2014–15 Guildford Flames season

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The current team jerseys, for both away and home.

During the 2014–15 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 23rd year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the eighth season under Paul Dixon as head coach.

The offseason saw numerous changes in personnel. Departing the club were Ricky Skene, Andrew Sharp, Dean Holland, Nicky Watt, Martin Opatovsky and Mark Lee. Long term Flames forwards Milos Melicherik and Stuart Potts left their playing roles and joined the coaching staff. Joining the club were veteran Danny Meyers, the Canadian forward Andrew McKinney, Defenceman Sam Godfrey, and former National Hockey League and Great Britain National team forward Owen Fussey.

Prior to the fixture list being revealed the EIHA announced that teams from the English Premier Ice Hockey League and National Ice Hockey League would face each other in a revamped English Challenge Cup competition.

On Friday 24 October 2014, it was announced on the Guildford Flames official website that the club match programme would be going 'green' with immediate effect. It marked the end of the traditional hard copy and was replaced by a free, electronic version of the programme which was posted on GuildfordFlames.com to download and view or print before home matches. The club listed several reasons for the change and claimed the purchase patterns, the consumption of nearly 80,000 pieces of A4 paper each season, and the fact that the new method could be widely distributed at no charge, offered better value to the club's sponsors.[1]

It was announced in November 2014 that Ollie Bronnimann had left the club by mutual consent.[2] On Sunday 23 November 2014 the Guildford Flames announced they had also released Curtis Huppe.[3] The month also saw the arrival of Slovakian forward Vladimir Kútny,[4] and the departure of Canadian forward, Owen Fussey.[5]

December saw more changes to the roster with the Flames adding 33-year-old Slovakian forward Roman Tvrdon.[6]

It was a disappointing season for the Guildford Flames who finished runners-up in the league to the Telford Tigers. The Tigers also secured a clean sweep of eight victories in eight games in all competitions during the season against Guildford, beating them on six occasions in the league, and defeating them in both legs of the Cup Semi-final. The Flames would also suffer more misery losing the final five games of the season (including both legs of the Play-off Quarter-Final against the Milton Keynes Lightning). It would mean that for the first time in their history as a league member, and after nine consecutive EPIHL final-four play-off appearances, the Guildford Flames would not compete at Coventry in the Finals weekend.

Guildford Flames
Season 2014–15
League EPIHL
GM/Head Coach Paul Dixon
Home Ice Rink Guildford Spectrum
League position 2nd out of 9
Premier Cup Semi-finalists
Play-offs Quarter-finalists

Team Roster

# Player Position Height Weight Date of Birth Nationality Previous Team
4 Neil Liddiard D 6'0" 200 lbs 7 May 1978 British Basingstoke Bison
6 David Savage D 5'11" 200 lbs 11 October 1988 British Guildford Jr. Club
16 Andrew Hemmings F 5'10" 185 lbs 15 August 1988 British Basingstoke Bison
18 Danny Meyers D 6'3" 205 lbs 2 March 1983 British Sheffield Steelers
19 Tom Duggan F 5'10" 185 lbs 17 May 1990 British Manchester Phoenix
22 Paul Dixon D 5'10" 185 lbs 4 August 1973 British Newcastle Riverkings
23 Owen Fussey F 6'0" 195 lbs 2 April 1983 Canadian-St. Kitts Coventry Blaze
25 David Longstaff F 6'2" 225 lbs 26 August 1974 British Newcastle Vipers
28 Marcus Kristoffersson F 6'2" 205 lbs 22 January 1979 Swedish Mulhouse
29 James Hadfield G 6'1" 190 lbs 4 October 1992 British Swindon Wildcats
33 Branislav Kvetan D 6'1" 210 lbs 17 October 1977 Slovak Dijon
38 Jozef Kohut F 6'1" 210 lbs 27 January 1975 Slovak HK Puchov
39 Curtis Huppe F 6'1" 200 lbs 21 February 1979 Canadian Manchester Phoenix
45 Gregg Rockman G 5'10" 170 lbs 24 May 1982 British Slough Jets
48 Ben Campbell F 5'10" 170 lbs 16 May 1987 British Newcastle Vipers
58 Andy McKinney F 6'0" 190 lbs 13 April 1991 Canadian-British Manchester Phoenix
61 Sam Godfrey D 6'0" 190 lbs 2 February 1994 British Swindon Wildcats
74 Matt Towe F 5'10" 180 lbs 7 January 1988 British Braehead Clan
82 Jez Lundin D 6'1" 200 lbs 9 February 1988 USA-British Newcastle Vipers
91 Ollie Bronnimann F 5'11" 195 lbs 19 February 1987 Swiss-British Bracknell Bees

Player statistics

Player GP G A PTS PIMS
David Longstaff 60 16 64 80 24
Matt Towe 60 19 60 79 62
Marcus Kristoffersson 49 27 30 57 28
Ben Campbell 57 14 36 50 20
Tom Duggan 39 15 27 42 26
Danny Meyers 53 13 26 39 32
Jozef Kohut 29 17 14 31 38
Andy McKinney 59 15 18 33 83
Roman Tvrdon 29 16 14 30 57
Vladimir Kutny 30 14 13 27 43
David Savage 54 12 17 29 26
Branislav Kvetan 53 14 14 28 151
Jez Lundin 60 10 16 26 56
Owen Fussey 26 17 8 25 10
Andrew Hemmings 53 6 14 20 18
Paul Dixon 40 1 14 15 28
Stuart Potts 9 1 6 7 4
Curtis Huppe 7 4 2 6 6
Sam Godfrey 60 1 5 6 68
Neil Liddiard 59 0 4 4 81
Ollie Bronnimann 14 0 4 4 8
James Hadfield 39 0 1 1 0
Sam Calder 1 0 0 0 0
Milos Melicherik 1 0 0 0 0
Gregg Rockman 22 0 0 0 12

Netminders

Netminder Mins GA GAA Shots SV % SO
James Hadfield 2331 107 2.75 1204 91.1 1
Gregg Rockman 1272 63 2.97 696 90.9 1
Sam Calder 4 1 15.00 6 83.3 0

Ticketing

Individual home game tickets can be purchased 30 days prior to a match day. They are available online; by calling the Guildford Spectrum Box Office on 01483 443333 (50p surcharge on all phone bookings); or they can be collected in person at the Spectrum reception. A 'Child' ticket is for people under the age of 16; an 'OAP' ticket is only for people over the age of 60. Due to a partnership with 96.4 Eagle Radio a number of games are designated 'Kids Go Free' when under 16 tickets are complimentary.

Individual Tickets Seating Block Price
Adult D,F,G,H,J £10.50
Adult E,I £10.95
Child D,F,G,H,J £5.50
Child E,I £6.50
OAP/Student D,F,G,H,J £6.50
OAP/Student E,I £7.50
Family (2 adults 2 children) D,F,G,H,J £26.00
Staff/Jr Programme members - £5.00
Group Bookings (15+ Tickets) Adult D,F,G,H,J £7.95
Group Bookings (15+ Tickets) Child D,F,G,H,J £4.95

Standings

English Premier League

Team Pld. W OL L GF GA Pts.
Telford Tigers ** 48 39 3 6 226 119 81
Guildford Flames * 48 30 4 14 177 144 64
Basingstoke Bison * 48 28 5 15 170 155 61
Peterborough Phantoms * 48 27 2 19 167 163 56
Swindon Wildcats * 48 28 0 20 172 150 56
Manchester Phoenix * 48 21 7 20 179 165 49
Milton Keynes Lightning * 48 18 6 24 152 186 42
Sheffield Steeldogs * 48 18 2 28 150 203 38
Bracknell Bees 48 7 5 36 108 216 19

[*] Secured play-off berth. [**] EPL League Champions

English Premier Cup – Southern Division

Team Pld. W OTL L GF GA Pts.
Guildford Flames 14 11 0 3 68 28 22
Swindon Wildcats 14 11 0 3 58 29 22
Milton Keynes Lightning 14 10 2 2 69 34 22
Basingstoke Bison 14 10 1 3 66 33 21
Bracknell Bees 14 6 0 8 46 47 12
Chelmsford Chieftains 14 3 0 11 34 58 6
Invicta Dynamos 14 3 0 11 39 98 6
Wightlink Raiders 14 2 0 12 24 77 4

English Premier Cup – Northern Division

Team Pld. W OTL L GF GA Pts.
Telford Tigers 12 11 1 0 84 26 23
Manchester Phoenix 12 9 1 2 79 35 19
Sheffield Steeldogs 12 8 0 4 64 37 16
Peterborough Phantoms 12 6 0 6 47 47 12
Blackburn Hawks 12 4 0 8 47 63 8
Solway Sharks 12 3 0 9 25 81 6
Billingham Stars 12 1 0 11 23 80 2

Schedule And results

Pre-season

The Flames new campaign got underway with a pair of challenge matches against the Basingstoke Bison. The Flames won the first game in Basingstoke, however the Bison gained revenge the following evening in Guildford with a convincing 6–2 victory.

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorer(s)
Saturday 6 September 2014 Basingstoke Bison Away Won 3–2 992 Owen Fussey (2), Tom Duggan
Sunday 7 September 2014 Basingstoke Bison Home Lost 6–2 1,666 Ben Campbell, Tom Duggan

Regular season

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
14 September 2014 Milton Keynes Lightning Home Won 5–3 1,620 League/Cup David Longstaff, Branislav Kvetan, Marcus Kristoffersson, Ben Campbell, Curtis Huppe
20 September 2014 Swindon Wildcats Away Won 4–2 - League/Cup Marcus Kristoffersson, Matt Towe, Tom Duggan, Ben Campbell
21 September 2014 Swindon Wildcats Home Lost 4–2 1,652 League/Cup Jez Lundin, Branislav Kvetan
27 September 2014 Peterborough Phantoms Away Lost 2–1 - League Tom Duggan
28 September 2014 Wightlink Raiders Home Won 7–0 1,620 Cup Matt Towe (2), Tom Duggan (2), Andy Hemmings, Andy McKinney, Danny Meyers
4 October 2014 Basingstoke Bison Away Won 2–1 (PSO) 1,151 League/Cup Matt Towe, Branislav Kvetan (winning penalty shot)
5 October 2014 Manchester Phoenix Home Won 6–3 1,472 League Ben Campbell (2), Owen Fussey (2), Danny Meyers, Matt Towe
11 October 2014 Telford Tigers Home Lost 7–1 1,610 League Owen Fussey
12 October 2014 Chelmsford Chieftains Away Won 4–3 - Cup Tom Duggan (2), Owen Fussey, Andy McKinney
18 October 2014 Swindon Wildcats Away Won 5–2 - League David Longstaff (2), Ben Campbell, Jozef Kohut, Owen Fussey
19 October 2014 Peterborough Phantoms Home Won 5–1 1,682 League Jozef Kohut, Marcus Kristoffersson, Danny Meyers, David Savage, Matt Towe
25 October 2014 Telford Tigers Away Lost 4–1 - League Marcus Kristoffersson
26 October 2014 Bracknell Bees Away Lost 4–1 - League/Cup Marcus Kristoffersson
29 October 2014 Sheffield Steeldogs Home Won 11–1 1,888 League Marcus Kristoffersson (3), Jozef Kohut (2), Tom Duggan (2), Branislav Kvetan (2), Andy McKinney, Andy Hemmings
1 November 2014 Milton Keynes Lightning Away Lost 3–2 - League/Cup Tom Duggan, Ben Campbell
2 November 2014 Basingstoke Bison Home Won 6–3 1,645 League/Cup Owen Fussey (2), David Longstaff, Jez Lundin, David Savage, Andy McKinney
8 November 2014 Wightlink Raiders Away Won 7–0 - Cup Jozef Kohut (3), Matt Towe, Owen Fussey, Danny Meyers, Ben Campbell
9 November 2014 Peterborough Phantoms Home Won 5–3 1,657 League Owen Fussey, David Longstaff, Andy McKinney, Danny Meyers, Curtis Huppe
15 November 2014 Peterborough Phantoms Away Lost 5–4 - League Owen Fussey (2), Ben Campbell, Branislav Kvetan
16 November 2014 Manchester Phoenix Away Lost 5–3 - League Curtis Huppe, Andrew Hemmings, Branislav Kvetan
22 November 2014 Manchester Phoenix Home Won 4–3 1,724 League Curtis Huppe, Jozef Kohut, Branislav Kvetan, Andy McKinney
23 November 2014 Invicta Dynamos Away Won 9–1 - Cup Jozef Kohut (2), David Longstaff, Danny Meyers, Owen Fussey, Andrew Hemmings, Sam Godfrey, Stuart Potts, Matt Towe
29 November 2014 Chelmsford Chieftains Home Won 5–1 1,918 Cup Owen Fussey (2), Branislav Kvetan, Andrew Hemmings, Andy McKinney
30 November 2014 Milton Keynes Lightning Away Lost 4–1 - League Owen Fussey
6 December 2014 Bracknell Bees Home Won 3–1 1,658 League/Cup Vladimir Kutny, Danny Meyers, Roman Tvrdon
7 December 2014 Sheffield Steeldogs Away Won 3–2 537 League Jozef Kohut, Andrew McKinney, Branislav Kvetan
14 December 2014 Telford Tigers Away Lost 4–1 - League Jez Lundin
20 December 2014 Milton Keynes Lightning Away Won 2–1 - League David Savage, Andrew McKinney
21 December 2014 Basingstoke Bison Away Won 3–2 835 League Roman Tvrdon, Jez Lundin, David Longstaff
26 December 2014 Bracknell Bees Home Won 4–3 (OT) 1,793 League Roman Tvrdon, Vladimir Kutny, Branislav Kvetan, Matt Towe
27 December 2014 Invicta Dynamos Home Won 11–2 1,780 Cup Jozef Kohut (2), Vladimir Kutny (2), Matt Towe (2), Danny Meyers, Andrew Hemmings, Andrew McKinney, David Savage, Ben Campbell
28 December 2014 Bracknell Bees Away Won 6–3 - League Roman Tvrdon (2), David Longstaff, Jez Lundin, Vladimir Kutny, Marcus Kristoffersson
1 January 2015 Bracknell Bees Home Won 5–2 1,906 League Vladimir Kutny (2), David Savage (2), Roman Tvrdon
3 January 2015 Swindon Wildcats Away Won 3–1 - League Marcus Kristoffersson (2), David Savage
4 January 2015 Sheffield Steeldogs Home Lost 3–2 (PSO) 1,775 League Roman Tvrdon, Vladimir Kutny
11 January 2015 Basingstoke Bison Home Lost 4–3 1,714 League Roman Tvrdon (2), Andrew McKinney
17 January 2015 Sheffield Steeldogs Away Won 5–1 - League Marcus Kristoffersson, Danny Meyers, Vladimir Kutny, Jozef Kohut, Jez Lundin
18 January 2015 Milton Keynes Lightning Home Won 6–4 1,637 League Tom Duggan, David Savage, Andrew McKinney, Jozef Kohut, Matt Towe, David Longstaff
24 January 2015 Telford Tigers Home Lost 4–0 1,848 League -
25 January 2015 Manchester Phoenix Away Won 6–5 (PSO) - League Marcus Kristoffersson (3), David Longstaff, Ben Campbell, Vladimir Kutny
4 February 2015 Telford Tigers Home Lost 4–3 1,837 Cup Semi-final, First Leg Marcus Kristoffersson (2), Roman Tvrdon
7 February 2015 Peterborough Phantoms Home Won 5–4 (PSO) 1,947 League Marcus Kristoffersson (2), Roman Tvrdon, Jez Lundin, Jozef Kohut
8 February 2015 Bracknell Bees Away Won 4–2 - League Marcus Kristoffersson, Branislav Kvetan, Danny Meyers, David Longstaff
11 February 2015 Telford Tigers Away Lost 5–2 (Telford Win 9–5 on agg) - Cup Semi-final, Second Leg Vladimir Kutny, Marcus Kristoffersson
14 February 2015 Sheffield Steeldogs Away Won 4–1 611 League Vladimir Kutny, Matt Towe, Paul Dixon, Ben Campbell
15 February 2015 Sheffield Steeldogs Home Won 5–2 1,755 League Marcus Kristoffersson (2), Jez Lundin, David Savage, Roman Tvrdon
18 February 2015 Basingstoke Bison Home Won 4–3 2,020 League Vladimir Kutny (2), Matt Towe (2)
21 February 2015 Swindon Wildcats Home Won 6–2 1,728 League Jez Lundin (2), Danny Meyers, Andy McKinney, Roman Tvrdon, David Savage
22 February 2015 Manchester Phoenix Away Lost 5–2 - League David Longstaff, Danny Meyers
28 February 2015 Basingstoke Bison Away Lost 5–4 (PSO) 1,355 League Matt Towe, Branislav Kvetan, Danny Meyers, Vladimir Kutny
1 March 2015 Milton Keynes Lightning Home Won 4–3 (OT) 1,565 League Jozef Kohut, Marcus Kristoffersson, Andy McKinney, David Longstaff
8 March 2015 Swindon Wildcats Home Won 6–3 1,588 League Matt Towe (2), David Longstaff, David Savage, Tom Duggan, Marcus Kristoffersson
14 March 2015 Manchester Phoenix Home Won 4–3 1,683 League Ben Campbell, David Savage, Roman Tvrdon, Branislav Kvetan
15 March 2015 Peterborough Phantoms Away Lost 5–4 - League David Longstaff, Roman Tvrdon, Marcus Kristoffersson, Tom Duggan
21 March 2015 Telford Tigers Home Lost 2–1 (Match abandoned at 30:08 as a result of ice conditions – result stands) 1,729 League Ben Campbell
22 March 2015 Telford Tigers Away Lost 4–3 (OT) - League Matt Towe, David Longstaff, Tom Duggan

Play-offs

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
28 March 2015 Milton Keynes Lightning Away Lost 3–2 - Quarter-final, First Leg Marcus Kristoffersson, Roman Tvrdon
29 March 2015 Milton Keynes Lightning Home Lost 4–3 (Milton Keynes win 7–5 on aggregate) 2,014 Quarter-final, Second Leg Branislav Kvetan, Marcus Kristoffersson, Andy McKinney

External links

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