The 2010–11 Coventry Blaze season was the 8th season for the Coventry Blaze in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
Player roster & transfers 2010–11 [ ]
Player roster [ ]
The Coventry Blaze roster for the 2010–11 season.[1]
Defencemen
No.
Nat.
Player
Shoots
Acquired
Place of Birth
4
Jeff Smith
L
2010
Regina, SK , Canada
5
Brian Lee (A)
L
2009
Berrien Springs, Michigan , U.S.
6
Brad Zanon
R
2010
Port Moody, BC , Canada
8
Ryan Selwood
R
2010
Solihull , England
11
Antti Kohvakka
L
2010
Tampere , Finland
13
Daniel Scott (two-way)
R
2010
Chatham , England
14
Jonathan Weaver (C)
L
2007
Sunderland , England
22
James Pease
R
2010
Solihull , England
44
Jason Robinson
L
2009
Goderich, ON , Canada
77
Mathias Söderström
L
2007
Hallstavik Sweden
Forwards
No.
Nat.
Player
Shoots
Position
Acquired
Place of Birth
7
Joe Henry (two-way)
R
RW
2005
Solihull , England
9
Greg Owen
R
C
2009
Northampton , England
10
Tom Ledgard
R
RW
2007
Milton Keynes , England
16
Jack Watkins (two-way)
R
RW
2009
Durham , England
17
Russ Cowley
L
C
2007
Edmonton, Alberta , Canada
19
Aaron Nell
L
LW
2009
Swindon , England
21
Ross Venus
L
C
2010
Birmingham , England
23
Owen Fussey
L
LW
2010
Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada
24
Greg Chambers
R
RW
2009
Toronto , Ontario , Canada
26
Dan Carlson (A)
L
C
2006
Edina, Minnesota , U.S.
27
Luke Fulghum
R
RW
2009
Colorado Springs , U.S.
29
Sean Selmser
L
LW
2010
Calgary, AB , Canada
40
Josh Bruce (two-way)
R
LW
2009
Glasgow , Scotland
57
Brad Cruikshank
R
RW
2010
Kelowna, BC , Canada
79
Robert Farmer
L
LW
2010
Nottingham , England
Player transfers [ ]
Players leaving and joining the club for the 2010–11 season.[2]
Fixtures & results 2010–11 [ ]
Elite Ice Hockey League [ ]
See also: 2010-11 EIHL season
Coventry Blaze completed the regular season in 6th place overall to qualify for the playoffs.
Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).
Elite League results[3]
#
Date
Home
Score
Away
OT
Record
Points
Recap
1
5 September
Coventry Blaze
4 - 7
Nottingham Panthers
0-1-0
0
Recap
2
11 September
Belfast Giants
4 - 2
Coventry Blaze
0-2-0
0
Recap
3
12 September
Coventry Blaze
2 - 3
Belfast Giants
0-3-0
0
Recap
4
18 September
Nottingham Panthers
6 - 4
Coventry Blaze
0-4-0
0
Recap
5
25 September
Coventry Blaze
9 - 2
Dundee Stars
1-4-0
2
Recap
6
29 September
Coventry Blaze
6 - 3
Edinburgh Capitals
2-4-0
4
Recap
7
30 September
Dundee Stars
3 - 4
Coventry Blaze
3-4-0
6
Recap
8
3 October
Edinburgh Capitals
4 - 6
Coventry Blaze
4-4-0
8
Recap
9
9 October
Newcastle Vipers
2 - 7
Coventry Blaze
5-4-0
10
Recap
10
10 October
Coventry Blaze
3 - 0
Newcastle Vipers
6-4-0
12
Recap
11
24 October
Coventry Blaze
2 - 0
Belfast Giants
7-4-0
14
Recap
12
27 October
Coventry Blaze
6 - 2
Edinburgh Capitals
8-4-0
16
Recap
13
30 October
Braehead Clan
1 - 2
Coventry Blaze
SO
9-4-0
18
Recap
14
31 October
Coventry Blaze
3 - 2
Dundee Stars
10-4-0
20
Recap
15
7 November
Coventry Blaze
3 - 2
Braehead Clan
11-4-0
22
Recap
16
13 November
Hull Stingrays
1 - 3
Coventry Blaze
12-4-0
24
Recap
17
16 November
Edinburgh Capitals
7 - 5
Coventry Blaze
12-5-0
24
Recap
18
21 November
Coventry Blaze
7 - 2
Braehead Clan
13-5-0
26
Recap
19
4 December
Coventry Blaze
2 - 1
Nottingham Panthers
14-5-0
28
Recap
20
5 December
Newcastle Vipers
3 - 1
Coventry Blaze
14-6-0
28
Recap
21
11 December
Coventry Blaze
1 - 3
Hull Stingrays
14-7-0
28
Recap
22
12 December
Sheffield Steelers
3 - 2
Coventry Blaze
14-8-0
28
Recap
23
19 December
Coventry Blaze
6 - 3
Newcastle Vipers
15-8-0
30
Recap
24
26 December
Coventry Blaze
2 - 3
Cardiff Devils
SO
15-8-1
31
Recap
25
27 December
Cardiff Devils
5 - 1
Coventry Blaze
15-9-1
31
Recap
26
30 December
Sheffield Steelers
6 - 4
Coventry Blaze
15-10-1
31
Recap
27
2 January
Coventry Blaze
2 - 5
Sheffield Steelers
15-11-1
31
Recap
28
4 January
Braehead Clan
5 - 4
Coventry Blaze
OT
15-11-2
32
Recap
29
8 January
Dundee Stars
2 - 5
Coventry Blaze
16-11-2
34
Recap
30
9 January
Coventry Blaze
4 - 5
Newcastle Vipers
16-12-2
34
Recap
31
15 January
Cardiff Devils
5 - 4
Coventry Blaze
OT
16-12-3
35
Recap
32
16 January
Coventry Blaze
2 - 4
Sheffield Steelers
16-13-3
35
Recap
33
22 January
Coventry Blaze
15 - 0
Edinburgh Capitals
17-13-3
37
Recap
34
23 January
Edinburgh Capitals
2 - 12
Coventry Blaze
18-13-3
39
Recap
35
29 January
Newcastle Vipers
0 - 4
Coventry Blaze
19-13-3
41
Recap
36
30 January
Coventry Blaze
5 - 4
Cardiff Devils
20-13-3
43
Recap
37
5 February
Sheffield Steelers
3 - 2
Coventry Blaze
SO
20-13-4
44
Recap
38
6 February
Coventry Blaze
1 - 4
Sheffield Steelers
20-14-4
44
Recap
39
8 February
Nottingham Panthers
3 - 1
Coventry Blaze
20-15-4
44
Recap
40
11 February
Belfast Giants
5 - 2
Coventry Blaze
20-16-4
44
Recap
41
12 February
Belfast Giants
4 - 1
Coventry Blaze
20-17-4
44
Recap
42
13 February
Coventry Blaze
3 - 2
Hull Stingrays
OT
21-17-4
46
Recap
43
19 February
Hull Stingrays
1 - 2
Coventry Blaze
22-17-4
48
Recap
44
20 February
Coventry Blaze
1 - 5
Nottingham Panthers
22-18-4
48
Recap
45
26 February
Nottingham Panthers
3 - 2
Coventry Blaze
22-19-4
48
Recap
46
27 February
Coventry Blaze
2 - 4
Braehead Clan
22-20-4
48
Recap
47
4 March
Coventry Blaze
1 - 5
Cardiff Devils
22-21-4
48
Recap
48
5 March
Coventry Blaze
5 - 6
Hull Stingrays
22-22-4
48
Recap
49
6 March
Dundee Stars
3 - 2
Coventry Blaze
22-23-4
48
Recap
50
9 March
Hull Stingrays
2 - 7
Coventry Blaze
23-23-4
50
Recap
51
10 March
Braehead Clan
8 - 4
Coventry Blaze
23-24-4
50
Recap
52
13 March
Coventry Blaze
2 - 3
Dundee Stars
23-25-4
50
Recap
53
19 March
Cardiff Devils
7 - 4
Coventry Blaze
23-26-4
50
Recap
54
20 March
Coventry Blaze
2 - 7
Belfast Giants
23-27-4
50
Recap
League record: 23-27-4 (Home: 13-13-1, Away: 10-14-3)
Elite League standings[4]
Pos.
Team
GP
W
L
OTL
SOL
Points
GF
GA
GD
L10
Streak
1
Y - Sheffield Steelers
54
43
10
0
1
87
265
132
+133
7-3-0
WON 4
2
X - Cardiff Devils
54
42
9
2
1
87
269
141
+128
8-2-0
WON 9
3
X - Belfast Giants
54
41
9
2
2
86
239
130
+109
8-2-0
WON 5
4
X - Nottingham Panthers
54
33
15
1
5
72
260
179
+81
5-4-1
LOST 3
5
X - Braehead Clan
54
28
23
0
3
59
206
174
+32
7-3-0
LOST 2
6
X - Coventry Blaze
54
23
27
2
2
50
198
185
+13
1-9-0
LOST 4
7
X - Hull Stingrays
54
23
28
3
0
49
178
202
-24
5-5-0
WON 2
8
X - Dundee Stars
54
19
32
0
3
41
178
235
-57
6-4-0
WON 6
9
Newcastle Vipers
54
12
40
0
2
26
151
282
-131
2-8-0
LOST 6
10
Edinburgh Capitals
54
6
45
1
2
15
134
418
-284
0-10-0
LOST 29
Note: X = Qualified for playoffs; Y = League champions
Playoffs [ ]
Coventry Blaze failed to reach the Playoff Finals weekend in Nottingham after losing to Belfast Giants in the quarter finals 4–3 on aggregate.
White background indicates tied game.
Red background indicates loss.
Playoff fixtures
Game
Date
Home
Score
Away
OT
Recap
Quarter Final 1st leg
26 March
Belfast Giants
2 - 2 (2 - 2)
Coventry Blaze
Recap
Quarter Final 2nd leg
27 March
Coventry Blaze
1 - 2 (3 - 4)
Belfast Giants
OT
Recap
EIHL playoff finals
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Final
1
Sheffield Steelers
8
8
Dundee Stars
5
1
Sheffield Steelers
3
4
Nottingham Panthers
4
4
Nottingham Panthers
8
5
Braehead Clan
4
2
Cardiff Devils
4
4
Nottingham Panthers
5
2
Cardiff Devils
8
7
Hull Stingrays
4
2
Cardiff Devils
4
3
Belfast Giants
1
3
Belfast Giants
4
6
Coventry Blaze
3
Note: Quarter final played over two-legs, home and away (aggregate score shown); Semi final and final played in one leg
Challenge Cup [ ]
Coventry Blaze failed to reach the knockout stages of the Challenge Cup after finishing 4th in their qualifying group.
Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates loss (0 points).
White background indicates tied game (1 point).
Challenge Cup results[3]
#
Date
Home
Score
Away
Record
Points
Recap
1
19 September
Coventry Blaze
3 - 3
Nottingham Panthers
0-0-0-1
1
Recap
2
26 September
Coventry Blaze
5 - 1
Sheffield Steelers
1-0-0-1
3
Recap
3
16 October
Cardiff Devils
2 - 7
Coventry Blaze
2-0-0-1
5
Recap
4
17 October
Coventry Blaze
2 - 5
Cardiff Devils
2-1-0-1
5
Recap
5
23 October
Sheffield Steelers
4 - 1
Coventry Blaze
2-2-0-1
5
Recap
6
14 November
Coventry Blaze
1 - 5
Hull Stingrays
2-3-0-1
5
Recap
7
20 November
Nottingham Panthers
3 - 1
Coventry Blaze
2-4-0-1
5
Recap
8
18 December
Hull Stingrays
0 - 2
Coventry Blaze
3-4-0-1
7
Recap
Challenge Cup record: 3-4-0-1 (Home: 1-2-0-1, Away: 2-2-0-0)
Challenge Cup knockout stage
Semi Finals
Final
Belfast Giants
5
Cardiff Devils
2
Belfast Giants
3
Nottingham Panthers
4
Nottingham Panthers
18
Newcastle Vipers
4
Note: Knockout stages played over two-legs, home and away (aggregate score shown)
Continental Cup [ ]
Coventry Blaze entered the Continental Cup as EIHL champions in 2009–10. They failed to reach the super-final after finishing as runners-up in their qualifying group.
Green background indicates win (3 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).
Continental Cup results[6]
#
Date
Team
Score
Team
Record
Points
Recap
1
26 November
Coventry Blaze
6 - 1
HK Liepājas Metalurgs
1-0-0
3
Recap
2
27 November
Coventry Blaze
6 - 1
Cracovia Kraków
2-0-0
6
Recap
3
28 November
Coventry Blaze
3 - 7
Dragons de Rouen
2-1-0
6
Recap
Continental Cup record: 2-1-0
Continental Cup Group D standings[6]
Pos.
Team
GP
W
L
OTW
OTL
Points
1
X - Dragons de Rouen
3
2
0
0
1
7
2
Coventry Blaze
3
2
1
0
0
6
3
Cracovia Kraków
3
1
1
1
0
5
4
HK Liepājas Metalurgs
3
0
3
0
0
0
X = Qualified for super-final
Pre-season & Exhibition [ ]
Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.
White background indicates tied game.
Pre-season & exhibition game results
Game
Date
Home
Score
Away
Recap
Charity Shield
25 August
Coventry Blaze
2 - 4
Belfast Giants
Recap
Exhibition
28 August
Cardiff Devils
2 - 4
Coventry Blaze
Recap
Exhibition
29 August
Coventry Blaze
6 - 2
Tilburg Trappers
Recap
Exhibition
1 September
Coventry Blaze
2 - 3
Cardiff Devils
Recap
Exhibition
15 September
Coventry Blaze
9 - 3
Telford Tigers
Recap
Best of British
8 December
Coventry Blaze
4 - 4
Manchester Phoenix
Recap
Best of British
15 December
Manchester Phoenix
8 - 9
Coventry Blaze
Recap
Aladdin 20-20 Cup [ ]
The Aladdin 20-20 Cup was a mini tournament held at NIC, Nottingham on 12 March 2011. Coventry, Nottingham, Sheffield and Braehead took part.
The tournament consisted of 6 round robin games with each team playing each other once. Each game lasted for twenty minutes, running clock with two points for a win and one for a draw. The sides with the best records then progressed to the Grand Final to play for the trophy and the winners' cheque.[7]
Coventry Blaze won one of their round robin games against Sheffield Steelers and failed to reach the cup final. The tournament was won by Braehead Clan .
Aladdin 20-20 Cup results[8]
Game
Team
Score
Team
Recap
Round Robin 1
Nottingham Panthers
1 - 3
Braehead Clan
Round Robin 2
Sheffield Steelers
1 - 5
Coventry Blaze
Round Robin 3
Nottingham Panthers
5 - 2
Sheffield Steelers
Round Robin 4
Braehead Clan
4 - 3
Coventry Blaze
Round Robin 5
Nottingham Panthers
3 - 0
Coventry Blaze
Round Robin 6
Sheffield Steelers
2 - 1
Braehead Clan
Cup Final
Braehead Clan
3 - 0
Nottingham Panthers
Recap
Team statistics 2010–11 [ ]
Player statistics [ ]
Player statistics for season 2010-11 (includes Challenge Cup & playoff games).[9]
Player statistics
Skater
GP
G
A
PTS
PPG
SHG
GWG
PIM
Luke Fulghum
64
43
42
85
10
5
2
42
Dan Carlson
64
24
57
81
6
4
4
83
Greg Owen
60
25
27
52
9
3
3
60
Jonathan Weaver
50
8
40
48
5
32
Greg Chambers
62
9
38
47
1
1
71
Sean Selmser
60
17
25
42
4
1
1
82
Owen Fussey
34
24
15
39
8
1
3
10
Aaron Nell
63
14
24
38
4
3
38
Russ Cowley
53
11
22
33
1
1
2
44
Brad Zanon
64
3
29
32
2
115
Brad Cruikshank
49
16
15
31
5
6
229
Brian Lee
44
3
19
22
3
89
Robert Farmer
51
11
14
25
2
66
Ross Venus
52
6
8
14
1
4
Jason Robinson
38
3
12
15
2
100
Matt Soderstrom
55
2
7
9
1
81
Jeff Smith
15
3
2
5
36
James Pease
22
2
2
12
Antti Kohvakka
10
1
1
8
Brett Jaeger
61
26
Joe Henry
4
4
Tom Murdy
57
Tom Ledgard
20
Ryan Selwood
18
Daniel Scott
6
Jake Dalton
5
Josh Nicholls
4
James Griffen
3
Jack Watkins
3
Josh Bruce
2
Penalty shot winning goals
1
Bench penalties
16
TOTALS
64
223
399
622
64
15
26
1248
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PPG = Powerplay goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game winning goals; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Netminder
GP
MINS
SHOTS
GA
SAV%
GAA
S/O
W
L
T
Brett Jaeger
59
3341
1963
163
91.7
2.93
5
26
32
1
Tom Murdy
16
526
264
36
86.4
4.11
1
5
10
1
Winning pen shots against
3
Empty net goals
10
10
TOTALS
64
3867
2237
212
90.5
3.29
6
26
36
2
Note: GP = Games played; MINS - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; SAV% = Save Percentage ; GAA = Goals Against Average ; S/O = Shootouts; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties
Team statistics [ ]
Team statistics for season 2010-11 (includes Challenge Cup & playoff games).[9]
Team statistics
POWERPLAY
PP CHANCES
PPG FOR
SCORING %
LEAGUE RANK
SHG AGAINST
Home
213
35
16.4
7/10
8
Away
160
29
18.1
5/10
7
Total
373
64
17.2
5/10
15
PENALTY KILL
TIMES SH
PPG AGAINST
PENALTY KILL %
LEAGUE RANK
SHG FOR
Home
200
29
85.5
3/10
7
Away
148
18
87.8
1/10
8
Total
348
47
86.5
2/10
15
Honours & awards [ ]
Below is a list of the major titles and honours awarded to Coventry Blaze in 2010–11.
Elite Ice Hockey League Second Team All-Stars
References [ ]