2009–10 Victoria Salmon Kings season

==Season summary==
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===
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October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)	October: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–3–0–0 ; Road: 0–3–0–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	
1 	October 16 	Victoria 	1–2 	Alaska 	 	Murray 	5,163 	0–1–0–0 	0 	
2 	October 17 	Victoria 	3–5 	Alaska 	 	Murray 	4,949 	0–2–0–0 	0 	
3 	October 19 	Victoria 	1–2 	Alaska 	 	Fisher 	3,740 	0–3–0–0 	0 	
4 	October 21 	Bakersfield 	3–1 	Victoria 	 	Fisher 	4,569 	0–4–0–0 	0 	
5 	October 23 	Bakersfield 	0–3 	Victoria 	 	Fisher 	3,955 	1–4–0–0 	2 	
6 	October 24 	Bakersfield 	4–3 	Victoria 	 	Murray 	4,718 	1–5–0–0 	2 	
7 	October 30 	Stockton 	5–1 	Victoria 	 	Fisher 	3,371 	1–6–0–0 	2 	
===Playoffs===
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National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Bakersfield Condors: Bakersfield won series 3–2	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	 	
1 	April 7 	Bakersfield 	3–6 	Victoria 	 	Keetley 	3,191 	1–0 	 	
2 	April 8 	Bakersfield 	4–2 	Victoria 	 	Keetley 	3,344 	1–1 	 	
3 	April 10 	Victoria 	3–1 	Bakersfield 	 	Keetley 	5,603 	2–1 	 	
4 	April 11 	Victoria 	2–5 	Bakersfield 	 	Keetley 	3,732 	2–2 	 	
5 	April 12 	Victoria 	1–2 	Bakersfield 	 	Keetley 	4,083 	2–3 	 	
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
 	65	30	38	68 	+4 	65
 	72	44	18	62 	-11	31
 	47	16	31	47 	+10	38
 	63	21	25	46 	-7 	36
† 	57	11	34	45 	-5 	43
 	63	12	31	43 	-9 	48
 	56	10	24	34 	-7 	14
 	69	13	18	31 	-1 	68
 	65	6 	23	29 	-16	106
 	64	13	15	28 	-6 	36
 	47	12	14	26 	-8 	20
 	51	9 	17	26 	+14	43
 	69	3 	22	25 	-8 	50
† 	21	6 	15	21 	+1 	55
 	64	4 	13	17 	-5 	26
 	67	3 	12	15 	+5 	22
 	48	3 	11	14 	-13	49
 	40	4 	4 	8 	-4 	12
 	6 	1 	3 	4 	-1 	7
‡ 	8 	0 	4 	4 	+2 	6
†‡ 	10	1 	3 	4 	+4 	4
 	9 	1 	2 	3 	-7 	10
 	5 	1 	0 	1 	-1 	0
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	-3 	2
 	10	0 	1 	1 	-3 	28
 	11	0 	1 	1 	-4 	8
 	11	0 	1 	1 	0 	4
†‡ 	10	0 	1 	1 	-1 	43
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	7
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	19
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0
‡ 	6 	0 	0 	0 	-5 	6
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
 	5 	3	3	6 	-2 	6
 	5 	1	5	6 	-2 	4
 	5 	5	0	5 	-2 	0
 	5 	1	4	5 	-1 	2
 	5 	2	1	3 	-1 	2
 	5 	1	2	3 	-2 	0
 	5 	1	1	2 	-2 	2
 	5 	0	2	2 	0 	0
 	5 	0	2	2 	+1 	0
 	5 	0	1	1 	+1 	0
 	5 	0	1	1 	-2 	6
 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0	0	0 	-2 	0
 	3 	0	0	0 	-1 	0
 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	2
 	5 	0	0	0 	-1 	0
 	5 	0	0	0 	-4 	0
 	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	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	Min 	W 	L 	OT	SOL	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
 	28	1585	18	5 	4 	0 	76	2.88	.910	2
 	8 	490 	2 	4 	0 	2 	25	3.06	.908	0
 	29	1558	12	12	0 	0 	87	3.35	.895	3
‡ 	4 	235 	0 	4 	0 	0 	15	3.84	.870	0
 	9 	484 	2 	7 	0 	0 	31	3.84	.880	2
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
 	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.
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