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Salmon Kings Fall To Steelheads

February 24, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings News Release


The Salmon Kings and Idaho Steelheads met for their third and final game in their three-game set on Saturday night. The two teams had split the first two contests with Idaho winning 3-2 on Wednesday night and Victoria taking last night's contest by a 6-0 count.

Salmon Kings' goaltender Julien Ellis made his second straight start in net for Victoria after last night's 6-0 victory, but Idaho would nab an early lead at 1:22 into the first period when Marty Flichel fired a loose puck past Ellis. The lone assist went to John Lammers. Idaho increased their lead to 2-0 when Matt Craig converted a John Snowden pass. The Salmon Kings cut the lead in half with their first goal of the night at 13:28 when Darryl Lloyd scored his eighth of the season after receiving a beautiful pass from Chris St. Jacques. Marc-Andre Bernier drew the second assist. The teams went to the locker rooms with Idaho leading 2-1.

Idaho restored their two goal lead three minutes into the second period, Taggart Desmet scored on Ellis making the Idaho lead 3-1. Kiel McLeod received a penalty which left the team shorthanded, but that didn't stop Dylan Yeo who burst down the right side on a 3-on-1 before whipping a goal past Steelheads netminder Matt Zaba to collect his ninth goal of the season. Ash Goldie drew the lone assist. An Idaho penalty allowed for plenty of shots, but no goals for the Salmon Kings. A couple of late period penalties in the second gave Victoria the edge on Idaho but the boys were unable to beat Zaba. Idaho was still in the lead 3-2 at the end of the second. Shots on net were 25-23 for Idaho.

The third period began with plenty of exciting back-and-forth battles between the teams. A penalty for the Salmon Kings enabled the Steelheads to gain the advantage as Lammers snuck a rebound in despite the unrelenting efforts of Ellis. The Kings would get no closer. Steelheads 4 Salmon Kings 2. Victoria out shot Idaho 36-35. The Kings played in front of 5,075 fans at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

Next week the Salmon Kings face off against the National Conference leading Las Vegas Wranglers. Wednesday night is the first game of the three-game series. Face-off is 7:05 p.m. Call 220-7889 for tickets.

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