# 2006–07 NOJHL season

The 2006–07 NOJHL season is the 29th season of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). The seven teams of the NOJHL will play 48-game schedules.
Come February, the top teams of each division will play down for the Copeland-McNamara Trophy, the NOJHL championship. The winner of the Copeland-McNamara Trophy will compete in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2007 Royal Bank Cup.

## Changes

* Northern Michigan Black Bears become the Soo Indians.

## Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title
Final Standings :
| Team | Centre | W–L–T-OTL | GF | GA | Points |
| Soo Indians | Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 31-15-0-2 | 193 | 145 | 64 |
| Sudbury Jr. Wolves | Copper Cliff | 29-13-0-6 | 207 | 166 | 64 |
| Abitibi Eskimos | Iroquois Falls | 26-16-0-6 | 177 | 174 | 58 |
| Blind River Beavers | Blind River | 26-18-0-4 | 201 | 180 | 56 |
| Soo Thunderbirds | Sault Ste. Marie, ON | 22-22-0-4 | 170 | 184 | 48 |
| North Bay Skyhawks | North Bay | 23-24-0-1 | 164 | 169 | 47 |
| Manitoulin Islanders | Little Current | 11-30-0-7 | 138 | 232 | 29 |
Teams listed on the official league website.
Standings listed on official league website.

## 2006-07 Copeland-McNamara Trophy Playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | McNamara Trophy Finals | McNamara Trophy Finals | McNamara Trophy Finals |
| 1 | Soo Indians | Bye | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Soo Indians | 4 | | | |
| | | | 6 | North Bay | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Abitibi | 2 | 6 | North Bay | 3 | | | |
| 6 | North Bay | 4 | | | | | | |
| 6 | North Bay | 4 | | | | 1 | Soo Indians | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Sudbury | 1 |
| 2 | Sudbury | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | Sudbury | 1 |
| 7 | Manitoulin | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Manitoulin | 2 | 2 | Sudbury | 4 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Soo Thunderbirds | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Blind River | 3 | 5 | Soo Thunderbirds | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Soo Thunderbirds | 4 | | | | | | |
Playoff results are listed on the official league website.

## Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship

Hosted by the Abitibi Eskimos in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Abitibi finished third and Soo finished fourth.
Round Robin
    Aurora Tigers (OPJHL) 4 - Soo Indians 1
    Schreiber Diesels (SIJHL) 5 - Abitibi Eskimos 4
    Abitibi Eskimos 4 - Soo Indians 2
    Soo Indians 2 - Schreiber Diesels (SIJHL) 1
    Aurora Tigers (OPJHL) 7 - Abitibi Eskimos 0
Semi-final
    Schreiber Diesels (SIJHL) 6 - Abitibi Eskimos 5

## Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Scott Restoule | Sudbury Jr. Wolves | 42 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 163 |
| Brenden Biedermann | Sudbury Jr. Wolves | 43 | 38 | 29 | 67 | 77 |
| Dan Dube | Abitibi Eskimos | 48 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 46 |
| Matt Brunet | Abitibi Eskimos | 48 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 20 |
| Jon Drake | Blind River Beavers | 43 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 16 |
| Anthony Libonati | Blind River Beavers | 43 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 86 |
| Sean Farley | Soo Indians | 45 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 65 |
| Brett Perlini | Soo Thunderbirds | 48 | 38 | 19 | 57 | 20 |
| Tyler Gendron | Soo Thunderbirds | 44 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 35 |
| J. F. Houle | Sudbury Jr. Wolves | 32 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 67 |

## Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | W | L | T | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Shawn Sirman | Blind River Beavers | 24 | 1248:19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0.911 | 3.12 |
| Brennan Poderzay | Soo Indians | 22 | 1215:13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0.906 | 2.72 |
| Darren Rowlandson | Sudbury Jr. Wolves | 32 | 1794:57 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0.902 | 3.38 |
| Alain Valiquette | Sudbury Jr. Wolves | 20 | 1059:02 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0.902 | 3.29 |
| Billy Stone | Manitoulin Islanders | 31 | 1647:26 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 118 | 0 | 0.900 | 4.30 |

## Awards

* Player of the Year - Anthony Libonati (Blind River Beavers)
* Most Valuable Player - Dan Dube (Abitibi Eskimos)
* Most Gentlemanly Player - Matt Brunet (Abitibi Eskimos)
* Rookie of the Year - Brett Perlini (Soo Thunderbirds)
* Top Defenceman - Mitch Champagne (Abitibi Eskimos)
* Most Improved Player - Dylan King (Soo Thunderbirds)
* Top Defensive Forward - Jeremy Hilliard (Blind River Beavers)
* Top "Team Player" - Anthony Libonati (Blind River Beavers)
* Director of the Year - Scott Marshall (Abitibi Eskimos)
* Coach of the Year - Todd Stencill (Blind River Beavers)
* Team Goaltending Award - Brennan Poderzay, Elliot Hogue (Soo Indians)
* Top Goals Against Average - Brennan Poderzay (Soo Indians)
* Scoring Champion - Scott Restoule (Sudbury Jr. Wolves)
* Playoff Most Valuable Player - Brendan Biedermann (Sudbury Jr. Wolves)
* Scholastic Player of the Year - Brad Hummel (North Bay Skyhawks)