2012–13 Guildford Flames season

During the 2012–13 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 21st year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the sixth season under Paul Dixon as head coach.

2012–13 Guildford Flames
League	1st EPIHL
Team information
General manager	Paul Dixon
Coach	Paul Dixon
Arena	Guildford Spectrum

The Flames, for the first time in their history, secured a back to back trophy by winning the league championship for the second time in as many seasons, thanks to a loss for the Basingstoke Bison, along with a single point during a 2–1 overtime loss at the Sheffield Steeldogs on Saturday 16 March 2013. Just four days later a capacity Spectrum witnessed a 'double, double' when the Flames repeated last year's entire trophy haul with a 5–3 Cup win, 9–5 on aggregate, over the visiting Slough Jets.

The Flames ended the regular league season with 79 points from 54 games. They won the league by a five-point margin with the Basingstoke Bison finishing as runners-up with 74 points from 54 games.

The Manchester Phoenix captured the playoff title, and brought a halt to the Flames treble bid, with a 5–2 victory.

Player statistics

Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIMS
David Longstaff	60	38	79	117	26
Curtis Huppe	60	59	39	98	62
Jozef Kohut	50	23	38	61	114
Rick Plant	64	21	36	57	28
Nathan Rempel	51	26	23	49	48
Branislav Kvetan	61	13	36	49	140
Ben Campbell	50	19	25	44	2
David Savage	64	12	28	40	22
Paul Dixon	57	12	26	38	30
Milos Melicherik	28	9	24	33	50
Andrew Hemmings	64	6	27	33	14
Jez Lundin	63	9	22	31	70
Stuart Potts	59	6	15	21	20
Dean Holland	46	6	5	11	26
Neil Liddiard	64	3	7	10	137
Ricky Skene	64	1	8	9	30
Andrew Sharp	63	3	4	7	130
Mark Lee	61	0	3	3	2
James Hadfield	10	0	2	2	0
Ben Edwards	10	0	1	1	0
Scott Greenfield	63	0	1	1	6
Chris Cooke	35	0	0	0	2

Netminders

• Mark Lee and James Hadfield shared an additional shutout.

Netminder	Mins	GA	GAA	Shots	SV %	SO
Mark Lee	3462:07	155	2.682	1839	0.916	1
James Hadfield	392:23	22	3.362	227	0.903	0

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Goalscorer(s)
Saturday 8 September 2012	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Drawn 2–2	N/A	Challenge	Curtis Huppe, Nathan Rempel
Sunday 9 September 2012	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Drawn 1–1	1,628	Challenge	Jozef Kohut

Regular season

The league consists of 54 games. The first home and away league games against each opponent (a total of 18 games) counts for both League and Cup table points.   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

2012–13 Game log
September: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts 1 15 September Guildford Flames 8–2 Telford Tigers Mark Lee 1,624 1–0–0 League-Cup 2 2 16 September Bracknell Bees 3–6 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 2–0–0 League-Cup 4 3 23 September Guildford Flames 5–2 Milton Keynes Lightning Mark Lee 1,868 3–0–0 League-Cup 6 4 29 September Slough Jets 0–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 4–0–0 League-Cup 8 5 30 September Guildford Flames 5–6 Bracknell Bees Tom Annetts 1,508 4–1–0 League-Cup 8
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts 6 6 October Swindon Wildcats 6–2 Guildford Flames Dean Skinns N/A 4–2–0 League-Cup 8 7 7 October Guildford Flames 4–5 Sheffield Steeldogs OT Dimitry Zimozdra 1,714 4–2–1 League-Cup 9 8 13 October Guildford Flames 2–4 Manchester Phoenix Steve Fone 1,503 4–3–1 League-Cup 9 9 14 October Manchester Phoenix 4–3 Guildford Flames OT Steve Fone N/A 4–3–2 League-Cup 10 10 20 October Peterborough Phantoms 3–7 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 5–3–2 League-Cup 12 11 21 October Guildford Flames 6–2 Basingstoke Bison Mark Lee 1,557 6–3–2 League-Cup 14 12 27 October Guildford Flames 5–2 Peterborough Phantoms Mark Lee 1,736 7–3–2 League-Cup 16 13 28 October Sheffield Steeldogs 3–7 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 8–3–2 League-Cup 18 14 31 October Guildford Flames 4–5 Swindon Wildcats Dean Skinns 1,587 8–4–2 League-Cup 18
November: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts 15 4 November Bracknell Bees 4–3 Guildford Flames Tom Annetts N/A 8–5–2 League 18 16 10 November Basingstoke Bison 3–1 Guildford Flames Stevie Lyle 1,042 8–6–2 League-Cup 18 17 11 November Guildford Flames 3–2 Basingstoke Bison Mark Lee 1,420 9–6–2 League 20 18 17 November Slough Jets 3–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee 527 10–6–2 League 22 19 18 November Guildford Flames 6–3 Slough Jets Mark Lee 1,520 11–6–2 League-Cup 24 20 24 November Guildford Flames 3–1 Telford Tigers Mark Lee 1,801 12–6–2 League 26
December: 9–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 6–1–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts 21 1 December Guildford Flames 4–3 Peterborough Phantoms Mark Lee 1,675 13–6–2 League 28 22 2 December Telford Tigers 1–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 14–6–2 League-Cup 30 23 5 December Telford Tigers 1–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 15–6–2 League 32 24 8 December Milton Keynes Lightning 1–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 16–6–2 League-Cup 34 25 9 December Peterborough Phantoms 3–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 17–6–2 League-Cup 36 26 15 December Guildford Flames 3–2 Bracknell Bees PSO Mark Lee 1,572 18–6–2 League 38 27 22 December Basingstoke Bison 1–0 Guildford Flames Mark Lee 1,330 18–7–2 League 38 28 23 December Guildford Flames 5–2 Sheffield Steeldogs Mark Lee 1,957 19–7–2 League 40 29 28 December Swindon Wildcats 5–7 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 20–7–2 League 42 30 30 December Telford Tigers 1–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 21–7–2 League 44
January: 7–2–0 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts 31 1 January Guildford Flames 3–1 Swindon Wildcats Mark Lee 2,060 22–7–2 League 46 32 5 January Guildford Flames 3–0 Peterborough Phantoms Mark Lee & James Hadfield 1,555 23–7–2 League 48 33 6 January Bracknell Bees 4–6 Guildford Flames Mark Lee 1,291 24–7–2 League 50 34 12 January Manchester Phoenix 6–1 Guildford Flames Steve Fone N/A 24–8–2 League 50 35 13 January Guildford Flames 5–2 Basingstoke Bison Mark Lee 1,672 25–8–2 League 52 36 20 January Guildford Flames 4–2 Sheffield Steeldogs Mark Lee 1,572 26–8–2 League 54 37 26 January Milton Keynes Lightning 2–1 Guildford Flames Stephen Wall 1,155 26–9–2 League 54 38 27 January Guildford Flames 7–4 Telford Tigers Mark Lee 1,770 27–9–2 League 56 39 30 January Guildford Flames 6–4 Manchester Phoenix Mark Lee 1,785 – Cup Semi-final, First Leg –
February: 8–1–0 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 4–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts 40 2 February Sheffield Steeldogs 3–5 Guildford Flames James Hadfield N/A 28–9–2 League 58 41 3 February Guildford Flames 1–2 Milton Keynes Lightning Stephen Wall 1,802 28–10–2 League 58 42 9 February Guildford Flames 7–4 Manchester Phoenix Mark Lee 1,662 29–10–2 League 60 43 10 February Slough Jets 2–5 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 30–10–2 League 62 44 16 February Guildford Flames 7–6 Bracknell Bees OT Mark Lee 1,855 31–10–2 League 64 45 17 February Manchester Phoenix 2–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A 32–10–2 League 66 46 20 February Guildford Flames 7–1 Manchester Phoenix Mark Lee 2,016 33–10–2 League 68 47 23 February Milton Keynes Lightning 2–3 Guildford Flames Mark Lee 1,203 34–10–2 League 70 48 24 February Guildford Flames 4–3 Slough Jets Mark Lee 1,661 35–10–2 League 72
March: 7–4–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Competition Pts 49 2 March Manchester Phoenix 4–3 Guildford Flames Andrew Jaszczyk N/A – Cup Semi-final, Second Leg – 50 3 March Guildford Flames 7–1 Milton Keynes Lightning Mark Lee & James Hadfield 1,603 36–10–2 League 74 51 6 March Peterborough Phantoms 6–3 Guildford Flames Damien King N/A 36–11–2 League 74 52 9 March Basingstoke Bison 4–2 Guildford Flames Stevie Lyle 1,495 36–12–2 League 74 53 13 March Slough Jets 2–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A – Cup Final, First Leg – 54 16 March Sheffield Steeldogs 2–1 Guildford Flames OT Dalibor Sedlar N/A 36–12–3 League 75 55 17 March Guildford Flames 5–4 Swindon Wildcats PSO Mark Lee & James Hadfield 1,942 37–12–3 League 77 56 20 March Guildford Flames 5–3 Slough Jets Mark Lee N/A – Cup Final, Second Leg – 57 23 March Swindon Wildcats 3–5 Guildford Flames James Hadfield N/A 38–12–3 League 79 58 24 March Slough Jets 5–4 Guildford Flames Dan Milton 1,775 38–13–3 League 79 59 30 March Peterborough Phantoms 1–4 Guildford Flames Mark Lee N/A – Playoff QF, 1st Leg – 60 31 March Guildford Flames 7–2 Peterborough Phantoms Mark Lee & James Hadfield 2,083 – Playoff QF, 2nd Leg –

Playoff Finals Weekend

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Goalscorer(s)
Saturday 6 April 2013	Milton Keynes Lightning	SkyDome Arena	Won 3–2	2,536	Playoff Semi-final	Nathan Rempel (2), David Longstaff
Sunday 7 April 2013	Manchester Phoenix	SkyDome Arena	Lost 5–2	2,536	Playoff Final	Nathan Rempel & Branislav Kvetan

References

External links

• Official Guildford Flames website