OHL 2006/07

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The 2006/07 OHL season was the 27th season of the Ontario Hockey League . The regular season began on September 21, 2006 and ended on March 18, 2007. The play-offs started on March 22, 2007 and ended with the Plymouth Whalers winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the first time on May 13, 2007 who prevailed against the Sudbury Wolves in the OHL final .

Regular season

Final placements

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeat after overtime or shootout , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations:     = play-off qualification,     = division winner,     = Conference winner,     = Hamilton Spectator Trophy winner

Eastern Conference

East Division GP W. L. OTL GF GA Pts
Belleville Bulls 68 39 24 5 260 227 83
Oshawa Generals 68 31 29 8th 292 320 70
Kingston Frontenacs 68 31 30th 7th 269 284 69
Ottawa 67's 68 30th 34 4th 242 263 64
Peterborough Petes 68 24 39 5 198 274 53
Central Division GP W. L. OTL GF GA Pts
Barrie Colts 68 48 19th 1 273 193 97
Mississauga IceDogs 68 43 21st 4th 326 251 90
Sudbury Wolves 68 29 30th 9 225 241 67
Brampton Battalion 68 27 36 5 214 277 59
Toronto St. Michael's Majors 68 20th 41 7th 225 325 47

Western Conference

Midwest Division GP W. L. OTL GF GA Pts
London Knights 68 50 14th 4th 311 231 104
Kitchener Rangers 68 47 17th 4th 262 187 98
Guelph Storm 68 33 23 12 215 200 78
Owen Sound Attack 68 31 30th 7th 256 261 69
Erie Otters 68 15th 50 3 209 378 33
West Division GP W. L. OTL GF GA Pts
Plymouth Whalers 68 49 14th 5 299 173 103
Saginaw Spirit 68 44 21st 3 291 217 91
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 68 37 23 8th 227 219 82
Sarnia Sting 68 34 24 10 270 241 78
Windsor Spitfires 68 18th 43 7th 209 311 43

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Patrick Kane London Knights 58 62 83 145 52
John Tavares Oshawa Generals 67 72 62 134 60
Syarhej Kaszitsyn London Knights 59 40 91 131 76
Tyler Donati Belleville Bulls 66 54 75 129 52
Sam Gagner London Knights 53 35 83 118 36
Bryan Little Barrie Colts 57 41 66 107 77
Evan Brophey Plymouth Whalers 68 36 71 107 91
Bobby Ryan Owen Sound Attack 63 43 59 102 63
Brett MacLean Oshawa Generals 68 47 53 100 43
Bobby Hughes Kingston Frontenacs 59 40 56 96 76

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime / shootout defeats , GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = Conceded goal

player team GP TOI W. L. OTL GA SO Sv% ATM
Michal Neuvirth Plymouth Whalers 41 2223 26th 8th 4th 86 4th 93.2 2.32
Jeremy Smith Plymouth Whalers 34 1901 23 6th 1 82 4th 92.3 2.59
Thomas McCollum Guelph Storm 55 3158 26th 18th 10 126 5 91.8 2.39
Andrew Perugini Barrie Colts 57 3304 40 16 1 156 4th 91.7 2.83
John Murray Kitchener Rangers 55 3121 40 9 3 134 5 90.9 2.58

Play-offs

Play-off tree

  Conference quarterfinals   Conference semifinals   Conference finals   OHL championship
                                     
E1 Barrie Colts 4th                  
E8 Brampton Battalion 0  
E1 Barrie Colts 0
  E6 Sudbury Wolves 4th  
E3 Mississauga IceDogs 1
 
E6 Sudbury Wolves 4th  
E6 Sudbury Wolves 4th
Eastern Conference
  E2 Belleville Bulls 2  
E2 Belleville Bulls 4th      
 
E7 Ottawa 67's 1  
E2 Belleville Bulls 4th
  E4 Oshawa Generals 0  
E4 Oshawa Generals 4th
 
E5 Kingston Frontenacs 1  
E6 Sudbury Wolves 2
  W2 Plymouth Whalers 4th
W1 London Knights 4th            
 
W8 Owen Sound Attack 0  
W1 London Knights 4th
  W5 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3  
W4 Saginaw Spirit 2
 
W5 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4th  
W1 London Knights 1
Western Conference
  W2 Plymouth Whalers 4th  
W2 Plymouth Whalers 4th      
 
W7 Guelph Storm 0  
W2 Plymouth Whalers 4th
  W3 Kitchener Rangers 1  
W3 Kitchener Rangers 4th
 
W6 Sarnia Sting 0  

J. Ross Robertson Cup winner

J. Ross Robertson Cup winner


Plymouth Whalers

Goalkeepers: Michal Neuvirth , Jeremy Smith

Defenders: Brett Bellemore , Wes Cunningham , Ryan McGinnis , Zack Shepley , Steve Ward , Steve Whitely

Attackers: Jared Boll , Evan Brophey , Dan Collins , Vern Cooper , Andrew Fournier , Kaine Geldart , AJ Jenks , Joe McCann , James Neal , Sean O'Connor , Daniel Ryder , Tom Sestito , Chris Terry , Brett Valliquette

Head Coach and General Manager: Mike Vellucci

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Patrick Kane London Knights 16 10 21st 31 16
Nick Foligno Sudbury Wolves 21st 12 17th 29 36
Sam Gagner London Knights 16 7th 22nd 29 22nd
Justin Donati Sudbury Wolves 19th 14th 14th 28 6th
Tyler Donati Belleville Bulls 15th 6th 20th 26th 4th
James Neal Plymouth Whalers 20th 13 12 25th 54
Evan Brophey Plymouth Whalers 20th 9 14th 23 26th
David Meckler London Knights 16 15th 7th 22nd 20th
Steve Downie Kitchener Rangers 9 8th 14th 22nd 15th
Syarhej Kaszitsyn London Knights 16 9 12 21st 39

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime / shootout defeats , GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = Conceded goal

player team GP TOI W. L. GA SO Sv% ATM
Jason Guy Kingston Frontenacs 3 125 1 1 5 0 93.8 2.40
Sebastian Dahm Sudbury Wolves 21st 1401 14th 4th 59 0 93.4 2.53
Michal Neuvirth Plymouth Whalers 18th 1080 14th 3 44 0 93.2 2.45
Kevin Lalande Belleville Bulls 15th 989 10 1 42 1 93.1 2.55
Andrew Perugini Barrie Colts 8th 514 3 1 22nd 0 91.8 2.57

Awards

All-star teams

First all-star team
Attack: James Neal - John Tavares - Patrick Kane
Defense: Marc Staal - Drew Doughty
Goal: Steve Mason
Trainer: Mike Vellucci
Second all-star team
Attack: Brett MacLean - Bryan Little - Tyler Donati
Defense: Jakub Kindl - Ryan Parent
Goal: Michal Neuvirth
Trainer: Mike Kelly
Third all-star team
Attack: Jamie McGinn - Sam Gagner - Syarhej Kaszitsyn
Defense: Alex Pietrangelo - Patrick McNeill
Goal: Thomas McCollum
Trainer: Dave Barr

All rookie teams

First all rookie team
Attack: Kaspars Daugaviņš - Sam Gagner - Patrick Kane
Defense: Alex Pietrangelo - Michael Del Zotto
Goal: Thomas McCollum
Second all rookie team
Attack: Jiří Tlustý - Steven Stamkos - Jan Muršak
Defense: Zach Bogosian - Yannick Weber
Goal: Michal Neuvirth

All-academic team

All-academic team
Attack: Derrick Bagshaw - Josh Brittain - Nick Foligno - Sam Gagner - Cody Hodgson - John Kurtz - Chris MacKinnon - Brett MacLean - Jan Muršak - Steven Stamkos
Defense: Robert Bortuzzo - Tyler Cuma - Geoff Killing - David Kolomatis - Jake Laplante - Michael McGurk - Alex Pietrangelo
Goal: Thomas McCollum - Jeremy Smith

Awarded trophies

Award team
J. Ross Robertson Cup Plymouth Whalers
Hamilton Spectator Trophy London Knights
Bobby Orr Trophy Sudbury Wolves
Wayne Gretzky Trophy Plymouth Whalers
Emms Trophy Barrie Colts
Leyden Trophy Belleville Bulls
Holody Trophy London Knights
Bumbacco Trophy Plymouth Whalers
Award player team
Red Tilson Trophy John Tavares Oshawa Generals
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Patrick Kane London Knights
Matt Leyden Trophy Mike Vellucci Plymouth Whalers
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy Patrick Kane London Knights
Max Kaminsky Trophy Marc Staal Sudbury Wolves
OHL Goaltender of the Year Steve Mason London Knights
Jack Ferguson Award Ryan O'Reilly Erie Otters
Dave Pinkney Trophy Michal Neuvirth
Jeremy Smith 		Plymouth Whalers
OHL Executive of the Year Craig Goslin Saginaw Spirit
Emms Family Award Patrick Kane London Knights
FW "Dinty" Moore Trophy Michal Neuvirth Plymouth Whalers
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy Andrew Gibbons Belleville Bulls
William Hanley Trophy Tom Pyatt Saginaw Spirit
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy Tyler Donati Belleville Bulls
Bobby Smith Trophy Steven Stamkos Sarnia Sting
Roger Neilson Memorial Award Derrick Bagshaw Erie Otters
Ivan Tennant Memorial Award Andrew Shorkey Owen Sound Attack
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award Marc Staal Sudbury Wolves

See also

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