- 2006–07 New York Islanders season
NHLTeamSeason
Season=2006–07
Team=New York Islanders
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=8th
Division=Atlantic
DivisionRank=4th
Record=40–30–12
HomeRecord=22–13–6
RoadRecord=18–17–6
GoalsFor=248
GoalsAgainst=240
GeneralManager=Garth Snow
Coach=Ted Nolan
Captain=Alexei Yashin
AltCaptain=Mike Sillinger Brendan Witt
Arena=Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Attendance=12,886 (capacity 16,234)
GoalsLeader=Jason Blake (40)
AssistsLeader=Tom Poti (38)
PointsLeader=Jason Blake (69)
PlusMinusLeader=Radek Martinek (+19)
PIMLeader=Brendan Witt (131)
WinsLeader=Rick DiPietro (32)
GAALeader=Wade Dubielewicz (2.06)The
New York Islanders finished the 2006–07 Season with a record of 40–30–12. They qualified for the playoffs in the last game of the regular season. They lost to theBuffalo Sabres in the first round, four games to one.eason synopsis
After the Islanders' upper management cleaned out the team's front office during the 2005–06 season, owner
Charles Wang was faced with the task of finding a new coach and general manager. Initially, he hiredTed Nolan as coach and Neil Smith as GM, but Smith was removed after a few weeks on the job. Wang envisioned team management making decisions by committee, and Smith was uncomfortable working without the large amount of control that NHL managers usually have. Wang hiredGarth Snow , who was the team's backup goalie the prior year, to take over.Pat LaFontaine , who had intended to return to the team as Senior Advisor to the Owner, resigned the post the same day that Smith was fired. Reports indicated that LaFontaine decided the fit wasn't right after Wang ignored his advice to wait a few days before making a final decision about Smith. ["Lafontaine leaves post as senior advisor" Mark Hermann, Newsday, July 19, 2006]Prior to Smith's firing, the Islanders made several free agent acquisitions, including defensemen
Brendan Witt andTom Poti and forwardsMike Sillinger andChris Simon .Andy Hilbert ,Sean Hill ,Viktor Kozlov andRichard Park signed on after Smith was dismissed. Additionally, in a controversial move, the Islanders signed goaltenderRick DiPietro to a 15-year, 67.5 million dollar contract, among the longest in professional sports history. [cite web | url = http://www.newyorkislanders.com/pressbox/archive.asp?id=1015 | title = DiPietro Signed to Fifteen Year Deal | work = Newyorkislanders.com | accessdate = September 19 | accessyear = 2006]The Islanders opened the season on a losing streak, but then began to play well enough to temporarily move into first place in the Atlantic division by December. On December 16, 2006, the Islanders traded two-year veteran Alexei Zhitnik to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman
Freddy Meyer and a conditional third round draft pick. [http://www.newyorkislanders.com/pressbox/archive.asp?id=1247] On December 20, they traded forward Mike York to the Flyers for forward Randy Robitaille and a fifth round pick in 2008. [ [http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=189106&hubname=nhl TSN : NHL - Canada's Sports Leader ] ]Starting at the end of December, the Islanders went on a seven game losing streak, which ended with a victory over the Rangers. Since then, the Islanders have hovered around the last playoff spot. In advance of the February trade deadline, the Isles made a pair of deals with the
Edmonton Oilers . On February 18, 2007, the Islanders traded defense prospectDenis Grebeshkov for defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron and a 2008 3rd Round Draft Pick.Sitting in sixth place in the conference at the trade deadline, the team sent a first round draft pick and prospects
Robert Nilsson andRyan O'Marra to the Oilers for all-starRyan Smyth and picked upRichard Zednik for a second rounder. [cite web | url = http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=197922&hubname= | title = Oilers trade forward Smyth to Islanders | work = tsn.ca | accessmonthday = February 27 | accessyear = 2007] However, the team suffered a series of losses down the stretch. Journalists cited two reasons for the team's apparent demise:Chris Simon 's suspension for strikingRyan Hollweg with his stick andRick DiPietro 's missing several games with multiple concussions. BackupMike Dunham had several poor showings with DiPietro out, which prompted the team to call on third-stringerWade Dubielewicz , who fared better.Entering into the last four games of the season, the Islanders play had improved, but a playoff spot still appeared out of reach. However, the team won each game and received some help from the
Montreal Canadiens andToronto Maple Leafs , who failed to win enough games to edge the Isles out. The Isles clinched with a shootout win over theNew Jersey Devils in which Dubielewicz poke-checkedSergei Brylin to secure the victory. [ [http://islanders.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=307539&page=NewsPage&service=page New York Islanders - News: ISLANDERS 3, NEW JERSEY 2, SO - 04/08/2007 ] ] The team expressed pride that they qualified because many NHL preview predictions had the Isles slated to finish at or near the bottom of the standings. They lost their first round matchup with theBuffalo Sabres , the NHL's best team during the regular season, in five games.eason standings
Game log
October
January
April
"as of
April 9 ,2007 "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"
Departures
Draft Picks
The Islanders' picks at the
2006 NHL Entry Draft inVancouver ,British Columbia . [2006 NHL Entry Draft Results [http://www.nhl.com/futures/2006draft/ nhl.com] - accessed December 9, 2006]External links
* [http://www.newyorkislanders.com Official website of the New York Islanders]
ee also
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2006–07 NHL season References
*Game log: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/schedule?team=nyi New York Islanders game log] on espn.com
*Team standings: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings NHL standings] on espn.comGoaltenders:
hockey team player|no=1|name=Dunham•hockey team player|no=34|name=Dubielewicz•
Defensemen
hockey team player|no=3|name=Poti•hockey team player|no=4|name=Bouchard•hockey team player|no=6|name=Hill•hockey team player|no=8|name=Gervais•hockey team player|no=14|name=Campoli•hockey team player|no=21|name=Quint•hockey team player|no=24|name=Martínek•hockey team player|no=32|name=Witt•hockey team player|no=38|name=Rourke•hockey team player|no=44|name=Meyer•hockey team player|no=47|name=Bergeron•
Forwards
hockey team player|no=7|name=Hunter•hockey team player|no=10|name=Park•hockey team player|no=11|name=Hilbert•hockey team player|no=12|name=Simon•hockey team player|no=15|name=Tambellini•hockey team player|no=17|name=Bates•hockey team player|no=18|name=Sillinger•hockey team player|no=20|name=Zednik•hockey team player|no=25|name=Kozlov•hockey team player|no=27|name=Robitaille•hockey team player|no=45|name=Asham•hockey team player|no=48|name=Regier•hockey team player|no=51|name=Nielsen•hockey team player|no=55|name=Blake•hockey team player|no=79|name=Yashin•hockey team player|no=81|name=Satan•
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