Salmon Kings Set Mark for Second Longest Winning Streak in ECHL History

January 11, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings News Release


Victoria, BC - In a Saturday night match-up the Victoria Salmon Kings and Ontario Reign met for the second time in their two-game weekend set. Goaltender Julien Ellis started in net for the Kings while the Reign countered with John Murray.

The Reign scored the opening goal on the power play at 5:20 of the first period. Itan Chavira converted off a point shot that bounced off the end boards and onto his stick to bury the puck into an open net. The Reign would take the one goal lead into the first intermission.

The Salmon Kings tied the contest up 2:33 into the second period. Sean O'Connor scored his 10th goal of the season when he tipped a Tim Wedderburn point shot into the Reign's net. Wes Goldie, the ECHL's leading goal scorer, would add to the Kings lead with his 32nd goal of the season. Goldie picked up the puck in the high slot from linemate Olivier Filion and wired a shot past Murray at 9:28. A mere 16 seconds later Olivier Labelle would net his 11th goal of the season tipping another Wedderburn shot to extend the Kings lead. Patrick Coulombe would round out the scoring for the period when he took a Dylan Yeo pass, and after the initial save by Murray, he jammed the rebound home his third goal of the season. The second period would end with the Salmon Kings leading 4-1.

The Reign cut the deficit in half at 3:02 mark in the final frame, as Chris Curran found the puck between a Kings' defenseman legs and shot it past Ellis for his fourth goal of the season. Dan Gendur sealed a Salmon Kings 15th straight victory at 18:49 of the third period, scoring into the empty net. Salmon Kings 5 Reign 2.

The Salmon Kings 15th win a row is the second longest in ECHL history. Cincinnati holds the ECHL record with 17 consecutive victories, stretching from Jan 16 - Feb 29, 2008. The Salmon Kings hold the regular season record for consecutive games won in regulation time with 15.

Victoria went 0/6= 0% on the power play and Ontario ended 1/4= 25%. The Kings out shot the Reign 46-34.

The Salmon Kings head on the road for a three game set in Alaska on Jan. 14, 16 and 17 with all three games starting at 8:15 p.m. PT. That trip is followed by a three game series in Las Vegas on Jan. 23, 24 and 25. The first two games of that series go at 7:30 p.m. PT and the third game at 2:05 PT. The Stockton Thunder then come to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on Jan. 27 & 28 for a two-game set both games go at 7:05 p.m.



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