2007–08 Guildford Flames season

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Season 2007–08
League EPIHL
GM/Head Coach Paul Dixon
Home Ice Rink Guildford Spectrum
League position 1st (Champions)
Premier Cup Group stage
Semi-finalists
Play-offs Semi-finalists
Average attendance 1,474

During the 2007–08 season, the 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 9 March 2008 following a 6–1 road victory over the Telford Tigers.

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
Peterborough 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

Premier Cup table[]

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

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.

Playoff group table[]

Group A[]

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
Peterborough Phantoms 6 1 0 5 19 27 2
Romford Raiders 6 1 0 12 34 32 2

[*]Advance to elimination stage

Results[]

September[]

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

October[]

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

November[]

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

December[]

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

January[]

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

February[]

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

March[]

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

30 March at Romford was postponed until 3 April due to mechanical failure.

April[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition
3 Romford Raiders Away Won 8–3 Unknown League Playoffs
5 Peterborough Phantoms Away Won 6–4 Unknown League Playoffs
6 Sheffield Scimitars Home Won 4–3 2,022 League Playoffs
12 Slough Jets SkyDome Arena Lost 3–4 1,684 League Playoff Semi-final

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
British 61 18 59 77 32 4 0 3
Taras Foremsky Canadian 40 27 39 66 51 5 0 3
Rick Plant British 61 22 42 64 76 5 2 5
British 61 30 27 57 34 3 0 6
Jozef Kohut Slovakian 30 27 26 53 77 8 2 7
Czech 46 25 22 47 221 1 0 1
Paul Dixon British 54 9 38 47 48 7 0 1
British 61 19 25 44 70 5 2 4
David Savage British 53 21 22 43 56 8 0 1
British 50 5 21 26 72 0 0 0
British 46 6 18 24 42 0 0 0
British 54 3 9 12 48 0 0 0
British 32 3 6 9 54 2 1 0
British 60 2 5 7 6 0 0 0
Ben Austin British 61 0 5 5 55 0 0 0
British 52 3 1 4 62 0 0 0
Joe Watkins British 53 0 2 2 69 0 0 0
Ben Johnson (ice hockey) British 60 0 2 2 6 0 0 0
British 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
British 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Penalty shots[]

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

Goaltender stats[]

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 December 2007 and so does not count as a shut out in either Goaltenders official stats.

End-of-season awards[]

The traditional end of season awards dinner was held on Monday 17 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 – No. 14 Stuart Potts
  • Top Point Scorer – No. 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

Team roster (as of 9 November 2007)[]

Management

CEO Canadian
Commercial Manager Canadian
Financial Controller Canadian

Coaching staff

Head Coach British Paul Dixon
Assistant Coach Slovakian Milos Melicherik
Assistant/Equipment Manager British

Goaltenders

1 British
30 British Joe Watkins
31 British

Forwards

8 British
14 British
17 British Rick Plant – Captain
18 British
19 British
21 Slovakian Milos Melicherik – Alternate Captain
25 Czech
32 Czech Lukas Smital
38 Slovakian Jozef Kohut
77 Canadian Taras Foremsky
91 British

Defenders

4 British – Alternate Captain
6 British David Savage
7 British
22 British Paul Dixon
28 British
37 British Ben Austin
55 British

Utility

44 British

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