2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2006–07
Team=Los Angeles Kings
Conference=Western
ConferenceRank=14th
Division=Pacific
DivisionRank=4th
Record=27–41–14
HomeRecord=16–16–9
RoadRecord=11–25–5
GoalsFor=227 (20th)
GoalsAgainst=283 (26th)
GeneralManager=Dean Lombardi
Coach=Marc Crawford
Captain=Mattias Norstrom (Oct-Feb)
"Vacant" (Feb-Apr)
AltCaptain=Rob Blake
Craig Conroy (Oct-Jan)
Aaron Miller
Scott Thornton
Arena=Staples Center
Attendance=16,859 (91.1%)
GoalsLeader=Alexander Frolov (35)
AssistsLeader=Michael Cammalleri (46)
PointsLeader=Michael Cammalleri (80)
PIMLeader=Raitis Ivanans (140)
WinsLeader=Mathieu Garon (13)
GAALeader=Mathieu Garon (2.66)The Los Angeles Kings 2006–07 Season began with high expectations, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, former San Jose Sharks General Manager Dean Lombardi as their new General Manager, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as Assistant General Manager (and General Manager of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach. Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first round draft pick (Trevor Lewis) from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006. [Kings get Patrick O'Sullivan [http://www.nhl.com/futures/insider/deals_summer2006.html/ nhl.com] - accessed December 3, 2006.]

But the biggest move of the offseason for the Kings was acquiring goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2007 second round draft pick and a 2009 conditional draft pick on July 5, 2006. [Kings get Dan Cloutier [http://www.nhl.com/futures/insider/deals_summer2006.html/ nhl.com] - accessed December 23, 2006.] He was then named the team's starting goaltender ahead of Mathieu Garon, whom many fans expected to be their number-one goaltender. Before the season got underway, he was signed to a 2—year contract, expecting a great performance from the former Canuck. However, at the end of December, Dan Cloutier was last in save percentage and GAA amongst NHL goaltenders who have played at least 12 games.

Injuries to both Garon and Cloutier in January prompted the Kings to recall Yutaka Fukufuji as an emergency goaltender, who made his NHL debut on January 13 against the St. Louis Blues, becoming the first Japanese-born player in NHL history. [Blues edge Kings in offensive contest [http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=192076&hubname=nhl tsn.ca] - accessed January 13, 2007.] On January 18, prior to a home game against St. Louis, the Kings claimed goaltender Sean Burke off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Burke would be the fifth goaltender to play for the Kings during the season (after Cloutier, Garon, Barry Brust and Fukufuji). This marked the first time the Kings have had at least five goaltenders appear during one season since the 2000–01 season (Jamie Storr, Felix Potvin, Steve Passmore, Stephane Fiset and Travis Scott).

On January 20, 2007, prior to a night-game against the Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings officially retired Luc Robitaille's #20 sweater. This makes him the fifth player to have his number retired by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Wayne Gretzky.

Regular season

eason standings

December

March

"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"

Free agents lost

Draft picks

Los Angeles's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. [2006 NHL Entry Draft Results [http://www.nhl.com/futures/2006draft/ nhl.com] - accessed December 3, 2006.] The Kings had the 11th overall draft pick by lottery for the third consecutive year.

External links

* [http://www.lakings.com Official website of the Los Angeles Kings]
* [http://www.kingshockey.com Kingshockey.com - Unofficial fan site]

ee also

*2006–07 NHL season

References

*Game log: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/schedule?team=los Los Angeles Kings game log] on ESPN.com
*Team standings: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings NHL standings] on ESPN.com
*Player stats: [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/stats?team=los Los Angeles Kings player stats] on ESPN.com

Goaltenders:

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Defensemen:

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Forwards:

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