2009–10 Guildford Flames season

Guildford Flames 	Guildford Flames
Season 2009-10 	Season 2009-10
League 	EPIHL
GM/Head Coach 	Paul Dixon
Home Ice Rink 	Guildford Spectrum
League position 	4th
Premier Cup 	Champions
Play-Offs 	Runners up
Average attendance	1593
During the 2009-10 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 18th year of ice hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the third season under Paul Dixon as head coach.
After a disappointing season in 2008-2009, Paul Dixon decided to shake up the Flames roster during the off-season. British netminders Joe Watkins and Alex Mettam, Canadian forward Taras Foremsky, Czech forward Martin Bouz, and British forward Ollie Bronnimann all were released. British defenceman Stephen Lee also left the Surrey-based outfit after he accepted an offer from the Nottingham Panthers, however a replacement was found in Newcastle Vipers defenceman Jez Lundin. The Flames re-signed Milos Melicherik on 1 May and gave him the added responsibility of being the new head coach of the under-18 side. Nathan Rempel and Gary Clarke both joined the club. The much anticipated final import signing of Martin Masa was confirmed in August.
The club confirmed in September that the Guildford Flames had begun the season with nearly 50 more season ticket holders than ever before - approaching 600.
==Team Roster==
MANAGEMENT
CEO Rob Hepburn
Commercial Manager Kirk Humphreys
Financial Controller Thomas Hepburn
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach Paul Dixon
Assistant/Equipment Manager Dave Wiggins
Assistant Coach/Bench Coach Milos Melicherik
GOALTENDERS
1 Mark Lee
30 Dean Skinns
FORWARDS
8 Rob Lamey
12 Adrian Saul
14 Stuart Potts
16 Nathan Rempel
17 Ricky Plant
18 Lubomir Hurtaj
19 Tom Duggan
21 Milos Melicherik
23 Gary Clarke
25 Vaclav Zavoral
28 Martin Masa
32 Lukas Smital
DEFENDERS
4 Neil Liddiard
6 David Savage
22 Paul Dixon
37 Ben Austin
44 Nick Cross
55 Rick Skene
82 Jez Lundin
==League table==
The top eight teams progress to two-leg play-off quarter-finals (1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th). Ties take place on 3 and 4 April with the higher seeded team given choice of home-leg date.
Team 	Pld.	W 	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts.
Milton Keynes Lightning**	54 	42	2 	10	218	144	86
Slough Jets* 	54 	37	4 	13	251	145	80
Manchester Phoenix* 	54 	35	2 	17	259	205	72
Guildford Flames* 	54 	35	1 	18	257	172	71
Basingstoke Bison* 	54 	34	3 	17	240	179	71
Peterborough Phantoms* 	54 	26	5 	23	230	214	57
Sheffield Scimitars* 	54 	21	5 	28	193	199	47
Swindon Wildcats 	54 	16	7 	31	163	240	39
Bracknell Bees 	54 	18	1 	35	197	286	37
Romford Raiders 	54 	6 	2 	46	147	370	14
[*] Secured a playoff berth. [**] EPL League champions
* Milton Keynes Lightning are the 2009-2010 English Premier League champions.
==Premier Cup Table==
Top 4 teams progress to 2-leg semi-finals (1st vs 4th, 2nd vs 3rd).
Team 	Pld.	W 	OTL	L 	GF	GA 	Pts.
Slough Jets * 	18 	13	2 	3 	86	51 	28
Milton Keynes Lightning *	18 	14	0 	4 	66	47 	28
Manchester Phoenix * 	18 	13	0 	5 	80	61 	26
Guildford Flames * 	18 	12	0 	6 	84	50 	24
Sheffield Scimitars 	18 	10	2 	6 	72	67 	22
Basingstoke Bison 	18 	10	1 	7 	89	64 	21
Peterborough Phantoms 	18 	7 	1 	10	67	71 	15
Bracknell Bees 	18 	5 	0 	13	72	106	10
Swindon Wildcats 	18 	4 	2 	12	49	88 	10
Romford Raiders 	18 	2 	1 	15	48	108	5
[*] Secured Semi Final Berth.
===Premier Cup Finals===
Aggregate Scores
* Guildford Flames are the 2009-2010 English Premier Cup Champions.
===Playoffs===
Aggregate Scores for Quarter Finals
* Slough Jets are the EPL Playoff Winners 09/10
==Results==
Legend: 
===September===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance 	Competition	Man of the Match
12th	Swindon Wildcats 	Away 	Lost 4-3 	Not Reported	Challenge 	Nathan Rempel
13th	Swindon Wildcats 	Home 	Won 8-1 	1,586 	Challenge 	Jez Lundin
20th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away 	Lost 3-2 	1,128 	League/Cup 	Mark Lee
21st	Basingstoke Bison 	Home 	Lost 3-2 	1,364 	League/Cup 	Dean Skinns
27th	Slough Jets 	Away 	Won 4-3 (OT)	Not Reported	League/Cup 	Dean Skinns
28th	Swindon Wildcats 	Home 	Won 4-2 	1436 	League/Cup 	Tom Duggan
===October===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance 	Competition	Man of the Match
3rd 	Romford Raiders 	Away 	Won 6-2 	Not Reported	League/Cup 	Tom Duggan
4th 	Slough Jets 	Home 	Won 4-2 	1,355 	League/Cup 	Dean Skinns
7th 	Sheffield Scimitars	Away 	Won 7-3 	346 	League/Cup 	Martin Masa
10th	Romford Raiders 	Home 	Won 6-0 	1,738 	League/Cup 	Mark Lee
17th	Basingstoke Bison 	Away 	Won 5-4 	1,003 	League/Cup 	Dean Skinns
18th	Sheffield Scimitars	Home 	Won 8-1 	1,520 	League/Cup 	Tom Duggan
24th	Slough Jets 	Away 	Lost 6-2	Not Reported	League 	
25th	Bracknell Bees 	Home 	Won 4-2 	1,512 	League/Cup 	
===November===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance 	Competition	Man of the Match
1st 	Peterborough Phantoms 	Home 	Lost 5-3 	1,157 	League/Cup 	
7th 	Swindon Wildcats 	Away 	Won 5-2 	Not Reported	League/Cup 	
8th 	Basingstoke Bison 	Home 	Won 3-2 	1,319 	League/Cup 	
14th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Lost 3-1 	1,841 	League 	
15th	Peterborough Phantoms 	Away 	Lost 3-2 	451 	League/Cup 	
21st	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away 	Lost 7-1 	1,165 	League/Cup 	
22nd	Swindon Wildcats 	Home 	Won 9-2 	1,148 	League 	
28th	Basingstoke Bison 	Away 	Won 6-5 (SO)	1,026 	League 	
29th	Slough Jets 	Home 	Won 4-2 	1,226 	League 	
===December===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance	Competition	Man of the Match
6th 	Sheffield Scimitars 	Home 	Lost 8-4	1,849 	League 	
12th	Manchester Phoenix 	Away 	Lost 5-1	850 	League 	Lubomir Hurtaj
19th	Peterborough Phantoms	Home 	Won 9-1 	1,642 	League 	
20th	Bracknell Bees 	Away 	Won 11-5	1,115 	League 	
26th	Bracknell Bees 	Home 	Won 10-2	1,628 	League 	
27th	Sheffield Scimitars 	Away 	Won 4-0 	404 	League 	Mark Lee
===January===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance 	Competition	Man of the Match
1st 	Swindon Wildcats 	Home 	Won 3-1 	1,868 	League 	
2nd 	Swindon Wildcats 	Away 	Won 5-2 	820 	League 	
3rd 	Basingstoke Bison 	Home 	Won 4-1 	1,438 	League 	
9th 	Romford Raiders 	Home 	Won 6-2 	1,416 	League 	
16th	Manchester Phoenix	Home 	Won 9-2 	1,573 	League/Cup 	
17th	Manchester Phoenix	Away 	Won 8-7 (SO)	1,473 	League 	
23rd	Basingstoke Bison 	Away 	Lost 4-3 	1,187 	League 	
24th	Basingstoke Bison 	Away 	Lost 4-2 	1,577 	League 	
30th	Manchester Phoenix	Home 	Won 6-3 	2,123 	League 	
31st	Romford Raiders 	Away 	Won 10-1 	Not Reported	League 	
10th @ Bracknell was postponed to 18 February due to adverse weather conditions.
===February===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance 	Competition 	Man of the Match
6th 	Manchester Phoenix 	Home 	Lost 4-1 	1,487 	League 	
7th 	Peterborough Phantoms 	Away 	Won 7-6 (OT)	Not Reported	League 	
13th	Romford Raiders 	Home 	Won 7-1 	1,913 	League 	
14th	Manchester Phoenix 	Away 	Won 6-2 	1,192 	League 	
18th	Bracknell Bees 	Away 	Won 4-3 (OT)	Not Reported	League 	
20th	Sheffield Scimitars 	Away 	Won 7-6 (SO)	353 	League 	
21st	Slough Jets 	Home 	Lost 4-1 	1,568 	League 	
25th	Slough Jets 	Home 	Won 4-2 	1,348 	Cup Semi-final (1st leg)	
27th	Slough Jets 	Away 	Lost 4-1 	Not Reported	League 	
28th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Won 4-2 	1,638 	League 	
===March===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance 	Competition 	Man of the Match
4th 	Slough Jets 	Away 	Lost 5-3 	482 	Cup Semi-final (2nd leg)	
6th 	Peterborough Phantoms 	Away 	Lost 5-2 	467 	League 	Tom Duggan
7th 	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Lost 3-2 	926 	League 	Tom Duggan
13th	Swindon Wildcats 	Away 	Lost 3-2 	960 	League 	Martin Masa
14th	Sheffield Scimitars 	Home 	Lost 4-3 (OT)	1,929 	League 	
17th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Won 6-1 	1,576 	Cup Final (1st leg) 	
20th	Bracknell Bees 	Home 	Won 7-1 	1,728 	League 	
21st	Bracknell Bees 	Away 	Won 8-6 	Not Reported	League 	
24th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away 	Won 4-3 	1,067 	Cup Final (2nd leg) 	Gary Clarke
27th	Peterborough Phantoms 	Home 	Lost 4-3 	1,748 	League 	Milos Melicherik
28th	Romford Raiders 	Away 	Won 9-4 	Not Reported	League 	Jez Lundin
===April===
Date	Opponent 	Venue 	Result 	Attendance 	Competition 	Man of the Match
3rd 	Basingstoke Bison	Away 	Won 6-0 	1,428 	Play-off Quarter-final (1st Leg)	Martin Masa
4th 	Basingstoke Bison	Home 	Drawn 2-2	2,136 	Play-off Quarter-final (2nd Leg)	Mark Lee
10th	Swindon Wildcats 	SkyDome Arena	Won 5-2 	2,200 (Est.)	Play-off Semi-final 	Gary Clarke
11th	Slough Jets 	SkyDome Arena	Lost 2-1 	2,200 (Est.)	Play-off Final 	Neil Liddiard
==Points for the 2009/10 season==
Final Points Standings
Name 	Pld.	Goals	Assists	Points	Pims	PP	SH	GW	OT	EN
Martin Masa 	59 	46 	38 	84 	104 	9 	4 	5 	1 	0
Lukas Smital 	58 	30 	48 	74 	50 	4 	3 	3 	0 	0
Nathan Rempel 	55 	40 	28 	68 	46 	4 	4 	7 	1 	0
Rob Lamey 	62 	21 	46 	67 	44 	3 	0 	4 	0 	0
Milos Melicherik 	35 	20 	37 	57 	22 	5 	0 	3 	1 	0
Rick Plant 	57 	25 	29 	54 	24 	2 	1 	1 	0 	1
Jez Lundin 	62 	11 	38 	49 	134 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
Stuart Potts 	62 	13 	33 	46 	16 	1 	0 	4 	0 	0
Gary Clarke 	52 	28 	16 	44 	98 	3 	1 	4 	0 	0
Tom Duggan 	58 	12 	26 	38 	68 	1 	0 	2 	0 	1
Paul Dixon 	59 	6 	32 	38 	44 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0
Neil Liddiard 	62 	4 	25 	29 	118 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Lubomir Hurtaj 	15 	13 	15 	28 	16 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
Adrian Saul 	15 	7 	16 	23 	4 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
David Savage 	47 	8 	7 	15 	10 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
Ben Austin 	61 	0 	4 	4 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Rick Skene 	44 	0 	3 	3 	68 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Andrew Melachrino	15 	1 	0 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Dean Skinns 	42 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Matthew Passmore 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Christian Cole 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Patrick Russell 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Nick Cross 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Scott Greenfield 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Vaclav Zavoral 	6 	0 	0 	0 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Mark Lee 	29 	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
==Goaltender Stats 2009/10==
Final Standings
Name 	Mins Pld.	GA 	GAA 	Shots	Saves	Save %	SO	Record (W-L-OTL-T)
Mark Lee 	1558:05 	58 	2.223	770 	712 	92.46 	3 	(18-6-1-1)
Dean Skinns 	2175:15 	129	3.549	1138 	1009 	88.66 	0 	(21-13-0-0)
Patrick Russel 	8:38 	0 	0.000	4 	4 	100 	0 	(0-0-0-0)
Christian Cole 	2:40 	0 	0.000	1 	1 	100 	0 	(0-0-0-0)
Matthew Passmore	0:00 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	(-)
Empty Net 	7:41 	1 	7.83 	1 	- 	- 	- 	-
==Special teams==
==Penalty Shots 09/10==
Final Standings
===Skaters===
Name 	Shots	Goals	Pct. %
Martin Masa 	4 	2 	50
Nathan Rempel	2 	1 	50
Tom Duggan 	1 	1 	100
Lukas Smital 	1 	0 	0
Gary Clarke 	1 	0 	0
Adrian Saul 	1 	1 	100
===Goaltenders===
Name 	Shots	Saves	Pct. %
Mark Lee 	5 	4 	80
Dean Skinns	7 	6 	85.7
==End of Season Awards==
The traditional End of Season Awards dinner was held on Monday 29 March 2010. The following awards were given out:
Most Sportsman like - #19 Tom Duggan/#37 Ben Austin
British Player of the year - #82 Jez Lundin
Players Player of the year - #28 Martin Masa
Top Point Scorer - #28 Martin Masa
The GIHSC (Guildford Ice Hockey Supporters Club) Voted the following:
Supporters British Player of the year - #19 Tom Duggan
Supporters Player of the year - #28 Martin Masa
==External links==
*Official Guildford Flames website
*Guildford Flames Facebook Group
*Flames Backburner Site (supporters club)
*Flames Photos
*Dave Steadman 09/10 Hockey Photos
*The Hockey Forum - UK Hockey forum site
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