The 2006–07

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was the

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franchise's 80th season of play and their 81st season overall. It saw the team attempting to build on their surprising run into the playoffs the previous season. After being swept by their cross-river rivals the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the

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, the Rangers looked to add playoff experience through off-season free agent signings. As such, the Rangers signed forward

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New York Rangers add former Carolina Hurricanes forward Cullen
– accessed May 7, 2007 and defenseman Aaron WardRangers sign defenceman Aaron Ward away from champion Hurricanes
– accessed May 7, 2007 from the Stanley Cup champion

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, in addition to three-time champion

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Free agent winger Brendan Shanahan signs with New York Rangers
– accessed May 7, 2007 from the

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. However, the Rangers lost a few big names from their strong regular season run, including assistant captain

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,Thrashers sign unrestricted free agents Steve Rucchin, Glen Metropolit
– accessed May 7, 2007 Martin Rucinsky,St. Louis Blues sign free-agent forward Martin Rucinsky
– accessed May 7, 2007

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Poti leaves Rangers, signs one-year deal with rival Islanders
– accessed May 7, 2007 and Petr Sykora.Free-agent forward Petr Sykora signs one-year deal with Oilers
– accessed May 7, 2007

Regular season

On October 5, 2006, before the Rangers opened regular season play at

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against the

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, Jágr was named as the 24th captain in Rangers history. In the 5–2 victory,

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scored on the season's first shot and

scored twice to tally his 600th career NHL goal.Rangers forward Brendan Shanahan scores twice to reach 600 NHL goals
– accessed May 7, 2007 Despite a 2–0 start, the Rangers struggled through the month of October and finished the calendar month in the midst of their west coast swing with a 5–6 record. Things began to turn in the right direction for the team in the month of November. The Rangers began the month with wins over the

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and

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to bring their record above .500 and after an 8–3–3-month, the Rangers had a 13–9–3 record. The Rangers rose high in December, with a five-game winning streak during the second week, but then crashed hard back to Earth. A 9–2 loss at

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on December 16 keyed a seven-game losing streak which included two heart-breaking losses in Florida (one to the

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in which the Rangers led 2–0 after two periods and lost 3–2 and another two nights later to the

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in which the Rangers led 3–0 after two and lost 4–3). The Rangers were also shut-out in their final two losses of the streak. The Rangers got back on the right track and snapped their losing skid with a 4–1 win against the Washington Capitals in their final game of 2006. This win would key a four-game winning streak; however, the Rangers lost eight of their next 11 games as they limped into February. On February 5, 2007, in a trade with the

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, the Rangers acquired the agitator

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.Rangers acquire forward Sean Avery in five-player swap with Kings
– accessed May 7, 2007 Avery's first few games with the Rangers saw an increase in the team's intensity, but still a lack of luck in the standings. In his first game, the Rangers lost to the

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3–2 in a shootout, then proceeded to win three straight against the likes of Tampa Bay, Washington and Carolina. Against the

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on February 17, the Rangers lost not only the game (5–3) but also lost Brendan Shanahan to a concussion after an open ice collision with

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in the third period.Rangers forward Shanahan hospitalized following collision with Philadelphia's Knuble
– accessed May 7, 2007 Shanahan would miss the next 15 games. As of the trading deadline on February 27, the Rangers were 29–27–6 and a run at a playoff berth looked unlikely. During the month of March, the Rangers lost a number of other players to injury, including

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,Tyutin out 3 to 4 weeks due to sprained knee ligament
– accessed May 7, 2007

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Rangers' Hossa out 3–to-4 weeks with knee injury
– accessed May 7, 2007 and Karel Rachunek,Rangers D Rachunek joins growing list of injuries
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(MCL) sprains. However, thanks to the stellar play of goaltender

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, the Rangers went 10–2–3 in the month of March to move into playoff position and on April 5, 2007, with a 3–1 win over the

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, clinched a playoff berth for the second consecutive season. The Rangers concluded the regular season with a record of 13–3–4 after the trading deadline and 17–6–6 after the acquisition of Sean Avery from Los Angeles. On their final night of the regular season, the Rangers lost 2–1 to the

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, but thanks to Tampa Bay's shootout loss to the

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, the Rangers locked up the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs for the second straight year.

Season standings

Schedule and results

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Playoffs

The New York Rangers ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed. Key: Win Loss

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Entering the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, the New York Rangers had not won a playoff game since May 18, 1997, against the

, having lost seven consecutive playoff games in that time span. They began the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals against the Atlanta Thrashers, a team making their first playoff appearance in franchise history. In front of a sellout crowd in Atlanta for Game 1, the Rangers struck first with a

goal 12:50 into the first period to take a 1–0 lead.

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added a power play goal four minutes later to extend the Ranger lead to 2–0. Atlanta's Eric Belanger tallied a power play goal in the first period's final minute to make the score 2–1 at first intermission. The Rangers held a two-goal lead two other times through the remainder of the game, but Atlanta cut the deficit back to one on both occasions, with their final tally coming from former Ranger

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early in the third period. Atlanta pressured for the equalizer for the final minutes but could not beat

for a fourth goal and the Rangers prevailed 4–3. Not only was the victory the Rangers first playoff win in nearly ten years, it was also the first time the Rangers won Game 1 of a playoff series since the 1994 Eastern Conference Semi-finals against the

. In addition, the four goals scored by New York in Game 1 matched their four-game offensive output against the

from the year prior. Atlanta switched goaltenders for Game 2, giving the nod to

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over

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. The Rangers would strike first again, this time on a fluke goal credited to

. Avery dumped the puck into the offensive zone from the red line, causing Hedberg to leave the crease in order to play the puck behind the net. The puck caromed off the boards in a peculiar manner and ended up in the net. After the bizarre goal, the game settled into a goaltending duel between Hedberg and Lundqvist. Atlanta would tie the game five minutes into the third period on a goal by

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. The Rangers, however, would prevail, winning on a

goal with four minutes to play. Up 2–0 in the series, the Rangers returned home for Game 3, and the Atlanta Thrashers returned to Kari Lehtonen in net. The switch did not work, as the Rangers struck 32 seconds into the game and would not let up from there. Jaromir Jagr tied an NHL record with three assists in the first period as Michael Nylander scored twice and Marek Malik added another to give New York a 3–0 lead after one. Rookie

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scored twice in the second period (the first two playoff goals of his career), Brendan Shanahan added a power play goal midway through the third period, and Nylander completed the hat trick seven minutes later to seal a 7–0 Game 3 victory. The 7–0 victory was the first playoff shutout in Henrik Lundqvist's career and the largest margin of victory in a playoff shutout in franchise history. Atlanta switched back to Hedberg in Game 4 and struck first to take their first lead of the series with a

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goal in the first period. The Rangers would respond just over a minute later with Michal Rozsival's second power play goal of the series to make the score 1–1 after one period. Atlanta would take the lead for a second time in the second period on a goal by Greg de Vries, but the Rangers would counter again, this time with a Brendan Shanahan goal to tie the game at 2–2 after two periods. Early in the third period

would score the eventual game winner, driving a rolling puck from the point off the crossbar. The puck bounced straight down and at first glance never crossed the goal line. After a five-minute video review, the puck was clearly shown to have crossed the line in its entirety while on edge and the goal counted. Jaromir Jagr added an empty net goal late in the period to seal a 4–2 win and a series sweep. The sweep was only the third sweep of a seven-game playoff series in franchise history (the other sweeps came against the

in 1972 and the

in 1994).

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After sweeping Atlanta in the first round, the Rangers next opponent was the Eastern Conference's top seed (and the regular season

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winner), the

. The Sabres had been a powerful offensive team in the regular season, scoring 308 goals in the 82 games (20 more than the second place team in that department, the

with 288). The Sabres had four players score over 30 goals during the season, led by

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with 43 in his sophomore campaign. The series did not start well for the Rangers in western New York. Despite playing a scoreless first period, the key development in the first twenty minutes was a knee injury suffered by Ranger defenseman Michal Rozsival. Rozsival would see the ice for two shifts in the second period but could not stay in the game. As a result, the Rangers were forced to play the remainder of the game with five defensemen, a recipe for disaster against a team as talented offensively as the Sabres. Indeed, the result was a disaster for New York, as the Sabres struck for three goals in four minutes, two coming from the aforementioned Vanek, and Buffalo led 3–0 after two. The Rangers finally beat

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halfway through the third period to cut the deficit to 3–1, thanks to a

tally, but it would not be enough. Three minutes later

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was awarded a goal on the first of several controversial video reviews in the series; the controversy in this case coming from the appearance that Pominville had punched the puck into the net. Brendan Shanahan scored a power play goal late for the Rangers to make it 4–2, but

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hit the empty net to seal a 5–2 Sabre victory in Game 1. The tide turned slightly for the Rangers in Game 2, but the result would not. The Rangers scored first this time around, on a

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power play goal midway through the first, but

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and the Sabres responded with a goal on the man advantage 50 seconds later to even the game at one. Late in the second period, the Rangers scored again on the power play, this time with

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getting the tally, to take a 2–1 lead at second intermission. Things would unravel for the Rangers in the third as an errant Marek Malik pass was intercepted before exiting the defensive zone and

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converted the play into the equalizer goal 24 seconds into the period. Buffalo carried the momentum from there and Thomas Vanek netted the eventual game winner after a scramble in front at 10:11 of the third. The Sabres hung on to win 3–2 and take a 2–0 lead into the series. The series shifted to New York City and

for Game 3, with the Rangers in desperate need of a victory. For the second time in three games in the series, the game remained scoreless after one period of play; however, the Rangers struck early in the second, shortly after a power play opportunity had expired. Marek Malik kept the puck in at the blue line and

fired a shot that Ryan Miller stopped and thought he had covered. Unfortunately for the Sabres, the puck slipped behind him and Jagr followed up on the play by putting the loose puck in for his first goal of the series, giving the Rangers the 1–0 lead. A few minutes later, after driving hard to the net Karel Rachunek appeared to have given the Rangers a 2–0 lead when the puck deflected off his skate and past Miller into the open net. After a second controversial video review, the officials determined that Rachunek had kicked the puck into the net, negating the goal. Said Rangers Head Coach

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after the game, "it has to be a distinct kicking motion. If that's distinct then we're all in trouble." In the third, Buffalo would even the score with a power play goal by co-captain Daniel Briere with under eight minutes to play in regulation, forcing overtime. Buffalo nearly buried the game in the first overtime session 19 minutes in while shorthanded, but

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's shot rang off the post behind Rangers netminder

and out. In double overtime, it was Rozsival who would be the hero for New York, scoring on a drive from the point that deflected off the iron and in behind Ryan Miller, ending the game after 36:43 of extra time. The win came 36 years to the day that

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scored a triple overtime winner at the Garden to beat the

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. Two days later, the Rangers looked to even up the series on home ice, taking momentum from their double overtime Game 3 victory. Game 4 started similarly: after a scoreless first period, Jaromir Jagr scored a goal early in the first minute of the second period to give the Rangers a 1–0 lead. The Rangers would extend their lead to 2–0 midway through the third period, thanks to a power play goal from Brendan Shanahan. Buffalo would cut their deficit back to one goal just 33 seconds later on a goal by Ales Kotalik. Buffalo attacked hard for the game's final ten minutes but Lundqvist kept the Rangers up by a goal. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 11–4 in the game's final frame. With 20 seconds to play in regulation, Lundqvist was caught out of the net after misplaying the puck behind his own net as Buffalo charged for the equalizer. The puck came to Daniel Briere at the side of the net, but Lundqvist came across and made a right pad save at the goal line with 17 seconds to play. The play would go to another controversial video review and while many analysts believe that the puck logically would have crossed the goal line (resulting in a goal), there was no video angle available to conclusively prove that point. The ruling was no goal and the Rangers hung on for their second straight 2–1 victory to even the series 2–2 as it went back to Buffalo. After an even first period in Game 5 resulted in no scoring, the momentum swung heavily in the Sabres' favor. Buffalo outshot New York 17–6 in the second period, but both goaltenders were a wall in net and the game remained scoreless through two. In the third, Buffalo had the advantage in shots once more (13–6), but it was New York that struck first, as Martin Straka scored to put the Rangers on top 1–0 with 3:19 to play in regulation. The Rangers looked like they were about to steal Game 5, but Chris Drury scored with 7.7 seconds remaining in the game to force overtime. Coincidentally, the Rangers had been burned for a game-tying goal with exactly 7.7 seconds on the clock in the past, specifically in Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals when

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beat

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to force overtime. While the Rangers had won that game in double overtime on a

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wrap-around, in this case, the Sabres would ride their momentum and win four minutes into overtime on a power play goal by

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, who had been a healthy scratch the game before. Down 3–2 in the series, the Rangers headed back to New York for Game 6, carrying a nine-game winning streak at Madison Square Garden. For the fifth straight game in the series, the Rangers drew first blood, on a Michael Nylander backhand shot. With the score 1–0 Rangers in the second period, Buffalo started a heavy offensive onslaught. 1:29 into the second,

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scored on a shot that changed directions on Lundqvist after forward

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attempted to block the shot. Buffalo took the lead just over a minute later on a Jason Pominville goal. The Rangers would respond quickly, thanks to a power play goal by Paul Mara to tie the score at 2, but the Sabres were not done.

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and Chris Drury would add goals to give Buffalo a 4–2 lead after two periods. During the regular season and playoffs to that point, the Sabres had a 40–0 record when leading by two goals after two periods, but the Rangers would challenge that early. Jaromir Jagr scored on the power play five minutes into the third to cut the deficit to 4–3, but Hecht would net his second of the game ten minutes later on a tip-in in front to extend Buffalo's lead back to two goals. With 2:51 to play, Michael Nylander would score his second of the game on the power play to cut it to one goal again, but the Rangers could not tie the game late, and Buffalo held on for a 5–4 victory to eliminate the Rangers in six games.

Player statistics

;Skaters ;Goaltenders ;Goaltenders ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

Awards and records

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& John Halligan

Team specific awards

* Frank Boucher Trophy (to the "most popular player on and off the ice"):

* Rookie of the Year:

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* Ceil Saidel Memorial Award ("for dedication to the organization on and off the ice"):

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Extra Effort Award ("for the player that goes above and beyond the call of duty"):

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* Rangers Good Guy Award (for "cooperation with the media"): Brendan Shanahan * Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award (to the best rookie of training camp):

and

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* Rangers Most Valuable Player: Henrik Lundqvist * Players' Player Award: Brendan ShanahanPlayers' Player Award
– accessed May 7, 2007

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Received from waivers

Waiver losses

Draft picks

New York's picks at the

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, at the

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Farm teams

Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)

Hartford finished with a regular season record of 47–29–3–1 for a total of 98 points in the standings. This snapped a three-year streak in which the team had finished the regular season with at least 100 points, though it marked the fourth consecutive season in which the Wolf Pack won at least 40 games.

led the team with 35 goals and 55 points on the season, earning him a spot on the AHL All-Rookie team for the season. By the time Callahan had won the honor, however, he was already seeing 3rd line playing time in the NHL for the Rangers. Goaltender

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finished fifth in the league in regular season goals against average at 2.30.

Regular season standings

Playoffs

As the second seed in the Atlantic Division, the Wolf Pack opened up the playoffs against the third seeded Providence Bruins. With home ice advantage secured, Hartford won Game 1, 5–1, but fell behind early in Game 2 and lost 4–2. With the series even and headed to Providence, the Wolf Pack reclaimed home ice advantage in the series thanks to a 5–2 victory in Game 3. Providence evened the series again in Game 4 with a big 5–1 victory, but the Wolf Pack used a 26–save Al Montoya shutout in Game 5 (a 1–0 victory) to take a 3–2 series lead back home to Hartford. Providence stayed alive in the series by winning Game 6 convincingly by a 5–2 score to force a seventh game. Tied 3–3 in the third, the Bruins scored two goals in a span of 58 seconds to take a 5–3 lead which Hartford could not come back from, falling 5–4 and losing the series 4 games to 3.

Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)

Charlotte finished the regular season 42–27–1–2 for 87 points, making 2006–07 the third best regular season finish in franchise history (behind 93 points in 2001–02 and 94 points in 1995–96). The Checkers also qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. In each of the past two years, the Checkers were eliminated in the third round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs. Mark Lee led the team in scoring with 80 points,

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led the team in goals with 33, and goaltender Chris Holt finished the season with a 24–18–0–2 record with a 3.15 goals against average.

Regular season standings

Playoffs

The fourth seeded Checkers played the fifth seeded

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in the American Conference's Southern Divisional Quarter-finals, a best-of-three series, sweeping it 2 games to 0. Charlotte won both games in overtime, 2–1 in Game 1 and 3–2 on the road in Game 2. Daymen Rycroft scored the game-winning goal on both occasions. The Checkers would then play the top seeded

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in the Divisional Semi-finals, a best-of-five series. Florida took Game 1 by the score of 3–2, then pounded the Checkers in Game 2 by scoring early and often, en route to a 7–2 win. Back home for Game 3, the Checkers could not stave off the sweep, falling 4–0 in their final game.

References

* Game log: New York Rangers game log on espn.com * Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com * Player Stats: New York Rangers 2006–07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com * Draft picks:

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Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Awards and records

Team specific awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Received from waivers

Waiver losses

Draft picks

Farm teams

Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)

Regular season standings

Playoffs

Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)

Regular season standings

Playoffs

See also

References