1999–2000 Guildford Flames season

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Guildford Flames
Season 1999–00
League British National League
Coach Stan Marple
Home Ice Rink Guildford Spectrum
League position 2nd (out of 10)
Benson & Hedges Cup First Round - 3rd in Group C
NTL Christmas Cup Semi-Final
Playoff Record Quarter-Final

The 1999–2000 season, was the Guildford Flames' eighth year of ice hockey. The Guildford Flames competed in the British National League.[1]

The season saw the Flames get their first-ever taste of foreign opposition, with the visit of Manitoba Bison to the Guildford Spectrum on Wednesday 15 December 1999, one of four matches on their UK tour.[2]

Player statistics[]

Player GP G A PTS PIMS
Karry Biette 55 37 52 89 107
Barcley Pearce 54 33 45 78 100
Pete Kasowski 54 35 34 69 52
Derek DeCosty 55 35 33 68 44
Ryan Campbell 55 28 33 61 58
Chris Crombie 54 30 22 52 129
Rick Plant 56 19 26 45 50
Paul Dixon 50 7 32 39 30
Rob Lamey 52 11 17 28 22
Tom Brown 48 7 11 18 44
James Manson 56 3 15 18 76
Ian Cooper 13 2 12 14 20
Gary Clarke 20 4 4 8 6
Russ Plant 43 3 4 7 4
Simon Howard 56 2 5 7 64
Andy Einhorn 24 0 5 5 85
Lee Cowmeadow 17 1 3 4 4
Dominic Hopkins 34 0 3 3 4
Jason Moses 24 2 1 3 2
Mark McCoy 6 0 2 2 2
Stan Marple 9 2 0 2 14
Patrick Flanagan 16 1 1 2 4
Johnny Hepburn 8 1 0 1 0
Anthony Page 1 0 0 0 0
Scott Stephenson 1 0 0 0 0
Tyrone Miller 11 0 0 0 2
Michael Plenty 1 0 0 0 0
Tom Boney 1 0 0 0 0
Simon Griffiths 2 0 0 0 0
David Alexander 1 0 0 0 0
Ben Hammond 1 0 0 0 0
Michael Simmons 1 0 0 0 0
James Clarke 2 0 0 0 0
Adam Franks 4 0 0 0 0
Rory Alexander 1 0 0 0 0
Matt Thornhill 1 0 0 0 0

Netminders[]

Netminder Iced Mins SOG GA SV % GAA
Jamey Organ 54 3050 1464 153 89.55 3.01
Jamie Thompson 8 309 147 23 84.35 4.47
Grant King 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simon Lavis 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vicki Robins 0 0 0 0 0 0

Schedule And Results[]

Benson & Hedges Cup[]

The big surprise of the 1999 Benson & Hedges Cup was the failure of the defending Plate holders, Guildford Flames, to get past the first round of the Cup. Unfortunately for Stan Marple's team, they were drawn into the difficult Group C which produced the eventual Plate finalists, Basingstoke Bison and Slough Jets. That said, Flames were the only BNL team to beat the Bison, 5-1, on the first weekend of the season, a contest best remembered for Bison turning up without their strip and a mass brawl in the final minute.

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Saturday 4 September 1999 Slough Jets Away Tied 1-1 - Benson & Hedges Cup - Group C Chris Crombie
Sunday 5 September 1999 Basingstoke Bison Home Won 5-1 - Benson & Hedges Cup - Group C Ryan Campbell (2), Chris Crombie, Karry Biette, Simon Howard
Saturday 11 September 1999 Solihull Blaze Home Won 9-2 - Benson & Hedges Cup - Group C -
Sunday 12 September 1999 Solihull Blaze Away Lost 9-5 - Benson & Hedges Cup - Group C -
Saturday 18 September 1999 Basingstoke Bison Away Lost 3-0 - Benson & Hedges Cup - Group C -
Sunday 19 September 1999 Slough Jets Home Tied 1-1 - Benson & Hedges Cup - Group C Rick Plant

British National League[]

British National League Final Standings

Team Pld. W OTW L OTL GF GA Pts %
Fife Flyers 36 28 1 7 0 176 89 58 80.5
Guildford Flames 36 26 1 7 2 184 98 56 77.8
Basingstoke Bison 36 23 2 11 0 138 85 50 69.4
Hull Thunder 36 20 3 12 1 149 132 47 65.3
Peterborough Pirates 36 22 1 13 0 171 128 46 63.9
Slough Jets 36 19 0 14 3 109 100 41 56.9
Solihull Blaze 36 13 1 20 2 161 172 30 41.7
Edinburgh Capitals 36 9 1 25 1 118 192 21 29.2
Milton Keynes Kings 36 4 1 28 3 114 202 13 18.1
Paisley Pirates 36 4 1 30 1 103 226 11 15.3
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Saturday 25 September 1999 Peterborough Pirates Home Won 6-0 - British National League -
Sunday 26 September 1999 Basingstoke Bison Home Won 3-2 - British National League -
Friday 1 October 1999 Peterborough Pirates Away Won 3-1 - British National League Karry Biette, Gary Clarke, Derek DeCosty
Sunday 3 October 1999 Solihull Blaze Home Won 12-5 - British National League Karry Biette (2), Ryan Campbell (2), Chris Crombie (2), Pete Kasowski (2), Barcley Pearce (2), Derek DeCosty, Tom Brown
Sunday 10 October 1999 Fife Flyers Home Won 4-3 - British National League Chris Crombie (2), Barcley Pearce (2)
Saturday 16 October 1999 Hull Thunder Home Won 7-6 (PSO) - British National League -
Sunday 17 October 1999 Paisley Pirates Away Won 8-5 - British National League -
Saturday 23 October 1999 Edinburgh Capitals Home Won 6-0 - British National League Pete Kasowski (2), Chris Crombie, James Manson, Derek DeCosty, Barcley Pearce
Sunday 24 October 1999 Edinburgh Capitals Away Lost 4-3 322 British National League Ryan Campbell, Ricky Plant, Karry Biette
Sunday 31 October 1999 Slough Jets Home Won 1-0 - British National League -
Thursday 4 November 1999 Solihull Blaze Away Won 5-4 - British National League -
Saturday 6 November 1999 Fife Flyers Away Lost 5-1 - British National League -
Sunday 7 November 1999 Hull Thunder Away Won 5-4 - British National League Ryan Campbell (2), Derek DeCosty, Ricky Plant, Karry Biette,
Saturday 13 November 1999 Paisley Pirates Home Won 5-3 - British National League -
Saturday 20 November 1999 Basingstoke Bison Away Lost 3-0 - British National League -
Saturday 27 November 1999 Milton Keynes Kings Away Won 4-3 - British National League -
Sunday 28 November 1999 Milton Keynes Kings Home Won 7-1 - British National League -
Sunday 5 December 1999 Slough Jets Home Won 6-0 - British National League -
Friday 10 December 1999 Peterborough Pirates Away Lost 7-3 - British National League -
Sunday 12 December 1999 Basingstoke Bison Home Lost 2-1 (PSO) - British National League -
Saturday 18 December 1999 Solihull Blaze Home Won 6-2 - British National League -
Sunday 19 December 1999 Edinburgh Capitals Away Won 7-3 - British National League -
Saturday 8 January 2000 Milton Keynes Kings Away Won 10-2 - British National League -
Sunday 9 January 2000 Milton Keynes Kings Home Won 9-3 - British National League -
Saturday 15 January 2000 Slough Jets Away Lost 3-2 - British National League -
Saturday 22 January 2000 Basingstoke Bison Away Lost 3-1 - British National League -
Sunday 23 January 2000 Fife Flyers Home Won 5-3 - British National League -
Saturday 29 January 2000 Edinburgh Capitals Home Won 6-4 - British National League -
Sunday 30 January 2000 Solihull Blaze Away Won 6-4 - British National League -
Saturday 5 February 2000 Hull Thunder Away Lost 3-2 (OT) - British National League -
Sunday 6 February 2000 Hull Thunder Home Won 5-3 - British National League -
Saturday 12 February 2000 Fife Flyers Away Lost 5-2 - British National League -
Sunday 13 February 2000 Paisley Pirates Away Won 11-0 - British National League -
Saturday 19 February 2000 Slough Jets Away Won 4-2 - British National League -
Sunday 20 February 2000 Peterborough Pirates Home Won 5-0 - British National League -
Saturday 26 February 2000 Paisley Pirates Home Won 14-1 - British National League -

British National League Play-Offs[]

The top eight BNL teams qualified for the playoffs. In the Quarter-Finals the teams were split into two groups of four with the teams finishing 1st, 4th, 5th and 8th in the league going into Group A and the others into Group B. Teams tied on points in the Quarter-Final group stages were separated first by wins in normal time, then by away wins in normal time. The two top teams in each group qualified for the Semi-Finals with the winner of one group playing a best-of-three series against the runner-up in the other group. Home ice advantage went to the top team in each group. The winning semi-finalists competed for the title in a best-of-five finals series, with the home ice advantage going to the team that finished highest in the league.

Quarter-Final Group A

Team Pld. W OTW L OTL GF GA Pts.
Fife Flyers 6 5 0 1 0 37 13 10
Peterborough Pirates 6 3 0 1 1 25 29 7
Hull Thunder 6 2 1 3 0 23 22 6
Edinburgh Capitals 6 1 0 5 0 15 36 2

Quarter-Final Group B

Team Pld. W OTW L OTL GF GA Pts.
Basingstoke Bison 6 4 0 2 0 19 18 8
Solihull Blaze 6 3 1 2 0 24 22 8
Guildford Flames 6 3 1 2 0 25 19 8
Slough Jets 6 0 0 4 2 11 20 2
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
4 March 2000 Slough Jets Away Won 3-2 (PSO) - Quarter-Final Group B -
5 March 2000 Basingstoke Bison Home Won 4-3 - Quarter-Final Group B -
11 March 2000 Solihull Blaze Away Lost 6-5 - Quarter-Final Group B -
12 March 2000 Solihull Blaze Home Won 7-4 - Quarter-Final Group B -
18 March 2000 Basingstoke Bison Away Lost 4-2 - Quarter-Final Group B -
19 March 2000 Slough Jets Home Won 5-0 - Quarter-Final Group B -

NTL: Christmas Cup[]

The third Christmas Cup campaign was open to the ten British National League clubs and played on a knockout basis over the Christmas and New Year period. The draw for the quarter-finals was based on the league's final standings in 1998/1999 with first playing eighth, second playing seventh and so on. The last placed sides, Edinburgh Capitals and Paisley Pirates, first played off against league newcomers, Milton Keynes Kings and Solihull Blaze, for the right to enter the competition proper. The Cup was sponsored by telecoms and cable TV company, ntl:, the league's new partner.

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Monday 27 December 1999 Hull Thunder Home Won 4-3 - Quarter-Final, First Leg -
Wednesday 29 December 1999 Hull Thunder Away Tied 3-3 (Guildford win 7-6 on agg) - Quarter-Final, Second Leg -
Monday 3 January 2000 Basingstoke Bison Home Lost 7-2 - Semi-Final, First Leg -
Tuesday 4 January 2000 Basingstoke Bison Away Lost 7-4 (Basingstoke win 14-6 on agg) - Semi-Final, Second Leg -

References[]

  1. ^ "1999-2000". GuildfordFlames.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Flames set to get taste for Bison". GetSurrey.co.uk. 26 July 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

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