2012–13 Guildford Flames season

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Guildford Flames
League1st EPIHL
Team information
General managerPaul Dixon
CoachPaul Dixon
ArenaGuildford Spectrum

During the 2012–13 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 21st year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the sixth season under Paul Dixon as head coach.

The Flames, for the first time in their history, secured a back to back trophy by winning the league championship for the second time in as many seasons, thanks to a loss for the Basingstoke Bison, along with a single point during a 2–1 overtime loss at the Sheffield Steeldogs on Saturday 16 March 2013. Just four days later a capacity Spectrum witnessed a 'double, double' when the Flames repeated last year's entire trophy haul with a 5–3 Cup win, 9–5 on aggregate, over the visiting Slough Jets.

The Flames ended the regular league season with 79 points from 54 games. They won the league by a five-point margin with the Basingstoke Bison finishing as runners-up with 74 points from 54 games.

The Manchester Phoenix captured the playoff title, and brought a halt to the Flames treble bid, with a 5–2 victory.

Player statistics[]

Player GP G A PTS PIMS
David Longstaff 60 38 79 117 26
Curtis Huppe 60 59 39 98 62
Jozef Kohut 50 23 38 61 114
Rick Plant 64 21 36 57 28
Nathan Rempel 51 26 23 49 48
Branislav Kvetan 61 13 36 49 140
Ben Campbell 50 19 25 44 2
David Savage 64 12 28 40 22
Paul Dixon 57 12 26 38 30
Milos Melicherik 28 9 24 33 50
Andrew Hemmings 64 6 27 33 14
Jez Lundin 63 9 22 31 70
Stuart Potts 59 6 15 21 20
Dean Holland 46 6 5 11 26
Neil Liddiard 64 3 7 10 137
Ricky Skene 64 1 8 9 30
Andrew Sharp 63 3 4 7 130
Mark Lee 61 0 3 3 2
James Hadfield 10 0 2 2 0
Ben Edwards 10 0 1 1 0
Scott Greenfield 63 0 1 1 6
Chris Cooke 35 0 0 0 2

Netminders[]

  • Mark Lee and James Hadfield shared an additional shutout.
Netminder Mins GA GAA Shots SV % SO
Mark Lee 3462:07 155 2.682 1839 0.916 1
James Hadfield 392:23 22 3.362 227 0.903 0

Schedule and results[]

Pre-season[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorer(s)
Saturday 8 September 2012 Basingstoke Bison Away Drawn 2–2 N/A Challenge Curtis Huppe, Nathan Rempel
Sunday 9 September 2012 Basingstoke Bison Home Drawn 1–1 1,628 Challenge Jozef Kohut

Regular season[]

The league consists of 54 games. The first home and away league games against each opponent (a total of 18 games) counts for both League and Cup table points.   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

2012–13 Game log
September: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–0–0)
# Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts
1 15 September Guildford Flames 8–2 Telford Tigers Mark Lee 1,624 1–0–0 League-Cup 2
2 16 September Bracknell Bees 3–6 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 2–0–0 League-Cup 4
3 23 September Guildford Flames 5–2 Milton Keynes Lightning Mark Lee 1,868 3–0–0 League-Cup 6
4 29 September Slough Jets 0–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 4–0–0 League-Cup 8
5 30 September Guildford Flames 5–6 Bracknell Bees Tom Annetts 1,508 4–1–0 League-Cup 8
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–1–1)
# Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts
6 6 October Swindon Wildcats 6–2 Guildford Flames Dean Skinns N/A 4–2–0 League-Cup 8
7 7 October Guildford Flames 4–5 Sheffield Steeldogs OT Dimitry Zimozdra 1,714 4–2–1 League-Cup 9
8 13 October Guildford Flames 2–4 Manchester Phoenix Steve Fone 1,503 4–3–1 League-Cup 9
9 14 October Manchester Phoenix 4–3 Guildford Flames OT Steve Fone N/A 4–3–2 League-Cup 10
10 20 October Peterborough Phantoms 3–7 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 5–3–2 League-Cup 12
11 21 October Guildford Flames 6–2 Basingstoke Bison Mark Lee 1,557 6–3–2 League-Cup 14
12 27 October Guildford Flames 5–2 Peterborough Phantoms Mark Lee 1,736 7–3–2 League-Cup 16
13 28 October Sheffield Steeldogs 3–7 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 8–3–2 League-Cup 18
14 31 October Guildford Flames 4–5 Swindon Wildcats Dean Skinns 1,587 8–4–2 League-Cup 18
November: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts
15 4 November Bracknell Bees 4–3 Guildford Flames Tom Annetts N/A 8–5–2 League 18
16 10 November Basingstoke Bison 3–1 Guildford Flames Stevie Lyle 1,042 8–6–2 League-Cup 18
17 11 November Guildford Flames 3–2 Basingstoke Bison Mark Lee 1,420 9–6–2 League 20
18 17 November Slough Jets 3–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee 527 10–6–2 League 22
19 18 November Guildford Flames 6–3 Slough Jets Mark Lee 1,520 11–6–2 League-Cup 24
20 24 November Guildford Flames 3–1 Telford Tigers Mark Lee 1,801 12–6–2 League 26
December: 9–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 6–1–0)
# Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts
21 1 December Guildford Flames 4–3 Peterborough Phantoms Mark Lee 1,675 13–6–2 League 28
22 2 December Telford Tigers 1–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 14–6–2 League-Cup 30
23 5 December Telford Tigers 1–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 15–6–2 League 32
24 8 December Milton Keynes Lightning 1–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 16–6–2 League-Cup 34
25 9 December Peterborough Phantoms 3–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 17–6–2 League-Cup 36
26 15 December Guildford Flames 3–2 Bracknell Bees PSO Mark Lee 1,572 18–6–2 League 38
27 22 December Basingstoke Bison 1–0 Guildford Flames Mark Lee 1,330 18–7–2 League 38
28 23 December Guildford Flames 5–2 Sheffield Steeldogs Mark Lee 1,957 19–7–2 League 40
29 28 December Swindon Wildcats 5–7 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 20–7–2 League 42
30 30 December Telford Tigers 1–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 21–7–2 League 44
January: 7–2–0 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts
31 1 January Guildford Flames 3–1 Swindon Wildcats Mark Lee 2,060 22–7–2 League 46
32 5 January Guildford Flames 3–0 Peterborough Phantoms Mark Lee & James Hadfield 1,555 23–7–2 League 48
33 6 January Bracknell Bees 4–6 Guildford Flames Mark Lee 1,291 24–7–2 League 50
34 12 January Manchester Phoenix 6–1 Guildford Flames Steve Fone N/A 24–8–2 League 50
35 13 January Guildford Flames 5–2 Basingstoke Bison Mark Lee 1,672 25–8–2 League 52
36 20 January Guildford Flames 4–2 Sheffield Steeldogs Mark Lee 1,572 26–8–2 League 54
37 26 January Milton Keynes Lightning 2–1 Guildford Flames Stephen Wall 1,155 26–9–2 League 54
38 27 January Guildford Flames 7–4 Telford Tigers Mark Lee 1,770 27–9–2 League 56
39 30 January Guildford Flames 6–4 Manchester Phoenix Mark Lee 1,785 – Cup Semi-final, First Leg –
February: 8–1–0 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 4–0–0)
# Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts
40 2 February Sheffield Steeldogs 3–5 Guildford Flames James Hadfield N/A 28–9–2 League 58
41 3 February Guildford Flames 1–2 Milton Keynes Lightning Stephen Wall 1,802 28–10–2 League 58
42 9 February Guildford Flames 7–4 Manchester Phoenix Mark Lee 1,662 29–10–2 League 60
43 10 February Slough Jets 2–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 30–10–2 League 62
44 16 February Guildford Flames 7–6 Bracknell Bees OT Mark Lee 1,855 31–10–2 League 64
45 17 February Manchester Phoenix 2–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 32–10–2 League 66
46 20 February Guildford Flames 7–1 Manchester Phoenix Mark Lee 2,016 33–10–2 League 68
47 23 February Milton Keynes Lightning 2–3 Guildford Flames Mark Lee 1,203 34–10–2 League 70
48 24 February Guildford Flames 4–3 Slough Jets Mark Lee 1,661 35–10–2 League 72
March: 7–4–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 3–3–1)
# Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts
49 2 March Manchester Phoenix 4–3 Guildford Flames Andrew Jaszczyk N/A – Cup Semi-final, Second Leg –
50 3 March Guildford Flames 7–1 Milton Keynes Lightning Mark Lee & James Hadfield 1,603 36–10–2 League 74
51 6 March Peterborough Phantoms 6–3 Guildford Flames Damien King N/A 36–11–2 League 74
52 9 March Basingstoke Bison 4–2 Guildford Flames Stevie Lyle 1,495 36–12–2 League 74
53 13 March Slough Jets 2–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A – Cup Final, First Leg –
54 16 March Sheffield Steeldogs 2–1 Guildford Flames OT Dalibor Sedlar N/A 36–12–3 League 75
55 17 March Guildford Flames 5–4 Swindon Wildcats PSO Mark Lee & James Hadfield 1,942 37–12–3 League 77
56 20 March Guildford Flames 5–3 Slough Jets Mark Lee N/A – Cup Final, Second Leg –
57 23 March Swindon Wildcats 3–5 Guildford Flames James Hadfield N/A 38–12–3 League 79
58 24 March Slough Jets 5–4 Guildford Flames Dan Milton 1,775 38–13–3 League 79
59 30 March Peterborough Phantoms 1–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A – Playoff QF, 1st Leg –
60 31 March Guildford Flames 7–2 Peterborough Phantoms Mark Lee & James Hadfield 2,083 – Playoff QF, 2nd Leg –

Playoff Finals Weekend[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorer(s)
Saturday 6 April 2013 Milton Keynes Lightning SkyDome Arena Won 3–2 2,536 Playoff Semi-final Nathan Rempel (2), David Longstaff
Sunday 7 April 2013 Manchester Phoenix SkyDome Arena Lost 5–2 2,536 Playoff Final Nathan Rempel & Branislav Kvetan

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