2008–09 Guildford Flames season

During the 2008-09 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 17th year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the second season under Paul Dixon as head coach.

During the summer Dixon worked to improve the defensive line by shipping out Dominic Hopkins and Ben Johnson, replacing them with 17 year old Steven Lee whom had already played two seasons with Elite League side Hull, and bringing toughness to the team in the form of Mark Williams from Romford. Other departures included fringe player Ben Duggan who was replaced by Matt Hepburn from the juniors. The main talking point over the summer was the departure of long time top goal scorer Jozef Kohut, leaving the team with what many believed was a weak offence.

After an indifferent start to the season with 3 wins and 3 losses, it was announced on the 9th October that the Flames would travel to Slovakia and take part in an exhibition against Extraliga side Poprad in a game opened by the Queen during her state visit to the country. . After a poor run of results in November and a multiple game ban for import Vaclav Zavoral, the decision was taken to sign Czech Martin Bouz. . A surprise departure was the main feature of January with Mark Williams leaving to pursue work commitments and to play closer to home with the Romford Raiders.

League table
Final Table [*] Secured Play-off Berth. [**] EPL League Champions

Peterborough are EPL League Champions 2008/09

Premier Cup Table
Final Table

[*] Secured Semi Final Berth.

Premier Cup Finals
Aggregate Scores


 * Peterborough Phantoms are the EPL Cup Champions 2008/09

Playoffs
Aggregate Scores for Quarter Finals


 * Peterborough are the 2008/09 EPL Playoff champions

Results
Legend:

Points for the 2008/09 season
Final Standing

[*]No Longer On Active Roster

Goaltender Stats 2008/09
Final

Special teams
Final
 * Powerplay 42 for 204 - 20.6%
 * Penalty Kill 241 for 293 - 82.3%

Penalty Shots 08/09
Final

End of Season Awards
The traditional End of Season Awards dinner was held on Monday 30 March 2009. The following awards were given out:

Most Sportsman like - #37 Ben Austin

British Player of the year - #8 Rob Lamey

Players Player of the year - #8 Rob Lamey

Top Point Scorer - #21 Milos Melicherik

The GIHSC (Guildford Ice Hockey Supporters Club) Voted the following:

Supporters British Player of the year - #8 Rob Lamey

Supporters Player of the year - #77 Taras Foremsky

Team Roster
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 30 Joe Watkins 31 Alex Mettam FORWARDS 8  Rob Lamey 12 Matt Hepburn 14 Stuart Potts 17 Rick Plant - Captain 18 Callum Best 19 Terry Miles 21 Milos Melicherik - Alternate Captain 25 Vinnie Zavoral 32 Lukas Smital 44 Nick Cross 47 Martin Bouz 76 Taras Foremsky 91 Ollie Bronnimann DEFENDERS 4  Neil Liddiard - Alternate Captain 6  David Savage 22 Paul Dixon 24 Mark Williams 37 Ben Austin 45 Steve Lee 55 Rick Skene