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2006 Texas Longhorn football team The 2006 Texas Longhorn football team represented the University of Texas in the college football season of 2006-2007. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown, who received the 2006 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award for "Coach of the Year"..
2006 Thai coup d'Ă©tat The 2006 Thailand coup d'Ă©tat took place on Tuesday 19 September, 2006, when the Royal Thai Army staged a coup against the government of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The coup, which was Thailand's first in fifteen years, followed a year-long political crisis involving Thaksin and political opponents and occurred less than a month before nation-wide House elections were originally scheduled to be held.
2006 Thomas & Uber Cup The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup (official name: ăăžă‚ąćťŻ&ă¦ăĽăăĽćťŻ2006) was held from April 28 to May 7 in Sendai and Tokyo, Japan. It was the 24th tournament of Thomas Cup and 21st tournament of Uber Cup, men's and women's badminton tournaments.
2006 Tim Hortons Brier [2006] [[Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan March 11-19. In the final, Quebec's Jean-Michel MĂ©nard rink became only the second Quebec team to win the Brier.
2006 Tonga riots On November 16, 2006, rioting broke out in the Tongan capital of Nukualofa. The Legislative Assembly of Tonga (the majority of which is appointed by the King) was due to adjourn for the year and despite promises of action, had done nothing to advance democracy in the government.
2006 Toronto International Film Festival The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival ran from Sep 7 to Sep 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, a film that "explores the history of the Inuit people through the eyes of a father and daughter" a press release dated June 27, 2006, twenty-six international film selections were announced which previously premiered at major film festivals worldwide.
2006 Toronto terrorism case On June 2 and June 3, 2006, police and security agencies in Ontario, Canada carried out a series of counter-terrorism raids in the Greater Toronto Area that resulted in the arrest of 17 alleged members of a purported Islamic terrorist cell. Canadian authorities and law-enforcement agencies allege the men had been planning a series of major terrorist assaults on targets in southern Ontario.
2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20 These are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2006 Tour de France, beginning with Stage 12 on July 14 and ending with Stage 20 on July 23. A positive test for epitestosterone by Floyd Landis after Stage 17, however, has left the results of the Tour de France in doubt, with the possibility that all of his records may be expunged, pending a hearing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
2006 Toyota Indy 300 The 2006 Toyota Indy 300 was the first round of the 2006 IndyCar Series season, held on March 26, 2006 on the Homestead-Miami Speedway and covered by ABC. The race was marred by a violent crash in the final practice session.
2006 TTC wildcat strike The 2006 TTC wildcat strike was an illegal strike in Toronto, Canada, on May 29, 2006. It was initiated by 800 Toronto Transit Commission mechanical and janitorial workers who were protesting proposed changes in work schedules, including permanent re-assignment of 100 workers to night shifts.
2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships The 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships were held on 9 December 2006 in Huijbergen, The Netherlands. Niels Albert managed to defend his title in the under 23 category, while Marianne Vos changed her gold medal of the 2005 edition into a bronze this year.
2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification UEFA U-17 Championship 2006 (Qualifying Round) is the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2006. Top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team will enter UEFA U-17 Championship 2006 (Elite Round).
2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification UEFA U-19 Championship 2006 (Qualifying Round) is the fisrt round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2006. Top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team will enter UEFA U-19 Championship 2006 (Elite Round).
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification The qualifying groups for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006, where possible, matched the 7- and 6-team World Cup 2006 qualifying groups of the senior European teams. The exceptions were where Andorra, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, and Northern Ireland were involved; none of whom entered an under-21 team.
2006 UK Snooker Championship The 2006 UK Championship of snooker is the 30th instalment of the UK Championship, held in the Barbican Centre, York, and part of the 2006–07 season of snooker. 48 players took part, with 16 players including defending champion Ding Junhui entering the competition at the second round.
2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship The 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship was played in France throughout June 2006. The final was played between South Africa and France at the Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand, which saw France win 24 to 13.
2006 United Nations Security Council election The 2006 United Nations Security Council election began on 16 October 2006 during the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2007.
2006 United States broadcast TV realignment Between January 24 and September 18, 2006, the United States broadcast television industry was realigned. The country's two "second-tier" television networks, The WB and UPN, were shut down and their operations were transferred to a new joint-venture "fifth" network, The CW Television Network.
2006 United States Figure Skating Championships The United States Figure Skating Championships is an annual event put on by the United States Figure Skating Association. In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.
2006 US lobbying reform In the wake of the various campaign finance and political corruption scandals in 2006 (such as those involving Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay, Coingate and Duke Cunningham), members of both political parties in the United States proposed various lobbying reform proposals.
2006 USC Trojans football team The 2006 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2006 college football season. The team was coached by Pete Carroll and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
2006 Varanasi bombings The 2006 Varanasi bombings were a series of bombings that occurred across the Hindu holy city of Varanasi in India on 7 March 2006. At least 28 people are reported to have been killed and as many as 101 others were injuredHindustan Times - Terror strikes Varanasi; 28 killed, no claim yet.
2006 Victorian election campaign This article is about the campaigns of contesting political parties and independent candidates for the 2006 Victorian State election in Australia in chronological sequence from the pre-election "phoney campaign" through the official election campaign which commenced after writs were lodged. The campaign will be concluded by the election on 25 November, 2006.
2006 VVD leadership election The Dutch liberal party, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) announced the results of its lijsttrekker election on 31 May 2006. Mark Rutte, the staatssecretaris for Higher Education and Science closely beat the Minister without Portfolio for Migration and Integration, Rita Verdonk and the backbencher Jelleke Veenendaal.
2006 Wallabies Spring Tour The 2006 Australian national rugby union team tour to Europe, known in Australia as the 2006 Wallabies Spring Tour, is part of a 2006 end-of-year rugby test series and takes place in November 2006. The tour consist of test matches against Wales, Italy, Ireland and Scotland as well as midweek games against Ireland A, Scotland A and Welsh team Ospreys.
2006 Warped Tour Compilation The 2006 Warped Tour Compilation is a double CD and the ninth installment in the highly successful compilation series. It features more than fifty tracks by up and coming rock bands including Armor For Sleep, Flogging Molly, VCR, Royden, Crash Romeo, Gogol Bordello, Matchbook Romance, The Casualties, Bedouin Soundclash, Moneen, Slightly Stoopid, and many more.
2006 West Bengal train disaster The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on November 20, 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured.
2006 Windsor ethnic violence In October 2006 Windsor was the scene of fierce ethnic violence between Muslim and non-Muslim residents, apparently started by a Muslim's attempts to open a new mosque in the area. During the course of the violence a Muslim business was fire bombed property to be rented by British officers returning from Afghanistan] was attacked, and groups of young Muslims and non-Muslims fought running battles in the streets.
2006 Winmau World Masters The 2006 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament held at Leisure World in Bridlington between October 13 and October 16, 2006. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship.
2006 Winter Olympic bids In the wake of the Salt Lake City bid scandal, a new procedure was instituted in 1999 to elect the 2006 host city. After the six candidates cities made their final presentations to the full 108th Extraordinary IOC Session in Seoul, a new body, the Selection College, was tasked with selecting two "Finalist Cities" that were going to go before the full IOC Session for voting in order to determine the 2006 host city.
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.
2006 Winter Olympics diploma count Since the 1984 Olympic Games, olympic diplomas (officially known as victory diplomas) have been awarded to the first through eighth-place finishers. The following is a complete table showing the distribution of these diplomas for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Torino 2006) was held on February 10, 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy. The opening ceremony was the last one to be held outdoors for a Winter Olympics until the 2014 Winter Olympics as the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held indoors.
2006 WNBA Draft On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since before the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.
2006 Women's African Football Championship The 2006 Women's African Football Championship was originally scheduled to be held in Gabon, but due to "organisational reasons" Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition.Gabon pulls out of hosting AWC, from BBC, retrieved 29 May 2006 Nigeria took over hosting rights,Nigeria: AWC :Adamu's Absence Not Affecting Preparation, from allafrica.
2006 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup (officially IRB Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada and sometimes referred to as the women's world cup) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The tournament began on 31 August and ended on 17 September 2006.
2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship The 2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event currently takes place in the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 22 to 26 November 2006.
2006 World Baseball Classic The 2006 World Baseball Classic was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 - March 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo (Japan), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Orlando, Phoenix, Anaheim and San Diego (United States).
2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Center in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.
2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships [2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Vancouver], [[Kelowna (Okanagan valley), and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006.
2006 World Lacrosse Championship The 2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Team Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations. The championship game was won 15–10 by the Canadians over the USA in front of 7,735 fans and marked only the second loss by the Americans since the championship were founded in 1967, after Canada's historic 17–16 overtime win in the 1978 final.
2006 World Men's Curling Championship The 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1-9, 2006 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Team Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch won the tournament defeating Canada in the final.
2006 World Series The 2006 World Series, the 103rd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 27, and matched up the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals.
2006 World Series of Poker The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. Forty more events in various events including Omaha, seven-card stud and razz, plus ladies' and senior tournaments led up to the 10,000 USD no-limit Texas hold 'em main event starting July 28 and running through the final table on August 10.
2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan The 2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan was a solar-powered car race held in September 2006 in Taiwan. Ten mostly University-based teams from five countries competed in a series of races around the island for the trophy.
2006 World Women's Boxing Championship The 2006 World Women's Boxing Championship was an international women's boxing competition hosted by India from November 18 to November 23, 2006 in New Delhi. It was the 4th championship, which debuted 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
2006 World's Strongest Man The 2006 Met-Rx World's Strongest Man was the 29th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by the American Phil Pfister, the first time the competition has been won by an American since Bill Kazmaier's victory in 1982. It took place between the 14th and 23rd of September 2006, in Sanya, China.
2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship The 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship was the 17th annual international 9-Ball tournament for men, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). It was held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines from November 4-November 12, 2006.
2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter The 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter refers to a series of poaching massacres of African elephants in the vicinity of Zakouma National Park in southeastern Chad. These killings have been documented in aerial surveys conducted from May through August of 2006 and total at least 100 animals.
2006 Zoufftgen rail crash The Zoufftgen rail crash occurred on October 11, 2006, near Zoufftgen, Moselle, France, close to Metz and the border with Luxembourg. Two trains collided head-on while one track of a double track line was out of service for maintenance.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on February 4, 2007 at Eastern Creek Raceway, Australia. This shall be the seventh race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on November 12, 2006 at Beijing International Streetcircuit, Beijing, China. It was the third race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first ever meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on March 18, 2007 at a circuit yet to be announced, presumably in Brazil. This shall be the ninth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 8, 2006 at Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic. This was the second race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on April 29, 2007 at Brands Hatch, Great Britain. This shall be the twelfth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on December 10, 2006 at Sentul International Circuit, Indonesia. This shall be the fifth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on November 26, 2006 at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. This shall be the fourth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on March 25, 2007 at AutĂłdromo Hermanos RodrĂguez, Mexico. This shall be the tenth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 1, 2006 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand is an A1 Grand Prix race, held on January 21, 2007 at Taupo Motorsport Park, New Zealand. The sixth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on April 15, 2007 at the Shanghai International Circuit, China. This shall be the eleventh race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on February 25, 2007 at Durban street circuit, South Africa. This shall be the eighth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 Anaheim Ducks season The Anaheim Ducks 2006-07 season began during the summer as, under new ownership, they changed their name, logo, and arena name. The change involving their name was dropping the "Mighty" from their name.
2006-07 Ashes series The 2006–07 cricket series between Australia and England for the Ashes was played in Australia from 23 November 2006 to 5 January 2007. Australia won the series and regained the Ashes that had been lost to England in the 2005 Ashes series.
2006-07 Atlanta Thrashers season The Atlanta Thrashers 2006-07 Season began with the highest expectations in franchise history, even with the offseason loss of their second leading scorer, Marc Savard to the Boston Bruins. Veteran center, Steve Rucchin, Niko Kapanen, and Jon Sim were acquired in hopes help fill the Savard loss.
2006-07 Australian bushfire season The 2006-07 Australian bushfire season had an early start with fires in spring time. Eastern and south-eastern Australia has been suffering below average rainfall for a number of years and the winter and spring rains of 2006 were some of the lowest on record.
2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget The 2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget for the financial year 2006-2007 was presented to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Jon Stanhope on June 6, 2006. Stanhope is also the Treasurer, with this budget being the first he has presented as Treasurer.
2006-07 Buffalo Sabres season The Buffalo Sabres 2006-07 Season began with the team attempting to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2005-06 season, in which the Sabres advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes. The team lost several veterans to free agency, including J.
2006-07 Calgary Flames season The 2006-07 Calgary Flames season began with a great deal of promise following the acquisition of top forward Alex Tanguay from the Colorado Avalanche. A pre-season favorite to win the National Hockey League's Northwest Division,Harrison, Doug, NHL Backgrounder - Calgary Flames, cbc.
2006-07 Carolina Hurricanes season The Carolina Hurricanes 2006-07 season began as the defending Stanley Cup champions started to defend their title. The Hurricanes didn't make any huge changes to their roster, hoping that their lineup would be enough to get them a repeat as league champions.
2006-07 Colorado Avalanche season The 2006-07 Colorado Avalanche season is the 11th National Hockey League season in Denver, Colorado. It is a season of transition for the Avs, as the departures of Alex Tanguay and Rob Blake continues the trend of leaving stars began a year previous.
2006-07 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup The 2006-2007 Cross Country Skiing World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. The season began on October 28, 2006 with 800m sprint races for women in Düsseldorf which was eventually won by Marit Bjørgen of Norway.
2006-07 Dallas Stars season The Dallas Stars 2006-07 Season began with the team not too concerned about their rosters. Feeling that they have a good enough team to make the postseason, as they have many times in recent memory, they only made one major acquisition worth noting: Eric Lindros.
2006-07 Edmonton Oilers season The Edmonton Oilers 2006-07 season began with the stunning loss of star defenseman Chris Pronger. After helping the Oilers to the Stanley Cup final in the 2005-06 season, Pronger requested a trade due to personal reasons.
2006-07 EDF Energy Cup The 2006-07 EDF Energy Cup is the 35th season of the English Rugby Union cup competition, the second season under the current Anglo-Welsh format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor. The compeition commenced on the September 1 and finishes with the final on Sunday April 15.
2006-07 ECHL season The 2006-07 ECHL Season will be the 19th season of the ECHL. Two teams will return to the ECHL after suspensions; the Texas Wildcatters had to suspend operations for the 2005-06 season as a byproduct of damage to their home arena caused by Hurricane Rita, and the Cincinnati Cyclones, who had ceased operations after the 2003-04 season, and as a result of the failure of the AHL to return to the area, owners decided to restart their franchise in the ECHL.
2006-07 EIHL season The 2006-07 Elite Ice Hockey League season commenced on September 9 2006 and will conclude on April 8 2007. It will be the Elite League's fourth season and will see the return of the Manchester Phoenix after a two year hiatus.
2006-07 Four Hills Tournament The 2006–07 Four Hills Tournament were held in the traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria. The tournament was part of the 2006/07 Ski jumping World Cup and points scored in each of the four competitions also counted towards the World Cup rankings.
2006-07 in Portuguese football The 2006-2007 season of Portuguese football started after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The professional competitions (BWINLIGA and League of Honour) started on 27 August 2006, a week after the SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira, won by the national champions F.
2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series The 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series is the eighth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999-2000. The defending champions are Fiji.
2006-07 Los Angeles Kings season The Los Angeles Kings 2006-07 Season began with high expectations, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, former Calgary Flames General Manager Dean Lombardi as their new General Manager, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as Assistant General Manager (and General Manager of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach. Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first round draft pick (Trevor Lewis) from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006Kings get Patrick O'Sullivan nhl.
2006-07 Montreal Canadiens season The Montreal Canadiens 2006-07 Season saw the team working to build on a 2005-06 season in which it took the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes to six games in the first round of the playoffs. Behind the leadership of goaltender Christobal Huet and captain Saku Koivu, the Canadiens poised themselves to join the elite of the Eastern Conference.
2006-07 NBL Season This year, another two teams entered the competition; the South Dragons and the Singapore Slingers. The South Dragons took over the old Victoria Titans licence, while the Slingers took over the Hunter Pirates licence.
2006-07 New Jersey Devils season The New Jersey Devils 2006-07 Season saw the team attempting to maintain its position among the top teams in the National Hockey League's Eastern Conference. Behind the goaltending of Martin Brodeur and the offensive abilities of players such as Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta, the Devils were poised once again to make a drive into the playoffs.
2006-07 NHL season The 2006-07 NHL season is 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.
2006-07 NHL transactions The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2006-07 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
2006-07 Ottawa Senators season The Ottawa Senators 2006-07 Season saw the team trying to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2005-06 season, which saw the Senators earn the #1 seed in Eastern Conference, only to lose in five games to the Buffalo Sabres in the second round of the playoffs.
2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup The 2006-07 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2006-07 Talk 'N Text PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2006-07 PBA season. It started on September 28 in Guam and is expected to end around February 2007.
2006-07 PBA season The 2006-07 PBA season is the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and is expected to end in the middle part of 2007.
2006-07 Phoenix Coyotes season The Phoenix Coyotes 2006-07 Season began as a rebuilding stage for the team, as they try to become good enough to be a factor in the increasingly competitive Western Conference. Not considered one of the "elite" teams in the West, the Phoenix Coyotes know that they have to make some huge changes to reach that status.
2006-07 Pittsburgh Penguins season The Pittsburgh Penguins 2006-07 Season was ripe with potential, as the team featured one of the largest groups of young stars in the National Hockey League. Evgeni Malkin, the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, defected from Russia prior to the season and joined the team.
2006-07 South African cricket season The 2006–07 South African cricket season contains three tournaments for the six domestic franchise sides, while the South African national team hosted opposition from Zimbabwe, India and Pakistan, and travelled to the two ICC One-day International tournaments of the year, the Champions Trophy and the World Cup.
2006-07 Top 14 The 2006-07 Top 14 is a French domestic rugby union club competition that will run from August 2006 through to June 2007. Biarritz will be out to defend their crown, after they defeated Toulouse in last seasons final.
2006-07 Toronto Maple Leafs season The Toronto Maple Leafs 2006-07 Season saw the team attempting to recover from a 2005-06 season in which it finished two points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. This marked the first time since the Maple Leafs joined the Eastern Conference in the 1998-99 season that the team did not make the playoffs.
2006-07 United States network television schedule The following are the schedules for the six main United States commercial broadcast television networks for the 2006-07 season. New series and season premieres of returning shows are rolled out gradually over several weeks, and because new shows can be cancelled quickly (sometimes after only one episode is aired), a separate follow-up grid to the Fall schedule reflecting the current lineup is also included, along with the planned 2007 mid-season lineups.
2006-07 Vancouver Canucks season The Vancouver Canucks 2006-07 Season began with high expectations and a blockbuster trade including goaltender Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek coming to Vancouver in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen. The acqusition of Luongo combined with the salary increases of the Sedin twins meant that the Canucks too close to salary cap and as a result, saw names such as fan favourite Ed Jovanovski, Anson Carter, Nolan Baumgartner, Jarkko Ruutu and Wade Brookbank lost to free agency.
2006-2007 Dutch cabinet formation After the 2006 general election, held on November 22, a process of cabinet formation has started. It involves negotiations about which coalition partners will form a common programme of policy and will divide the posts in cabinet.
2006-2007 Malaysian floods The 2006 Typhoon Utor associated floods are a series of floods that hit Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The floods were caused by above average rainfall, which was attributed to Typhoon Utor which had hit the Philippines and Vietnam a few days earlier The Star.
2006-2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2006-2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2006, progresses through the regular season and conference tournaments, and will conclude with the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 2, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Florida Gators are the defending champion.
2006-2007 UCI Africa Tour The 2006-2007 UCI Africa Tour is the third season of the UCI Africa Tour of professional road bicycle racing held in various countries throughout Africa. The season begins with the inaugural Grand Prix Chantal Biya stage race in October 2006 and runs until September 2007.
2006 Thai coup d'Ă©tat The 2006 Thailand coup d'Ă©tat took place on Tuesday 19 September, 2006, when the Royal Thai Army staged a coup against the government of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The coup, which was Thailand's first in fifteen years, followed a year-long political crisis involving Thaksin and political opponents and occurred less than a month before nation-wide House elections were originally scheduled to be held.
2006 Thomas & Uber Cup The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup (official name: ăăžă‚ąćťŻ&ă¦ăĽăăĽćťŻ2006) was held from April 28 to May 7 in Sendai and Tokyo, Japan. It was the 24th tournament of Thomas Cup and 21st tournament of Uber Cup, men's and women's badminton tournaments.
2006 Tim Hortons Brier [2006] [[Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan March 11-19. In the final, Quebec's Jean-Michel MĂ©nard rink became only the second Quebec team to win the Brier.
2006 Tonga riots On November 16, 2006, rioting broke out in the Tongan capital of Nukualofa. The Legislative Assembly of Tonga (the majority of which is appointed by the King) was due to adjourn for the year and despite promises of action, had done nothing to advance democracy in the government.
2006 Toronto International Film Festival The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival ran from Sep 7 to Sep 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, a film that "explores the history of the Inuit people through the eyes of a father and daughter" a press release dated June 27, 2006, twenty-six international film selections were announced which previously premiered at major film festivals worldwide.
2006 Toronto terrorism case On June 2 and June 3, 2006, police and security agencies in Ontario, Canada carried out a series of counter-terrorism raids in the Greater Toronto Area that resulted in the arrest of 17 alleged members of a purported Islamic terrorist cell. Canadian authorities and law-enforcement agencies allege the men had been planning a series of major terrorist assaults on targets in southern Ontario.
2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20 These are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2006 Tour de France, beginning with Stage 12 on July 14 and ending with Stage 20 on July 23. A positive test for epitestosterone by Floyd Landis after Stage 17, however, has left the results of the Tour de France in doubt, with the possibility that all of his records may be expunged, pending a hearing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
2006 Toyota Indy 300 The 2006 Toyota Indy 300 was the first round of the 2006 IndyCar Series season, held on March 26, 2006 on the Homestead-Miami Speedway and covered by ABC. The race was marred by a violent crash in the final practice session.
2006 TTC wildcat strike The 2006 TTC wildcat strike was an illegal strike in Toronto, Canada, on May 29, 2006. It was initiated by 800 Toronto Transit Commission mechanical and janitorial workers who were protesting proposed changes in work schedules, including permanent re-assignment of 100 workers to night shifts.
2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships The 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships were held on 9 December 2006 in Huijbergen, The Netherlands. Niels Albert managed to defend his title in the under 23 category, while Marianne Vos changed her gold medal of the 2005 edition into a bronze this year.
2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification UEFA U-17 Championship 2006 (Qualifying Round) is the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2006. Top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team will enter UEFA U-17 Championship 2006 (Elite Round).
2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification UEFA U-19 Championship 2006 (Qualifying Round) is the fisrt round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2006. Top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team will enter UEFA U-19 Championship 2006 (Elite Round).
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification The qualifying groups for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006, where possible, matched the 7- and 6-team World Cup 2006 qualifying groups of the senior European teams. The exceptions were where Andorra, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, and Northern Ireland were involved; none of whom entered an under-21 team.
2006 UK Snooker Championship The 2006 UK Championship of snooker is the 30th instalment of the UK Championship, held in the Barbican Centre, York, and part of the 2006–07 season of snooker. 48 players took part, with 16 players including defending champion Ding Junhui entering the competition at the second round.
2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship The 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship was played in France throughout June 2006. The final was played between South Africa and France at the Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand, which saw France win 24 to 13.
2006 United Nations Security Council election The 2006 United Nations Security Council election began on 16 October 2006 during the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2007.
2006 United States broadcast TV realignment Between January 24 and September 18, 2006, the United States broadcast television industry was realigned. The country's two "second-tier" television networks, The WB and UPN, were shut down and their operations were transferred to a new joint-venture "fifth" network, The CW Television Network.
2006 United States Figure Skating Championships The United States Figure Skating Championships is an annual event put on by the United States Figure Skating Association. In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.
2006 US lobbying reform In the wake of the various campaign finance and political corruption scandals in 2006 (such as those involving Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay, Coingate and Duke Cunningham), members of both political parties in the United States proposed various lobbying reform proposals.
2006 USC Trojans football team The 2006 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2006 college football season. The team was coached by Pete Carroll and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
2006 Varanasi bombings The 2006 Varanasi bombings were a series of bombings that occurred across the Hindu holy city of Varanasi in India on 7 March 2006. At least 28 people are reported to have been killed and as many as 101 others were injuredHindustan Times - Terror strikes Varanasi; 28 killed, no claim yet.
2006 Victorian election campaign This article is about the campaigns of contesting political parties and independent candidates for the 2006 Victorian State election in Australia in chronological sequence from the pre-election "phoney campaign" through the official election campaign which commenced after writs were lodged. The campaign will be concluded by the election on 25 November, 2006.
2006 VVD leadership election The Dutch liberal party, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) announced the results of its lijsttrekker election on 31 May 2006. Mark Rutte, the staatssecretaris for Higher Education and Science closely beat the Minister without Portfolio for Migration and Integration, Rita Verdonk and the backbencher Jelleke Veenendaal.
2006 Wallabies Spring Tour The 2006 Australian national rugby union team tour to Europe, known in Australia as the 2006 Wallabies Spring Tour, is part of a 2006 end-of-year rugby test series and takes place in November 2006. The tour consist of test matches against Wales, Italy, Ireland and Scotland as well as midweek games against Ireland A, Scotland A and Welsh team Ospreys.
2006 Warped Tour Compilation The 2006 Warped Tour Compilation is a double CD and the ninth installment in the highly successful compilation series. It features more than fifty tracks by up and coming rock bands including Armor For Sleep, Flogging Molly, VCR, Royden, Crash Romeo, Gogol Bordello, Matchbook Romance, The Casualties, Bedouin Soundclash, Moneen, Slightly Stoopid, and many more.
2006 West Bengal train disaster The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on November 20, 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured.
2006 Windsor ethnic violence In October 2006 Windsor was the scene of fierce ethnic violence between Muslim and non-Muslim residents, apparently started by a Muslim's attempts to open a new mosque in the area. During the course of the violence a Muslim business was fire bombed property to be rented by British officers returning from Afghanistan] was attacked, and groups of young Muslims and non-Muslims fought running battles in the streets.
2006 Winmau World Masters The 2006 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament held at Leisure World in Bridlington between October 13 and October 16, 2006. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship.
2006 Winter Olympic bids In the wake of the Salt Lake City bid scandal, a new procedure was instituted in 1999 to elect the 2006 host city. After the six candidates cities made their final presentations to the full 108th Extraordinary IOC Session in Seoul, a new body, the Selection College, was tasked with selecting two "Finalist Cities" that were going to go before the full IOC Session for voting in order to determine the 2006 host city.
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.
2006 Winter Olympics diploma count Since the 1984 Olympic Games, olympic diplomas (officially known as victory diplomas) have been awarded to the first through eighth-place finishers. The following is a complete table showing the distribution of these diplomas for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Torino 2006) was held on February 10, 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy. The opening ceremony was the last one to be held outdoors for a Winter Olympics until the 2014 Winter Olympics as the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held indoors.
2006 WNBA Draft On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since before the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.
2006 Women's African Football Championship The 2006 Women's African Football Championship was originally scheduled to be held in Gabon, but due to "organisational reasons" Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition.Gabon pulls out of hosting AWC, from BBC, retrieved 29 May 2006 Nigeria took over hosting rights,Nigeria: AWC :Adamu's Absence Not Affecting Preparation, from allafrica.
2006 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup (officially IRB Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada and sometimes referred to as the women's world cup) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The tournament began on 31 August and ended on 17 September 2006.
2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship The 2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event currently takes place in the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 22 to 26 November 2006.
2006 World Baseball Classic The 2006 World Baseball Classic was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 - March 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo (Japan), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Orlando, Phoenix, Anaheim and San Diego (United States).
2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Center in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.
2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships [2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Vancouver], [[Kelowna (Okanagan valley), and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006.
2006 World Lacrosse Championship The 2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Team Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations. The championship game was won 15–10 by the Canadians over the USA in front of 7,735 fans and marked only the second loss by the Americans since the championship were founded in 1967, after Canada's historic 17–16 overtime win in the 1978 final.
2006 World Men's Curling Championship The 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1-9, 2006 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Team Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch won the tournament defeating Canada in the final.
2006 World Series The 2006 World Series, the 103rd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 27, and matched up the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals.
2006 World Series of Poker The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. Forty more events in various events including Omaha, seven-card stud and razz, plus ladies' and senior tournaments led up to the 10,000 USD no-limit Texas hold 'em main event starting July 28 and running through the final table on August 10.
2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan The 2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan was a solar-powered car race held in September 2006 in Taiwan. Ten mostly University-based teams from five countries competed in a series of races around the island for the trophy.
2006 World Women's Boxing Championship The 2006 World Women's Boxing Championship was an international women's boxing competition hosted by India from November 18 to November 23, 2006 in New Delhi. It was the 4th championship, which debuted 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
2006 World's Strongest Man The 2006 Met-Rx World's Strongest Man was the 29th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by the American Phil Pfister, the first time the competition has been won by an American since Bill Kazmaier's victory in 1982. It took place between the 14th and 23rd of September 2006, in Sanya, China.
2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship The 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship was the 17th annual international 9-Ball tournament for men, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). It was held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines from November 4-November 12, 2006.
2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter The 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter refers to a series of poaching massacres of African elephants in the vicinity of Zakouma National Park in southeastern Chad. These killings have been documented in aerial surveys conducted from May through August of 2006 and total at least 100 animals.
2006 Zoufftgen rail crash The Zoufftgen rail crash occurred on October 11, 2006, near Zoufftgen, Moselle, France, close to Metz and the border with Luxembourg. Two trains collided head-on while one track of a double track line was out of service for maintenance.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on February 4, 2007 at Eastern Creek Raceway, Australia. This shall be the seventh race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on November 12, 2006 at Beijing International Streetcircuit, Beijing, China. It was the third race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first ever meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on March 18, 2007 at a circuit yet to be announced, presumably in Brazil. This shall be the ninth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 8, 2006 at Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic. This was the second race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on April 29, 2007 at Brands Hatch, Great Britain. This shall be the twelfth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on December 10, 2006 at Sentul International Circuit, Indonesia. This shall be the fifth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on November 26, 2006 at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. This shall be the fourth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on March 25, 2007 at AutĂłdromo Hermanos RodrĂguez, Mexico. This shall be the tenth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 1, 2006 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand is an A1 Grand Prix race, held on January 21, 2007 at Taupo Motorsport Park, New Zealand. The sixth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on April 15, 2007 at the Shanghai International Circuit, China. This shall be the eleventh race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa The 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on February 25, 2007 at Durban street circuit, South Africa. This shall be the eighth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.
2006-07 Anaheim Ducks season The Anaheim Ducks 2006-07 season began during the summer as, under new ownership, they changed their name, logo, and arena name. The change involving their name was dropping the "Mighty" from their name.
2006-07 Ashes series The 2006–07 cricket series between Australia and England for the Ashes was played in Australia from 23 November 2006 to 5 January 2007. Australia won the series and regained the Ashes that had been lost to England in the 2005 Ashes series.
2006-07 Atlanta Thrashers season The Atlanta Thrashers 2006-07 Season began with the highest expectations in franchise history, even with the offseason loss of their second leading scorer, Marc Savard to the Boston Bruins. Veteran center, Steve Rucchin, Niko Kapanen, and Jon Sim were acquired in hopes help fill the Savard loss.
2006-07 Australian bushfire season The 2006-07 Australian bushfire season had an early start with fires in spring time. Eastern and south-eastern Australia has been suffering below average rainfall for a number of years and the winter and spring rains of 2006 were some of the lowest on record.
2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget The 2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget for the financial year 2006-2007 was presented to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Jon Stanhope on June 6, 2006. Stanhope is also the Treasurer, with this budget being the first he has presented as Treasurer.
2006-07 Buffalo Sabres season The Buffalo Sabres 2006-07 Season began with the team attempting to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2005-06 season, in which the Sabres advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes. The team lost several veterans to free agency, including J.
2006-07 Calgary Flames season The 2006-07 Calgary Flames season began with a great deal of promise following the acquisition of top forward Alex Tanguay from the Colorado Avalanche. A pre-season favorite to win the National Hockey League's Northwest Division,Harrison, Doug, NHL Backgrounder - Calgary Flames, cbc.
2006-07 Carolina Hurricanes season The Carolina Hurricanes 2006-07 season began as the defending Stanley Cup champions started to defend their title. The Hurricanes didn't make any huge changes to their roster, hoping that their lineup would be enough to get them a repeat as league champions.
2006-07 Colorado Avalanche season The 2006-07 Colorado Avalanche season is the 11th National Hockey League season in Denver, Colorado. It is a season of transition for the Avs, as the departures of Alex Tanguay and Rob Blake continues the trend of leaving stars began a year previous.
2006-07 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup The 2006-2007 Cross Country Skiing World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. The season began on October 28, 2006 with 800m sprint races for women in Düsseldorf which was eventually won by Marit Bjørgen of Norway.
2006-07 Dallas Stars season The Dallas Stars 2006-07 Season began with the team not too concerned about their rosters. Feeling that they have a good enough team to make the postseason, as they have many times in recent memory, they only made one major acquisition worth noting: Eric Lindros.
2006-07 Edmonton Oilers season The Edmonton Oilers 2006-07 season began with the stunning loss of star defenseman Chris Pronger. After helping the Oilers to the Stanley Cup final in the 2005-06 season, Pronger requested a trade due to personal reasons.
2006-07 EDF Energy Cup The 2006-07 EDF Energy Cup is the 35th season of the English Rugby Union cup competition, the second season under the current Anglo-Welsh format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor. The compeition commenced on the September 1 and finishes with the final on Sunday April 15.
2006-07 ECHL season The 2006-07 ECHL Season will be the 19th season of the ECHL. Two teams will return to the ECHL after suspensions; the Texas Wildcatters had to suspend operations for the 2005-06 season as a byproduct of damage to their home arena caused by Hurricane Rita, and the Cincinnati Cyclones, who had ceased operations after the 2003-04 season, and as a result of the failure of the AHL to return to the area, owners decided to restart their franchise in the ECHL.
2006-07 EIHL season The 2006-07 Elite Ice Hockey League season commenced on September 9 2006 and will conclude on April 8 2007. It will be the Elite League's fourth season and will see the return of the Manchester Phoenix after a two year hiatus.
2006-07 Four Hills Tournament The 2006–07 Four Hills Tournament were held in the traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria. The tournament was part of the 2006/07 Ski jumping World Cup and points scored in each of the four competitions also counted towards the World Cup rankings.
2006-07 in Portuguese football The 2006-2007 season of Portuguese football started after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The professional competitions (BWINLIGA and League of Honour) started on 27 August 2006, a week after the SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira, won by the national champions F.
2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series The 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series is the eighth of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999-2000. The defending champions are Fiji.
2006-07 Los Angeles Kings season The Los Angeles Kings 2006-07 Season began with high expectations, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, former Calgary Flames General Manager Dean Lombardi as their new General Manager, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as Assistant General Manager (and General Manager of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach. Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first round draft pick (Trevor Lewis) from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006Kings get Patrick O'Sullivan nhl.
2006-07 Montreal Canadiens season The Montreal Canadiens 2006-07 Season saw the team working to build on a 2005-06 season in which it took the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes to six games in the first round of the playoffs. Behind the leadership of goaltender Christobal Huet and captain Saku Koivu, the Canadiens poised themselves to join the elite of the Eastern Conference.
2006-07 NBL Season This year, another two teams entered the competition; the South Dragons and the Singapore Slingers. The South Dragons took over the old Victoria Titans licence, while the Slingers took over the Hunter Pirates licence.
2006-07 New Jersey Devils season The New Jersey Devils 2006-07 Season saw the team attempting to maintain its position among the top teams in the National Hockey League's Eastern Conference. Behind the goaltending of Martin Brodeur and the offensive abilities of players such as Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta, the Devils were poised once again to make a drive into the playoffs.
2006-07 NHL season The 2006-07 NHL season is 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.
2006-07 NHL transactions The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2006-07 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
2006-07 Ottawa Senators season The Ottawa Senators 2006-07 Season saw the team trying to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2005-06 season, which saw the Senators earn the #1 seed in Eastern Conference, only to lose in five games to the Buffalo Sabres in the second round of the playoffs.
2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup The 2006-07 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2006-07 Talk 'N Text PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2006-07 PBA season. It started on September 28 in Guam and is expected to end around February 2007.
2006-07 PBA season The 2006-07 PBA season is the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and is expected to end in the middle part of 2007.
2006-07 Phoenix Coyotes season The Phoenix Coyotes 2006-07 Season began as a rebuilding stage for the team, as they try to become good enough to be a factor in the increasingly competitive Western Conference. Not considered one of the "elite" teams in the West, the Phoenix Coyotes know that they have to make some huge changes to reach that status.
2006-07 Pittsburgh Penguins season The Pittsburgh Penguins 2006-07 Season was ripe with potential, as the team featured one of the largest groups of young stars in the National Hockey League. Evgeni Malkin, the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, defected from Russia prior to the season and joined the team.
2006-07 South African cricket season The 2006–07 South African cricket season contains three tournaments for the six domestic franchise sides, while the South African national team hosted opposition from Zimbabwe, India and Pakistan, and travelled to the two ICC One-day International tournaments of the year, the Champions Trophy and the World Cup.
2006-07 Top 14 The 2006-07 Top 14 is a French domestic rugby union club competition that will run from August 2006 through to June 2007. Biarritz will be out to defend their crown, after they defeated Toulouse in last seasons final.
2006-07 Toronto Maple Leafs season The Toronto Maple Leafs 2006-07 Season saw the team attempting to recover from a 2005-06 season in which it finished two points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. This marked the first time since the Maple Leafs joined the Eastern Conference in the 1998-99 season that the team did not make the playoffs.
2006-07 United States network television schedule The following are the schedules for the six main United States commercial broadcast television networks for the 2006-07 season. New series and season premieres of returning shows are rolled out gradually over several weeks, and because new shows can be cancelled quickly (sometimes after only one episode is aired), a separate follow-up grid to the Fall schedule reflecting the current lineup is also included, along with the planned 2007 mid-season lineups.
2006-07 Vancouver Canucks season The Vancouver Canucks 2006-07 Season began with high expectations and a blockbuster trade including goaltender Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek coming to Vancouver in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen. The acqusition of Luongo combined with the salary increases of the Sedin twins meant that the Canucks too close to salary cap and as a result, saw names such as fan favourite Ed Jovanovski, Anson Carter, Nolan Baumgartner, Jarkko Ruutu and Wade Brookbank lost to free agency.
2006-2007 Dutch cabinet formation After the 2006 general election, held on November 22, a process of cabinet formation has started. It involves negotiations about which coalition partners will form a common programme of policy and will divide the posts in cabinet.
2006-2007 Malaysian floods The 2006 Typhoon Utor associated floods are a series of floods that hit Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The floods were caused by above average rainfall, which was attributed to Typhoon Utor which had hit the Philippines and Vietnam a few days earlier The Star.
2006-2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2006-2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2006, progresses through the regular season and conference tournaments, and will conclude with the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 2, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Florida Gators are the defending champion.
2006-2007 UCI Africa Tour The 2006-2007 UCI Africa Tour is the third season of the UCI Africa Tour of professional road bicycle racing held in various countries throughout Africa. The season begins with the inaugural Grand Prix Chantal Biya stage race in October 2006 and runs until September 2007.
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