| 2006 AF2 season | |
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| League | AF2 |
| Sport | Arena football |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Spokane Shock |
| Playoffs | |
| American champions | Green Bay Blizzard |
| American runners-up | Florida Firecats |
| National champions | Spokane Shock |
| National runners-up | Arkansas Twisters |
| ArenaCup VII | |
| Champions | Spokane Shock |
| Runners-up | Green Bay Blizzard |
| Finals MVP | Kyle Rowley (QB, SPO) |
The 2006 AF2 season was the seventh season of the AF2, the Arena Football League's minor league. It was preceded by 2005 and succeeded by 2007. The league champions were the Spokane Shock who capped off an impressive inaugural season with a win over the Green Bay Blizzard in ArenaCup VII.
| New teams | Everett Hawks, Spokane Shock, Stockton Lightning, Tennessee Valley Vipers |
| Renamed / Relocated teams | None |
| Defunct teams | San Diego Riptide |
| Total teams | 23 |
| Team | Overall | Division | ||||
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| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| American Conference | ||||||
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| Green Bay Blizzard | 10 | 6 | 0.625 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 |
| Manchester Wolves | 9 | 7 | 0.562 | 7 | 5 | 0.583 |
| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers | 9 | 7 | 0.562 | 7 | 5 | 0.583 |
| Louisville Fire | 9 | 7 | 0.562 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 |
| Quad City Steamwheelers | 7 | 9 | 0.437 | 4 | 6 | 0.400 |
| Albany Conquest | 5 | 11 | 0.312 | 4 | 8 | 0.333 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Florida Firecats | 13 | 3 | 0.812 | 9 | 1 | 0.900 |
| Memphis Xplorers | 11 | 5 | 0.687 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 |
| Macon Knights | 8 | 8 | 0.500 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 |
| Birmingham Steeldogs | 7 | 9 | 0.437 | 4 | 6 | 0.400 |
| Tennessee Valley Vipers | 3 | 13 | 0.187 | 3 | 7 | 0.300 |
| South Georgia Wildcats | 3 | 13 | 0.187 | 2 | 8 | 0.200 |
| National Conference | ||||||
| Midwest Division | ||||||
| Tulsa Talons | 11 | 5 | 0.687 | 7 | 4 | 0.634 |
| Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz | 11 | 5 | 0.687 | 7 | 4 | 0.634 |
| Arkansas Twisters | 10 | 6 | 0.625 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 |
| Rio Grande Valley Dorados | 7 | 9 | 0.437 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 |
| Amarillo Dusters | 4 | 12 | 0.250 | 4 | 6 | 0.400 |
| Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings | 3 | 13 | 0.187 | 2 | 8 | 0.200 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| Spokane Shock | 14 | 2 | 0.875 | 8 | 1 | 0.889 |
| Central Valley Coyotes | 12 | 4 | 0.750 | 8 | 3 | 0.728 |
| Bakersfield Blitz | 9 | 7 | 0.562 | 6 | 5 | 0.545 |
| Stockton Lightning | 5 | 11 | 0.312 | 2 | 9 | 0.189 |
| Everett Hawks | 4 | 12 | 0.250 | 3 | 9 | 0.250 |
| Southaven, Mississippi | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Louisville | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Memphis | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Memphis | 83 | Estero, Florida | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Green Bay | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| American Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 2 | Green Bay | 60 | |||||||||||||||
| Estero, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 47 | American Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Manchester | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Manchester | 55 | San Juan, PR | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conference Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | A2 | Green Bay | 34 | |||||||||||||||
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Spokane | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arkansas | 47 | ArenaCup VII | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arkansas | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma City | 43 | Spokane, Washington | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tulsa | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| National Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno, California | 5 | Arkansas | 30 | |||||||||||||||
| Spokane, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Spokane | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Bakersfield | 45 | National Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Bakersfield | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Central Valley | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Spokane | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | August 26, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot San Juan, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Kyle Rowley, QB-Spokane (Offensive) Neil Purvis, OL/DL-Spokane (Defensive) Kevin Beard, WR/DB-Spokane (Ironman) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 5,658 | ||||||||||||||||||
ArenaCup VII was the 2006 edition of the AF2's championship game, pairing the Green Bay Blizzard of the American Conference with the Spokane Shock of the National Conference. The Shock rode the arm of Offensive Player of the Game Kyle Rowley and a stout defense to a decisive victory over the Blizzard 57–34. The win by the Shock capped a wildly successful inaugural season that saw them go 14–2 in the regular season and become the first-ever AF2 expansion team to advance to and win the ArenaCup in their first year of existence.
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