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e="vertical-align: middle;" | Date || August 26, 2006 |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Arena || Coliseo De Puerto Rico |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | City || San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....
 |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Attendance || 5,658 |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Offensive Player of the Game || Kyle Rowley, QB-Spokane |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Defensive Player of the Game || Neil Purvis, OL/DL-Spokane |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Ironman of the Game || Kevin Beard
Kevin Beard

Kevin Leon Beard is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League. He attended the University of Miami....
, WR/DB-Spokane |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Winning Coach || Chris Siegfried
Chris Siegfried

Chris Siegfried is the head coach of the Arkansas Twisters of af2, after most recently serving for a season as offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Brigade, a team in the Arena Football League....
 |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Losing Coach || Bob Landsee |}

ArenaCup VII was the 2006 edition of the af2
Af2

af2 is the name of the Arena Football League's minor league, which started play in 2000. The rules are the same as for the parent league. af2 plays its season from April to July....
's championship game, pairing the Green Bay Blizzard
Green Bay Blizzard

The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional arena football team, that plays in the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League. They play their home games at US Cellular Field at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin....
 of the American Conference with the Spokane Shock
Spokane Shock

The Spokane Shock are a professional arena football team in the af2 from Spokane, Washington, USA. They play their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena....
 of the National Conference.






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ArenaCup VII
Arenacup2006
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Shock
Spokane Shock

The Spokane Shock are a professional arena football team in the af2 from Spokane, Washington, USA. They play their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena....
 7 34 6 10 57
Blizzard
Green Bay Blizzard

The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional arena football team, that plays in the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League. They play their home games at US Cellular Field at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin....
 7 7 14 6 34
|- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Date || August 26, 2006 |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Arena || Coliseo De Puerto Rico |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | City || San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....
 |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Attendance || 5,658 |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Offensive Player of the Game || Kyle Rowley, QB-Spokane |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Defensive Player of the Game || Neil Purvis, OL/DL-Spokane |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Ironman of the Game || Kevin Beard
Kevin Beard

Kevin Leon Beard is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League. He attended the University of Miami....
, WR/DB-Spokane |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Winning Coach || Chris Siegfried
Chris Siegfried

Chris Siegfried is the head coach of the Arkansas Twisters of af2, after most recently serving for a season as offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Brigade, a team in the Arena Football League....
 |- style="vertical-align: middle;" | Losing Coach || Bob Landsee |}

ArenaCup VII was the 2006 edition of the af2
Af2

af2 is the name of the Arena Football League's minor league, which started play in 2000. The rules are the same as for the parent league. af2 plays its season from April to July....
's championship game, pairing the Green Bay Blizzard
Green Bay Blizzard

The Green Bay Blizzard is a professional arena football team, that plays in the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League. They play their home games at US Cellular Field at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin....
 of the American Conference with the Spokane Shock
Spokane Shock

The Spokane Shock are a professional arena football team in the af2 from Spokane, Washington, USA. They play their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena....
 of the National Conference. The Shock rode the arm of Offensive Player of the Game Kyle Rowley and a stout defense to a decisive victory over the Blizzard 57-34. The win by the Shock capped a wildly successful inaugural season that saw them go 14-2 in the regular season and become the first-ever af2 expansion team to advance to and win the ArenaCup
ArenaCup

The ArenaCup is the af2's championship game. For the league's first five years, it was held at the arena of the higher seeded team. However, as their parent league, the AFL, has changed, the af2 has changed too....
 in their first year of existence.

Game stats/notes

  • Rowley completed 29-of-36 passes for 264 yards and six touchdowns, all of which were game-highs.
  • Shock DS Rob Keefe was awarded the Cutters Catch of the Game as a result of his one-handed interception off a James MacPherson
    James Macpherson

    James Macpherson was a Scottish poet, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems....
     pass attempt deep in Spokane territory.
  • Shock WR/DB Kevin Beard
    Kevin Beard

    Kevin Leon Beard is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League. He attended the University of Miami....
     set game-highs in receiving with 13 receptions for 122 yards and two touchdowns.
  • Shock head coach Chris Siegfried
    Chris Siegfried

    Chris Siegfried is the head coach of the Arkansas Twisters of af2, after most recently serving for a season as offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Brigade, a team in the Arena Football League....
     earned his 57th win as an af2 head coach with the ArenaCup victory, the most in league history at the time. His record was eventually tied in week 17 of the 2007 season, and broken in the first round of the 2007 playoffs by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
    Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers

    The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers are a minor league arena football team playing in the af2. The team is part of the East Division in the American conference....
     coach Rich Ingold
    Rich Ingold

    Richard Ingold is a former Arena Football League quarterback who played with the Washington Commandos, and the Massachusetts Marauders. He is currently the head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers....
    .
  • The Shock capped off their inaugural season with a 17-2 overall record.
  • Green Bay finished the 2006 season with a 12-7 overall record and the team's first-ever American Conference Championship.