2018–19 Guildford Flames season

2018–19 Guildford Flames
Team information
General manager	Paul Dixon
Coach	Paul Dixon
Arena	Guildford Spectrum

During the 2018–19 season, the Guildford Flames will participate in the Elite Ice Hockey League. It will be the 27th year of ice hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the twelfth season under Paul Dixon as head coach.

The Guildford Flames were shown live on FreeSports for the following games: Wednesday 10 October 2018 @ Belfast, Wednesday 21 November 2018 @ Coventry, Wednesday 16 January 2019 @ Manchester Storm and Wednesday 30 January a home to Sheffield Steelers.

A John Dunbar first period goal and a Travis Fullerton shutout in the Guildford Flames 1-0 victory over Manchester Storm on Sunday 17 February 2019 resulted in their historical first ever Elite League trophy securing the Patton Conference title.

Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Nationality	Previous Team	Notes
1	Chris Carozzi	NM	6'3"	194 lbs	2 March 1990	Canadian/Italian	Rødovre Mighty Bulls
5	Ben Davies	F	5'8"	180 lbs	18 January 1991	British	Coventry Blaze
X	Kevin Phillips	D	5'11"	180 lbs	5 January 1986	British	Belfast Giants	Transferred to Hull Pirates of NIHL on 03/10/19
8	Calle Ackered	D	6'0"	185 lbs	9 January 1991	Swedish	Östersunds IK	Signed for Seasons 18/19 and 19/20.
17	T.J. Foster	F	5'11"	174 lbs	28 May 1992	Canadian	Sport	Joined 21/10/19 from Sport in Liiga.
18	Brett Ferguson	F	6'0"	200 lbs	6 March 1990	Canadian	Rapaces de Gap	Signed for Seasons 18/19 and 19/20.
19	Jamie Crooks	F	5'10"	181 lbs	8 January 1992	Canadian	University of Alberta Golden Bears
23	Corbin Baldwin	D	6'5"	215 lbs	5 February 1991	Canadian	Idaho Steelheads
24	Richard Krogh	F	5'11"	176 lbs	20 January 2000	British	Guildford Firekings
25	Kevin King	F	6'1"	209 lbs	14 January 1990	Canadian	Milton Keynes Lightning
27	Ian Watters	F	5'11"	200 lbs	27 December 1991	Canadian	Reading Royals	Signed for Seasons 18/19 and 19/20.
28	Jordan Abt	D	6'2"	203 lbs	7 June 1991	Canadian	Norfolk Admirals
29	Erik Lindhagen	D/F	5'10"	172 lbs	2 October 1987	Swedish	Nottingham Panthers
33	Mike Will	NM	6'4"	190 lbs	23 August 1987	British	Cardiff Devils
39	Evan Ritt	F	6'0"	185 lbs	20 January 1993	USA	Rapaces de Gap
40	Travis Fullerton	NM	6'1"	181 lbs	3 November 1987	Canadian	Dundee Stars
44	Jesse Craige	D	5'10"	180 lbs	11 January 1989	Canadian	Rapaces de Gap	Signed for Seasons 18/19 and 19/20.
48	Ben Campbell	F	5'10"	170 lbs	16 May 1987	British	Newcastle Vipers
51	Kruise Reddick	F	5'9"	185 lbs	6 July 1990	Canadian	HC Vita Hästen	Signed for Seasons 18/19 and 19/20.
62	Joshua Waller	F	5'10"	161 lbs	2 June 1999	British	HC Dukla Jihlava U20
74	Evan Janssen	F	5'11"	187 lbs	31 March 1993	USA	Rapid City Rush
82	Jez Lundin	D	6'1"	200 lbs	9 February 1988	British	Newcastle Vipers	Signed for Seasons 18/19 and 19/20.
90	John Dunbar	F	5'8"	175 lbs	24 August 1991	Canadian	Norfolk Admirals	Signed for Seasons 18/19 and 19/20.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorer(s)
Saturday 1 September 2018	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away	Lost 5-2	-	Calle Ackered, Jamie Crooks
Sunday 2 September 2018	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Won 7-4	-	Kruise Reddick (2), Erik Lindhagen (2), Evan Ritt, Ian Watters, Jordan Abt

Regular season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Competition	Goalscorers
Saturday 8 September 2018	Coventry Blaze	Home	Won 2-1	1,666	Challenge Cup	John Dunbar (2)
Sunday 9 September 2018	Coventry Blaze	Away	Lost 3-2	1,668	Challenge Cup	Kruise Reddick, Jamie Crooks
Sunday 16 September 2018	Sheffield Steelers	Home	Won 5-1	1,679	Elite League	Kruise Reddick (2), Evan Janssen, Calle Ackered, Ian Watters
Tuesday 18 September 2018	Fife Flyers	Home	Lost 4-1	1,589	Elite League	Calle Ackered
Saturday 22 September 2018	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away	Won 8-2	1,532	Challenge Cup	Ian Watters (4), Kruise Reddick (2), Evan Ritt, Evan Janssen
Sunday 23 September 2018	Glasgow Clan	Home	Won 2-0	1,687	Elite League	Calle Ackered, Jesse Craige
Saturday 29 September 2018	Cardiff Devils	Home	Lost 5-2	1,703	Challenge Cup	Calle Ackered, Kevin King
Sunday 30 September 2018	Nottingham Panthers	Home	Lost 3-2	1,636	Elite League	Kruise Reddick, Corbin Baldwin
Saturday 6 October 2018	Dundee Stars	Home	Won 6-5	1,826	Elite League	Ian Watters (2), Evan Ritt, Jordan Abt, John Dunbar, Kruise Reddick
Sunday 7 October 2018	Dundee Stars	Away	Won 4-2	1,000	Elite League	Ian Watters, Kruise Reddick, Jamie Crooks, Evan Ritt
Wednesday 10 October 2018	Belfast Giants	Away	Lost 3-2	2,862	Elite League	Kruise Reddick, John Dunbar
Saturday 13 October 2018	Fife Flyers	Away	Lost 6-3	1,717	Elite League	Kruise Reddick, Ben Davies, Joshua Waller
Sunday 14 October 2018	Fife Flyers	Home	Lost 6-5	1,623	Elite League	Jesse Craige, Evan Janssen, Jamie Crooks, Ben Davies, Kruise Reddick
Sunday 21 October 2018	Belfast Giants	Home	Won 3-2	1,834	Elite League	Calle Ackered (2), Kruise Reddick
Wednesday 24 October 2018	Sheffield Steelers	Home	Won 3-2	1,630	Elite League	Jez Lundin, Evan Janssen, Calle Ackered
Saturday 27 October 2018	Cardiff Devils	Away	Won 5-3	2,978	Challenge Cup	Ian Watters (3), Kevin King, John Dunbar
Sunday 28 October 2018	Manchester Storm	Home	Won 4-0	1,652	Elite League	Kevin King (2), Kruise Reddick, TJ Foster
Saturday 3 November 2018	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away	Won 2-1 (OT)	1,470	Elite League	Ian Watters, Calle Ackered
Sunday 4 November 2018	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Won 5-2	1,836	Challenge Cup	Kevin King, Ian Watters, Calle Ackered, Ben Davies, Jez Lundin
Saturday 10 November 2018	Sheffield Steelers	Away	Won 6-5	6,607	Elite League	Brett Ferguson (2), Ian Watters (2), Evan Janssen, Kruise Reddick
Sunday 11 November 2018	Nottingham Panthers	Home	Lost 4-1	1,741	Elite League	Ben Davies
Saturday 17 November 2018	Manchester Storm	Away	Lost 3-2	1,537	Elite League	Ian Watters, Brett Ferguson
Sunday 18 November 2018	Manchester Storm	Home	Won 8-3	1,642	Elite League	John Dunbar (2), Kruise Reddick, Ian Watters, Kevin King, Ben Davies, Jamie Crooks, TJ Foster
Wednesday 21 November 2018	Coventry Blaze	Away	Won 6-2	1,492	Elite League	Calle Ackered (2), Eric Lindhagen (2), TJ Foster, Kruise Reddick
Saturday 24 November 2018	Glasgow Clan	Away	Won 3-0	2,682	Elite League	Evan Ritt, Calle Ackered, Ian Watters
Sunday 25 November 2018	Belfast Giants	Home	Lost 4-1	1,676	Elite League	Brett Ferguson
Saturday 1 December 2018	Nottingham Panthers	Home	Lost 8-3	1,879	Elite League	Kruise Reddick, Calle Ackered, Erik Lindhagen
Sunday 2 December 2018	Coventry Blaze	Away	Won 6-5 (OT)	1,761	Elite League	Ian Watters (3), John Dunbar, Calle Ackered, TJ Foster
Wednesday 5 December 2018	Cardiff Devils	Away	Lost 4-3 (OT)	2,886	Elite League	Jesse Craige, Kruise Reddick, Evan Janssen
Saturday 8 December 2018	Belfast Giants	Home	Lost 3-1	1,746	Elite League	Ian Watters
Wednesday 12 December 2018	Sheffield Steelers	Away	Tied 4-4	4,349	Challenge Cup Quarter-Final, First Leg	Evan Ritt, Brett Ferguson, Ian Watters, Jesse Craige
Saturday 15 December 2018	Fife Flyers	Away	Lost 3-1	1,298	Elite League	Ian Watters
Sunday 16 December 2018	Nottingham Panthers	Away	Won 6-2	5,555	Elite League	Kruise Reddick (2), John Dunbar, Ian Watters, Evan Ritt, TJ Foster
Wednesday 19 December 2018	Sheffield Steelers	Home	Won 5-4 (Guildford won 9-8 on agg)	1,929	Challenge Cup Quarter-Final, Second Leg	John Dunbar, Calle Ackered, Kruise Reddick, Jamie Crooks, Jesse Craige
Saturday 22 December 2018	Sheffield Steelers	Away	Lost 3-2	4,194	Elite League	Jesse Craige, Brett Ferguson
Sunday 23 December 2018	Cardiff Devils	Home	Lost 4-2	2,110	Elite League	John Dunbar, Evan Janssen
Wednesday 26 December 2018	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away	Won 1-0	1,490	Elite League	Calle Ackered
Thursday 27 December 2018	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Won 6-3	1,965	Elite League	Jamie Crooks (2), John Dunbar, Ian Watters, Brett Ferguson, Evan Janssen
Sunday 30 December 2018	Cardiff Devils	Home	Lost 3-2	2,025	Elite League	Calle Ackered, TJ Foster
Tuesday 1 January 2019	Cardiff Devils	Away	Lost 3-2	3,100	Elite League	Jamie Crooks, Kruise Reddick
Wednesday 2 January 2019	Nottingham Panthers	Away	Lost 3-1	4,554	Elite League	Calle Ackered
Sunday 6 January 2019	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Won 3-2 (OT)	1,669	Elite League	Jordan Abt, Ben Davies, Calle Ackered
Saturday 12 January 2019	Coventry Blaze	Home	Lost 8-7 (OT)	1,964	Elite League	Calle Ackered (2), Kruise Reddick, Ian Watters, Brett Ferguson, Ben Davies, Kevin King
Sunday 13 January 2019	Coventry Blaze	Away	Won 6-5 (PSO)	2,007	Elite League	Brett Ferguson (2), Calle Ackered, TJ Foster, Ben Davies, Jamie Crooks
Wednesday 16 January 2019	Manchester Storm	Away	Lost 3-2	1,058	Elite League	Kruise Reddick (2)
Saturday 19 January 2019	Fife Flyers	Home	Lost 4-3 (OT)	1,924	Elite League	TJ Foster, Jamie Crooks, Ian Watters
Sunday 20 January 2019	Dundee Stars	Away	Lost 2-1 (OT)	900	Elite League	John Dunbar
Wednesday 23 January 2019	Nottingham Panthers	Home	Won 5-2	1,932	Challenge Cup Semi-Final, First Leg	Jamie Crooks (2), Erik Lindhagen, Ian Watters, Ben Davies
Saturday 26 January 2019	Coventry Blaze	Home	Won 4-3	1,753	Elite League	Ben Davies (2), Kruise Reddick, TJ Foster
Sunday 27 January 2019	Glasgow Clan	Away	Won 3-2 (OT)	2,780	Elite League	Ben Davies, Jez Lundin, Ian Watters
Wednesday 30 January 2019	Sheffield Steelers	Home	Lost 2-1	2,014	Elite League	Erik Lindhagen
Saturday 2 February 2019	Sheffield Steelers	Away	Lost 3-2	5,881	Elite League	Calle Ackered (2)
Sunday 3 February 2019	Dundee Stars	Away	Won 5-4	1,200	Elite League	Ian Watters, Evan Janssen, TJ Foster, Jordan Abt, Jamie Crooks
Friday 8 February 2019	Belfast Giants	Away	Lost 3-2 (OT)	2,844	Elite League	John Dunbar, Ben Davies
Saturday 9 February 2019	Belfast Giants	Away	Lost 7-2	4,429	Elite League	Calle Ackered, Kruise Reddick
Sunday 10 February 2019	Cardiff Devils	Home	Won 4-3 (PSO)	1,924	Elite League	Brett Ferguson (2), Ben Davies, Calle Ackered
Thursday 14 February 2019	Nottingham Panthers	Away	Won 3-1 (Guildford win 8-3 on agg)	3,999	Challenge Cup Semi-Final, Second Leg	Kevin King, Ian Watters, Jamie Crooks
Saturday 16 February 2019	Manchester Storm	Away	Won 6-1	1,707	Elite League	Ian Watters (2), Jordan Abt (2), Kevin King, Brett Ferguson
Sunday 17 February 2019	Manchester Storm	Home	Won 1-0	1,928	Elite League	John Dunbar
Wednesday 20 February 2019	Milton Keynes Lightning	Home	Won 5-1	1,725	Elite League	Jesse Craige, Evan Janssen, Jamie Crooks, Joshua Waller, Ben Davies
Sunday 24 February 2019	Glasgow Clan	Home	Won 4-2	1,927	Elite League	Jamie Crooks, Calle Ackered, Ben Davies, John Dunbar
Saturday 2 March 2019	Glasgow Clan	Away	Lost 5-3	3,306	Elite League	Ian Watters, Kruise Reddick, Brett Ferguson
Sunday 3 March 2019	Glasgow Clan	Home	Won 2-1 (OT)	1,685	Elite League	Jordan Abt, Ian Watters
Friday 8 March 2019	Cardiff Devils	Away	Lost 2-0	3,100	Elite League	-
Sunday 10 March 2019	Belfast Giants	Ice Arena Wales	Lost 2-1 (OT)	2,042	Challenge Cup Final	Jamie Crooks
Saturday 16 March 2019	Dundee Stars	Home	Won 3-2	1,924	Elite League	Kruise Reddick, Brett Ferguson, Jamie Crooks
Friday 22 March 2019	Milton Keynes Lightning	Away	Lost 4-3	1,365	Elite League	Evan Janssen, Ian Watters, Jamie Crooks
Saturday 23 March 2019	Fife Flyers	Away	Lost 3-2 (PSO)	1,593	Elite League	Evan Ritt, Jamie Crooks
Sunday 24 March 2019	Coventry Blaze	Home	Won 5-4 (OT)	1,887	Elite League	Richard Krogh, Erik Lindhagen, Jamie Crooks, John Dunbar, Jesse Craige
Saturday 30 March 2019	Nottingham Panthers	Away	Won 2-0	6,666	Elite League	Jamie Crooks, TJ Foster
Sunday 31 March 2019	Dundee Stars	Home	Lost 4-3 (PSO)	1,725	Elite League	Kruise Reddick, Ben Davies, Evan Janssen
Saturday 6 April 2019	Glasgow Clan	Home	Lost 3-2	1,923	Play-Off Quarter-Final, First Leg	Jesse Craige, Ian Watters
Sunday 7 April 2019	Glasgow Clan	Away	Won 5-0 (Guildford won 7-3 on agg)	3,051	Play-Off Quarter-Final, Second Leg	Jamie Crooks, Ian Watters, Evan Janssen, Calle Ackered, TJ Foster
Saturday 13 April 2019	Belfast Giants	Nottingham Arena	Lost 2-1	7,300	Play-Off Semi-Final	Ian Watters
Sunday 14 April 2019	Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham Arena	Lost 9-5	7,300	3rd/4th Place Play-Off	Evan Janssen (2), Jamie Crooks, Kruise Reddick, Erik Lindhagen

Standings

Overall

Each team played 60 games, playing each of the other ten teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home. Points were awarded for each game, where two points are awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time or after overtime or shootout. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belfast Giants (C)	60	39	6	2	13	238	147	+91	92	Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs
2	Cardiff Devils (Q)	60	38	5	6	11	235	146	+89	92	Qualification to playoffs
3	Nottingham Panthers (Q)	60	23	6	12	19	183	181	+2	70
4	Glasgow Clan (Q)	60	28	3	5	24	202	186	+16	67
5	Guildford Flames (Q)	60	22	8	7	23	189	180	+9	67
6	Fife Flyers (Q)	60	21	9	6	24	188	204	−16	66
7	Sheffield Steelers (Q)	60	23	7	4	26	183	203	−20	64
8	Coventry Blaze (Q)	60	19	8	8	25	209	221	−12	62
9	Manchester Storm (E)	60	21	6	5	28	179	208	−29	59
10	Dundee Stars (E)	60	16	7	12	25	169	201	−32	58
11	Milton Keynes Lightning (E)	60	9	6	4	41	148	246	−98	34

Source: Elite League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Patton Conference

Only intra-conference games counted towards the Patton Conference standings. Each team played the other three teams in the Conference six times, for a total of 18 matches. The Guildford Flames won the Conference for the first time, after a 1–0 win over the Manchester Storm at the Guildford Spectrum on 17 February 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guildford Flames (C)	18	9	5	1	3	77	48	+29	29	Conference champions
2	Coventry Blaze	18	6	3	4	5	75	73	+2	22
3	Manchester Storm	18	8	0	2	8	55	65	−10	18
4	Milton Keynes Lightning	18	4	1	2	11	50	71	−21	12

Source: Elite League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion

External links

• Official Guildford Flames website