29 Sep 2024, 18:00 | Regular season | Guildford Spectrum |
Guildford Flames | 4-1 | Fife Flyers |
Periods: Shots: | 1-0 (8-9) | 0-1 (14-10) | 3-0 (12-5) | Total: 34-24 |
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Referees: Ions/Rose  |  Spectators: 1667 |
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Goals and assists
Three goals in the third period helped Guildford Flames to a win in
their opening League fixture of the 2024/25 season, beating Fife Flyers
4-1 on Sunday night.
Less than five minutes into the game, the
Flames thought theyd taken the lead - however, Tom Coolen challenged the
goal for goalie interference and the officials agreed with him. The
goal was wiped off, and Paul Dixon was left wondering when a video
review will go in his favour this season.
The Flames did take the
lead later in the period, though, when Charlie Dodero wound up a slap
shot from the point and Ryan Tait was on hand to put home the rebound at
16:58.
Fife tied the game 9:17 into period two when the Flames
failed to clear their zone, Lucas Chiodo won the puck and set up Michael
Cichy for a back-post tap-in that crept under Jake Kupsky and over the
line. The goal sparked the Flyers into life, so much so that Dixon
needed to call a timeout some three minutes later to steady his team.
All
tied going into period three, it was two goals in five minutes that
turned things back in the Flames favour. Kyle Locke's throw towards the
net seemed to be drifting some way wide until Jake Coughler got his
stick on the end of it to put the puck past Shane Owen and get the
Flames ahead at 43:54. After killing off a penalty, the Flames then
moved 3-1 ahead thanks to new signing Jack Jacome who got to a loose
puck quickest to beat Owen.
Coolen gambled on pulling Owen with
2:26 to play, but just 11 seconds later Ethan Stang was slotting into
the empty net to seal the points for the Flames.