2007–08 Guildford Flames season

Guildford Flames 	Guildford Flames
 	
Season 2007-08 	Season 2007-08
League 	EPIHL
GM/Head Coach 	Paul Dixon
Home Ice Rink 	Guildford Spectrum
League position 	1st (Champions)
Premier Cup 	Group Stage
Knockout Cup 	Semi-Finalists
Play-Offs 	Semi-Finalists
Average attendance	1474
During the 2007-08 season, 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 the 9th March 2008 following a 6-1 road victory over 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 06/04/08
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
Peterbrough 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 v Slough Jets and Sheffield Scimitars v Bracknell Bees
13 April Playoff Final:
==Results==
===September===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance	Competition
8th 	Romford Raiders 	Home 	Won 9-2 	1,319 	League
9th 	Chelmsford Chieftains 	Away 	Lost 1-2 	465 	Premier Cup
15th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away 	Lost 2-4 	914 	Premier Cup
22nd	Slough Jets 	Away 	Won 8-7 (SO) 	554 	League
23rd	Wightlink Raiders 	Home 	Won 9-3 	1,211 	League
29th	Telford Tigers 	Away 	Lost 3-4 (OT)	280 	League
30th	Swindon Wildcats 	Home 	Won 2-1 	1,248 	League
===October===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance	Competition
6th 	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away 	Lost 0-7 	960 	Premier Cup
7th 	Sheffield Scimitars 	Home 	Lost 3-5 	1,168 	League
13th	Chelmsford Chieftains 	Home 	Won 5-0 	1,576 	Premier Cup
14th	Bracknell Bees 	Away 	Lost 5-6 (OT)	1,400 	League
20th	Wightlink Raiders 	Away 	Won 5-4 	375 	League
21st	Telford Tigers 	Home 	Won 7-3 	1,217 	League
28th	Chelmsford Chieftains 	Away 	Won 3-2 	474 	Premier Cup
===November===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance	Competition
3rd 	Sheffield Scimitars 	Away 	Lost 2-3 (SO)	425 	League
4th 	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Lost 2-5 	1,268 	Premier Cup
10th	Bracknell Bees 	Home 	Lost 2-3 (SO)	1,748 	League
11th	Peterborough Phantoms 	Away 	Lost 1-2 	Unknown 	League
17th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away 	Won 4-2 	1,075 	League
18th	Wightlink Raiders 	Home 	Won 14-4 	1,636 	League
24th	Chelmsford Chieftains 	Home 	Won 7-3 	1,238 	Premier Cup
25th	Romford Raiders 	Away 	Won 5-2 	Unknown 	League
===December===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance	Competition
1st 	Peterborough Phantoms 	Home 	Won 6-1 	1,421 	League
2nd 	Peterborough Phantoms 	Away 	Won 3-2 (SO)	443 	League
8th 	Swindon Wildcats 	Away 	Won 3-2 	790 	Knockout Cup
9th 	Chelmsford Chieftains 	Away 	Won 5-3 	423 	League
15th	Sheffield Scimitars 	Away 	Won 5-3 	351 	League
16th	Swindon Wildcats 	Home 	Won 3-1 	1,244 	Knockout Cup
22nd	Romford Raiders 	Home 	Won 5-2 	1,551 	Knockout Cup
23rd	Romford Raiders 	Away 	Lost 2-6 	Unknown 	League
26th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Won 4-3 	1,228 	Premier Cup
29th	Chelmsford Chieftains 	Home 	Won 5-0 	1,117 	League
30th	Slough Jets 	Home 	Won 4-3 	1,921 	League
===January===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance	Competition
1st 	Bracknell Bees 	Home 	Won 4-0 	1,467 	League
5th 	Telford Tigers 	Home 	Won 5-4 	1,634 	League
6th 	Swindon Wildcats 	Away 	Won 4-3 (SO) 	670 	League
12th	Slough Jets 	Away 	Lost 5-7 	702 	League
13th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Lost 5-6 (SO)	1,443 	League
19th	Wightlink Raiders 	Away 	Won 10-4 	506 	League
20th	Bracknell Bees 	Away 	Lost 1-4 	1,110 	League
26th	Chelmsford Chieftains 	Home 	Won 10-5 	1,619 	League
===February===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance	Competition
2nd 	Telford Tigers 	Away 	Won 4-1 	Unknown 	Knockout Cup
3rd 	Swindon Wildcats 	Home 	Won 6-2 	1,246 	League
10th	Sheffield Scimitars 	Home 	Won 5-1 	1,386 	League
16th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away 	Won 5-1 	Unknown 	League
17th	Slough Jets 	Home 	Won 6-2 	1,813 	League
23rd	Peterborough Phantoms 	Home 	Won 4-2 	1,536 	League
24th	Chelmsford Chieftains 	Away 	Won 4-3 	435 	League
27th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Lost 3-6	1,034 	Knockout Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg
===March===
Date	Opponent 	Venue	Result 	Attendance	Competition
6th 	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away 	Lost 3-5 (Lightning win 11-6 on aggregate)	537 	Knockout Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg
8th 	Romford Raiders 	Home 	Won 7-3 	1,769 	League
9th 	Telford Tigers 	Away 	Won 6-1 	325 	League
15th	Swindon Wildcats 	Away 	Won 7-2 	1,201 	League
16th	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home 	Won 5-3 	1,771 	League
22nd	Peterborough Phantoms 	Home 	Won 8-3 	1,558 	League Playoffs
23rd	Sheffield Scimitars 	Away 	Lost 3-5 	428 	League Playoffs
29rd	Romford Raiders 	Home 	Won 3-0 	1,812 	League Playoffs
30th @ Romford was postponed until 3 April due to mechanical failure.
===April===
Date	Opponent 	Venue 	Result 	Attendance	Competition
3rd 	Romford Raiders 	Away 	Won 8-3 	Unknown 	League Playoffs
5th 	Peterborough Phantoms	Away 	Won 6-4 	Unknown 	League Playoffs
6th 	Sheffield Scimitars 	Home 	Won 4-3 	2,022 	League Playoffs
12th	Slough 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 	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 07/08==
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 2007/08==
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 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
*Note: Joe Watkins (21 Saves) and Alex Mettam (16 Saves) combined for a shutout in the 5-0 Win over the Chelmsford Cheftians on 29/12/07 and so does not count as a shut out in either Goaltenders official stats.
==End of Season Awards==
The traditional End of Season Awards dinner was held on Monday 17 March 2008. The following awards were given out:
Most Sportsman like - #37 Ben Austin
British Player of the year - #30 Joe Watkins
Players Player of the year - #14 Stuart Potts
Top Point Scorer - #21 Milos Melicherik
The GIHSC (Guildford Ice Hockey Supporters Club) Voted the following:
Supporters British Player of the year - #14 Stuart Potts
Supporters Player of the year - #77 Taras Foremsky
==Team Roster 2007/08 (As of 09/11/07)==
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
==External links==
*Official Guildford Flames website
*[http://flamesbackburner.co.uk Flames Backburner Site
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