Stan Marple whose full name is Stanislaus Marple, was an ice hockey player and after twelve years in the British game he retired as coach of the Guildford Flames

Guildford Flames

The Guildford Flames are an ice hockey team based in Guildford, Surrey and their home ice is the Guildford Spectrum.Founded in October 1992, the team played for many years in the British National League...

. Marple is a Canadian

Canada

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 who played at the University of Alberta

University of Alberta

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 before joining the Victoria Cougars

Victoria Cougars

The Victoria Cougars were a major league professional ice hockey team that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1922 to 1924, and in the Western Hockey League from 1924 to 1926...

in the 1986-87 season.

Clubs

Club	Role	Years
Victoria Cougars	Player	1986–87
St. Albert Saints	Player	1987–89
U. of Alberta	Player	1989–94
Basingstoke Beavers	Player/Assistant Coach	1994/95
Milton Keynes Kings	Player/Head Coach	1995/96
Swindon IceLords	Player/Head Coach	1996/97
Guildford Flames	Player/Head Coach	1997–2005 - British National League
Guildford Flames	Head Coach	2005–07 - English Premier League

Note: Stan Marple could not play regularly after 2005 because of the EPL 4 import rule, therefore he could only play when other imports were injured.

Playing Record

Stan had his Number 3 Retired to the rafters never to be worn again in Guildford. The Flames gained 10 Titles.

Year by Year Record

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Club	Year	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Victoria Cougars	1986–87	WHL	3	0	0	0	7
St. Albert Saints	1987–88	AJHL	45	6	15	21	306
St. Albert Saints	1988–89	AJHL	??	??	??	??	??
U. of Alberta	1989–1990	CIAU	33	6	7	13	27
U. of Alberta	1990–91	CIAU	34	3	4	7	57
U. of Alberta	1991–92	CIAU	42	3	5	8	74
U. of Alberta	1993–94	CIAU	28	4	4	8	38
Basingstoke Beavers	1994–95	BHL	23	3	6	9	109
Milton Keynes Kings	1995–96	BHL	??	??	??	??	??
Swindon IceLords	1996–97	BHL	22	1	8	9	20
Guildford Flames	1997–98	BNL	16	2	4	6	20
Guildford Flames	1998–99	BNL	3	0	0	0	6
Guildford Flames	1999–00	BNL	9	2	0	2	14
Guildford Flames	2000–01	BNL	40	0	5	5	130
Guildford Flames	2001–02	BNL	36	5	7	12	102
Guildford Flames	2002–03	BNL	27	1	6	7	104
Guildford Flames	2003–04	BNL	46	2	9	11	209
Guildford Flames	2004–05	BNL	11	1	2	3	12
Guildford Flames	2006–07	EPL	6	2	0	2	39

Coaching Record and Titles

Stan's Coaching Record at Guildford is as follows:
Wins 396, Losses 174, Ties and Overtime Losses 42.

Stan's Titles for his clubs are as follows:

Club	Year	Title/Cup
MK Kings	1995–96	British Hockey League Div. 1
Swindon Icelords	1996–97	British Premier League
Guildford Flames	1997–98	British National League, British National League Play-Offs , British National League Southern Conference
Guildford Flames	1998–99	Benson & Hedges Plate
Guildford Flames	2000–01	ntl: Christmas Cup, British National League, British National League Playoffs
Guildford Flames	2003–04	Bristish National League Play-Offs
Guildford Flames	2005–06	English Premier League
Guildford Flames	2006–07	English Premier League Cup (Knockout Competition)

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