# 2007–08 Victoria Salmon Kings season

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. 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) | 72 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 91 | 256 | 239 |
| Idaho Steelheads (DAL) | 72 | 40 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 90 | 224 | 183 |
| Alaska Aces (STL) | 72 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 87 | 245 | 229 |
| Utah Grizzlies (NYI) | 72 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 74 | 239 | 259 |
| Phoenix RoadRunners (SJ) | 72 | 24 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 208 | 265 |

### Conference standings

| National Conference | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA |
| Las Vegas Wranglers (CGY) (y) | 72 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 106 | 244 | 179 |
| Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) (y) | 72 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 91 | 256 | 239 |
| Fresno Falcons (Independent) | 72 | 42 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 92 | 242 | 216 |
| Idaho Steelheads (DAL) | 72 | 40 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 90 | 224 | 183 |
| Alaska Aces (STL) | 72 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 87 | 245 | 229 |
| Utah Grizzlies (NYI) | 72 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 74 | 239 | 259 |
| Bakersfield Condors (Independent) | 72 | 26 | 37 | 2 | 7 | 61 | 230 | 280 |
| Stockton Thunder (EDM) | 72 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 200 | 250 |
| Phoenix RoadRunners (SJ) | 72 | 24 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 208 | 265 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2007–08 Game log :

### Playoffs

2008 Kelly Cup playoffs :

## 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 |
| Ash Goldie | 70 | 40 | 43 | 83 | -2 | 24 |
| Jordan Krestanovich | 70 | 13 | 52 | 65 | -19 | 20 |
| Wes Goldie | 72 | 42 | 19 | 61 | -8 | 66 |
| Marc-Andre Bernier | 59 | 21 | 27 | 48 | +4 | 32 |
| Kevin Estrada | 59 | 18 | 30 | 48 | +9 | 45 |
| Ryan Wade | 70 | 11 | 33 | 44 | -16 | 90 |
| Gary Gladue | 71 | 5 | 37 | 42 | -11 | 48 |
| Milan Gajic | 35 | 15 | 25 | 40 | -8 | 14 |
| Kiel McLeod | 48 | 15 | 20 | 35 | -24 | 117 |
| Chris St. Jacques $^†$ | 51 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 34 |
| Patrick Coulombe | 58 | 8 | 22 | 30 | -1 | 40 |
| Dylan Yeo | 55 | 10 | 18 | 28 | +4 | 76 |
| Daryl Llyod | 52 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 128 |
| Matt Kelly | 54 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -3 | 59 |
| Paul Ballantyne | 52 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 42 |
| Derek Krestanovich | 57 | 8 | 8 | 16 | +1 | 57 |
| Nathan Barrett $^‡$ | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 4 |
| Jacob Dietrich | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| Daniel Rahimi | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| Darren Deschamps | 42 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 39 |
| Simon Lambert | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 2 |
| Brady Levold | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| Robin Gomez | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -10 | 142 |
| Trevor Blanchard | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16 |
| Brad Zanon | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Bryan Nathe $^{†‡}$ | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| Ty Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Lalonde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Labelle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Eric Nelson $^†$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Kalvin Sagert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Shaw | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Wes Goldie | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 4 |
| Ash Goldie | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 8 |
| Ryan Wade | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +5 | 16 |
| Dylan Yeo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| Marc-Andre Bernier | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| Chris St. Jacques | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 22 |
| Patrick Coulombe | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| Kiel McLeod | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Jacob Dietrich | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| Kevin Estrada | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 21 |
| Daryl Lloyd | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Paul Ballantyne | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 8 |
| Brad Zanon | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| Brady Leavold | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 |
| Darren Deschamps | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 |
| Jordan Krestanovich | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Derek Krestanovich | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Gary 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 | 42 | 2412 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 128 | 3.18 | .908 | 2 |
| Billy Thompson | 34 | 1897 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 3.24 | .907 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Billy Thompson | 9 | 534 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 3.48 | .881 | 0 |
| Julien Ellis | 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 team |
| Francois-Pierre Guenette | Alaska Aces |
| Mike Stutzel | Edinburgh Capitals (EIHL) |
| Steve Lingren | Retired |
| Seamus Young | Wheeling Nailers |
| Gustav Engman | Nybro Vikings (SEL-1) |
| Phil Cole | Stockton Thunder |
| Bryan Bridges | Colorado Eagles (CHL) |

### Released Players Pickup

| Player | From |
| Eric Nelson | Utah Grizzlies |
| Bryan Nathe | Johnstown Chiefs |
| Chris St. Jacques | Stockton Thunder |

### Players Released

| Player | Date |
| Ty Morris* | October 30, 2007 |
| Eric Nelson | November 27, 2007 |
| Alex Lalonde | December 6, 2007 |
| Ryan Lowe | December 18, 2007 |
| Nathan Barrett | February 23, 2008 |
| Chris Shaw | February 29, 2008 |
| Trevor Blanchard | March 24, 2008 |
| Robin Gomez | March 28, 2008 |
| Jonathan Labelle | April 6, 2008 |
| Kalvin Sagert | April 27, 2008 |

## 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.