Victoria Salmon Kings
Founded	1988 (as the Erie Panthers)
Home ice	Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre
Based in	Victoria, British Columbia
Colors	Navy Blue, Gold/Tan
League	ECHL
Head coach	Mark Morrison
General manager	Dan Belisle
Affiliates	Vancouver Canucks (NHL) Manitoba Moose (AHL)

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History

While the Victoria region has had a long and distinguished hockey history - the Victoria Cougars won the Stanley Cup in 1925 - the region was the largest Canadian region without either professional or Major-Junior hockey when the WHL Victoria Cougars (a team with no connection to the aforementioned Cougars) moved to Prince George in 1994. This was a crippling blow to Victoria hockey fans, whose only remaining local team was the Tier II Junior 'A' Victoria Salsa. Victoria Cougars logo from 1990-1994 The Victoria Cougars were a Pacific Coast Hockey Association (and after its merger with the Western Canadian Hockey League, the Western Hockey League) hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia. ... The Western Hockey League is one of the three hockey Major Junior Tier I leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ... The Prince George Cougars are a major junior hockey team of the Western Hockey League. ... These cutbanks on the Nechako River are Prince Georges signature natural landmark. ... Victoria Salsa is a junior Hockey team located in Victoria BC. The team competes in the British Columbia Hockey League (Island Division). ...

By this time, it had become evident that the 50-year-old Memorial Arena, seating only 4,000 for hockey, would have to be replaced if Victoria expected to be able to attract a new hockey club. After several years of discussion, the construction of a new arena was approved by Victoria voters in a 2002 referendum, with one key condition being that its construction was dependent on Victoria securing a WHL team.

When the private-sector partner, RG Properties, was unable to secure a WHL club, the company bought the rights to the defunct ECHL Baton Rouge Kingfish, formerly the Erie Panthers, a charter member of the ECHL, and announced that Victoria's new team would be named the Salmon Kings. Reaction in the community was somewhat mixed; while securing a club was good enough for construction of the new arena to begin, many were troubled by the perception that they would be receiving a lesser quality of hockey than that seen in the major-junior WHL. In addition, the ECHL was virtually unknown in Canada; Victoria was to be the first Canadian team in league history. In response to all this, the Salmon Kings began marketing efforts to convince Victoria residents that the Salmon Kings and the ECHL would offer a high quality product. Controversy remains about whether or not the ECHL is a better fit than the WHL. While many have embraced the third-tier professional hockey, believing it to be superior to the WHL, others - including many Salmon Kings season ticket holders - say they would prefer the WHL if they had a choice. And, to that end, local businessmen and former NHL'er Len Barrie has made overtures about bringing a WHL franchise to nearby Colwood, to compete head-to-head with the Salmon Kings for the southern Vancouver Island market. In the summer of 2006, it was announced that the Salmon Kings would become the ECHL affiliate of the nearby Vancouver Canucks. While this move will have Canucks prospects playing for the Salmon Kings, only time will tell if this partnership will create more interest in the club, as WHL alumni take to the ice, and the Canucks can travel a much shorter distance to attend their prospects' games, compared to their previous affiliate, in Columbia, South Carolina, in the United States, where the Inferno was well used as a player development team for the Canucks in their five seasons as an affiliate. Time will tell if the Canucks will use the Salmon Kings in the same way as they did with their previous affiliate. The Baton Rouge Kingfish were a professional ice hockey team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ... The Erie Panthers were a professional hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League from 1988-1996. ... The Vancouver Canucks are the professional National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...

The original logo of the Victoria Salmon Kings lasted for one season. It is rumoured that the logo needed to be changed as the Los Angeles Kings took exception to this logo.

It became clear as the 2004-2005 ECHL season approached that Victoria's new arena, now called the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, was not going to be ready in time for the season. In response, the ECHL scheduled the Salmon Kings to begin their inaugural season with an unheard-of 14 game road trip. Unfortunately, even this was not enough time for the arena to be completed, and in the summer of 2004 the Salmon Kings were forced to secure ice time in the Bear Mountain Arena in the suburban community of Colwood, which had been constructed with the needs of the junior 'A' Victoria Salsa and the Victoria Shamrocks lacrosse club in mind. Victoria Salmon Kings logo, 2004-05, from league web site at http://www. ... Victoria Salmon Kings logo, 2004-05, from league web site at http://www. ... The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (SOFMC) is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and is the largest arena in British Columbia outside of Vancouver. ... Bear Mountain Arena is an arena in Colwood, British Columbia Canada. ... Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. ... Victoria Salsa is a junior Hockey team located in Victoria BC. The team competes in the British Columbia Hockey League (Island Division). ... The Victoria Shamrocks are a Senior A box lacrosse club, based in Victoria, British Columbia. ...

Despite all this, the Salmon Kings took to the ice in their first regular-season game on October 22, 2004, in Bakersfield, California, against the Bakersfield Condors. Former University of Alberta player Ryan Wade scored the first goal in Salmon Kings history. Unfortunately, they lost this game 7-2; the Salmon Kings would struggle during their 14-game road trip, only winning 3 games, losing 10 games in regulation and one in a shootout. Their first victory came at the expense of the Fresno Falcons on October 24th, which the Salmon Kings won by a convincing 5-0 margin. David Brumby, the Kings' starting goaltender at the time, turned away 37 shots for the shutout. Nickname: Location of Bakersfield, California Coordinates: Country United States State California County Kern County Founded 1869 Government  - Mayor Harvey Hall Area  - City  114. ... The Bakersfield Condors are a minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California. ... The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public coeducational research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... Ryan Wade is a ECHL hockey player from Sooke, BC, Canada. ... The Fresno Falcons are a minor league hockey affiliate of the San Jose Sharks. ...

As the NHL lockout progressed, Dale Purinton and Dan Blackburn of the New York Rangers and Mark Smith of the San Jose Sharks played for the Salmon Kings. Purinton, an enforcer, was suspended twice by the league, the first for a career-ending check into the boards of Condors player Krzysztof Wieckowski, and the second for returning to the ice to fight after being ejected during a bench-clearing brawl involving the Kings and the Falcons. After the latter suspension, Purinton was suspended indefinitely by the Salmon Kings and did not play again that season. Dale Purinton was born on the 11th of October, 1976, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... Daniel Blackburn (b. ... The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League, and are part of the group of teams referred to... There is more than one person called Mark Smith: Mark Smith, R/C modeling pioneer Mark Smith, Grand Druid Mark Smith (Born May 7, 1970), a Major League Baseball player. ... The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. ...

After the grueling 14-game road trip which lasted for over a month, the Salmon Kings finally played their first home game on December 5th, 2004, Victoria hockey fans packed the tiny Bear Mountain Arena for the first professional hockey game to be played in Victoria since the Victoria Maple Leafs left in 1967. Unfortunately, the Kings lost this game 4-3 in overtime. They would continue to struggle during their first season, going only 15-52-5 over 72 games; notably, they set an ECHL record for a continuous winless streak, going 0-18-2 between December 31, 2004 and February 4, 2005. Bear Mountain Arena is an arena in Colwood, British Columbia Canada. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

After going through another losing season in '05-'06, which had four different coaches behind the bench, the Salmon Kings would eventually rebound with their best season, to date, in the 2006-07 season. Under head coach, Mark Morrison, the Victoria Salmon Kings established their first winning season with a 36-32-1-3 record and finished off their remaining regular season games on a nine-game winning streak. The Salmon Kings finished the season 7th overall in the National Conference and faced 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. The 2005-06 ECHL Season is the 18th season of the ECHL. The season ran from late October, 2005 to early June, 2006. ... The 2006-07 ECHL Season will be the 19th season of the ECHL. Two teams will return to the ECHL after suspensions; the Texas Wildcatters had to suspend operations for the 2005-06 season as a byproduct of damage to their home arena caused by Hurricane Rita, and the Cincinnati... For the Alaska Aces PBA team, see Alaska Aces (PBA). ...

Season Results

Franchise Regular Season Career Records

Most Goals: 46 - Ryan Wade
Most Assists: 80 - Ryan Wade
Most Points: 126 - Ryan Wade
Most Penalty Minutes: 331 - Ryan Wade
Most Points, defenceman: 81 - Steve Lingren
Most Wins: 21 - Julien Ellis
Most Shutouts: 1 - David Brumby, Rob McVicar, Julien Ellis
Lowest GAA in a season: 320 - Julien Ellis
Best SVP% in a season: 117 - Julien Ellis
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Franchise Regular Season Records

Most Goals in a season:41 - Wes Goldie (2006-07)
Most Assists in a season: 41 - Milan Gajic (2006-07)
Most Points in a season: 74 - Wes Goldie (2006-07)
Most Penalty Minutes in a season: 192 - Dale Purinton (2004-05)
Most Points in a season, defenceman: 47 - Steve Lingren (2006-07)
Most Points in a season, rookie: 23 - Seamus Young (2006-07)
Most Wins in a season: 21 - Julien Ellis (2006-07)
Most Shutouts in a season: 1 - David Brumby (2004-05),Rob McVicar (2005-06), Julien Ellis (2006-07)
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ECHL Records Held

LONGEST WINLESS STREAK, ONE SEASON:
20 - Victoria Salmon Kings, Dec. 31, 2004-Feb. 4, 2005

LONGEST HOME WINLESS STREAK, ONE SEASON:
12 - Victoria Salmon Kings, Dec. 31, 2004-Feb. 5, 2005

MOST PENALTY MINUTES, BOTH TEAMS, ONE GAME:
306 - Victoria Salmon Kings (171) vs. Fresno (135), Feb. 16, 2005

List of head coaches

• Mark Morrison 2006-
• Tony MacAulay 2006
• Troy Ward 2006
• Bryan Maxwell 2004-06

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Current Roster

As of December 31, 2006. Numbers taken from ECHL website. ^[1]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
1		Bryan Bridges	L	December 27, 1985	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
35		Julien Ellis	L	January 27, 1986	Sorel, Quebec, Canada

Defencemen
#		Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
4		Matt Kelly	R	March 23, 1985	Tottenham, Ontario, Canada
5		Gustav Engman	L	January 17, 1985	Borlange, Dalarna County, Sweden
6		Phil Cole	L	September 6, 1982	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
8		Seamus Young	R	August 16, 1983	Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
14		Justin Spencer	R	May 25, 1981	Tweed, Ontario, Canada
17		Steve Lingren	L	April 15, 1973	Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada
21		James DeMone	L	July 1, 1982	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
25		Brad Cook	L	February 26, 1975	Southgate, Michigan, USA

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
9		Milan Gajic	C	R	June 1, 1981	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
10		Derek Krestanovich	F	L	May 31, 1983	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
11		Jordan Krestanovich	F	L	June 14, 1981	Langley, British Columbia, Canada
12		Francois-Pierre Guenette	C	L	January 18, 1984	Laval, Quebec, Canada
16		Wes Goldie	RW	R	May 5, 1979	London, Ontario, Canada
18		Mike Stutzel	LW	L	February 28, 1979	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
19		Warren McCutcheon	C	L	August 6, 1982	Carmen, Manitoba, Canada
20		Ryan Wade	F	R	May 11, 1978	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
24		Greg Hornby	LW	R	January 18, 1982	Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
27		Darryl Lloyd	C	L	February 10, 1984	Pickering, Ontario, Canada
71		Kiel McLeod	C	R	December 30, 1982	Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada

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See also

• List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia

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External links

• Salmon Kings official site
• Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre
• Victoria Sports Authority Discussion Forum