WEEK 20 of the 2024/25 Elite Ice Hockey League season and the Flyers start on the road with a trip to play the Manchester Storm before hosting the Nottingham Panthers on Sunday evening.
SATURDAY JANUARY 18th MANCHESTER STORM v FIFE FLYERS @ PLANET ICE ALTRINCHAM – FACE OFF 7.00pm
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Since the last meeting of the teams at the start of December which halted a run of five consecutive defeats in the league for the Storm they went on a more consistent run. A point was dropped against the Panthers in an overtime defeat before they then took two points the following night in a shootout in Cardiff. Before Christmas there was a fine 5-1 win against the Blaze in Coventry before splitting two games against the Guildford Flames with each side winning on their home ice. The Sheffield Steelers provided the opposition in the last game of 2024 and first in 2025 with the Storm dropping both games. The Storm then hosted the Glasgow Clan in a Friday night match up and won 4-1 before making it a 4 point weekend the next night in Dundee as they downed the Stars 4-3. Last weekend the Storm ran the Devils close at the Storm Shelter losing 203 but were then handily beaten 5-1 by the Blaze in the Midlands.
Last League Visit to Storm
Overall Away League Record Against Storm
P 26 W 9 L 17 F 75 A 96
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The Flyers have lost their last five games against the Storm in Altrincham which is their longest winless sequence there in the EIHL era. It is also the longest winning sequence by one team over the other in all EIHL competitions.
The Flyers will be looking to avoid tying their longest losing streak in the EIHL which is 14 games.
Phelix Martineau has goals in all three encounters against the Storm this season
The Storm have 8 different scorers in their games against Flyers this season with only D’Aoust having multiple goals. The Flyers have 7 different scorers against Storm with Martineau the only multiple scorer.
Excluding shootout goals the teams are tied with 172 goals scored each in all EIHL competitions against each other.
Manchester and Fife are the two remaining teams who have yet to record a shutout this season.
SUNDAY JANUARY 19th FIFE FLYERS v NOTTINGHAM PANTHERS @ FIFE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 5.15pm
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The Panthers and Flyers last met in mid-December and their win over the Flyers was mid a five game winning streak as they followed up with a 6-4 home win against the Guildford Flames before they beat the Cardiff Devils in Wales on Boxing Day. Their run came to and end two days later when the Sheffield Steelers won a close 3-2 decision at the Motorpoint Arena before the Panthers said farewell to 2024 with a thumping 9-2 shellacking at home against the Coventry Blaze. On New Years day the Panthers travelled to the Skydome where they shut the Blaze out in a 3-0 win. Glasgow Clan were next to fall at the Motorpoint in a low scoring 2-1 Panthers win before the Devils won the next night by the odd goal in five in Cardiff. Last weekend the Panthers were on their travels with three in three nights starting with a pair of games in Belfast. The Giants won both as they shutout their visitors in the first game before securing a 4-2 win on the Saturday night. The Panthers salvaged a couple of points on Sunday night when they won 4-1 on Tayside against the Stars. Before heading to Fife the Panthers host the Coventry Blaze. The Panthers have added two new faces to their roster since their last meeting with Fife, both Americans, forward Mitchell Fossier who played in the ECHL with the Atlanta Gladiators last season and goalie and Jason Grande who started this season in Slovakia with HC Nove Zamky.
Last League Visit from Panthers
Overall League Home Record Against Panthers
P 31 W 13 L 18 F 100 A 113
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The Flyers are winless against the Panthers in their last 4 meetings and in their three wins this season the Panthers have outscored the Flyers 15-4.
10 different Panthers have found the net against the Flyers this season with the only active Flyers player to have scored against Nottingham being Lucas Chiodo.
The Panthers have conceded two penalty shot goals this season which is most of all teams
Panthers remain the team with fewest goals from defencemen with 5 across all EIHL competitions this season.
Panthers with 19 goals against in the first period have conceded the fewest in the opening period in all EIHL competitions this season. It’s exactly half of the goals conceded in each of the next two periods.
The Flyers have conceded most first period goals of all teams with 66 given up.
Only Belfast and Cardiff have shorter losing streaks on the season than Panthers who have a season high of 3 across all EIHL competitions.
