2007–08 Victoria Salmon Kings season

2007-08 Victoria Salmon Kings
West Division Champions
Division	1st West
Conference	2nd National
League	7th ECHL
2007-08 record	42-23-4-3
Home record	24-7-3-2
Road record	18-16-1-1
Goals for	256
Goals against	239
Team information
General Manager	Dan Belisle
Coach	Mark Morrison
Assistant Coach	Quinten Van Horlick Steve Lingren
Captain	Kiel McLeod (Oct-Feb) Jordan Krestanovich
Alternate captains	Jordan Krestanovich (Oct-Feb) Gary Gladue Paul Ballantyne
Arena	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Average attendance	4,871
Team leaders
Goals	Wes Goldie (42)
Assists	Jordan Krestanovich (52)
Points	Ash Goldie (83)
Penalties in minutes	Robin Gomez (142)
Plus/minus	Kevin Estrada (+9)
Wins	Julien Ellis (24)
Goals against average	Julien Ellis (3.18)
< 2006-07 2008-09 >

Season summary

The 2007–08 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 4th season in the ECHL. The season saw the Salmon Kings establish themselves in the ECHL with a 91-point season, and winning 42 of 72 games. Before the start of the season, the Salmon Kings signed players Ash Goldie, Kevin Estrada, Gary Gladue, and goaltender Billy Thompson to complement their returning star players Wes Goldie, Milan Gajic, Kiel McLeod, and Ryan Wade. With their new additions and returning players the Salmon Kings became an elite team in the 2007-08 season, going 15-5-0-0 through their first 20 games and continued to earn wins going into the ECHL All-Star Game. At the 2008 All-Star Game festivities in Stockton, Ash Goldie showed his impressive skills during the two-day event. At the skills competition, Goldie became the first player in the ECHL to go 5 for 5 in the target shooting event. The following night at the All-Star Game, Goldie scored an All-Star record 6 points, recording 3 goals and 3 assists to earn All-Star M.V.P. honours. After the All-Star game, the Salmon Kings struggled after going through numerous injuries and call ups, but managed to narrowly win the National West division title, and took the number two seed into the Kelly Cup playoffs. In the playoffs, the Salmon Kings won their first-ever playoff round by eliminating the Bakersfield Condors in six games. Unfortunately in the second round, the Salmon Kings were eliminated from the playoffs by the Utah Grizzlies in five games. In their West Division title season, the Salmon Kings were led offensively by the Goldie brothers. Ash Goldie finished fourth in league scoring with 83 points, second in goals with 40, and first in power play goals with 20, while his brother, Wes led the league with 42 goals and 6 shorthanded goals.

Standings

Division standings

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN)	72	42	23	4	3	91	256	239
Idaho Steelheads (DAL)	72	40	22	5	5	90	224	183
Alaska Aces (STL)	72	41	26	4	1	87	245	229
Utah Grizzlies (NYI)	72	32	30	2	8	74	239	259
Phoenix RoadRunners (SJ)	72	24	39	5	4	57	208	265

Conference standings

National Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Las Vegas Wranglers (CGY) (y)	72	47	13	5	7	106	244	179
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) (y)	72	42	23	4	3	91	256	239
Fresno Falcons (Independent)	72	42	22	4	4	92	242	216
Idaho Steelheads (DAL)	72	40	22	5	5	90	224	183
Alaska Aces (STL)	72	41	26	4	1	87	245	229
Utah Grizzlies (NYI)	72	32	30	2	8	74	239	259
Bakersfield Condors (Independent)	72	26	37	2	7	61	230	280
Stockton Thunder (EDM)	72	27	40	3	2	59	200	250
Phoenix RoadRunners (SJ)	72	24	39	5	4	57	208	265

Schedule and results

Regular season

2007–08 Game log
October: 3–2–0–0 (Home: 2–1–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 19 Victoria 2–1 Idaho OT Ellis 5,208 1–0–0–0 2 2 October 20 Victoria 2–4 Idaho Thompson 4,030 1–1–0–0 2 3 October 26 Las Vegas 4–3 Victoria Thompson 4,992 1–2–0–0 2 4 October 27 Las Vegas 3–4 Victoria Thompson 3,675 2–2–0–0 4 5 October 31 Bakersfield 2–3 Victoria Ellis 3,601 3–2–0–0 6
November: 11–3–0–0 (Home: 8–0–0–0 ; Road: 3–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 6 November 2 Bakersfield 4–7 Victoria Ellis 3,757 4–2–0–0 8 7 November 3 Bakersfield 4–5 Victoria SO Thompson 3,911 5–2–0–0 10 8 November 9 Victoria 1–7 Utah Ellis 3,908 5–3–0–0 10 9 November 10 Victoria 2–1 Utah Ellis 3,602 6–3–0–0 12 10 November 12 Victoria 1–0 Utah Ellis 2,326 7–3–0–0 14 11 November 14 Stockton 4–7 Victoria Ellis 4,166 8–3–0–0 16 12 November 16 Stockton 3–4 Victoria Thompson 4,152 9–3–0–0 18 13 November 17 Stockton 1–2 Victoria OT Thompson 4,415 10–3–0–0 20 14 November 21 Victoria 4–1 Idaho Ellis 3,264 11–3–0–0 22 15 November 23 Victoria 1–5 Idaho Thompson 4,029 11–4–0–0 22 16 November 24 Victoria 0–3 Idaho Ellis 4,188 11–5–0–0 22 17 November 28 Phoenix 3–4 Victoria OT Ellis 4,205 12–5–0–0 24 18 November 29 Phoenix 3–4 Victoria SO Thompson 3,231 13–5–0–0 26 19 November 30 Phoenix 4–5 Victoria OT Ellis 5,810 14–5–0–0 28
December: 6–3–0–2 (Home: 1–0–0–2 ; Road: 5–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 20 December 6 Victoria 5–4 Phoenix SO Ellis 3,062 15–5–0–0 30 21 December 7 Victoria 2–3 Phoenix Thompson 4,027 15–6–0–0 30 22 December 14 Victoria 2–5 Fresno Thompson 4,546 15–7–0–0 30 23 December 15 Victoria 3–2 Bakersfield Thompson 5,528 16–7–0–0 32 24 December 16 Victoria 7–3 Fresno Thompson 4,416 17–7–0–0 34 25 December 19 Alaska 4–3 Victoria SO Ellis 5,560 17–7–0–1 35 26 December 21 Alaska 1–8 Victoria Ellis 5,264 18–7–0–1 37 27 December 22 Alaska 4–3 Victoria SO Ellis 5,513 18–7–0–2 38 28 December 28 Victoria 5–3 Stockton Ellis 6,886 19–7–0–2 40 29 December 29 Victoria 4–3 Fresno SO Ellis 4,719 20–7–0–2 42 30 December 30 Victoria 3–5 Fresno Thompson 3,575 20–8–0–2 42
January: 7–3–3–0 (Home: 4–1–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 31 January 3 Utah 1–5 Victoria Ellis 4,338 21–8–0–2 44 32 January 5 Utah 2–1 Victoria OT Ellis 5,458 21–8–1–2 45 33 January 6 Utah 3–2 Victoria OT Thompson 4,538 21–8–2–2 46 34 January 11 Victoria 0–5 Las Vegas Ellis 4,510 21–9–2–2 46 35 January 12 Victoria 3–1 Las Vegas Ellis 4,713 22–9–2–2 48 36 January 15 Bakersfield 5–1 Victoria Ellis 5,673 22–10–2–2 48 37 January 16 Bakersfield 4–5 Victoria OT Thompson 5,802 23–10–2–2 50 38 January 18 Fresno 5–6 Victoria SO Ellis 4,913 24–10–2–2 52 39 January 19 Fresno 3–2 Victoria OT Thompson 5,417 24–10–3–2 53 40 January 20 Fresno 1–3 Victoria Ellis 4,727 25–10–2–2 55 41 January 25 Victoria 0–2 Alaska Ellis 4,518 25–11–3–2 55 42 January 26 Victoria 4–1 Alaska Thompson 4,495 26–11–3–2 57 43 January 27 Victoria 7–5 Alaska Ellis 4,458 27–11–3–2 59
February: 8–5–0–0 (Home: 4–3–0–0 ; Road: 4–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 44 February 5 Victoria 7–6 Bakersfield SO Thompson 4,144 28–11–3–2 61 45 February 7 Victoria 4–3 Stockton Ellis 4,378 29–11–3–2 63 46 February 8 Victoria 5–7 Bakersfield Ellis 6,331 29–12–3–2 63 47 February 11 Fresno 3–2 Victoria Ellis 4,556 29–13–3–2 63 48 February 12 Fresno 5–6 Victoria OT Thompson 4,291 30–13–3–2 65 49 February 15 Victoria 3–2 Las Vegas Ellis 5,299 31–13–3–2 67 50 February 16 Victoria 3–5 Las Vegas Thompson 5,671 31–14–3–2 67 51 February 18 Victoria 6–4 Phoenix Thompson 2,629 32–14–3–2 69 52 February 20 Idaho 3–2 Victoria Thompson 4,553 32–15–3–2 69 53 February 22 Idaho 0–6 Victoria Ellis 5,456 33–15–3–2 71 54 February 23 Idaho 4–2 Victoria Ellis 5,075 33–16–3–2 71 55 February 27 Las Vegas 3–5 Victoria Thompson 4,197 34–16–3–2 73 56 February 29 Las Vegas 4–5 Victoria OT Ellis 4,802 35–16–3–2 75
March: 5–4–1–1 (Home: 3–1–0–0 ; Road: 2–4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 57 March 1 Las Vegas 5–4 Victoria Thompson 5,471 35–17–3–2 75 58 March 7 Victoria 2–3 Alaska Thompson 4,562 35–18–3–2 75 59 March 8 Victoria 3–4 Alaska Ellis 5,334 35–19–3–2 75 60 March 9 Victoria 4–3 Alaska Ellis 4,665 36–19–3–2 77 61 March 14 Victoria 1–5 Phoenix Ellis 4,402 36–20–3–2 77 62 March 16 Victoria 1–6 Phoenix Thompson 3,624 36–21–3–2 77 63 March 19 Utah 3–7 Victoria Ellis 5,560 37–21–3–2 79 64 March 21 Utah 0–4 Victoria Thompson 4,472 38–21–3–2 81 65 March 22 Utah 2–3 Victoria SO Ellis 5,263 39–21–3–2 83 66 March 26 Victoria 7–6 Stockton Ellis 5,836 40–21–3–2 85 67 March 28 Victoria 3–6 Bakersfield Thompson 7,513 40–22–3–2 85 68 March 29 Victoria 2–3 Stockton SO Ellis 9,737 40–22–3–3 86 69 March 30 Victoria 4–5 Fresno OT Ellis 3,971 40–22–4–3 87
April: 2–1–0–0 (Home: 2–1–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 70 April 2 Alaska 6–4 Victoria Ellis 5,056 40–23–4–3 87 71 April 4 Alaska 0–2 Victoria Thompson 6,478 41–23–4–3 89 72 April 5 Alaska 1–4 Victoria Thompson 7,006 42–23–4–3 91 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2008 Kelly Cup playoffs
National Conference quarter-final vs. (7) Bakersfield Condors: Victoria won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 10 Bakersfield 2–1 Victoria OT Thompson 5,008 0–1 2 April 12 Bakersfield 3–4 Victoria Thompson 6,448 1–1 3 April 15 Victoria 3–2 Bakersfield OT Thompson 5,197 2–1 4 April 16 Victoria 4–1 Bakersfield Thompson 4,815 3–1 5 April 19 Victoria 4–5 Bakersfield Thompson 5,090 3–2 6 April 22 Bakersfield 5–6 Victoria OT Thompson 6,701 4–2
National Conference semi-final vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies: Utah won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 25 Utah 6–0 Victoria Thompson 5,685 0–1 2 April 27 Utah 1–6 Victoria Ellis 5,413 1–1 3 May 1 Victoria 5–7 Utah Ellis 2,321 1–2 4 May 3 Victoria 0–2 Utah Thompson 4,308 1–3 5 May 4 Victoria 3–8 Utah Thompson 2,973 1–4 Legend:   Win   Loss

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Goldie, AshAsh Goldie 70 40 43 83 -2 24 Krestanovich, JordanJordan Krestanovich 70 13 52 65 -19 20 Goldie, WesWes Goldie 72 42 19 61 -8 66 Bernier, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Bernier 59 21 27 48 +4 32 Estrada, KevinKevin Estrada 59 18 30 48 +9 45 Wade, RyanRyan Wade 70 11 33 44 -16 90 Gladue, GaryGary Gladue 71 5 37 42 -11 48 Gajic, MilanMilan Gajic 35 15 25 40 -8 14 McLeod, KielKiel McLeod 48 15 20 35 -24 117 St. Jacques, ChrisChris St. Jacques ^† 51 11 23 34 4 34 Coulombe, PatrickPatrick Coulombe 58 8 22 30 -1 40 Yeo, DylanDylan Yeo 55 10 18 28 +4 76 Llyod, DarylDaryl Llyod 52 10 16 26 -5 128 Kelly, MattMatt Kelly 54 7 16 23 -3 59 Ballantyne, PaulPaul Ballantyne 52 6 16 22 -5 42 Krestanovich, DerekDerek Krestanovich 57 8 8 16 +1 57 Barrett, NathanNathan Barrett ^‡ 13 3 10 13 -6 4 Dietrich, JacobJacob Dietrich 9 2 3 5 -1 0 Rahimi, DanielDaniel Rahimi 19 0 5 5 -2 14 Deschamps, DarrenDarren Deschamps 42 0 4 4 -8 39 Lambert, SimonSimon Lambert 6 0 3 3 +4 2 Levold, BradyBrady Levold 3 2 0 2 +2 2 Gomez, RobinRobin Gomez 38 1 1 2 -10 142 Blanchard, TrevorTrevor Blanchard 7 1 0 1 -1 16 Zanon, BradBrad Zanon 14 0 1 1 0 19 Nathe, BryanBryan Nathe ^†^‡ 15 0 1 1 -2 4 Morris, TyTy Morris 1 0 0 0 0 2 Lalonde, AlexAlex Lalonde 1 0 0 0 +1 0 Labelle, JonathanJonathan Labelle 2 0 0 0 -3 2 Nelson, EricEric Nelson ^† 3 0 0 0 -1 6 Sagert, KalvinKalvin Sagert 4 0 0 0 0 0 Shaw, ChrisChris Shaw 15 0 0 0 -1 13

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Goldie, WesWes Goldie 11 5 6 11 +3 4 Goldie, AshAsh Goldie 11 4 6 10 -2 8 Wade, RyanRyan Wade 11 5 4 9 +5 16 Yeo, DylanDylan Yeo 11 4 3 7 -3 18 Bernier, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Bernier 11 6 0 6 -2 6 St. Jacques, ChrisChris St. Jacques 11 2 3 5 -3 22 Coulombe, PatrickPatrick Coulombe 11 0 5 5 -3 4 McLeod, KielKiel McLeod 3 2 2 4 0 10 Dietrich, JacobJacob Dietrich 8 2 2 4 -2 2 Estrada, KevinKevin Estrada 10 1 3 4 -6 21 Lloyd, DarylDaryl Lloyd 11 1 2 3 0 12 Ballantyne, PaulPaul Ballantyne 10 2 0 2 +2 8 Zanon, BradBrad Zanon 10 0 2 2 +4 4 Leavold, BradyBrady Leavold 2 0 1 1 +1 2 Deschamps, DarrenDarren Deschamps 5 0 1 1 +2 0 Krestanovich, JordanJordan Krestanovich 5 0 1 1 0 2 Krestanovich, DerekDerek Krestanovich 7 0 1 1 -1 2 Gladue, GaryGary Gladue 8 0 1 1 -1 2

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA Sv% SO Ellis, JulienJulien Ellis 42 2412 24 11 2 3 128 3.18 .908 2 Thompson, BillyBilly Thompson 34 1897 18 12 2 0 106 3.24 .907 2

Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA Sv% SO Thompson, BillyBilly Thompson 9 534 4 5 31 3.48 .881 0 Ellis, JulienJulien Ellis 3 136 1 1 9 3.97 .857 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Victoria. Stats reflect time with the Salmon Kings only.
^‡Denotes player no longer with the team. Stats reflect time with Salmon Kings only.

Transactions

Trades

June 15, 2007	To Victoria Salmon Kings Free Trade	To Augusta Lynx Warren McCutcheon
December 6, 2007	To Victoria Salmon Kings Free Trade	To Phoenix RoadRunners Bryan Nathe

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
Ash Goldie	Long Beach Ice Dogs
Kevin Estrada	Florida Everblades
Gary Gladue	Long Beach Ice Dogs
Ty Morris	Peiting EC (GerObL)
Alex Lalonde	Calgary Dinos (CWUAA)
Chris Shaw	Huntsville Havoc (SPHL)
Billy Thompson	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
Kalvin Sagert	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
Jonathan Labelle	Brock Badgers (CIS)
Darren Deschamps	Lethbridge Pronghorns (CWUAA)
Dylan Yeo	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
Daniel Rahimi	IF Björklöven (SEL-1)
Brad Zanon	UBC Thunderbirds (CWUAA)
Trevor Blanchard	Concordia Stingers (CIS)
Nathan Barrett	Visp (Swiss-B)
Jacob Dietrich	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

Free agents lost

Player	New team
Francois-Pierre Guenette	Alaska Aces
Mike Stutzel	Edinburgh Capitals (EIHL)
Steve Lingren	Retired
Seamus Young	Wheeling Nailers
Gustav Engman	Nybro Vikings (SEL-1)
Phil Cole	Stockton Thunder
Bryan Bridges	Colorado Eagles (CHL)

Released Players Pickup

Player	From
Eric Nelson	Utah Grizzlies
Bryan Nathe	Johnstown Chiefs
Chris St. Jacques	Stockton Thunder

Players Released

Player	Date
Ty Morris*	October 30, 2007
Eric Nelson	November 27, 2007
Alex Lalonde	December 6, 2007
Ryan Lowe	December 18, 2007
Nathan Barrett	February 23, 2008
Chris Shaw	February 29, 2008
Trevor Blanchard	March 24, 2008
Robin Gomez	March 28, 2008
Jonathan Labelle	April 6, 2008
Kalvin Sagert	April 27, 2008

*-Suspended by Team

Professional affiliations

Vancouver Canucks

The Salmon Kings' NHL affiliate based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Manitoba Moose

The Salmon Kings' AHL affiliate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.