The 2003–04 season, was the Guildford Flames' twelfth year of ice hockey. The Guildford Flames competed in the British National League.
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Coach Stan Marple brought in six Slovakians who would help the Flames to their most successful British National League season for three years. Milos Melicherik, Rastislav Palov and Jozef Kohut were the forwards, with Marian Smerciak and Peter Michnac on defence. Completing the Slovak crew later on was Edinburgh Capitals' leading scorer, Peter Konder.
Apart from Paul Dixon, Tony Redmond and Rick Plant, Marple made a clean sweep of his squad. In came Canadian forwards Ryan Vince from the ECHL's Dayton Bombers and Domenic Parlatore.
Rounding out the club were three GB internationals: netminder Stevie Lyle, defenceman Neil Liddiard and forward Nick Cross from Basingstoke Bison.
British National League
Final Standings
British National League play-offs
The top six league clubs competedin the playoffs in a double round-robin tournament played over three weeks after the end of the regular league season.
The top four teams after the first round progressed into the semi-finals with the first-placed team playing the fourth and the second against the third, home and away, with the teams finishing first and second in the round-robin stage having a choice of the home date.
The final was also played over home and away legs, the team finishing highest in the league receiving the choice of the home date.
The playoff winner received the John Brady Bowl, named in memory of the former manager of Kirkcaldy ice rink who was influential in creating the league.
Quarter-Final Standings
Findus Cup
All British National League teams were eligible to compete in the qualifying round of the competition. After each team played each other home and away, the top four teams were drawn into the semi-finals, which were played over two legs. The final and third place playoff were one-game contests played at the Newcastle Arena.
Qualifying Round Standings