2000–01 Guildford Flames season – Wikipedia

During the 2000–01 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the British National League. It was the 9th year of Ice Hockey played by the Flames. It was an amazing season for the Guildford Flames that saw them win the British National League, Findus playoffs and ntl Christmas Cup. They also reached the Final of the Benson & Hedges plate, but lost 3–2 to the Basingstoke Bison at the Sheffield Arena in front of an estimated 6,000 spectators.

Guildford retired two players’ jerseys in the 2000–2001 season. The first to be raised to the rafters of the Guildford Spectrum was that of their first Canadian star – No. 11 Fred Perlini. Ryan Campbell’s No. 10 shirt was also retired when he returned to Canada at the end of the season. Along with an influential playing career for the Flames he was also their first commercial manager.

Player statistics[edit]

Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIMS
Karry Biette	65	51	58	109	144
Derek DeCosty	67	69	38	107	34
John Haig	68	31	44	75	88
David Smith	68	26	47	73	20
Ryan Campbell	67	30	37	67	24
Jason Jennings	45	19	38	57	34
Nicky Chinn	40	23	27	50	89
Wayne Crawford	63	10	32	42	70
Rick Plant	68	12	26	38	18
Scott Campbell	40	4	34	38	194
Rob Lamey	68	19	18	37	26
Paul Dixon	62	5	27	32	40
Barcley Pearce	29	12	20	32	18
Jason Stone	67	3	13	16	52
Chris Crombie	31	5	7	12	116
Tom Brown	20	1	5	6	34
Stan Marple	40	0	5	5	130
Neil Adams	21	2	3	5	0
Johnny Hepburn	8	1	1	2	0
Tyrone Miller	31	0	1	1	4
Jason Moses	30	0	0	0	0
Ryan Locke	5	0	0	0	0
Michael Plenty	1	0	0	0	0

Netminders[edit]

Netminder	Iced	Mins	SOG	GA	SV %	SO	GAA
Mark McArthur	68	3972	2061	155	92.48	5	2.34
Grant King	5	124	55	7	87.27	0	3.39

Results[edit]

Challenge[edit]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
Saturday 26 August 2000	Bracknell Bees	Home	Won 4–2	–
Sunday 27 August 2000	Bracknell Bees	Away	Drawn 6–6	–

British National League (BNL)[edit]

Play-offs[edit]

The loss to Peterborough on 17 March ended a run of 24 straight Flames victories, a club and BNL record.^[1]

Benson and Hedges Cup (formerly Autumn Cup)[edit]

Eight Superleague teams and nine British National League teams entered the first round. The Superleague sides competed in Group A & B, while the BNL teams made up groups C & D. This was followed by a challenge round which matched the last placed Superleague team in each group against the BNL sides leading their groups. The winners went into the Cup quarter-finals and the losers into the Plate competition.

Benson and Hedges Plate[edit]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Notes
Wednesday 25 October 2000	Hull Thunder	Away	Drawn 4–4	–	Semi-final 1st Leg
Tuesday 31 October 2000	Hull Thunder	Home	Won 4–2	–	Semi-final 2nd Leg (Guildford win 8–6 on agg)
Saturday 9 December 2000	Basingstoke Bison	Sheffield Arena	Lost 3–2	6,000	Final

ntl: Christmas Cup[edit]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Notes
Sunday 10 December 2000	Milton Keynes Kings	Home	Won 6–3	–	First round – Southern Group stage
Saturday 16 December 2000	Slough Jets	Away	Won 7–1	–	First round – Southern Group stage
Sunday 17 December 2000	Slough Jets	Home	Won 4–0	–	First round – Southern Group stage
Thursday 28 December 2000	Milton Keynes Kings	Away	Won 8–4	–	First round – Southern Group stage
Wednesday 10 January 2001	Coventry Blaze	Home	Won 4–1	–	Semi-final, First Leg
Wednesday 17 January 2001	Coventry Blaze	Away	Won 6–5	–	Semi-final, Second Leg (Guildford win 10–6 on agg)
Tuesday 30 January 2001	Fife Flyers	Home	Won 4–1	–	Final – First Leg
Tuesday 13 February 2001	Fife Flyers	Away	Won 3–2	–	Final – Second Leg (Guildford win 7–3 on agg)

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