2007–08 Guildford Flames season

Guildford Flames
Season 2007-08
LeagueEPIHL
GM/Head CoachPaul Dixon
Home Ice RinkGuildford Spectrum
League position1st (Champions)
Premier CupGroup Stage
Knockout CupSemi-Finalists
Play-OffsSemi-Finalists
Average attendance1474

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. The average home attendance for the season was 1,474.

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

As of 6 April 2008

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

12 April – playoff semi-finals: Guildford Flames vs. Slough Jets and Sheffield Scimitars vs. Bracknell Bees

13 April – playoff final:

Results

September

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceCompetition
8Romford RaidersHomeWon 9-21,319League
9Chelmsford ChieftainsAwayLost 1-2465Premier Cup
15Milton Keynes LightningAwayLost 2-4914Premier Cup
22Slough JetsAwayWon 8-7 (SO)554League
23Wightlink RaidersHomeWon 9-31,211League
29Telford TigersAwayLost 3-4 (OT)280League
30Swindon WildcatsHomeWon 2-11,248League

October

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceCompetition
6Milton Keynes LightningAwayLost 0-7960Premier Cup
7Sheffield ScimitarsHomeLost 3-51,168League
13Chelmsford ChieftainsHomeWon 5-01,576Premier Cup
14Bracknell BeesAwayLost 5-6 (OT)1,400League
20Wightlink RaidersAwayWon 5-4375League
21Telford TigersHomeWon 7-31,217League
28Chelmsford ChieftainsAwayWon 3-2474Premier Cup

November

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceCompetition
3Sheffield ScimitarsAwayLost 2-3 (SO)425League
4Milton Keynes LightningHomeLost 2-51,268Premier Cup
10Bracknell BeesHomeLost 2-3 (SO)1,748League
11Peterborough PhantomsAwayLost 1-2UnknownLeague
17Milton Keynes LightningAwayWon 4-21,075League
18Wightlink RaidersHomeWon 14-41,636League
24Chelmsford ChieftainsHomeWon 7-31,238Premier Cup
25Romford RaidersAwayWon 5-2UnknownLeague

December

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceCompetition
1Peterborough PhantomsHomeWon 6-11,421League
2Peterborough PhantomsAwayWon 3-2 (SO)443League
8Swindon WildcatsAwayWon 3-2790Knockout Cup
9Chelmsford ChieftainsAwayWon 5-3423League
15Sheffield ScimitarsAwayWon 5-3351League
16Swindon WildcatsHomeWon 3-11,244Knockout Cup
22Romford RaidersHomeWon 5-21,551Knockout Cup
23Romford RaidersAwayLost 2-6UnknownLeague
26Milton Keynes LightningHomeWon 4-31,228Premier Cup
29Chelmsford ChieftainsHomeWon 5-01,117League
30Slough JetsHomeWon 4-31,921League

January

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceCompetition
1Bracknell BeesHomeWon 4-01,467League
5Telford TigersHomeWon 5-41,634League
6Swindon WildcatsAwayWon 4-3 (SO)670League
12Slough JetsAwayLost 5-7702League
13Milton Keynes LightningHomeLost 5-6 (SO)1,443League
19Wightlink RaidersAwayWon 10-4506League
20Bracknell BeesAwayLost 1-41,110League
26Chelmsford ChieftainsHomeWon 10-51,619League

February

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceCompetition
2Telford TigersAwayWon 4-1 Unknown Knockout Cup
3Swindon WildcatsHomeWon 6-2 1,246 League
10Sheffield ScimitarsHomeWon 5-1 1,386 League
16Milton Keynes LightningAwayWon 5-1 Unknown League
17Slough JetsHomeWon 6-2 1,813 League
23Peterborough PhantomsHomeWon 4-2 1,536 League
24Chelmsford ChieftainsAwayWon 4-3 435 League
27Milton Keynes LightningHomeLost 3-6 1,034 Knockout Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg

March

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceCompetition
6Milton Keynes LightningAwayLost 3-5 (Lightning win 11-6 on aggregate)537Knockout Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg
8Romford RaidersHomeWon 7-31,769League
9Telford TigersAwayWon 6-1325League
15Swindon WildcatsAwayWon 7-21,201League
16Milton Keynes LightningHomeWon 5-31,771League
22Peterborough PhantomsHomeWon 8-31,558League Playoffs
23Sheffield ScimitarsAwayLost 3-5428League Playoffs
29Romford RaidersHome Won 3-0 1,812League Playoffs

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

April

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceCompetition
3Romford RaidersAway Won 8-3 Unknown League Playoffs
5Peterborough PhantomsAway Won 6-4 Unknown League Playoffs
6Sheffield ScimitarsHome Won 4-3 2,022 League Playoffs
12Slough Jets Coventry Skydome Lost 3-4 - 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 59 29 61 90 92 5 1 3
Lukas Smital 54 36 48 84 102 6 5 6
Stuart Potts 61 18 59 77 32 4 0 3
Taras Foremsky 40 27 39 66 51 5 0 3
Rick Plant 61 22 42 64 76 5 2 5
Ollie Bronnimann 61 30 27 57 34 3 0 6
Jozef Kohut 30 27 26 53 77 8 2 7
Vaclav Zavoral 46 25 22 47 221 1 0 1
Paul Dixon 54 9 38 47 48 7 0 1
Rob Lamey 61 19 25 44 70 5 2 4
David Savage 53 21 22 43 56 8 0 1
Neil Liddiard 50 5 21 26 72 0 0 0
Terry Miles 46 6 18 24 42 0 0 0
Dominic Hopkins 54 3 9 12 48 0 0 0
Nick Cross 32 3 6 9 54 2 1 0
Ben Duggan 60 2 5 7 6 0 0 0
Ben Austin 61 0 5 5 55 0 0 0
Rick Skene 52 3 1 4 62 0 0 0
Joe Watkins 53 0 2 2 69 0 0 0
Ben Johnson (ice hockey) 60 0 2 2 6 0 0 0
Alex Mettam 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Gavin Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Penalty shots

Name Shots Goals Misses Pct. %
Lukas Smital 6 2 4 33
Stuart Potts 3 1 2 33
Vaclav Zavoral 5 2 3 40
Taras Foremsky 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 3024:06 145 2.876 1727 1582 0.916 3* 37-11-4
Alex Mettam 667:46 39 3.508 335 296 0.884 0* 6-3-0
Gavin Jackson 0:00 - - - - - - -

End of season awards

The traditional end of season awards dinner was held on Monday 17 March 2008. The following awards were given out:

The GIHSC (Guildford Ice Hockey Supporters Club) voted the following:

Team roster (as of 9 November 2007)

Management

CEO Rob Hepburn
Commercial Manager Kirk Humphreys
Financial Controller Thomas Hepburn

Coaching staff

Head Coach Paul Dixon
Assistant Coach Milos Melicherik
Assistant/Equipment Manager Dave Wiggins

Goaltenders

1 Gavin Jackson
30 Joe Watkins
31 Alex Mettam

Forwards

8 Rob Lamey
14 Stuart Potts
17 Rick Plant - Captain
18 Ben Duggan
19 Terry Miles
21 Milos Melicherik - Alternate Captain
25 Vinnie Zavoral
32 Lukas Smital
38 Jozef Kohut
77 Taras Foremsky
91 Ollie Bronnimann

Defenders

4 Neil Liddiard - Alternate Captain
6 David Savage
7 Ben Jonhson
22 Paul Dixon
28 Dominic Hopkins
37 Ben Austin
55 Rick Skene

Utility

44 Nick Cross

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