2009–10 Guildford Flames season

Guildford Flames
Season 2009-10
League	EPIHL
GM/Head Coach	Paul Dixon
Home Ice Rink	Guildford Spectrum
League position	4th
Premier Cup	Champions
Play-Offs	Runners up
Average attendance	1593

During the 2009-10 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 18th year of ice hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the third season under Paul Dixon as head coach.

After a disappointing season in 2008-2009, Paul Dixon decided to shake up the Flames roster during the off-season. British netminders Joe Watkins and Alex Mettam, Canadian forward Taras Foremsky, Czech forward Martin Bouz, and British forward Ollie Bronnimann all were released. British defenceman Stephen Lee also left the Surrey-based outfit after he accepted an offer from the Nottingham Panthers, however a replacement was found in Newcastle Vipers defenceman Jez Lundin. The Flames re-signed Milos Melicherik on 1 May and gave him the added responsibility of being the new head coach of the under-18 side. Nathan Rempel and Gary Clarke both joined the club. The much anticipated final import signing of Martin Masa was confirmed in August.

The club confirmed in September that the Guildford Flames had begun the season with nearly 50 more season ticket holders than ever before - approaching 600.

Team Roster

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

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

GOALTENDERS
1   Mark Lee
30  Dean Skinns

FORWARDS
8   Rob Lamey
12  Adrian Saul
14  Stuart Potts
16  Nathan Rempel
17  Ricky Plant
18  Lubomir Hurtaj
19  Tom Duggan
21  Milos Melicherik
23  Gary Clarke
25  Vaclav Zavoral
28  Martin Masa
32  Lukas Smital

DEFENDERS
4   Neil Liddiard
6   David Savage
22  Paul Dixon
37  Ben Austin
44  Nick Cross
55  Rick Skene
82  Jez Lundin

League table

The top eight teams progress to two-leg play-off quarter-finals (1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th). Ties take place on 3 and 4 April with the higher seeded team given choice of home-leg date.

Team	Pld.	W	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Milton Keynes Lightning**	54	42	2	10	218	144	86
Slough Jets*	54	37	4	13	251	145	80
Manchester Phoenix*	54	35	2	17	259	205	72
Guildford Flames*	54	35	1	18	257	172	71
Basingstoke Bison*	54	34	3	17	240	179	71
Peterborough Phantoms*	54	26	5	23	230	214	57
Sheffield Scimitars*	54	21	5	28	193	199	47
Swindon Wildcats	54	16	7	31	163	240	39
Bracknell Bees	54	18	1	35	197	286	37
Romford Raiders	54	6	2	46	147	370	14

[*] Secured a playoff berth. [**] EPL League champions

Milton Keynes Lightning are the 2009-2010 English Premier League champions.

Premier Cup Table

Top 4 teams progress to 2-leg semi-finals (1st vs 4th, 2nd vs 3rd).

Team	Pld.	W	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Slough Jets *	18	13	2	3	86	51	28
Milton Keynes Lightning *	18	14	0	4	66	47	28
Manchester Phoenix *	18	13	0	5	80	61	26
Guildford Flames *	18	12	0	6	84	50	24
Sheffield Scimitars	18	10	2	6	72	67	22
Basingstoke Bison	18	10	1	7	89	64	21
Peterborough Phantoms	18	7	1	10	67	71	15
Bracknell Bees	18	5	0	13	72	106	10
Swindon Wildcats	18	4	2	12	49	88	10
Romford Raiders	18	2	1	15	48	108	5

[*] Secured Semi Final Berth.

Premier Cup Finals

Aggregate Scores

Semifinals			Finals


1	Slough Jets	7

4	Guildford Flames	8
			1	Milton Keynes Lightning	4

			4	Guildford Flames	10
2	Milton Keynes Lightning	11

3	Manchester Phoenix	5

Guildford Flames are the 2009-2010 English Premier Cup Champions.

Playoffs

Aggregate Scores for Quarter Finals

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


1	Milton Keynes Lightning	8

8	Swindon Wildcats	10
			4	Guildford Flames	5

			8	Swindon Wildcats	2
4	Guildford Flames	8

5	Basingstoke Bison	2
						2	Slough Jets	2

						4	Guildford Flames	1
2	Slough Jets	7

7	Sheffield Scimitars	2
			2	Slough Jets	2

			3	Manchester Phoenix	1
3	Manchester Phoenix	6

6	Peterborough Phantoms	5

Slough Jets are the EPL Playoff Winners 09/10

Results

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

September


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Man of the Match
12th	Swindon Wildcats	Away	Lost 4-3	Not Reported	Challenge	Nathan Rempel
13th	Swindon Wildcats	Home	Won 8-1	1,586	Challenge	Jez Lundin
19th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away	Lost 3-2	1,128	League/Cup	Mark Lee
20th	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Lost 3-2	1,364	League/Cup	Dean Skinns
26th	Slough Jets	Away	Won 4-3 (OT)	Not Reported	League/Cup	Dean Skinns
27th	Swindon Wildcats	Home	Won 4-2	1436	League/Cup	Tom Duggan

October


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Man of the Match
3rd	Romford Raiders	Away	Won 6-2	Not Reported	League/Cup	Tom Duggan
4th	Slough Jets	Home	Won 4-2	1,355	League/Cup	Dean Skinns
7th	Sheffield Scimitars	Away	Won 7-3	346	League/Cup	Martin Masa
10th	Romford Raiders	Home	Won 6-0	1,738	League/Cup	Mark Lee
17th	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Won 5-4	1,003	League/Cup	Dean Skinns
18th	Sheffield Scimitars	Home	Won 8-1	1,520	League/Cup	Tom Duggan
24th	Slough Jets	Away	Lost 6-2	Not Reported	League
25th	Bracknell Bees	Home	Won 4-2	1,512	League/Cup

November


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition
1st	Peterborough Phantoms	Home	Lost 5-3	1,157	League/Cup
7th	Swindon Wildcats	Away	Won 5-2	Not Reported	League/Cup
8th	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Won 3-2	1,319	League/Cup
14th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Lost 3-1	1,841	League
15th	Peterborough Phantoms	Away	Lost 3-2	451	League/Cup
21st	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away	Lost 7-1	1,165	League/Cup
22nd	Swindon Wildcats	Home	Won 9-2	1,148	League
28th	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Won 6-5 (SO)	1,026	League
29th	Slough Jets	Home	Won 4-2	1,226	League

December


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Man of the Match
6th	Sheffield Scimitars	Home	Lost 8-4	1,849	League
12th	Manchester Phoenix	Away	Lost 5-1	850	League	Lubomir Hurtaj
19th	Peterborough Phantoms	Home	Won 9-1	1,642	League
20th	Bracknell Bees	Away	Won 11-5	1,115	League
26th	Bracknell Bees	Home	Won 10-2	1,628	League
27th	Sheffield Scimitars	Away	Won 4-0	404	League	Mark Lee

January


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition
1st	Swindon Wildcats	Home	Won 3-1	1,868	League
2nd	Swindon Wildcats	Away	Won 5-2	820	League
3rd	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Won 4-1	1,438	League
9th	Romford Raiders	Home	Won 6-2	1,416	League
16th	Manchester Phoenix	Home	Won 9-2	1,573	League/Cup
17th	Manchester Phoenix	Away	Won 8-7 (SO)	1,473	League
23rd	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Lost 4-3	1,187	League
24th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Lost 4-2	1,577	League
30th	Manchester Phoenix	Home	Won 6-3	2,123	League
31st	Romford Raiders	Away	Won 10-1	Not Reported	League

10th @ Bracknell was postponed to 18 February due to adverse weather conditions.

February


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition
6th	Manchester Phoenix	Home	Lost 4-1	1,487	League
7th	Peterborough Phantoms	Away	Won 7-6 (OT)	Not Reported	League
13th	Romford Raiders	Home	Won 7-1	1,913	League
14th	Manchester Phoenix	Away	Won 6-2	1,192	League
18th	Bracknell Bees	Away	Won 4-3 (OT)	Not Reported	League
20th	Sheffield Scimitars	Away	Won 7-6 (SO)	353	League
21st	Slough Jets	Home	Lost 4-1	1,568	League
25th	Slough Jets	Home	Won 4-2	1,348	Cup Semi-final (1st leg)
27th	Slough Jets	Away	Lost 4-1	Not Reported	League
28th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Won 4-2	1,638	League

March


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Man of the Match
4th	Slough Jets	Away	Lost 5-3	482	Cup Semi-final (2nd leg)
6th	Peterborough Phantoms	Away	Lost 5-2	467	League	Tom Duggan
7th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Lost 3-2	926	League	Tom Duggan
13th	Swindon Wildcats	Away	Lost 3-2	960	League	Martin Masa
14th	Sheffield Scimitars	Home	Lost 4-3 (OT)	1,929	League
17th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Won 6-1	1,576	Cup Final (1st leg)
20th	Bracknell Bees	Home	Won 7-1	1,728	League
21st	Bracknell Bees	Away	Won 8-6	Not Reported	League
24th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away	Won 4-3	1,067	Cup Final (2nd leg)	Gary Clarke
27th	Peterborough Phantoms	Home	Lost 4-3	1,748	League	Milos Melicherik
28th	Romford Raiders	Away	Won 9-4	Not Reported	League	Jez Lundin

April


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Man of the Match
3rd	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Won 6-0	1,428	Play-off Quarter-final (1st Leg)	Martin Masa
4th	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Drawn 2-2	2,136	Play-off Quarter-final (2nd Leg)	Mark Lee
10th	Swindon Wildcats	SkyDome Arena	Won 5-2	2,200 (Est.)	Play-off Semi-final	Gary Clarke
11th	Slough Jets	SkyDome Arena	Lost 2-1	2,200 (Est.)	Play-off Final	Neil Liddiard

Points for the 2009/10 season

Final Points Standings

Name	Pld.	Goals	Assists	Points	Pims	PP	SH	GW	OT	EN
Martin Masa	59	46	38	84	104	9	4	5	1	0
Lukas Smital	58	30	48	74	50	4	3	3	0	0
Nathan Rempel	55	40	28	68	46	4	4	7	1	0
Rob Lamey	62	21	46	67	44	3	0	4	0	0
Milos Melicherik	35	20	37	57	22	5	0	3	1	0
Rick Plant	57	25	29	54	24	2	1	1	0	1
Jez Lundin	62	11	38	49	134	4	1	0	0	0
Stuart Potts	62	13	33	46	16	1	0	4	0	0
Gary Clarke	52	28	16	44	98	3	1	4	0	0
Tom Duggan	58	12	26	38	68	1	0	2	0	1
Paul Dixon	59	6	32	38	44	3	0	1	0	0
Neil Liddiard	62	4	25	29	118	0	0	0	0	0
Lubomir Hurtaj	15	13	15	28	16	0	0	1	0	0
Adrian Saul	15	7	16	23	4	2	2	1	0	0
David Savage	47	8	7	15	10	2	0	1	0	0
Ben Austin	61	0	4	4	16	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Skene	44	0	3	3	68	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Melachrino	15	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Skinns	42	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Passmore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Cole	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Cross	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Greenfield	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vaclav Zavoral	6	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Lee	29	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltender Stats 2009/10

Final Standings

Name	Mins Pld.	GA	GAA	Shots	Saves	Save %	SO	Record (W-L-OTL-T)
Mark Lee	1558:05	58	2.223	770	712	92.46	3	(18-6-1-1)
Dean Skinns	2175:15	129	3.549	1138	1009	88.66	0	(21-13-0-0)
Patrick Russell	8:38	0	0.000	4	4	100	0	(0-0-0-0)
Christian Cole	2:40	0	0.000	1	1	100	0	(0-0-0-0)
Matthew Passmore	0:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	(-)
Empty Net	7:41	1	7.83	1	-	-	-	-

Penalty Shots 09/10

Final Standings

Skaters

Name	Shots	Goals	Pct. %
Martin Masa	4	2	50
Nathan Rempel	2	1	50
Tom Duggan	1	1	100
Lukas Smital	1	0	0
Gary Clarke	1	0	0
Adrian Saul	1	1	100

Goaltenders

Name	Shots	Saves	Pct. %
Mark Lee	5	4	80
Dean Skinns	7	6	85.7

End of Season Awards

The traditional End of Season Awards dinner was held on Monday 29 March 2010. The following awards were given out:

Most Sportsman like - #19 Tom Duggan/#37 Ben Austin

British Player of the year - #82 Jez Lundin

Players Player of the year - #28 Martin Masa

Top Point Scorer - #28 Martin Masa

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

Supporters British Player of the year - #19 Tom Duggan

Supporters Player of the year - #28 Martin Masa

External links

Guildford Flames

Founded in 1992 Based in Guildford, Surrey, England

Franchise	Team Head coaches Players Captains Seasons Current season

History	History Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners John Hepburn General manager Rob Hepburn Head coach Paul Dixon Team captain - Current roster

Arenas	Guildford Spectrum

Head coaches	Stan Marple Paul Dixon

Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Ice hockey in the United Kingdom

Elite League	Belfast Giants Braehead Clan Cardiff Devils Coventry Blaze Dundee Stars Edinburgh Capitals Fife Flyers Manchester Storm Nottingham Panthers Sheffield Steelers

English Premier League	Basingstoke Bison Bracknell Bees Guildford Flames Hull Pirates Manchester Phoenix Milton Keynes Lightning Peterborough Phantoms Sheffield Steeldogs Swindon Wildcats Telford Tigers

National League	Altrincham Aces Basingstoke Buffalo Billingham Stars Blackburn Hawks Bracknell Hornets Bradford Bulldogs Bristol Pitbulls Cardiff Devils 1 Cardiff Devils 2 Chelmsford Chieftains Chelmsford Warriors Coventry Blaze Deeside Dragons Fylde Flyers Grimsby Red Wings Haringey Greyhounds Invicta Dynamos Invicta Mustangs Kingston Jets Lancashire Raptors Lee Valley Lions London Raiders Milton Keynes Thunder Nottingham Lions Oxford City Stars Peterborough Islanders Romford Fury Sheffield Spartans Slough Harrier Hawks Solent Devils Solihull Barons Solway Sharks Streatham Redskins Streatham Bruins Swindon Wildcats Sutton Sting Whitley Warriors Wightlink Buccaneers

Scottish National League	Aberdeen Lynx Dundee Comets Dundee Tigers Edinburgh Capitals (SNL) Kilmarnock Storm Kirkcaldy Kestrels North Ayr Wild Paisley Pirates Solway Sharks

British University Teams	Anglia Ruskin Rangers Birmingham Eagles Bradford Sabres Bristol Lions Cambridge Blues Cardiff Redhawks Durham Knights Edinburgh Eagles Huddersfield Ice Hawks Hull Ice Hogs Imperial College Devils Kent Knights Universities Of London Dragons Manchester Metros Newcastle Wildcats Northumbria Flames Nottingham Mavericks Oxford University Ice Hockey Club Sheffield Bears Southampton Spitfires St Andrews Typhoons Surrey Sharks UCL Yetis UEA Avalanche Warwick Panthers

Womens Premier League	Bracknell Queen Bees Guildford Lightning Kingston Diamonds A Milton Keynes Falcons Sheffield Shadows A Slough Phantoms Solihull Vixens Streatham Storm A Swindon TopCats A

Womens Ice Hockey League Division One	Basingstoke Bison Ladies Billingham Wildcats Blackburn Thunder Bracknell Fire Bees Cardiff Comets Chelmsford Cobras Coventry Phoenix Ivicta Dynamics Kingston Diamonds B Nottingham Vipers Oxford Stars Peterborough Penguins Sheffield Shadows B Solent and Gosport Amazons Streatham Storm B Telford Wrekin Raiders Whitley Squaws

Governing bodies	English Ice Hockey Association Ice Hockey UK Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Association Scottish Ice Hockey

Competitions	League Championship Playoff Championship Challenge Cup Knockout Cup Northern League Varsity Match

Player awards	Alan Weeks Trophy Best British Forward British Netminder of the Year Coach of the Year Trophy Ice Hockey Annual Trophy Player of the Year Trophy Vic Batchelder Memorial Award

Defunct leagues and competitions	British Ice Hockey Association Ahearne Cup Autumn Cup British Hockey League British National League (1954–1960) British National League (1996–2005) English League English League North English National League Ice Hockey Superleague Inter-City League Northern League Scottish National League Scottish Premier Hockey League Southern League

Defunct teams	Ayr Bruins Ayr Scottish Eagles Brighton Tigers Castlereagh Knights Dundee Rockets Durham Wasps Earls Court Rangers Harringay Greyhounds Harringay Racers Hull Stingrays Hull Thunder Humberside Seahawks London Canadians London Lions London Knights London Racers Medway Bears Milton Keynes Kings Murrayfield Racers Newcastle Jesters Newcastle Vipers Niagara Ice Hockey Club Oxford Blades Peterborough Pirates Princes Ice Hockey Club Richmond Flyers Sheffield Lancers Sheffield Scimitars Southampton Vikings Sunderland Chiefs Swindon TopCats B TDC Northern Stars Telford Tigers ENL Telford Titans Wembley Lions Wembley Monarchs Wightlink Raiders Wightlink Tigers

Miscellaneous	Great Britain men's national ice hockey team Great Britain women's national ice hockey team British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame Ice Hockey Journalists UK IHSAUK

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