Guildford Flames Season 2007-08

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Guildford Flames
Season 2007-08
League EPIHL
GM/Head Coach Paul Dixon
Home Ice Rink Guildford Spectrum
League position 1st (Champions)
Premier Cup Group Stage
Knockout Cup Semi-Finalists
Play-Offs Semi-Finalists

During the 2007-08 season, Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 16th year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the first season Paul Dixon was head coach. They were crowned EPL League champions on the 9th March 2008 following a 6-1 road victory over Telford Tigers. The average home attendance for the season was 1,474.

Contents

[edit] League Table

Final Standings

Team Pld. W OTL/SOL L GF GA Pts.
Guildford Flames ** 40 30 5 5 208 122 65
Slough Jets * 40 28 3 9 195 105 59
Bracknell Bees * 40 24 5 11 154 119 53
Peterbrough Phantoms * 40 25 3 12 177 152 53
Sheffield Scimitars * 40 24 2 14 160 129 50
Milton Keynes Lightning * 40 22 2 16 160 121 46
Swindon Wildcats * 40 17 3 20 133 161 37
Romford Raiders * 40 17 3 20 137 176 37
Chelmsford Chieftains 40 13 3 24 151 189 29
Telford Tigers 40 12 0 28 135 231 24
Wightlink Raiders 40 8 0 32 129 235 16

[*] Secured Play-off Berth. [**] EPL League Champions

[edit] Premier Cup Table

[edit] Group A

Team Pld. W OTL/SOL L GF GA Pts.
Milton Keynes Lightning * 8 6 0 2 38 18 12
Guildford Flames 8 4 0 4 24 26 8
Chelmsford Chieftains 8 2 0 6 17 35 4

[*]Advance To Elimination Stage

[edit] Knockout Cup Table

Final Group Standings

Team Pld. W OTL/SOL L GF GA Pts.
Guildford Flames * 4 4 0 0 15 6 8
Peterborough Phantoms ** 4 4 0 0 20 12 8
Sheffield Scimitars ** 4 3 0 1 20 7 6
Milton Keynes Lightning * 4 3 0 1 22 9 6
Slough Jets 4 3 0 1 19 9 6
Bracknell Bees 4 2 1 1 14 13 5
Swindon Wildcats 4 2 0 2 9 10 4
Romford Raiders 4 1 0 3 10 17 2
Wightlink Raiders 4 0 1 0 10 22 1
Chelmsford Chieftains 4 0 0 4 9 23 0
Telford Tigers 4 0 0 0 7 27 0

[*] Guildford Advance to Play Milton Keynes in a two legged Semi-final. [**] Sheffield and Peterborough advance to play each other in a two legged semi-final. Peterborough beat Milton Keynes in 2 legged final.

[edit] Playoff Group Table

[edit] Group A

As of 06/04/08

Team Pld. W OTL/SOL L GF GA Pts.
Sheffield Scimitars * 6 5 0 1 29 13 10
Guildford Flames * 6 5 0 1 32 18 10
Peterbrough Phantoms 6 1 0 5 19 27 2
Romford Raiders 6 1 0 12 34 32 2

[*]Advance To Elimination Stage

12th April Playoff Semi-finals: Guildford Flames v Slough Jets and Sheffield Scimitars v Bracknell Bees

13th April Playoff Final:

[edit] Results

[edit] September

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
8th Romford Raiders Home Won 9-2 1,319 League
9th Chelmsford Chieftains Away Lost 1-2 465 Premier Cup
15th Milton Keynes Lightning Away Lost 2-4 914 Premier Cup
22nd Slough Jets Away Won 8-7 (SO) 554 League
23rd Wightlink Raiders Home Won 9-3 1,211 League
29th Telford Tigers Away Lost 3-4 (OT) 280 League
30th Swindon Wildcats Home Won 2-1 1,248 League

[edit] October

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
6th Milton Keynes Lightning Away Lost 0-7 960 Premier Cup
7th Sheffield Scimitars Home Lost 3-5 1,168 League
13th Chelmsford Chieftains Home Won 5-0 1,576 Premier Cup
14th Bracknell Bees Away Lost 5-6 (OT) 1,400 League
20th Wightlink Raiders Away Won 5-4 375 League
21st Telford Tigers Home Won 7-3 1,217 League
28th Chelmsford Chieftains Away Won 3-2 474 Premier Cup

[edit] November

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
3rd Sheffield Scimitars Away Lost 2-3 (SO) 425 League
4th Milton Keynes Lightning Home Lost 2-5 1,268 Premier Cup
10th Bracknell Bees Home Lost 2-3 (SO) 1,748 League
11th Peterborough Phantoms Away Lost 1-2 Unknown League
17th Milton Keynes Lightning Away Won 4-2 1,075 League
18th Wightlink Raiders Home Won 14-4 1,636 League
24th Chelmsford Chieftains Home Won 7-3 1,238 Premier Cup
25th Romford Raiders Away Won 5-2 Unknown League

[edit] December

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
1st Peterborough Phantoms Home Won 6-1 1,421 League
2nd Peterborough Phantoms Away Won 3-2 (SO) 443 League
8th Swindon Wildcats Away Won 3-2 790 Knockout Cup
9th Chelmsford Chieftains Away Won 5-3 423 League
15th Sheffield Scimitars Away Won 5-3 351 League
16th Swindon Wildcats Home Won 3-1 1,244 Knockout Cup
22nd Romford Raiders Home Won 5-2 1,551 Knockout Cup
23rd Romford Raiders Away Lost 2-6 Unknown League
26th Milton Keynes Lightning Home Won 4-3 1,228 Premier Cup
29th Chelmsford Chieftains Home Won 5-0 1,117 League
30th Slough Jets Home Won 4-3 1,921 League

[edit] January

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
1st Bracknell Bees Home Won 4-0 1,467 League
5th Telford Tigers Home Won 5-4 1,634 League
6th Swindon Wildcats Away Won 4-3 (SO) 670 League
12th Slough Jets Away Lost 5-7 702 League
13th Milton Keynes Lightning Home Lost 5-6 (SO) 1,443 League
19th Wightlink Raiders Away Won 10-4 506 League
20th Bracknell Bees Away Lost 1-4 1,110 League
26th Chelmsford Chieftains Home Won 10-5 1,619 League

[edit] February

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
2nd Telford Tigers Away Won 4-1 Unknown Knockout Cup
3rd Swindon Wildcats Home Won 6-2 1,246 League
10th Sheffield Scimitars Home Won 5-1 1,386 League
16th Milton Keynes Lightning Away Won 5-1 Unknown League
17th Slough Jets Home Won 6-2 1,813 League
23rd Peterborough Phantoms Home Won 4-2 1,536 League
24th Chelmsford Chieftains Away Won 4-3 435 League
27th Milton Keynes Lightning Home Lost 3-6 1,034 Knockout Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg

[edit] March

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
6th Milton Keynes Lightning Away Lost 3-5 (Lightning win 11-6 on aggregate) 537 Knockout Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg
8th Romford Raiders Home Won 7-3 1,769 League
9th Telford Tigers Away Won 6-1 325 League
15th Swindon Wildcats Away Won 7-2 1,201 League
16th Milton Keynes Lightning Home Won 5-3 1,771 League
22nd Peterborough Phantoms Home Won 8-3 1,558 League Playoffs
23rd Sheffield Scimitars Away Lost 3-5 428 League Playoffs
29rd Romford Raiders Home Won 3-0 1,812 League Playoffs

30th @ Romford was postponed until 3rd April due to mechanical failure.

[edit] April

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
3rd Romford Raiders Away Won 8-3 Unknown League Playoffs
5th Peterborough Phantoms Away Won 6-4 Unknown League Playoffs
6th Sheffield Scimitars Home Won 4-3 2,022 League Playoffs
12th Slough Jets Coventry Skydome Lost 3-4 - League Playoff Semi-final

[edit] Points for the 2007/08 season

Final Stats in all competitions including playoffs.

Name Pld. Goals Assists Points Pims PP SH GW
Milos Melicherik Slovakian 59 29 61 90 92 5 1 3
Lukas Smital Czech 54 36 48 84 102 6 5 6
Stuart Potts British 61 18 59 77 32 4 0 3
Taras Formesky Canadian 40 27 39 66 51 5 0 3
Rick Plant British 61 22 42 64 76 5 2 5
Ollie Bronnimann British 61 30 27 57 34 3 0 6
Jozef Kohut Slovakian 30 27 26 53 77 8 2 7
Vaclav Zavoral Czech 46 25 22 47 221 1 0 1
Paul Dixon British 54 9 38 47 48 7 0 1
Rob Lamey British 61 19 25 44 70 5 2 4
David Savage British 53 21 22 43 56 8 0 1
Neil Liddiard British 50 5 21 26 72 0 0 0
Terry Miles British 46 6 18 24 42 0 0 0
Dominic Hopkins British 54 3 9 12 48 0 0 0
Nick Cross British 32 3 6 9 54 2 1 0
Ben Duggan British 60 2 5 7 6 0 0 0
Ben Austin British 61 0 5 5 55 0 0 0
Rick Skene British 52 3 1 4 62 0 0 0
Joe Watkins British 53 0 2 2 69 0 0 0
Ben Johnson British 60 0 2 2 6 0 0 0
Alex Mettam British 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Gavin Jackson British 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Penalty Shots 07/08

Name Shots Goals Misses Pct. %
Lukas Smital Czech 6 2 4 33
Stuart Potts British 3 1 2 33
Vaclav Zavoral Czech 5 2 3 40
Taras Foremsky Canadian 3 1 2 33

[edit] Goaltender Stats 2007/08

Final stats in all competitions including Play-offs.

Name Mins Pld. GA GAA Shots Saves Save % SO Record (W-L-OT)
Joe Watkins British 3024:06 145 2.876 1727 1582 0.916 3* 37-11-4
Alex Mettam British 667:46 39 3.508 335 296 0.884 0* 6-3-0
Gavin Jackson British 0:00 - - - - - - -
  • Note: Joe Watkins (21 Saves) and Alex Mettam (16 Saves) combined for a shutout in the 5-0 Win over the Chelmsford Cheftians on 29/12/07 and so does not count as a shut out in either Goaltenders official stats.

[edit] End of Season Awards

The traditional End of Season Awards dinner was held on Monday 17th March 2008. The following awards were given out:

Most Sportsman like - #37 Ben Austin

British Player of the year - #30 Joe Watkins

Players Player of the year - #14 Stuart Potts

Top Point Scorer - #21 Milos Melicherik

The GIHSC (Guildford Ice Hockey Supporters Club) Voted the following:

Supporters British Player of the year - #14 Stuart Potts

Supporters Player of the year - #77 Taras Foremsky

[edit] Team Roster 2007/08 (As of 09/11/07)

MANAGEMENT
CEO Canadian Rob Hepburn
Commercial Manager Canadian Kirk Humphreys
Financial Controller Canadian Thomas Hepburn

COACHING STAFF
 Head Coach British Paul Dixon
 Assistant Coach Slovakian Milos Melicherik
 Assistant/Equipment Manager British Dave Wiggins

GOALTENDERS
1  British Gavin Jackson
30 British Joe Watkins
31 British Alex Mettam 
FORWARDS
8  British Rob Lamey
14 British Stuart Potts
17 British Rick Plant - Captain
18 British Ben Duggan
19 British Terry Miles
21 Slovakian Milos Melicherik - Alternate Captain
25 Czech Vinnie Zavoral
32 Czech Lukas Smital
38 Slovakian Jozef Kohut
77 Canadian Taras Foremsky
91 British Ollie Bronnimann
DEFENDERS
4  British Neil Liddiard - Alternate Captain
6  British David Savage
7  British Ben Jonhson
22 British Paul Dixon
28 British Dominic Hopkins
37 British Ben Austin
55 British Rick Skene
UTILITY
44 British Nick Cross


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