2005–06 Victoria Salmon Kings season

2005-06 Victoria Salmon Kings
Division	5th West
Conference	9th National
League	20th ECHL
2005-06 record	26-37-9
Home record	12-16-8
Road record	14-21-1
Goals for	204
Goals against	261
Team information
General Manager	Bryan Maxwell (Oct-Jan) Dan Belisle
Coach	Bryan Maxwell (Oct-Jan) Troy Ward
Assistant Coach	Mark Morrison
Captain	Ryan Wade
Arena	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Average attendance	4,230
Team leaders
Goals	Lanny Gare Steve Lingren (22)
Assists	Adam Taylor (38)
Points	Adam Taylor (57)
Penalties in minutes	Adam Huxley (151)
Plus/minus	Taggart Desmet (+4)
Wins	Rob McVicar (13)
Goals against average	Rob McVicar (3.27)
< 2004-05 2006-07 >

Season summary

The 2005–06 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 2nd season in the ECHL. After a disappointing inaugural season that posted 15 wins, the Salmon Kings looked to improve in the 2005-06 season. Although the Salmon Kings improved its win total to 26 it was still not enough to clinch their first playoff berth. Their inability to show any signs of improvement midway through the season caused the organization to fire general manager and head coach, Bryan Maxwell who was then replaced by new general manager, Dan Belisle and new head coach, Troy Ward. The few bright spots for the Salmon Kings was Adam Taylor and defensemen, Steve Lingren who were both named starters on the National Conference ECHL All-Star team. Taylor led the team with 57 points, while Lingren scored a team leading 15 power play goals and tied for the team lead with 22 goals, alongside Lanny Gare.

Standings

	West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
	Alaska Aces (z)	72	53	12	7	113	289	168
	Las Vegas Wranglers	72	53	13	6	112	267	176
	Idaho Steelheads	72	43	21	8	94	268	221
	Utah Grizzlies	72	36	30	6	78	235	236
	Victoria Salmon Kings	72	26	37	9	61	204	261
	Phoenix RoadRunners	72	20	47	5	45	156	263

Schedule and results

Regular season

2005–06 Game log
October: 1–3–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 1–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 21 Victoria 1–2 Fresno Boxma 4,322 0–1–0 0 2 October 22 Victoria 3–5 Bakersfield Boxma 8,263 0–2–0 0 3 October 28 Victoria 8–5 Utah Muntain 1,625 1–2–0 2 4 October 29 Victoria 3–6 Utah Muntain 3,128 1–3–0 2
November: 5–9–1–0 (Home: 3–2–1–0; Road: 2–7–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 5 November 2 Victoria 2–1 Trenton Muntain 2,563 2–3–0 4 6 November 4 Victoria 1–2 Dayton Muntain 2,610 2–4–0 4 7 November 5 Victoria 3–5 Toledo Muntain 4,251 2–5–0 4 8 November 6 Victoria 3–7 Wheeling Muntain 2,042 2–6–0 4 9 November 10 Stockton 2–5 Victoria Muntain 6,406 3–6–0 6 10 November 11 Stockton 2–1 Victoria OT Muntain 4,780 3–6–1 7 11 November 12 Stockton 4–6 Victoria Muntain 4,770 4–6–1 9 12 November 16 Idaho 5–2 Victoria Muntain 3,957 4–7–1 9 13 November 18 Idaho 6–3 Victoria Boxma 4,427 4–8–1 9 14 November 19 Idaho 2–3 Victoria OT Boxma 4,575 5–8–1 11 15 November 21 Victoria 2–3 Phoenix Boxma 3,243 5–9–1 11 16 November 23 Victoria 4–2 San Diego Currie 3,064 6–9–1 13 17 November 26 Victoria 1–3 Las Vegas Boxma 4,539 6–10–1 13 18 November 27 Victoria 3–6 Long Beach Currie 1,611 6–11–1 13 19 November 29 Victoria 1–3 Phoenix Boxma 3,014 6–12–1 13
December: 5–9–0–0 (Home: 2–4–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 20 December 2 Utah 4–5 Victoria OT Currie 4,746 7–12–1 15 21 December 3 Utah 5–3 Victoria Boxma 4,111 7–13–1 15 22 December 4 Utah 3–1 Victoria Currie 3,703 7–14–1 15 23 December 7 Victoria 4–2 Idaho McVicar 3,747 8–14–1 17 24 December 9 Victoria 5–1 Idaho Currie 4,301 9–14–1 19 25 December 10 Victoria 2–5 Idaho McVicar 4,510 9–15–1 19 26 December 16 Alaska 4–5 Victoria OT McVicar 4,248 10–15–1 21 27 December 17 Alaska 8–0 Victoria Currie 4,443 10–16–1 21 28 December 19 Alaska 4–1 Victoria McVicar 4,424 10–17–1 21 29 December 21 Victoria 1–4 Utah McVicar 2,743 10–18–1 21 30 December 22 Victoria 2–5 Utah McVicar 2,780 10–19–1 21 31 December 28 Victoria 0–4 Alaska Currie 6,351 10–20–1 21 32 December 30 Victoria 5–6 Alaska Currie 6,269 10–21–1 21 33 December 31 Victoria 5–3 Alaska McVicar 5,884 11–21–1 23
January: 4–4–1–1 (Home: 1–2–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 34 January 5 Fresno 3–5 Victoria McVicar 3,856 12–21–1 25 35 January 6 Fresno 4–3 Victoria McVicar 4,360 12–22–1 25 36 January 7 Fresno 6–2 Victoria McVicar 4,633 12–23–1 25 37 January 12 Victoria 7–5 Idaho McVicar 3,465 13–23–1 27 38 January 13 Victoria 3–2 Idaho OT McVicar 4,581 14–23–1 29 39 January 20 Victoria 6–2 Bakersfield McVicar 5,518 15–23–1 31 40 January 21 Victoria 0–3 Bakersfield McVicar 6,330 15–24–1 31 41 January 22 Victoria 0–2 Long Beach Currie 1,775 15–25–1 31 42 January 27 Phoenix 6–5 Victoria SO Boxma 4,466 15–25–2 32 43 January 28 Phoenix 1–0 Victoria OT Boxma 4,659 15–25–3 33
February: 3–5–2–1 (Home: 2–3–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 44 February 1 Augusta 3–4 Victoria Boxma 3,731 16–25–3 35 45 February 3 Augusta 4–3 Victoria OT McVicar 3,744 16–25–4 36 46 February 4 Augusta 3–1 Victoria Boxma 3,956 16–26–4 36 47 February 8 Long Beach 4–0 Victoria Boxma 3,634 16–27–4 36 48 February 10 Long Beach 5–2 Victoria McVicar 3,824 16–28–4 36 49 February 11 Long Beach 5–4 Victoria SO Boxma 4,052 16–28–5 37 50 February 17 Victoria 3–5 Phoenix Boxma 4,955 16–29–5 37 51 February 18 Victoria 3–4 San Diego Boxma 12,240 16–30–5 37 52 February 21 Victoria 3–2 Las Vegas OT Boxma 3,865 17–30–5 39 53 February 24 Alaska 3–2 Victoria OT Boxma 4,383 17–30–6 40 54 February 25 Alaska 3–4 Victoria SO Boxma 4,153 18–30–6 42
March: 7–5–2–1 (Home: 3–4–1–1 ; Road: 4–1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 55 March 3 Bakersfield 4–3 Victoria SO Boxma 3,778 18–30–7 43 56 March 4 Bakersfield 2–4 Victoria McVicar 3,895 19–30–7 45 57 March 5 Bakersfield 4–0 Victoria McVicar 3,637 19–31–7 45 58 March 8 Las Vegas 6–2 Victoria Boxma 3,587 19–32–7 45 59 March 10 Las Vegas 3–2 Victoria McVicar 3,965 19–33–7 45 60 March 11 Las Vegas 4–1 Victoria McVicar 3,787 19–34–7 45 61 March 15 San Diego 3–4 Victoria OT McVicar 4,386 20–34–7 47 62 March 17 San Diego 1–3 Victoria McVicar 3,820 21–34–7 49 63 March 18 San Diego 4–3 Victoria SO McVicar 3,997 21–34–8 50 64 March 20 Victoria 5–0 Phoenix McVicar 3,139 22–34–8 52 65 March 22 Victoria 4–3 Long Beach McVicar 1,124 23–34–8 54 66 March 24 Victoria 2–4 Stockton McVicar 10,117 23–35–8 54 67 March 25 Victoria 3–2 Stockton Boxma 8,675 24–35–8 56 68 March 27 Victoria 3–4 Fresno OT Boxma 3,205 24–35–9 57 69 March 31 Victoria 4–3 Alaska OT McVicar 6,451 25–35–9 59
April: 1–2–0–0 (Home: 1–1–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 70 April 1 Victoria 0–3 Alaska McVicar 6,451 25–36–9 59 71 April 7 Utah 3–0 Victoria McVicar 4,619 25–37–9 59 72 April 8 Utah 4–7 Victoria Boxma 4,775 26–37–9 61 Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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 Taylor, AdamAdam Taylor 72 19 38 57 -7 54 Gare, LannyLanny Gare 67 22 33 55 -17 62 Galbraith, JadeJade Galbraith ^† 53 18 31 49 -8 49 Lingren, SteveSteve Lingren 62 22 25 47 +2 77 Wirll, MikeMike Wirll 39 11 28 39 -15 26 Wade, RyanRyan Wade 56 18 20 38 -17 139 Mangos, SimonSimon Mangos 72 9 19 28 -17 36 Drummond, KurtKurt Drummond 50 4 24 28 -24 39 Leonard, SethSeth Leonard 67 13 14 27 -8 32 Roberts, SteveSteve Roberts 34 14 9 23 +3 10 Timmons, K.C.K.C. Timmons 49 12 8 20 +3 51 Forster, NathanNathan Forster 58 6 14 20 -17 66 Desmet, TaggartTaggart Desmet 12 3 14 17 +4 4 Heintz, DustanDustan Heintz 26 5 8 13 0 45 Josephson, MikeMike Josephson 39 5 8 13 -5 86 Shybunka, TylerTyler Shybunka 17 5 4 9 -10 8 Sutton, PatPat Sutton ^† 53 0 8 8 -4 77 Huxley, AdamAdam Huxley ^† 39 3 4 7 -8 151 Henderson, MikeMike Henderson 14 4 2 6 -3 4 Godoy, EliasElias Godoy 9 2 3 5 +1 0 Dameworth, ChadChad Dameworth 62 1 4 5 -13 53 MacInnis, AaronAaron MacInnis ^‡ 6 1 2 3 -3 4 Anderson, DallasDallas Anderson ^† 21 1 2 3 -11 131 Andresen, JoelJoel Andresen 42 0 3 3 -4 44 Gardiner, PetePete Gardiner ^‡ 13 2 0 2 -6 19 Thrussell, RyanRyan Thrussell 12 0 2 2 -2 6 Cook, BradBrad Cook ^‡ 12 0 2 2 -6 6 McLeod, RyanRyan McLeod 13 0 2 2 -6 6 Allan, DerekDerek Allan 6 1 0 1 -2 8 Garbutt, JoshJosh Garbutt 7 1 0 1 -2 2 Dunleavy, ChipChip Dunleavy 16 1 0 1 -7 2 Sochor, JanJan Sochor 5 0 1 1 +1 2 Campbell, DerekDerek Campbell 14 0 1 1 -8 23 Olafson, MarkMark Olafson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ashton, MarkMark Ashton 2 0 0 0 -2 0 Black, GregGreg Black ^† 4 0 0 0 -2 34

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP Min W L T GA GAA Sv% SO Mayes, LanceLance Mayes 2 55 0 0 0 3 3.27 .850 0 McVicar, RobRob McVicar 33 1741 13 14 2 95 3.27 .902 1 Boxma, B.J.B.J. Boxma 28 1453 6 12 6 82 3.39 .895 0 Currie, DavidDavid Currie ^†^‡ 10 541 3 6 0 34 3.77 .875 0 Muntain, RobertRobert Muntain 11 565 4 5 1 38 4.04 .878 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

September 12, 2005	To Victoria Salmon Kings Simon Mangos Aaron MacInnis	To Texas Wildcatters Ryan Finnerty
September 22, 2005	To Victoria Salmon Kings Dustan Heintz	To Johnstown Chiefs Cash
February 7, 2006	To Victoria Salmon Kings Jay Latulippe	To Dayton Bombers David Currie
February 27, 2006	To Victoria Salmon Kings Greg Black	To Florida Everblades Cash