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Salmon Kings Announce 2008-09 Schedule

April 30, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings News Release


Victoria, BC - The Victoria Salmon Kings, proud affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose, announced their 2008-09 regular season schedule today.

Victoria will open their season on October 17th in Phoenix versus the RoadRunners. The Salmon Kings will then return home where they will welcome the Bakersfield Condors for the home opener on October 24th.

The 2008-09 schedule will see Victoria go on a season long 11-game road trip that begins on February 11th and concludes on March 7th. The road trip is necessary as the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre will host the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian Women's National Curling Championships.

The Salmon Kings will welcome the newest member of the National Conference, the Ontario Reign, to the Victoria for the first time on January 9th.

The Premier 'AA' Hockey League welcomed 3,756,191 fans, marking the fifth straight season and the 11th time in the last 12 years that it has exceeded 3.75 million fans. The 51 sold out crowds are the most in the last five seasons and mark the fourth time in the last five years that the ECHL has had at least 40 sellouts.

In the 2007-08 season the Salmon Kings had a West Division-leading total attendance of 175,354 for a club record average of 4,871 fans. It marked the third highest attendance increase in professional hockey with a 14.7% raise over the 2006-07 season.

The Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre had its second sellout crowd in history with 7,006 for its final regular season game against the Alaska Aces. That game not only saw the Salmon Kings clinch the first West Division title in team history, but also capped off a three-game series viewed by a club record 18,540 fans.

Beginning in 1988-89 with five teams playing in four states, the Premier 'AA' Hockey League has grown into a coast-to-coast league that will have 24 teams in 16 states and British Columbia playing 864 games from Oct. 17, 2008 to Apr. 4, 2009. Nineteen of the 24 teams have played at least five years in their current city.

The third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League, the ECHL averaged 4,174 per game last season, marking the fourth year in row and the 16th time in the last 18 years that the league has averaged over 4,000 fans.

The conference and division alignments and the format for the 2009 Kelly Cup Playoffs will be determined and approved at a later date by the ECHL Board of Governors.

Season tickets for the Salmon Kings 2008-09 season are already on sale. Catch all the action by calling 250-220-7889, emailing seasontickets@salmonkings.com or by visiting www.salmonkings.com for more information.

The Salmon Kings continue their 2008 Kelly Cup Playoff drive tomorrow evening when they face off for Game 3 of their National Conference Semi-Final Series against the Utah Grizzlies in Salt Lake City. The series continues on the weekend with Game 4 on Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. PDT and Game 5 goes on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. PDT. If necessary the series will return to Victoria for Games 6 and 7 on Tuesday and Wednesday evening at 7:05 p.m.

*All games scheduled for the 2008-09 season are subject to change*

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-- 2008-09 Schedule Facts --

By Team:

Alaska: 6 home; 6 road=12 games

Bakersfield: 4 home; 4 road=8 games

Fresno: 3 home; 5 road=8 games

Idaho: 3 home; 3 road=6 games

Las Vegas: 3 home; 3 road=6 games

Ontario: 5 home, 4 road=9 games

Phoenix: 4 home; 3 road=7 games

Stockton: 5 home; 5 road=10 games

Utah: 3 home; 3 road=6 games

By Division:

West Division: 16 home; 15 games=31 games

Pacific Division: 20 home; 21 road games=41 games

By month:

October: 5 home; 3 road=8 games

November: 6 home; 6 road=12 games

December: 6 home; 7 road= 13 games

January: 7 home; 6 road=13 games

February: 3 home; 8 road=11 games

March: 6 home; 6 road=12 games

April: 3 home; 0 road=3 games

By Day:

Sunday: 2 home; 4 road=6 games

Monday: 0 home; 2 road= 2 games

Tuesday: 2 home; 1 road= 3 games

Wednesday: 8 home; 8 road= 16 games

Thursday: 0 home; 0 road= 0 games

Friday: 12 home; 10 road=22 games

Saturday: 12 home; 11 road=23 games

Back-to-Back Games:

Road: 7 times

Home: 11 times

Three Games in Three Days:

Road: 4 times

Home: 2 times

Longest Road Trip:

11 games - Feb. 11 - Mar. 7 (25 days)

Longest Home Stand:

6 games - Dec. 9 - Dec. 20 (12 days)

*The Salmon Kings have three 6-game home stands with 12 days being the longest time span.

For further information contact:

Jeff Harris

Director of Media and Community Relations

Victoria Salmon Kings Hockey Club

250-220-2612

jeff.harris@salmonkings.com

www.salmonkings.com

Date H/A Opponent Time Date H/A Opponent Time

October - 2008 Friday, Jan. 9 Home Ontario 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 17 Away Phoenix TBA Saturday, Jan. 10 Home Ontario 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18 Away Phoenix TBA Wednesday, Jan. 14 Away Alaska 7:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 20 Away Phoenix TBA Friday, Jan. 16 Away Alaska 7:15 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 24 Home Stockton 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 Away Alaska 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 25 Home Stockton 7:05 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23 Away Las Vegas TBA

Sunday, Oct. 26 Home Stockton 1:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 Away Las Vegas TBA

Wednesday, Oct. 29 Home Utah 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 Away Las Vegas TBA

Friday, Oct. 31 Home Utah 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 Home Stockton 7:05 p.m.

November - 2009 Wednesday, Jan. 28 Home Stockton 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 1 Home Utah 7:05 p.m. February - 2009

Wednesday, Nov. 5 Away Bakersfield 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 Home Las Vegas 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 7 Away Stockton 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 Home Las Vegas 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 8 Away Stockton 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 Home Las Vegas 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 14 Home Phoenix 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 Away Alaska 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 15 Home Phoenix 7:05 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 Away Alaska 7:15 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 19 Home Alaska 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 Away Alaska 7:15 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 21 Home Alaska 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 Away Ontario 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 22 Home Alaska 7:05 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 Away Fresno 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 26 Away Utah 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 Away Bakersfield 12:00 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 28 Away Utah 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 Away Ontario 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 29 Away Utah 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 Away Bakersfield 7:00 p.m.

December - 2008 March - 2009

Wednesday, Dec. 3 Away Ontario 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 4 Away Idaho 7:10 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 5 Away Fresno 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mar. 6 Away Idaho 7:10 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 6 Away Fresno 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 7 Away Idaho 7:10 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 7 Away Ontario 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 11 Home Ontario 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 9 Home Bakersfield 7:05 p.m. Friday, Mar. 13 Home Ontario 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 11 Home Phoenix 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 14 Home Ontario 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 13 Home Phoenix 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 18 Home Idaho 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 17 Home Alaska 7:05 p.m. Friday, Mar. 20 Home Idaho 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 19 Home Alaska 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 21 Home Idaho 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 20 Home Alaska 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 25 Away Bakersfield 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 27 Away Stockton 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mar. 27 Away Fresno 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 28 Away Stockton 4:00 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 28 Away Stockton 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 29 Away Fresno 7:00 p.m. April - 2009

January - 2009 Wednesday, Apr. 1 Home Fresno 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 2 Home Bakersfield 7:05 p.m. Friday, Apr. 3 Home Fresno 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 3 Home Bakersfield 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 4 Home Fresno 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4 Home Bakersfield 1:05 p.m. *All game start times are local to the home team.

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