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2005–06 Minnesota Wild
Division5th Northwest
Conference11th Western
2005–06 record38–36–8
Home record23–16–2
Road record15–20–6
Goals for231
Goals against215
Team information
General managerDoug Risebrough
CoachJacques Lemaire
CaptainRotating[1]
Alex Henry (Oct.)
Filip Kuba (Nov.)
Willie Mitchell (Dec.–Jan.)
Brian Rolston (Feb.)
Wes Walz (Mar.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsMarian Gaborik
Willie Mitchell (Oct.–Nov., Feb.-Mar.)
Brian Rolston (Oct.–Jan., Mar.-Apr.)
Wes Walz (Oct.–Feb.)
Todd White
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Average attendance18,575
Minor league affiliate(s)Houston Aeros
Team leaders
GoalsMarian Gaborik (38)
AssistsBrian Rolston (45)
PointsBrian Rolston (79)
Penalty minutesDerek Boogaard (158)
Plus/minusWillie Mitchell (+15)
WinsManny Fernandez (30)
Goals against averageManny Fernandez (2.29)

The 2005–06 Minnesota Wild season was the team's sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wild failed to qualify for the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

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Regular season

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The Wild allowed the fewest power-play goals in the NHL with 55 and had the highest penalty-kill percentage at 87.39%.[2]

Final standings

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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

[3] 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[4]
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

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2005–06 regular season[5]
October: 6–4–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 1–2–2)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 W October 5, 2005 6–3 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 1–0–0 Recap
2 L October 8, 2005 1–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 1–1–0 Recap
3 L October 9, 2005 1–2 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 1–1–1 Recap
4 W October 12, 2005 6–0 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 2–1–1 Recap
5 L October 14, 2005 3–5 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 2–2–1 Recap
6 W October 16, 2005 4–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 3–2–1 Recap
7 W October 19, 2005 6–1 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 4–2–1 Recap
8 W October 22, 2005 3–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 5–2–1 Recap
9 L October 23, 2005 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 5–3–1 Recap
10 L October 25, 2005 1–3 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 5–4–1 Recap
11 L October 28, 2005 1–2 SO @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 5–4–2 Recap
12 W October 29, 2005 3–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 6–4–2 Recap
November: 4–6–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 2–4–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
13 L November 1, 2005 0–3 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 6–5–2 Recap
14 L November 2, 2005 1–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 6–6–2 Recap
15 W November 5, 2005 3–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 7–6–2 Recap
16 W November 6, 2005 4–3 SO @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 8–6–2 Recap
17 L November 8, 2005 2–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 8–7–2 Recap
18 L November 11, 2005 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 8–8–2 Recap
19 L November 14, 2005 2–3 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 8–9–2 Recap
20 W November 19, 2005 4–2 Nashville Predators (2005–06) 9–9–2 Recap
21 L November 23, 2005 3–4 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 9–10–2 Recap
22 W November 25, 2005 5–3 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 10–10–2 Recap
23 L November 30, 2005 2–3 SO Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 10–10–3 Recap
December: 8–7–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–5–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
24 L December 1, 2005 1–2 @ Nashville Predators (2005–06) 10–11–3 Recap
25 L December 3, 2005 2–3 SO @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 10–11–4 Recap
26 L December 5, 2005 1–3 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 10–12–4 Recap
27 W December 8, 2005 5–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 11–12–4 Recap
28 L December 10, 2005 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 11–13–4 Recap
29 L December 11, 2005 2–3 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 11–14–4 Recap
30 W December 13, 2005 4–3 @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 12–14–4 Recap
31 L December 15, 2005 2–3 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 12–15–4 Recap
32 W December 17, 2005 4–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 13–15–4 Recap
33 W December 19, 2005 2–1 Dallas Stars (2005–06) 14–15–4 Recap
34 L December 22, 2005 3–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 14–16–4 Recap
35 W December 23, 2005 5–3 Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 15–16–4 Recap
36 W December 26, 2005 4–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 16–16–4 Recap
37 W December 28, 2005 4–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 17–16–4 Recap
38 L December 29, 2005 2–4 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 17–17–4 Recap
39 W December 31, 2005 4–3 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 18–17–4 Recap
January: 7–7–0 (home: 5–5–0; road: 2–2–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
40 W January 3, 2006 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 19–17–4 Recap
41 L January 5, 2006 2–4 Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 19–18–4 Recap
42 W January 7, 2006 4–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 20–18–4 Recap
43 L January 9, 2006 1–2 Dallas Stars (2005–06) 20–19–4 Recap
44 L January 14, 2006 1–4 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 20–20–4 Recap
45 L January 16, 2006 1–6 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 20–21–4 Recap
46 W January 18, 2006 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 21–21–4 Recap
47 W January 20, 2006 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 22–21–4 Recap
48 W January 22, 2006 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 23–21–4 Recap
49 W January 24, 2006 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 24–21–4 Recap
50 W January 26, 2006 5–1 Nashville Predators (2005–06) 25–21–4 Recap
51 L January 27, 2006 3–4 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 25–22–4 Recap
52 L January 30, 2006 4–5 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 25–23–4 Recap
53 L January 31, 2006 2–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 25–24–4 Recap
February: 4–2–1 (home: 1–1–0; road: 3–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
54 W February 2, 2006 3–2 SO @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 26–24–4 Recap
55 W February 4, 2006 6–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 27–24–4 Recap
56 W February 7, 2006 5–1 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 28–24–4 Recap
57 L February 9, 2006 1–2 Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 28–25–4 Recap
58 W February 10, 2006 6–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 29–25–4 Recap
59 L February 12, 2006 2–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 29–25–5 Recap
60 L February 28, 2006 2–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 29–26–5 Recap
March: 5–7–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–4–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
61 L March 2, 2006 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 29–27–5 Recap
62 L March 3, 2006 2–4 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 29–28–5 Recap
63 W March 5, 2006 5–3 Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 30–28–5 Recap
64 L March 7, 2006 2–3 OT Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 30–28–6 Recap
65 L March 10, 2006 1–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 30–28–7 Recap
66 W March 12, 2006 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 31–28–7 Recap
67 L March 14, 2006 1–2 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 31–29–7 Recap
68 L March 19, 2006 2–3 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 31–30–7 Recap
69 W March 21, 2006 3–1 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 32–30–7 Recap
70 L March 22, 2006 2–4 @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 32–31–7 Recap
71 L March 25, 2006 1–5 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 32–32–7 Recap
72 W March 28, 2006 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 33–32–7 Recap
73 L March 29, 2006 1–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 33–33–7 Recap
74 W March 31, 2006 2–1 SO @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 34–33–7 Recap
April: 4–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–2–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
75 L April 2, 2006 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 34–34–7 Recap
76 W April 4, 2006 5–4 SO St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 35–34–7 Recap
77 W April 6, 2006 2–1 SO Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 36–34–7 Recap
78 L April 7, 2006 1–2 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 36–35–7 Recap
79 W April 9, 2006 5–2 @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 37–35–7 Recap
80 W April 11, 2006 2–0 Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 38–35–7 Recap
81 L April 13, 2006 2–4 @ Nashville Predators (2005–06) 38–36–7 Recap
82 L April 15, 2006 3–4 OT @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 38–36–8 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Wild only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
12 Brian Rolston C 82 34 45 79 14 50
10 Marian Gaborik RW 65 38 28 66 6 64
96 Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 80 17 42 59 3 28
28 Todd White C 61 19 21 40 −1 18
25 Randy Robitaille C 67 12 28 40 −5 54
37 Wes Walz C 82 19 18 37 7 61
32 Marc Chouinard C 74 14 16 30 1 34
26 Kurtis Foster D 58 10 18 28 −3 60
9 Alexandre Daigle C 46 5 23 28 −6 12
11 Pascal Dupuis LW 67 10 16 26 −10 40
17 Filip Kuba D 65 6 19 25 0 44
21 Mikko Koivu C 64 6 15 21 −9 40
20 Andrei Zyuzin D 57 7 11 18 −12 50
34 Daniel Tjarnqvist D 60 3 15 18 −11 32
19 Stephane Veilleux LW 71 7 9 16 −13 63
8 Brent Burns D 72 4 12 16 −7 32
55 Nick Schultz D 79 2 12 14 2 43
27 Kyle Wanvig RW 51 4 8 12 −8 64
2 Willie Mitchell‡ D 64 2 6 8 15 87
24 Derek Boogaard LW 65 2 4 6 2 158
41 Martin Skoula† D 17 1 5 6 0 10
83 Matt Foy RW 19 2 3 5 −4 16
18 Mattias Weinhandl† RW 15 2 3 5 0 10
36 Alex Henry D 63 0 5 5 −4 73
35 Manny Fernandez G 58 0 3 3 6
7 Erik Westrum C 10 0 1 1 −1 2
23 Scott Ferguson D 15 0 0 0 −3 22
29 Josh Harding G 3 0 0 0 0
44 Andrei Nazarov LW 2 0 0 0 −1 6
56 Erik Reitz D 5 0 0 0 −2 4
30 Dwayne Roloson‡ G 24 0 0 0 6

Goaltending

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  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
No. Player Regular season
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35 Manny Fernandez 58 30 18 7 1612 130 2.29 .919 1 3411
30 Dwayne Roloson‡ 24 6 17 1 759 68 3.00 .910 1 1361
29 Josh Harding 3 2 1 0 83 8 2.59 .904 1 185

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL Defensive Player of the Week Manny Fernandez (January 2) [6]
Team Three Star Award Brian Rolston [7]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Derek Boogaard October 5, 2005 [8]
Matt Foy
Mikko Koivu November 5, 2005
Josh Harding April 4, 2006
Erik Reitz April 7, 2006

Transactions

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The Wild 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

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Date Details Ref
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30) To Ottawa Senators
  • 4th-round pick in 2005
 To Minnesota Wild
[10]
August 26, 2005 (2005-08-26) To Phoenix Coyotes
To Minnesota Wild
[11]
March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08) To Edmonton Oilers
To Minnesota Wild
  • 1st-round pick in 2006
  • Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2007[a]
 [14]
March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09) To Dallas Stars
To Minnesota Wild
[15]
June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14) To Atlanta Thrashers
  • Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2006 or 2007
 To Minnesota Wild
[16]

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01) Andrei Nazarov Phoenix Coyotes Free agency [17]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04) Scott Ferguson Skovde IK (Allsvenskan) Free agency [18]
Kurtis Foster Anaheim Mighty Ducks Free agency [18]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15) Daniel Tjarnqvist Atlanta Thrashers 1-year Free agency [19]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16) Joey Tetarenko Houston Aeros (AHL) 1-year Free agency [20]
October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04) Randy Robitaille Nashville Predators Waivers [21]
March 4, 2006 (2006-03-04) Mattias Weinhandl New York Islanders Waivers [22]
June 1, 2006 (2006-06-01) Niklas Backstrom Oulun Karpat (Liiga) multi-year Free agency [23]
June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06) Peter Ratchuk Adler Mannheim (DEL) 1-year Free agency [24]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Via[b] Ref
April 12, 2005 (2005-04-12) Christoph Brandner Sodertalje SK (SHL) Free agency (UFA) [26]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29) Matt Johnson[c] Compliance buyout [28]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01) Jason Beckett[d] Contract expiration (UFA) [25]
Kyle Kettles[e] Contract expiration (UFA) [25]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04) Mark Cullen Chicago Blackhawks Free agency (UFA) [31]
August 6, 2005 (2005-08-06) Andrew Brunette Colorado Avalanche Free agency (III) [32]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09) Richard Park Vancouver Canucks Free agency (UFA) [33]
September 4, 2005 (2005-09-04) Raymond Giroux Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) Free agency (VI) [34]
September 14, 2005 (2005-09-14) Jordan Krestanovich Mora IK (SHL) Free agency (UFA) [35]
N/A Marc Cavosie Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [36]
October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19) Dan Cavanaugh Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) Free agency (VI) [37]
May 11, 2006 (2006-05-11) Kirby Law Geneve-Servette HC (NLA) Free agency [38]
May 13, 2006 (2006-05-13) Alexandre Daigle HC Davos (NLA) Free agency [39]

Signings

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Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28) Patrick O'Sullivan 3-year Entry-level [40]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29) Alexandre Daigle 1-year Re-signing [28]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02) Roman Voloshenko 3-year Entry-level [41]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03) Marc Chouinard 1-year Re-signing [42]
Manny Fernandez 1-year Re-signing [43]
August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08) Miroslav Kopriva Entry-level [42]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09) Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1-year Re-signing [44]
Willie Mitchell 1-year Re-signing [33]
Todd White multi-year Re-signing [33]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10) Andrei Zyuzin 1-year Re-signing [42]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16) Kyle Wanvig 1-year Re-signing [20]
August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19) Rickard Wallin 1-year Re-signing [45]
August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24) Peter Olvecky Entry-level [46]
September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09) Clayton Stoner Entry-level [47]
Stephane Veilleux multi-year Re-signing [47]
September 28, 2005 (2005-09-28) Erik Reitz Re-signing [48]
March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03) Manny Fernandez multi-year Extension [49]
April 5, 2006 (2006-04-05) Danny Irmen multi-year Entry-level [50]
May 1, 2006 (2006-05-01) Benoit Pouliot multi-year Entry-level [51]
June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14) Petteri Nummelin multi-year Re-signing [16]
June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19) Brian Rolston 1-year Extension[f] [52]

Draft picks

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Minnesota's picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario.[53]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 4 Benoit Pouliot LW  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2 57 Matt Kassian LW  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3 65 Kristofer Westblom G  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
4 110 Kyle Bailey C  Canada Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4 122 Morten Madsen LW  Denmark Frölunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
5 129 Anthony Aiello D  United States Thayer Academy (USHS-MA)
7 199 Riley Emmerson RW  Canada Tri-City Americans (WHL)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Minnesota would receive the pick if the Oilers re-signed Roloson, which they did on July 1, 2006.[12][13]
  2. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.[25]
  3. ^ Johnson retired.[27]
  4. ^ Beckett was inactive during the 2005–06 season.[29]
  5. ^ Kettles retired.[30]
  6. ^ Contract option for the 2007–08 season was exercised by Minnesota.

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