Victoria Salmon Kings game notes

Published on January 26, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings News Release


Friday, January 26, 2007 -- 7:00 p.m. (PT)

@ Bakersfield Condors

Game one of a two-game series

LAST GAME: Victoria kicked off their second road trip of the month with a Wednesday night match versus the Ice Dogs. For the third time in Long Beach, Wes Goldie opened the scoring for the Salmon Kings and tallied his 23rd goal of the season. Victoria captain Kiel McLeod added another score in the final minute of the first period, sliding to the net after a faceoff win and posting his 18th goal of the season.

Victoria Goaltender Bryan Bridges stood with 34 saves after the scoreless second period.

Brandon Schwartz scored for Long Beach in the third period to close the gap, but Wes Goldie put the game away with an empty net goal with 32 seconds remaining.

3-1 Salmon Kings

LAST GAME vs Bakersfield: Victoria and Bakersfield battled in a rubber match at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on Monday night. Kevin St. Jacques scored two consecutive goals in the first two periods for the Condors advantage.

Marc-Andre Bernier extended his goal streak to five games at 8:24 into the second period and helped Victoria inch towards a tie game.

Bakersfield regained the two-goal lead with Kevin Truelson's fourth goal of the season with 7:50 remaining in the second. Two minutes later, the Salmon Kings earned a powerplay goal from Jordan Krestanovich and closed the gap once again. But before the end of the second frame, Bakersfield collected another cushion and hung on in the third to snag the win and earn top spot in the Pacific Division.

4-2 Condors

NEST EGG The Salmon Kings are third in the ECHL in winning percentage in extra periods (OT and shootout) with 0.917...are fifth in powerplay on the road (0.186)...average 3.4 goals per game versus the Condors....Wes Goldie is fourth in the ECHL in goals (24)...third in shorthanded goals (5)....Steve Lingren is one point away from earning his 150th point in the ECHL...averages one point per game in the season series versus Bakersfield...Milan Gajic is three points away from his 100th pro point...has tallied five points in four games versus Bakersfield

versus Bakersfield in 2006-07

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Record: 1-4-0

Goals for: 29

Goals against: 17

Shots for: 150

Shots against: 203

PP: 7/30

PK: 22/31

#11 Jordan Krestanovich (F)

- is on a three-game point streak (1g, 3a) and scored a goal in last game versus Bakersfield.

#20 Ryan Wade (F)

- tallied two assists in Wednesday game.

- is one point away from his 150th pro point.

TRANSACTIONS

IR LIST

released, Justin Spencer (D), Jan 26

added, Robin Gomez (F), Jan 24

3-day

Greg Hornby (F)

7-day

Rich Meloche (F)

30-day

Brad Cook (D)

Warren McCutcheon (F)

CONTRACTED PLAYERS

NEXT GAME

NHL (Vancouver) Guenette, Bernier

AHL (Manitoba) Kelly

@ Bakersfield, Saturday January 27, 2007, 12:00 p.m. (PT), Rabobank Arena

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