The Flyers visited the Stars for the first time in league play this season looking to end their long run of defeats. The visitors were still without Austin Farley and started Janis Voris in net whilst the home side scratched Kameron Kielly, Xavier Pouliot and Brogan O’Brien.

Voris made the first save of the game in the 3^rd minute when the Stars had an odd man rush and Alexander Tonge fired in a shot. A minute later and the Stars were pressing again when Domenic Alberga got his shot away from the circles and Voris again saved. In the 5^th minute Voris was again in action when he denied Brendan Harms. The Flyers first real sight of goal came in the 6^th minute when Richard Sabol made the save on a Phélix Martineau shot. Patrick Kyte was next to threaten the Stars goal but from close in Sabol took away the lower half of the net to make the save. The Stars went on the first power play of the game when the Flyers were called for too many men on the ice. Voris had to look sharp to make a save before Ben O’Connor was tripped by Martineau to give the home side a two man advantage. The Stars controlled the puck from the face off and Tonge was set up in the high slot to fire a shot top corner over the blocker of Owen. Remaining on the power play the Stars almost increased their lead through Cole MacDonald before Jake Elmer went very close but the Flyers survived to return to full strength. In the 12^th minute Voris was again in action when he held on to a shot from Zachary Tsekos. The Stars went back on the power play in the 14^th minute when the visitors were once again guilty of too many men and the Stars made them pay with Tsekos firing a shot pass to the edge of the crease where Harms got a deflection to send the puck five hole on Voris. Daniel Krenželok made Sabol work with a wrist shot from the high slot in the 16^th minute but the Stars immediately went the other way and Brett Gravelle found space in the slot to take the pass and he gave Voris no chance with his shot. Krenželok had another effort on goal swallowed by Sabol and in the 18^th minute Drake Pilon from the right wing saw his shot glance off the shoulder of the Stars goalie.

The Flyers started the second period with a goalie change as Shane Owen came in for relief of Voris and the Flyers goalie made his first save after 22 minutes when he covered up a backhand shot by Gravelle. The visitors had a glorious chance to reduce the deficit in the 24^th minute when they broke 2 on 1 with Kyte drawing Sabol before feeding the puck to Ryan Foss who hit the side netting with the goal gaping. Another chance came the Flyers way in the 26^th minute when Martineau accepted a stretch pass and went in uncontested on Sabol who stood his ground and was able to get a piece of the shot. Sabol was again in action in the 27^th minute when he fought off a shot from Kyte. The Stars almost added another in the 28^th minute when Elmer came down main street but Owen flashed the leather to stone him. The Flyers went on their first power play of the game in the 29^th minute when Jonathan McBean was called for a hold on Michael Cichy. The first chance fell to Cichy who went short side on Sabol and the puck glanced the metalwork. Martineau was next to threaten as the Flyers looked dangerous but as the penalty was expiring Noah Delmas fumbled the puck on the Stars blueline and Harms stole it off him and broke up the ice before planting his shot past Owen for a shorthanded tally. Pilon saw a shot in the 33^rd minute drift wide and a minute later Cichy was denied by Sabol. In the 36^th minute Cichy was called for a cross check  and the Stars went back on the power play. The Flyers penalty kill was strong with Owen only having to make one save as they returned to full strength unscathed.

The Stars had the first chance of the final period when Elmer threw the puck on goal but the Flyers managed to clear. Lucas Chiodo and Cichy then combined and the latter brought a fine save from Sabol. The Flyers did however get on the board in the 44^th minute when Cichy was in the slot to get a tip on the puck as Martineau put it on net. A minute later Owen made a big save to deny Tsekos who was on his doorstep and a few minutes later the Fife keeper again came up big when he stopped Elmer after a prolonged cycle by the Stars in the Flyers zone. In the 50^th minute Maxim Musorov fired past he post before Sabol made a solid save from a Tyler Heidt shot from the blueline. The Flyers got another goal back in the 51^st minute when Heidt got the puck through on goal and a lovely tip by Martineau saw the puck flash past Sabol. A minute later however the Stars regained their three goal advantage when Philippe Sanche gained the zone and fired past Owen on his glove side. The Stars were once again on the power play in the 53^rd minute after a high sticking call on Brodie Kay. Owen stopped a big blast by Ben O’Connor and followed that up with a fine pad save on Elmer as the Flyers completed the kill. The Stars had the final chance of the game when Elmer was once again denied by a fine save by Owen.

Pic Credits – Derek Black

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