2012–13 Coventry Blaze season

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Coventry Blaze 2012–13
Coventry Blaze Logo.png
LeagueElite Ice Hockey League
Head coachPaul Thompson
CaptainCanada Shea Guthrie < 2011–12 / >

The 2012–13 Coventry Blaze season is the 10th season for the Coventry Blaze in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Player roster and transfers 2012–13[]

Player roster[]

The Coventry Blaze roster for the 2012–13 season.[1]

Netminders
No. Nat. Player Catches Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
1 United Kingdom Adam Goss L (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 27) Derby, England 2012
84 Denmark Peter Hirsch R (1976-03-06) 6 March 1976 (age 46) Copenhagen, Denmark 2011
Defencemen
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
2 United States Jerramie Domish R (1979-08-19) 19 August 1979 (age 42) Collegeville, Pennsylvania, US 2011
6 Canada Mike Egener L (1984-09-26) 26 September 1984 (age 37) Lahr, Germany 2012
7 United Kingdom Matthew Selby R (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 26) Birmingham, England 2012
15 United Kingdom James Griffin R (1993-04-08) 8 April 1993 (age 28) Swindon, England 2011
23 United Kingdom Steven Chalmers L (1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 (age 29) Kirkcaldy, Scotland 2012
27 Canada Mike Schutte (A) L (1979-07-28) 28 July 1979 (age 42) Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2012
33 Canada Benn Olson L (1987-04-29) 29 April 1987 (age 34) Port McNeill, British Columbia, Canada 2012
Forwards
No. Nat. Player Shoots Position Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
8 United Kingdom Sam Smith R RW (1991-11-30) 30 November 1991 (age 30) Cardiff, Wales 2012
9 Canada Mike Bayrack L C (1978-09-17) 17 September 1978 (age 43) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2012
10 United Kingdom Dale White R LW (1989-11-04) 4 November 1989 (age 32) Redditch, England 2012
11 Canada Shea Guthrie (C) R RW (1987-07-30) 30 July 1987 (age 34) Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada 2011
13 Canada Gerome Giudice L LW (1989-03-11) 11 March 1989 (age 33) Acton, Ontario, Canada 2012
17 United Kingdom Russell Cowley (A) L LW (1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 38) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2007
19 Canada Greg Leeb L C (1977-05-31) 31 May 1977 (age 44) Red Deer, Alberta, Canada 2012
20 Canada Dustin Cameron L LW (1989-04-28) 28 April 1989 (age 32) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 2012
21 United Kingdom Ross Venus L C (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 27) Birmingham, England 2010
38 Canada Brad Leeb R RW (1979-08-29) 29 August 1979 (age 42) Red Deer, Alberta, Canada 2012
39 Canada Matt Beleskey L LW (1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 33) Midhurst, Ontario, Canada 2012

Two-way players[]

Players on a two-way contract with Coventry Blaze for the 2012–13 season (includes players called up for injury cover during the season).

Two-way players
No. Nat. Player Shoots Position Date of birth Two-way team
16 United Kingdom Josh Gent R RW (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 28) Coventry NIHL Blaze
16 United Kingdom James Preece R LW (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 30) Telford Tigers
18 United Kingdom Keiran Papps R D (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 28) Coventry NIHL Blaze

Player transfers[]

Players leaving and joining the club for the 2012–13 season.[2]

*signed for the duration of the

Fixtures and results 2012–13[]

Elite Ice Hockey League[]

See also: 2012–13 EIHL season
  • Green background indicates win (2 points)
  • Yellow background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  • Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points)
Elite League results[21]
# Date Home Score Away OT Record Points Summary
1 8 September Dundee Stars 2–3 Coventry Blaze SO 1–0–0 2 Report Match sheet
2 9 September Coventry Blaze 4–3 Fife Flyers 2–0–0 4 Report Match sheet
3 15 September Sheffield Steelers 7–5 Coventry Blaze 2–1–0 4 Report Match sheet
4 16 September Coventry Blaze 3–4 Sheffield Steelers OT 2–1–1 5 Report Match sheet
5 22 September Coventry Blaze 2–1 Cardiff Devils OT 3–1–1 7 Report Match sheet
6 23 September Fife Flyers 3–2 Coventry Blaze SO 3–1–2 8 Report Match sheet
7 30 September Sheffield Steelers 3–4 Coventry Blaze 4–1–2 10 Report Match sheet
8 5 October Nottingham Panthers 4–2 Coventry Blaze 4–2–2 10 Report Match sheet
9 7 October Coventry Blaze 3–4 Cardiff Devils OT 4–2–3 11 Report Match sheet
10 20 October Coventry Blaze 0–3 Sheffield Steelers 4–3–3 11 Report Match sheet
11 21 October Edinburgh Capitals 0–1 Coventry Blaze 5–3–3 13 Report Match sheet
12 3 November Coventry Blaze 5–4 Belfast Giants OT 6–3–3 15 Report Match sheet
13 4 November Coventry Blaze 5–8 Belfast Giants 6–4–3 15 Report Match sheet
14 11 November Coventry Blaze 2–1 Hull Stingrays 7–4–3 17 Report Match sheet
15 17 November Braehead Clan 5–2 Coventry Blaze 7–5–3 17 Report Match sheet
16 18 November Coventry Blaze 5–2 Nottingham Panthers 8–5–3 19 Report Match sheet
17 24 November Coventry Blaze 6–0 Dundee Stars 9–5–3 21 Report Match sheet
18 25 November Cardiff Devils 5–2 Coventry Blaze 9–6–3 21 Report Match sheet
19 28 November Coventry Blaze 5–2 Edinburgh Capitals 10–6–3 23 Report Match sheet
20 1 December Dundee Stars 3–4 Coventry Blaze SO 11–6–3 25 Report Match sheet
21 2 December Coventry Blaze 5–1 Braehead Clan 12–6–3 27 Report Match sheet
22 5 December Nottingham Panthers 4–3 Coventry Blaze 12–7–3 27 Report Match sheet
League record: 12–7–3 (Home: 8–2–2, Away: 4–5–1)
Elite League standings (28 October)[22]
Pos. Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS
1 Belfast Giants 20 13 2 2 3 31
2 Nottingham Panthers 20 15 4 0 1 31
3 Sheffield Steelers 21 14 6 0 1 29
4 Cardiff Devils 20 12 5 1 2 27
5 Coventry Blaze 22 12 7 2 1 27
6 Braehead Clan 21 11 9 1 0 23
7 Dundee Stars 20 7 9 2 2 18
8 Hull Stingrays 20 6 10 0 4 16
9 Fife Flyers 19 7 12 0 0 14
10 Edinburgh Capitals 21 5 15 0 1 11
Erhardt conference standings (28 October)[23]
Pos. Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS PTS% GF GA GD PIM
1 Sheffield Steelers 13 8 4 0 1 17 0.654 40 34 +6 395
2 Belfast Giants 9 5 2 0 2 12 0.667 29 23 +6 150
3 Cardiff Devils 9 4 3 1 1 10 0.556 21 26 −5 148
4 Nottingham Panthers 8 4 3 0 1 9 0.562 21 20 +1 181
5 Coventry Blaze 7 2 3 2 0 6 0.429 19 26 −7 154

Challenge Cup[]

See also: Challenge Cup (UK ice hockey)
  • Green background indicates win (2 points)
  • Yellow background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  • Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points)
Challenge Cup results[26]
# Date Home Score Away OT Record Points Summary
1 29 September Coventry Blaze 6–5 Hull Stingrays SO 1–0–0 2 Report Match sheet
2 14 October Coventry Blaze 3–1 Nottingham Panthers 2–0–0 4 Report Match sheet
3 27 October Coventry Blaze 2–1 Cardiff Devils 3–0–0 6 Report Match sheet
4 28 October Cardiff Devils 2–3 Coventry Blaze 4–0–0 8 Report Match sheet
Challenge cup record: 4–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0, Away: 1–0–0)
Challenge Cup Group B standings (28 October)[28]
Pos. Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA GD PIM
1 X – Coventry Blaze 4 4 0 0 8 1.000 14 9 +5 212
2 Nottingham Panthers 5 3 1 1 7 0.700 20 13 +7 95
3 Sheffield Steelers 3 3 0 0 6 1.000 14 8 +6 27
4 Cardiff Devils 6 1 4 1 3 0.250 19 25 −6 191
5 Hull Stingrays 6 1 4 1 3 0.250 19 31 −12 109
Note: X = qualified for knockout stages

Pre-season & challenge games[]

  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates loss.
  • White background indicates tied game.
Pre-season & challenge game results[30]
Game Date Home Away Report
Challenge 29 August Cardiff Devils 2–1 Coventry Blaze Report
Challenge 1 September Sheffield Steelers 3–4 Coventry Blaze Report
Challenge 2 September Coventry Blaze 1–3 Sheffield Steelers Report
Challenge 5 September Coventry Blaze 2–2 Cardiff Devils Report

Playoffs[]

See also: British Championship (ice hockey)

The top 4 teams from each conference of the Elite Ice Hockey League standings will qualify for the quarterfinals of the play-offs.

The winners of each match-up will progress to the play-off finals weekend, to take place in Nottingham on 6 and 7 April 2013.[31]

References[]

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