Guildford Flames 3-1 Sheffield Scimitars
Saturday 30th December 2006
English Premier League
Guildford Spectrum, Parkway, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 1UP, England
The Flames lined up for their last game of 2006 in what would be, to
this point, the most important match of the schedule against joint
first place partners, Sheffield Scimitars, on Spectrum ice in a clash
over the top of the league table. The Surrey side did not disappoint
the 1600+ Spectrum attendees, finishing the game with a 3-1 win and a
2 point lead in the race for the league title. The home club could
not have asked for a better start when Vaclav Zavoral outmuscled a
Scimitars player for the puck behind the visitors goal, and quickly
made a centering feed on the tape of Stuart Potts who made no mistake
in tapping it in for a 1-0 lead before the game was one minute old.
Shortly thereafter, Zavoral did the damage himself to put the Flames
up by a pair before killing off the remainder of the opening session
to take a 2-0 lead to the first break. Both clubs exchanged golden
scoring opportunities over the first 10 minutes of the middle session,
but no further scoring until the Scimitars finally beat Tom Annetts in
the Flames net in the 35th minute to pull the score to 2-1, with
Robert Dowd taking the credit for the visitors opening strike. The
Flames successfully killed off a couple of penalties early in the 3rd
before getting a powerplay of their own in the 54th minute, and with
the skater advantage Milos Melicherik one timed a perfect Paul Dixon
pass to extend the Flames lead to 3-1 at 54:46, and the Flames took
the win and, more importantly, picked up sole possession of top spot
in the league table for the first time this season.
SCORING
GUILDFORD; 30-Dec-2006 06:00 PM; 2006/2007; ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
GUILDFORD FLAMES 3 vs SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS 1
First Period
1. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Stuart Potts (Vaclav Zavoral) 00:38
2. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Vaclav Zavoral (Unassisted) 02:49 (gw)
Penalties - Marian Smerciak - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Interference-Minor)
03:39, Ben Morgan - SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS (Roughing-Minor) 08:15, Paul
Dixon - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-Minor) 12:32, Vaclav Zavoral -
GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-Minor) 13:27, Bench - SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS
(Delay of Game-Minor) 15:14, Jozef Kohut - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-
Minor) 19:44
Second Period
3. SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS, Robert Dowd (Mark Stewart / Matt Towe) 14:30
Penalties - Bench - SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS (Abuse of Official-Minor)
08:27, Vaclav Zavoral - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Elbowing-Minor) 16:18
Third Period
4. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Milos Melicherik (Paul Dixon / Vaclav Zavoral)
14:46 (pp)
Penalties - Marian Smerciak - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Boarding-Minor) 01:44,
Rick Plant - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-Minor) 05:34, Mike Holland -
SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS (Holding-Minor) 13:22, Les Millie - SHEFFIELD
SCIMITARS (Boarding-Minor) 16:41
Shots On Goal
GUILDFORD FLAMES 7-9-14--30
SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS 12-12-9--33
Goal - GUILDFORD FLAMES: Tom Annetts; SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS: Pasi
Raitanen
Power plays - GUILDFORD FLAMES: 1-for-5; SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS: 0-for-7
Lineups
GUILDFORD FLAMES: Tom Annetts; Matt Colclough; Neil Liddiard; Marian
Smerciak; David Savage; Ben Johnson; Rob Lamey; Stuart Potts; Andrew
Hemmings; Rick Plant; Robert Young; Ben Duggan; Milos Melicherik; Paul
Dixon; Vaclav Zavoral; Simon James; Chris Wiggins; Ben Austin; Jozef
Kohut; Rick Skene; Ollie Bronnimann
SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS: Pasi Raitanen; Paul Jones; Simon Butterworth;
Steve Duncombe; Jon Woolhouse; Ryan Johnson; James Goodman; Ben
Morgan; Mark Stewart; Steve Roberts; Lloyd Gibson; Mike Holland;
Stuart Brittle; Ron Shudra; Carl Ashton; Matt Towe; Les Millie; Robert
Dowd
BOX SCORE
Period Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Guildford 2 0 1 3
Sheffield 0 1 0 1
Shots On Goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Annetts 7 9 14 30
Raitanen 12 12 9 33
Penalty Minutes 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Guildford 8 2 4 14
Sheffield 4 2 4 10
Referee - Matt Thompson
Linesmen - Alex Von Hasselberg; Jason Earle
Attendance - 1616
Man of Match - Tom Annetts (Flames); Ron Shudra (Scimitars)
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