On Friday night……
Sheffield Steelers 9 Fife Flyers 4 – Elite League
The Flyers are now winless on the road against the Steelers in their last 17 games with the last win in Sheffield being on 9th March 2019.
If you ignore a Challenge game and a 3rd/4th placed playoff game then the Flyers have only ever been involved in one other penalty free game during their EIHL era – that also came against the Steelers in a playoff quarter final on 28th March 2015.
The Flyers have now gone 6 games without conceding a powerplay goal.
On Sunday night……
Fife Flyers 1 Sheffield Steelers 4 – Elite League
The Steelers now have a W3 D1 L0 record against the Flyers in Playoff action.
It was another penalty free game – this requires a bit more time for verification but successive Flyers games without any penalties is almost certainly we think a first.
The Flyers ended the season without conceding a powerplay goal in 7 games.
Max Humitz with four goals ended the season as the Flyers top scorer against Steelers in all EIHL competitions. Mikko Juusola was the Steelers top marksman against the Flyers with six goals.
In all EIHL competitions this season:
Flyers have scored most goal in the second period and conceded most in the second
Flyers second period produced most shots for and the first period most shots against
The Flyers were on the powerplay 201 times and the penalty kill 190 times
Flyers scored the first goal in a game 23 times and won 8 times
When Flyers lost the first goal they won 15 of 41 games
The Flyers won the first and third periods 21 times and the second 15 times
Period losses for the Flyers were first 28 times, second 27 times and third 25 times
When losing either the second or third period at home they were winless in 11 games
Teemu Pulkkinen had most powerplay goals on the season with 10
Johan Eriksson had most powerplay points on the season with 18
Most even strength goals and points went to Troy Lajeunesse with 23 plus 29
There were no ever present players for the first time in Flyers EIHL era but three players missed only one of the 64 games – Lucas Chiodo, Max Humitz and Aleksi Mäkelä
IN PICTURES
Pic Credits – Jillian McFarlane and Derek Young
FLYERS BY NUMBERS
NOTE – information above is subject to verification by the EIHL
PLAYOFF BRACKET
Who have the Refs Been ?
