The 2006–07 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 3rd season in the ECHL. On July 18, 2006, before the start of the 2006-07 season, the Salmon Kings' Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Dan Belisle signed an affiliation agreement with the Vancouver Canucks and its AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. 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 finishing 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) 724916 3 4105270176 Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 724224 2 490240208 Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) 723632 1 3 76239249 Phoenix RoadRunners (PHX) 722740 2 359201255 Utah Grizzlies (Independent) 722242 4 452184294
Conference standings National Conference GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA Las Vegas Wranglers (CGY) 724612 6 8 106231187 Alaska Aces (STL) 724916 3 4105270176 Bakersfield Condors (Independent) 724119 3 994270236 Idaho Steelheads (DAL) 724224 2 490240208 Stockton Thunder (EDM) 723824 5 586225197 Fresno Falcons (SJ) 723429 5 477195197 Victoria Salmon Kings (VAN) 723632 1 3 76239249 Phoenix RoadRunners (PHX) 722740 2 359201255 Long Beach Ice Dogs (BOS) 722742 0 357209267 Utah Grizzlies (Independent) 722242 4 452184294
Schedule and results
Regular season 2006–07 Game log 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 November: 6–5–0–0 (Home: 3–3–0–0; Road: 3–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 6 November 3 Victoria 2–4 Las Vegas Ellis 5,892 1–4–0–1 3 7 November 4 Victoria 5–4 Las Vegas OT Ellis 5,089 2–4–0–1 5 8 November 7 Victoria 3–2 Las Vegas SO Bridges 3,645 3–4–0–1 7 9 November 9 Fresno 3–6 Victoria Ellis 3,520 4–4–0–1 9 10 November 11 Fresno 5–2 Victoria Bridges 4,416 4–5–0–1 9 11 November 12 Fresno 3–4 Victoria Ellis 3,723 5–5–0–1 11 12 November 16 Stockton 3–4 Victoria OT Ellis 3,418 6–5–0–1 13 13 November 17 Stockton 6–3 Victoria Ellis 4,381 6–6–0–1 13 14 November 24 Victoria 3–7 Utah Bridges 4,533 6–7–0–1 13 15 November 25 Victoria 5–3 Utah Ellis 4,015 7–7–0–1 15 16 November 29 Alaska 6–1 Victoria Ellis 3,834 7–8–0–1 15 December: 3–10–0–0 (Home: 3–4–0–0; Road: 0–6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 17 December 1 Alaska 3–0 Victoria Ellis 3,647 7–9–0–1 15 18 December 2 Alaska 9–6 Victoria Ellis 3,598 7–10–0–1 15 19 December 6 Long Beach 5–4 Victoria Bridges 3,396 7–11–0–1 15 20 December 8 Long Beach 2–3 Victoria Ellis 3,650 8–11–0–1 17 21 December 9 Long Beach 1–3 Victoria Ellis 3,854 9–11–0–1 19 22 December 12 Victoria 2–4 Phoenix Ellis 2,959 9–12–0–1 19 23 December 15 Victoria 2–4 Long Beach Ellis 1,770 9–13–0–1 19 24 December 16 Victoria 4–6 Bakersfield Ellis 5,805 9–14–0–1 19 25 December 17 Victoria 1–3 Fresno Bridges 3,913 9–15–0–1 19 26 December 21 Victoria 2–4 Phoenix Ellis 2,972 9–16–0–1 19 27 December 23 Victoria 2–4 Phoenix Ellis 3,629 9–17–0–1 19 28 December 29 Alaska 2–3 Victoria Ellis 4,874 10–17–0–1 21 29 December 30 Alaska 5–4 Victoria Ellis 4,440 10–18–0–1 21 January: 8–8–0–0 (Home: 2–2–0–0; Road: 6–6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 30 January 1 Alaska 2–3 Victoria SO Ellis 4,435 11–18–0–1 23 31 January 3 Victoria 6–4 Long Beach Ellis 1,034 12–18–0–1 25 32 January 5 Victoria 1–4 Fresno Bridges 4,155 12–19–0–1 25 33 January 6 Victoria 4–6 Bakersfield Bridges 7,093 12–20–0–1 25 34 January 7 Victoria 1–3 Fresno Bridges 3,098 12–21–0–1 25 35 January 9 Victoria 3–1 Las Vegas Bridges 3,836 13–21–0–1 27 36 January 12 Victoria 2–3 Alaska Bridges 4,532 13–22–0–1 27 37 January 13 Victoria 1–5 Alaska Bridges 4,711 13–23–0–1 27 38 January 14 Victoria 2–7 Alaska Bridges 5,031 13–24–0–1 27 39 January 19 Bakersfield 8–1 Victoria Bridges 4,219 13–25–0–1 27 40 January 20 Bakersfield 5–6 Victoria SO Bridges 4,813 14–25–0–1 29 41 January 22 Bakersfield 4–2 Victoria Bridges 3,426 14–26–0–1 29 42 January 24 Victoria 3–1 Long Beach Bridges 1,393 15–26–0–1 31 43 January 26 Victoria 4–3 Bakersfield Bridges 6,973 16–26–0–1 33 44 January 27 Victoria 6–5 Bakersfield OT Vincent 4,806 17–26–0–1 35 45 January 28 Victoria 6–3 Long Beach Bridges 2,633 18–26–0–1 37 February: 6–5–0–0 (Home: 5–3–0–0; Road: 1–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 46 February 2 Idaho 1–3 Victoria Bridges 4,197 19–26–0–1 39 47 February 3 Idaho 6–2 Victoria Bridges 3,875 19–27–0–1 39 48 February 7 Victoria 1–2 Idaho Bridges 3,385 19–28–0–1 39 49 February 9 Victoria 6–3 Idaho Ellis 4,444 20–28–0–1 41 50 February 10 Victoria 0–2 Idaho Ellis 5,055 20–29–0–1 41 51 February 14 Stockton 0–4 Victoria Ellis 3,628 21–29–0–1 43 52 February 16 Stockton 3–6 Victoria Ellis 3,869 22–29–0–1 45 53 February 17 Stockton 3–4 Victoria OT Ellis 4,417 23–29–0–1 47 54 February 21 Las Vegas 5–0 Victoria Ellis 3,571 23–30–0–1 47 55 February 23 Las Vegas 2–3 Victoria SO Ellis 4,103 24–30–0–1 49 56 February 24 Las Vegas 3–0 Victoria Ellis 4,266 24–31–0–1 49 March: 9–1–0–0 (Home: 4–1–0–0; Road: 5–0–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 57 March 2 Victoria 3–1 Fresno Ellis 4,832 25–31–0–1 51 58 March 3 Victoria 4–3 Fresno SO Ellis 5,143 26–31–0–1 53 59 March 7 Victoria 1–2 Stockton OT Ellis 3,645 26–31–1–1 54 60 March 9 Victoria 4–5 Stockton SO Ellis 6,045 26–31–1–2 55 61 March 10 Victoria 3–4 Stockton SO Bridges 8,536 26–31–1–3 56 62 March 15 Utah 3–6 Victoria Ellis 4,144 27–31–1–3 58 63 March 17 Utah 3–2 Victoria Ellis 5,070 27–32–1–3 58 64 March 18 Utah 1–4 Victoria Bridges 4,847 28–32–1–3 60 65 March 23 Long Beach 1–5 Victoria Bridges 4,699 29–32–1–3 62 66 March 24 Long Beach 1–4 Victoria SO Bridges 4,801 30–32–1–3 64 67 March 28 Victoria 7–1 Utah Bridges 2,940 31–32–1–3 66 68 March 30 Victoria 4–3 Utah OT Bridges 5,906 32–32–1–3 68 69 March 31 Victoria 5–1 Utah Ellis 6,088 33–32–1–3 70 April: 3–0–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 70 April 4 Phoenix 4–6 Victoria Ellis 4,212 34–32–1–3 72 71 April 6 Phoenix 1–4 Victoria Bridges 5,349 35–32–1–3 74 72 April 7 Phoenix 1–6 Victoria Ellis 7,006 36–32–1–3 76 Legend:
Playoffs 2007 Kelly Cup playoffs 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 Legend:
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 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 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 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 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 MelocheFree 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 Saguenéens (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 teamRob McVicar Utah GrizzliesB.J. Boxma Lanny Gare Lausitzer Füchse (2.GBun)Simon Mangos Manchester Phoenix (EIHL)Seth Leonard Colorado Eagles (CHL)Pat Sutton Port Huron Flags (UHL)Adam Huxley Stockton ThunderPlayers Released Player DateDavid Belitski October 31, 2006Andy Zulyniak December 21, 2006Ryan Jorde December 29, 2006Joe Ricupero January 6, 2007Kenny Ruiz January 8, 2007Mike Katz January 10, 2007Jeff Barney January 15, 2007James DeMone* January 20, 2007Justin Spencer January 26, 2007Alexandre 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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