Scottish National League 1991-92

	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
Livingston Kings	20	16	3	1	158	63	33
Tayside Tigers	20	15	4	1	168	62	31
Castlereagh Flames	20	12	8	0	96	111	24
Glenrothes Jets	20	7	13	0	86	144	14
Kilmarnock Jetsream Flyers	20	5	15	0	101	177	10
Kirkcaldy Kestrels	20	3	17	0	92	144	6

Home Ice – Dundonald Ice Bowl, Castlereagh

Week 1

Castlereagh Flames won both their opening games of the Scottish Ice Hockey League Division 1 in Scotland in 1990, defeating both Dundee and Kirkcaldy.

	P1	P2	P3	Total
Castlereagh Flames				W
Dundee				L

	P1	P2	P3	Total
Castlereagh Flames				W
Kirkcaldy Kestrels				L

Week 2 – 11-13 October 1990

Castlereagh Flames 1 Livingston Kings 7 – Castlereagh Flames lost their first home matches of the 1990-91 season, 7-1 and 4-1 to the Livingston Kings.

At Dundonald Ice Bowl	P1	P2	P3	Total
Livingston Kings				7
Castlereagh Flames				1

At Dundonald Ice Bowl	P1	P2	P3	Total
Livingston Kings				4
Castlereagh Flames				1

Week 3 – 18-20 October 1990

Castlereagh Flames’ fifth game of the season was against Glenrothes Jets, who were looking for revenge after losing to the Flames in the Spring Cup Final in 1989-90.

	P1	P2	P3	Total
Glenrothes Jets
Castlereagh Flames

Week 4 – 8-10 November 1990

Castlereagh Flames 13 Kilmarnock Jetstream Flyers 1 – In their two Matches against Kilmarnock in the second weekend of November 1990, the Castlereagh Flames triumphed 13-1 and 7-5. In the first Gary Irwin scored two in the first period, and Brian Servetnyk and Peter Campion added a hat-trick each.

At Dundonald Ice Bowl	P1	P2	P3	Total
Kilmarnock Jetstream Flyers				1
Castlereagh Flames				13

Team	Castlereagh	Kilmarnock
Scorers	Gary Irwin (2) Brian Servetnyk (3) Peter Campion (3)

Castlereag Flames 7 Kilmarnock Jetstream Flyers 5 –In the second game of the weekend, Roberto Comsa scored his hat-trick on the penalty spot, winning the European P & O Ferries Man of the Match Award, as the Flames edged Kilmarnock in the Final Period.

At Dundonald Ice Bowl	P1	P2	P3	Total
Kilmarnock Jetstream Flyers				5
Castlereagh Flames				7

Team	Castlereagh	Kilmarnock
Scorers	Roberto Comsa (3)

Week 5

Castlereagh Flames defeated Kilmarnock Jetstream Flyers 6-3 in Scotland, thanks to two goals in each period. Flames captain Kevin Griffin opened the scoring in the first period, and the lead was extended to four in the second thanks to two from Dundonald man Simon Kitchen and another goal from Brian Servetnyk. Griffin added two in the Final Period to complete his hat-trick.

	P1	P2	P3	Total
Castlereagh Flames	2	2	2	6
Kilmarnock Jetstream Flyers	0	0	3	3

Team	Castlereagh	Kilmarnock
Scorers	Kevin Griffin (3) Simon Kitchen (2) Brian Servetnyk

Week 9 – 10-12 January 1991

Castlereagh Flames 6 Kirkcaldy Kestrels 3 – Castelreagh Flames won 6-3 in their first match against the visiting Kirkcaldy Kestrels. Kestrels controlled the match in the first two periods, but only lead 2-1 after the first, with Canadian Kevin Griffin scoring for the Flames. Castlereagh were still only 3-2 down at the end of the second thanks to fine goaltending from Darren Hanna, but then in the third period the Flames found rhythm, with Chinese signing Fu Cheng equalising, before Griffin and Jamie Brannigan scored on good indidual efforts and Brian Srvetnyyk finished off the scoring.

At Dundonald Ice Bowl	P1	P2	P3	Total
Kirkcaldy Kestrels	2	1	0	3
Castlereagh Flames	1	1	4	6

Team	Castlereagh	Kirkcaldy
Scorers	Kevin Griffin (2) Fu Cheng Jamie Brannigan Brian Servetnyk

Casthereagh Flames 11 Kirkcaldy Kestrels 6 – Local Heros Johnty Flemming and Gary Irwin netted two goals each as the Castlereagh Flames dominated in the second match of the weekend, winning 11-6 against the Kirkcaldy Kestrels. Goaltender Darren Hanna was voted European P & O Ferries Man of the Match.

At Dundonald Ice Bowl	P1	P2	P3	Total
Kirkcaldy Kestrels				6
Castereagh Flames				11

Team	Casthereagh	Kirkcaldy
Scorers	Jonson Flemming (2) Gary Irwin (2)

Castlereagh Flames Roster 1990-91

Player	Goals
Darren Hanna (Goaltender)	0
Kevin Griffin (Canada)(Captain)	5
Brian Servetnyk	5
Gary Irwin	4
Peter Campion	3
Roberto Comsa	3
Johnty Flemming	2
Simon Kitchen	2
Fu Cheng (China)	1
Jamie Brannigan	1

Report

Castlereagh Flames, based in Dundonald Ice Bowl, Castlereagh, Northern Ireland, finished in third spot in the Scottish Ice Hockey League Division 1 in 1990-91, with Captain Kevin Griffin from Canada, Chinese signing Fu Cheng, Brian Servetnyk, as well as local heros Gary Irwin and Johnson Flemming playing a significant part of their attempt to retain the Division 1 title.

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (1991) “Flames back in Scotland” Belfast Telegraph. Thursday, October 17, 1991. pg. 41

[2] Anon. (1991) “Flames win 6-3 in Scotland” Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, November 27, 1991. pg. 42

[3] Anon. (1991) “Flames prove hot stuff with double” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, November 12, 1991. pg. 20

[4] Anon. (1992) “Flames too hot to handle” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday January 14, 1992. pg. 19

Bibliography

[5] Roberts, Stewart (1992). The Ice Hockey Annual 1991-92 pg. 148. Brighton.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Johnty Flemming.

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