01 Feb 2025, 19:15 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena |
Fife Flyers | 5-7 | Belfast Giants |
Periods: Shots: | 0-2 ( - ) | 1-2 ( - ) | 4-3 ( - ) |
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Referees: #16 Toby Craig, #19 Steve Brown  |  Spectators: 1209 |
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Goals and assists
Belfast Giants extended their lead at the top of the Elite League to
eight points with a win in Fife over the Flyers, and taking advantages
of results elsewhere.
Two goals in the opening period put Belfast
Giants in complete control. JJ Piccinich opened the scoring under three
minutes in, while Karl Boudrais made it two just shy of the 14-minute
mark to give the Giants a comfortably lead by the end of the first
period.
Jackson Whistle, who’d made an excellent sliding save in period
one, came up with a fantastic right-pad save to stop the Flyers tying
things up just minutes later. That save proved vital as the Giants went
back ahead off a tip in front off Elijiah Barriga at 25:27. When JJ
Piccinich made it 4-1 at 29:08 the visitors looked to have sewn things
up, and seemed in cruise control when David Good win made it 5-1 1:37
into period three.
Massim Carozza scored off a play where Whistle
was caught out of his netat 48:50, and then a Michael Cichy powerplay
goal brought the Flyers back to within two. Kieran Craig made it 4-2 32
seconds later, before the roof almost came off the Auld Barn when Tyler
Heidt tied the game with just 2:49 to play.
Janis Voris in the
Flyers net had made some excellent saves during the game, but was beaten
by a soft shot to put the Giants back ahead through Piccinich with 50
seconds to go - his hat trick. Scott Conway scored on the empty net with
13 seconds to go to wrap up a win that the Giants almost threw away.