2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers | |
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Division | 3rd Southeast |
Conference | 10th Eastern |
2005–06 record | 41–33–8 |
Home record | 24–13–4 |
Road record | 17–20–4 |
Goals for | 281 |
Goals against | 275 |
Team information | |
General manager | Don Waddell |
Coach | Bob Hartley |
Captain | Scott Mellanby |
Alternate captains | Peter Bondra Bobby Holik Vyacheslav Kozlov |
Arena | Philips Arena |
Average attendance | 15,550 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Chicago Wolves Gwinnett Gladiators |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ilya Kovalchuk (52) |
Assists | Marc Savard (69) |
Points | Ilya Kovalchuk (98) |
Penalty minutes | Andy Sutton (144) |
Plus/minus | Marian Hossa (+17) |
Wins | Kari Lehtonen (20) |
Goals against average | Mike Dunham (2.77) |
The 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' seventh season in the National Hockey League. The Thrashers again did not qualify for the playoffs.
On September 27, 2005, Scott Mellanby was named team captain. Peter Bondra, Bobby Holik, and Vyacheslav Kozlov were named alternate captains, rotating on a game-by-game basis. [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 |
[2] 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: 3–8–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–4–0)
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November: 7–4–3 (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–2–2)
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December: 6–5–3 (home: 4–1–3; road: 2–4–0)
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January: 7–7–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–3–0)
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February: 3–2–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–2–0)
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March: 9–5–0 (home: 6–2–0; road: 3–3–0)
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April: 6–2–2 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–2–2)
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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 | |||
17 | Ilya Kovalchuk | LW | 78 | 52 | 46 | 98 | −6 | 68 |
9 | Marc Savard | C | 82 | 28 | 69 | 97 | 7 | 100 |
18 | Marian Hossa | RW | 80 | 39 | 53 | 92 | 17 | 67 |
13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 82 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 14 | 33 |
12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 60 | 21 | 18 | 39 | −3 | 40 |
44 | Jaroslav Modry | D | 79 | 7 | 31 | 38 | −9 | 76 |
7 | Greg de Vries | D | 82 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 1 | 76 |
19 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 71 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 5 | 55 |
16 | Bobby Holik | C | 64 | 15 | 18 | 33 | −6 | 79 |
28 | Niclas Havelid | D | 82 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 48 |
25 | Andy Sutton | D | 76 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 144 |
27 | Patrik Stefan | C | 64 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 36 |
10 | Serge Aubin | LW | 74 | 7 | 17 | 24 | −4 | 79 |
23 | Jim Slater | C | 71 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 46 |
26 | Ronald Petrovicky | RW | 60 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 62 |
29 | Brad Larsen | LW | 62 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −3 | 21 |
5 | Steve McCarthy † | D | 16 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
11 | J. P. Vigier | RW | 41 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 40 |
2 | Garnet Exelby | D | 75 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 75 |
36 | Eric Boulton | LW | 51 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 87 |
34 | Shane Hnidy | D | 66 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33 |
24 | Ramzi Abid | LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
35 | Michael Garnett | G | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
4 | Braydon Coburn | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
14 | Rico Fata †‡ | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
32 | Kari Lehtonen | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
21 | Derek MacKenzie | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
47 | Scott Barney | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
33 | Adam Berkhoel | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Mike Dunham | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Tomas Kloucek | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
24 | Chris Kunitz ‡ | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
22 | Francis Lessard | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
39 | Mark Popovic | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 |
31 [lower-alpha 1] | Steve Shields † | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
42 | Karl Stewart | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 15 |
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
32 | Kari Lehtonen | 38 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 1123 | 106 | 2.94 | .906 | 2 | 2166 |
35 | Michael Garnett | 24 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 634 | 73 | 3.45 | .885 | 2 | 1271 |
1 | Mike Dunham | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 336 | 36 | 2.77 | .893 | 1 | 779 |
33 | Adam Berkhoel | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 255 | 30 | 3.81 | .882 | 0 | 473 |
31 [lower-alpha 1] | Steve Shields † | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 129 | 19 | 4.29 | .853 | 0 | 266 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Marc Savard (October 10) | [5] |
Ilya Kovalchuk (November 14) | [6] | ||
Marian Hossa (December 26) | [7] | ||
Ilya Kovalchuk (January 9) | [8] | ||
Team | Community Service Award | Ilya Kovalchuk | [9] |
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy | Niclas Havelid | [10] | |
Players' Player Award | Scott Mellanby | [10] | |
Team MVP | Marian Hossa | [10] | |
Ilya Kovalchuk | |||
Three Stars of the Game Award | Marian Hossa | [10] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Braydon Coburn | October 5, 2005 | [11] |
Jim Slater | |||
Michael Garnett | October 12, 2005 | ||
Adam Berkhoel | October 15, 2005 | ||
1,000th game played | Peter Bondra | November 11, 2005 | [12] |
The Thrashers 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. [13]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 30, 2005 | To San Jose Sharks
| To Atlanta Thrashers
| [14] |
To New York Rangers
| To Atlanta Thrashers
| [14] | |
To Nashville Predators
| To Atlanta Thrashers | [15] | |
August 23, 2005 | To Ottawa Senators | To Atlanta Thrashers | [16] |
August 25, 2005 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks | To Atlanta Thrashers | [17] |
March 1, 2006 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks | To Atlanta Thrashers
| [18] |
March 9, 2006 | To Vancouver Canucks
| To Atlanta Thrashers | [19] |
June 14, 2006 | To Vancouver Canucks
| To Atlanta Thrashers
| [20] |
To Minnesota Wild | To Atlanta Thrashers
| [21] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 2, 2005 | Bobby Holik | New York Rangers | 3-year | Free agency | [22] |
August 8, 2005 | Ramzi Abid | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [23] | |
Scott Barney | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency | [23] | ||
Eric Boulton | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency | [23] | ||
August 9, 2005 | Adam Smyth | Chicago Wolves (AHL) | Free agency | [24] | |
September 2, 2005 | Mike Dunham | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency | [25] |
September 18, 2005 | Peter Bondra | HK Poprad (Slovakia) | 1-year | Free agency | [26] |
October 4, 2005 | Chris Kunitz | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Waivers | [27] | |
October 27, 2005 | Steve Shields | Chicago Wolves (AHL) | Free agency | [28] | |
January 31, 2006 | Rico Fata | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waivers | [29] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [lower-alpha 2] | Ref |
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May 5, 2005 | Cory Larose | SCL Tigers (NLA) | Free agency (VI) | [31] |
August 2, 2005 | Shawn McEachern | Boston Bruins | Free agency (III) | [32] |
August 10, 2005 | Ivan Majesky | Washington Capitals | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
August 11, 2005 | Ben Simon | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
August 15, 2005 | Daniel Tjarnqvist | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (UFA) | [35] |
August 18, 2005 | Libor Ustrnul | HC Karlovy Vary (ELH) | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
August 23, 2005 | Pasi Nurminen | Retirement [lower-alpha 3] | [37] [38] | |
September 10, 2005 | Paul Flache | New York Islanders | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
September 27, 2005 | Kyle Rossiter | KalPa (Liiga) | Free agency (VI) | [40] |
October 18, 2005 | Chris Kunitz | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Waivers | [41] |
March 9, 2006 | Rico Fata | Washington Capitals | Waivers | [19] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 27, 2005 | Guillaume Desbiens | Entry-level | [42] | |
Jimmy Sharrow | Entry-level | [42] | ||
August 9, 2005 | Shane Hnidy | Re-signing | [24] | |
Brian Maloney | Re-signing | [24] | ||
August 11, 2005 | Tomas Kloucek | Re-signing | [43] | |
Brad Larsen | Re-signing | [43] | ||
Francis Lessard | Re-signing | [43] | ||
Pasi Nurminen | 2-year | Re-signing | [43] | |
Andy Sutton | Re-signing | [43] | ||
August 12, 2005 | Stephen Baby | Re-signing | [44] | |
Kevin Doell | Re-signing | [44] | ||
Michael Garnett | Re-signing | [44] | ||
August 15, 2005 | Jim Slater | Entry-level | [45] | |
August 16, 2005 | Derek MacKenzie | Re-signing | [46] | |
J. P. Vigier | Re-signing | [46] | ||
October 8, 2005 | Ilya Kovalchuk | multi-year | Re-signing | [47] |
March 29, 2006 | Nathan Oystrick | Entry-level | [48] | |
March 30, 2006 | Boris Valabik | Entry-level | [49] | |
June 1, 2006 | Scott Lehman | Entry-level | [50] | |
Chad Painchaud | Entry-level | [50] | ||
Dan Turple | Entry-level | [50] | ||
June 7, 2006 | Niclas Havelid | 3-year | Re-signing | [51] |
Atlanta's draft picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. [52]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 16 | Alex Bourret | Canada | Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL) |
2 | 41 | Ondrej Pavelec | Czech Republic | Rabat Kladno (Czech Republic) |
2 | 49 | Chad Denny | Canada | Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL) |
2 | 53 | Andrew Kozek | Canada | South Surrey Eagles (BCHL) |
4 | 116 | Jordan Smotherman | United States | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
5 | 135 | Tomas Pospisil | Czech Republic | Oceláři Třinec Jr. (Czech Republic) |
6 | 187 | Andrei Zubarev | Russia | Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia) |
7 | 207 | Myles Stoesz | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
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