BLAST FROM THE PAST: Romford Raiders 5-3 Guildford Flames

Romford Raiders 5-3 Guildford Flames
Sunday 14th January 2007
English Premier League
Romford Ice Rink, Rom Valley Way, Romford, Essex, RM7 0AE, England



After dropping a point at home to the Romford Raiders, the Flames were
hoping for a maximum point haul on the return visit to Romford to
remain atop the EPL table, but a disappointing 5-3 loss moves the
Flames back to 2nd spot, a point back of league leading Sheffield
Scimitars. The Raiders opened the scoring at 1:21 through Elliott
Andrews and took a 1 goal lead to the break. The Flames tied the
score in the 25th minute when Vaclav Zavoral found the net, but that
was all the scoring either team could muster in the middle session.
Early in the third, the home side scored a pair of quick strikes to
open a 3-1 lead. Scott McKenzie netted at 45:15, with Rob Stewart
adding another just 34 seconds later. The Flames, however, responded
at 46:24 when Ollie Bronnimann pulled them to within a goal and a Paul
Dixon powerplay strike at 51:33 evened the score. Unfortunately for
the Spectrum side, a pair of powerplay goals for the Raiders in the
dying minutes signalled defeat. At 54:15 Mark Williams did the
honours, and at 58:39 Stefan Ketola ensured the 5-3 Raiders win,
denying the Flames a continued presence on the league table summit.

SCORING

ROMFORD; 14-Jan-2007 05:00 PM; 2006/2007; ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

ROMFORD RAIDERS 5 vs GUILDFORD FLAMES 3

First Period

1. ROMFORD RAIDERS, Elliott Andrews (Andrej Sporina) 01:21

Penalties - Vaclav Zavoral - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Elbowing-Minor) 04:47,
Nick Cross - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Elbowing-Minor) 05:28, Scott McKenzie -
ROMFORD RAIDERS (Hooking-Minor) 07:10, Nick Cross - GUILDFORD FLAMES
(Slashing-Minor) 17:44, Milos Melicherik - GUILDFORD FLAMES
(Interference-Minor) 19:16

Second Period

2. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Vaclav Zavoral (Rick Plant / Stuart Potts) 04:27

Penalties - Rob Stewart - ROMFORD RAIDERS (Hooking-Minor) 12:52, Bench
- GUILDFORD FLAMES (Delay of Game-Minor) 14:55

Third Period

3. ROMFORD RAIDERS, Scott McKenzie (Elliott Andrews / Andrej Sporina)
05:15
4. ROMFORD RAIDERS, Rob Stewart (Stefan Ketola / Danny Marshall) 05:49
(pp)
5. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Ollie Bronnimann (Milos Melicherik / Neil
Liddiard) 06:24
6. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Paul Dixon (Milos Melicherik) 11:33 (pp)
7. ROMFORD RAIDERS, Mark Williams (Stefan Ketola) 14:15 (pp)(gw)
8. ROMFORD RAIDERS, Stefan Ketola (Andrej Sporina / Rob Stewart) 18:39
(pp)

Penalties - Neil Liddiard - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Holding-Minor) 05:27,
Nick Cross - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Slashing-Minor) 07:35, Andrius
Kaminskas - ROMFORD RAIDERS (Roughing-Minor) 07:35, Milos Melicherik -
GUILDFORD FLAMES (Misconduct-Misconduct) 11:33, Mark Williams -
ROMFORD RAIDERS (Hooking-Minor) 11:17, Ollie Bronnimann - GUILDFORD
FLAMES (Holding-Minor) 12:40, Andrius Kaminskas - ROMFORD RAIDERS
(Interference-Minor) 15:36, Marian Smerciak - GUILDFORD FLAMES
(Interference-Minor) 16:57, Rob Lamey - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-
Minor) 18:11, Nick Cross - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Slashing-Minor) 18:48,
Nick Cross - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Misconduct-Misconduct) 20:00

Shots On Goal

ROMFORD RAIDERS 10-16-13--39
GUILDFORD FLAMES 14-9-10--33

Goal - ROMFORD RAIDERS: Carl Ambler; GUILDFORD FLAMES: Tom Annetts

Power plays - ROMFORD RAIDERS: 3-for-8; GUILDFORD FLAMES: 1-for-4

Lineups

ROMFORD RAIDERS: Carl Ambler; Alan Blyth; Danny Marshall; Scott
McKenzie; Grant Taylor; Alex Green; Robert Jenner; Shaun Wallis; Rob
Stewart; Mark Williams; Phil O`neill; Elliott Andrews; Richard
Whiting; Luke Reynolds; Stefan Ketola; Andrius Kaminskas; Andrej
Sporina

GUILDFORD FLAMES: Tom Annetts; Tom Horton; 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; Chris Wiggins; Ben Austin; Nick Cross; Rick
Skene; Ollie Bronnimann

BOX SCORE

Period Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Guildford 0 1 2 3
Romford 1 0 4 5

Shots On Goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Annetts 14 9 10 33
Ambler 10 16 13 39

Penalty Minutes 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Guildford 8 2 32 42
Romford 2 2 6 10


Referee - Dean Smith

Linesmen - Dave McShane; Chris Beck

Attendance - 410

Man of Match - Not available