2005–06 Vancouver Canucks season

2005–06 Vancouver Canucks
2005–06 Vancouver Canucks
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	9th Western
2005–06 record	42–32–8
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	17–22–2
Goals for	256
Goals against	255
Team information
General manager	Dave Nonis
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
Alternate captains	Todd Bertuzzi; Ed Jovanovski; Trevor Linden; Brendan Morrison
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,630
Team leaders
Goals	Anson Carter (33)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (57)
Points	Markus Naslund (79)
Penalty minutes	Jarkko Ruutu (142)
Wins	Alex Auld (33)
Goals against average	Alex Auld (2.94)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 36th NHL season.

In the first season after the lockout, the Canucks were expected to fare as well, if not better, than the previous season, where they captured the Northwest Division title. However, as the season went along, several key players were hampered by injuries and the team failed to meet expectations, ultimately missing the playoffs. As a result, coach Marc Crawford was fired, and the team underwent numerous changes over the summer.

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Calgary Flames	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
2	7	Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
3	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
4	9	Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
5	11	Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	231	215	84

^[1] 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.

Western Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	Y- Dallas Stars	PA	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
3	Y- Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
4	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
5	X- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
6	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
7	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
8.5
9	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
8	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
11	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	231	215	84
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	39	5	246	271	81
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
14	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
15	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Phoenix	2 – 3	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,630	1–0–0	2
2	October 8	Vancouver	3 – 4	Edmonton	SO	Cloutier	16,839	1–0–1	3
3	October 10	Vancouver	4 – 2	Detroit		Auld	20,066	2–0–1	5
4	October 12	Vancouver	0 – 6	Minnesota		Cloutier	18,568	2–1–1	5
5	October 14	Vancouver	5 – 3	Minnesota		Cloutier	18,568	3–1–1	7
6	October 16	Dallas	2 – 5	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	4–1–1	9
7	October 18	Chicago	2 – 6	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,630	5–1–1	11
8	October 20	Phoenix	2 – 3	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,630	6–1–1	13
9	October 22	Colorado	4 – 6	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,630	7–1–1	15
10	October 25	Vancouver	3 – 1	Minnesota		Auld	18,568	8–1–1	17
11	October 27	Vancouver	2 – 6	Colorado		Cloutier	18,007	8–2–1	17
12	October 29	Vancouver	3 – 4	Colorado	OT	Auld	18,007	8–2–2	18

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 2	Minnesota	1 – 2	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	9–2–2	20
14	November 4	Columbus	3 – 5	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	10–2–2	22
15	November 5	Vancouver	0 – 1	Calgary		Auld	19,289	10–3–2	22
16	November 7	Vancouver	3 – 4	Calgary		Auld	19,289	10–4–2	22
17	November 10	Colorado	5 – 3	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	10–5–2	22
18	November 13	Detroit	1 – 4	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,630	11–5–2	24
19	November 16	Vancouver	3 – 1	San Jose		Cloutier	17,139	12–5–2	26
20	November 17	Vancouver	4 – 5	Los Angeles		Cloutier	18,118	12–6–2	26
21	November 20	Vancouver	3 – 2	Anaheim		Cloutier	14,149	13–6–2	28
22	November 22	Chicago	1 – 3	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	14–6–2	30
23	November 24	San Jose	2 – 3	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	15–6–2	32
24	November 26	Vancouver	1 – 2	Phoenix		Auld	18,095	15–7–2	32
25	November 27	Vancouver	2 – 6	Colorado		Auld	18,007	15–8–2	32
26	November 30	Colorado	2 – 5	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	16–8–2	34

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
27	December 1	Vancouver	3 – 5	Edmonton		Auld	16,839	16–9–2	34
28	December 4	Boston	2 – 5	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	17–9–2	36
29	December 9	Ottawa	2 – 3	Vancouver	SO	Auld	18,630	18–9–2	38
30	December 13	Vancouver	3 – 2	Rangers		Auld	18,200	19–9–2	40
31	December 15	Vancouver	5 – 4	Philadelphia		Auld	19,549	20–9–2	42
32	December 17	Edmonton	5 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Ouellet	18,630	20–9–3	43
33	December 19	Los Angeles	4 – 3	Vancouver	SO	Auld	18,630	20–9–4	44
34	December 21	Edmonton	7 – 6	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	20–10–4	44
35	December 23	Calgary	6 – 5	Vancouver	SO	Auld	18,630	20–10–5	45
36	December 26	Calgary	1 – 2	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	21–10–5	47
37	December 28	Nashville	3 – 4	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	22–10–5	49
38	December 31	Vancouver	3 – 4	Minnesota		Ouellet	18,568	22–11–5	49

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
39	January 2	Vancouver	1 – 4	St. Louis		Auld	14,230	22–12–5	49
40	January 4	Vancouver	1 – 3	Dallas		Auld	17,227	22–13–5	49
41	January 5	Vancouver	3 – 2	Chicago		Auld	11,125	23–13–5	51
42	January 7	Calgary	3 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Auld	18,630	24–13–5	53
43	January 10	Toronto	3 – 4	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	25–13–5	55
44	January 13	Vancouver	0 – 3	New Jersey		Auld	15,061	25–14–5	55
45	January 14	Vancouver	8 – 1	Islanders		Auld	14,205	26–14–5	57
46	January 16	Vancouver	4 – 2	Pittsburgh		Auld	15,681	27–14–5	59
47	January 19	Buffalo	1 – 4	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	28–14–5	61
48	January 21	Montreal	2 – 6	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	29–14–5	63
49	January 23	Vancouver	0 – 4	St. Louis		Ouellet	13,138	29–15–5	63
50	January 24	Vancouver	5 – 6	Columbus		Auld	16,192	29–16–5	63
51	January 26	Vancouver	1 – 2	Detroit		Auld	20,066	29–17–5	63
52	January 28	Vancouver	4 – 3	Colorado	SO	Auld	18,007	30–17–5	64
53	January 31	Vancouver	7 – 4	Phoenix		Auld	14,599	31–17–5	66

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
54	February 3	Vancouver	3 – 1	Calgary		Auld	19,289	32–17–5	68
55	February 4	Vancouver	1 – 3	Edmonton		Auld	16,839	32–18–5	68
56	February 6	Columbus	4 – 7	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	33–18–5	70
57	February 8	St. Louis	4 – 2	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	33–19–5	70
58	February 10	Anaheim	3 – 1	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	33–20–5	70
59	February 12	Minnesota	2 – 3	Vancouver	OT	Auld	18,630	33–20–5	72
60	February 28	Vancouver	2 – 1	Calgary		Auld	19,289	34–20–5	74

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
61	March 2	Vancouver	1 – 3	Nashville		Auld	13,228	34–21–5	74
62	March 3	Vancouver	5 – 4	Chicago	SO	Auld	11,579	35–21–5	76
63	March 5	St. Louis	4 – 1	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	35–22–5	76
64	March 9	Nashville	3 – 2	Vancouver	OT	Auld	18,630	35–22–6	77
65	March 11	Dallas	2 – 1	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	35–23–6	77
66	March 13	Vancouver	2 – 4	Dallas		Auld	18,584	35–24–6	77
67	March 14	Vancouver	0 – 5	Nashville		Noronen	13,353	35–25–6	77
68	March 17	Vancouver	3 – 2	Columbus		Auld	16,163	36–25–6	79
69	March 19	Detroit	7 – 3	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	36–26–6	79
70	March 21	Vancouver	4 – 1	Edmonton		Auld	16,839	37–26–6	81
71	March 23	Edmonton	3 – 4	Vancouver	SO	Auld	18,630	38–26–6	83
72	March 25	Vancouver	2 – 3	Edmonton		Auld	16,839	38–27–6	83
73	March 27	Los Angeles	4 – 7	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	39–27–6	85
74	March 29	Minnesota	1 – 2	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	40–27–6	87
75	March 31	Minnesota	2 – 1	Vancouver	SO	Auld	18,630	40–28–7	87

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
76	April 2	Vancouver	2 – 6	Anaheim		Auld	17,174	40–29–7	87
77	April 3	Vancouver	0 – 1	Los Angeles		Auld	17,196	40–30–7	87
78	April 8	Calgary	2 – 3	Vancouver	OT	Auld	18,630	41–30–7	89
79	April 10	Anaheim	4 – 2	Vancouver		Auld	18,630	41–31–7	89
80	April 12	San Jose	3 – 2	Vancouver	OT	Auld	18,630	41–31–8	90
81	April 13	Vancouver	3 – 5	San Jose		Auld	17,496	41–32–8	90
82	April 15	Colorado	3 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Noronen	18,630	42–32–8	92

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Markus Naslund	19	81	32	47	79	66	--	--	--	--	--
Henrik Sedin	33	82	18	57	75	56	--	--	--	--	--
Todd Bertuzzi	44	82	25	46	71	120	--	--	--	--	--
Daniel Sedin	22	82	22	49	71	34	--	--	--	--	--
Brendan Morrison	7	82	19	37	56	84	--	--	--	--	--
Anson Carter	77	81	33	22	55	41	--	--	--	--	--
Nolan Baumgartner	4	70	5	29	34	30	--	--	--	--	--
Mattias Ohlund	2	78	13	20	33	92	--	--	--	--	--
Sami Salo	6	59	10	23	33	38	--	--	--	--	--
Ed Jovanovski	55	44	8	25	33	58	--	--	--	--	--
Ryan Kesler	17	82	10	13	23	79	--	--	--	--	--
Keith Carney^†	3	18	0	2	2	14	--	--	--	--	--
Richard Park	18	60	8	10	18	29	--	--	--	--	--
Matt Cooke	24	45	8	10	18	71	--	--	--	--	--
Jarkko Ruutu	37	82	10	7	17	142	--	--	--	--	--
Bryan Allen	5	77	7	10	17	115	--	--	--	--	--
Eric Weinrich^†	8	16	0	0	0	8	--	--	--	--	--
Trevor Linden	16	82	7	9	16	15	--	--	--	--	--
Steve McCarthy*	26	51	2	4	6	43	--	--	--	--	--
Alexandre Burrows	14	43	7	5	12	61	--	--	--	--	--
Sean Brown^†	23	12	0	0	0	8	--	--	--	--	--
Josh Green	36	33	4	2	6	14	--	--	--	--	--
Kevin Bieksa	25	39	0	6	6	77	--	--	--	--	--
Wade Brookbank	28	32	1	2	3	81	--	--	--	--	--
Lee Goren	27	28	1	2	3	30	--	--	--	--	--
Tomas Mojzis	45	7	0	1	1	12	--	--	--	--	--
Tyler Bouck	21	12	1	1	2	21	--	--	--	--	--
Alex Auld	35	67	0	2	2	4	--	--	--	--	--
Rick Rypien	15	5	1	0	1	4	--	--	--	--	--
Jozef Balej	8	1	0	1	1	0	--	--	--	--	--
Dan Cloutier	39	13	0	0	0	4	--	--	--	--	--
Sven Butenschon	52	8	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--
Maxime Ouellet	1	4	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	--
Prestin Ryan	41	1	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	--
Nathan Smith	29	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

*Denotes player traded by Vancouver midway through the season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	Min	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Alex Auld	35	67	3859	33	26	6	189	0	.902	2.94	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Dan Cloutier	39	13	681	8	3	1	36	0	.892	3.17	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Maxime Ouellet	1	4	222	0	2	1	12	0	.894	3.24	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Mika Noronen^†	31	4	170	1	1	0	10	0	.870	3.53	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Rob McVicar	34	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

Awards

2006 Canuck Awards winners

Molson Cup - Alex Auld
Cyclone Taylor Trophy - Alex Auld
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy - Markus Naslund
Babe Pratt Trophy - Mattias Ohlund
Fred J. Hume Award - Jarkko Ruutu
Most Exciting Player Award - Anson Carter

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Luc Bourdon (D)	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
2	51	Mason Raymond (LW)	Canada	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
4	114	Alexandre Vincent (G)	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
5	138	Matt Butcher (C)	United States	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
6	185	Kris Fredheim (D)	Canada	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
7	205	Mario Bliznak (C)	Slovakia	HK Spartak Dubnica (Svk.)

Farm teams

Manitoba Moose

AHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since 2000.

Columbia Inferno

ECHL affiliate that is based in Columbia, South Carolina and their home arena is the Carolina Coliseum. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since 2001.

References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
^ "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[nhl-standings-2006-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.

[2] "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

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