Victoria Salmon Kings

Victoria Salmon Kings
founding	2004
resolution	2011
history	Erie Panthers 1988–1996 Baton Rouge Kingfish 1996–2003 Victoria Salmon Kings 2004–2011
Stadion	Save-On-Foods Memorial Center
Location	Victoria , British Columbia
Team colors	navy blue, gold, silver, white
league	ECHL
Conference	National Conference
division	West Division
Cooperations	Vancouver Canucks ( NHL ) Manitoba Moose ( AHL )
Kelly Cups	no

The Victoria Salmon Kings were a Canadian ice hockey team from Victoria , British Columbia . The team played in the ECHL from 2004 to 2011 .

history

The franchise of the Baton Rouge Kingfish of the ECHL in 2003 inactive. A year later, Canadian businessmen bought the franchise and relocated it to Victoria, British Columbia, where it started playing in ECHL under the name Victoria Salmon Kings from the 2004/05 season. The relocation for the Salmon Kings, who were the first Canadian team in the ECHL, was made possible by the construction of the modern Save-On-Foods Memorial Center , which replaced the outdated Victoria Memorial Arena . From the lockout in the National Hockey League , the Salmon Kings benefited in their debut season, as they were given the opportunity to sign three players with NHL experience with Dale Purinton , Dan Blackburn and Mark Smith . The Canadians completed their last season in the 2010/11 season under head coach Mark Morrison , when they finished fourth in the Mountain Division in the following playoffs for the Kelly Cup after victories over the Bakersfield Condors and Utah Grizzlies in the third round Alaska Aces failed.

In May 2011 the association announced the immediate withdrawal from the ECHL. This happened shortly after a few weeks earlier the Western Hockey League had announced that 17 years after the relocation of the Victoria Cougars to Prince George , British Columbia , a franchise from Victoria would again participate in the WHL's game operations for the 2011/12 season. After the franchise was dissolved, all players became available as free agents .

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
2004/05	72	15th	52	5	-	-	35	178	298	8th, west	not qualified
2005/06	72	26th	37	9	-	-	61	204	261	5th, west	not qualified
2006/07	72	36	32	-	1	3	76	239	249	3rd, west	Defeat in the second round
2007/08	72	42	23	-	4th	3	91	256	239	1st, west	Defeat in the third round
2008/09	72	38	27	-	2	5	83	232	200	3rd, west	Defeat in the second round
2009/10	72	34	32	-	4th	2	74	230	243	4th, west	Defeat in the first round
2010/11	72	32	36	-	2	2	68	217	234	4th, Mountain	Defeat in the third round

Team records

Career records

Games: 288 Wes Goldie

Goals: 175 Wes Goldie

Assists: 113 Ryan Wade

Points: 263 Wes Goldie

Penalty minutes: 421 Darryl Lloyd , Ryan Wade

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ca.msn.com, Victoria Salmon Kings club withdraws from East Coast Hockey League
2. ↑ timescolonist.com, RG opts to fold Salmon Kings franchise

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Victoria Salmon Kings
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Victoria Salmon Kings