2006–07 Victoria Salmon Kings season

==Season summary==
The 2006–07 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 3rd season in the ECHL. Before the start of the 2006-07 season, Salmon Kings' Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager, Dan Belisle signed an affiliation agreement with the Vancouver Canucks and it's AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose on July 18, 2006. Through the affiliation agreement, the Canucks assigned goaltender Julien Ellis; forwards Marc Andre-Bernier, F.P. Guenette and defenseman Patrick Coulombe, while the Moose assigned defensemen Matt Kelly and forward Shaun Heshka. Along with this move, Dan Belisle also signed Wes Goldie, Milan Gajic, Kiel McLeod and Mike Stutzel to ECHL contracts to play for the Salmon Kings. Through these moves the Salmon Kings hoped to become a powerhouse in its third season. However, under their new head coach Tony MacAuley, the team struggled through the first half of the season, which caused Belisle to fire MacAuley, after three months behind the bench. Dan Belisle would then hire assistant coach Mark Morrison to become the fourth head coach in Salmon Kings' history. Belisle's other mid-season move included a big trade with the Pensacola Ice Pilots, and traded Adam Taylor, and David Wrigley, for Jordan Krestanovich and his brother, Derek Krestanovich. Through these mid-season moves, the Salmon Kings started to respond going on a late season run and finished their remaining regular season games on a nine-game winning streak. With the nine-game winning streak, the Salmon Kings completed their season with a 36-32-1-3 record and finished 7th overall in the National Conference to play against the Alaska Aces in their first playoff appearance. The Salmon Kings would eventually win Game 1 by a score of 3-2, but the Aces managed to win their next 4 out of 5 games to win the series 4-2. One of the season highlights for the Salmon Kings, was forward Wes Goldie who led the team and the National Conference with 41 goals.
==Standings==
===Division standings===
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF 	GA
Alaska Aces (STL) 	72	49	16	3 	4 	105	270	176
Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 	72	42	24	2 	4 	90 	240	208
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) 	72	36	32	1 	3 	76 	239	249
Phoenix RoadRunners (PHX) 	72	27	40	2 	3 	59 	201	255
Utah Grizzlies (Independent)	72	22	42	4 	4 	52 	184	294
===Conference standings===
National Conference 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF 	GA
Las Vegas Wranglers (CGY) 	72	46	12	6 	8 	106	231	187
Alaska Aces (STL) 	72	49	16	3 	4 	105	270	176
Bakersfield Condors (Independent)	72	41	19	3 	9 	94 	270	236
Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 	72	42	24	2 	4 	90 	240	208
Stockton Thunder (EDM) 	72	38	24	5 	5 	86 	225	197
Fresno Falcons (SJ) 	72	34	29	5 	4 	77 	195	197
Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) 	72	36	32	1 	3 	76 	239	249
Phoenix RoadRunners (PHX) 	72	27	40	2 	3 	59 	201	255
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Long Beach Ice Dogs (BOS) 	72	27	42	0 	3 	57 	209	267
Utah Grizzlies (Independent) 	72	22	42	4 	4 	52 	184	294
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
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October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)	October: 1–3–0–1 (Home: 1–1–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–0–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	
1 	October 20 	Victoria 	3–5 	Alaska 	 	Belitski 	6,451 	0–1–0–0 	0 	
2 	October 21 	Victoria 	2–4 	Alaska 	 	Belitski 	5,389 	0–2–0–0 	0 	
3 	October 25 	Idaho 	4–0 	Victoria 	 	Bridges 	4,883 	0–3–0–0 	0 	
4 	October 27 	Idaho 	6–5 	Victoria 	SO 	Belitski 	4,168 	0–3–0–1 	1 	
5 	October 28 	Idaho 	3–7 	Victoria 	 	Bridges 	4,162 	1–3–0–1 	3 	
===Playoffs===
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National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	National Conference quarter-final vs. (2) Alaska Aces: Alaska won series 4–2	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	 	
1 	April 9 	Victoria 	3–2 	Alaska 	 	Ellis 	3,713 	1–0 	 	
2 	April 10 	Victoria 	1–7 	Alaska 	 	Ellis 	4,112 	1–1 	 	
3 	April 12 	Alaska 	5–2 	Victoria 	 	Ellis 	2,850 	1–2 	 	
4 	April 13 	Alaska 	5–2 	Victoria 	 	Bridges 	3,395 	1–3 	 	
5 	April 14 	Alaska 	4–9 	Victoria 	 	Bridges 	3,457 	2–3 	 	
6 	April 16 	Victoria 	2–5 	Alaska 	 	Ellis 	4,937 	2–4 	 	
==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
 	72	41	33	74 	-4 	65
 	63	24	41	65 	+9 	70
 	65	32	31	63 	+5 	116
 	67	13	42	55 	-8 	28
 	61	16	36	52 	-9 	61
 	70	9 	29	38 	-11	94
 	54	12	25	37 	+4 	14
 	62	7 	27	34 	+4 	61
 	40	18	15	33 	+4 	32
 	59	9 	15	24 	-3 	40
 	72	9 	13	22 	+1 	33
 	52	7 	13	20 	-4 	60
 	59	11	8 	19 	-7 	152
 	61	5 	12	17 	-22	149
 	51	3 	12	15 	+10	105
 	26	5 	7 	12 	+5 	17
 	15	3 	7 	10 	-4 	12
 	27	4 	4 	8 	-20	40
 	30	2 	5 	7 	-13	34
 	15	1 	5 	6 	-8 	12
 	19	2 	3 	5 	-1 	66
 	23	0 	5 	5 	-9 	34
 	36	1 	2 	3 	-9 	110
 	6 	0 	3 	3 	+6 	2
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	4
 	12	0 	1 	1 	-8 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	6
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	6
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	-5 	27
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
 	6 	6	2	8 	-3 	0
 	6 	2	5	7 	-6 	2
 	6 	1	6	7 	-4 	2
 	5 	1	3	4 	-3 	6
 	6 	0	4	4 	-6 	4
 	6 	2	1	3 	-7 	10
 	5 	1	2	3 	-6 	21
 	6 	2	0	2 	-2 	4
 	6 	1	1	2 	-8 	8
 	6 	1	1	2 	-2 	4
 	6 	0	2	2 	-8 	0
 	6 	0	2	2 	-3 	5
 	4 	0	1	1 	-1 	9
 	1 	0	0	0 	-2 	0
 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	5
 	6 	0	0	0 	-3 	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
 	31	2190	21	14	1 	1 	117	3.21	.912	1
 	33	1897	14	16	0 	1 	105	3.32	.905	0
 	2 	92 	1 	0 	0 	0 	6 	3.93	.924	0
 	3 	183 	0 	2 	0 	1 	13 	4.25	.865	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
 	4 	213	1	3	15	4.23	.864	0
 	4 	147	1	1	12	4.91	.852	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===
October 30, 2006 	To Victoria Salmon KingsPhil Cole 	To Augusta LynxFree Trade
November 28, 2006	To Victoria Salmon KingsJordan Krestanovich Derek Krestanovich	To Pensacola Ice PilotsDavid WrigleyAdam Taylor
January 31, 2007 	To Victoria Salmon KingsPaul Ballantyne 	To Phoenix RoadRunnersGreg Hornby
February 2, 2007 	To Victoria Salmon KingsFree Trade 	To Pensacola Ice PilotsRich Meloche
===Free agents acquired===
Player 	Former team
Wes Goldie 	Sorel Mission (LNAH)
Warren McCutcheon 	Manitoba Bisons (CWUAA)
Seamus Young 	Trenton Titans
Mike Stutzel 	Tappara Tampere (FNL)
Marc-Andre Bernier	Columbia Inferno
Matt Kelly 	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
Darryl Lloyd 	Youngstown Steelhounds (CHL)
Gustav Engman 	Columbia Inferno
James DeMone 	Columbia Inferno
Ryan Jorde 	Fort Wayne Komets (UHL)
Patrick Coulombe 	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
Robin Gomez 	Manchester Phoenix (EIHL)
Shaun Heshka 	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
David Belitski 	Heilbronn Falcons (GerObL)
Bryan Bridges 	Reading Royals
Julien Ellis 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
Alexandre Vincent 	Val d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
Justin Spencer 	Colgate University (NCAA)
Brad Cook 	Columbia Inferno
Adam Keefe 	Toledo Storm
===Free agents lost===
Player 	New team
Rob McVicar 	Utah Grizzlies
B.J. Boxma 	
Lanny Gare 	Lausitzer Foxes (2.GBun)
Simon Mangos	Manchester Phoenix (EIHL)
Seth Leonard	Colorado Eagles (CHL)
Pat Sutton 	Port Huron Flags (UHL)
Adam Huxley 	Stockton Thunder
===Players Released===
Player 	Date
David Belitski 	October 31, 2006
Andy Zulyniak 	December 21, 2006
Ryan Jorde 	December 29, 2006
Joe Ricupero 	January 6, 2007
Kenny Ruiz 	January 8, 2007
Mike Katz 	January 10, 2007
Jeff Barney 	January 15, 2007
James DeMone* 	January 20, 2007
Justin Spencer 	January 26, 2007
Alexandre Vincent	April 3, 2007
*-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.
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