2009–10 Guildford Flames season

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.

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.

[*] 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).

[*] Secured Semi-final Berth.

Results

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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 Russell	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	–	-	–	–

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
• Flames Backburner Site (supporters club)