WEEK 6 of the 2024/25 Elite Ice Hockey League season and the Flyers get things started early with two midweek match ups. On Wednesday night they welcome the Belfast Giants to Fife Ice Arena for their second visit on Challenge Cup duty before making their second visit to Cardiff to meet the Devils in a league clash.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9th FIFE FLYERS v BELFAST GIANTS @ FIFE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 7.30pm
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The Flyers and Giants met on the opening weekend of the season and since then Belfast have proven to be a tough nut to crack as they sit top of the Challenge Cup group section with a 100% record and are second in the league table standings having dropped a single point in their opening three games. After winning in Fife the Giants hosted the Dundee Stars the following weekend and the visitors almost caused an upset as they took the home side the distance before the Giants won it 6-5 in overtime. The following weekend there was no such difficulties as the Stars were shutout at the Dundee Ice Arena before the Giants opened up their league campaign with a convincing 7-3 win on the road in Manchester the following Saturday. The next night the Giants visited the Sheffield Steelers and in an epic encounter they fought hard with a short bench to get a point in a shootout loss. Last weekend the Giants hosted the Cardiff Devils and after trailing to the only goal of the game they hit three late goals to take both the points. Following their meeting with the Flyers the Giants are once again in Scotland on Challenge Cup duty this weekend when they meet the Glasgow Clan on Saturday night before both teams head west for a return match up at the SSE on Sunday.
Last Challenge Cup Visit from Giants
Overall Home Challenge Cup Record Against Giants
P 26 W 15 L 11 F 91 A 73
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The Giants have won on their last five visits to the Fife Ice Arena in Challenge Cup business. During that time they have outscored the Flyers 5-15 and have recorded two shut outs.
The last Flyers home win against the Giants in Challenge Cup action was 29th September 2019 when they won 5-2 with goals from Jonas Emmerdahl, Kyle Just, Dylan Quaile and a double from Tim Crowder.
Scott Conway with one more goal will tie Colin Shields as Giants all time scorer against the Flyers in the EIHL with 15 goals.
The Giants lead the scoring stats with 4.86 goals per game so far this season – Flyers have 2.8 goals per game.
Giants at 38.86 shots per game are second behind Dundee who have 38.89 per game – Flyers have 32 per game.
Giants most productive period for goals scored is the third – Flyers have conceded most of their goals in the third period.
Giants have had 10 different players find the net this season so far with the Flyers also having 10 different goal scorers.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11th CARDIFF DEVILS v FIFE FLYERS @ VINDICO ARENA – FACE OFF 7.30pm
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This will be the second meeting between the Flyers and Devils in the league this season with both being at the Vindico Arena. Since meeting the Flyers on Saturday 21st September the Devils were then in action at home the following Friday where they dropped a point in the Challenge Cup as the Manchester Storm, who were never behind, won 6-5 in overtime. Since then it has been league business for the Devils with a trip the following night to meet Glasgow Clan in their home opener. The Devils won 3-1 and last weekend they continued with a stretch of road games when first up they visited Belfast and held a lead for most of the game before succumbing in the third period to lose 3-1. On Sunday night they were in Guildford and in a late late show they snatched both the points with a 3-2 win with a goal in the final minute. This weekend the Devils play three games in three nights starting with the visit of the Flyers before they travel to Nottingham and then host the Dundee Stars on Sunday night.
Last League Visit to Devils
Overall League Away Record Against Devils
P 30 W 10 L 20 F 77 A 97
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Lucas Chiodo has goals in three of his last four games against the Cardiff Devils.
The Devils have the stingiest goals against per game at 2.13 so far with Flyers standing at 4.1
Joey Martin with 22 goals is the Devils leading scorer against the Flyers, he has scored his goals in 20 games during which time the Devils are 18 and 2.
Danick Gauthier and Paul Crowder lead the Flyers scoring against the Devils with 9 goals each.
Zach O’Brien leads the Devils in points in all EIHL competitions so far this season with 4 goals and 8 assists – Devils have had 13 different scorers to date.
