2011–12 Coventry Blaze season

Coventry Blaze 2011–12
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Head coach	Paul Thompson
Captain	Jonathan Weaver < 2010–11 / 2012–13 >

The 2011–12 Coventry Blaze season is the 9th season for the Coventry Blaze in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Player roster and transfers 2011–12

Player roster

The Coventry Blaze roster for the 2011–12 season.^[1]

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired
31		Brandon Stones	R	7 February 1993	Nottingham, England	2011
84		Peter Hirsch	R	6 March 1976	Copenhagen, Denmark	2011

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired
2		Jerramie Domish	R	19 August 1979	Collegeville, Pennsylvania, U.S.	2011
5		Dustin Wood (A)	L	21 May 1981	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada	2011
14		Jonathan Weaver (C)	L	20 January 1977	Sunderland, England	2007
15		James Griffin	R	8 April 1993	Swindon, England	2011
17		Russell Cowley	L	12 August 1983	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	2007
77		Mathias Söderström	L	17 January 1977	Hallstavik, Sweden	2007

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Position	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired
9		Greg Owen	R	C	19 June 1981	Northampton, England	2009
10		Robert Farmer	L	LW	21 March 1991	Nottingham, England	2010
11		Shea Guthrie	R	RW	30 July 1987	Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada	2011
21		Ross Venus	L	C	28 April 1994	Birmingham, England	2010
23		Owen Fussey	L	LW	2 April 1983	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	2010
24		Mike McLean	L	C	6 January 1986	Oshawa, Ontario, Canada	2011
36		Woo-Sang Park	R	RW	30 May 1980	Seoul, South Korea	2011
48		Bryan Jurynec (A)	L	LW	17 December 1983	Orland Park, Illinois, U.S.	2011
76		Peter Nylander	L	C	20 January 1976	Stockholm, Sweden	2012
83		Matic Kralj	L	LW	15 January 1983	Ljubljana, Slovenia	2011

Two-way players

Players on a two-way contract with Coventry Blaze for the 2011–12 season.

Two-way players
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Position	Date of birth	Two-way team
1		Adam Goss	L	G	10 February 1995	Coventry ENL Blaze
7		Matthew Selby	R	D	19 July 1995	Coventry ENL Blaze
18		Luke Brittle	R	C	11 June 1993	Telford Tigers
30		Tom Murdy	L	G	26 April 1991	Swindon Wildcats

Player transfers

Players leaving and joining the club for the 2011–12 season.^[2]

Players leaving Player New team Source Brett Jaeger Hvidovre Ligahockey [3] Tom Murdy Swindon Wildcats [4] Brian Lee Sterzing Broncos [5] Greg Chambers Guildford Flames [6] Sean Selmser Dornbirner EC [7] Brad Zanon TBC [8] Jeff Smith HYS The Hague [9] Brad Cruikshank Lloydminster Border Kings [10] Dan Carlson Retired [11] Jason Robinson Retired [12] John Gordon HYS The Hague [13] Aaron Nell Swindon Wildcats [14] Luke Fulghum Sheffield Steelers [15] Frantisek Bakrlik** Fife Flyers [16] David Phillips SønderjyskE [17]

Players signed Player Former team Source Peter Hirsch Pensacola Ice Flyers [18] James Griffin Swindon Wildcats [19] Matic Kralj Morzine-Avoriaz [20] David Phillips Toledo Walleye [21] Brandon Stones Sheffield Steelhawks [22] John Gordon HYS The Hague [23] Jerramie Domish Sheffield Steelers [24] Mike McLean Quad City Mallards [25] Shea Guthrie Utah Grizzlies [26] Bryan Jurynec Kalamazoo Wings [27] Dustin Wood Anyang Halla [28] Woo-Sang Park* Anyang Halla [29] Frantisek Bakrlik** Hull Stingrays [30] Peter Nylander HC Litvínov [31]

*signed on a one-month trial on 30 October

**signed temporarily for injury cover on 29 November

Fixtures & results 2011–12

Elite Ice Hockey League

Coventry Blaze completed the regular season in 5th place overall to qualify for the playoffs.

• Green background indicates win (2 points)
• Yellow background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points)

Elite League results[32]
#	Date	Home	Score	Away	OT	Record	Points	Summary
1	10 September	Fife Flyers	0–2	Coventry Blaze		1–0–0	2	Report Match sheet
2	11 September	Coventry Blaze	9–0	Fife Flyers		2–0–0	4	Report Match sheet
3	17 September	Coventry Blaze	6–3	Hull Stingrays		3–0–0	6	Report Match sheet
4	18 September	Hull Stingrays	2–3	Coventry Blaze	OT	4–0–0	8	Report Match sheet
5	24 September	Sheffield Steelers	6–4	Coventry Blaze		4–1–0	8	Report Match sheet
6	1 October	Nottingham Panthers	6–7	Coventry Blaze		5–1–0	10	Report Match sheet
7	2 October	Coventry Blaze	4–3	Dundee Stars	OT	6–1–0	12	Report Match sheet
8	9 October	Coventry Blaze	2–5	Belfast Giants		6–2–0	12	Report Match sheet
9	15 October	Braehead Clan	4–2	Coventry Blaze		6–3–0	12	Report Match sheet
10	22 October	Belfast Giants	0–3	Coventry Blaze		7–3–0	14	Report Match sheet
11	23 October	Coventry Blaze	4–3	Nottingham Panthers		8–3–0	16	Report Match sheet
12	30 October	Coventry Blaze	0–2	Sheffield Steelers		8–4–0	16	Report Match sheet
13	5 November	Edinburgh Capitals	3–8	Coventry Blaze		9–4–0	18	Report Match sheet
14	6 November	Coventry Blaze	4–3	Belfast Giants	SO	10–4–0	20	Report Match sheet
15	13 November	Coventry Blaze	4–3	Dundee Stars		11–4–0	22	Report Match sheet
16	19 November	Cardiff Devils	4–1	Coventry Blaze		11–5–0	22	Report Match sheet
17	20 November	Coventry Blaze	4–5	Cardiff Devils		11–6–0	22	Report Match sheet
18	26 November	Dundee Stars	0–3	Coventry Blaze		12–6–0	24	Report Match sheet
19	30 November	Braehead Clan	3–1	Coventry Blaze		12–7–0	24	Report Match sheet
20	3 December	Coventry Blaze	7–2	Dundee Stars		13–7–0	26	Report Match sheet
21	4 December	Edinburgh Capitals	2–3	Coventry Blaze	SO	14–7–0	28	Report Match sheet
22	13 December	Fife Flyers	1–4	Coventry Blaze		15–7–0	30	Report Match sheet
23	17 December	Nottingham Panthers	3–4	Coventry Blaze	SO	16–7–0	32	Report Match sheet
24	18 December	Coventry Blaze	7-2	Edinburgh Capitals		17–7–0	34	Report Match sheet
25	21 December	Coventry Blaze	5-1	Braehead Clan		18–7–0	36	Report Match sheet
26	27 December	Coventry Blaze	5-2	Hull Stingrays		19–7–0	38	Report Match sheet
27	28 December	Hull Stingrays	3-2	Coventry Blaze		19–8–0	38	Report Match sheet
28	31 December	Coventry Blaze	3-2	Cardiff Devils	OT	20–8–0	40	Report Match sheet
29	1 January	Sheffield Steelers	6-3	Coventry Blaze		20–9–0	40	Report Match sheet
30	6 January	Coventry Blaze	1-4	Sheffield Steelers		20–10–0	40	Report Match sheet
31	8 January	Dundee Stars	0-3	Coventry Blaze		21–10–0	42	Report Match sheet
32	13 January	Belfast Giants	5-3	Coventry Blaze		21–11–0	42	Report Match sheet
33	14 January	Belfast Giants	4-3	Coventry Blaze		21–12–0	42	Report Match sheet
34	15 January	Coventry Blaze	5-2	Hull Stingrays		22–12–0	44	Report Match sheet
35	21 January	Fife Flyers	3-2	Coventry Blaze	SO	22–12–1	45	Report Match sheet
36	22 January	Coventry Blaze	6-2	Braehead Clan		23–12–1	47	Report Match sheet
37	28 January	Nottingham Panthers	6–1	Coventry Blaze		23–13–1	47	Report Match sheet
38	29 January	Coventry Blaze	1–6	Nottingham Panthers		23–14–1	47	Report Match sheet
39	3 February	Hull Stingrays	2–8	Coventry Blaze		24–14–1	49	Report Match sheet
40	4 February	Coventry Blaze	5–1	Fife Flyers		25–14–1	51	Report Match sheet
41	11 February	Sheffield Steelers	3–2	Coventry Blaze		25-15-1	51	Report Match sheet
42	12 February	Coventry Blaze	3–5	Sheffield Steelers		25-16-1	51	Report Match sheet
43	18 February	Braehead Clan	4–3	Coventry Blaze		25-17-1	51	Report Match sheet
44	19 February	Coventry Blaze	4–6	Braehead Clan		25-18-1	51	Report Match sheet
45	26 February	Coventry Blaze	0–5	Belfast Giants		25-19-1	51	Report Match sheet
46	3 March	Coventry Blaze	5–3	Edinburgh Capitals		26-19-1	53	Report Match sheet
47	4 March	Coventry Blaze	5–3	Nottingham Panthers		27-19-1	55	Report Match sheet
48	10 March	Cardiff Devils	3–2	Coventry Blaze	OT	27-19-2	56	Report Match sheet
49	11 March	Coventry Blaze	7–1	Fife Flyers		28-19-2	58	Report Match sheet
50	14 March	Coventry Blaze	4–2	Edinburgh Capitals		29-19-2	60	Report Match sheet
51	17 March	Edinburgh Capitals	2–3	Coventry Blaze		30-19-2	62	Report Match sheet
52	18 March	Dundee Stars	0–4	Coventry Blaze		31-19-2	64	Report Match sheet
53	24 March	Coventry Blaze	6–4	Cardiff Devils		32-19-2	66	Report Match sheet
54	25 March	Cardiff Devils	4–3	Coventry Blaze		32-20-2	66	Report Match sheet
League record: 32-20-2 (Home: 19-8-0, Away: 13-12-2)

Elite League standings (FINAL)[33]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	GD	PIM
1	Y - Belfast Giants	54	46	5	1	2	95	0.880	237	102	+135	993
2	X - Sheffield Steelers	54	41	11	1	1	84	0.778	209	130	+79	897
3	X - Nottingham Panthers	54	38	12	2	2	80	0.741	241	129	+112	934
4	X - Cardiff Devils	54	32	12	4	6	74	0.685	191	158	+33	1029
5	X - Coventry Blaze	54	32	20	1	1	66	0.611	203	159	+44	909
6	X - Braehead Clan	54	31	19	2	2	66	0.611	204	179	+25	617
7	X - Hull Stingrays	54	16	34	2	2	36	0.333	143	220	-77	1110
8	X - Dundee Stars	54	13	35	3	3	32	0.296	140	215	−75	864
9	Edinburgh Capitals	54	13	37	1	3	30	0.278	133	265	−132	738
10	Fife Flyers	54	8	40	3	3	22	0.204	110	254	−144	940
Note: Y = league champions, X = qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

Coventry Blaze failed to reach the Playoff Finals weekend in Nottingham after losing to Cardiff Devils in the quarter finals 4-7 on aggregate.

• White background indicates tied game.
• Red background indicates loss.

Playoff fixtures
Game	Date	Home	Score	Away	OT	Recap
Quarter Final 1st leg	31 March	Coventry Blaze	3-3 (2-2)	Cardiff Devils		Report Match sheet
Quarter Final 2nd leg	1 April	Cardiff Devils	4-1 (7-4)	Coventry Blaze		Report Match sheet

EIHL playoff finals
Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final                   1 Belfast Giants 14 8 Dundee Stars 0 1 Beflast Giants 3 4 Cardiff Devils 4 4 Cardiff Devils 7 5 Coventry Blaze 4 4 Cardiff Devils 0 3 Nottingham Panthers 2 2 Sheffield Steelers 4 7 Hull Stingrays 7 7 Hull Stingrays 3 3 Nottingham Panthers 10 3 Nottingham Panthers 5 6 Braehead Clan 4
Note: Quarter final played over two-legs, home and away (aggregate score shown); Semi final and final played in one leg

Challenge Cup

Coventry Blaze failed to reach the knockout stages of the Challenge Cup after finishing 4th in their qualifying group.

• Green background indicates win (2 points)
• Red background indicates loss (0 points)
• White background indicates tied game (1 point)

Challenge Cup results[34]
#	Date	Home	Score	Away	Record	Points	Summary
1	7 September	Nottingham Panthers	10–1	Coventry Blaze	0–1–0–0	0	Report Match sheet
2	25 September	Coventry Blaze	0–2	Cardiff Devils	0–2–0–0	0	Report Match sheet
3	8 October	Sheffield Steelers	2–2	Coventry Blaze	0–2–0–1	1	Report Match sheet
4	16 October	Coventry Blaze	4–2	Hull Stingrays	1–2–0–1	3	Report Match sheet
5	29 October	Cardiff Devils	6–1	Coventry Blaze	1–3–0–1	3	Report Match sheet
6	12 November	Hull Stingrays	2–2	Coventry Blaze	1–3–0–2	4	Report Match sheet
7	27 November	Coventry Blaze	5–5	Nottingham Panthers	1–3–0–3	5	Report Match sheet
8	10 December	Coventry Blaze	1–3	Sheffield Steelers	1–4–0–3	5	Report Match sheet
Challenge Cup record: 1-4-0-3 (Home: 1-2-0-1, Away: 0-2-0-2)

Challenge Cup Group B standings (FINAL) [35]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	GD	PIM
1	X - Nottingham Panthers	8	6	1	1	13	0.812	38	17	+21	110
2	X - Cardiff Devils	8	4	2	2	10	0.625	26	21	+5	193
3	Sheffield Steelers	8	4	2	2	10	0.625	21	20	+1	160
4	Coventry Blaze	8	1	4	3	5	0.312	16	32	−16	89
5	Hull Stingrays	8	0	6	2	2	0.125	15	26	−11	169
Note: X = qualified for knockout stages

Challenge Cup knockout stage
Semi Finals Final             Belfast Giants 5 Cardiff Devils 3 Belfast Giants 4 Nottingham Panthers 10 Nottingham Panthers 5 Braehead Clan 3
Note: Knockout stages played over two-legs, home and away (aggregate score shown)

Pre-season & challenge games

• Green background indicates win
• Red background indicates loss
• White background indicates tied game

Pre-season & challenge game results[36]
Game	Date	Home		Away	Report
Challenge	27 August	Hull Stingrays	5–2	Coventry Blaze	Report
Challenge	28 August	Coventry Blaze	2–2	Hull Stingrays	Report
Challenge	31 August	Coventry Blaze	7–3	Cardiff Devils	Report
P&O Cup	3 September	Coventry Blaze	2–3	Geleen Eaters	Report
P&O Cup	4 September	Coventry Blaze	6–1	Tilburg Trappers	Report
Challenge	18 January	Coventry Blaze	7–3	Telford Tigers	Report

Team statistics 2011–12

Player statistics

Player statistics for season 2011–12 (includes Challenge Cup & playoff games).^[37]

Player statistics Skater GP G A PTS PPG SHG GWG PIM Shea Guthrie 62 33 53 86 8 2 4 54 Owen Fussey 62 38 31 69 15 1 5 38 Matic Kralj 64 28 35 63 9 0 2 38 Robert Farmer 63 29 27 56 6 0 1 116 Jonathan Weaver 64 8 36 44 4 0 3 36 Greg Owen 64 16 27 43 6 0 1 38 Mike McLean 64 8 28 36 2 1 3 28 Dustin Wood 53 12 17 29 5 0 3 22 Luke Fulghum 26 12 16 28 4 1 1 4 Woo-Sang Park 45 8 17 25 2 0 0 14 Bryan Jurynec 58 4 21 25 0 0 1 283 David Phillips 44 4 19 23 1 0 1 87 Russell Cowley 64 4 17 21 0 0 0 40 Jerramie Domish 52 1 19 20 0 0 0 29 Aaron Nell 19 4 7 11 1 0 1 2 Frantisek Bakrlik 14 3 6 9 0 0 1 36 Matt Soderstrom 25 0 9 9 0 0 0 22 John Gordon 7 2 4 6 2 0 1 4 James Griffin 49 1 5 6 0 0 0 22 Peter Nylander 13 4 1 5 0 0 2 12 Ross Venus 53 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 Peter Hirsch 63 0 1 1 0 0 0 35 Brandon Stones 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Selby 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Goss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luke Brittle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Murdy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Penalty shot winning goals 3 3 Bench penalties 50 TEAM TOTALS 64 223 398 621 65 5 33 1012 Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PPG = Powerplay goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game winning goals; PIM = Penalties in minutes Netminder GP MIN SA GA SV% GAA SO W L D Peter Hirsch 63 3768 2035 185 90.9 2.95 6 32 27 4 Brandon Stones 3 30 21 5 76.2 10.00 0 1 2 0 Tom Murdy 1 60 25 1 96.0 1.00 0 1 0 0 Adam Goss 1 8 10 1 90.0 7.50 0 1 0 0 Winning penalty shots against 1 Empty-net goals 5 5 TEAM TOTALS 64 3866 2096 198 90.6 3.07 6 33 27 4 Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes Played; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals Against; SAV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; W = Wins; L = Losses; D = Draws

Team statistics

Team statistics for season 2011–12 (includes Challenge Cup & playoff games).^[38]

Special teams statistics POWERPLAY GAMES PP CHANCES PPG FOR SHG AGAINST SCORING % RANK Home 32 174 36 2 20.7 3/10 Away 32 154 29 3 18.8 3/10 Total 64 328 65 5 19.8 2/10 PENALTY KILL GAMES TIMES SH SHG FOR PPG AGAINST PK % RANK Home 32 126 23 6 81.7 7/10 Away 32 132 19 5 85.6 3/10 Total 64 258 42 11 83.7 5/10 Note: PP = Powerplay; PPG = Powerplay goal; PK = Penalty kill; SH = Shorthanded; SHG = Shorthanded goal

All stats are provided by 'R & J Stats', official statisticians to the Rapid Solicitors Elite Ice Hockey League.

Honours & awards

Below is a list of the major titles and honours awarded to Coventry Blaze in 2011-12.

Elite Ice Hockey League First Team All-Stars

• 2011-12 Shea Guthrie

Elite Ice Hockey League Second Team All-Stars

• 2011-12 Dustin Wood

References

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16. "Bakrlik released by Blaze". Coventry Blaze. 2011-01-09.
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19. "Blaze sign British quartet". Coventry Blaze. 2011-04-26.
20. "Thompson swoops for Kralj". Coventry Blaze. 2011-03-05.
21. "Blaze land GB star Phillips". Coventry Blaze. 2011-10-05.
22. "Young trio to get Blaze opportunity". Coventry Blaze. 2011-05-23.
23. "Thompson moves for Gordon". Coventry Blaze. 2011-01-06.
24. "Thommo completes D with Domish". Coventry Blaze. 2011-06-17.
25. "Thommo lands all-star McLean". Coventry Blaze. 2011-06-20.
26. "Blaze swoop for Guthrie". Coventry Blaze. 2011-06-21.
27. "Jurynec completes Blaze roster". Coventry Blaze. 2011-07-19.
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