10 Dec 2023, 17:15 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena |
Fife Flyers | 3-4 | Sheffield Steelers |
Periods: Shots: | 0-1 (7-24) | 2-3 (13-13) | 1-0 (10-13) | Total: 30-50 |
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Referees: Craig/Brown  |  Spectators: 1151 |
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Goals and assists
Sheffield Steelers stayed two points clear at the top of the Elite
League standings with a road win in Fife, but were made to work hard for
it by the Flyers who did pull the game back to 2-2.
Scott Allen
scored on a shorthanded breakaway with 16:22 played for the only goal of
the opening period as the Flyers failed to keep the puck in the
offensive zone.
Patrick Walting doubled the lead 5:15 into period
two, but the home side were level exactly six minutes later. Troy
Lajeunesse made it 1-2 with 26:17 played with the final touch off an
Anton Eriksson pass after good work by Kyle Osterberg; while just under
five minutes later, Max Humitz tied things up.
Mikko Juusola put
the Steelers back in front of a Patrick Watling rebound - Fife protested
that Shane Owen had been pushed over, but would likely have lost a
Coach's Challenge as their own defenseman had pushed the Flyers forward
onto their goalie.
It got worse for the home size 3:38 before the
break when Josh Nicholls took a Rob Dowd pass and beat Owen five-hole
to put the Steelers back two ahead.
Vitalijis Pavlovs made things
interesting when he pulled one back with just under seven minutes to
go, but despite the Flyers pulling Owen with 25 seconds left they
couldn't force any good chances in front of Matt Greenfield and the
Steelers took the points.