2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets | |
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Division | 3rd Central |
Conference | 13th Western |
2005–06 record | 35–43–4 |
Home record | 23–18–0 |
Road record | 12–25–4 |
Goals for | 223 |
Goals against | 279 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug MacLean |
Coach | Gerard Gallant |
Captain |
Luke Richardson (Oct-Nov) Adam Foote (Dec-Apr) |
Alternate captains |
Sergei Fedorov (Dec-Apr) Adam Foote (Oct-Dec) Rick Nash David Vyborny |
Arena | Nationwide Arena |
Average attendance | 16,796 (92.6%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Syracuse Crunch (
AHL) Dayton Bombers ( ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Rick Nash (31) |
Assists | David Vyborny (43) |
Points | David Vyborny (65) |
Penalty minutes | Jody Shelley (163) |
Plus/minus | Ron Hainsey (+13) |
Wins | Marc Denis (21) |
Goals against average | Martin Prusek (3.22) |
The 2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the sixth National Hockey League season (fifth season of play) in Columbus, Ohio. The team's final position in the standings was hampered by a slow start that resulted from losing a number of key players, including goals leader Rick Nash, to injury. Once these players returned to the roster, the team had one of the strongest second halves in the NHL. Despite the strong finish, the Blue Jackets finished outside of the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. However, the strong finish did lead to raised expectations for the 2006–07 season.
Prior to the start of the season the team announced Luke Richardson would remain team captain and Adam Foote, Rick Nash, and David Vyborny would serve as alternate captains on a rotating basis. [1] Richardson resigned the captaincy after being a healthy scratch for Columbus’ November 25 game against the Colorado Avalanche. [2] Foote was named the team’s new captain on December 6. [3]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 58 | 16 | 8 | 305 | 209 | 124 |
2 | 4 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 259 | 227 | 106 |
3 | 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 35 | 43 | 4 | 223 | 279 | 74 |
4 | 14 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 211 | 285 | 65 |
5 | 15 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 197 | 292 | 57 |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
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October: 4–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–5–0)
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November: 3–10–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 2–5–0)
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December: 5–8–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–5–1)
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January: 8–4–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–3–1)
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February: 3–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–2–0)
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March: 7–7–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–3–1)
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April: 5–3–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–2–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
9 | David Vyborny | LW | 80 | 22 | 43 | 65 | −9 | 50 |
61 | Rick Nash | LW | 54 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 5 | 51 |
13 | Nikolay Zherdev | RW | 73 | 27 | 27 | 54 | −13 | 50 |
91 | Sergei Fedorov† | C | 62 | 12 | 31 | 43 | −1 | 64 |
38 | Jan Hrdina | C | 75 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −8 | 78 |
4 | Bryan Berard | D | 44 | 12 | 20 | 32 | −29 | 32 |
27 | Manny Malhotra | C | 58 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 41 |
25 | Jason Chimera† | LW | 80 | 17 | 13 | 30 | −10 | 95 |
10 | Trevor Letowski | RW | 81 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −2 | 36 |
15 | Duvie Westcott | D | 78 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 133 |
40 | Jaroslav Balastik | LW | 66 | 12 | 10 | 22 | −1 | 26 |
52 | Adam Foote | D | 65 | 6 | 16 | 22 | −16 | 89 |
97 | Rostislav Klesla | D | 51 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −4 | 75 |
6 | Ron Hainsey† | D | 55 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 43 |
49 | Dan Fritsche | RW | 59 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −14 | 22 |
42 | Mark Hartigan | C | 33 | 9 | 3 | 12 | −1 | 22 |
45 | Jody Shelley | LW | 80 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −4 | 163 |
26 | Todd Marchant‡ | C | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −1 | 20 |
47 | Aaron Johnson | D | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
21 | Radoslav Suchy | D | 79 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −8 | 30 |
22 | Luke Richardson‡ | D | 44 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −18 | 30 |
20 | Mike Rupp† | LW | 39 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −3 | 58 |
18 | Geoff Platt† | C | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −4 | 16 |
17 | Gilbert Brule | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
28 | Tyler Wright‡ | C | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 20 |
5 | Jamie Pushor† | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
32 | Cale Hulse†‡ | D | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −9 | 43 |
24 | Francois Beauchemin‡ | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 11 |
30 | Marc Denis | G | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
31 | Pascal Leclaire | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
51 | Andy Delmore | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
39 | Steven Goertzen | RW | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | 44 |
50 | Joakim Lindstrom | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Joe Motzko | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
19 | Alexandre Picard | LW | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 14 |
35 | Martin Prusek | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Geoff Sanderson‡ | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
44 | Peter Sarno | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Cam Severson† | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
41 | Ben Simon | C | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
55 | Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Marc Denis | 49 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 1505 | 151 | 3.25 | .900 | 1 | 2786 |
31 | Pascal Leclaire | 33 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1084 | 97 | 3.23 | .911 | 0 | 1804 |
35 | Martin Prusek | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 165 | 20 | 3.21 | .879 | 0 | 373 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | David Vyborny (January 30) | [7] |
Team | Foundation Community Service Award | Manny Malhotra | [8] |
Three Stars Award | Rick Nash | [8] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Sergei Fedorov | November 30, 2005 | [9] |
600th assist | Sergei Fedorov | January 8, 2006 | [10] |
The Blue Jackets were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. [11]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 30, 2005 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Toronto’s 4th-round pick in 2005 |
To
Carolina Hurricanes Rights to Derrick Walser 4th-round pick in 2006 |
[12] |
October 8, 2005 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Jason Chimera Cale Hulse Mike Rupp |
To
Phoenix Coyotes Tim Jackman Geoff Sanderson |
[13] |
November 15, 2005 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Sergei Fedorov 5th-round pick in 2006 |
To
Anaheim Mighty Ducks Francois Beauchemin Tyler Wright |
[14] |
February 28, 2006 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Severson |
To
Calgary Flames Cale Hulse |
[15] |
March 8, 2006 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional draft pick [a] |
To
Toronto Maple Leafs Luke Richardson |
[16] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 2, 2005 | Adam Foote | Colorado Avalanche | 3-year | Free agency | [17] |
August 3, 2005 | Bryan Berard | Chicago Blackhawks | 2-year | Free agency | [18] |
August 4, 2005 | Martin Prusek | Ottawa Senators | 1-year | Free agency | [19] |
August 10, 2005 | Jan Hrdina | New Jersey Devils | 1-year | Free agency | [20] |
August 11, 2005 | Ben Simon | Atlanta Thrashers | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
August 12, 2005 | Jeff MacMillan | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
August 22, 2005 | Mark Flood | Peterborough Petes ( OHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [23] |
Peter Sarno | Vancouver Canucks | 1-year | Free agency | [23] | |
October 4, 2005 | Andy Delmore | Detroit Red Wings | Waivers | [24] | |
October 7, 2005 | Jamie Pushor | Syracuse Crunch ( AHL) | Free agency | [25] | |
November 25, 2005 | Geoff Platt | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [26] |
November 29, 2005 | Ron Hainsey | Montreal Canadiens | Waivers | [27] | |
December 30, 2005 | Darcy Verot | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [28] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [b] | Ref |
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N/A | Arturs Irbe | HK Riga 2000 ( BHL) | Free agency (III) | [30] |
Matthias Trattnig | EC Red Bull Salzburg ( EBEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [31] | |
May 5, 2005 | Andre Lakos | EC Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL) | Free agency (VI) | [32] |
May 27, 2005 | Brad Moran | SCL Tigers ( NLA) | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
Alexander Svitov | Avangard Omsk ( RSL) | Free agency (II) [c] | [35] | |
June 30, 2005 | Darrel Scoville | EC VSV (EBEL) | Free agency (VI) | [36] |
July 28, 2005 | Scott Lachance | Kloten Flyers (NLA) [d] | Compliance buyout | [38] |
July 29, 2005 | Andrew Cassels | Washington Capitals [e] | Compliance buyout | [38] |
August 1, 2005 | Scott Heffernan [f] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [29] | |
August 4, 2005 | Jaroslav Spacek | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (III) | [41] |
August 10, 2005 | Ben Knopp | Phoenix Roadrunners ( ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
August 11, 2005 | Zenith Komarniski | Calgary Flames | Free agency (VI) | [43] |
August 12, 2005 | Kent McDonell | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (VI) | [44] |
August 18, 2005 | Prestin Ryan | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (UFA) | [45] |
September 7, 2005 | Jeremy Reich | Boston Bruins | Free agency (VI) | [46] |
September 16, 2005 | Karl Goehring | HIFK ( Liiga) | Free agency (VI) | [47] |
October 10, 2005 | Jeff Panzer | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (NLA) | Free agency (VI) | [48] |
October 19, 2005 | Mike Pandolfo | Reading Royals (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [49] |
November 21, 2005 | Todd Marchant | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Waivers | [50] |
May 23, 2006 | Peter Sarno | HC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA) | Free agency | [51] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 28, 2005 | Philippe Dupuis | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] |
Marc Methot | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] | |
Joe Motzko | 2-year | Re-signing | [53] | |
Radoslav Suchy | 1-year | Option exercised | [52] | |
Duvie Westcott | 2-year | Re-signing | [53] | |
August 1, 2005 | Francois Beauchemin | 2-year | Re-signing | [54] |
August 8, 2005 | Rick Nash | 5-year | Re-signing | [55] |
August 15, 2005 | Tim Jackman | 1-year | Re-signing | [56] |
Rostislav Klesla | 1-year | Re-signing | [56] | |
Pascal Leclaire | 1-year | Re-signing | [56] | |
Brandon Sugden | 1-year | Re-signing | [56] | |
August 16, 2005 | Andrew Murray | Entry-level | [57] | |
August 19, 2005 | Jaroslav Balastik | 1-year | Entry-level | [58] |
August 22, 2005 | Mark Hartigan | 2-year | Re-signing | [23] |
August 29, 2005 | Alexandre Picard | 3-year | Entry-level | [59] |
Tomas Popperle | 3-year | Entry-level | [59] | |
September 19, 2005 | Adam Pineault | Entry-level | [60] | |
October 3, 2005 | Gilbert Brule | 3-year | Entry-level | [61] |
February 3, 2006 | Joakim Lindstrom | 3-year | Entry-level | [62] |
April 18, 2006 | Rostislav Klesla | 4-year | Re-signing | [63] |
May 5, 2006 | David Vyborny | 2-year | Re-signing | [64] |
June 1, 2006 | Dan LaCosta | 3-year | Entry-level | [65] |
Petr Pohl | 3-year | Entry-level | [65] | |
Kyle Wharton | 3-year | Entry-level | [65] | |
June 15, 2006 | Jody Shelley | 2-year | Re-signing | [66] |
Columbus' picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario. The Blue Jackets picked sixth in odd rounds, 25th in even rounds.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 6 | Gilbert Brule (C) | Canada | Columbus Blue Jackets | Vancouver Giants ( WHL) |
2 | 55 | Adam McQuaid (D) | Canada | Columbus Blue Jackets | Sudbury Wolves ( OHL) |
3 | 67 | Kris Russell (D) | Canada | Columbus Blue Jackets | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
4 | 101 | Jared Boll (RW) | United States | Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs) | Lincoln Stars ( USHL) |
5 | 131 | Tomas Popperle (G) | Czech Republic | Columbus Blue Jackets | Sparta Prague ( Czech Republic) |
6 | 177 | Derek Reinhart (D) | Canada | Columbus Blue Jackets (from Phoenix) | Regina Pats (WHL) |
6 | 189 | Kirill Starkov (LW) | Russia | Columbus Blue Jackets | Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden Jr.) |
7 | 201 | Trevor Hendrikx (D) | Canada | Columbus Blue Jackets | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
The Syracuse Crunch are the Blue Jackets American Hockey League affiliate for the sixth season.
The Dayton Bombers of the ECHL are also entering their sixth season as an affiliate of the Blue Jackets.
Sergei Fedorov played in the 1,000th game of his NHL career at Minnesota on Nov. 30 to become the first Russian-born, 13th European and 205th player to reach the plateau.
Tallied 0-4-4 on Jan. 8 at Phoenix, recording the 600th assist of his career.
Pushor was signed as a free agent by Columbus on October 7, 2005.
05-May-05: Signed with the Red Bulls Salzburg (Austria).
27-May-05 Signed with the SCL Tigers of the Swiss National League.
27-May-05: Signed with the Avangard Omsk of the Russian League.
30-Jun-05: Signed with the VSV Villach (Austria).
05-Oct-05: Signed with the Kloten Flyers of the Swiss National League.
CAPITALS: Signed C Andrew Cassels
BOSTON BRUINS–Signed... LW Jeremy Reich
16-Sep-05: Signed with the HIFK Helsinki of the SM-Liiga (Finland).
10-Oct-05: Signed with the SC Rapperswill-Jona of the Swiss National League.
The most recent addition to the Royals' roster is Mike Pandolfo, who was signed today.
23-May-06: Signed with the HC Fribourg-Gotteron of the Swiss National League.
Blue Jackets pick up Suchy's option
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed D Duvie Westcott and RW Joe Motzko to two-year contracts.