Victoria Salmon Kings game notes

Published on December 21, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings News Release


Thursday, December 21, 2006 -- 7:11 p.m. (MT)

@ Phoenix Roadrunners

LAST GAME : The Salmon Kings faced the Falcons at the Save Mart Center for day three of a three-day California trip. It was a neutral zone battle in the first period until Fresno's Josh Prudden finished a 2-on-1 strike for the lead.

Victoria countered in the second period as F.P. Guenette snuck one by Netminder Dmitri Patzold during a Salmon Kings powerplay. With 6:08 remaining in the third period, Defenseman Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu gave Fresno the 2-1 advantage with a wraparound goal, and nearing the end of the match, John Morlang added an open net goal for the Fresno guarantee.

3-1 Falcons

POIGNANT POWERPLAY : The Salmon Kings lead the ECHL in powerplay percentage on the road, having scored 16 times in 72 opportunities (22.2%)....have scored on the powerplay at least once in the last six games...in their last two-game series on the road (@ Utah, Nov 24 and 25) the Salmon Kings scored a total five times out of 15 opportunities with the man advantage....rank eighth in the ECHL for powerplay overall.

ASSISTANCE FROM THE ASSISTANTS : With primary captain Kiel McLeod out of the lineup, the Salmon Kings assistant captains have stepped up to carry the team through the difficult road trip.....Steve Lingren, Wes Goldie, and Ryan Wade have combined for five goals and four assists in the last three games....Ryan Wade has tallied an assist in each of the last five games.....Wes Goldie is 10th in the ECHL in goals (14)....the Salmon Kings have had the lowest penalty minutes since the start of the season, averaging 10.25 minutes per game in the last four games, compared to the four games previous, averaging 31.5 penalty minutes per game.

Last game versus Phoenix PLAYERS TO WATCH

4-2 L

Shots for: 25

Shots against: 54

PP: 1-4

PK: 5-6

Streaks

- Jordan Krestanovich extended his point streak to five games (3g, 4a) #17 Steve Lingren (D)

- notched two points (1g, 1a) in last game versus Phoenix.

- Shooting percentage is 25.0% on current road trip (3 goals in 12 shots on net)

#35 Julien Ellis (G)

- last game versus Phoenix, tallied his third game this season with 50+ saves.

- undefeated in Thursday night games.

versus Phoenix in 2005-06 IR LIST

Record: 1-3-2

Goals for: 16

Goals against: 18

Key game: 5-0 win @ Phoenix on March 20, 2006. This win was part of the five game streak in which the Salmon Kings were unbeaten in regulation. 3-day

removed, Kiel McLeod (F), Dec 21

added, Warren McCutcheon (F), Dec 21 7-day

Phil Cole (D) 30-day

Brad Cook (D)

CONTRACTED PLAYERS TRANSACTIONS

NHL (Vancouver) Guenette, Ellis

AHL (Manitoba) Kelly Added, returned from loan to Manitoba (AHL), Milan Gajic (F), Dec 21

NEXT GAME: @ Phoenix Roadrunners, Saturday December 23, 7:11 p.m. (MT), US Airways Centre

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