2006–07 Victoria Salmon Kings season

2006-07 Victoria Salmon Kings
Division	3rd West
Conference	7th National
League	17th ECHL
2006-07 record	36-32-1-3
Home record	21-14-0-1
Road record	15-18-1-2
Goals for	239
Goals against	249
Team information
General Manager	Dan Belisle
Coach	Tony MacAuley (Oct-Dec) Mark Morrison
Assistant Coach	Mark Morrison (Oct-Dec)
Captain	Kiel McLeod
Alternate captains	Ryan Wade Steve Lingren
Arena	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Average attendance	4,248
Team leaders
Goals	Wes Goldie (41)
Assists	François-Pierre Guenette (42)
Points	Wes Goldie (74)
Penalties in minutes	Daryl Lloyd (152)
Plus/minus	Phil Cole (+10)
Wins	Julien Ellis (21)
Goals against average	Julien Ellis (3.21)
< 2005-06 2007-08 >

Season summary

The 2006–07 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 3rd season in the ECHL. Before the start of the 2006-07 season, Salmon Kings' Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager, Dan Belisle signed an affiliation agreement with the Vancouver Canucks and it's AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose on July 18, 2006. Through the affiliation agreement, the Canucks assigned goaltender Julien Ellis; forwards Marc Andre-Bernier, F.P. Guenette and defenseman Patrick Coulombe, while the Moose assigned defensemen Matt Kelly and forward Shaun Heshka. Along with this move, Dan Belisle also signed Wes Goldie, Milan Gajic, Kiel McLeod and Mike Stutzel to ECHL contracts to play for the Salmon Kings. Through these moves the Salmon Kings hoped to become a powerhouse in its third season. However, under their new head coach Tony MacAuley, the team struggled through the first half of the season, which caused Belisle to fire MacAuley, after three months behind the bench. Dan Belisle would then hire assistant coach Mark Morrison to become the fourth head coach in Salmon Kings' history. Belisle's other mid-season move included a big trade with the Pensacola Ice Pilots, and traded Adam Taylor, and David Wrigley, for Jordan Krestanovich and his brother, Derek Krestanovich. Through these mid-season moves, the Salmon Kings started to respond going on a late season run and finished their remaining regular season games on a nine-game winning streak. With the nine-game winning streak, the Salmon Kings completed their season with a 36-32-1-3 record and finished 7th overall in the National Conference to play against the Alaska Aces in their first playoff appearance. The Salmon Kings would eventually win Game 1 by a score of 3-2, but the Aces managed to win their next 4 out of 5 games to win the series 4-2. One of the season highlights for the Salmon Kings, was forward Wes Goldie who led the team and the National Conference with 41 goals.

Standings

Division standings

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA
Alaska Aces (STL)	72	49	16	3	4	105	270	176
Idaho Steelheads (DAL)	72	42	24	2	4	90	240	208
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN)	72	36	32	1	3	76	239	249
Phoenix RoadRunners (PHX)	72	27	40	2	3	59	201	255
Utah Grizzlies (Independent)	72	22	42	4	4	52	184	294

Conference standings

National Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Las Vegas Wranglers (CGY)	72	46	12	6	8	106	231	187
Alaska Aces (STL)	72	49	16	3	4	105	270	176
Bakersfield Condors (Independent)	72	41	19	3	9	94	270	236
Idaho Steelheads (DAL)	72	42	24	2	4	90	240	208
Stockton Thunder (EDM)	72	38	24	5	5	86	225	197
Fresno Falcons (SJ)	72	34	29	5	4	77	195	197
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN)	72	36	32	1	3	76	239	249
Phoenix RoadRunners (PHX)	72	27	40	2	3	59	201	255
Long Beach Ice Dogs (BOS)	72	27	42	0	3	57	209	267
Utah Grizzlies (Independent)	72	22	42	4	4	52	184	294

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 Game log
October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 20 Victoria 3–5 Alaska Belitski 6,451 0–1–0–0 0 2 October 21 Victoria 2–4 Alaska Belitski 5,389 0–2–0–0 0 3 October 25 Idaho 4–0 Victoria Bridges 4,883 0–3–0–0 0 4 October 27 Idaho 6–5 Victoria SO Belitski 4,168 0–3–0–1 1 5 October 28 Idaho 3–7 Victoria Bridges 4,162 1–3–0–1 3
November: 6–5–0–0 (Home: 3–3–0–0 ; Road: 3–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 6 November 3 Victoria 2–4 Las Vegas Ellis 5,892 1–4–0–1 3 7 November 4 Victoria 5–4 Las Vegas OT Ellis 5,089 2–4–0–1 5 8 November 7 Victoria 3–2 Las Vegas SO Bridges 3,645 3–4–0–1 7 9 November 9 Fresno 3–6 Victoria Ellis 3,520 4–4–0–1 9 10 November 11 Fresno 5–2 Victoria Bridges 4,416 4–5–0–1 9 11 November 12 Fresno 3–4 Victoria Ellis 3,723 5–5–0–1 11 12 November 16 Stockton 3–4 Victoria OT Ellis 3,418 6–5–0–1 13 13 November 17 Stockton 6–3 Victoria Ellis 4,381 6–6–0–1 13 14 November 24 Victoria 3–7 Utah Bridges 4,533 6–7–0–1 13 15 November 25 Victoria 5–3 Utah Ellis 4,015 7–7–0–1 15 16 November 29 Alaska 6–1 Victoria Ellis 3,834 7–8–0–1 15
December: 3–10–0–0 (Home: 3–4–0–0 ; Road: 0–6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 17 December 1 Alaska 3–0 Victoria Ellis 3,647 7–9–0–1 15 18 December 2 Alaska 9–6 Victoria Ellis 3,598 7–10–0–1 15 19 December 6 Long Beach 5–4 Victoria Bridges 3,396 7–11–0–1 15 20 December 8 Long Beach 2–3 Victoria Ellis 3,650 8–11–0–1 17 21 December 9 Long Beach 1–3 Victoria Ellis 3,854 9–11–0–1 19 22 December 12 Victoria 2–4 Phoenix Ellis 2,959 9–12–0–1 19 23 December 15 Victoria 2–4 Long Beach Ellis 1,770 9–13–0–1 19 24 December 16 Victoria 4–6 Bakersfield Ellis 5,805 9–14–0–1 19 25 December 17 Victoria 1–3 Fresno Bridges 3,913 9–15–0–1 19 26 December 21 Victoria 2–4 Phoenix Ellis 2,972 9–16–0–1 19 27 December 23 Victoria 2–4 Phoenix Ellis 3,629 9–17–0–1 19 28 December 29 Alaska 2–3 Victoria Ellis 4,874 10–17–0–1 21 29 December 30 Alaska 5–4 Victoria Ellis 4,440 10–18–0–1 21
January: 8–8–0–0 (Home: 2–2–0–0 ; Road: 6–6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 30 January 1 Alaska 2–3 Victoria SO Ellis 4,435 11–18–0–1 23 31 January 3 Victoria 6–4 Long Beach Ellis 1,034 12–18–0–1 25 32 January 5 Victoria 1–4 Fresno Bridges 4,155 12–19–0–1 25 33 January 6 Victoria 4–6 Bakersfield Bridges 7,093 12–20–0–1 25 34 January 7 Victoria 1–3 Fresno Bridges 3,098 12–21–0–1 25 35 January 9 Victoria 3–1 Las Vegas Bridges 3,836 13–21–0–1 27 36 January 12 Victoria 2–3 Alaska Bridges 4,532 13–22–0–1 27 37 January 13 Victoria 1–5 Alaska Bridges 4,711 13–23–0–1 27 38 January 14 Victoria 2–7 Alaska Bridges 5,031 13–24–0–1 27 39 January 19 Bakersfield 8–1 Victoria Bridges 4,219 13–25–0–1 27 40 January 20 Bakersfield 5–6 Victoria SO Bridges 4,813 14–25–0–1 29 41 January 22 Bakersfield 4–2 Victoria Bridges 3,426 14–26–0–1 29 42 January 24 Victoria 3–1 Long Beach Bridges 1,393 15–26–0–1 31 43 January 26 Victoria 4–3 Bakersfield Bridges 6,973 16–26–0–1 33 44 January 27 Victoria 6–5 Bakersfield OT Vincent 4,806 17–26–0–1 35 45 January 28 Victoria 6–3 Long Beach Bridges 2,633 18–26–0–1 37
February: 6–5–0–0 (Home: 5–3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 46 February 2 Idaho 1–3 Victoria Bridges 4,197 19–26–0–1 39 47 February 3 Idaho 6–2 Victoria Bridges 3,875 19–27–0–1 39 48 February 7 Victoria 1–2 Idaho Bridges 3,385 19–28–0–1 39 49 February 9 Victoria 6–3 Idaho Ellis 4,444 20–28–0–1 41 50 February 10 Victoria 0–2 Idaho Ellis 5,055 20–29–0–1 41 51 February 14 Stockton 0–4 Victoria Ellis 3,628 21–29–0–1 43 52 February 16 Stockton 3–6 Victoria Ellis 3,869 22–29–0–1 45 53 February 17 Stockton 3–4 Victoria OT Ellis 4,417 23–29–0–1 47 54 February 21 Las Vegas 5–0 Victoria Ellis 3,571 23–30–0–1 47 55 February 23 Las Vegas 2–3 Victoria SO Ellis 4,103 24–30–0–1 49 56 February 24 Las Vegas 3–0 Victoria Ellis 4,266 24–31–0–1 49
March: 9–1–0–0 (Home: 4–1–0–0 ; Road: 5–0–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 57 March 2 Victoria 3–1 Fresno Ellis 4,832 25–31–0–1 51 58 March 3 Victoria 4–3 Fresno SO Ellis 5,143 26–31–0–1 53 59 March 7 Victoria 1–2 Stockton OT Ellis 3,645 26–31–1–1 54 60 March 9 Victoria 4–5 Stockton SO Ellis 6,045 26–31–1–2 55 61 March 10 Victoria 3–4 Stockton SO Bridges 8,536 26–31–1–3 56 62 March 15 Utah 3–6 Victoria Ellis 4,144 27–31–1–3 58 63 March 17 Utah 3–2 Victoria Ellis 5,070 27–32–1–3 58 64 March 18 Utah 1–4 Victoria Bridges 4,847 28–32–1–3 60 65 March 23 Long Beach 1–5 Victoria Bridges 4,699 29–32–1–3 62 66 March 24 Long Beach 1–4 Victoria SO Bridges 4,801 30–32–1–3 64 67 March 28 Victoria 7–1 Utah Bridges 2,940 31–32–1–3 66 68 March 30 Victoria 4–3 Utah OT Bridges 5,906 32–32–1–3 68 69 March 31 Victoria 5–1 Utah Ellis 6,088 33–32–1–3 70
April: 3–0–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 70 April 4 Phoenix 4–6 Victoria Ellis 4,212 34–32–1–3 72 71 April 6 Phoenix 1–4 Victoria Bridges 5,349 35–32–1–3 74 72 April 7 Phoenix 1–6 Victoria Ellis 7,006 36–32–1–3 76 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2007 Kelly Cup playoffs

National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 9 Victoria 3–2 Alaska Ellis 3,713 1–0 2 April 10 Victoria 1–7 Alaska Ellis 4,112 1–1 3 April 12 Alaska 5–2 Victoria Ellis 2,850 1–2 4 April 13 Alaska 5–2 Victoria Bridges 3,395 1–3 5 April 14 Alaska 4–9 Victoria Bridges 3,457 2–3 6 April 16 Victoria 2–5 Alaska Ellis 4,937 2–4 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 41 33 74 -4 65 Gajic, MilanMilan Gajic 63 24 41 65 +9 70 McLeod, KielKiel McLeod 65 32 31 63 +5 116 Guenette, François-PierreFrançois-Pierre Guenette 67 13 42 55 -8 28 Stutzel, MikeMike Stutzel 61 16 36 52 -9 61 Wade, RyanRyan Wade 70 9 29 38 -11 94 Krestanovich, JordanJordan Krestanovich ^† 54 12 25 37 +4 14 Lingren, SteveSteve Lingren 62 7 27 34 +4 61 Bernier, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Bernier 40 18 15 33 +4 32 Kelly, MattMatt Kelly 59 9 15 24 -3 40 Young, SeamusSeamus Young 72 9 13 22 +1 33 Krestanovich, DerekDerek Krestanovich ^† 52 7 13 20 -4 60 Llyod, DarylDaryl Llyod 59 11 8 19 -7 152 Engman, GustavGustav Engman 61 5 12 17 -22 149 Cole, PhilPhil Cole ^† 51 3 12 15 +10 105 Ballantyne, PaulPaul Ballantyne ^† 26 5 7 12 +5 17 Wrigley, DavidDavid Wrigley ^‡ 15 3 7 10 -4 12 McCutcheon, WarrenWarren McCutcheon 27 4 4 8 -20 40 DeMone, JamesJames DeMone 30 2 5 7 -13 34 Taylor, AdamAdam Taylor ^‡ 15 1 5 6 -8 12 Gomez, RobinRobin Gomez 19 2 3 5 -1 66 Jorde, RyanRyan Jorde 23 0 5 5 -9 34 Hornby, GregGreg Hornby ^‡ 36 1 2 3 -9 110 Coulombe, PatrickPatrick Coulombe 6 0 3 3 +6 2 Heshka, ShaunShaun Heshka 3 0 1 1 +1 4 Zulyniak, AndyAndy Zulyniak 12 0 1 1 -8 2 Meloche, RichRich Meloche^‡ 2 0 0 0 +1 2 Cook, BradBrad Cook 3 0 0 0 0 6 Spencer, JustinJustin Spencer 5 0 0 0 0 6 Keefe, AdamAdam Keefe 8 0 0 0 -5 27

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Goldie, WesWes Goldie 6 6 2 8 -3 0 Lingren, SteveSteve Lingren 6 2 5 7 -6 2 Krestanovich, JordanJordan Krestanovich 6 1 6 7 -4 2 Stutzel, MikeMike Stutzel 5 1 3 4 -3 6 Guenette, François-PierreFrançois-Pierre Guenette 6 0 4 4 -6 4 McLeod, KielKiel McLeod 6 2 1 3 -7 10 Cole, PhilPhil Cole 5 1 2 3 -6 21 Wade, RyanRyan Wade 6 2 0 2 -2 4 Bernier, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Bernier 6 1 1 2 -8 8 Krestanovich, DerekDerek Krestanovich 6 1 1 2 -2 4 Coulombe, PatrickPatrick Coulombe 6 0 2 2 -8 0 Young, SeamusSeamus Young 6 0 2 2 -3 5 Lloyd, DarylDaryl Lloyd 4 0 1 1 -1 9 Engman, GustavGustav Engman 1 0 0 0 -2 0 Gomez, RobinRobin Gomez 3 0 0 0 0 5 Ballantyne, PaulPaul Ballantyne 6 0 0 0 -3 4

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 Ellis, JulienJulien Ellis 31 2190 21 14 1 1 117 3.21 .912 1 Bridges, BryanBryan Bridges 33 1897 14 16 0 1 105 3.32 .905 0 Vincent, AlexandreAlexandre Vincent 2 92 1 0 0 0 6 3.93 .924 0 Belitski, DavidDavid Belitski 3 183 0 2 0 1 13 4.25 .865 0

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA Sv% SO Ellis, JulienJulien Ellis 4 213 1 3 15 4.23 .864 0 Bridges, BryanBryan Bridges 4 147 1 1 12 4.91 .852 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

October 30, 2006	To Victoria Salmon Kings Phil Cole	To Augusta Lynx Free Trade
November 28, 2006	To Victoria Salmon Kings Jordan Krestanovich Derek Krestanovich	To Pensacola Ice Pilots David Wrigley Adam Taylor
January 31, 2007	To Victoria Salmon Kings Paul Ballantyne	To Phoenix RoadRunners Greg Hornby
February 2, 2007	To Victoria Salmon Kings Free Trade	To Pensacola Ice Pilots Rich Meloche

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
Wes Goldie	Sorel Mission (LNAH)
Warren McCutcheon	Manitoba Bisons (CWUAA)
Seamus Young	Trenton Titans
Mike Stutzel	Tappara Tampere (FNL)
Marc-Andre Bernier	Columbia Inferno
Matt Kelly	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
Darryl Lloyd	Youngstown Steelhounds (CHL)
Gustav Engman	Columbia Inferno
James DeMone	Columbia Inferno
Ryan Jorde	Fort Wayne Komets (UHL)
Patrick Coulombe	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
Robin Gomez	Manchester Phoenix (EIHL)
Shaun Heshka	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
David Belitski	Heilbronn Falcons (GerObL)
Bryan Bridges	Reading Royals
Julien Ellis	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
Alexandre Vincent	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
Justin Spencer	Colgate University (NCAA)
Brad Cook	Columbia Inferno
Adam Keefe	Toledo Storm

Free agents lost

Player	New team
Rob McVicar	Utah Grizzlies
B.J. Boxma
Lanny Gare	Lausitzer Foxes (2.GBun)
Simon Mangos	Manchester Phoenix (EIHL)
Seth Leonard	Colorado Eagles (CHL)
Pat Sutton	Port Huron Flags (UHL)
Adam Huxley	Stockton Thunder

Players Released

Player	Date
David Belitski	October 31, 2006
Andy Zulyniak	December 21, 2006
Ryan Jorde	December 29, 2006
Joe Ricupero	January 6, 2007
Kenny Ruiz	January 8, 2007
Mike Katz	January 10, 2007
Jeff Barney	January 15, 2007
James DeMone*	January 20, 2007
Justin Spencer	January 26, 2007
Alexandre Vincent	April 3, 2007

*-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.