# 2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season

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 :

### Playoffs

2010 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 |
| Chad Painchaud | 65 | 30 | 38 | 68 | +4 | 65 |
| Wes Goldie | 72 | 44 | 18 | 62 | -11 | 31 |
| Olivier Latendresse | 47 | 16 | 31 | 47 | +10 | 38 |
| Randall Gelech | 63 | 21 | 25 | 46 | -7 | 36 |
| Jimmy Sharrow$^†$ | 57 | 11 | 34 | 45 | -5 | 43 |
| Olivier Filion | 63 | 12 | 31 | 43 | -9 | 48 |
| Dirk Southern | 56 | 10 | 24 | 34 | -7 | 14 |
| Adam Taylor | 69 | 13 | 18 | 31 | -1 | 68 |
| Mike Hamilton | 65 | 6 | 23 | 29 | -16 | 106 |
| Andy Brandt | 64 | 13 | 15 | 28 | -6 | 36 |
| Scott Howes | 47 | 12 | 14 | 26 | -8 | 20 |
| Patrick Coulombe | 51 | 9 | 17 | 26 | +14 | 43 |
| Gary Gladue | 69 | 3 | 22 | 25 | -8 | 50 |
| Matt Siddall$^†$ | 21 | 6 | 15 | 21 | +1 | 55 |
| Brandon Roach | 64 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| Tim Wedderburn | 67 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +5 | 22 |
| Taylor Ellington | 48 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -13 | 49 |
| Lance Morrison | 40 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| Mike Burgoyne | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| Dan Gendur$^‡$ | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| Bryan Leitch$^{†‡}$ | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| Eric Walsky | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 10 |
| Jeff Lynch | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Neil Petruic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| Mike Salekin | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 28 |
| Andy Rogers | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 8 |
| Rob Smith | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Davey$^{†‡}$ | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 43 |
| Jason Bast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Paul Bezzo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| David Cianfrini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 |
| Jay Henderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 19 |
| Brady Leavold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Magnowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Yannick Tifu$^‡$ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 6 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Wes Goldie | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| Jimmy Sharrow | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| Chad Painchaud | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| Eric Walsky | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| Olivier Filion | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| Dirk Southern | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Andy Brandt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Matt Siddall | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Wedderburn | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 |
| Kris Fredheim | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 |
| Gary Gladue | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| Jason Bast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Scott Howes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Patrick Coulombe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Randall Gelech | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Brandon Roach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Adam 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 |
| David Shantz | 28 | 1585 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 2.88 | .910 | 2 |
| Leland Irving | 8 | 490 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 3.06 | .908 | 0 |
| Glenn Fisher | 29 | 1558 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 3.35 | .895 | 3 |
| John Murray$^‡$ | 4 | 235 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.84 | .870 | 0 |
| Matt Keetley | 9 | 484 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.84 | .880 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Matt 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.