1996–97 Guildford Flames season

Guildford Flames

Season 1996–97
League	British National League
Coach	Wayne Crawford
Home Ice Rink	Guildford Spectrum
League position	4th out of 8 in the British National League
Benson & Hedges Cup	3rd in Group D
Playoff Record	4th out of 5

The 1996–97 season, was the Guildford Flames' fifth year of ice hockey. Despite the fact the Guildford Flames advised with the setting up of the new top league in British Ice Hockey - the Ice Hockey Superleague, they opted to become members of the lower British National League.^[1] The unsettled Flames suffered from the loss of both their general manager and managing director and the five-year-old club, under coach Wayne Crawford, struggled through the campaign with a turnover of 41 players.

The Guildford Flames game against the Solihull Blaze on Saturday 8 March 1997 was abandoned at 14.25 when the plexi-glass broke irreparably when Mark Finney of the Flames and Blaze defenceman Steve Carpenter collided in the corner in an off-the-puck incident. Play was stopped and rink staff were called to the scene. Unfortunately, after over an hour of repair work, the engineers and the match referee - Jamie Craiper, concluded that the boards were not in a fit state for the game to be resumed safely, and the match was abandoned. Guildford who were leading 3-0 at the time were rewarded the 3-0 victory. Solihull went bust just two days later with debts in excess of a quarter-of-a-million pounds.

The Guildford Flames had their own hour long radio show on County Sound Radio 1476am, every Saturday throughout the season, running from 12-1pm. It was hosted by Peter Gordon and Ryan Campbell.

Player Statistics

Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIMS
Derek DeCosty	65	51	45	96	65
Wayne Crawford	68	40	56	96	93
Rylan Ferster	72	43	48	91	74
Ryan Campbell	53	32	43	75	42
Fred Perlini	39	41	24	65	20
Damian Smith	49	24	38	62	56
Mark Finney	69	30	21	51	96
Terry Kurtenbach	69	17	34	51	38
Paul Thompson	68	19	28	47	109
Mike Bettons	47	12	21	33	40
Elliott Andrews	63	13	18	31	47
Mike Mowbray	49	10	19	29	93
Darrin Zinger	64	10	17	27	40
Nick Cross	71	10	15	25	110
Paul McCallion	18	7	13	20	8
Mike Sanderson	16	9	9	18	4
Todd Bidner	13	6	9	15	26
Simo Liuka	19	6	8	14	0
Mark Hazlehurst	38	5	7	12	104
Lee Saunders	16	4	5	9	24
Barry Aisbitt	47	3	6	9	8
Keith Eely	20	1	2	3	24
Rob Lamey	23	1	2	3	0
Dan Sweeney	2	0	3	3	2
Wayne Trunchion	21	2	0	2	4
Drew Chapman	3	1	1	2	4
Chris Ryan	1	0	1	1	0
Tom Joki	3	0	0	0	2
Nick Rothwell	2	0	0	0	2
Daniel Packham	3	0	0	0	0
Rick Lamey	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Davis	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Barrow	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Mager	2	0	0	0	0
Andy Burton	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Alexander	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Johnston	1	0	0	0	0

Netminders

Netminder	Iced	Mins	SOG	GA	SV %	SO	GAA
John Wolfe	29	1630	909	121	86.69	1	4.45
Petri Engman	20	1130	527	71	86.53	1	3.77
Brad Kirkwood	30	1624	890	120	86.53	1	4.43

Schedule And Results

Pre-Season


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Saturday 24 August 1996	Telford Tigers	Away	Lost 9-4	-	-
Sunday 25 August 1996	Telford Tigers	Home	Won 8-5	-	-

Benson & Hedges Cup


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Goalscorers
Saturday 31 August 1996	Medway Bears	Away	Won 11-2	-	Group D	-
Sunday 1 September 1996	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Lost 13-2	-	Group D	-
Saturday 7 September 1996	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Lost 7-1	-	Group D	-
Sunday 8 September 1996	Bracknell Bees	Away	Lost 4-1	-	Group D	-
Saturday 14 September 1996	Bracknell Bees	Home	Lost 2-1	-	Group D	-
Sunday 15 September 1996	Medway Bears	Home	Won 9-3	-	Group D	-

Regular Season


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Goalscorers
Saturday 21 September 1996	Solihull Blaze	Away	Won 5-4	-	British National League	-
Sunday 22 September 1996	Kingston Hawks	Away	Won 7-0	-	British National League	-
Saturday 28 September 1996 ?	Telford Tigers	Away	Lost 5-3	-	British National League	-
Saturday 28 September 1996 ?	Medway Bears	Home	Won 9-4	-	British National League	-
Saturday 5 October 1996	Medway Bears	Away	Won 6-4	-	British National League	-
Sunday 6 October 1996	Slough Jets	Home	Lost 7-3	-	British National League	-
Saturday 12 October 1996	Telford Tigers	Away	Won 7-6 (PSO)	-	British National League	-
Sunday 13 October 1996	Telford Tigers	Home	Lost 5-4 (PSO)	-	British National League	-
Saturday 19 October 1996	Slough Jets	Away	Lost 6-0	-	British National League	-
Sunday 20 October 1996	Telford Tigers	Home	Won 8-3	-	British National League	-
Wednesday 23 October 1996	Peterborough Pirates	Home	Won 10-0	-	British National League	-
Saturday 26 October 1996	Slough Jets	Away	Lost 6-3	-	British National League	-
Sunday 27 October 1996	Medway Bears	Away	Lost 8-3	-	British National League	-
Saturday 2 November 1996	Swindon IceLords	Away	Lost 7-1	-	British National League	-
Sunday 3 November 1996	Kingston Hawks	Home	Lost 7-5	-	British National League	-
Sunday 10 November 1996	Swindon IceLords	Home	Lost 8-2	-	British National League	-
Saturday 16 November 1996	Kingston Hawks	Away	Lost 6-3	-	British National League	-
Wednesday 20 November 1996	Medway Bears	Home	Won 7-3	-	British National League	-
Sunday 24 November 1996	Peterborough Pirates	Away	Won 6-3	-	British National League	-
Saturday 30 November 1996	Swindon IceLords	Away	Lost 4-3	-	British National League	-
Sunday 1 December 1996	Solihull Blaze	Home	Lost 7-5	-	British National League	-
Saturday 7 December 1996	Telford Tigers	Away	Won 6-2	-	British National League	-
Sunday 8 December 1996	Kingston Hawks	Away	Won 3-1	-	British National League	-
Wednesday 11 December 1996	Peterborough Pirates	Home	Won 12-3	-	British National League	-
Saturday 14 December 1996	Slough Jets	Away	Lost 3-2	-	British National League	Terry Kurtenbach, Darrin Zinger
Sunday 15 December 1996	Swindon IceLords	Home	Lost 4-1	-	British National League	Elliot Andrews
Saturday 21 December 1996	Kingston Hawks	Home	Won 7-3	-	British National League	-
Sunday 22 December 1996	Medway Bears	Away	Won 4-2	-	British National League	-
Thursday 26 December 1996	Medway Bears	Home	Won 9-3	-	British National League	Rylan Ferster (4), Paul McCallion, Terry Kurtenbach, Mike Mowbray, Nick Cross, Mark Finney
Sunday 29 December 1996	Slough Jets	Home	Won 7-4	-	British National League	Derek DeCosty (3), Lee Saunders (3), Paul McCallion
Wednesday 1 January 1997	Kingston Hawks	Home	Won 7-3	-	British National League	-
Saturday 4 January 1997	Slough Jets	Away	Won 4-3	-	British National League	-
Sunday 5 January 1997	Telford Tigers	Home	Won 8-5	-	British National League	-
Saturday 11 January 1997	Solihull Blaze	Away	Won 8-7 (OT)	-	British National League	Derek DeCosty (3), Wayne Crawford, Mike Bettens, Nick Cross, Paul Thompson, Mark Finney
Sunday 12 January 1997	Telford Tigers	Home	Won 7-2	-	British National League	Derek DeCosty (2), Wayne Crawford (2), Mike Bettens, Nick Cross, Rylan Ferster
Thursday 16 January 1997	Swindon IceLords	Away	Lost 5-4 (OT)	-	British National League	Mark Finney, Rylan Ferster, Mark Hazlehurst, Derek DeCosty
Saturday 18 January 1997	Kingston Hawks	Home	Lost 4-2	-	British National League	Nick Cross, Damian Smith
Sunday 19 January 1997	Solihull Blaze	Home	Lost 5-2	-	British National League	Terry Kurtenbach, Damian Smith
Saturday 25 January 1997	Swindon IceLords	Away	Lost 5-1	-	British National League	Mike Mowbray
Sunday 26 January 1997	Solihull Blaze	Away	Lost 9-2	-	British National League	Derek DeCosty, Darrin Zinger
Wednesday 29 January 1997	Peterborough Pirates	Home	Won 20-1	-	British National League	-
Saturday 1 February 1997	Medway Bears	Home	Won 12-2	-	British National League	-
Sunday 2 February 1997	Medway Bears	Away	Won 6-4	-	British National League	-
Wednesday 5 February 1997	Slough Jets	Home	Won 5-3	-	British National League	-
Saturday 8 February 1997	Telford Tigers	Away	Won 6-4	-	British National League	-
Sunday 9 February 1997	Swindon IceLords	Home	Won 4-3	-	British National League	-
Thursday 13 February 1997	Solihull Blaze	Home	Won 5-2	-	British National League	Simo Liukka (2), Mark Finney, Fred Perlini, Terry Kurtenbach
Sunday 16 February 1997	Slough Jets	Home	Won 5-0	-	British National League	Mike Mowbray (3), Damian Smith, Derek DeCosty
Tuesday 18 February 1997	Peterborough Pirates	Home	Won 9-2	-	British National League	-
Saturday 22 February 1997	Peterborough Pirates	Away	Won 6-3	-	British National League	Mark Finney (2), Derek DeCosty (2), Mark Hazlehurst, Nick Cross
Sunday 23 February 1997	Swindon IceLords	Home	Lost 4-2	-	British National League	Simo Liukka, Damian Smith
Thursday 27 February 1997	Peterborough Pirates	Away	Won 14-2	-	British National League	-
Saturday 1 March 1997	Kingston Hawks	Away	Won 5-2	-	British National League	-
Sunday 2 March 1997	Solihull Blaze	Away	Lost 8-4	-	British National League	-
Saturday 8 March 1997	Solihull Blaze	Home	Won 3-0 (abandoned)	-	British National League	Ryan Campbell, Fred Perlini, Simo Liukka
Sunday 9 March 1997	Peterborough Pirates	Away	Won 9-2	-	British National League	Wayne Crawford (3), Mark Finney (2), Darrin Zinger, Fred Perlini, Elliot Andrews, Simo Liukka

Postseason


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Goalscorers
Wednesday 12 March 1997	Telford Tigers	Home	Won 4-2	-	Group Stage	-
Saturday 15 March 1997	Kingston Hawks	Home	Lost 4-3	-	Group Stage	-
Sunday 16 March 1997	Telford Tigers	Away	Won 8-7 (PSO)	-	Group Stage	-
Wednesday 19 March 1997	Kingston Hawks	Away	Lost 6-4	-	Group Stage	Rylan Ferster (2), Mike Mowbray, Derek DeCosty
N/A	Slough Jets	Away	Lost 6-1	-	Group Stage	-
Thursday 20 March 1997	Swindon IceLords	Away	Lost 4-1	-	Group Stage	Darrin Zinger
Sunday 23 March 1997	Swindon IceLords	Home	Lost 8-7 (PSO)	-	Group Stage	-
Tuesday 25 March 1997	Slough Jets	Home	Won 9-2	-	Group Stage	-
Wednesday 26 March 1997	Kingston Hawks	Away	Won 9-3	-	Third Place Play-Off, First Leg	-
Thursday 27 March 1997	Kingston Hawks	Home	Lost 6-4 (Guildford won 13-9 on agg)	-	Third Place Play-Off, Second Leg	-

Other Guildford Ice Hockey Teams - 1996/1997 Season

Age	Team Name	Played	Won	Loss	Drawn	GF	GA	Points
U-10s	Guildford Firestreaks	22	8	10	4	113	92	20
U-12s	Guildford Fireflies	16	12	3	1	74	29	25
U-14s	Guildford Firestorm	14	12	2	0	153	24	24
U-16s	Guildford Firestars	16	13	1	2	127	50	28
U-19s	Guildford Phoenix	24	13	11	0	134	119	26
Women	Guildford Lightning	14	5	7	2	26	36	12

References

Roberts, Stewart (1997). The Ice Hockey Annual 1997-98. East Sussex: Caldra House Ltd. ISBN 0-9515086-8-7.

↑ "1996-1997". GuildfordFlames.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

External links

Official Guildford Flames website

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