09 Mar 2024, 19:15 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena |
Fife Flyers | 5-2 | Coventry Blaze |
Periods: Shots: | 1-1 (14-11) | 2-0 (13-3) | 2-1 (9-12) | Total: 36-26 |
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Referees: Craig/Brown  |  Spectators: 1696 |
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Goals and assists
Fife Flyers continued their record of picking up at least a point
every weekend since Hogmanay with 5-2 home win over Coventry Blaze,
moving themselves to within a point of a playoff place.
Ian
McNulty deflected home Danny Kristo's pass to put the Blaze ahead with
6:37 played in Kirkcaldy, but the Flyers responded in under five minutes
with Troy Lajeunesse feeding Kyle Osterberg on the rush for a neat
finish at 11:14.
Two goals just over seven and a half minutes
apart in the middle period swung the game in the Flyers favour. In both
cases, Max Humitz finished of a tic-tac-toe play at the top of the
crease to convert on the powerplay at both 30:00 and 37:32 respectively
to give the Flyers a 3-1 lead.
Brady Norrish pulled a goal back
for the Blaze 3:13 into period three with a point shot that may have
deflected off a stick in front of Shane Owen, possibly team mate Kim
Tallberg's. However, two minutes later Lajeunesse sent Osterberg through
for another breakaway finish to put the Flyers back two ahead, while
Teemu Pulkinnen deflected Kevin Wehrs' shot past Taran Kozun to make it
5-2 with 3:50 to play.