2005–06 St. Louis Blues season
The 2005–06 St. Louis Blues season was the 39th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, and the first since the 2004–05 NHL lockout. The Blues finished the regular season with a record of 21 wins, 46 losses and 15 losses in overtime, sufficient for an NHL season-low of 57 points. The Blues failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1978–79 season, ending their streak of consecutive playoff appearances at 25 seasons.
2005–06 St. Louis Blues | |
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Division | 5th Central |
Conference | 15th Western |
2005–06 record | 21–46–15 |
Home record | 12–23–6 |
Road record | 9–23–9 |
Goals for | 197 |
Goals against | 292 |
Team information | |
General manager | Larry Pleau |
Coach | Mike Kitchen |
Captain | Dallas Drake |
Alternate captains | Barret Jackman Doug Weight (Oct-Jan) Scott Young (Jan-Apr) |
Arena | Savvis Center |
Average attendance | 14,213 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Peoria Rivermen Alaska Aces |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mike Sillinger (22) |
Assists | Doug Weight (33) |
Points | Scott Young (49) |
Penalty minutes | Barret Jackman (156) |
Plus/minus | Simon Gamache (+1) |
Wins | Curtis Sanford (13) |
Goals against average | Curtis Sanford (2.66) |
Offseason
Dallas Drake was named team captain, following the retirement of previous captain Al MacInnis.[1][2]
Regular season
The Blues finished 30th overall in scoring, with just 192 goals for (excluding shootout-winning goals).[3][4]
Final standings
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 |
[5]
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
Schedule and results
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October: 2–7–2 (home: 2–4–0; road: 0–3–2)
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November: 2–8–1 (home: 0–5–1; road: 2–3–0)
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December: 5–7–2 (home: 2–3–2; road: 3–4–0)
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January: 3–8–3 (home: 3–3–0; road: 0–5–3)
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February: 4–1–1 (home: 2–0–0; road: 2–1–1)
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March: 4–8–4 (home: 2–4–3; road: 2–4–1)
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April: 1–7–2 (home: 1–4–0; road: 0–3–2)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
48 | Scott Young | RW | 79 | 18 | 31 | 49 | −32 | 52 |
39 | Doug Weight‡ | C | 47 | 11 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 50 |
18 | Mike Sillinger‡ | C | 48 | 22 | 19 | 41 | −17 | 49 |
26 | Petr Cajanek | RW | 71 | 10 | 31 | 41 | −22 | 54 |
37 | Dean McAmmond | C | 78 | 15 | 22 | 37 | −25 | 32 |
7 | Keith Tkachuk | LW | 41 | 15 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 46 |
12 | Lee Stempniak | RW | 57 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −10 | 22 |
9 | Jay McClement | C | 67 | 6 | 21 | 27 | −23 | 30 |
21 | Jamal Mayers | RW | 67 | 15 | 11 | 26 | −22 | 129 |
10 | Dallas Drake | RW | 62 | 2 | 24 | 26 | −13 | 59 |
25 | Dennis Wideman | D | 67 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −31 | 83 |
55 | Christian Backman | D | 52 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −15 | 48 |
6 | Eric Weinrich‡ | D | 59 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −10 | 44 |
38 | Kevin Dallman† | D | 46 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −15 | 21 |
54 | Mike Glumac | RW | 33 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −8 | 33 |
42 | Mark Rycroft | RW | 80 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −14 | 46 |
5 | Barret Jackman | D | 63 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −6 | 156 |
4 | Eric Brewer | D | 32 | 6 | 3 | 9 | −17 | 45 |
32 | Vladimir Orszagh† | RW | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −2 | 14 |
17 | Ryan Johnson | C | 65 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −21 | 33 |
22[lower-alpha 1] | Jeff Hoggan | LW | 52 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −16 | 34 |
20 | Simon Gamache†‡ | C | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
23 | Trent Whitfield | C | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −3 | 14 |
20 | Timofei Shishkanov† | LW | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
33 | Eric Boguniecki‡ | C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
27 | Bryce Salvador | D | 46 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −24 | 26 |
20 | Andy Roach | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
47 | Aaron Downey‡ | RW | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 |
15 | Peter Sejna | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
28 | Matt Walker | D | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7 | 79 |
29 | Jeff Woywitka | D | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −12 | 25 |
30 | Jason Bacashihua | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
33 | Steve Poapst† | D | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −21 | 37 |
36 | Jesse Boulerice† | RW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 13 |
62 | Jon DiSalvatore | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
50 | Reinhard Divis | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
53 | Colin Hemingway | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
40 | Patrick Lalime | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Curtis Sanford | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
43 | Mike Stuart | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Michael Zigomanis† | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
1 | Curtis Sanford | 34 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 885 | 81 | 2.66 | .908 | 3 | 1830 |
30 | Jason Bacashihua | 19 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 515 | 52 | 3.23 | .899 | 0 | 966 |
40 | Patrick Lalime | 31 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 868 | 103 | 3.64 | .881 | 0 | 1699 |
50 | Reinhard Divis | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 231 | 37 | 4.67 | .840 | 0 | 475 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Curtis Sanford (November 21) | [8] |
Transactions
The Blues 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.[9]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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August 2, 2005 | To Edmonton Oilers Chris Pronger |
To St. Louis Blues Eric Brewer Doug Lynch Jeff Woywitka |
[10] |
August 24, 2005 | To Toronto Maple Leafs John Pohl |
To St. Louis Blues Future considerations |
[11] |
December 9, 2005 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Eric Boguniecki |
To St. Louis Blues Steve Poapst |
[12] |
December 13, 2005 | To Edmonton Oilers Blake Evans |
To St. Louis Blues Future considerations |
[13] |
January 29, 2005 | To Nashville Predators Mike Sillinger |
To St. Louis Blues Timofei Shishkanov |
[14] |
January 30, 2006 | To Carolina Hurricanes Doug Weight Rights to Erkki Rajamaki |
To St. Louis Blues Jesse Boulerice Michael Zigomanis Rights to Magnus Kahnberg 1st-round pick in 2006 Toronto’s 4th-round pick in 2006 Chicago’s 4th-round pick in 2007 |
[15] |
March 9, 2006 | To Vancouver Canucks Eric Weinrich |
To St. Louis Blues Tomas Mojzis 3rd-round pick in 2006 |
[16] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 1, 2005 | Aaron Downey | Dallas Stars | 1-year | Free agency | [17] |
August 2, 2005 | Jeff Hoggan | Worcester IceCats (AHL) | Free agency | [18] | |
Ryan Ramsay | Worcester IceCats (AHL) | Free agency | [18] | ||
Trent Whitfield | Washington Capitals | Free agency | [18] | ||
August 9, 2005 | Dean McAmmond | Albany River Rats (AHL) | Free agency | [19] | |
September 13, 2005 | Scott Young | Memphis RiverKings (CHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [20] |
November 29, 2005 | Simon Gamache | Nashville Predators | Waivers | [21] | |
December 3, 2005 | Kevin Dallman | Boston Bruins | Waivers | [22] | |
December 30, 2005 | Vladimir Orszagh | Phoenix Coyotes | Waivers | [23] | |
January 31, 2006 | Craig Anderson | Boston Bruins | Waivers | [24] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 2] | Ref |
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July 1, 2005 | Jame Pollock | Nurnberg Ice Tigers (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [26] |
August 10, 2005 | Alexander Khavanov | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (III) | [27] |
August 29, 2005 | Aris Brimanis | Kloten Flyers (NLA) | Free agency | [28] |
October 26, 2005 | Brett Scheffelmaier | Retirement | [29] | |
January 23, 2006 | Aaron Downey | Montreal Canadiens | Waivers | [30] |
January 28, 2006 | Simon Gamache | Nashville Predators | Waivers | [31] |
February 3, 2006 | Craig Anderson | Chicago Blackhawks | Waivers | [32] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 28, 2005 | Patrick Lalime | 1-year | Option exercised | [33] |
Andy Roach | 1-year | Option exercised | [33] | |
Matt Walker | 1-year | Option exercised | [33] | |
July 29, 2005 | Zack Fitzgerald | Entry-level | [34] | |
Lee Stempniak | Entry-level | [34] | ||
August 9, 2005 | Eric Boguniecki | Re-signing | [35] | |
Colin Hemingway | Re-signing | [35] | ||
Bryce Salvador | Re-signing | [35] | ||
August 11, 2005 | Trevor Byrne | Re-signing | [36] | |
Mike Glumac | Re-signing | [36] | ||
Ryan Johnson | Re-signing | [36] | ||
Mark Rycroft | Re-signing | [36] | ||
Mike Stuart | Re-signing | [36] | ||
August 15, 2005 | Eric Brewer | Re-signing | [37] | |
Jamal Mayers | Re-signing | [37] | ||
Brett Scheffelmaier | Re-signing | [37] | ||
Peter Sejna | Re-signing | [37] | ||
March 15, 2006 | David Backes | Entry-level | [38] | |
April 20, 2006 | Keith Tkachuk | 1-year | Option exercised | [39] |
April 25, 2006 | Magnus Kahnberg | Entry-level | [40] | |
May 31, 2006 | Michal Birner | Entry-level | [41] | |
Roman Polak | Entry-level | [41] | ||
Marek Schwarz | Entry-level | [41] | ||
Carl Soderberg | Entry-level | [41] |
Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 24 | T. J. Oshie | United States | Warroad High School (USHS-MN) |
2 | 37 | Scott Jackson | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
3 | 85 | Ben Bishop | United States | Texas Tornado (NAHL) |
5 | 156 | Ryan Reaves | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
6 | 169 | Mike Gauthier | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
6 | 171 | Nick Drazenovic | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
7 | 219 | Nikolai Lemtyugov | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
Farm teams
- Peoria Rivermen (AHL) - Peoria, Illinois Posted 46-26-0-8 Record, lost in 2nd round of playoffs
- Alaska Aces (ECHL) - Anchorage, Alaska Posted 53-12-0-7 Record, won Kelly Cup
See also
Notes
- Hoggan wore number 59 on October 20.
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.[25]
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The St. Louis Blues signed right wing Aaron Downey, who had been with the Dallas Stars, to a one-year contract.
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01-Jul-05: Signed with the Nurnberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
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29-Aug-05: Signed with the Kloten Flyers of the Swiss National League.
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ST. LOUIS BLUES--Signed D Zach Fitzgerald and F Lee Stempniak.
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- "Mark Rycroft Re-signs With Blues And Ryan Johnson Accepts Qualifying Offer". St. Louis Blues. August 11, 2005. Archived from the original on March 24, 2006. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- "Jamal Mayers Re-signs With Blues And Eric Brewer Accepts Qualifying Offer". St. Louis Blues. August 15, 2005. Archived from the original on March 24, 2006. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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