2003–04 Guildford Flames season
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Competition Goalscorers
Saturday 6 September 2003 Newcastle Vipers Away Won 5-3 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 7 September 2003 Newcastle Vipers Home Won 4-2 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 13 September 2003 Edinburgh Capitals Home Won 5-1 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 14 September 2003 Bracknell Bees Away Tied 4-4 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 21 September 2003 Hull Stingrays Home Won 8-3 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 27 September 2003 Fife Flyers Away Lost 4-2 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 28 September 2003 Dundee Stars Away Won 4-2 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 4 October 2003 Bracknell Bees Home Won 4-1 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 5 October 2003 Edinburgh Capitals Away Won 4-3 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 11 October 2003 Dundee Stars Home Lost 4-3 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 18 October 2003 Hull Stingrays Away Lost 4-1 - Qualifying Round -
Sunday 19 October 2003 Fife Flyers Home Lost 2-1 - Qualifying Round -
Saturday 22 November 2003 Bracknell Bees Away Won 5-1 - Semi-final , First Leg -
Sunday 23 November 2003 Bracknell Bees Home Lost 5-2 ( OT ) [ Guildford win 7-6 on agg ] - Semi-final , Second Leg -
Monday 29 December 2003 Newcastle Vipers Newcastle Arena Lost 6-1 3,300 Final Ryan Vince
Schedule and results -- Findus Cup
All British National League teams were eligible to compete in the qualifying round of the competition . After each team played each other home and away , the top four teams were drawn into the semi-finals , which were played over two legs . The final and third place playoff were one-game contests played at the Newcastle Arena . Qualifying Round Standings Team Pld . W L D GF GA Pts . Guildford Flames 12 7 4 1 45 33 15 Newcastle Vipers 12 7 5 0 49 39 14 Bracknell Bees 12 5 3 4 36 29 14 Fife Flyers 12 5 5 2 32 41 12 Hull Stingrays 12 4 6 2 37 39 10 Dundee Stars 12 5 7 0 28 42 10 Edinburgh Capitals 12 3 6 3 28 32 9
The 2003-04 season, was the Guildford Flames' twelfth year of ice hockey. The Guildford Flames competed in the British National League. Coach Stan Marple brought in six Slovaks who would help the Flames to their most successful British National League season for three years. Milos Melicherik, Rastislav Palov and Jozef Kohut were the forwards, with Marian Smerciak and Peter Michnac on defence. Completing the Slovak crew later on was Edinburgh Capitals' leading scorer, Peter Konder. Apart from Paul Dixon, Tony Redmond and Rick Plant, Marple made a clean sweep of his squad. In came Canadian forwards Ryan Vince from the ECHL's Dayton Bombers and Domenic Parlatore. Rounding out the club were three GB internationals: netminder Stevie Lyle, defenceman Neil Liddiard and forward Nick Cross from Basingstoke Bison.