Baton Rouge Kingfish

Baton Rouge Kingfish
founding	1996
resolution	2003
history	Erie Panthers 1988–1996 Baton Rouge Kingfish 1996–2003 Victoria Salmon Kings 2004–2011
Stadion	Riverside Centroplex
Location	Baton Rouge , Louisiana
league	East Coast Hockey League
Kelly Cups	no

The Baton Rouge Kingfish were an American ice hockey team from Baton Rouge , Louisiana . The team played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1996 to 2003 .

history

The Erie Panthers from the East Coast Hockey League were relocated to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1996 and renamed Baton Rouge Kingfish. After a fan vote, the name Kingfish was chosen based on the former Governor of Louisiana Huey Pierce Long , whose nickname was The Kingfish . The team's most successful season was in the 1998/99 season, when they first beat Augusta Lynx after finishing sixth in the Southwest Division in the regular season in the playoffs for the Kelly Cup , before they only beat the Pee Dee in the second round Pride subject. Then the Kingfish never got beyond the first playoff round.

There was a great rivalry with the Louisiana IceGators , which were based in the immediate vicinity , but whose sporting success and popularity were never matched. Therefore, the franchise was withdrawn from the game operations by its owners for the 2003/04 season. After a year of inactivity, they finally relocated the team to the Canadian city of Victoria , the capital of British Columbia , where it took part in ECHL's gaming operations from 2004 to 2011 under the name Victoria Salmon Kings .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1996/97	70	31	33	6th	-	-	68	222	238	7th, South	not qualified
1997/98	70	33	27	10	-	-	76	220	238	7th, Southwest	not qualified
1998/99	70	30th	30th	10	-	-	70	222	228	6th, Southwest	Defeat in the second round
1999/00	70	33	32	-	5	-	71	253	277	6th, Southwest	Defeat in the first round
2000/01	72	35	26th	11	-	-	81	216	225	6th, Southwest	Defeat in the first round
2001/02	72	29	35	8th	-	-	66	187	244	8th, Southwest	not qualified
2002/03	72	20th	43	9	-	-	49	184	266	6th, Southwest	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 393 Cam Brown

Goals: 104 Bryan Richardson

Assists: 158 Cam Brown

Points: 261 Cam Brown

Penalty minutes: 1004 Cam Brown

Known players

• Anton Bader
• Alexandre Burrows
• Sylvain Dufresne
• Raitis Ivanāns
• Per Ledin
• Sanny Lindström
• Travis Scott

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Baton Rouge Kingfish
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Baton Rouge Kingfish