2008–09 Victoria Salmon Kings season

2008-09 Victoria Salmon Kings
Division	3rd West
Conference	3rd National
League	8th ECHL
2008-09 record	38-27-2-5
Home record	21-12-2-1
Road record	17-15-0-4
Goals for	232
Goals against	200
Team information
General Manager	Mark Morrison
Coach	Mark Morrison
Assistant Coach	Ryan Wade Steve Lingren
Captain	Wes Goldie
Alternate captains	Tim Wedderburn Matt Kelly
Arena	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Average attendance	4,923
Team leaders
Goals	Wes Goldie (48)
Assists	Chris St. Jacques (42)
Points	Wes Goldie (66)
Penalties in minutes	Daryl Lloyd (141)
Plus/minus	Patrick Coulombe (+20)
Wins	Todd Ford (17)
Goals against average	Jonathan Boutin (2.37)
< 2007-08 2009-10 >

Season summary

The 2008–09 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 5th season in the ECHL. The season started with the Salmon Kings raising their West Division Championship banner above the arena floor, and continued towards the All Star break with the team establishing a 15-game winning streak between December 8, 2008 and January 10, 2009, which was second all time in ECHL history. With a 26-9-1-2 record at the end of the streak, and well in first place in their division, another banner seemed well within reach. However, the team went 12-19-0-4 afterwards and dropped to third place, which ensured a Kelly Cup playoff first round match-up against the Idaho Steelheads. In the playoffs, the Salmon Kings swept their first ever series by eliminating the Steelheads in round one in four straight games. Unfortunately in the second round, the Salmon Kings were eliminated from the playoffs by their arch rivals, the Alaska Aces in five games. Their lone win was a 4-0 shutout on home ice, their second shutout of the playoffs. Despite their second straight second round elimination, the '08–'09 season saw a number of team records. Dylan Yeo became the first Salmon King player to win a league award, as he was awarded the Defenseman of the Year. Also, team captain Wes Goldie set a new team record with 48 goals, while also becoming the first Salmon King to collect 200 points with the team. Finally, the team broke their previous attendance record with 4,923 fans, up from 4,871 the previous year and 4,248 in '06–'07.

Standings

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Alaska Aces (STL)	72	45	24	1	2	93	232	181
Idaho Steelheads (DAL)	72	44	24	2	2	92	224	186
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN)	72	38	27	2	5	83	232	200
Utah Grizzlies (NYI)	72	28	28	6	10	72	220	246
Phoenix RoadRunners (SJS)	72	30	37	2	3	65	200	246

Schedule and results

Regular season

2008–09 Game log
October: 3–5–0–0 (Home: 2–3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 17 Victoria 1–7 Phoenix Boutin 4,434 0–1–0–0 0 2 October 18 Victoria 1–2 Phoenix Ford 3,356 0–2–0–0 0 3 October 19 Victoria 4–2 Phoenix Ford 2,762 1–2–0–0 2 4 October 24 Stockton 5–2 Victoria Ford 6,602 1–3–0–0 2 5 October 25 Stockton 2–5 Victoria Boutin 4,192 2–3–0–0 4 6 October 26 Stockton 3–1 Victoria Ford 3,733 2–4–0–0 4 7 October 29 Utah 3–4 Victoria Boutin 4,021 3–4–0–0 6 8 October 31 Utah 3–2 Victoria Ford 3,151 3–5–0–0 6
November: 8–2–1–1 (Home: 3–2–1–0 ; Road: 5–0–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 9 November 1 Utah 4–3 Victoria Boutin 4,354 3–6–0–0 6 10 November 5 Victoria 3–0 Bakersfield Boutin 8,008 4–6–0–0 8 11 November 7 Victoria 2–3 Stockton SO Boutin 8,027 4–6–0–1 9 12 November 8 Victoria 3–1 Stockton Ford 9,737 5–6–0–1 11 13 November 14 Phoenix 1–4 Victoria Boutin 4,590 6–6–0–1 13 14 November 15 Phoenix 0–9 Victoria Boutin 4,340 7–6–0–1 15 15 November 19 Alaska 6–3 Victoria Boutin 4,168 7–7–0–1 15 16 November 21 Alaska 1–4 Victoria Boutin 4,429 8–7–0–1 17 17 November 22 Alaska 4–3 Victoria OT Boutin 4,661 8–7–1–1 18 18 November 26 Victoria 4–2 Utah Ford 2,637 9–7–1–1 20 19 November 28 Victoria 3–2 Utah OT Ford 2,969 10–7–1–1 22 20 November 29 Victoria 2–1 Utah Ellis 3,949 11–7–1–1 24
December: 10–2–0–0 (Home: 6–0–0–0 ; Road: 4–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 21 December 3 Victoria 2–3 Ontario Ellis 3,566 11–8–1–1 24 22 December 5 Victoria 2–3 Fresno Ford 2,492 11–9–1–1 24 23 December 6 Victoria 5–1 Fresno Ellis 3,075 12–9–1–1 26 24 December 7 Victoria 3–2 Ontario Ford 4,447 13–9–1–1 28 25 December 9 Bakersfield 0–2 Victoria Ellis 4,565 14–9–1–1 30 26 December 12 Phoenix 0–7 Victoria Ford 4,249 15–9–1–1 32 27 December 14 Phoenix 2–6 Victoria Ellis 4,339 16–9–1–1 34 28 December 17 Alaska 2–4 Victoria Ford 4,162 17–9–1–1 36 29 December 19 Alaska 0–4 Victoria Ford 4,772 18–9–1–1 38 30 December 20 Alaska 3–5 Victoria Ford 4,627 19–9–1–1 40 31 December 27 Victoria 4–1 Stockton Boutin 6,968 20–9–1–1 42 32 December 28 Victoria 5–2 Stockton Ford 5,534 21–9–1–1 44
January: 8–3–0–2 (Home: 6–1–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 33 January 2 Bakersfield 2–5 Victoria Ford 4,664 22–9–1–1 46 34 January 3 Bakersfield 1–2 Victoria Boutin 4,633 23–9–1–1 48 35 January 4 Bakersfield 1–6 Victoria Boutin 4,475 24–9–1–1 50 36 January 9 Ontario 2–5 Victoria Boutin 5,573 25–9–1–1 52 37 January 10 Ontario 2–5 Victoria Ellis 6,083 26–9–1–1 54 38 January 14 Victoria 2–3 Alaska SO Ellis 3,827 26–9–1–2 55 39 January 16 Victoria 3–5 Alaska Boutin 4,497 26–10–1–2 55 40 January 17 Victoria 0–1 Alaska SO Ford 5,117 26–10–1–3 56 41 January 23 Victoria 2–1 Las Vegas SO Ford 5,108 27–10–1–3 58 42 January 24 Victoria 4–2 Las Vegas Ford 7,232 28–10–1–3 60 43 January 25 Victoria 2–6 Las Vegas Ellis 3,593 28–11–1–3 60 44 January 27 Stockton 3–7 Victoria Ford 5,075 29–11–1–3 62 45 January 28 Stockton 2–0 Victoria Ellis 5,102 29–12–1–3 62
February: 2–8–1–1 (Home: 0–3–1–0 ; Road: 2–5–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 46 February 4 Las Vegas 4–2 Victoria Ford 4,652 29–13–1–3 62 47 February 6 Las Vegas 4–2 Victoria Ford 6,263 29–14–1–3 62 48 February 7 Las Vegas 2–1 Victoria Ellis 6,470 29–15–1–3 62 49 February 8 Las Vegas 1–0 Victoria OT Ellis 5,835 29–15–2–3 63 50 February 11 Victoria 3–4 Alaska Ford 3,563 29–16–2–3 63 51 February 13 Victoria 2–1 Alaska Ellis 5,355 30–16–2–3 65 52 February 14 Victoria 2–3 Alaska SO Ellis 5,574 30–16–2–4 66 53 February 15 Victoria 2–5 Alaska Ford 4,187 30–17–2–4 66 54 February 18 Victoria 3–5 Ontario Ellis 4,582 30–18–2–4 66 55 February 21 Victoria 4–3 Bakersfield SO Ford 5,178 31–18–2–4 68 56 February 22 Victoria 2–5 Bakersfield Ford 4,155 31–19–2–4 68 57 February 23 Victoria 2–5 Ontario Ellis 4,876 31–20–2–4 68
March: 7–7–0–1 (Home: 4–3–0–1 ; Road: 3–4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 58 March 4 Victoria 2–3 Idaho Ford 3,230 31–21–2–4 68 59 March 6 Victoria 5–6 Idaho Ford 4,669 31–22–2–4 68 60 March 7 Victoria 1–4 Idaho Ellis 4,170 31–23–2–4 68 61 March 11 Ontario 4–9 Victoria Ellis 4,997 32–23–2–4 70 62 March 13 Ontario 4–3 Victoria Ford 4,629 32–24–2–4 70 63 March 14 Ontario 3–4 Victoria SO Ellis 5,632 33–24–2–4 72 64 March 15 Ontario 1–3 Victoria Ellis 5,547 34–24–2–4 74 65 March 18 Idaho 4–3 Victoria SO Ellis 5,296 34–24–2–5 75 66 March 20 Idaho 0–2 Victoria Ford 5,601 35–24–2–5 77 67 March 21 Idaho 7–1 Victoria Ellis 6,314 35–25–2–5 77 68 March 22 Idaho 4–2 Victoria Ford 5,448 35–26–2–5 77 69 March 24 Victoria 5–2 Stockton Ford 3,819 36–26–2–5 79 70 March 25 Victoria 5–3 Bakersfield Ellis 3,861 37–26–2–5 81 71 March 27 Victoria 3–7 Bakersfield Ford 6,000 37–27–2–5 81 72 March 28 Victoria 5–4 Stockton OT Ellis 8,668 38–27–2–5 83 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2009 Kelly Cup playoffs
West Division semi-final vs. (2) Idaho Steelheads: Victoria won series 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 11 Victoria 3–1 Idaho Ford 2,789 1–0 2 April 12 Victoria 2–0 Idaho Ford 1,978 2–0 3 April 15 Idaho 2–9 Victoria Ford 4,086 3–0 4 April 17 Idaho 1–2 Victoria OT Ford 4,973 4–0
West Division final vs. (1) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 24 Victoria 0–3 Alaska Ford 4,933 0–1 2 April 25 Victoria 3–8 Alaska Ford 5,533 0–2 3 April 29 Alaska 5–2 Victoria Ford 4,449 0–3 4 May 1 Alaska 0–4 Victoria Ellis 4,656 1–3 5 May 2 Alaska 6–4 Victoria Ellis 2,471 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, WesWes Goldie 72 48 18 66 -7 62 St. Jacques, ChrisChris St. Jacques 70 17 42 59 +16 36 Filion, OlivierOlivier Filion 69 12 40 52 -12 89 Kelly, MattMatt Kelly 62 10 36 46 +4 91 Yeo, DylanDylan Yeo 52 10 33 43 +15 30 Billsten, CurtisCurtis Billsten^† 60 11 28 39 +18 30 Gendur, DanDan Gendur 52 9 29 38 0 97 Lloyd, DarrylDarryl Lloyd 72 18 18 36 +10 141 Labelle, OlivierOlivier Labelle 56 16 19 35 +1 128 Landolt, ShaunShaun Landolt 67 12 20 32 -3 46 O'Connor, Sean D.Sean D. O'Connor 60 19 8 27 -3 68 Howes, ScottScott Howes 39 10 12 22 +9 15 Coulombe, PatrickPatrick Coulombe 56 6 16 22 +20 36 Wedderburn, TimTim Wedderburn 70 2 19 21 +17 44 Gladue, GaryGary Gladue 55 0 20 20 +13 12 Taylor, AdamAdam Taylor 27 9 6 15 +1 4 Leavold, BradyBrady Leavold 31 10 4 14 +2 49 Dietrich, JacobJacob Dietrich ^‡ 35 7 6 13 +6 14 Benn, JordieJordie Benn 55 1 11 12 -7 26 Brocklehurst, AaronAaron Brocklehurst^† 23 2 7 9 -5 14 Ramsey, TravisTravis Ramsey 26 0 4 4 +1 45 Swanson, JeremyJeremy Swanson ^‡ 13 0 2 2 -2 12 Fulton, MarcMarc Fulton 3 0 1 1 0 6 Gajic, MilanMilan Gajic ^‡ 4 0 1 1 -5 0 Lang, DevonDevon Lang 4 0 1 1 0 5 Nesdill, MikeMike Nesdill ^‡ 2 0 0 0 -2 0 Schenderling, JeremyJeremy Schenderling 3 0 0 0 1 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Labelle, OlivierOlivier Labelle 9 4 3 7 +2 32 Filion, OlivierOlivier Filion 9 3 4 7 -2 14 Goldie, WesWes Goldie 9 3 4 7 -2 2 St. Jacques, ChrisChris St. Jacques 9 2 4 6 +2 6 Kelly, MattMatt Kelly 6 1 5 6 +7 4 Brocklehurst, AaronAaron Brocklehurst 9 2 3 5 -1 10 Landolt, ShaunShaun Landolt 9 2 3 5 +2 4 O'Connor, Sean D.Sean D. O'Connor 9 2 3 5 +1 21 Coulombe, PatrickPatrick Coulombe 9 1 4 5 -1 6 Gladue, GaryGary Gladue 8 0 5 5 -1 4 Howes, ScottScott Howes 7 3 1 4 +1 19 Taylor, AdamAdam Taylor 9 2 2 4 +2 8 Leavold, BradyBrady Leavold 7 1 3 4 -1 8 Lloyd, DarylDaryl Lloyd 9 1 3 4 +1 31 Gendur, DanDan Gendur 2 1 2 3 0 0 Wedderburn, TimTim Wedderburn 9 0 2 2 +2 0 Billsten, CurtisCurtis Billsten 3 0 1 1 0 2 Benn, JordieJordie Benn 3 0 0 0 -2 0 Yeo, DylanDylan Yeo 9 0 0 0 0 8

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; 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 Min W L OT SOL GA GAA Sv% SO Boutin, JonathanJonathan Boutin^‡ 16 936 10 4 1 1 37 2.37 .921 2 Ford, ToddTodd Ford 35 2019 17 15 0 1 89 2.64 .915 4 Ellis, JulienJulien Ellis 23 1398 11 8 1 3 63 2.70 .915 1

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA Sv% SO Ford, ToddTodd Ford 7 413 4 3 17 2.47 .920 1 Ellis, JulienJulien Ellis 3 139 1 1 8 3.45 .882 1

^†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

November 21, 2008	To Victoria Salmon Kings Free Trade	To Phoenix RoadRunners Jeremy Swanson
January 27, 2009	To Victoria Salmon Kings Free Trade	To South Carolina Stingrays Jonathan Boutin
January 31, 2009	To Victoria Salmon Kings Free Trade	To Cincinnati Cyclones Jacob Dietrich
February 10, 2009	To Victoria Salmon Kings Aaron Brocklehurst	To Florida Everblades Milan Gajic

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
Olivier Filion	Alaska Aces
Olivier Labelle	Utah Grizzlies
Shaun Landolt	Sterzing (Italy)
Sean D. O'Connor	Phoenix RoadRunners
Scott Howes	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
Adam Taylor	Florida Everblades
Brady Leavold	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)
Jordie Benn	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
Travis Ramsey	University of Maine (NCAA)
Marc Fulton	Texas Wildcatters
Devon Lang	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
Jordan Foote	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
Todd Ford	Columbia Inferno
Jonathan Boutin	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)
Mike Nesdill	Bowling Green State University (NCAA)
Jeremy Schenderling	Columbia Inferno

Free agents lost

Player	New team
Ash Goldie	Herlev Hornets (Denmark)
Derek Krestanovich
Ryan Wade	Retired
Jordan Krestanovich	Cortina SG (Italy)
Marc-Andre Bernier
Kevin Estrada	Kassel Huskies (DEL)
Kiel McLeod	Cortina SG (Italy)
Paul Ballantyne
Darren Deschamps
Simon Lambert	Oklahoma City Blazers (CHL)
Brad Zanon	Florida Everblades
Billy Thompson	Tilburg Trappers (Hlnd)

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.