2007–08 Victoria Salmon Kings season

Sports season August 2023 February 2024 2007-08 2007 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 7th National 2nd West 1st 42-23-4-3 24-7-3-2 18-16-1-1 256 239 Dan Belisle Mark Morrison Quinten Van Horlick Steve Lingren Kiel McLeod (Oct-Feb) Jordan Krestanovich Jordan Krestanovich (Oct-Feb) Gary Gladue Paul Ballantyne Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre 4,871 Wes Goldie (42) Jordan Krestanovich (52) Ash Goldie (83) Robin Gomez (142) Kevin Estrada (+9) Julien Ellis (24) Julien Ellis (3.18) Yes 2006-07 2008-09 The 2007–08 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 4th season in the ECHL. The season saw the Salmon Kings establish themselves in the ECHL with a 91-point season, and winning 42 of 72 games. Before the start of the season, the Salmon Kings signed players Ash Goldie, Kevin Estrada, Gary Gladue, and goaltender Billy Thompson to complement their returning star players Wes Goldie, Milan Gajic, Kiel McLeod, and Ryan Wade. With their new additions and returning players the Salmon Kings became an elite team in the 2007-08 season, going 15-5-0-0 through their first 20 games and continued to earn wins going into the ECHL All-Star Game. At the 2008 All-Star Game festivities in Stockton, Ash Goldie showed his impressive skills during the two-day event. At the skills competition, Goldie became the first player in the ECHL to go 5 for 5 in the target shooting event. The following night at the All-Star Game, Goldie scored an All-Star record 6 points, recording 3 goals and 3 assists to earn All-Star M.V.P. honours. After the All-Star game, the Salmon Kings struggled after going through numerous injuries and call ups, but managed to narrowly win the National West division title, and took the number two seed into the Kelly Cup playoffs. In the playoffs, the Salmon Kings won their first-ever playoff round by eliminating the Bakersfield Condors in six games. Unfortunately in the second round, the Salmon Kings were eliminated from the playoffs by the Utah Grizzlies in five games.https://www.deseret.com/2008/5/5/20086150/utah-grizzlies-grizz-advance-to-conference-finals Utah Grizzlies: Grizz advance to conference finals Linda Hamilton Deseret News May 4, 2008 February 5, 2024 In their West Division title season, the Salmon Kings were led offensively by the Goldie brothers. Ash Goldie finished fourth in league scoring with 83 points, second in goals with 40, and first in power play goals with 20, while his brother, Wes led the league with 42 goals and 6 shorthanded goals. Standings Division standings West Division GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) 7242234391256239 Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 7240225590224183 Alaska Aces (STL) 7241264187245229 Utah Grizzlies (NYI) 7232302874239259 Phoenix RoadRunners (SJ) 7224395457208265 Conference standings National Conference GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA Las Vegas Wranglers (CGY) (y) 72471357106244179 Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) (y) 7242234391256239 Fresno Falcons (Independent) 7242224492242216 Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 7240225590224183 Alaska Aces (STL) 7241264187245229 Utah Grizzlies (NYI) 7232302874239259 Bakersfield Condors (Independent) 7226372761230280 Stockton Thunder (EDM) 7227403259200250 Phoenix RoadRunners (SJ) 7224395457208265 Schedule and results Regular season 2007–08 Game log October: 3–2–0–0 (Home: 2–1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 19 Victoria 2–1 Idaho OT Ellis 5,208 1–0–0–0 2 2 October 20 Victoria 2–4 Idaho Thompson 4,030 1–1–0–0 2 3 October 26 Las Vegas 4–3 Victoria Thompson 4,992 1–2–0–0 2 4 October 27 Las Vegas 3–4 Victoria Thompson 3,675 2–2–0–0 4 5 October 31 Bakersfield 2–3 Victoria Ellis 3,601 3–2–0–0 6 November: 11–3–0–0 (Home: 8–0–0–0; Road: 3–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 6 November 2 Bakersfield 4–7 Victoria Ellis 3,757 4–2–0–0 8 7 November 3 Bakersfield 4–5 Victoria SO Thompson 3,911 5–2–0–0 10 8 November 9 Victoria 1–7 Utah Ellis 3,908 5–3–0–0 10 9 November 10 Victoria 2–1 Utah Ellis 3,602 6–3–0–0 12 10 November 12 Victoria 1–0 Utah Ellis 2,326 7–3–0–0 14 11 November 14 Stockton 4–7 Victoria Ellis 4,166 8–3–0–0 16 12 November 16 Stockton 3–4 Victoria Thompson 4,152 9–3–0–0 18 13 November 17 Stockton 1–2 Victoria OT Thompson 4,415 10–3–0–0 20 14 November 21 Victoria 4–1 Idaho Ellis 3,264 11–3–0–0 22 15 November 23 Victoria 1–5 Idaho Thompson 4,029 11–4–0–0 22 16 November 24 Victoria 0–3 Idaho Ellis 4,188 11–5–0–0 22 17 November 28 Phoenix 3–4 Victoria OT Ellis 4,205 12–5–0–0 24 18 November 29 Phoenix 3–4 Victoria SO Thompson 3,231 13–5–0–0 26 19 November 30 Phoenix 4–5 Victoria OT Ellis 5,810 14–5–0–0 28 December: 6–3–0–2 (Home: 1–0–0–2; Road: 5–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 20 December 6 Victoria 5–4 Phoenix SO Ellis 3,062 15–5–0–0 30 21 December 7 Victoria 2–3 Phoenix Thompson 4,027 15–6–0–0 30 22 December 14 Victoria 2–5 Fresno Thompson 4,546 15–7–0–0 30 23 December 15 Victoria 3–2 Bakersfield Thompson 5,528 16–7–0–0 32 24 December 16 Victoria 7–3 Fresno Thompson 4,416 17–7–0–0 34 25 December 19 Alaska 4–3 Victoria SO Ellis 5,560 17–7–0–1 35 26 December 21 Alaska 1–8 Victoria Ellis 5,264 18–7–0–1 37 27 December 22 Alaska 4–3 Victoria SO Ellis 5,513 18–7–0–2 38 28 December 28 Victoria 5–3 Stockton Ellis 6,886 19–7–0–2 40 29 December 29 Victoria 4–3 Fresno SO Ellis 4,719 20–7–0–2 42 30 December 30 Victoria 3–5 Fresno Thompson 3,575 20–8–0–2 42 January: 7–3–3–0 (Home: 4–1–3–0; Road: 3–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 31 January 3 Utah 1–5 Victoria Ellis 4,338 21–8–0–2 44 32 January 5 Utah 2–1 Victoria OT Ellis 5,458 21–8–1–2 45 33 January 6 Utah 3–2 Victoria OT Thompson 4,538 21–8–2–2 46 34 January 11 Victoria 0–5 Las Vegas Ellis 4,510 21–9–2–2 46 35 January 12 Victoria 3–1 Las Vegas Ellis 4,713 22–9–2–2 48 36 January 15 Bakersfield 5–1 Victoria Ellis 5,673 22–10–2–2 48 37 January 16 Bakersfield 4–5 Victoria OT Thompson 5,802 23–10–2–2 50 38 January 18 Fresno 5–6 Victoria SO Ellis 4,913 24–10–2–2 52 39 January 19 Fresno 3–2 Victoria OT Thompson 5,417 24–10–3–2 53 40 January 20 Fresno 1–3 Victoria Ellis 4,727 25–10–2–2 55 41 January 25 Victoria 0–2 Alaska Ellis 4,518 25–11–3–2 55 42 January 26 Victoria 4–1 Alaska Thompson 4,495 26–11–3–2 57 43 January 27 Victoria 7–5 Alaska Ellis 4,458 27–11–3–2 59 February: 8–5–0–0 (Home: 4–3–0–0; Road: 4–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 44 February 5 Victoria 7–6 Bakersfield SO Thompson 4,144 28–11–3–2 61 45 February 7 Victoria 4–3 Stockton Ellis 4,378 29–11–3–2 63 46 February 8 Victoria 5–7 Bakersfield Ellis 6,331 29–12–3–2 63 47 February 11 Fresno 3–2 Victoria Ellis 4,556 29–13–3–2 63 48 February 12 Fresno 5–6 Victoria OT Thompson 4,291 30–13–3–2 65 49 February 15 Victoria 3–2 Las Vegas Ellis 5,299 31–13–3–2 67 50 February 16 Victoria 3–5 Las Vegas Thompson 5,671 31–14–3–2 67 51 February 18 Victoria 6–4 Phoenix Thompson 2,629 32–14–3–2 69 52 February 20 Idaho 3–2 Victoria Thompson 4,553 32–15–3–2 69 53 February 22 Idaho 0–6 Victoria Ellis 5,456 33–15–3–2 71 54 February 23 Idaho 4–2 Victoria Ellis 5,075 33–16–3–2 71 55 February 27 Las Vegas 3–5 Victoria Thompson 4,197 34–16–3–2 73 56 February 29 Las Vegas 4–5 Victoria OT Ellis 4,802 35–16–3–2 75 March: 5–4–1–1 (Home: 3–1–0–0; Road: 2–4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 57 March 1 Las Vegas 5–4 Victoria Thompson 5,471 35–17–3–2 75 58 March 7 Victoria 2–3 Alaska Thompson 4,562 35–18–3–2 75 59 March 8 Victoria 3–4 Alaska Ellis 5,334 35–19–3–2 75 60 March 9 Victoria 4–3 Alaska Ellis 4,665 36–19–3–2 77 61 March 14 Victoria 1–5 Phoenix Ellis 4,402 36–20–3–2 77 62 March 16 Victoria 1–6 Phoenix Thompson 3,624 36–21–3–2 77 63 March 19 Utah 3–7 Victoria Ellis 5,560 37–21–3–2 79 64 March 21 Utah 0–4 Victoria Thompson 4,472 38–21–3–2 81 65 March 22 Utah 2–3 Victoria SO Ellis 5,263 39–21–3–2 83 66 March 26 Victoria 7–6 Stockton Ellis 5,836 40–21–3–2 85 67 March 28 Victoria 3–6 Bakersfield Thompson 7,513 40–22–3–2 85 68 March 29 Victoria 2–3 Stockton SO Ellis 9,737 40–22–3–3 86 69 March 30 Victoria 4–5 Fresno OT Ellis 3,971 40–22–4–3 87 April: 2–1–0–0 (Home: 2–1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 70 April 2 Alaska 6–4 Victoria Ellis 5,056 40–23–4–3 87 71 April 4 Alaska 0–2 Victoria Thompson 6,478 41–23–4–3 89 72 April 5 Alaska 1–4 Victoria Thompson 7,006 42–23–4–3 91 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 2008 Kelly Cup playoffs National Conference quarter-final vs. (7) Bakersfield Condors: Victoria won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 10 Bakersfield 2–1 Victoria OT Thompson 5,008 0–1 2 April 12 Bakersfield 3–4 Victoria Thompson 6,448 1–1 3 April 15 Victoria 3–2 Bakersfield OT Thompson 5,197 2–1 4 April 16 Victoria 4–1 Bakersfield Thompson 4,815 3–1 5 April 19 Victoria 4–5 Bakersfield Thompson 5,090 3–2 6 April 22 Bakersfield 5–6 Victoria OT Thompson 6,701 4–2 National Conference semi-final vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies: Utah won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 25 Utah 6–0 Victoria Thompson 5,685 0–1 2 April 27 Utah 1–6 Victoria Ellis 5,413 1–1 3 May 1 Victoria 5–7 Utah Ellis 2,321 1–2 4 May 3 Victoria 0–2 Utah Thompson 4,308 1–3 5 May 4 Victoria 3–8 Utah Thompson 2,973 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 +/- PIMAsh Goldie 1 70 40 43 83 -2 24Jordan Krestanovich 70 13 52 65 -19 20Wes Goldie 72 42 19 61 -8 66Marc-Andre Bernier 59 21 27 48 +4 32Kevin Estrada 1 59 18 30 48 +9 45Ryan Wade 1 70 11 33 44 -16 90Gary Gladue 71 5 37 42 -11 48Milan Gajic 1 35 15 25 40 -8 14Kiel McLeod 48 15 20 35 -24 117Chris St. Jacques 1 † 51 11 23 34 4 34Patrick Coulombe 58 8 22 30 -1 40Dylan Yeo 55 10 18 28 +4 76Daryl Lloyd 52 10 16 26 -5 128Matt Kelly Matt Kelly (ice hockey) 54 7 16 23 -3 59Paul Ballantyne 1 52 6 16 22 -5 42Derek Krestanovich 1 57 8 8 16 +1 57Nathan Barrett Nathan Barrett (ice hockey) ‡ 13 3 10 13 -6 4Jacob Dietrich 9 2 3 5 -1 0Daniel Rahimi 19 0 5 5 -2 14Darren Deschamps 1 42 0 4 4 -8 39Simon Lambert Simon Lambert (ice hockey) 6 0 3 3 +4 2Brady Levold 3 2 0 2 +2 2Robin Gomez 38 1 1 2 -10 142Trevor Blanchard 7 1 0 1 -1 16Brad Zanon 14 0 1 1 0 19Bryan Nathe †‡ 15 0 1 1 -2 4Ty Morris 1 0 0 0 0 2Alex Lalonde 1 0 0 0 +1 0Jonathan Labelle 2 0 0 0 -3 2Eric Nelson Eric Nelson (ice hockey) † 3 0 0 0 -1 6Kalvin Sagert 4 0 0 0 0 0Chris Shaw Chris Shaw (ice hockey) 15 0 0 0 -1 13 Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIMWes Goldie 11 5 6 11 +3 4Ash Goldie 1 11 4 6 10 -2 8Ryan Wade 1 11 5 4 9 +5 16Dylan Yeo 11 4 3 7 -3 18Marc-Andre Bernier 11 6 0 6 -2 6Chris St. Jacques 1 11 2 3 5 -3 22Patrick Coulombe 11 0 5 5 -3 4Kiel McLeod 3 2 2 4 0 10Jacob Dietrich 8 2 2 4 -2 2Kevin Estrada 1 10 1 3 4 -6 21Daryl Lloyd 11 1 2 3 0 12Paul Ballantyne 1 10 2 0 2 +2 8Brad Zanon 10 0 2 2 +4 4Brady Leavold 2 0 1 1 +1 2Darren Deschamps 1 5 0 1 1 +2 0Jordan Krestanovich 5 0 1 1 0 2Derek Krestanovich 1 7 0 1 1 -1 2Gary Gladue 8 0 1 1 -1 2 Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); 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 TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA Sv% SO Julien Ellis 1 42 2412 24 11 2 3 128 3.18 .908 2 Billy Thompson Billy Thompson (ice hockey) 34 1897 18 12 2 0 106 3.24 .907 2 Playoffs Player GP TOI W L GA GAA Sv% SO Billy Thompson Billy Thompson (ice hockey) 9 534 4 5 31 3.48 .881 0 Julien Ellis 1 3 136 1 1 9 3.97 .857 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 June 15, 2007 To Victoria Salmon KingsFree Trade To Augusta LynxWarren McCutcheon December 6, 2007 To Victoria Salmon KingsFree Trade To Phoenix RoadRunnersBryan Nathe Free agents acquired Player Former team Ash Goldie Long Beach Ice Dogs Kevin Estrada Florida Everblades Gary Gladue Long Beach Ice Dogs Ty Morris Peiting EC (GerObL) Alex Lalonde Calgary Dinos (CWUAA) Chris Shaw Huntsville Havoc (SPHL) Billy Thompson Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)Kalvin Sagert Prince George Cougars (WHL)Jonathan Labelle Brock Badgers (CIS)Darren Deschamps Lethbridge Pronghorns (CWUAA)Dylan Yeo Calgary Hitmen (WHL)Daniel Rahimi IF Björklöven (SEL-1)Brad Zanon UBC Thunderbirds (CWUAA)Trevor Blanchard Concordia Stingers (CIS)Nathan Barrett Visp (Swiss-B)Jacob Dietrich Portland Winterhawks (WHL)Free agents lost Player New teamFrancois-Pierre Guenette Alaska AcesMike Stutzel Edinburgh Capitals (EIHL)Steve Lingren RetiredSeamus Young Wheeling NailersGustav Engman Nybro Vikings (SEL-1)Phil Cole Stockton ThunderBryan Bridges Colorado Eagles (CHL) Released Players Pickup Player FromEric Nelson Utah GrizzliesBryan Nathe Johnstown ChiefsChris St. Jacques Stockton ThunderPlayers Released Player DateTy Morris* October 30, 2007Eric Nelson November 27, 2007Alex Lalonde December 6, 2007Ryan Lowe December 18, 2007Nathan Barrett February 23, 2008Chris Shaw February 29, 2008Trevor Blanchard March 24, 2008Robin Gomez March 28, 2008Jonathan Labelle April 6, 2008Kalvin Sagert April 27, 2008 *-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. References Category:Victoria Salmon Kings seasons Victoria Victoria