending by Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Ilya Bryzgalov, an offense headed by Teemu Selanne and a defense anchored by Scott Niedermayer and off-season acquisition Chris Pronger, the Ducks had worked their way to one of the NHL's best records.

On January 9, the NHL announced that Scott Niedermayer had been voted by the fans to start at defense in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas. He later declined to appear, deciding to rest a stress fracture in his foot. Ed Jovanovski of the Phoenix Coyotes was added to replace him. The Ducks' Andy McDonald was later added to replace Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Anaheim Ducks	82	48	20	14	258	208	110
2	5	San Jose Sharks	82	51	26	5	258	199	107
3	6	Dallas Stars	82	50	25	7	226	197	107
4	14	Los Angeles Kings	82	27	41	14	227	283	68
5	15	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	46	5	216	284	67

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Conference standings

Western Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z-Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	50	19	13	254	199	113
2	y-Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	48	20	14	258	208	110
3	y-Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	49	26	7	222	201	105
4	Nashville Predators	CE	82	51	23	8	272	212	110
5	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	51	26	5	258	199	107
6	Dallas Stars	PA	82	50	25	7	226	197	107
7	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	48	26	8	235	191	104
8	Calgary Flames	NW	82	43	29	10	258	226	96
8.5
9	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	31	7	272	251	95
10	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	34	35	13	214	254	81
11	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	33	42	7	201	249	73
12	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	32	43	7	195	248	71
13	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	31	42	9	201	258	71
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	27	41	14	227	283	68
15	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	46	5	216	284	67

bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division

Playoffs

The Anaheim Ducks ended the 2006–07 regular season tied in points with the Nashville Predators, with 110 points. The Predators, however, had three more wins, but the Ducks nonetheless earned the second seed as they won the Pacific Division, as the Predators placed second in the Central Division behind the conference-leading and first seed Detroit Red Wings.

The Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild in the first round, four games to one. In the second round, the Ducks defeated the Vancouver Canucks by the same four games to one result. In the Conference Final, the Ducks defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to two to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in franchise history. In the Final, the Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators four games to one to claim the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship.

Schedule and results

Preseason

2006 preseason
Preseason: 3–2–3 (home: 3–1–0; road: 0–1–3) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Recap 1 September 18 Kings 1–7 Garon (1–0–0) Leighton (0–1–0) 0–1–0 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Recap 2 September 20 Sharks 6–3 1–1–0 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Recap 3 September 22 Canucks 5–1 Giguere (1–0–0) Luongo (0–2–0) 2–1–0 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Recap 4 September 23 @ Sharks 3–4 Toskala (1–0–0) 2–2–0 Save Mart Center Recap 5 September 24 @ Canucks 3–4 SO Luongo (1–2–0) Bryzgalov (0–0–1) 2–2–1 General Motors Place Recap 6 September 25 @ Kings 4–5 SO Giguere (1–0–1) 2–2–2 Staples Center Recap 7 September 27 Coyotes 3–2 Bryzgalov (1–0–1) Joseph (0–1–0) 3–2–2 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Recap 8 September 30 @ Coyotes 1–2 OT Joseph (1–1–0) Giguere (1–0–2) 3–2–3 Glendale Arena Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Regular season

2006–07 regular season[4]
October: 9–0–3 (home: 5–0–2; road: 4–0–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Recap Points 1 October 6 Kings 4–3 Giguere (1–0–0) Cloutier (0–1–0) 17,174 1–0–0 Honda Center Recap 2 2 October 7 @ Coyotes 2–1 Bryzgalov (1–0–0) Joseph (1–1–0) 15,897 2–0–0 Glendale Arena Recap 4 3 October 9 Blues 2–0 Giguere (2–0–0) Sanford (0–1–0) 13,389 3–0–0 Honda Center Recap 6 4 October 11 Islanders 4–5 SO Dunham (1–1–0) Giguere (2–0–1) 12,394 3–0–1 Honda Center Recap 7 5 October 15 Stars 3–4 SO Turco (5–0–0) Giguere (2–0–2) 15,269 3–0–2 Honda Center Recap 8 6 October 18 Red Wings 4–1 Giguere (3–0–2) Hasek (2–2–1) 14,767 4–0–2 Honda Center Recap 10 7 October 20 Wild 2–1 Giguere (4–0–2) Fernandez (5–1–0) 13,430 5–0–2 Honda Center Recap 12 8 October 22 @ Kings 3–2 SO Giguere (5–0–2) Garon (2–1–1) 18,118 6–0–2 Staples Center Recap 14 9 October 25 Oilers 6–2 Giguere (6–0–2) Roloson (5–3–0) 13,537 7–0–2 Honda Center Recap 16 10 October 27 @ Wild 2–3 SO Fernandez (8–1–0) Giguere (6–0–3) 18,568 7–0–3 Xcel Energy Center Recap 17 11 October 28 @ Blackhawks 3–0 Bryzgalov (2–0–0) Boucher (0–4–0) 13,580 8–0–3 United Center Recap 19 12 October 30 @ Blues 6–5 SO Giguere (7–0–3) Sanford (1–1–2) 8,629 9–0–3 Scottrade Center Recap 21
November: 10–2–3 (home: 7–1–2; road: 3–1–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Recap Points 13 November 1 Rangers 3–4 OT 3:09 Weekes (1–1–0) Giguere (7–0–4) 13,350 9–0–4 Honda Center Recap 22 14 November 3 Coyotes 6–2 Bryzgalov (3–0–0) Joseph (2–6–0) 14,833 10–0–4 Honda Center Recap 24 15 November 6 Penguins 3–2 OT :44 Giguere (8–0–4) Thibault (0–0–1) 16,599 11–0–4 Honda Center Recap 26 16 November 9 @ Canucks 6–0 Giguere (9–0–4) Luongo (8–7–1) 18,630 12–0–4 General Motors Place Recap 28 17 November 10 @ Flames 0–3 Kiprusoff (6–7–1) Bryzgalov (3–1–0) 19,289 12–1–4 Pengrowth Saddledome Recap 28 18 November 12 Wild 3–2 Giguere (10–0–4) Backstrom (2–1–0) 16,306 13–1–4 Honda Center Recap 30 19 November 15 Flyers 4–7 Esche (2–3–0) Giguere (10–1–4) 15,379 13–2–4 Honda Center Recap 30 20 November 17 Blackhawks 3–4 SO Khabibulin (5–2–0) Bryzgalov (3–1–1) 16,526 13–2–5 Honda Center Recap 31 21 November 19 Coyotes 6–4 Giguere (11–1–4) Joseph (4–10–0) 16,394 14–2–5 Honda Center Recap 33 22 November 21 Sharks 5–0 Giguere (12–1–4) Nabokov (5–5–0) 15,013 15–2–5 Honda Center Recap 35 23 November 22 @ Avalanche 2–3 SO Theodore (6–6–1) Giguere (12–1–5) 17,104 15–2–6 Pepsi Center Recap 36 24 November 24 Devils 4–2 Giguere (13–1–5) Brodeur (12–8–0) 16,599 16–2–6 Honda Center Recap 38 25 November 26 Flames 5–3 Wall (1–0–0) McLennan (0–1–1) 17,174 17–2–6 Honda Center Recap 40 26 November 28 @ Oilers 3–2 OT 2:19 Giguere (14–1–5) Roloson (5–3–0) 16,839 18–2–6 Rexall Place Recap 42 27 November 30 @ Canucks 2–1 Giguere (15–1–5) Luongo (12–11–1) 18,630 19–2–6 General Motors Place Recap 44
December: 9–5–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 6–4–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Recap Points 28 December 2 @ Kings 4–3 Giguere (16–1–5) Cloutier (4–9–2) 16,141 20–2–6 Staples Center Recap 46 29 December 3 Kings 2–3 Cloutier (5–9–2) Giguere (16–2–5) 17,174 20–3–6 Honda Center Recap 46 30 December 6 Predators 4–0 Giguere (17–2–5) Mason (6–3–2) 15,362 21–3–6 Honda Center Recap 48 31 December 8 @ Capitals 6–1 Giguere (18–2–5) Kolzig (10–7–3) 12,269 22–3–6 Verizon Center Recap 50 32 December 9 @ Lightning 4–3 Giguere (19–2–5) Denis (6–9–2) 18,719 23–3–6 St. Pete Times Forum Recap 52 33 December 12 @ Panthers 5–4 Giguere (20–2–5) Auld (6–10–4) 13,140 24–3–6 BankAtlantic Center Recap 54 34 December 13 @ Thrashers 2–1 Giguere (21–2–5) Lehtonen (13–7–4) 16,028 25–3–6 Philips Arena Recap 56 35 December 16 @ Sharks 3–4 Nabokov (10–6–0) Giguere (21–3–5) 17,496 25–4–6 HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap 56 36 December 18 Flames 4–1 Giguere (22–3–5) Kiprusoff (16–11–2) 17,174 26–4–6 Honda Center Recap 58 37 December 20 Stars 4–1 Giguere (23–3–5) Turco (16–10–0) 17,174 27–4–6 Honda Center Recap 60 38 December 23 @ Coyotes 0–2 Tellqvist (4–3–1) Giguere (23–4–5) 14,843 27–5–6 Jobing.com Arena Recap 60 39 December 26 @ Sharks 4–3 Wall (2–0–0) Nabokov (11–7–0) 17,496 28–5–6 HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap 62 40 December 29 @ Hurricanes 2–4 Ward (18–9–3) Wall (2–1–0) 18,790 28–6–6 RBC Center Recap 62 41 December 31 @ Wild 3–4 Fernandez (16–13–0) Wall (2–2–0) 18,568 28–7–6 Xcel Energy Center Recap 62
January: 4–5–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–3–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Recap Points 42 January 2 @ Red Wings 1–2 Hasek (21–5–3) Bryzgalov (3–2–1) 20,066 28–8–6 Joe Louis Arena Recap 62 43 January 5 Blue Jackets 3–4 Norrena (10–9–1) Bryzgalov (3–3–1) 17,405 28–9–6 Honda Center Recap 62 44 January 7 Red Wings 4–2 Bryzgalov (4–3–1) Hasek (21–7–3) 17,418 29–9–6 Honda Center Recap 64 45 January 9 @ Predators 4–5 OT 3:12 Vokoun (12–4–1) Bryzgalov (4–3–2) 11,821 29–9–7 Gaylord Entertainment Center Recap 65 46 January 11 @ Stars 5–1 Bryzgalov (5–3–2) Turco (21–15–1) 18,532 30–9–7 American Airlines Center Recap 67 47 January 13 Avalanche 2–3 SO Budaj (13–9–2) Bryzgalov (5–3–3) 17,174 30–9–8 Honda Center Recap 68 48 January 16 Blues 2–6 Sanford (3–5–2) Bryzgalov (5–4–3) 17,174 30–10–8 Honda Center Recap 68 49 January 18 @ Oilers 1–4 Roloson (20–17–4) Bryzgalov (5–5–3) 16,839 30–11–8 Rexall Place Recap 68 50 January 19 @ Flames 2–3 Kiprusoff (23–16–3) Bryzgalov (5–6–3) 19,289 30–12–8 Pengrowth Saddledome Recap 68 Jan. 24: All-Star Game (West wins—box) 12–9 Turco (DAL) Huet (MON) 18,680 18,532 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX 51 January 28 Stars 4–1 Giguere (24–4–5) Turco (24–16–2) 17,331 31–12–8 Honda Center Recap 70 52 January 31 Coyotes 2–1 Giguere (25–4–5) Joseph (12–17–0) 17,174 32–12–8 Honda Center Recap 72
February: 5–5–2 (home: 1–1–2; road: 4–4–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Recap Points 53 February 3 @ Predators 0–3 Vokoun (16–6–1) Giguere (25–5–5) 17,113 32–13–8 Gaylord Entertainment Center Recap 72 54 February 6 @ Sharks 7–4 Giguere (26–5–5) Toskala (22–8–1) 17,496 33–13–8 HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap 74 55 February 7 Sharks 2–3 Toskala (23–8–1) Bryzgalov (5–7–3) 17,466 33–14–8 Honda Center Recap 74 56 February 10 @ Stars 0–1 Smith (7–3–0) Giguere (26–6–5) 17,793 33–15–8 American Airlines Center Recap 74 57 February 13 @ Avalanche 0–2 Budaj (17–13–3) Giguere (26–7–5) 17,512 33–16–8 Pepsi Center Recap 74 58 February 15 @ Coyotes 5–4 OT 1:53 Giguere (27–7–5) Joseph (14–20–1) 15,038 34–16–8 Jobing.com Arena Recap 76 59 February 17 @ Kings 3–2 SO Giguere (28–7–5) Garon (8–7–5) 18,118 35–16–8 Staples Center Recap 78 60 February 18 Kings 3–4 SO Burke (4–3–2) Giguere (28–7–6) 17,363 35–16–9 Honda Center Recap 79 61 February 20 Canucks 2–3 OT 2:19 Sabourin (1–3–1) Giguere (28–7–7) 17,467 35–16–10 Honda Center Recap 80 62 February 23 @ Stars 1–4 Smith (9–4–0) Giguere (28–8–7) 17,634 35–17–10 American Airlines Center Recap 80 63 February 25 Avalanche 5–3 Giguere (29–8–7) Theodore (11–14–1) 17,174 36–17–10 Honda Center Recap 82 64 February 26 @ Sharks 3–2 Bryzgalov (6–7–3) Nabokov (14–14–0) 17,496 37–17–10 HP Pavilion at San Jose Recap 84
March: 10–3–2 (home: 7–1–1; road: 3–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Recap Points 65 March 1 @ Kings 3–4 OT 3:17 Burke (6–3–2) Bryzgalov (6–7–4) 17,620 37–17–11 Staples Center Recap 85 66 March 2 Sharks 3–1 Giguere (30–8–7) Nabokov (14–15–1) 17,174 38–17–11 Honda Center Recap 87 67 March 4 Predators 3–2 SO Giguere (31–8–7) Vokoun (21–8–3) 17,174 39–17–11 Honda Center Recap 89 68 March 7 Coyotes 2–1 Giguere (32–8–7) Tellqvist (10–10–2) 17,174 40–17–11 Honda Center Recap 91 69 March 9 Oilers 5–1 Bryzgalov (7–7–4) Roloson (25–28–5) 17,174 41–17–11 Honda Center Recap 93 70 March 11 Canucks 4–2 Giguere (33–8–7) Luongo (39–20–4) 17,174 42–17–11 Honda Center Recap 95 71 March 14 Blue Jackets 5–4 SO Giguere (34–8–7) Norrena (19–17–3) 17,174 42–17–12 Honda Center Recap 96 72 March 16 Blackhawks 5–2 Bryzgalov (8–7–4) Khabibulin (23–21–5) 17,174 43–17–12 Honda Center Recap 98 73 March 18 Kings 3–5 Garon (11–8–6) Giguere (34–8–8) 17,174 43–18–12 Honda Center Recap 98 74 March 22 @ Coyotes 2–1 Joseph (16–27–1) Bryzgalov (8–8–4) 15,593 43–19–12 Jobing.com Arena Recap 98 75 March 23 Stars 3–2 OT 2:28 Giguere (35–8–8) Turco (32–19–5) 17,174 44–19–12 Honda Center Recap 100 76 March 26 @ Red Wings 0–1 Hasek (36–11–7) Giguere (35–9–8) 20,066 44–20–12 Joe Louis Arena Recap 100 77 March 28 @ Blackhawks 3–1 Bryzgalov (9–8–4) Khabibulin (23–25–5) 11,295 45–20–12 United Center Recap 102 78 March 29 @ Blue Jackets 5–2 Giguere (36–9–8) Norrena (23–20–3) 15,340 46–20–12 Nationwide Arena Recap 104 79 March 31 @ Blues 3–2 OT :25 Giguere (37–9–8) Bacashihua (2–5–3) 18,609 47–20–12 Scottrade Center Recap 106
April: 1–0–2 (home: 0–0–1; road: 1–0–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Recap Points 80 April 4 Sharks 2–3 SO Nabokov (24–15–3) Bryzgalov (9–8–5) 17,174 47–20–13 Honda Center Recap 107 81 April 6 @ Stars 1–2 SO Turco (36–20–5) Bryzgalov (9–8–6) 18,584 47–20–14 American Airlines Center Recap 108 82 April 7 @ Blue Jackets 4–3 Bryzgalov (10–8–6) Norrena (24–23–3) 17,391 48–20–14 Nationwide Arena Recap 110
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   All-Star Game
"Points" legend:   1st (Pacific Division)   Not in Playoff Position   In Playoff Position   Clinched playoffs   Clinched Division

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (W7) Minnesota Wild – Anaheim wins 4–1 # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Series Arena Box 1 April 11 Wild 2–1 Bryzgalov (1–0) Backstrom (0–1) 17,180 1–0 Honda Center Recap 2 April 13 Wild 3–2 Bryzgalov (2–0) Backstrom (0–2) 17,324 2–0 Honda Center Recap 3 April 15 @ Wild 2–1 Bryzgalov (3–0) Backstrom (0–3) 19,224 3–0 Xcel Energy Center Recap 4 April 17 @ Wild 1–4 Backstrom (1–3) Bryzgalov (3–1) 19,174 3–1 Xcel Energy Center Recap 5 April 19 Wild 4–1 Giguere (1–0) Backstrom (1–4) 17,318 4–1 Honda Center Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (W3) Vancouver Canucks – Anaheim wins 4–1 # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Series Arena Box 1 April 25 Canucks 5–1 Giguere (2–0) Luongo (4–4) 17,250 1–0 Honda Center Recap 2 April 27 Canucks 1–2 2OT 27:49 Luongo (5–4) Giguere (2–1) 17,392 1–1 Honda Center Recap 3 April 29 @ Canucks 3–2 Giguere (3–1) Luongo (5–5) 18,630 2–1 General Motors Place Recap 4 May 1 @ Canucks 3–2 1OT 2:07 Giguere (4–1) Luongo (5–6) 18,630 3–1 General Motors Place Recap 5 May 3 Canucks 2–1 2OT 24:30 Giguere (5–1) Luongo (5–7) 17,407 4–1 Honda Center Recap
Western Conference Finals vs. (W1) Detroit Red Wings – Anaheim wins 4–2 # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Series Arena Box 1 May 11 @ Red Wings 1–2 Hasek (9–4) Giguere (5–2) 19,939 0–1 Joe Louis Arena Recap 2 May 13 @ Red Wings 4–3 1OT 14:17 Giguere (6–2) Hasek (9–5) 19,620 1–1 Joe Louis Arena Recap 3 May 15 Red Wings 0–5 Hasek (10–5) Giguere (6–3) 17,358 1–2 Honda Center Recap 4 May 17 Red Wings 5–3 Giguere (7–3) Hasek (10–6) 17,375 2–2 Honda Center Recap 5 May 20 @ Red Wings 2–1 1OT 11:57 Giguere (8–3) Hasek (10–7) 20,003 3–2 Joe Louis Arena Recap 6 May 22 Red Wings 4–3 Giguere (9–3) Hasek (10–8) 17,380 4–2 Honda Center Recap
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E4) Ottawa Senators – Anaheim wins 4–1 # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Series Arena Box 1 May 28 Senators 3–2 Giguere (10–3) Emery (12–4) 17,274 1–0 Honda Center Recap 2 May 30 Senators 1–0 Giguere (11–3) Emery (12–5) 17,258 2–0 Honda Center Recap 3 June 2 @ Senators 3–5 Emery (13–5) Giguere (11–4) 20,500 2–1 Scotiabank Place Recap 4 June 4 @ Senators 3–2 Giguere (12–4) Emery (13–6) 20,500 3–1 Scotiabank Place Recap 5 June 6 Senators 6–2 Giguere (13–4) Emery (13–7) 17,372 4–1 Honda Center Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
8	Teemu Selanne	RW	82	48	46	94	26	82	21	5	10	15	1	10
19	Andy McDonald	C	82	27	51	78	16	46	21	10	4	14	6	10
27	Scott Niedermayer	D	79	15	54	69	6	86	21	3	8	11	2	26
14	Chris Kunitz	LW	81	25	35	60	23	81	13	1	5	6	1	19
25	Chris Pronger	D	66	13	46	59	27	69	19	3	12	15	10	26
15	Ryan Getzlaf	C	82	25	33	58	17	66	21	7	10	17	1	32
17	Dustin Penner	LW	82	29	16	45	−2	58	21	3	5	8	4	2
10	Corey Perry	RW	82	17	27	44	12	55	21	6	9	15	5	37
23	Francois Beauchemin	D	71	7	21	28	7	49	20	4	4	8	2	16
26	Samuel Pahlsson	C	82	8	18	26	−4	42	21	3	9	12	10	20
22	Todd Marchant	C	56	8	15	23	7	44	11	0	3	3	−1	12
32	Travis Moen	LW	82	11	10	21	−4	101	21	7	5	12	5	22
21	Sean O'Donnell	D	79	2	15	17	9	92	21	0	2	2	8	10
44	Rob Niedermayer	C	82	5	11	16	−8	77	21	5	5	10	9	39
37	Shane O'Brien‡	D	62	2	12	14	5	140	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Ryan Shannon	C	53	2	9	11	−2	10	11	0	0	0	0	6
5	Ric Jackman†	D	24	1	10	11	3	10	7	1	1	2	2	2
45	Shawn Thornton	RW	48	2	7	9	3	88	15	0	0	0	−3	19
33	Joe DiPenta	D	76	2	6	8	1	48	16	0	0	0	0	4
29	Todd Fedoruk‡	LW	10	0	3	3	2	36	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Kent Huskins	D	33	0	3	3	−3	14	21	0	1	1	4	11
39	Travis Green‡	C	7	1	1	2	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	G	56	0	2	2		0	18	0	0	0		0
47	Tim Brent	C	15	1	0	1	−5	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
46	Curtis Glencross‡	C	2	1	0	1	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Bjorn Melin	RW	3	1	0	1	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	George Parros†	RW	32	1	0	1	−2	102	5	0	0	0	0	10
24	Brad May†	LW	14	0	1	1	−1	13	18	0	1	1	−1	28
31	Michael Wall‡	G	4	0	1	1		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Ilya Bryzgalov	G	27	0	0	0		0	5	0	0	0		0
29	Sebastien Caron†	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Stanislav Chistov‡	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Mark Hartigan†	C	6	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	Ian Moran‡	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Aaron Rome	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	0	−2	0
52	Ryan Carter	C	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	0	0	0	−1	0
18	Drew Miller	LW	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	0	0	1	2
46	Joe Motzko†	RW	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	56	36	10	8	1490	122	2.26	.918	4	3245	18	13	4	451	35	1.97	.922	1	1067
30	Ilya Bryzgalov	27	10	8	6	668	62	2.47	.907	1	1509	5	3	1	128	10	2.25	.922	0	267
31	Michael Wall‡	4	2	2	0	81	10	2.97	.877	0	202	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Sebastien Caron†	1	0	0	0	6	1	2.12	.833	0	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Conn Smythe Trophy	Scott Niedermayer	[5]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Scott Niedermayer (Defense)	[6]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Chris Pronger (Defense)	[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Randy Carlyle (coach)	[7]
		Andy McDonald[a]
		Scott Niedermayer[b]
		Teemu Selanne
	NHL First Star of the Month	Teemu Selanne (November)	[10]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (October 22)	[11]
		Teemu Selanne (November 26)	[12]
		Teemu Selanne (February 18)	[13]
	NHL Third Star of the Month	Scott Niedermayer (October)	[10]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Ryan Getzlaf	[14]

Records

On November 9, 2006, the Anaheim Ducks set an NHL open era record by remaining undefeated in regulation for the first 16 games of the season, with 12 wins and four overtime losses. The previous mark was set by the 1984–85 Edmonton Oilers, who had 12 wins and three overtime losses.

Milestones

Teemu Selanne scored his 500th goal on November 22, becoming only the second Finnish player to reach the mark.

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Shane O'Brien	October 6, 2006	[15]
	Ryan Shannon
	Michael Wall	November 26, 2006
	Kent Huskins	December 23, 2006
	Aaron Rome	January 2, 2007
	Tim Brent	January 5, 2007
	Bjorn Melin	January 7, 2007
	Curtis Glencross	January 13, 2007
	Drew Miller	April 19, 2007	[16]
	Ryan Carter	May 17, 2007	[17]
500th goal scored	Teemu Selanne	November 22, 2006	[18]
1,000th game played	Scott Niedermayer	November 28, 2006	[19]
	Teemu Selanne	December 31, 2006	[20]
25th shutout	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	December 6, 2006	[21]

Transactions

The Ducks were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.^[22]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03)	To Anaheim Ducks Chris Pronger	To Edmonton Oilers Joffrey Lupul Ladislav Smid 1st-round pick in 2007 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2008[c] 2nd-round pick in 2008	[25]
August 17, 2006 (2006-08-17)	To Anaheim Ducks Karl Stewart 2nd-round pick in 2007 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2008	To Atlanta Thrashers Vitaly Vishnevski	[26]
November 13, 2006 (2006-11-13)	To Anaheim Ducks Phoenix's 3rd-round pick in 2007 or 2008	To Boston Bruins Stanislav Chistov	[27]
	To Anaheim Ducks 4th-round pick in 2007 Future considerations[d]	To Philadelphia Flyers Todd Fedoruk	[29]
	To Anaheim Ducks George Parros Option to switch 3rd-round picks in 2007	To Colorado Avalanche 2nd-round pick in 2007	[30]
December 28, 2006 (2006-12-28)	To Anaheim Ducks Sebastien Caron Chris Durno Matt Keith	To Chicago Blackhawks P. A. Parenteau Bruno St. Jacques	[31]
January 3, 2007 (2007-01-03)	To Anaheim Ducks Ric Jackman	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick in 2007	[32]
January 24, 2007 (2007-01-24)	To Anaheim Ducks Joe Rullier	To Vancouver Canucks Colby Genoway	[33]
January 26, 2007 (2007-01-26)	To Anaheim Ducks Mark Hartigan Joe Motzko 4th-round pick in 2007	To Columbus Blue Jackets Curtis Glencross Zenon Konopka 7th-round pick in 2007 or 2008[e]	[34]
	To Anaheim Ducks Shane Endicott	To Nashville Predators Chris Durno	[34]
February 23, 2007 (2007-02-23)	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	To Dallas Stars Shane Endicott	[35]
February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24)	To Anaheim Ducks Gerald Coleman 1st-round pick in 2007	To Tampa Bay Lightning Shane O'Brien 3rd-round pick in 2007	[36]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	To Anaheim Ducks Brad May	To Colorado Avalanche Michael Wall	[37]
	To Anaheim Ducks Doug O'Brien	To Tampa Bay Lightning Joe Rullier	[38]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11)	Colby Genoway	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[39]
	Clay Wilson	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[39]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12)	Ryan Carter	Minnesota State University, Mankato (WCHA)	2-year	Free agency	[40]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Michael Leighton	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[41]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Shawn Thornton	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[42]
August 10, 2006 (2006-08-10)	Travis Green	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[43]
August 15, 2006 (2006-08-15)	Ian Moran	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[44]
February 23, 2007 (2007-02-23)	Mike Hoffman	Portland Pirates (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[45]
March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27)	Ryan Dingle	University of Denver (WCHA)	2-year	Free agency	[46]
May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16)	Andrew Ebbett	Binghamton Senators (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[47]
May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25)	Jonas Hiller	HC Davos (NLA)	1-year	Free agency	[48]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[f]	Ref
June 27, 2006 (2006-06-27)	Tyler Wright	EHC Basel (NLA)[g]	Buyout	[51]
July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02)	Ruslan Salei	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	[52]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	Jeff Friesen	Calgary Flames	Free agency (III)	[53]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26)	Zenon Konopka	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)	Free agency (II)[h]	[54]
August 7, 2006 (2006-08-07)	Jonathan Hedstrom	Timra IK (SHL)[i]	Retirement[j]	[56]
August 18, 2006 (2006-08-18)	Maxim Kondratiev	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)	Free agency (II)[k]	[58]
September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12)	Aaron Gavey	Kolner Haie (DEL)	Free agency (III)	[59]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14)	Igor Pohanka	HC Sparta Praha (ELH)	Free agency (UFA)	[60]
September 27, 2006 (2006-09-27)	Karl Stewart	Pittsburgh Penguins	Waivers	[61]
October 2006 (2006-10)	Kip Brennan	Toronto Marlies (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[62]
November 27, 2006 (2006-11-27)	Michael Leighton	Nashville Predators	Waivers	[63]
January 10, 2007 (2007-01-10)	Travis Green	Toronto Maple Leafs	Waivers	[64]
January 25, 2007 (2007-01-25)	Ian Moran	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)	Free agency	[65]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	Andy McDonald	3-year	Re-signing	[66]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)	Stanislav Chistov	2-year	Re-signing	[67]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	P. A. Parenteau	1-year	Re-signing	[42]
July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20)	Chris Kunitz	2-year	Re-signing	[68]
July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27)	Trevor Gillies		Re-signing	[69]
	Kent Huskins	1-year	Re-signing	[70]
	Petteri Wirtanen	3-year	Entry-level	[70]
July 30, 2006 (2006-07-30)	Vitali Vishnevski	1-year	Arbitration award	[71]
August 2, 2006 (2006-08-02)	Brian Salcido	3-year	Entry-level	[72]
August 3, 2006 (2006-08-03)	Sean O'Brien	1-year	Re-signing	[73]
August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16)	Francois Beauchemin	2-year	Extension	[74]
August 28, 2006 (2006-08-28)	Bruno St. Jacques	1-year	Re-signing	[75]
September 6, 2006 (2006-09-06)	Ilya Bryzgalov	2-year	Re-signing	[76]
October 7, 2006 (2006-10-07)	Zenon Konopka	2-year	Re-signing	[77]
October 8, 2006 (2006-10-08)	Samuel Pahlsson	2-year	Extension	[78]
November 30, 2006 (2006-11-30)	Brendan Mikkelson	3-year	Entry-level	[79]
December 19, 2006 (2006-12-19)	Jean-Philippe Levasseur	3-year	Entry-level	[80]
March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16)	Bobby Bolt	3-year	Entry-level	[81]

Draft picks

Anaheim's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[82]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	19	Mark Mitera (D)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks	University of Michigan (CCHA)
2	38	Bryce Swan (RW)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks (from New York Islanders via Vancouver)	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3	83	John de Gray (D)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks (from San Jose via New York Rangers)	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
4	112	Matt Beleskey (LW)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6	172	Petteri Wirtanen (C)	Finland	Anaheim Ducks	HPK (Finland)

Farm teams

Portland Pirates

The Portland Pirates were Anaheim's affiliate in the AHL for the 2006–07 season.

Augusta Lynx

The Augusta Lynx were Anaheim's ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.

Broadcasters

Local TV

Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Rinkside reporter	Studio host	Studio analyst
KDOC-TV 56	John Ahlers	Brian Hayward

Local cable TV

Cable TV	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Rinkside reporter	Studio host	Studio analyst
Fox Sports Prime Ticket	John Ahlers	Brian Hayward

Local radio

Flagship station	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
KLAA–AM 830	Steve Carroll	Dan Wood

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season
• 2007 Stanley Cup Finals

Notes

1. McDonald was an injury replacement for Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings.^[8]
2. Niedermayer was voted to the starting lineup, but did not play.^[9] He was replaced by Ed Jovanovski of the Phoenix Coyotes.^[8]
3. Condition met. Edmonton received this pick when Anaheim defeated the Detroit Red Wings in the 2007 Western Conference Finals on May 22, 2007, to advance to the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.^[23][24]
4. Anaheim received the conditional right to switch 2007 5th-round picks with the Flyers, but the condition was not met.^[28]
5. Anaheim's choice.
6. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[49]
7. Wright briefly played with EHC Basel during the 2006–07 season.^[50]
8. Anaheim retained Konopka's NHL rights and re-signed him on October 7.
9. Hedstrom signed with Timra IK on August 15.^[55]
10. Hedstrom retired from the NHL.
11. Anaheim retained Kondratiev's NHL rights and re-signed him on July 4, 2007.^[57]