Colors Maroon blue Captain Jez Lundin Location Guildford, United Kingdom Founded 1992 Regular season titles 6 | Owner(s) Sportfact Ltd. Color Maroon blue | |
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The Guildford Flames are an ice hockey team based in Guildford, Surrey and they play their home games in Guildford Spectrum.
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- Bracknell vs guildford flames
- Formation
- Club honours
- Team Logo and Jersey
- Roster
- Coaching staff
- Management
- Retired numbers
- Team Captains
- References
Founded in October 1992, the Flames have remained in the second tier league of British hockey – this was the British National League until its dissolution in 2004, and subsequently the English Premier Ice Hockey League; clinching their first season there by defeating reigning champions Milton Keynes Lightning away. The team's head coach is Paul Dixon who took over after Stan Marple retired in 2007.
On February 24th 2017, the Guildford Flames and the Elite Ice Hockey League announced that the Flames would become the 12th Elite League team, joining the league for the 2017/18 season.
Formation
Barry Dow, an American who sponsored and owned the basketball team Guildford Kings and Bill Hurley established and owned the team as management – the two were new to the sport of ice hockey, and brought in Mike Urquhart as coach and Darrin Zinger as captain.
Key players signed for the first season included Canadians Sean Murphy and Dave McGahan due to their high scoring at Solent Vikings. In addition a number of British players including goaltender, Mike Kellond; forward, Danny O'Hanlon and defender, Gary Shearer.
The Flames' inaugural season began in October 1992; they began, unseeded, in the English League Division One. With the Guildford Spectrum not yet completed, the team had to train at Slough's facility. The Flames played their home games at Alexandra Palace until their new home ice was ready and played their for the first time on 23 January 1993.
When 23 January 1993 finally arrived and the Guildford Spectrum opened, the event was a big one. The area's paid-for newspaper The Surrey Advertiser described the local council's £28 million arena as "awesome". Guildford's first game at their new home showed a convincing win with Andy Sparks scoring the first goal at the Spectrum. The team went to the top of the Conference due to that game, a position they held onto for the whole season.
Club honours
Team Logo and Jersey
The team logo is very similar to that of the Calgary Flames of the NHL. The team jerseys mirror those used by a former NHL team, Atlanta Thrashers from 1999 to 2006 (with logos replaced and advertisements added).
Roster
Roster for the 2016/17 EPIHL season.
Coaching staff
Management
Retired numbers
The retired numbers at the Guildford Flames are: