2008–09 Victoria Salmon Kings season

August 2023 June 2019 noref (GreenC bot) 2008-09 2008 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 8th National 3rd West 3rd 38-27-2-5 21-12-2-1 17-15-0-4 232 200 Mark Morrison Mark Morrison Ryan Wade Steve Lingren Wes Goldie Tim Wedderburn Matt Kelly Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre 4,923 Wes Goldie (48) Chris St. Jacques (42) Wes Goldie (66) Daryl Lloyd (141) Patrick Coulombe (+20) Todd Ford (17) Jonathan Boutin (2.37) 2007-08 2009-10 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. Standings West Division GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA Alaska Aces (STL) 7245241293232181 Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 7244242292224186 Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) 7238272583232200 Utah Grizzlies (NYI) 72282861072220246 Phoenix RoadRunners (SJS) 7230372365200246 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: #ccffcc Win (2 points) 1px solid #ccffcc #ffcccc Loss (0 points) 1px solid #ffcccc #ffffff Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA 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: #ccffcc Win 1px solid #ccffcc #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #ffcccc 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 +/- PIMWes Goldie 72 48 18 66 -7 62Chris St. Jacques 1 70 17 42 59 +16 36Olivier Filion 69 12 40 52 -12 89Matt Kelly Matt Kelly (racing driver) 62 10 36 46 +4 91Dylan Yeo 52 10 33 43 +15 30Curtis Billsten 1† 60 11 28 39 +18 30Dan Gendur 1 52 9 29 38 0 97Darryl Lloyd 1 72 18 18 36 +10 141Olivier Labelle 56 16 19 35 +1 128Shaun Landolt 67 12 20 32 -3 46Sean D. O'Connor 60 19 8 27 -3 68Scott Howes 39 10 12 22 +9 15Patrick Coulombe 56 6 16 22 +20 36Tim Wedderburn 70 2 19 21 +17 44Gary Gladue 55 0 20 20 +13 12Adam Taylor ice hockey 27 9 6 15 +1 4Brady Leavold 31 10 4 14 +2 49Jacob Dietrich ‡ 35 7 6 13 +6 14Jordie Benn 55 1 11 12 -7 26Aaron Brocklehurst† 23 2 7 9 -5 14Travis Ramsey 26 0 4 4 +1 45Jeremy Swanson ‡ 13 0 2 2 -2 12Marc Fulton 3 0 1 1 0 6Milan Gajic 1 ‡ 4 0 1 1 -5 0Devon Lang 4 0 1 1 0 5Mike Nesdill ‡ 2 0 0 0 -2 0Jeremy Schenderling 3 0 0 0 1 0 Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIMOlivier Labelle 9 4 3 7 +2 32Olivier Filion 9 3 4 7 -2 14Wes Goldie 9 3 4 7 -2 2Chris St. Jacques 1 9 2 4 6 +2 6Matt Kelly Matt Kelly (ice hockey) 6 1 5 6 +7 4Aaron Brocklehurst 9 2 3 5 -1 10Shaun Landolt 9 2 3 5 +2 4Sean D. O'Connor 9 2 3 5 +1 21Patrick Coulombe 9 1 4 5 -1 6Gary Gladue 8 0 5 5 -1 4Scott Howes 7 3 1 4 +1 19Adam Taylor ice hockey 9 2 2 4 +2 8Brady Leavold 7 1 3 4 -1 8Daryl Lloyd 1 9 1 3 4 +1 31Dan Gendur 1 2 1 2 3 0 0Tim Wedderburn 9 0 2 2 +2 0Curtis Billsten 1 3 0 1 1 0 2Jordie Benn 3 0 0 0 -2 0Dylan 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 Jonathan Boutin Jonathan Boutin‡ 16 936 10 4 1 1 37 2.37 .921 2 Todd Ford Todd Ford 35 2019 17 15 0 1 89 2.64 .915 4 Julien Ellis 1 23 1398 11 8 1 3 63 2.70 .915 1 Playoffs Player GP Min W L GA GAA Sv% SO Todd Ford Todd Ford 7 413 4 3 17 2.47 .920 1 Julien Ellis 1 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 KingsFree Trade To Phoenix RoadRunnersJeremy Swanson 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 48% 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 WildcattersDevon Lang Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)Jordan Foote Michigan Tech (NCAA)Todd Ford Columbia InfernoJonathan Boutin Norfolk Admirals (AHL)Mike Nesdill Bowling Green State University (NCAA)Jeremy Schenderling Columbia Inferno 48% Free agents lost Player New teamAsh Goldie Herlev Hornets (Denmark)Derek Krestanovich Ryan Wade RetiredJordan 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 EverbladesBilly 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. References Category:Victoria Salmon Kings seasons Victoria Salmon Kings, 2008-09 Vic