2012–13 Coventry Blaze season

Coventry Blaze 2012–13
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Head coach	Paul Thompson
Captain	Shea Guthrie < 2011–12 / 2013–14 >

The 2012–13 Coventry Blaze season is the 10th season for the Coventry Blaze in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Player roster and transfers 2012–13

Player roster

The Coventry Blaze roster for the 2012–13 season.^[1]

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired
1		Adam Goss	L	10 February 1995	Derby, England	2012
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, US	2011
6		Mike Egener	L	26 September 1984	Lahr, Germany	2012
7		Matthew Selby	R	19 July 1995	Birmingham, England	2012
15		James Griffin	R	8 April 1993	Swindon, England	2011
23		Steven Chalmers	L	21 August 1992	Kirkaldy, Scotland	2012
27		Mike Schutte (A)	L	28 July 1979	Burlington, Ontario, Canada	2012
33		Benn Olson	L	29 April 1987	Port McNeill, British Columbia, Canada	2012

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Position	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired
8		Sam Smith	R	RW	30 November 1991	Cardiff, Wales	2012
9		Mike Bayrack	L	C	17 September 1978	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	2012
10		Dale White	R	LW	4 November 1989	Redditch, England	2012
11		Shea Guthrie (C)	R	RW	30 July 1987	Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada	2011
13		Gerome Giudice	L	LW	11 March 1989	Acton, Ontario, Canada	2012
17		Russell Cowley (A)	L	LW	12 August 1983	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	2007
19		Greg Leeb	L	C	31 May 1977	Red Deer, Alberta, Canada	2012
20		Dustin Cameron	L	LW	28 April 1989	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	2012
21		Ross Venus	L	C	28 April 1994	Birmingham, England	2010
38		Brad Leeb	R	RW	29 August 1979	Red Deer, Alberta, Canada	2012
39		Matt Beleskey	L	LW	7 June 1988	Midhurst, Ontario, Canada	2012

Two-way players

Players on a two-way contract with Coventry Blaze for the 2012–13 season (includes players called up for injury cover during the season).

Two-way players
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Position	Date of birth	Two-way team
16		Josh Gent	R	RW	6 June 1993	Coventry NIHL Blaze
16		James Preece	R	LW	1 January 1992	Telford Tigers
18		Keiran Papps	R	D	1 January 1994	Coventry NIHL Blaze

Player transfers

Players leaving and joining the club for the 2012–13 season.^[2]

Players leaving Player New team Source Greg Owen Basingstoke Bison [3] Jonathan Weaver Nottingham Panthers [4] Matic Kralj Ours de Villard-de-Lans [5] Dustin Wood Arystan Temirtau [6] Robert Farmer Braehead Clan [7] Woo-Sang Park KJT TuusKi [8] Brandon Stones Owen Fussey Mike McLean Bryan Jurynec Peter Nylander

Players signed Player Former team Source Sam Smith Cardiff Devils [9] Mike Danton Orli Znojmo [10] Gerome Giudice Tulsa Oilers [11] Mike Egener Esbjerg IK [12] Benn Olson Ontario Reign [13] Greg Leeb Nurnberg Ice Tigers [14] Brad Leeb Nurnberg Ice Tigers [15] Mike Schutte HC Alleghe [16] Dustin Cameron Trenton Titans [17] Steven Chalmers Telford Tigers [18] Mike Bayrack Braehead Clan [19] Matt Beleskey* Anaheim Ducks [20]

*signed for the duration of the 2012 NHL lock-out

Fixtures and results 2012–13

Elite Ice Hockey League

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

Elite League results[21]
#	Date	Home	Score	Away	OT	Record	Points	Summary
1	8 September	Dundee Stars	2–3	Coventry Blaze	SO	1–0–0	2	Report Match sheet
2	9 September	Coventry Blaze	4–3	Fife Flyers		2–0–0	4	Report Match sheet
3	15 September	Sheffield Steelers	7–5	Coventry Blaze		2–1–0	4	Report Match sheet
4	16 September	Coventry Blaze	3–4	Sheffield Steelers	OT	2–1–1	5	Report Match sheet
5	22 September	Coventry Blaze	2–1	Cardiff Devils	OT	3–1–1	7	Report Match sheet
6	23 September	Fife Flyers	3–2	Coventry Blaze	SO	3–1–2	8	Report Match sheet
7	30 September	Sheffield Steelers	3–4	Coventry Blaze		4–1–2	10	Report Match sheet
8	5 October	Nottingham Panthers	4–2	Coventry Blaze		4–2–2	10	Report Match sheet
9	7 October	Coventry Blaze	3–4	Cardiff Devils	OT	4–2–3	11	Report Match sheet
10	20 October	Coventry Blaze	0–3	Sheffield Steelers		4–3–3	11	Report Match sheet
11	21 October	Edinburgh Capitals	0–1	Coventry Blaze		5–3–3	13	Report Match sheet
12	3 November	Coventry Blaze	5–4	Belfast Giants	OT	6–3–3	15	Report Match sheet
13	4 November	Coventry Blaze	5–8	Belfast Giants		6–4–3	15	Report Match sheet
14	11 November	Coventry Blaze	2–1	Hull Stingrays		7–4–3	17	Report Match sheet
15	17 November	Braehead Clan	5–2	Coventry Blaze		7–5–3	17	Report Match sheet
16	18 November	Coventry Blaze	5–2	Nottingham Panthers		8–5–3	19	Report Match sheet
17	24 November	Coventry Blaze	6–0	Dundee Stars		9–5–3	21	Report Match sheet
18	25 November	Cardiff Devils	5–2	Coventry Blaze		9–6–3	21	Report Match sheet
19	28 November	Coventry Blaze	5–2	Edinburgh Capitals		10–6–3	23	Report Match sheet
20	1 December	Dundee Stars	3–4	Coventry Blaze	SO	11–6–3	25	Report Match sheet
21	2 December	Coventry Blaze	5–1	Braehead Clan		12–6–3	27	Report Match sheet
22	5 December	Nottingham Panthers	4–3	Coventry Blaze		12–7–3	27	Report Match sheet
League record: 12–7–3 (Home: 8–2–2, Away: 4–5–1)

Elite League standings (28 October)[22]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS
1	Belfast Giants	20	13	2	2	3	31
2	Nottingham Panthers	20	15	4	0	1	31
3	Sheffield Steelers	21	14	6	0	1	29
4	Cardiff Devils	20	12	5	1	2	27
5	Coventry Blaze	22	12	7	2	1	27
6	Braehead Clan	21	11	9	1	0	23
7	Dundee Stars	20	7	9	2	2	18
8	Hull Stingrays	20	6	10	0	4	16
9	Fife Flyers	19	7	12	0	0	14
10	Edinburgh Capitals	21	5	15	0	1	11

Erhardt conference standings (28 October)[23]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	GD	PIM
1	Sheffield Steelers	13	8	4	0	1	17	0.654	40	34	+6	395
2	Belfast Giants	9	5	2	0	2	12	0.667	29	23	+6	150
3	Cardiff Devils	9	4	3	1	1	10	0.556	21	26	−5	148
4	Nottingham Panthers	8	4	3	0	1	9	0.562	21	20	+1	181
5	Coventry Blaze	7	2	3	2	0	6	0.429	19	26	−7	154

Gardiner conference standings (28 October)[24]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	GD	PIM
1	Braehead Clan	7	5	2	0	0	10	0.714	28	23	+5	108
2	Dundee Stars	7	5	2	0	0	10	0.714	21	18	+3	108
3	Hull Stingrays	8	3	2	0	3	9	0.562	26	27	−1	144
4	Edinburgh Capitals	6	2	3	0	1	5	0.417	18	24	−6	86
5	Fife Flyers	4	1	3	0	0	2	0.250	14	15	−1	100

Elite Ice Hockey League fixture 2012–13[25]
Game	Date	Home		Away	Notes
22	15 December	Coventry Blaze	–	Fife Flyers
23	21 December	Belfast Giants	–	Coventry Blaze
24	23 December	Coventry Blaze	–	Nottingham Panthers
25	26 December	Cardiff Devils	–	Coventry Blaze
26	27 December	Coventry Blaze	–	Cardiff Devils
27	30 December	Sheffield Steelers	–	Coventry Blaze
28	1 January	Coventry Blaze	–	Sheffield Steelers
29	5 January	Nottingham Panthers	–	Coventry Blaze
30	6 January	Coventry Blaze	–	Nottingham Panthers
31	12 January	Belfast Giants	–	Coventry Blaze
32	13 January	Coventry Blaze	–	Hull Stingrays
33	19 January	Sheffield Steelers	–	Coventry Blaze
34	20 January	Coventry Blaze	–	Belfast Giants
35	26 January	Nottingham Panthers	–	Coventry Blaze
36	31 January	Cardiff Devils	–	Coventry Blaze
37	2 February	Coventry Blaze	–	Nottingham Panthers
38	3 February	Hull Stingrays	–	Coventry Blaze
39	9 February	Nottingham Panthers	–	Coventry Blaze
40	10 February	Coventry Blaze	–	Braehead Clan
41	15 February	Belfast Giants	–	Coventry Blaze
42	16 February	Belfast Giants	–	Coventry Blaze
43	17 February	Coventry Blaze	–	Edinburgh Capitals
44	22 February	Braehead Clan	–	Coventry Blaze
45	23 February	Edinburgh Capitals	–	Coventry Blaze
46	24 February	Fife Flyers	–	Coventry Blaze
47	2 March	Coventry Blaze	–	Dundee Stars
48	3 March	Cardiff Devils	–	Coventry Blaze
49	9 March	Coventry Blaze	–	Cardiff Devils
50	16 March	Coventry Blaze	–	Sheffield Steelers
51	23 March	Coventry Blaze	–	Belfast Giants
52	24 March	Hull Stingrays	–	Coventry Blaze

Challenge Cup

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

Challenge Cup results[26]
#	Date	Home	Score	Away	OT	Record	Points	Summary
1	29 September	Coventry Blaze	6–5	Hull Stingrays	SO	1–0–0	2	Report Match sheet
2	14 October	Coventry Blaze	3–1	Nottingham Panthers		2–0–0	4	Report Match sheet
3	27 October	Coventry Blaze	2–1	Cardiff Devils		3–0–0	6	Report Match sheet
4	28 October	Cardiff Devils	2–3	Coventry Blaze		4–0–0	8	Report Match sheet
Challenge cup record: 4–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0, Away: 1–0–0)

Challenge Cup Group A standings (28 October)[27]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	GD	PIM
1	X – Braehead Clan	8	4	3	1	9	0.562	25	24	+1	129
2	X – Belfast Giants	5	4	1	0	8	0.800	15	8	+7	69
3	X – Dundee Stars	7	4	3	0	8	0.571	16	18	−2	111
4	X – Fife Flyers	8	4	4	0	8	0.500	21	18	+3	141
5	Edinburgh Capitals	6	1	5	0	2	0.167	14	23	−9	71
Note: X = qualified for knockout stages

Challenge Cup Group B standings (28 October)[28]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	GD	PIM
1	X – Coventry Blaze	4	4	0	0	8	1.000	14	9	+5	212
2	Nottingham Panthers	5	3	1	1	7	0.700	20	13	+7	95
3	Sheffield Steelers	3	3	0	0	6	1.000	14	8	+6	27
4	Cardiff Devils	6	1	4	1	3	0.250	19	25	−6	191
5	Hull Stingrays	6	1	4	1	3	0.250	19	31	−12	109
Note: X = qualified for knockout stages

Challenge Cup knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                   1   8       4   5       3   6       2   7
Note: Knockout stages played over two-legs, home and away (aggregate score shown)

Challenge Cup fixtures 2012–13[29]
Game	Date	Home		Away	Notes
5	29 October	Sheffield Steelers	–	Coventry Blaze
6	10 November	Hull Stingrays	–	Coventry Blaze
7	5 December	Nottingham Panthers	–	Coventry Blaze
8	9 December	Coventry Blaze	–	Sheffield Steelers

Pre-season & challenge games

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

Pre-season & challenge game results[30]
Game	Date	Home		Away	Report
Challenge	29 August	Cardiff Devils	2–1	Coventry Blaze	Report
Challenge	1 September	Sheffield Steelers	3–4	Coventry Blaze	Report
Challenge	2 September	Coventry Blaze	1–3	Sheffield Steelers	Report
Challenge	5 September	Coventry Blaze	2–2	Cardiff Devils	Report

Playoffs

The top 4 teams from each conference of the Elite Ice Hockey League standings will qualify for the quarterfinals of the play-offs.

The winners of each match-up will progress to the play-off finals weekend, to take place in Nottingham on 6 and 7 April 2013.^[31]

References

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2. "Elite Prospects player transfers". eliteprospects.com.
3. "Thanks and good luck to Owen". Coventry Blaze. 20 April 2012.
4. "Weaver leaves Blaze". Coventry Blaze. 25 April 2012.
5. "Matic Kralj retour en France". Ours de Villard-de-Lans. 16 June 2012.
6. "Dustin Wood moves to Kazakhstan". Arystan Temirtau. 1 August 2012.
7. "Clan seal the deal with top Brit". Braehead Clan. 28 August 2012.
8. "Park moves to Finland". Braehead Clan. 28 August 2012.
9. "Blaze swoop for Smith". Coventry Blaze. 24 April 2012.
10. "Former NHL'er signs for Blaze". Coventry Blaze. 21 May 2012.
11. "Blaze grab Giudice". Coventry Blaze. 24 May 2012.
12. "Blaze sign Egener". Coventry Blaze. 18 June 2012.
13. "Blaze sign tough guy Olson". Coventry Blaze. 21 June 2012.
14. "Blaze sign Greg Leeb". Coventry Blaze. 28 June 2012.
15. "Blaze sign Brad". Coventry Blaze. 17 July 2012.
16. "Blaze seal Schutte swoop". Coventry Blaze. 28 July 2012.
17. "Cameron completes Blaze quota". Coventry Blaze. 9 August 2012.
18. "Chalmers makes move permanent". Coventry Blaze. 11 September 2012.
19. "Blaze move for Bayrack". Coventry Blaze. 24 September 2012.
20. "Blaze land Anaheim forward". Coventry Blaze. 9 October 2012.
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22. "EIHL standings 2012–13". EIHL.
23. "EIHL standings 2012–13". EIHL.
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27. "Challenge Cup Group B standings". EIHL.
28. "Challenge Cup Group B standings". EIHL.
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31. "Date for your diary". EIHL.