Victoria Salmon Kings

The Victoria Salmon Kings were a minor professional team based in Victoria, British Columbia that play in the ECHL. They began play in the 2004-05 ECHL season.
The Salmon Kings are affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL and the Manitoba Moose of the AHL.
Despite having a renowned Stanley Cup winner from Victoria - the 1925 Victoria Cougars - as well as a successful WHL franchise at one time (also the Cougars), the Victoria region in BC was left without a professional or junior hockey team when the Cougars moved away to Prince George in 1994.
Many in Victoria knew if they were to get professional or junior hockey back in BC's capital, the 50 year-old Victoria Memorial Arena was not going to do, since it only seated 4,000 fans. Victoria business RG Properties was unable to secure a WHL franchise, however, they were able to buy the rights to the defunct ECHL Baton Rogue Kingfish and announced the new team would be the Salmon Kings.
Many Victorian residents were not happy with having to watch third-tier professional hockey and many fans would choose WHL hockey over ECHL hockey because of the talent level.
The Salmon Kings began their first season in 2004-05. However, the new Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre was not going to finished on time for the season, so the ECHL scheduled the Salmon Kings first fourteen games as road games. As the NHL lockout was on-going the Salmon Kings were pleased to have many NHLers play for them such as Dan Blackburn, Dale Puriton, and Mark Smith.
In 2006, the Salmon Kings became an affiliate with the nearby Vancouver Canucks.
Despite a disappointing inaugural season, the Salmon Kings made their first playoff appearance in 2006-07. The Salmon Kings have quickly established themselves as one of the prominent teams in the ECHL with three straight 30 win seasons and two trips to the Conference Semifinals.
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T1	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
2004–05	72	15	52	5 	— 	— 	35 	178	298	8th in West	Did not qualify
2005–06	72	26	37	9 	— 	— 	61 	204	261	5th in West	Did not qualify
2006–07	72	36	32	— 	1 	3 	76 	239	249	3rd in West	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Aces)
2007–08	72	42	23	— 	4 	3 	91 	256	239	1st in West	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Grizzlies)
2008–09	72	38	27	— 	2 	5 	83 	232	200	3rd in West	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Aces)
==List of Seasons==
*2004–05 Victoria Salmon Kings season
*2005–06 Victoria Salmon Kings season
*2006–07 Victoria Salmon Kings season
*2007–08 Victoria Salmon Kings season
*2008–09 Victoria Salmon Kings season
*2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season
*2010–11 Victoria Salmon Kings season
==Team Records==
===Single Season Records===
*Most goals in a season: Wes Goldie, 42 (2007–08) 
*Most assists in a season: Jordan Krestanovich, 52 (2007–08) 
*Most points in a season: Ash Goldie, 83 (40g, 43a) (2007–08) 
*Most penalty minutes in a season: Blue Bennefield, 195 (2004–05) 
*Most points in a season by a defenseman: Steve Lingren, 47 (22g, 25a) (2005–06) 
*Most wins in a season: Julien Ellis, 24 (2007–08) 
*Most shutouts in a season: Julien Ellis & Billy Thompson, 2 (2007–08)
===Playoff Records===
*Most goals in a playoff season: Wes Goldie, 6 (2006-07) 
*Most goals by a defenseman in a playoff season: Steve Lingren, 2 (2006-07) 
*Most assists in a playoff season: Jordan Krestanovich, 6 (2006-07) 
*Most points in a playoff season: Wes Goldie, 8 (6g, 2a) (2006-07) 
*Most points by a defenseman in a playoff season: Steve Lingren (2g, 5a), 7 (2006-07) 
*Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Phil Cole, 21 (2006-07)
===Franchise Scoring Leaders===
These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed ECHL regular season.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game * = still active with the team
Updated at completion of 2007–08 ECHL season
Player 	Pos	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	P/G
Ryan Wade* 	RW 	265	57	113	170	.64
Wes Goldie* 	RW 	144	83	52 	135	.94
Milan Gajic 	RW 	98 	39	66 	105	1.07
Jordan Krestanovich* 	LW 	124	25	77 	102	.82
Kiel McLeod 	C 	113	47	51 	98 	.87
Ash Goldie* 	RW 	70 	40	43 	83 	1.19
Steve Lingren 	D 	124	29	52 	81 	.65
Marc-Andre Bernier* 	RW 	99 	39	42 	81 	.82
Adam Taylor 	RW 	87 	20	43 	63 	.72
Lanny Gare 	C 	67 	22	33 	55 	.82
Francois-Pierre Guenette	C 	67 	13	42 	55 	.82
==Current roster==
As of April 3, 2009. Data taken from ECHL website.
GOALTENDERS	GOALTENDERS	GOALTENDERS 	GOALTENDERS	GOALTENDERS 	GOALTENDERS
# 	 	Player 	Catches 	Date of birth 	Place of birth
30 	 	Todd Ford 	R 	May 1, 1984 	Calgary, AB, Canada
60 	 	Julien Ellis	L 	January 27, 1986	Sorel, QC, Canada
DEFENSEMEN	DEFENSEMEN	DEFENSEMEN 	DEFENSEMEN	DEFENSEMEN 	DEFENSEMEN
# 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Date of birth 	Place of birth
2 	 	Gary Gladue 	L 	April 9, 1984 	Chetwynd, BC, Canada
4 	 	Dylan Yeo 	L 	July 16, 1986 	Prince Albert, SK, Canada
5 	 	Patrick Coulombe 	L 	April 23, 1985	St. Fabien, QC, Canada
8 	 	Jordie Benn 	L 	July 26, 1987 	Victoria, BC, Canada
21 	 	Aaron Brocklehurst 	L 	June 10, 1985 	Nanaimo, BC, Canada
28 	 	Tim Wedderburn – A	L 	June 29, 1981 	Okotoks, AB, Canada
44 	 	Matt Kelly – A 	R 	March 23, 1985	Tottenham, ON, Canada
FORWARDS	FORWARDS	FORWARDS 	FORWARDS	FORWARDS	FORWARDS 	FORWARDS
# 	 	Player 	Position	Shoots 	Date of birth 	Place of birth
7 	 	Adam Taylor 	C 	R 	June 24, 1984 	Courtenay, BC, Canada
10 	 	Brady Leavold 	RW 	R 	August 27, 1987 	Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
12 	 	Scott Howes 	LW 	L 	September 3, 1987 	Toronto, ON, Canada
13 	 	Sean D. O'Connor 	RW 	R 	October 19, 1981 	Victoria, BC, Canada
14 	 	Chris St. Jacques 	C 	R 	January 22, 1983 	Edmonton, AB, Canada
16 	 	Wes Goldie – C	RW 	R 	May 5, 1979 	London, ON, Canada
18 	 	Dan Gendur 	RW 	R 	May 21, 1987 	Vancouver, BC, Canada
19 	 	Olivier Labelle 	RW 	R 	July 15, 1985 	St. Eustache, QC, Canada
25 	 	Shaun Landolt 	C 	R 	October 2, 1984 	Cloverdale, BC, Canada
26 	 	Curtis Billsten 	RW 	R 	September 10, 1986	Calgary, AB, Canada
27 	 	Darryl Lloyd 	LW 	L 	February 10, 1984 	Pickering, ON, Canada
64 	 	Olivier Filion 	C 	L 	October 3, 1982 	Montreal, QC, Canada
Staff 	Staff 	Staff	Staff	Staff	Staff	Staff
Title 	STAFF MEMBER 	 	 	 	 	
Head Coach 	Mark Morrison	 	 	 	 	
Assistant Coach 	Ryan Wade 	 	 	 	 	
Athletic Trainer	Dave Zarn 	 	 	 	 	
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:ECHL teams
Category:Defunct ECHL teams