2006–07 AHL season Totally Explained

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The 2006-07 AHL season was the 71st season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs won their first Calder Cup, defeating the defending champions, the Hershey Bears in the finals.

Team changes

The Lowell Lock Monsters are purchased by the New Jersey Devils, and renamed the Lowell Devils.
The Cleveland Barons are relocated to Worcester, Massachusetts and renamed the Worcester Sharks, playing in the Atlantic division.
The Albany River Rats shift from the Atlantic division to the East division.

Final Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points;
Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA

Manchester Monarchs (LA) 80 51 21 7 1 110 242 182

Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) 80 47 29 3 1 98 231 201

Providence Bruins (Bos) 80 44 30 2 4 94 251 218

Worcester Sharks (SJ) 80 41 28 3 8 93 247 244

Lowell Devils (NJ) 80 38 30 6 6 88 212 220

Portland Pirates (Ana) 80 37 31 3 9 86 225 232

Springfield Falcons (TB) 80 28 49 1 2 59 181 268

East Division GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA

Hershey Bears (Was) 80 51 17 6 6 114 305 219

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (Pit/Edm) 80 51 23 2 4 108 276 221

Norfolk Admirals (Chi) 80 50 22 6 2 108 301 257

Albany River Rats (Car/Col) 80 37 36 4 3 81 246 258

Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI) 80 36 37 1 6 79 229 267

Philadelphia Phantoms (Phi) 80 31 41 2 6 70 222 271

Binghamton Senators (Ott) 80 23 48 4 5 55 225 323

Western Conference

North Division GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA

Manitoba Moose (Van) 80 45 23 7 5 102 232 201

Rochester Americans (Buf/Fla) 80 48 30 1 1 98 269 250

Hamilton Bulldogs (Mtl/Edm) 80 43 28 3 6 95 243 208

Grand Rapids Griffins (Det/Edm) 80 37 32 6 5 85 226 244

Syracuse Crunch (CBJ) 80 34 34 4 8 80 250 248

Toronto Marlies (Tor) 80 34 39 2 5 75 220 270

West Division GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA

Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (Cgy) 80 49 25 5 1 104 214 189

Chicago Wolves (Atl) 80 46 25 3 6 101 331 252

Milwaukee Admirals (Nas/Edm) 80 41 25 4 10 96 227 230

Iowa Stars (Dal/Edm) 80 42 34 3 1 88 221 231

Peoria Rivermen (StL) 80 37 33 2 8 84 221 242

San Antonio Rampage (Phx) 80 32 42 2 4 70 219 256

Houston Aeros (Min) 80 27 43 4 6 64 205 269

Scoring Leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM

Darren Haydar Chicago Wolves 73 41 81 122 55

Keith Aucoin Albany River Rats 65 27 72 99 108

Martin St. Pierre Norfolk Admirals 65 27 72 99 100

Brett Sterling Chicago Wolves 77 55 42 97 96

Cory Larose Chicago Wolves 63 22 61 83 75

Jason Jaffray Manitoba Moose 77 35 46 81 75

Mathieu Darche Worcester Sharks 76 35 45 80 72

Jason Krog Chicago Wolves 44 26 54 80 20

Troy Brouwer Norfolk Admirals 66 41 38 79 70

Pierre Parenteau Portland Pirates/Norfolk Admirals 68 30 49 79 47

Leading Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player Team GP Mins W L SL GA SO SV% GAA

Drew MacIntyre Manitoba Moose 28 1618 16 11 0 54 6 .932 2.00

Curtis McElhinney Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights 57 3181 35 17 1 113 7 .917 2.13

Jaroslav Halak Hamilton Bulldogs 41 2290 24 12 2 83 3 .922 2.17

Jason LaBarbera Manchester Monarchs 62 3619 39 20 1 133 7 .933 2.21

Al Montoya Hartford Wolf Pack 48 2556 27 17 0 98 6 .914 2.30

Calder Cup Playoffs
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Trophy and Award winners

Team Awards

Calder Cup
Playoff champions: Hamilton Bulldogs

Richard F. Canning Trophy
Eastern Conference playoff champions: Hershey Bears

Robert W. Clarke Trophy
Western Conference playoff champions: Hamilton Bulldogs

Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy
Regular season champions, League: Hershey Bears

Frank Mathers Trophy
Regular Season champions, Eastern Conference: Hershey Bears

Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy
Regular Season champions, Western Conference: Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights

Emile Francis Trophy
Regular Season champions, Atlantic Division: Manchester Monarchs

F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, East Division: Hershey Bears

Sam Pollock Trophy
Regular Season champions, North Division: Manitoba Moose

John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, West Division: Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights

Individual Awards

Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: Darren Haydar - Chicago Wolves

John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer: Darren Haydar - Chicago Wolves

Willie Marshall Award
Top goal scorer: Brett Sterling - Chicago Wolves

Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: Brett Sterling - Chicago Wolves

Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year: Sheldon Brookbank - Milwaukee Admirals

Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goaltender: Jason LaBarbera - Manchester Monarchs

Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: Jason LaBarbera - Manchester Monarchs

Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year: Mike Haviland - Norfolk Admirals

Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
Sportsmanship / Perseverance: Mike Keane - Manitoba Moose

Yanick Dupre Memorial Award
Community Service Award: Matt Carkner - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the playoffs: Carey Price - Hamilton Bulldogs

Other Awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive: Jon Greenberg, Milwaukee Admirals

Thomas Ebright Memorial Award
Career contributions: Frank Miceli

James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
Outstanding media coverage: Bill Ballou, Worcester, (newspaper)
John Bartlett, Toronto, (radio)
Mark Giangreco, Chicago, (television)

Ken McKenzie Award
Outstanding marketing executive: Randy Cleves, Grand Rapids Griffins

Michael Condon Memorial Award
Outstanding service, on-ice official: Leo Boylan

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