Salmon Kings Forward Looks To Make History

December 19, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings News Release


Victoria, BC -The Victoria Salmon Kings, proud affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose, announce that forward Wes Goldie has a chance to try and become only the fifth player in ECHL history to score three-or-more goals in three straight games when the Salmon Kings host Alaska on tonight.

Goldie scored a hat trick in a 4-2 win against Alaska on Wednesday and had three goals in a 6-2 win against Phoenix on Sunday. He leads the ECHL with 22 goals in 28 games and has had five multiple-goal games and seven multiple-point games.

The last time an ECHL player had three goals or more in three consecutive games was 1997 when Steve Gibson of Wheeling scored three goals against Johnstown on Mar. 16, three goals at Peoria on Mar. 18 and four goals against Columbus on Mar. 21.

Brian Martin of Hampton Roads was the first player to score a hat trick in three straight games, accomplishing the feat in 1989 on Dec. 9 against Nashville, Dec. 10 against Virginia and Dec. 12 against Knoxville. The record was tied by Trent Kaese of Columbus in 1992 and Darryl Noren of Charlotte in 1994.

Six players have scored hat tricks in back-to-back games since Gibson tied the record with the last being Jean-Michel Daoust of Cincinnati last season. Daoust had three goals on Dec. 16, 2007 against Johnstown and three goals on Dec. 19 against Wheeling before scoring one goal on Dec. 21 at Johnstown. Dusty Jamieson of Charlotte had three goals in back-to-back games on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, 2006 against Wheeling. Miguel Delisle of Idaho scored three goals in consecutive games against Bakersfield on Dec. 17 and 19, 2004 while Andrew Williamson of Toledo scored three goals in consecutive games on Feb. 9, 2001 at Johnstown and had four goals on Feb. 10, 2001 at Johnstown. Williamson led the league with 63 goals in 1999-2000 and 52 goals in 2000-01, the last season that an ECHL player registered 50 goals.

In a six-game span in 1999-2000, Jay Murphy of Louisiana scored four hat tricks, including back-to-back games on Mar. 12 against Birmingham and Mar. 17 against Jacksonville, and had two goals in the other two games. Paul Strand of Raleigh scored five goals on Jan. 17, 1998 against Roanoke and had three goals on Jan. 23, 1998 at Hampton Roads.

Goldie led the league in 2007-08 with 42 goals after finishing second with 41 goals in 2006-07. He is trying to become only the second player in history to lead the ECHL in goals in back-to-back seasons joining Andrew Williamson of Toledo, who had 63 goals in 1999-2000 and 52 goals in 2000-01. Wes Goldie and his brother, Ash Goldie, made history last season when they became the first set of teammates and the first set of brothers to lead the ECHL in goal scoring after finishing with 42 goals and 40 goals, respectively.

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