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THE
FASTEST GAME IN TOWN!
The lights go dark, the spotlights
glare, the music pounds the crowd
into a frenzy until the home team
finally take to the ice…sound
like fun? Well then, imagine the
excitement when the game actually
starts!!
They call it the ‘fastest
sport on two feet’ and it
is unlike any other sporting event
in its delivery of speed, skill
and exuberant aggression that will
amaze your senses and test your
heart. The fast, furious, wild entertainment
that can only be seen at an ice
hockey match is available right
here in Guildford when the Guildford
Flames ice hockey club take to the
ice in English Premiere League action.
The Flames, playing out of one
of the one of the UK’s most
prestigious sports venues, Guildford
Spectrum, are often considered Surrey’s
most successful sports team, having
made a habit of being champions
by winning 8 trophies in the last
9 seasons, including English Premiere
League crown in 2005-2006.
Consisting of both foreign and
domestically trained talent, the
Flames compete with 11 other teams
from across England. Playing predominantly
on weekends, a Flames match is a
complete evening of fast paced,
high energy sports entertainment
in a friendly, family atmosphere.
The season runs from September through
April and tickets are available
in a variety of packages including
individual’s, families, concession
pricing, as well as discounted rates
for groups.
Offering something for the wide
needs of any audience, including
birthday parties, anniversaries,
corporate hospitality, catering,
on ice presentations, or game night
announcements, the Flames strive
to deliver Guildford’s most
complete family entertainment package.
If you have never caught the Flames
in action you and your family are
in for an evening you will not soon
forget.
Tickets from £5.95 for children,
£8.95 for adults and £26.00
for families. Tickets are available
online at www.guildfordflames.com
or by calling Spectrum box office
on 01483 443333.
History
- 2005/06
After a tumultuous summer in British
Ice Hockey following the demise
of the British National League,
and several months of suspense as
to which league the Flames would
compete, the news came down in June
following the annual English Premier
League AGM that the Spectrum based
club would indeed take up membership
in the EPL joining the Bracknell
Bees and Hull Stingrays from the
BNL, English national side Sheffield
Scimitars, and 9 existing EPL sides
to form the largest senior league
in the country for the 2005-2006
campaign. The Flames immediately
re-signed the services of star forwards
Milos Melicherik and Jozef Kohut,
their leading scorers from the 2
previous seasons, and also inked
deals with blue line stalwarts,
Paul Dixon, Neil Liddiard and Marian
Smerciak. The club also proceeded
to put Stuart Potts, Nick Cross,
and Jason Reilly back in Flames
colours for another season. The
Flames also took advantage of the
Guildford jr programme by icing
recent graduates Ben Duggan, Robert
Young, Simon James and Ben Johnson.
Former jr member Ollie Bronnimann
also signed on for the season after
spending the previous year in Switzerland
with Swiss jr and senior sides.
Not wanting anyone missed among
the jr talent pool, the Flames also
rostered current under 19 players
Andrew Hemmings, Chris Wiggins and
David Savage, all of whom had made
appearances with the Flames in past
seasons but would for the first
time be full time senior players
when their jr clubs were not in
action. The newest members of the
Flames were Czech born forward Vaclav
Zavoral who had spent most of his
pro career in North America where
the former draft pick of the Toronto
Maple Leafs made a name for himself
with a gritty style of play and
a work ethic that was second to
none, qualities he continued to
display in his first season in a
Flames uniform. In goal the Flames
returned Tom Annetts to the fold
after his previous season with the
club, joining him up with British
netminder Joe Watkins who took up
residence at Spectrum after stints
in North America and mainland Europe.
Finally, the Flames added other
familiar faces to the club when
Rick Plant returned after a year
away from the game, followed by
Rick Skene who left the Basingstoke
Bison to rejoin the Flames for his
second stint with the club after
his first season at Spectrum back
in 2002-2003.
Guildford Flames Ice
Hockey Club
Guildford Spectrum
Parkway
Guildford
Surrey GU1 1UP
Contact: Kirk Humphreys
Kirk@guildfordflames.com
Phone: 01483 452244
Fax: 01483 443373
www.guildfordflames.com
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