1996–97 Guildford Flames season

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Season 1996–97
League British National League
Coach Wayne Crawford
Home Ice Rink Guildford Spectrum
League position 4th out of 8 in the British National League
Benson & Hedges Cup 3rd in Group D
Playoff Record 4th out of 5

The 1996–97 season, was the Guildford Flames' fifth year of ice hockey. Despite the fact the Guildford Flames advised with the setting up of the new top league in British Ice Hockey - the Ice Hockey Superleague, they opted to become members of the lower British National League.[1] The unsettled Flames suffered from the loss of both their general manager and managing director and the five-year-old club, under coach Wayne Crawford, struggled through the campaign with a turnover of 41 players.

The Guildford Flames game against the Solihull Blaze on Saturday 8 March 1997 was abandoned at 14.25 when the plexi-glass broke irreparably when Mark Finney of the Flames and Blaze defenceman Steve Carpenter collided in the corner in an off-the-puck incident. Play was stopped and rink staff were called to the scene. Unfortunately, after over an hour of repair work, the engineers and the match referee - Jamie Craiper, concluded that the boards were not in a fit state for the game to be resumed safely, and the match was abandoned. Guildford who were leading 3-0 at the time were rewarded the 3-0 victory. Solihull went bust just two days later with debts in excess of a quarter-of-a-million pounds.

The Guildford Flames had their own hour long radio show on County Sound Radio 1476am, every Saturday throughout the season, running from 12-1pm. It was hosted by Peter Gordon and Ryan Campbell.

Player statistics[]

Player GP G A PTS PIMS
Derek DeCosty 65 51 45 96 65
Wayne Crawford 68 40 56 96 93
Rylan Ferster 72 43 48 91 74
Ryan Campbell 53 32 43 75 42
Fred Perlini 39 41 24 65 20
Damian Smith 49 24 38 62 56
Mark Finney 69 30 21 51 96
Terry Kurtenbach 69 17 34 51 38
Paul Thompson 68 19 28 47 109
Mike Bettons 47 12 21 33 40
Elliott Andrews 63 13 18 31 47
Mike Mowbray 49 10 19 29 93
Darrin Zinger 64 10 17 27 40
Nick Cross 71 10 15 25 110
Paul McCallion 18 7 13 20 8
Mike Sanderson 16 9 9 18 4
Todd Bidner 13 6 9 15 26
Simo Liuka 19 6 8 14 0
Mark Hazlehurst 38 5 7 12 104
Lee Saunders 16 4 5 9 24
Barry Aisbitt 47 3 6 9 8
Keith Eely 20 1 2 3 24
Rob Lamey 23 1 2 3 0
Dan Sweeney 2 0 3 3 2
Wayne Trunchion 21 2 0 2 4
Drew Chapman 3 1 1 2 4
Chris Ryan 1 0 1 1 0
Tom Joki 3 0 0 0 2
Nick Rothwell 2 0 0 0 2
Daniel Packham 3 0 0 0 0
Rick Lamey 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Davis 1 0 0 0 0
Mark Barrow 1 0 0 0 0
Sam Mager 2 0 0 0 0
Andy Burton 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Alexander 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Johnston 1 0 0 0 0

Netminders[]

Netminder Iced Mins SOG GA SV % SO GAA
John Wolfe 29 1630 909 121 86.69 1 4.45
Petri Engman 20 1130 527 71 86.53 1 3.77
Brad Kirkwood 30 1624 890 120 86.53 1 4.43

Schedule And Results[]

Pre-Season[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
Saturday 24 August 1996 Telford Tigers Away Lost 9-4 - -
Sunday 25 August 1996 Telford Tigers Home Won 8-5 - -

Benson & Hedges Cup[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Saturday 31 August 1996 Medway Bears Away Won 11-2 - Group D -
Sunday 1 September 1996 Basingstoke Bison Home Lost 13-2 - Group D -
Saturday 7 September 1996 Basingstoke Bison Away Lost 7-1 - Group D -
Sunday 8 September 1996 Bracknell Bees Away Lost 4-1 - Group D -
Saturday 14 September 1996 Bracknell Bees Home Lost 2-1 - Group D -
Sunday 15 September 1996 Medway Bears Home Won 9-3 - Group D -

Regular season[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Saturday 21 September 1996 Solihull Blaze Away Won 5-4 - British National League -
Sunday 22 September 1996 Kingston Hawks Away Won 7-0 - British National League -
Saturday 28 September 1996 Telford Tigers Away Lost 5-3 - British National League -
Sunday 29 September 1996 Medway Bears Home Won 9-4 - British National League -
Saturday 5 October 1996 Medway Bears Away Won 6-4 - British National League -
Sunday 6 October 1996 Slough Jets Home Lost 7-3 - British National League -
Saturday 12 October 1996 Telford Tigers Away Won 7-6 (PSO) - British National League -
Sunday 13 October 1996 Telford Tigers Home Lost 5-4 (PSO) - British National League -
Saturday 19 October 1996 Slough Jets Away Lost 6-0 - British National League -
Sunday 20 October 1996 Telford Tigers Home Won 8-3 - British National League -
Wednesday 23 October 1996 Peterborough Pirates Home Won 10-0 - British National League -
Saturday 26 October 1996 Slough Jets Away Lost 6-3 - British National League -
Sunday 27 October 1996 Medway Bears Away Lost 8-3 - British National League -
Saturday 2 November 1996 Swindon IceLords Away Lost 7-1 - British National League -
Sunday 3 November 1996 Kingston Hawks Home Lost 7-5 - British National League -
Sunday 10 November 1996 Swindon IceLords Home Lost 8-2 - British National League -
Saturday 16 November 1996 Kingston Hawks Away Lost 6-3 - British National League -
Wednesday 20 November 1996 Medway Bears Home Won 7-3 - British National League -
Sunday 24 November 1996 Peterborough Pirates Away Won 6-3 - British National League -
Saturday 30 November 1996 Swindon IceLords Away Lost 4-3 - British National League -
Sunday 1 December 1996 Solihull Blaze Home Lost 7-5 - British National League -
Saturday 7 December 1996 Telford Tigers Away Won 6-2 - British National League -
Sunday 8 December 1996 Kingston Hawks Away Won 3-1 - British National League -
Wednesday 11 December 1996 Peterborough Pirates Home Won 12-3 - British National League -
Saturday 14 December 1996 Slough Jets Away Lost 3-2 - British National League Terry Kurtenbach, Darrin Zinger
Sunday 15 December 1996 Swindon IceLords Home Lost 4-1 - British National League Elliot Andrews
Saturday 21 December 1996 Kingston Hawks Home Won 7-3 - British National League -
Sunday 22 December 1996 Medway Bears Away Won 4-2 - British National League -
Thursday 26 December 1996 Medway Bears Home Won 9-3 - British National League Rylan Ferster (4), Paul McCallion, Terry Kurtenbach, Mike Mowbray, Nick Cross, Mark Finney
Sunday 29 December 1996 Slough Jets Home Won 7-4 - British National League Derek DeCosty (3), Lee Saunders (3), Paul McCallion
Wednesday 1 January 1997 Kingston Hawks Home Won 7-3 - British National League -
Saturday 4 January 1997 Slough Jets Away Won 4-3 - British National League -
Sunday 5 January 1997 Telford Tigers Home Won 8-5 - British National League -
Saturday 11 January 1997 Solihull Blaze Away Won 8-7 (OT) - British National League Derek DeCosty (3), Wayne Crawford, Mike Bettens, Nick Cross, Paul Thompson, Mark Finney
Sunday 12 January 1997 Telford Tigers Home Won 7-2 - British National League Derek DeCosty (2), Wayne Crawford (2), Mike Bettens, Nick Cross, Rylan Ferster
Thursday 16 January 1997 Swindon IceLords Away Lost 5-4 (OT) - British National League Mark Finney, Rylan Ferster, Mark Hazlehurst, Derek DeCosty
Saturday 18 January 1997 Kingston Hawks Home Lost 4-2 - British National League Nick Cross, Damian Smith
Sunday 19 January 1997 Solihull Blaze Home Lost 5-2 - British National League Terry Kurtenbach, Damian Smith
Saturday 25 January 1997 Swindon IceLords Away Lost 5-1 - British National League Mike Mowbray
Sunday 26 January 1997 Solihull Blaze Away Lost 9-2 - British National League Derek DeCosty, Darrin Zinger
Wednesday 29 January 1997 Peterborough Pirates Home Won 20-1 - British National League -
Saturday 1 February 1997 Medway Bears Home Won 12-2 - British National League -
Sunday 2 February 1997 Medway Bears Away Won 6-4 - British National League -
Wednesday 5 February 1997 Slough Jets Home Won 5-3 - British National League -
Saturday 8 February 1997 Telford Tigers Away Won 6-4 - British National League -
Sunday 9 February 1997 Swindon IceLords Home Won 4-3 - British National League -
Thursday 13 February 1997 Solihull Blaze Home Won 5-2 - British National League Simo Liukka (2), Mark Finney, Fred Perlini, Terry Kurtenbach
Sunday 16 February 1997 Slough Jets Home Won 5-0 - British National League Mike Mowbray (3), Damian Smith, Derek DeCosty
Tuesday 18 February 1997 Peterborough Pirates Home Won 9-2 - British National League -
Saturday 22 February 1997 Peterborough Pirates Away Won 6-3 - British National League Mark Finney (2), Derek DeCosty (2), Mark Hazlehurst, Nick Cross
Sunday 23 February 1997 Swindon IceLords Home Lost 4-2 - British National League Simo Liukka, Damian Smith
Thursday 27 February 1997 Peterborough Pirates Away Won 14-2 - British National League -
Saturday 1 March 1997 Kingston Hawks Away Won 5-2 - British National League -
Sunday 2 March 1997 Solihull Blaze Away Lost 8-4 - British National League -
Saturday 8 March 1997 Solihull Blaze Home Won 3-0 (abandoned) - British National League Ryan Campbell, Fred Perlini, Simo Liukka
Sunday 9 March 1997 Peterborough Pirates Away Won 9-2 - British National League Wayne Crawford (3), Mark Finney (2), Darrin Zinger, Fred Perlini, Elliot Andrews, Simo Liukka

Postseason[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Wednesday 12 March 1997 Telford Tigers Home Won 4-2 - Group Stage -
Saturday 15 March 1997 Kingston Hawks Home Lost 4-3 - Group Stage -
Sunday 16 March 1997 Telford Tigers Away Won 8-7 (PSO) - Group Stage -
Wednesday 19 March 1997 Kingston Hawks Away Lost 6-4 - Group Stage Rylan Ferster (2), Mike Mowbray, Derek DeCosty
N/A Slough Jets Away Lost 6-1 - Group Stage -
Thursday 20 March 1997 Swindon IceLords Away Lost 4-1 - Group Stage Darrin Zinger
Sunday 23 March 1997 Swindon IceLords Home Lost 8-7 (PSO) - Group Stage -
Tuesday 25 March 1997 Slough Jets Home Won 9-2 - Group Stage -
Wednesday 26 March 1997 Kingston Hawks Away Won 9-3 - Third Place Play-Off, First Leg -
Thursday 27 March 1997 Kingston Hawks Home Lost 6-4 (Guildford won 13-9 on agg) - Third Place Play-Off, Second Leg -

Other Guildford Ice Hockey Teams - 1996/1997 Season[]

Age Team Name Played Won Loss Drawn GF GA Points
U-10s Guildford Firestreaks 22 8 10 4 113 92 20
U-12s Guildford Fireflies 16 12 3 1 74 29 25
U-14s Guildford Firestorm 14 12 2 0 153 24 24
U-16s Guildford Firestars 16 13 1 2 127 50 28
U-19s Guildford Phoenix 24 13 11 0 134 119 26
Women Guildford Lightning 14 5 7 2 26 36 12

References[]

  • Roberts, Stewart (1997). The Ice Hockey Annual 1997-98. East Sussex: Caldra House Ltd. ISBN 0-9515086-8-7.
  1. ^ "1996-1997". GuildfordFlames.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

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