BLAST FROM THE PAST: Solihull Barons 2-6 Guildford Flames

Solihull Barons 2-6 Guildford Flames
Wednesday 27th December 2006
English Premier League
Solihull Ice Rink, Hobs Moat Road, Solihull, B92 8JN, England

After a home victory over the Solihull Barons on Boxing Day, the
Flames paid a return visit to Hobs Moat to take on the Barons once
again, and delivered a similar result, collecting a 6-2 win to join
the Sheffield Scimitars at the top of the EPL league standings. The
Flames wasted little time in securing a lead when Chris Wiggins netted
at the 11 second mark. Milos Melicherik scored shorthanded at 4:01 to
extend the lead to a pair of goals. At 7:41 Rick Plant made it 3-0,
but Neil Adams replied for the Barons at 12:22 to pull the score back
to 3-1 at the first break. The Flames restored a 3 goal cushion at
26:36 through Stuart Potts, but before the middle session timed out,
Adams netted again for the Barons to make it 4-2 with 20 minutes to
play. In the final stanza, the Flames scored a pair of unanswered
goals in the final 10 minutes, with Rick Skene and Andrew Hemmings
doing the damage, to solidify the 6-2 Flames win.

SCORING

SOLIHULL; 27-Dec-2006 05:00 PM; 2006/2007; ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

SOLIHULL BARONS 2 vs GUILDFORD FLAMES 6

First Period

1. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Chris Wiggins (Vaclav Zavoral) 00:11
2. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Milos Melicherik (Vaclav Zavoral) 04:01 (sh)
3. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Rick Plant (Rob Lamey / Paul Dixon) 07:41 (sh)
(gw)
4. SOLIHULL BARONS, Neil Adams (Joe Graham / Robert Sobala) 12:22

Penalties - Neil Liddiard - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Holding-Minor) 03:13,
Chris Wiggins - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-Minor) 05:48, Andrew
Hemmings - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Interference-Minor) 10:31, Daniel Scott -
SOLIHULL BARONS (Hooking-Minor) 11:35, Milos Melicherik - GUILDFORD
FLAMES (Checking to The Head-Minor) 17:19, Milos Melicherik -
GUILDFORD FLAMES (Misconduct-Misconduct) 17:19, Neil Adams - SOLIHULL
BARONS (Holding-Minor) 19:25

Second Period

5. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Stuart Potts (Chris Wiggins / Ben Johnson) 06:36
6. SOLIHULL BARONS, Neil Adams (Dean Mills / Michal Oravec) 17:45
(pp)

Penalties - Ben Duggan - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Tripping-Minor) 03:26,
Chris Wilcox - SOLIHULL BARONS (Hooking-Minor) 07:30, Paul Dixon -
GUILDFORD FLAMES (Holding-Minor) 10:10, Sarunas Kuliesius - SOLIHULL
BARONS (Slashing-Minor) 10:54, Ben Johnson - GUILDFORD FLAMES
(Interference-Minor) 14:24, Rick Skene - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-
Minor) 16:05

Third Period

7. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Rick Skene (Stuart Potts / Vaclav Zavoral) 10:33
8. GUILDFORD FLAMES, Andrew Hemmings (Rob Lamey / Rick Plant) 19:40

Penalties - Geoff O`Hara - SOLIHULL BARONS (Tripping-Minor) 02:52,
Chris Wilcox - SOLIHULL BARONS (Tripping-Minor) 05:54, Rick Plant -
GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-Minor) 11:06, Bench - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Too
Many Men-Bench Minor) 15:30

Shots On Goal

SOLIHULL BARONS 13-9-15--37
GUILDFORD FLAMES 10-7-6--23

Goal - SOLIHULL BARONS: Mike Brabon; GUILDFORD FLAMES: Joe Watkins

Power plays - SOLIHULL BARONS: 1-for-10; GUILDFORD FLAMES: 0-for-6

Lineups

SOLIHULL BARONS: Mike Brabon; James Moore; Robert Sobala; James
Montrey; Geoff O`Hara; Stephen Rowlands; Karol Jets; Neil Adams; Matt
Davies; Phil Manny; Chris Wilcox; Dean Mills; Michal Oravec; Tom
Parker; Joe Graham; Joesph Dickens; Daniel Scott; Sarunas Kuliesius

GUILDFORD FLAMES: Joe Watkins; Tom Annetts; 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; Adam
Hyman; Rick Skene; Ollie Bronnimann

BOX SCORE

Period Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Guildford 3 1 2 6
Solihull 1 1 0 2

Shots On Goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Watkins 10 7 6 23
Brabon 13 9 15 37

Penalty Minutes 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Guildford 18 8 4 30
Solihull 4 4 4 12



Referee - Dean Smith

Linesmen - Dave Goodwin; Luke Thomas

Attendance - 184

Man of Match - Milos Melicherik (Flames); Michal Oravek (Barons)