2008–09 Victoria Salmon Kings season (original) (raw)
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| 2008-09 Victoria Salmon Kings | |
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| League | 8th ECHL |
| Division | 3rd West |
| Conference | 3rd National |
| 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) |
| Penalty minutes | Daryl Lloyd (141) |
| Plus/minus | Patrick Coulombe (+20) |
| Wins | Todd Ford (17) |
| Goals against average | Jonathan Boutin (2.37) |
| ← 2007-082009-10 → |
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.
| West Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA |
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| 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
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| 2008–09 Game log |
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| 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) |
| 2009 Kelly Cup playoffs |
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| 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 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
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 |
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| Player GP Min W L OT SOL GA GAA Sv% SO Jonathan Boutin‡ 16 936 10 4 1 1 37 2.37 .921 2 Todd Ford 35 2019 17 15 0 1 89 2.64 .915 4 Julien Ellis 23 1398 11 8 1 3 63 2.70 .915 1 |
| Playoffs |
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| Player GP Min W L GA GAA Sv% SO Todd Ford 7 413 4 3 17 2.47 .920 1 Julien 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.
| November 21, 2008 | To Victoria Salmon KingsFree Trade | To Phoenix RoadRunnersJeremy Swanson |
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| January 27, 2009 | To Victoria Salmon KingsFree Trade | To South Carolina StingraysJonathan Boutin |
| January 31, 2009 | To Victoria Salmon KingsFree Trade | To Cincinnati CyclonesJacob Dietrich |
| February 10, 2009 | To Victoria Salmon KingsAaron Brocklehurst | To Florida EverbladesMilan Gajic |
Professional affiliations
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The Salmon Kings' NHL affiliate based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Salmon Kings' AHL affiliate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.