2006-07 NHL season

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The 2006-07 NHL season will be the 89th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally, the NHL would have celebrated its 90th anniversary this season; however, the cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season pushed the 90th season back until the 2007-08 NHL season. The NHL All-Star Game will return after a two-year absence when the Dallas Stars host the event at American Airlines Center on Wednesday, January 24, 2007. The Stars will be hosting the NHL All-Star Game for the first time since 1972, when the franchise was known as the Minnesota North Stars, and for the first time since the 1989, it will be played on a weeknight.

The season will start on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 and run through Easter Sunday (April 8) 2007, with the Stanley Cup Playoffs to begin on Wednesday April 11, 2007 and end no later than June 11, 2007. Stanley Cup Champion. Scheduling for the 1,230-game regular-season was announced on July 12, 2006. [Champion Hurricanes raise banner to open 2006-07 NHL season]

On January 26, 2006, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim announced that it will shorten its name to Anaheim Ducks prior to this season. [Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to Change Name to Anaheim Ducks in 2006-2007]

On June 19, 2006, NBC announced that it will air four more regular-season games and three more playoff games in addition to its originally scheduled airings for this season. This was due to stronger than expected ratings for the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, ending with a 3.5 rating on Game 7. Source: Bill Clement during Intermission of Game 7.

On June 27, 2006, the NHL announced that the salary cap would be increased from $39 million up to $44 million dollars per team. [NHL cap increases to $44 million]

See also

• 2006 NHL Entry Draft
• 2006-07 NHL transactions
• 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game
• National Hockey League All-Star Game
• 2006 in sports
• 2007 in sports

References

External links

• [NHL.com]
• [Hockey Database]
• [ESPN Eastern Conference Playoffs]
• [ESPN Western Conference Playoffs]