2010–11 Coventry Blaze season

The 2010–11 Coventry Blaze season was the 8th season for the Coventry Blaze in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Coventry Blaze 2010-11
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Head coach	Paul Thompson
Captain	Jonathan Weaver < 2009–10 / 2011–12 >

Player roster & transfers 2010–11

Player roster

The Coventry Blaze roster for the 2010–11 season.[1]

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
30		Tom Murdy	L	2009	Whitley Bay, England
35		Brett Jaeger	L	2010	Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
4		Jeff Smith	L	2010	Regina, SK, Canada
5		Brian Lee (A)	L	2009	Berrien Springs, Michigan, U.S.
6		Brad Zanon	R	2010	Port Moody, BC, Canada
8		Ryan Selwood	R	2010	Solihull, England
11		Antti Kohvakka	L	2010	Tampere, Finland
13		Daniel Scott (two-way)	R	2010	Chatham, England
14		Jonathan Weaver (C)	L	2007	Sunderland, England
22		James Pease	R	2010	Solihull, England
44		Jason Robinson	L	2009	Goderich, ON, Canada
77		Mathias Söderström	L	2007	Hallstavik Sweden

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
7		Joe Henry (two-way)	R	RW	2005	Solihull, England
9		Greg Owen	R	C	2009	Northampton, England
10		Tom Ledgard	R	RW	2007	Milton Keynes, England
16		Jack Watkins (two-way)	R	RW	2009	Durham, England
17		Russ Cowley	L	C	2007	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
19		Aaron Nell	L	LW	2009	Swindon, England
21		Ross Venus	L	C	2010	Birmingham, England
23		Owen Fussey	L	LW	2010	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
24		Greg Chambers	R	RW	2009	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26		Dan Carlson (A)	L	C	2006	Edina, Minnesota, U.S.
27		Luke Fulghum	R	RW	2009	Colorado Springs, U.S.
29		Sean Selmser	L	LW	2010	Calgary, AB, Canada
40		Josh Bruce (two-way)	R	LW	2009	Glasgow, Scotland
57		Brad Cruikshank	R	RW	2010	Kelowna, BC, Canada
79		Robert Farmer	L	LW	2010	Nottingham, England

Player transfers

Players leaving and joining the club for the 2010–11 season.[2]

Coventry Blaze player transfers 2010/11
Player out	New team	Player in	Former team
Adam Calder	HC Neumarkt-Egna	Brett Jaeger	Texas Brahmas
Derek Campbell	Sheffield Steelers	Jeff Smith	Nijmegen Devils
Danny Stewart	Newcastle Vipers	Brad Zanon	Florida Everblades
Tom Watkins	Telford Tigers	Owen Fussey	Edinburgh Capitals
Peter Hirsch	Bakersfield Condors	Sean Selmser	Vienna Capitals
Jason Robinson	Retired	Robert Farmer	Ottawa 67's
Note: Table highlights senior team roster transfers and does not include two-way and ENL players

Fixtures & results 2010–11

Elite Ice Hockey League

Coventry Blaze completed the regular season in 6th place overall to qualify for the playoffs.

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

Elite League results[3]
#	Date	Home	Score	Away	OT	Record	Points	Recap
1	5 September	Coventry Blaze	4 - 7	Nottingham Panthers		0-1-0	0	Recap
2	11 September	Belfast Giants	4 - 2	Coventry Blaze		0-2-0	0	Recap
3	12 September	Coventry Blaze	2 - 3	Belfast Giants		0-3-0	0	Recap
4	18 September	Nottingham Panthers	6 - 4	Coventry Blaze		0-4-0	0	Recap
5	25 September	Coventry Blaze	9 - 2	Dundee Stars		1-4-0	2	Recap
6	29 September	Coventry Blaze	6 - 3	Edinburgh Capitals		2-4-0	4	Recap
7	30 September	Dundee Stars	3 - 4	Coventry Blaze		3-4-0	6	Recap
8	3 October	Edinburgh Capitals	4 - 6	Coventry Blaze		4-4-0	8	Recap
9	9 October	Newcastle Vipers	2 - 7	Coventry Blaze		5-4-0	10	Recap
10	10 October	Coventry Blaze	3 - 0	Newcastle Vipers		6-4-0	12	Recap
11	24 October	Coventry Blaze	2 - 0	Belfast Giants		7-4-0	14	Recap
12	27 October	Coventry Blaze	6 - 2	Edinburgh Capitals		8-4-0	16	Recap
13	30 October	Braehead Clan	1 - 2	Coventry Blaze	SO	9-4-0	18	Recap
14	31 October	Coventry Blaze	3 - 2	Dundee Stars		10-4-0	20	Recap
15	7 November	Coventry Blaze	3 - 2	Braehead Clan		11-4-0	22	Recap
16	13 November	Hull Stingrays	1 - 3	Coventry Blaze		12-4-0	24	Recap
17	16 November	Edinburgh Capitals	7 - 5	Coventry Blaze		12-5-0	24	Recap
18	21 November	Coventry Blaze	7 - 2	Braehead Clan		13-5-0	26	Recap
19	4 December	Coventry Blaze	2 - 1	Nottingham Panthers		14-5-0	28	Recap
20	5 December	Newcastle Vipers	3 - 1	Coventry Blaze		14-6-0	28	Recap
21	11 December	Coventry Blaze	1 - 3	Hull Stingrays		14-7-0	28	Recap
22	12 December	Sheffield Steelers	3 - 2	Coventry Blaze		14-8-0	28	Recap
23	19 December	Coventry Blaze	6 - 3	Newcastle Vipers		15-8-0	30	Recap
24	26 December	Coventry Blaze	2 - 3	Cardiff Devils	SO	15-8-1	31	Recap
25	27 December	Cardiff Devils	5 - 1	Coventry Blaze		15-9-1	31	Recap
26	30 December	Sheffield Steelers	6 - 4	Coventry Blaze		15-10-1	31	Recap
27	2 January	Coventry Blaze	2 - 5	Sheffield Steelers		15-11-1	31	Recap
28	4 January	Braehead Clan	5 - 4	Coventry Blaze	OT	15-11-2	32	Recap
29	8 January	Dundee Stars	2 - 5	Coventry Blaze		16-11-2	34	Recap
30	9 January	Coventry Blaze	4 - 5	Newcastle Vipers		16-12-2	34	Recap
31	15 January	Cardiff Devils	5 - 4	Coventry Blaze	OT	16-12-3	35	Recap
32	16 January	Coventry Blaze	2 - 4	Sheffield Steelers		16-13-3	35	Recap
33	22 January	Coventry Blaze	15 - 0	Edinburgh Capitals		17-13-3	37	Recap
34	23 January	Edinburgh Capitals	2 - 12	Coventry Blaze		18-13-3	39	Recap
35	29 January	Newcastle Vipers	0 - 4	Coventry Blaze		19-13-3	41	Recap
36	30 January	Coventry Blaze	5 - 4	Cardiff Devils		20-13-3	43	Recap
37	5 February	Sheffield Steelers	3 - 2	Coventry Blaze	SO	20-13-4	44	Recap
38	6 February	Coventry Blaze	1 - 4	Sheffield Steelers		20-14-4	44	Recap
39	8 February	Nottingham Panthers	3 - 1	Coventry Blaze		20-15-4	44	Recap
40	11 February	Belfast Giants	5 - 2	Coventry Blaze		20-16-4	44	Recap
41	12 February	Belfast Giants	4 - 1	Coventry Blaze		20-17-4	44	Recap
42	13 February	Coventry Blaze	3 - 2	Hull Stingrays	OT	21-17-4	46	Recap
43	19 February	Hull Stingrays	1 - 2	Coventry Blaze		22-17-4	48	Recap
44	20 February	Coventry Blaze	1 - 5	Nottingham Panthers		22-18-4	48	Recap
45	26 February	Nottingham Panthers	3 - 2	Coventry Blaze		22-19-4	48	Recap
46	27 February	Coventry Blaze	2 - 4	Braehead Clan		22-20-4	48	Recap
47	4 March	Coventry Blaze	1 - 5	Cardiff Devils		22-21-4	48	Recap
48	5 March	Coventry Blaze	5 - 6	Hull Stingrays		22-22-4	48	Recap
49	6 March	Dundee Stars	3 - 2	Coventry Blaze		22-23-4	48	Recap
50	9 March	Hull Stingrays	2 - 7	Coventry Blaze		23-23-4	50	Recap
51	10 March	Braehead Clan	8 - 4	Coventry Blaze		23-24-4	50	Recap
52	13 March	Coventry Blaze	2 - 3	Dundee Stars		23-25-4	50	Recap
53	19 March	Cardiff Devils	7 - 4	Coventry Blaze		23-26-4	50	Recap
54	20 March	Coventry Blaze	2 - 7	Belfast Giants		23-27-4	50	Recap
League record: 23-27-4 (Home: 13-13-1, Away: 10-14-3)

Elite League standings[4]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Points	GF	GA	GD	L10	Streak
1	Y - Sheffield Steelers	54	43	10	0	1	87	265	132	+133	7-3-0	WON 4
2	X - Cardiff Devils	54	42	9	2	1	87	269	141	+128	8-2-0	WON 9
3	X - Belfast Giants	54	41	9	2	2	86	239	130	+109	8-2-0	WON 5
4	X - Nottingham Panthers	54	33	15	1	5	72	260	179	+81	5-4-1	LOST 3
5	X - Braehead Clan	54	28	23	0	3	59	206	174	+32	7-3-0	LOST 2
6	X - Coventry Blaze	54	23	27	2	2	50	198	185	+13	1-9-0	LOST 4
7	X - Hull Stingrays	54	23	28	3	0	49	178	202	-24	5-5-0	WON 2
8	X - Dundee Stars	54	19	32	0	3	41	178	235	-57	6-4-0	WON 6
9	Newcastle Vipers	54	12	40	0	2	26	151	282	-131	2-8-0	LOST 6
10	Edinburgh Capitals	54	6	45	1	2	15	134	418	-284	0-10-0	LOST 29
Note: X = Qualified for playoffs; Y = League champions

Playoffs

Coventry Blaze failed to reach the Playoff Finals weekend in Nottingham after losing to Belfast Giants in the quarter finals 4–3 on aggregate.

• White background indicates tied game.
• Red background indicates loss.

Playoff fixtures
Game	Date	Home	Score	Away	OT	Recap
Quarter Final 1st leg	26 March	Belfast Giants	2 - 2 (2 - 2)	Coventry Blaze		Recap
Quarter Final 2nd leg	27 March	Coventry Blaze	1 - 2 (3 - 4)	Belfast Giants	OT	Recap

EIHL playoff finals
Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final                   1 Sheffield Steelers 8 8 Dundee Stars 5 1 Sheffield Steelers 3 4 Nottingham Panthers 4 4 Nottingham Panthers 8 5 Braehead Clan 4 2 Cardiff Devils 4 4 Nottingham Panthers 5 2 Cardiff Devils 8 7 Hull Stingrays 4 2 Cardiff Devils 4 3 Belfast Giants 1 3 Belfast Giants 4 6 Coventry Blaze 3
Note: Quarter final played over two-legs, home and away (aggregate score shown); Semi final and final played in one leg

Challenge Cup

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

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates loss (0 points).
• White background indicates tied game (1 point).

Challenge Cup results[3]
#	Date	Home	Score	Away	Record	Points	Recap
1	19 September	Coventry Blaze	3 - 3	Nottingham Panthers	0-0-0-1	1	Recap
2	26 September	Coventry Blaze	5 - 1	Sheffield Steelers	1-0-0-1	3	Recap
3	16 October	Cardiff Devils	2 - 7	Coventry Blaze	2-0-0-1	5	Recap
4	17 October	Coventry Blaze	2 - 5	Cardiff Devils	2-1-0-1	5	Recap
5	23 October	Sheffield Steelers	4 - 1	Coventry Blaze	2-2-0-1	5	Recap
6	14 November	Coventry Blaze	1 - 5	Hull Stingrays	2-3-0-1	5	Recap
7	20 November	Nottingham Panthers	3 - 1	Coventry Blaze	2-4-0-1	5	Recap
8	18 December	Hull Stingrays	0 - 2	Coventry Blaze	3-4-0-1	7	Recap
Challenge Cup record: 3-4-0-1 (Home: 1-2-0-1, Away: 2-2-0-0)

Challenge Cup Group B standings[5]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	T	Points	GF	GA	GD
1	X - Nottingham Panthers	8	3	1	4	10	23	15	+8
2	X - Cardiff Devils	8	3	1	4	10	33	31	+2
3	Sheffield Steelers	8	4	3	1	9	32	29	+3
4	Coventry Blaze	8	3	4	1	7	22	23	-1
5	Hull Stingrays	8	1	5	2	4	19	31	-12
X = Qualified for knockout stage

Challenge Cup knockout stage
Semi Finals Final             Belfast Giants 5 Cardiff Devils 2 Belfast Giants 3 Nottingham Panthers 4 Nottingham Panthers 18 Newcastle Vipers 4
Note: Knockout stages played over two-legs, home and away (aggregate score shown)

Continental Cup

Coventry Blaze entered the Continental Cup as EIHL champions in 2009–10. They failed to reach the super-final after finishing as runners-up in their qualifying group.

• Green background indicates win (3 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

Continental Cup results[6]
#	Date	Team	Score	Team	Record	Points	Recap
1	26 November	Coventry Blaze	6 - 1	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	1-0-0	3	Recap
2	27 November	Coventry Blaze	6 - 1	Cracovia Kraków	2-0-0	6	Recap
3	28 November	Coventry Blaze	3 - 7	Dragons de Rouen	2-1-0	6	Recap
Continental Cup record: 2-1-0

Continental Cup Group D standings[6]
Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	Points
1	X - Dragons de Rouen	3	2	0	0	1	7
2	Coventry Blaze	3	2	1	0	0	6
3	Cracovia Kraków	3	1	1	1	0	5
4	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3	0	3	0	0	0
X = Qualified for super-final

Pre-season & Exhibition

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates loss.
• White background indicates tied game.

Pre-season & exhibition game results
Game	Date	Home	Score	Away	Recap
Charity Shield	25 August	Coventry Blaze	2 - 4	Belfast Giants	Recap
Exhibition	28 August	Cardiff Devils	2 - 4	Coventry Blaze	Recap
Exhibition	29 August	Coventry Blaze	6 - 2	Tilburg Trappers	Recap
Exhibition	1 September	Coventry Blaze	2 - 3	Cardiff Devils	Recap
Exhibition	15 September	Coventry Blaze	9 - 3	Telford Tigers	Recap
Best of British	8 December	Coventry Blaze	4 - 4	Manchester Phoenix	Recap
Best of British	15 December	Manchester Phoenix	8 - 9	Coventry Blaze	Recap

Aladdin 20-20 Cup

The Aladdin 20-20 Cup was a mini tournament held at NIC, Nottingham on 12 March 2011. Coventry, Nottingham, Sheffield and Braehead took part.

The tournament consisted of 6 round robin games with each team playing each other once. Each game lasted for twenty minutes, running clock with two points for a win and one for a draw. The sides with the best records then progressed to the Grand Final to play for the trophy and the winners' cheque.[7]

Coventry Blaze won one of their round robin games against Sheffield Steelers and failed to reach the cup final. The tournament was won by Braehead Clan.

Aladdin 20-20 Cup results[8]
Game	Team	Score	Team	Recap
Round Robin 1	Nottingham Panthers	1 - 3	Braehead Clan
Round Robin 2	Sheffield Steelers	1 - 5	Coventry Blaze
Round Robin 3	Nottingham Panthers	5 - 2	Sheffield Steelers
Round Robin 4	Braehead Clan	4 - 3	Coventry Blaze
Round Robin 5	Nottingham Panthers	3 - 0	Coventry Blaze
Round Robin 6	Sheffield Steelers	2 - 1	Braehead Clan
Cup Final	Braehead Clan	3 - 0	Nottingham Panthers	Recap

Team statistics 2010–11

Player statistics

Player statistics for season 2010-11 (includes Challenge Cup & playoff games).[9]

Player statistics Skater GP G A PTS PPG SHG GWG PIM Luke Fulghum 64 43 42 85 10 5 2 42 Dan Carlson 64 24 57 81 6 4 4 83 Greg Owen 60 25 27 52 9 3 3 60 Jonathan Weaver 50 8 40 48 5 32 Greg Chambers 62 9 38 47 1 1 71 Sean Selmser 60 17 25 42 4 1 1 82 Owen Fussey 34 24 15 39 8 1 3 10 Aaron Nell 63 14 24 38 4 3 38 Russ Cowley 53 11 22 33 1 1 2 44 Brad Zanon 64 3 29 32 2 115 Brad Cruikshank 49 16 15 31 5 6 229 Brian Lee 44 3 19 22 3 89 Robert Farmer 51 11 14 25 2 66 Ross Venus 52 6 8 14 1 4 Jason Robinson 38 3 12 15 2 100 Matt Soderstrom 55 2 7 9 1 81 Jeff Smith 15 3 2 5 36 James Pease 22 2 2 12 Antti Kohvakka 10 1 1 8 Brett Jaeger 61 26 Joe Henry 4 4 Tom Murdy 57 Tom Ledgard 20 Ryan Selwood 18 Daniel Scott 6 Jake Dalton 5 Josh Nicholls 4 James Griffen 3 Jack Watkins 3 Josh Bruce 2 Penalty shot winning goals 1 Bench penalties 16 TOTALS 64 223 399 622 64 15 26 1248 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 MINS SHOTS GA SAV% GAA S/O W L T Brett Jaeger 59 3341 1963 163 91.7 2.93 5 26 32 1 Tom Murdy 16 526 264 36 86.4 4.11 1 5 10 1 Winning pen shots against 3 Empty net goals 10 10 TOTALS 64 3867 2237 212 90.5 3.29 6 26 36 2 Note: GP = Games played; MINS - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; SAV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average; S/O = Shootouts; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties

Team statistics

Team statistics for season 2010-11 (includes Challenge Cup & playoff games).[9]

Team statistics POWERPLAY PP CHANCES PPG FOR SCORING % LEAGUE RANK SHG AGAINST Home 213 35 16.4 7/10 8 Away 160 29 18.1 5/10 7 Total 373 64 17.2 5/10 15 PENALTY KILL TIMES SH PPG AGAINST PENALTY KILL % LEAGUE RANK SHG FOR Home 200 29 85.5 3/10 7 Away 148 18 87.8 1/10 8 Total 348 47 86.5 2/10 15

Honours & awards

Below is a list of the major titles and honours awarded to Coventry Blaze in 2010–11.

Elite Ice Hockey League Second Team All-Stars

• 2010-11 Luke Fulghum

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. "Coventry Blaze 2010-11 season schedule". EIHL. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
4. "EIHL standings 2010-11". EIHL. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
5. "EIHL Challenge Cup B Standings". EIHL. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
6. "IIHF Continental Cup 2011 Group D Preliminary". EIHL.
7. "EIHL Aladdin 20-20 Cup information". EIHL. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
8. "EIHL Aladdin 20-20 Cup results & recap". EIHL. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
9. "Coventry Blaze 2010-11 player roster & stats". EIHL. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.