During the 2008–09 season, the Guildford Flames participated in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League. It was the 17th year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames and the second season under Paul Dixon as head coach. During the summer Dixon worked to improve the defensive line by shipping out Dominic Hopkins and Ben Johnson, replacing them with 17-year-old Steven Lee who had already played two seasons with Elite League side Hull, and bringing toughness to the team in the form of Mark Williams from Romford. Other departures included fringe player Ben Duggan who was replaced by Matt Hepburn from the juniors. The main talking point over the summer was the departure of long time top goal scorer Jozef Kohut, leaving the team with what many believed was a weak offence. After an indifferent start to the season with 3 wins and 3 losses, it was announced on 9 October that the Flames would travel to Slovakia and take part in an exhibition against Extraliga side Poprad in a game opened by the Queen during her state visit to the country. After a poor run of results in November and a multiple game ban for import Vaclav Zavoral, the decision was taken to sign Czech Martin Bouz. A surprise departure was the main feature of January with Mark Williams leaving to pursue work commitments and to play closer to home with the Romford Raiders. League table Final Table [*] Secured Play-off Berth. [**] EPL League Champions Peterborough are EPL League Champions 2008/09 Premier Cup table Final Table [*] Secured Semi-final Berth. Premier Cup Finals Aggregate Scores Peterborough Phantoms are the EPL Cup Champions 2008/09 Playoffs Aggregate Scores for quarter-finals Peterborough are the 2008/09 EPL Playoff champions Results September October November December January February March April Points for the 2008/09 season Final Standing [*]No Longer on Active Roster Goaltender Stats 2008/09 Final Special teams Final Powerplay 42 for 204 – 20.6% Penalty Kill 241 for 293 – 82.3% Penalty Shots 08/09 Final Skaters Goaltenders End of Season Awards The traditional End of Season Awards dinner was held on Monday 30 March 2009. The following awards were given out: Most Sportsman like – #37 Ben Austin British Player of the year – #8 Rob Lamey Players Player of the year – #8 Rob Lamey Top Point Scorer – #21 Milos Melicherik The GIHSC (Guildford Ice Hockey Supporters Club) Voted the