The Flyers and Clan met for the first time this season in league action with both clubs desperate to move up the standings. The Flyers were missing the injured Austin Farley and dressed Janis Voris as the backup. The Clan gave Landon Bow the night off with Lucas Brine getting the start in net and also scratched Gary Haden, Kyle Carruth and Joe Hazeldine.

The Flyers had the first shot of the match by Phélix Martineau which Brine turned away with his stick in the opening minute. Patrick Kyte got his stick on a shot to deflect it towards goal but it flew high over the crossbar in the 3^rd minute. The Flyers continued to look the most threatening team and in the 4^th minute Brodie Kay put the puck on net with Brine making the save and as the puck spun off to the side Martineau could only hit the outside of the goal frame. Brine made a great pad save in the 6^th minute from a Lucas Chiodo shot from the right wing. Midway through the period the Clan had yet to seriously trouble Owen in the Flyers net as the home side kept the pressure on the visitors who also made some good shot blocks to protect their net minder. The opening goal deservedly went the way of the Flyers in the 10th minute when Madi Dikhanbek played a rink wide pass to Maxim Musorov who picked up the puck on the blue line and danced past his marker to pick the top corner stick side on Brine. In the 11^th minute Owen covered up a shot as a Clan player went fishing for the puck with his stick which drew a rection from Drake Pilon who was called for roughing and the Clan went on the games first power play. A minute in and Tyson McLellan shot wide of the right hand post but then collected his own rebound off the back boards to go top shelf over Owen’s shoulder to level the game. The Flyers went on their first power play in the 13^th minute when Robert Lachowicz got the gate for hooking Dikhanbek. The Flyers controlled the puck around the perimeter without getting any clear chances on Brine as Glasgow completed the kill. McLellan threatened again for Glasgow in the 16^th minute when  he took the puck to the net but Owen made sure he covered everything up down  low. The Flyers were on the power play again in the 17^th minute after Matt Stief was called for interference following a pick play on Tyler Heidt. Clan started the kill with a 2 on 1 short handed chance but Felix Pare just failed to get his stick on the puck following the rush up ice. Nikolai Shulga went close following a nice three man passing move as Glasgow returned to full strength. In the dying seconds of the period Martineau and Chiodo carried the puck up the ice on an odd man break and the latter was agonizingly wide with his effort.

The Flyers got off to a perfect start in the second period when Patrick Kyte went down the right wing and his centering pass was on the stick of Ryan Foss who buried the puck past Brine with just 11 ticks on the clock. In the 22^nd minute Noah Delmas drifted a shot just wide of the Clan goal. The visitors went close in the 24^th minute when Tyson McLellan came in late on the play but with a lot of net to aim at he put the puck over the crossbar. Brine was next in action in the 25^th minute when he did well to block a close in tip by Phelix Martineau who was parked on the edge of his crease. Owen was then happy to smother the puck after a spell of sustained Clan  pressure when he snagged a shot from Keaton Jameson. Daniel Krenželok saw his snap shot gloved by Brine before Owen was called for a slashing penalty in the 28^th minute. Fife were at that time without Olivier Leblance and Brodie Kay was afforded some penalty killing time as the Flyers did a solid job to return to full strength unscathed. In the 30th minute Shulga and Musorov worked the puck to Kay who let one go from the slot that whistled just wide of the right hand upright. Owen held a shot from the blue line from Darien Kielb in the 33^rd minute before Alex Forbes almost leveled when his shot from the high slot hit a body in front of Owen before glancing the post. The Clan did however draw level in the 34^th minute when Owen made a great initial save but the puck squirted over to Finlay who found Cole Ully in front of an empty net. The Clan were called on a delayed penalty in the 35^th minute during which the Flyers exerted some pressure around Brine’s net. On the man advantage however the home side struggled to get anything set up and the only shot came when Chris McKay forced a pad save from Owen on a shorthanded bid. Owen made a huge save in the 38^th minute when Deven Sideroff stole the puck from Martineau and skated in one on one with the Fife keeper who stood tall. Dikhanbek got the gate with 90 seconds remaining for slashing the stick and the Clan went ahead 16 seconds into their man advantage when Ully beat Owen glove side with a rising shot. With just a few seconds left in the period a wayward pass in the Clan zone ended up on the stick of Foss but Brine made the save to preserve the visitors lead.

The Flyers returned to the power play in the 43^rd minute when Steven Seigo was guilty of a trip on Pilon. Brine made a great stick save as Pilon set up Heidt for a shot from distance.  Glasgow returned to full strength and Mitchell Heard tried a wraparound on Owen who came out aggressively to  challenge the shooter to make the save. In the 48^th minute a swift transition of the puck by Michael Cichy and Chiodo saw the puck catch the post and minutes later Kyte was close in on Brine but the Glasgow goalie did well to shut him down. The Clan went straight down the ice and the Flyers survived pressure around their net with Owen scrambling before going the other way and Dikhanbek brought a fine pad save from Brine. The Flyers continued to create the better chances and in the 51^st minute they were back on level terms when Chiodo from the circle found Martineau in the slot and his deflection went 5 hole on the Glasgow goalie. A minute later and Musorov fired in a shot from distance following nice interplay with his two fellow countrymen but Owen then had to be sharp a minute later to stop Nick Prkusic. The Clan regained the lead with a little over two minutes to play when Sideroff found space down the right wing and his shot found Owen’s bottom far corner. The Flyers threw everything at the Clan in the final two minutes and with 50 seconds remaining they pulled Owen for an extra skater. The gamble paid off when Chiodo found Cichy with a cross crease pass and he buried the puck on a one timer past Brine to send the game into overtime.

The overtime period started with a shot on Brine by Leblanc. The Flyers came close in the 62^nd minute when Chiodo set up Ryan Foss but Brine made  a fine save before the Clan quickly broke the other way and the Flyers had a luck escape as the visitors couldn’t cash in on a wide open net. Brine made a stop on Cichy before the Clan ended the contest when Sideroff  found some open ice on the right side and his shot beat Owen on his near post.

Pic Credits – Jillian McFarlane an Derek Young

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