2003–04 Guildford Flames season

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Season 2003–04
League British National League
Coach Stan Marple
Home Ice Rink Guildford Spectrum
League position 2nd out of 7
Findus Cup Runners-up
Playoff Record Champions

The 2003–04 season, was the Guildford Flames' twelfth year of ice hockey. The Guildford Flames competed in the British National League.[1]

Coach Stan Marple brought in six Slovaks who would help the Flames to their most successful British National League season for three years. Milos Melicherik, Rastislav Palov and Jozef Kohut were the forwards, with Marian Smerciak and Peter Michnac on defence. Completing the Slovak crew later on was Edinburgh Capitals' leading scorer, Peter Konder.

Apart from Paul Dixon, Tony Redmond and Rick Plant, Marple made a clean sweep of his squad. In came Canadian forwards Ryan Vince from the ECHL's Dayton Bombers and Domenic Parlatore.

Rounding out the club were three GB internationals: netminder Stevie Lyle, defenceman Neil Liddiard and forward Nick Cross from Basingstoke Bison.

Player statistics[]

Player GP G A PTS PIMS
Milos Melicherik 69 38 50 88 96
Ryan Vince 69 43 41 84 68
Jozef Kohut 67 36 30 66 132
Rastislav Palov 60 25 33 58 22
Paul Dixon 64 10 40 50 16
Peter Konder 50 12 37 49 74
Nick Cross 68 13 28 41 96
Marian Smerciak 66 12 29 41 66
Rick Plant 53 11 24 35 20
Neil Liddiard 69 4 22 26 136
Domenic Parlatore 19 10 14 24 60
Tony Redmond 42 5 19 24 14
Peter Michnac 61 6 17 23 94
Mark Galazzi 66 12 9 21 52
Scott Levins 22 11 5 16 54
Stan Marple 46 2 9 11 209
Andrew Hemmings 2 2 0 2 0
Michael Timms 37 2 0 2 0
Chris Wiggins 3 1 1 2 0
Ben Johnson 2 0 1 1 0
Frank Evans 4 0 1 1 4
Joe White 1 0 0 0 0
James Wiggins 2 0 0 0 0
Simon Lavis 2 0 0 0 0
Rick Skene 7 0 0 0 2
Joe Dollin 7 0 0 0 0
Stevie Lyle 67 0 0 0 18

Netminders[]

Netminder Mins GA GAA SOG SV % SO
Stevie Lyle 4033 161 2.395 1832 91.20 5
Simon Lavis 60:00 7 7.000 42 83.30 0
Joe White 20:00 2 6.000 16 87.50 0
Joe Dollin 58:07 9 9.310 47 80.90 0

Schedule and results[]

Challenge matches[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
Saturday 30 August 2003 Bracknell Bees Away Tied 1–1 - -
Sunday 31 August 2003 Bracknell Bees Home Lost 3–2 - -

British National League[]

Final Standings

Team Pld. W L D OL GF GA Pts Pct
Fife Flyers 36 23 7 3 3 135 97 52 72.2
Guildford Flames 36 24 9 0 3 136 88 51 70.8
Edinburgh Capitals 36 19 13 2 2 143 117 42 58.3
Bracknell Bees 36 16 13 6 1 116 103 39 54.2
Newcastle Vipers 36 17 16 1 2 109 135 37 51.4
Dundee Stars 36 14 15 3 4 112 140 35 48.6
Hull Stingrays 36 4 25 3 4 71 142 15 20.8
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
Saturday 25 October 2003 Edinburgh Capitals Home Lost 6–4 - -
Sunday 26 October 2003 Hull Stingrays Away Won 5–1 - -
Saturday 1 November 2003 Fife Flyers Away Lost 4–2 - -
Sunday 2 November 2003 Edinburgh Capitals Away Won 3–2 - -
Sunday 9 November 2003 Fife Flyers Home Won 4–3 (OT) - -
Saturday 15 November 2003 Newcastle Vipers Home Won 3–2 - -
Tuesday 2 December 2003 Fife Flyers Away Lost 4–2 - -
Saturday 29 November 2003 Bracknell Bees Home Won 2–0 - -
Saturday 6 December 2003 Bracknell Bees Away Won 3–2 - -
Sunday 7 December 2003 Edinburgh Capitals Home Won 4–3 - -
Saturday 13 December 2003 Dundee Stars Away Lost 5–4 - -
Sunday 14 December 2003 Edinburgh Capitals Away Won 4–2 - -
Saturday 20 December 2003 Dundee Stars Home Won 6–0 - -
Friday 26 December 2003 Bracknell Bees Home Lost 2–1 - -
Sunday 28 December 2003 Hull Stingrays Away Lost 1–0 - -
Saturday 3 January 2004 Newcastle Vipers Away Lost 7–4 - -
Sunday 4 January 2004 Fife Flyers Home Lost 4–2 - -
Sunday 11 January 2004 Hull Stingrays Home Won 9–1 - -
Wednesday 14 January 2004 Newcastle Vipers Away Won 3–0 - -
Sunday 18 January 2004 Newcastle Vipers Home Won 5–3 - -
Tuesday 20 January 2004 Edinburgh Capitals Away Won 4–2 - -
Saturday 24 January 2004 Dundee Stars Home Won 4–2 - -
Sunday 25 January 2004 Bracknell Bees Away Lost 4–3 (OT) - -
Wednesday 28 January 2004 Hull Stingrays Home Won 6–1 - -
Saturday 31 January 2004 Edinburgh Capitals Home Lost 2–1 (OT) - -
Sunday 1 February 2004 Dundee Stars Away Won 7–1 - -
Saturday 7 February 2004 Fife Flyers Away Lost 4–3 - -
Sunday 8 February 2004 Bracknell Bees Home Won 6–1 - -
Wednesday 11 February 2004 Hull Stingrays Home Won 3–0 - -
Saturday 14 February 2004 Hull Stingrays Away Won 3–2 (OT) - -
Sunday 15 February 2004 Fife Flyers Home Won 4–2 - -
Wednesday 18 February 2004 Newcastle Vipers Away Lost 5–4 (OT) - -
Saturday 21 February 2004 Dundee Stars Home Won 4–3 (OT) - -
Sunday 22 February 2004 Dundee Stars Away Won 4–3 (OT) - -
Saturday 28 February 2004 Newcastle Vipers Home Won 5–2 - -
Sunday 29 February 2004 Bracknell Bees Away Won 5–2 - -

British National League play-offs[]

The top six league clubs competed in the playoffs in a double round-robin tournament played over three weeks after the end of the regular league season.

The top four teams after the first round progressed into the semi-finals with the first-placed team playing the fourth and the second against the third, home and away, with the teams finishing first and second in the round-robin stage having a choice of the home date.

The final was also played over home and away legs, the team finishing highest in the league receiving the choice of the home date.

The playoff winner received the John Brady Bowl, named in memory of the former manager of Kirkcaldy ice rink who was influential in creating the league.

Quarter-Final Standings

Team Pld. W L D GF GA Pts.
Guildford Flames 10 6 2 2 33 16 14
Fife Flyers 10 6 3 1 31 22 13
Bracknell Bees 10 5 4 1 28 25 11
Edinburgh Capitals 10 4 5 1 31 42 9
Newcastle Vipers 10 3 6 1 21 31 7
Dundee Stars 10 2 6 2 29 37 6
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Wednesday 3 March 2004 Dundee Stars Away Tied 2–2 - Quarter-final Group -
Thursday 4 March 2004 Fife Flyers Home Won 6–1 - Quarter-final Group -
Saturday 6 March 2004 Edinburgh Capitals Home Won 6–0 - Quarter-final Group -
Sunday 7 March 2004 Edinburgh Capitals Away Lost 1–0 - Quarter-final Group -
Tuesday 9 March 2004 Newcastle Vipers Away Won 3–1 - Quarter-final Group -
Saturday 13 March 2004 Bracknell Bees Home Lost 4–1 - Quarter-final Group -
Sunday 14 March 2004 Bracknell Bees Away Won 5–2 - Quarter-final Group -
Wednesday 17 March 2004 Dundee Stars Home Won 4–1 - Quarter-final Group -
Saturday 20 March 2004 Fife Flyers Away Tied 2–2 - Quarter-final Group -
Sunday 21 March 2004 Newcastle Vipers Home Won 4–2 - Quarter-final Group -
Saturday 27 March 2004 Edinburgh Capitals Home Won 6–2 - Semi-final, First Leg -
Sunday 28 March 2004 Edinburgh Capitals Away Won 4–3 [Guildford win 10–5 on agg] - Semi-final, Second Leg -
Saturday 3 April 2004 Bracknell Bees Away Won 5–4 2,213 Final, First Leg Jozef Kohut, Ryan Vince, Scott Levins, Milos Melicherik, Paul Dixon
Sunday 4 April 2004 Bracknell Bees Home Won 4–3 2,069 Final, Second Leg Scott Levins, Jozef Kohut, Marian Smerciak, Milos Melicherik

Findus Cup[]

All British National League teams were eligible to compete in the qualifying round of the competition. After each team played each other home and away, the top four teams were drawn into the semi-finals, which were played over two legs. The final and third place playoff were one-game contests played at the Newcastle Arena.

Qualifying Round Standings

Team Pld. W L D GF GA Pts.
Guildford Flames 12 7 4 1 45 33 15
Newcastle Vipers 12 7 5 0 49 39 14
Bracknell Bees 12 5 3 4 36 29 14
Fife Flyers 12 5 5 2 32 41 12
Hull Stingrays 12 4 6 2 37 39 10
Dundee Stars 12 5 7 0 28 42 10
Edinburgh Capitals 12 3 6 3 28 32 9
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Saturday 6 September 2003 Newcastle Vipers Away Won 5–3 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 7 September 2003 Newcastle Vipers Home Won 4–2 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 13 September 2003 Edinburgh Capitals Home Won 5–1 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 14 September 2003 Bracknell Bees Away Tied 4–4 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 21 September 2003 Hull Stingrays Home Won 8–3 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 27 September 2003 Fife Flyers Away Lost 4–2 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 28 September 2003 Dundee Stars Away Won 4–2 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 4 October 2003 Bracknell Bees Home Won 4–1 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 5 October 2003 Edinburgh Capitals Away Won 4–3 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 11 October 2003 Dundee Stars Home Lost 4–3 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 18 October 2003 Hull Stingrays Away Lost 4–1 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 19 October 2003 Fife Flyers Home Lost 2–1 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 22 November 2003 Bracknell Bees Away Won 5–1 - Semi-final, First Leg -
Sunday 23 November 2003 Bracknell Bees Home Lost 5–2 (OT) [Guildford win 7–6 on agg] - Semi-final, Second Leg -
Monday 29 December 2003 Newcastle Vipers Newcastle Arena Lost 6–1 3,300 Final Ryan Vince

End of Season Awards[]

  • Player of the Year – Milos Melicherik
  • Player's Player of the Year – Ryan Vince
  • Best British Player of the Year – Paul Dixon
  • Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year – Paul Dixon
  • Top Points Scorer – Milos Melicherik

References[]

  1. ^ "2003–2004". GuildfordFlames.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  • Roberts, Stewart (2004). The Ice Hockey Annual 2004–05. East Sussex: L & S Printing Co Ltd. ISBN 0-9536410-5-8.

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