Peterborough Phantoms

The Peterborough Phantoms are a British ice hockey team that play at the Planet Ice Peterborough Arena, in Bretton, Peterborough. The Peterborough Phantoms ice hockey club was founded in 2002. It replaced the former city based team, the Peterborough Pirates, and plays in the same arena. The team currently competes in the semi-professional National Ice Hockey League, the second tier in British ice hockey below the fully professional Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). They previously played in the English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL).

Peterborough Phantoms
City	Peterborough, United Kingdom
League	National Ice Hockey League
Founded	2002
Home arena	Planet Ice Peterborough Capacity: 1,250
Colors	Blue, orange, sky blue
Head coach	Slava Koulikov
Captain	Vacant
Affiliates	Peterborough Phantoms 2
Website	Peterborough Phantoms
Franchise history
2002–present	Peterborough Phantoms

The team won the English Premier League and Cup Double in its first season (2002–03) and retained the Cup the following year. After four years, they won the 2007–08 Knock-out Cup followed by the 2008–09 season in which the Phantoms won the English Premier League, English Premier Cup and the play-offs. In the 2018–19 season, the Phantoms won the NIHL 1 Autumn Cup, NIHL 1 South Cup and NIHL South Playoff competitions, and also finished as part of the NIHL 1 National Playoff Final Four.

Club history

Ice hockey in Peterborough started in late 1981 when the first ice rink built in the UK since the 1960s was opened in the city. The Peterborough Pirates was then formed in the summer of 1982. The team joined Division One of the three division National League and two seasons later won promotion to the top level of UK ice hockey. Attendance topped the 1,000 mark on a regular basis and the Pirates reached the 1991 championship play-off final at Wembley, appearing live on mainstream TV. The played in the final again in 1992, but then struggled in the increasingly competitive 1990s as new arena based teams arrived.

In 2002, the Peterborough Pirates folded and replaced with the Peterborough Phantoms in the lower division English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL). The Phantoms went on to secure a league and Cup championship in their debut season and retained the Cup the following season. They won the Knockout Cup in season 2007–08, and then won all three major honours in 2008–09.

The Phantoms joined the National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) after the EPIHL folded in 2017.

In 2019, a new ten-team division was approved to sit above the existing Division 1 (North and South). Alongside the Phantoms, the National League contains Basingstoke Bison, Bracknell Bees , Hull Pirates , Leeds Chiefs , MK Lightning , Raiders IHC , Sheffield Steeldogs , Swindon Wildcats and Telford Tigers.

Club honours

• EPIHL
  • Play-Off Championship winners: 2008–09, 2014–15
  • English Premier Cup winners: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09
  • League winners: 2002–03, 2008–09
  • Knockout Cup winners: 2007–08
• NIHL
  • Autumn Cup winners: 2018–19
  • South Cup winners: 2018–19
  • South Playoff winners: 2018–19

Club roster 2020–21

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
33		Jordan Marr	L	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991	Lochgelly, Scotland	2018 from Fife Flyers	21/22
44		Ryan Bainborough	R	(1992-07-22) 22 July 1992	Nottingham, England	2017 from Raiders IHC	20/21

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
2		Tom Norton	R	(1990-06-16) 16 June 1990	Nottingham, England	2013 from Nottingham Panthers	21/22
11		Scott Robson	R	(1995-08-16) 16 August 1995	Beverley, England	2014 from Hull Stingrays	20/21
23		Brad Bowering	L	(2002-01-23) 23 January 2002	Peterborough, England	2017 from Peterborough Phantoms U18	21/22
35		Joe Gretton	L	(1997-06-27) 27 June 1997	Nottingham, England	2019 from Nottingham Lions	20/21
45		Callum Buglass	L	(1996-07-23) 23 July 1996	Cardiff, Wales	2018 from Cardiff Fire	21/22
97		Nathan Long	R	(1997-08-03) 3 August 1997	Crewe, England	2017 from Milton Keynes Thunder	20/21

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
12		Nathan Pollard	L	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993	Peterborough, England	2018 from Peterborough Phantoms 2	21/22
21		Luc Johnson	L	(1997-07-21) 21 July 1997	Milton Keynes, England	2020 from Swindon Wildcats	20/21
29		Will Weldon	R	(1993-05-28) 28 May 1993	Nottingham, England	2011 from Nottingham Lions	20/21
38		Duncan Speirs	L	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997	Irvine, Scotland	2020 from Dundee Stars	21/22
71	/	Corey McEwen	L	(1992-11-01) 1 November 1992	Cardiff, Wales	2018 from Telford Tigers	20/21
72		Glenn Billing	L	(1997-05-28) 28 May 1997	Romford, England	2017 from Milton Keynes Lightning	21/22
88		Conor Pollard	R	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993	Peterborough, England	2019 from Peterborough Phantoms 2	20/21
96		Jarvis Hunt	R	(2002-01-16) 16 January 2002	Aylesbury, England	2017 from Peterborough Phantoms U18	21/22

Team Staff
No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Acquired	Place of birth	Joined From
N/A	/	Slava Koulikov	Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations	2013	Yekaterinburg, Russia	Slough Jets, EPIHL
N/A		Jason Buckman	Assistant Coach	2014	Peterborough, England	Raiders, NIHL 1
N/A		Tom Norton	Player-Assistant Coach	2014	Nottingham, England	Nottingham Panthers, EIHL
N/A		Euan King	Goaltending Coach	2019	Peterborough, England	Phantoms U18
N/A		Stuart Edwards	Conditioning Coach	2016	England
N/A		David O'Meara	Equipment Manager	2017	England
N/A		Lee Elias	Video Coach	2014	Havertown, Pennsylvania, USA	Montclair State University, ACHA II

2020/21 Outgoing

Outgoing
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For
17		James Ferrara	R	(1988-01-20) 20 January 1988	Peterborough, England	Retired[1]
37		Robert Ferrara	R	(1990-03-02) 2 March 1990	Peterborough, England	Retired[2]
73		Gareth O'Flaherty	R	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990	Camberley, England	MK Thunder[3]
77		Martins Susters	L	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998	Riga, Latvia	Sheffield Steeldogs[4]
93		Aleš Padělek	L	(1980-03-04) 4 March 1980	Jihlava, Czech Republic	BK Havlíčkův Brod[5]

Retired Numbers

Peterborough Phantoms retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career
6	Lewis Buckman	RW	1999–2010
7	Doug McEwen	F	1980–2006
9	John Lawless	F	1982–1999
10	Kevin King	C	1984–2004
15	Jason Porter	D	1986–2003
17	James Ferrara	F	2000–2020
20	Randy Smith	C	1981–2000
22	Dwayne Newman	D	1986–2014
39	Maris Ziedins	F	1992–2013

19/20 Head to Head[6]

League, Cup & Play Offs - Record (32-2-20)

TEAM	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA
Basingstoke Bison	8	5	3	0	35	21
Bracknell Bees	8	4	4	0	31	28
Hull Pirates	6	4	2	0	32	26
Leeds Chiefs	3	3	0	0	18	7
MK Lightning	4	3	1	0	18	14
Raiders	8	5	3	0	49	23
Sheffield Steeldogs	4	4	0	0	18	8
Swindon Wildcats	7	4	3	0	35	34
Telford Tigers	6	0	4	2	29	30

19/20 Statistics[7]

Top 10 Scorers

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Sunday 15 March 2020

Player
No.	Nat.	Player	Games Played	Goals
1		Ales Padelek	54	38
2		Martins Susters	51	36
3		Petr Stepanek	52	31
4	/	Corey McEwen	45	23
5		Glenn Billing	45	22
6		Tom Norton	52	20
7		James Ferrara	53	19
8		Nathan Pollard	53	14
		Will Weldon	51	14
9		Jarvis Hunt	39	7
10		Conor Pollard	48	6

Top 10 Assisters

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Sunday 15 March 2020

Player
No.	Nat.	Player	Games Played	Assists
1		James Ferrara	53	52
2		Petr Stepanek	52	45
3		Ales Padelek	54	39
		Martins Susters	51	39
4	/	Corey McEwen	45	37
5		Tom Norton	52	36
6		Glenn Billing	45	33
7		Will Weldon	51	30
8		Callum Buglass	54	18
9		Conor Pollard	48	16
10		Robbie Ferrara	54	12
		Nathan Pollard	53	12

Top 10 Point Scorers

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Sunday 15 March 2020

Player
No.	Nat.	Player	Games Played	Total Points
1		Ales Padelek	54	77
2		Petr Stepanek	52	76
3		Martins Susters	51	75
4		James Ferrara	53	71
5	/	Corey McEwen	45	60
6		Tom Norton	52	56
7		Glenn Billing	45	55
8		Will Weldon	51	44
9		Nathan Pollard	53	26
10		Callum Buglass	54	22
		Conor Pollard	48	22

Top 10 Penalty Minute Ratios

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Sunday 15 March 2020

Player
No.	Nat.	Player	Games Played	Minutes Assessed	Minutes/Games Ratio
1		Will Weldon	45	96	1.88
2		Kieran Raynor	10	16	1.6
3		Martins Susters	46	68	1.33
4		Petr Stepanek	45	68	1.31
5		Scott Robson	27	40	1.21
6		Joe Gretton	46	58	1.18
7		Tom Norton	45	60	1.15
8		James Ferrara	47	44	0.83
9		Robbie Ferrara	48	42	0.78
10		Joe Hazeldine	11	10	0.63

Club staff

• Head coach: Slava Koulikov
• Assistant coach: Jason Buckman
• Physio: Rochelle Owen

Peterborough Phantoms 2

Peterborough Phantoms 2 are an affiliate club of the Peterborough Phantoms, playing in the NIHL 2 South East division.[8] The club were known as the Peterborough Islanders, up until the 2017-18 season.[9] They ended the 2019-20 season in second place, with the playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ahead of the 20/21 season, it was announced that head coach Stevie Johnson would step down, with Phantoms 1 assistant coach Jason Buckman taking over.[10][11]

20/21 Roster

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract

Team Staff
No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Acquired	Place of birth	Joined From
N/A		Jason Buckman	Head Coach	2020	Peterborough, England	Phantoms 1, NIHL National

20/21 Outgoing

Outgoing
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For
19		Joe Gretton	L	(1997-06-27) 27 June 1997	Nottingham, England	Phantoms 1

Season-by-season record

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	Pts.	Rank	Post Season
2012-13	NIHL 2	22	13	3	6	-	-	29	3rd	No playoffs held
2013-14	NIHL 2	22	6	0	16	-	-	12	11th	No playoffs held
2014-15	NIHL 2	20	13	2	5	-	-	28	2nd	Semifinal loss
2015-16	NIHL 2	20	17	0	3	-	-	34	2nd	Semifinal loss
2016-17	NIHL 2	20	19	1	0	-	-	36	1st	Champions
2017-18	NIHL 2	26	15	-	7	2	0	36	5th	Quarterfinal loss
2018-19	NIHL 2	28	8	-	15	5	0	26	10th	Did not make playoffs
2019-20	NIHL 2	20	14	-	4	0	1	29	2nd	Playoffs cancelled

19/20 Head to Head[12]

League, Cup & Play Offs - Record (14-1-4)

TEAM	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA
Bracknell Wasps	4	3	0	1	17	9
Haringey Huskies	4	1	3	0	11	15
Invicta Mustangs	3	2	1	0	16	16
Lee Valley Lions	4	4	0	0	29	5
Streatham Hawks	4*	4	0	0	34	11

• Match v Streatham Hawks on February 2nd 2020 was awarded to Peterborough Phantoms 2, after Streatham could not provide a suitable ice time slot for the fixture to be rearranged, following a police incident.[13]

Club Staff

• Head coach: Stevie Johnson
• Assistant coach: Stephen Wren
• General Manager: Toby Clark

References

1. "Captain Ferrara Enters Swansong Season". gophantoms.co.uk.
2. "Robbie Ferrara Announces Retirement". gophantoms.co.uk.
3. "Flatsy Moves On". gophantoms.co.uk.
4. "Sheffield Steeldogs". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
5. "Ales Padelek - Elite Prospects".
6. "FixturesLive - Peterborough Phantoms". FixturesLive. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
7. "Elite Prospects - Peterborough Phantoms (Stats)". Elite Prospects. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
8. "Peterborough Phantoms 2 - Elite Prospects". Elite Prospects.
9. "Elite Prospects - Peterborough Islanders". Elite Prospects.
10. "Johnson departs Phantoms 2". gophantoms.co.uk.
11. "BUCKMAN UNVEILED AS PHANTOMS 2 HEAD COACH!". gophantoms.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
12. "FixturesLive - Peterborough Phantoms 2". FixturesLive. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
13. "NEWS: NIHL rulings on awarded games". 9 March 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.