24 Mar 2024, 17:15 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena |
Fife Flyers | 4-3 OT | Belfast Giants |
Periods: Shots: | 0-1 (7-13) | 2-2 (16-13) | 1-0 (14-10) | 1-0 (1-1) | Total: 38-37 |
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Referees: Craig/Ferguson  |  Spectators: 2009 |
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Goals and assists
Teemu Pulkkinen tipped Troy Lajeunesse's one-timer past Tyler
Beskorowany in overtime earn Fife Flyers a vital two points in the race
for a playoff place. 2,009 fans saw it happen at the Fife Ice Arena.
Goals
ten minutes apart over the opening two periods put the Giants two ahead
in Kirkcaldy, but they were pegged back by the middle of the second.
Josh Roach fed Ben Lake for an excellent finish at 10:58 to put the
Giants ahead, followed at 20:57 by the same combination doubling the
visitors' lead 57 seconds into period two.
It was then the Troy
Lajeunesse show as the Flyers got level. He scored the Flyers' first of
the night form the slot, before sniping from the faceoff circle, 30
seconds apart to have the Flyers level by 31:09. Daniel Tedesco took
advantage of a Max Humitz Holding minor to put the Giants back ahead at
32:13.
Fife had multiple chances to level on the powerplay, but
the Giants entered the final five minutes of regulation ahead.
Eventually, a loose puck in front of Tyler Beskorowany was neatly tucked
home by Vitalijs Pavlovs to level the game with only 4:43 to play.
Jacob Friend shot the puck out of bounds with 2:57 left, but some
excellent saves from Beskorowany, especially off Colin Shirley, kept the
game level. Both sides took a point as overtime followed.
Tedesco
had no complaints over his Tripping penalty in OT, and that led to the
Flyers winner - patient passing allowed Kevin Wehrs to tee up Lajeunesse
for the winner, with a tip in front from Pulkkinen winning it for the
Flyers at 62:42.