2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season

2009-10 Victoria Salmon Kings
Division	4th West
Conference	7th National
League	16th ECHL
2009-10 record	34-32-4-2
Home record	23-12-0-1
Road record	11-20-4-1
Goals for	230
Goals against	243
Team information
General Manager	Mark Morrison
Coach	Mark Morrison
Assistant Coach	Ryan Wade
Captain	Wes Goldie
Alternate captains	Tim Wedderburn Patrick Coulombe
Arena	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Average attendance	4,369
Team leaders
Goals	Wes Goldie (44)
Assists	Chad Painchaud (38)
Points	Chad Painchaud (68)
Penalties in minutes	Mike Hamilton (106)
Plus/minus	Patrick Coulombe (+14)
Wins	David Shantz (18)
Goals against average	David Shantz (2.88)
< 2008-09 2010-11 >

Season summary

The 2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 6th season in the ECHL. General Manager and Head Coach Mark Morrison returned for his third full season as bench boss, while former Salmon King, Ryan Wade returned for his second year as Assistant Coach. The Salmon Kings would struggle in their first 10 games going 1-9-0-0, which placed them in last place of the National Conference standings and caused changes to their roster.

However, on November 11, the Salmon Kings went on a 22-6-3-0 run in their next 31 games heading towards the ECHL All-Star break, which made Victoria the hottest team in the ECHL by accumulating the most wins and points through the 67-day stretch. The streak also included a 12-game overall winning streak and tying their previous club record with a 12-game home winning streak. The goaltending in the middle of season would see Glenn Fisher, along with three Abbotsford Heat netminders – David Shantz, Matt Keetley, and Leland Irving rotating starts, while Chad Painchaud, Olivier Latendresse and Wes Goldie led the offensive-attack during the stretch run. At the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game, goaltender, David Shantz was named as the starting goaltender for the National Conference, while defenceman and Victoria native, Taylor Ellington joined the roster.

After the All-Star break, the Salmon Kings hot-streak would progressively come to an end when the team encountered several impactful injuries and call-ups in the second half of the season. The Salmon Kings would complete the season finishing with a 10-17-0-2 record and barely made the playoffs, finishing with a 34-32-4-2 and placing 7th in the National Conference standings.

In the Kelly Cup playoffs, the Salmon Kings would play against the Bakersfield Condors in the first round of the best-of-five series. Victoria would win Games 1 and 3 to take a 2-1 series lead, but was unable to finish the Condors off, losing in the fifth-and-deciding game with the game-winning goal coming in the final minute of regulation at Rabobank Arena.

The 2009-10 season produced many highlight moments and individual accomplishments. On January 15, the Salmon Kings played in their 400th game in club history. After that night, the trio of Adam Taylor, Scott Howes, and Dirk Southern combined for a highlight-reel goal vs. Bakersfield at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, which became known as "The Goal" and made TSN's Highlight of the Night . In addition, the Salmon Kings also set franchise records such for most goals in a game (9) and fastest two goals (eight seconds apart).

Furthermore, the Salmon Kings players also accomplished notable individual achievements, as well. On February 11, team captain Wes Goldie passed Ryan Wade's club record for most games played in a Salmon Kings uniform at 266 games. During this season, Chad Painchaud and Jimmy Sharrow broke a five-year-old club record by scoring points in 14 and 12 straight games respectively. Painchaud would tie the franchise record goal scoring streak by scoring goals in five straight games, while veteran Olivier Filion would break the all-time club record with most games registering an assist doing so in seven games. Lastly, Jimmy Sharrow was named as in the ECHL All-Second Team honors at the end of the season.

Standings

Division standings

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Idaho Steelheads (DAL)	72	48	17	2	5	103	260	191
Alaska Aces (STL)	72	36	28	4	4	80	232	240
Utah Grizzlies (NYI)	72	34	29	4	5	77	260	253
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN)	72	34	32	4	2	74	230	243

Conference standings

National Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
Idaho Steelheads (DAL)	72	48	17	2	5	103	260	191
Bakersfield Condors (ANA)	72	38	29	4	1	81	232	243
Alaska Aces (STL)	72	36	28	4	4	80	232	240
Utah Grizzlies (NYI)	72	34	29	4	5	77	260	253
Las Vegas Wranglers (PHX)	72	34	30	4	4	76	234	257
Stockton Thunder (EDM)	72	33	29	2	7	76	235	241
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN)	72	34	32	4	2	74	230	243
Ontario Reign (LA)	72	31	31	3	7	72	214	229

Schedule and results

Regular season

2009–10 Game log
October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 16 Victoria 1–2 Alaska Murray 5,163 0–1–0–0 0 2 October 17 Victoria 3–5 Alaska Murray 4,949 0–2–0–0 0 3 October 19 Victoria 1–2 Alaska Fisher 3,740 0–3–0–0 0 4 October 21 Bakersfield 3–1 Victoria Fisher 4,569 0–4–0–0 0 5 October 23 Bakersfield 0–3 Victoria Fisher 3,955 1–4–0–0 2 6 October 24 Bakersfield 4–3 Victoria Murray 4,718 1–5–0–0 2 7 October 30 Stockton 5–1 Victoria Fisher 3,371 1–6–0–0 2
November: 5–5–1–0 (Home: 4–2–0–0 ; Road: 1–3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 8 November 1 Stockton 5–2 Victoria Fisher 3,489 1–7–0–0 2 9 November 6 Victoria 1–4 Ontario Fisher 6,288 1–8–0–0 2 10 November 7 Victoria 3–4 Ontario Murray 5,505 1–9–0–0 2 11 November 11 Ontario 0–2 Victoria Keetley 3,922 2–9–0–0 4 12 November 13 Ontario 4–2 Victoria Keetley 3,829 2–10–0–0 4 13 November 14 Ontario 0–4 Victoria Keetley 4,020 3–10–0–0 6 14 November 18 Victoria 5–3 Idaho Shantz 3,050 4–10–0–0 8 15 November 20 Victoria 0–4 Idaho Shantz 3,912 4–11–0–0 8 16 November 21 Victoria 4–5 Idaho OT Shantz 3,946 4–11–1–0 9 17 November 27 Ontario 1–2 Victoria Shantz 3,952 5–11–1–0 11 18 November 28 Ontario 0–5 Victoria Shantz 3,768 6–11–1–0 13
December: 11–2–2–0 (Home: 8–0–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 19 December 1 Victoria 3–4 Las Vegas OT Shantz 2,347 6–11–2–0 14 20 December 3 Victoria 5–7 Las Vegas Fisher 3,409 6–12–2–0 14 21 December 4 Victoria 1–2 Las Vegas Shantz 4,722 6–13–2–0 14 22 December 6 Victoria 3–4 Ontario OT Shantz 6,419 6–13–3–0 15 23 December 10 Las Vegas 2–4 Victoria Shantz 3,871 7–13–3–0 17 24 December 11 Las Vegas 2–4 Victoria Shantz 3,421 8–13–3–0 19 25 December 12 Las Vegas 4–5 Victoria OT Fisher 3,831 9–13–3–0 21 26 December 16 Stockton 2–7 Victoria Shantz 3,842 10–13–3–0 23 27 December 18 Stockton 0–2 Victoria Shantz 3,675 11–13–3–0 25 28 December 19 Stockton 3–4 Victoria Fisher 4,051 12–13–3–0 27 29 December 27 Alaska 3–7 Victoria Fisher 4,660 13–13–3–0 29 30 December 28 Alaska 4–5 Victoria Fisher 5,115 14–13–3–0 31 31 December 30 Victoria 5–4 Utah Shantz 3,135 15–13–3–0 33 32 December 31 Victoria 3–2 Utah SO Shantz 2,988 16–13–3–0 35
January: 9–4–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0–0 ; Road: 4–3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 33 January 2 Victoria 6–2 Alaska Shantz 4,517 17–13–3–0 37 34 January 3 Victoria 3–2 Alaska SO Shantz 3,652 18–13–3–0 39 35 January 4 Victoria 3–5 Alaska Shantz 3,327 18–14–3–0 39 36 January 8 Idaho 2–5 Victoria Shantz 4,145 19–14–3–0 41 37 January 9 Idaho 8–2 Victoria Shantz 4,394 19–15–3–0 41 38 January 12 Las Vegas 3–5 Victoria Shantz 4,221 20–15–3–0 43 39 January 13 Las Vegas 4–6 Victoria Shantz 3,970 21–15–3–0 45 40 January 15 Bakersfield 3–6 Victoria Shantz 3,791 22–15–3–0 47 41 January 16 Bakersfield 5–6 Victoria SO Shantz 5,443 23–15–3–0 49 42 January 22 Victoria 3–4 Bakersfield OT Shantz 5,910 23–15–4–0 51 43 January 23 Victoria 2–1 Bakersfield Shantz 6,827 24–15–4–0 52 44 January 27 Victoria 3–7 Stockton Shantz 3,549 24–16–4–0 52 45 January 28 Victoria 1–7 Stockton Irving 5,758 24–17–4–0 52 46 January 30 Victoria 1–0 Stockton SO Fisher 9,158 25–17–4–0 54
February: 5–4–0–2 (Home: 4–1–0–1 ; Road: 1–3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 47 February 3 Utah 6–7 Victoria SO Fisher 4,307 26–17–4–0 56 48 February 5 Utah 4–3 Victoria SO Irving 4,790 26–17–4–1 57 49 February 6 Utah 2–3 Victoria SO Irving 4,553 27–17–4–1 59 50 February 11 Alaska 2–6 Victoria Fisher 4,324 28–17–4–1 61 51 February 13 Alaska 5–3 Victoria Irving 4,791 28–18–4–1 61 52 February 14 Alaska 1–5 Victoria Irving 3,838 29–18–4–1 63 53 February 17 Victoria 2–3 Utah SO Irving 2,848 29–18–4–2 64 54 February 19 Victoria 5–2 Utah Fisher 5,910 30–18–4–2 66 55 February 20 Victoria 1–3 Utah Irving 5,235 30–19–4–2 66 56 February 26 Victoria 2–3 Bakersfield Fisher 5,038 30–20–4–2 66 57 February 27 Victoria 2–4 Bakersfield Irving 5,568 30–21–4–2 66
March: 3–10–0–0 (Home: 0–4–0–0 ; Road: 3–6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 58 March 3 Victoria 1–4 Stockton Fisher 3,944 30–22–4–2 66 59 March 5 Victoria 5–3 Stockton Fisher 5,794 31–22–4–2 68 60 March 6 Victoria 3–7 Stockton Fisher 8,042 31–23–4–2 68 61 March 10 Idaho 5–2 Victoria Keetley 4,574 31–24–4–2 68 62 March 12 Idaho 7–1 Victoria Keetley 4,936 31–25–4–2 68 63 March 13 Idaho 5–3 Victoria Keetley 4,811 31–26–4–2 68 64 March 17 Victoria 2–7 Stockton Keetley 4,072 31–27–4–2 68 65 March 19 Victoria 5–1 Bakersfield Fisher 6,846 32–27–4–2 70 66 March 20 Victoria 2–3 Bakersfield Fisher 6,214 32–28–4–2 70 67 March 24 Victoria 0–5 Idaho Keetley 3,965 32–29–4–2 70 68 March 26 Victoria 1–0 Idaho Fisher 4,796 33–29–4–2 72 69 March 27 Victoria 1–5 Idaho Fisher 5,300 33–30–4–2 72 70 March 31 Utah 2–1 Victoria Keetley 5,355 33–31–4–2 72
April: 1–1–0–0 (Home: 1–1–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 71 April 2 Utah 2–9 Victoria Fisher 5,991 34–31–4–2 74 72 April 3 Utah 5–2 Victoria Fisher 7,006 34–32–4–2 74 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2010 Kelly Cup playoffs

National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 7 Bakersfield 3–6 Victoria Keetley 3,191 1–0 2 April 8 Bakersfield 4–2 Victoria Keetley 3,344 1–1 3 April 10 Victoria 3–1 Bakersfield Keetley 5,603 2–1 4 April 11 Victoria 2–5 Bakersfield Keetley 3,732 2–2 5 April 12 Victoria 1–2 Bakersfield Keetley 4,083 2–3 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 Painchaud, ChadChad Painchaud 65 30 38 68 +4 65 Goldie, WesWes Goldie 72 44 18 62 -11 31 Latendresse, OlivierOlivier Latendresse 47 16 31 47 +10 38 Gelech, RandallRandall Gelech 63 21 25 46 -7 36 Sharrow, JimmyJimmy Sharrow^† 57 11 34 45 -5 43 Filion, OlivierOlivier Filion 63 12 31 43 -9 48 Southern, DirkDirk Southern 56 10 24 34 -7 14 Taylor, AdamAdam Taylor 69 13 18 31 -1 68 Hamilton, MikeMike Hamilton 65 6 23 29 -16 106 Brandt, AndyAndy Brandt 64 13 15 28 -6 36 Howes, ScottScott Howes 47 12 14 26 -8 20 Coulombe, PatrickPatrick Coulombe 51 9 17 26 +14 43 Gladue, GaryGary Gladue 69 3 22 25 -8 50 Siddall, MattMatt Siddall^† 21 6 15 21 +1 55 Roach, BrandonBrandon Roach 64 4 13 17 -5 26 Wedderburn, TimTim Wedderburn 67 3 12 15 +5 22 Ellington, TaylorTaylor Ellington 48 3 11 14 -13 49 Morrison, LanceLance Morrison 40 4 4 8 -4 12 Burgoyne, MikeMike Burgoyne 6 1 3 4 -1 7 Gendur, DanDan Gendur^‡ 8 0 4 4 +2 6 Leitch, BryanBryan Leitch^†^‡ 10 1 3 4 +4 4 Walsky, EricEric Walsky 9 1 2 3 -7 10 Lynch, JeffJeff Lynch 5 1 0 1 -1 0 Petruic, NeilNeil Petruic 3 0 1 1 -3 2 Salekin, MikeMike Salekin 10 0 1 1 -3 28 Rogers, AndyAndy Rogers 11 0 1 1 -4 8 Smith, RobRob Smith 11 0 1 1 0 4 Davey, BobbyBobby Davey^†^‡ 10 0 1 1 -1 43 Bast, JasonJason Bast 1 0 0 0 -2 0 Bezzo, PaulPaul Bezzo 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Cianfrini, DavidDavid Cianfrini 2 0 0 0 -2 7 Henderson, JayJay Henderson 2 0 0 0 +1 19 Leavold, BradyBrady Leavold 2 0 0 0 0 0 Magnowski, MarkMark Magnowski 2 0 0 0 -4 0 Tifu, YannickYannick Tifu^‡ 6 0 0 0 -5 6

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Goldie, WesWes Goldie 5 3 3 6 -2 6 Sharrow, JimmyJimmy Sharrow 5 1 5 6 -2 4 Painchaud, ChadChad Painchaud 5 5 0 5 -2 0 Walsky, EricEric Walsky 5 1 4 5 -1 2 Filion, OlivierOlivier Filion 5 2 1 3 -1 2 Southern, DirkDirk Southern 5 1 2 3 -2 0 Brandt, AndyAndy Brandt 5 1 1 2 -2 2 Siddall, MattMatt Siddall 5 0 2 2 0 0 Wedderburn, TimTim Wedderburn 5 0 2 2 +1 0 Fredheim, KrisKris Fredheim 5 0 1 1 +1 0 Gladue, GaryGary Gladue 5 0 1 1 -2 6 Bast, JasonJason Bast 1 0 0 0 0 0 Morrison, LanceLance Morrison 1 0 0 0 -2 0 Howes, ScottScott Howes 3 0 0 0 -1 0 Coulombe, PatrickPatrick Coulombe 5 0 0 0 0 2 Gelech, RandallRandall Gelech 5 0 0 0 -1 0 Roach, BrandonBrandon Roach 5 0 0 0 -4 0 Taylor, AdamAdam Taylor 5 0 0 0 -1 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 Shantz, DavidDavid Shantz 28 1585 18 5 4 0 76 2.88 .910 2 Irving, LelandLeland Irving 8 490 2 4 0 2 25 3.06 .908 0 Fisher, GlennGlenn Fisher 29 1558 12 12 0 0 87 3.35 .895 3 John MurrayJohn Murray^‡ 4 235 0 4 0 0 15 3.84 .870 0 Keetley, MattMatt Keetley 9 484 2 7 0 0 31 3.84 .880 2

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA Sv% SO Keetley, MattMatt Keetley 5 298 2 3 13 2.62 .904 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.

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.