2001–02 Guildford Flames season

Guildford Flames

Season 2001–02
League	British National League
Coach	Stan Marple
Home Ice Rink	Guildford Spectrum
League position	5th out of 12
Findus Challenge Cup	2nd in Group 2
Playoff Record	Semi-Finalists

The 2001–02 season, was the Guildford Flames' tenth year of ice hockey. The Guildford Flames competed in the British National League.^[1]

After arguably their most successful season since their formation in 1992, the Guildford Flames shockingly ended up the season empty-handed.

On paper they should have added yet more silverware to their growing trophy cabinet after securing the triple crown in 2000-01, but head coach, Stan Marple, admitted his BNL side, packed with former Superleague stars, under-achieved.

Marple - back for his fifth season in the coaching hot-seat - was up against it from the word go. The fans had been given a taste of success and were expecting more.

But the Surrey side had strong competition, especially the league's new club, Dundee Stars, whose coach, Tony Hand, had recruited many top ISL players.

Coventry Blaze were always going to be tough, too, so Marple set about signing some big name players himself.

Perhaps his key acquisition was Finnish hotshot, Mikko Koivunoro, as Flames benefited from the demise of the ISL's Newcastle Jesters.

But Guildford had lost two veteran players through retirement at the start of the campaign. First was "Mr Guildford", Ryan Campbell, then Wayne (Reggie) Crawford called it a day at the age of 40.

Marple's new crop of players did not live up to expectations and frustrations began to show. Even returning netminder, Mark McArthur, was having a nightmare season after impressing in his debut year.

There were many inconsistent results, with Flames losing at home 4-3 to a rejuvenated Paisley Pirates, 6-4 to the surprising Edinburgh Capitals, and 3-0 to local rivals, Slough Jets.

Marple's cause was not helped when he lost Jason Jennings to a freak domestic accident - while cutting down a tree in his garden, he almost sliced off a finger.

The club's top scorer in the 2000-01 playoffs refused treatment and flew home to Canada. Though not expected back, he recovered in time to return and help Flames secure their best run of the season, reaching the league playoff semifinals.

There, though, Guildford were paired with Dundee, one of their fiercest rivals, who had won the league title. Flames lost 3-2 at home and 3-0 at Camperdown.

Player Statistics

Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIMS
Derek DeCosty	47	41	24	65	52
Mikko Koivunoro	36	17	47	64	56
John Haig	56	22	39	61	36
Todd Wetzel	44	25	32	57	60
Nicky Chinn	50	16	40	56	104
Jason Dailey	56	24	16	40	58
David Smith	56	14	24	38	22
Ricky Plant	54	7	21	28	63
Jason Jennings	24	12	15	27	14
Tony Redmond	51	10	15	25	30
Scott Campbell	32	5	20	25	71
Kent Nobes	22	14	10	24	10
Greg Burke	30	9	13	22	72
Paul Dixon	37	2	12	14	22
Stan Marple	36	5	7	12	104
Mitch Grant	18	6	5	11	4
Rob Lamey	22	2	7	9	2
Regan Stocco	27	2	3	5	26
Ian Defty	19	1	4	5	22
Jason Stone	13	1	1	2	34
Michael Plenty	32	0	2	2	2
Mark Galazzi	39	1	0	1	4
James Morgan	5	0	1	1	8
Michael Timms	4	0	0	0	0
Jamie Hepburn	3	0	0	0	0

Netminders

Netminder	Iced	Mins	SOG	GA	SV %	SO	GAA
Mark McArthur	54	3277	1800	156	91.33	3	2.86
Grant King	3	180	86	14	83.72	0	4.67
Alec Field	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Schedule And Results

British National League (BNL)

Final Standings

Team	Pld.	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts.
Dundee Stars	44	40	4	0	289	101	80
Coventry Blaze	44	33	9	2	227	118	68
Fife Flyers	44	31	12	1	222	110	63
Basingstoke Bison	44	24	18	2	201	151	50
Guildford Flames	44	24	19	1	198	144	49
Hull Thunder	44	23	19	2	190	161	48
Edinburgh Capitals	44	20	23	1	180	212	41
Milton Keynes Kings	44	17	23	4	146	160	38
Paisley Pirates	44	18	25	1	161	259	37
Peterborough Pirates	44	11	30	3	136	208	25
Slough Jets	44	7	33	4	112	216	18
Cardiff Devils	44	5	38	1	90	312	11


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorer(s)
Saturday 22 September 2001	Dundee Stars	Home	Lost 3-1	-	-
Sunday 23 September 2001	Milton Keynes Kings	Home	Won 7-1	-	-
Saturday 29 September 2001	Milton Keynes Kings	Away	Lost 3-1	-	John Haig
Sunday 30 September 2001	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Won 5-3	-	David Smith, Nicky Chinn, Jason Jennings, Kent Nobes, Ricky Plant
Saturday 6 October 2001	Slough Jets	Away	Won 6-3	-	Derek DeCosty (2), Jason Dailey (2), David Smith, John Haig
Sunday 7 October 2001	Edinburgh Capitals	Home	Won 4-2	-	Tony Redmond (2), Kent Nobes, Todd Wetzel
Saturday 13 October 2001	Coventry Blaze	Home	Won 4-2	-	-
Sunday 14 October 2001	Cardiff Devils	Away	Won 7-2	-	-
Saturday 20 October 2001	Edinburgh Capitals	Away	Won 7-6 (OT)	-	-
Sunday 21 October 2001	Dundee Stars	Away	Lost 4-2	-	-
Thursday 25 October 2001	Coventry Blaze	Away	Lost 3-2 (OT)	-	-
Saturday 27 October 2001	Hull Thunder	Away	Lost 3-2	-	-
Sunday 28 October 2001	Fife Flyers	Home	Lost 6-3	-	-
Saturday 3 November 2001	Paisley Pirates	Away	Lost 4-3 (OT)	-	Todd Wetzel, David Smith, Greg Burke
Sunday 4 November 2001	Cardiff Devils	Home	Won 5-0	-	Derek DeCosty (2), John Haig, Rob Lamey, Greg Burke
Saturday 10 November 2001	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Lost 3-1	-	-
Sunday 11 November 2001	Slough Jets	Home	Lost 3-0	-	-
Saturday 17 November 2001	Peterborough Pirates	Away	Won 6-1	-	-
Sunday 18 November 2001	Peterborough Pirates	Home	Won 5-2	-	-
Saturday 24 November 2001	Milton Keynes Kings	Away	Tied 3-3	-	-
Saturday 1 December 2001	Peterborough Pirates	Away	Lost 4-3	-	Todd Wetzel (2), Derek DeCosty
Sunday 2 December 2001	Paisley Pirates	Home	Won 5-4	-	Todd Wetzel, Scott Campbell, Mikko Koivunoro, John Haig, Derek DeCosty
Saturday 8 December 2001	Fife Flyers	Away	Lost 7-3	-	Derek DeCosty, Todd Wetzel, Tony Redmond
Sunday 9 December 2001	Edinburgh Capitals	Away	Won 9-2	-	Derek DeCosty (3), John Haig (3), David Smith, Todd Wetzel, Mark Galazzi
Saturday 15 December 2001	Paisley Pirates	Away	Won 6-3	-	-
Saturday 22 December 2001	Dundee Stars	Home	Won 4-3 (OT)	-	-
Sunday 23 December 2001	Milton Keynes Kings	Home	Won 7-0	-	-
Saturday 29 December 2001	Fife Flyers	Away	Lost 5-2	-	-
Sunday 30 December 2001	Dundee Stars	Away	Lost 6-3	-	-
Saturday 5 January 2002	Hull Thunder	Home	Won 4-1	-	-
Sunday 6 January 2002	Cardiff Devils	Away	Won 9-3	-	-
Sunday 13 January 2002	Cardiff Devils	Home	Won 10-5	-	Mike Koivunoro (3), Jason Dailey (2), Todd Wetzel, Stan Marple, Tony Redmond, John Haig, Derek DeCosty
Saturday 19 January 2002	Slough Jets	Away	Won 10-2	-	-
Sunday 20 January 2002	Edinburgh Capitals	Home	Lost 6-4	-	-
Saturday 26 January 2002	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Lost 6-4	-	-
Sunday 27 January 2002	Fife Flyers	Home	Lost 3-2	-	-
Saturday 2 February 2002	Hull Thunder	Home	Won 3-1	-	-
Sunday 3 February 2002	Coventry Blaze	Home	Won 4-2	-	-
Saturday 9 February 2002	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Lost 6-1	-	-
Sunday 10 February 2002	Slough Jets	Home	Won 9-1	-	-
Saturday 16 February 2002	Peterborough Pirates	Home	Won 9-1	-	-
Sunday 17 February 2002	Coventry Blaze	Away	Lost 7-4	-	-
Saturday 23 February 2002	Paisley Pirates	Home	Lost 4-3 (OT)	-	-
Sunday 24 February 2002	Hull Thunder	Away	Won 6-5	-	-

British National League Play-Offs

The top eight BNL teams qualified for the playoffs. In the Quarter-Finals the teams were split into two groups of four with the teams finishing 1st, 4th, 5th and 8th in the league going into Group 1 and the others into Group 2. Teams tied on points in the Quarter-Final group stages were separated first by wins in normal time, then by away wins in normal time. The two top teams in each group qualified for the Semi-Finals with the winner of one group playing a home-and-away, aggregate goals series against the runner-up in the other group. The winning semi-finalists competed for the title using the same playing format.

The semi-final with the Coventry Blaze was overshadowed by controversy over ITV's insistence that the second game, rather than the first should be held in Guildford. The change was agreed by the league headquarters to avoid travelling costs (which would fall on the league) for ITV's southern based camera crew who naturally believed the last leg would be the more important one. The fuss was not of Blaze's making and they rode out the politics to beat the Flames by three goals each time.

Quarter-Final Group 1

Team	Pld.	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts.
Dundee Stars	6	6	0	0	24	5	12
Guildford Flames	6	3	3	0	13	13	6
Basingstoke Bison	6	2	3	1	13	19	5
Milton Keynes Kings	6	0	5	1	8	21	1

Quarter-Final Group 2

Team	Pld.	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts.
Coventry Blaze	6	5	1	0	34	9	10
Fife Flyers	6	4	1	1	24	20	9
Hull Thunder	6	1	4	1	18	33	3
Edinburgh Capitals	6	1	5	0	15	29	2


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Goalscorers
N/A	Basingstoke Bison	Away	Won 3-0	-	Quarter-Final Group 1	-
N/A	Basingstoke Bison	Home	Lost 3-2	-	Quarter-Final Group 1	Jason Dailey, David Smith
N/A	Dundee Stars	Away	Lost 3-0	-	Quarter-Final Group 1	-
N/A	Dundee Stars	Home	Lost 3-2	-	Quarter-Final Group 1	-
Saturday 2nd March 2002	Milton Keynes Kings	Away	Won 4-3	-	Quarter-Final Group 1	Ricky Plant (2), Jason Jennings (2)
Sunday 10th March 2002	Milton Keynes Kings	Home	Won 2-1 (OT)	-	Quarter-Final Group 1	-
Saturday 23 March 2002	Coventry Blaze	Away	Lost 6-3	-	Semi-Final, First Leg	-
Sunday 24 March 2002	Coventry Blaze	Home	Lost 4-1 (Coventry win 10-4 on aggregate)	-	Semi-Final, Second Leg	-

Findus Challenge Cup

The new competition, which effectively replaced the Benson and Hedges Plate, involved all the Findus British National League clubs and the English Premier League sides.

The 16 teams in the qualifying round played a round-robin in four regional groupings during September 2001.

The winning team in each group qualified for the final stages at the Nottingham Arena in November 2001.

Guildford suffered their first-ever shutout at the Guildford Spectrum as Coventry won 3-0.

Guildford's game at Milton Keynes on Saturday 29 September 2001 was also played for league points.

Qualifying Round - Group 1

Team	Pld.	W	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Fife Flyers	6	6	0	33	9	12
Dundee Stars	6	4	2	41	11	8
Paisley Pirates	6	2	4	14	34	4
Edinburgh Capitals	6	0	6	8	42	0

Qualifying Round - Group 2

Team	Pld.	W	L	GF	GA	Pts.
Coventry Blaze	6	5	1	33	7	10
Guildford Flames	6	4	2	26	14	8
Milton Keynes Kings	6	2	4	17	25	4
Solihull Barons	6	1	5	17	47	2

Qualifying Round - Group 3

Team	Pld.	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts.
Peterborough Pirates	6	6	0	0	37	17	12
Hull Thunder	6	2	3	1	16	22	5
Cardiff Devils	6	2	4	0	23	31	4
Swindon Lynx	6	1	4	1	14	20	3

Qualifying Round - Group 4

Team	Pld.	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts.
Basingstoke Bison	6	5	0	1	38	16	11
Slough Jets	6	4	1	1	22	13	9
Invicta Dynamos	6	2	4	0	21	28	4
Romford Raiders	6	0	6	0	15	39	0


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Goalscorers
N/A	Coventry Blaze	Away	Won 3-1	-	Qualifying Round Group 2	John Haig, Nicky Chinn, Jason Daily
N/A	Coventry Blaze	Home	Lost 3-0	-	Qualifying Round Group 2	-
Sunday 9th September 2001	Milton Keynes Kings	Home	Won 7-1	-	Qualifying Round Group 2	-
Saturday 29 September 2001	Milton Keynes Kings	Away	Lost 3-1	-	League/Cup	-
N/A	Solihull Barons	Home	Won 6-2	-	Qualifying Round Group 2	-
N/A	Solihull Barons	Away	Won 9-4	-	Qualifying Round Group 2	-

End Of Season Awards

Player's Player Of The Year - Paul Dixon
Best British Trained Player Of The Year - Paul Dixon
Most Sportsmanlike Player Of The Year - Tony Redmond
Top Points Scorer - Derek DeCosty
Supporters' Player Of The Year - Jason Dailey
Supporters' British Player Of The Year - John Haig

References

↑ "2001-2002". GuildfordFlames.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

External links

Official Guildford Flames website

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