2011–12 Coventry Blaze season

Coventry Blaze 2011–12
League Elite Ice Hockey League
Head coach United Kingdom Paul Thompson
Captain

United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Brandon Stones R 7 February 1993 Nottingham, England 2011
84 Denmark Peter Hirsch R 6 March 1976 Copenhagen, Denmark 2011
Defencemen
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
2 United States Jerramie Domish R 19 August 1979 Collegeville, Pennsylvania, U.S. 2011
5 Canada Dustin Wood (A) L 21 May 1981 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada 2011
14 United Kingdom Jonathan Weaver (C) L 20 January 1977 Sunderland, England 2007
15 United Kingdom James Griffin R 8 April 1993 Swindon, England 2011
17 United Kingdom Russell Cowley L 12 August 1983 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2007
77 Sweden Mathias Söderström L 17 January 1977 Hallstavik, Sweden 2007
Forwards
No. Nat. Player Shoots Position Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
9 United Kingdom Greg Owen R C 19 June 1981 Northampton, England 2009
10 United Kingdom Robert Farmer L LW 21 March 1991 Nottingham, England 2010
11 Canada Shea Guthrie R RW 30 July 1987 Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada 2011
21 United Kingdom Ross Venus L C 28 April 1994 Birmingham, England 2010
23 Canada Owen Fussey L LW 2 April 1983 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2010
24 Canada Mike McLean L C 6 January 1986 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada 2011
36 South Korea Woo-Sang Park R RW 30 May 1980 Seoul, South Korea 2011
48 United States Bryan Jurynec (A) L LW 17 December 1983 Orland Park, Illinois, U.S. 2011
76 Sweden Peter Nylander L C 20 January 1976 Stockholm, Sweden 2012
83 Slovenia 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 United Kingdom Adam Goss L G 10 February 1995 Coventry ENL Blaze
7 United Kingdom Matthew Selby R D 19 July 1995 Coventry ENL Blaze
18 United Kingdom Luke Brittle R C 11 June 1993 Telford Tigers
30 United Kingdom Tom Murdy L G 26 April 1991 Swindon Wildcats

Player transfers

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

*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.

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.

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

Challenge Cup

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

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

Pre-season & challenge games

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

Elite Ice Hockey League Second Team All-Stars

References

  1. ↑ "Coventry Blaze 2010–11 Roster". Coventry Blaze. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Elite Prospects player transfers". eliteprospects.com.
  3. ↑ "Hirsch back with Blaze". Coventry Blaze. 2011-12-04.
  4. ↑ "Thompson tribute to Murdy". Coventry Blaze. 2011-08-04.
  5. ↑ "Ein Sheriff für die Verteidigung der Broncos". broncos.it. 2011-05-28.
  6. ↑ "Flames add Canadian forward Greg Chambers to roster". britishicehockey.co.uk. 2011-06-26.
  7. ↑ "Coaching role for Soderstrom". Coventry Blaze. 2011-05-24.
  8. ↑ "Coaching role for Soderstrom". Coventry Blaze. 2011-05-24.
  9. ↑ "Coaching role for Soderstrom". Coventry Blaze. 2011-05-24.
  10. ↑ "Coaching role for Soderstrom". Coventry Blaze. 2011-05-24.
  11. ↑ "Carlson announces retirement". Coventry Blaze. 2011-03-21.
  12. ↑ "Coaching role for Soderstrom". Coventry Blaze. 2011-05-24.
  13. ↑ "Thompson releases John Gordon". Coventry Blaze. 2011-09-29.
  14. ↑ "Nell leaves the Blaze". Coventry Blaze. 2011-11-07.
  15. ↑ "Blaze release Fulghum". Coventry Blaze. 2011-12-01.
  16. ↑ "Bakrlik released by Blaze". Coventry Blaze. 2011-01-09.
  17. ↑ "Danish move for Phillips". Coventry Blaze. 2012-01-23.
  18. ↑ "Hirsch back with Blaze". Coventry Blaze. 2011-12-04.
  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. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011.
  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.
  28. ↑ "Thompson signs Dustin Wood". Coventry Blaze. 2011-02-10.
  29. ↑ "Thompson signs Korean International". Coventry Blaze. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
  30. ↑ "Thompson signs Korean International". Coventry Blaze. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
  31. ↑ "Blaze move for Nylander". Coventry Blaze. 2012-01-23.
  32. ↑ "Coventry Blaze 2011–12 results". EIHL.
  33. ↑ "EIHL standings 2011–12". EIHL.
  34. ↑ "Coventry Blaze 2011–12 results". EIHL.
  35. ↑ "Challenge Cup Group B standings". EIHL.
  36. ↑ "Coventry Blaze 2011–12 results". Coventry Blaze.
  37. ↑ "Coventry Blaze 2011–12 player roster & stats". EIHL.
  38. ↑ "Elite League 2011–12 special teams stats". EIHL.
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