WEEK 21 of the 2024/25 Elite Ice Hockey League season and the Flyers are in action on Friday night as they travel to play the Glasgow Clan at Braehead Arena before returning home for a Saturday night match up against the Cardiff Devils at the Auld Barn.
FRIDAY JANUARY 24th GLASGOW CLAN v FIFE FLYERS @ BRAEHEAD ARENA – FACE OFF 7.30pm
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The two teams said farewell to 2024 in their last encounter on Hogmanay. Following that win for Glasgow the Clan opened up 2025 on the Friday night in Manchester where they were defeated 4-1. They remained on the road the next night when they travelled to Nottingham and narrowly lost 2-1 to the Panthers. The following Friday the Cardiff Devils were visitors to Braehead arena and the Clan’s long unbeaten home run of 7 games was ended in an exciting odd goal in nine thriller in favour of the visitors. The Guildford Flames were next in the following night and in another nailbiter the Clan this time got the decision with a 5-4 win after overtime. It was a single game for the Clan last weekend when they hosted the Sheffield Steelers on Friday night with the defending Champions making it 8 consecutive wins, which so far is the longest winning streak of any team this season, when they posted a 3-1 scoreline. Ahead of meeting the Flyers the Clan were in midweek action in the play in round of the Challenge Cup when they travelled to Nottingham on Wednesday night and were eliminated 5-1 by the Panthers.
Last League Visit to Clan
Overall Away League Record Against Clan
P 44 W 13 L 31 F 114 A 179
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This will be the Flyers 800th game in all EIHL competitions.
Having won the opening game of the season between the teams the Flyers are trying to avoid a 7th consecutive defeat against the Clan which would be the best winning streak for the Glasgow side against the Flyers since the 2018/19 season.
Phélix Martineau, Michael Cichy and Lucas Chiodo each have three goals in the meetings with the Clan this season whilst Cole Ully with 8 leads the way for the Clan against the Flyers.
The Clan have had 15 different scorers in their games against Flyers this season and the Flyers have 8 different scorers against Clan.
The Clan have conceded the most empty net goals with 11 across all EIHL games this season, the Flyers have shipped 8.
The Clan are one of three teams to have scored a penalty shot goal this season.
The Flyers and Clan are 10th and 9th respectively for goals conceded in the final period with empty net counters boosting those totals.
The Clan lead all teams with 9 short handed goals in all EIHL competitions this season.
Clan average the third most shots for in games as well as the third fewest shots given up in games across all EIHL competitions this season.
SATURDAY JANUARY 25th FIFE FLYERS v CARDIFF DEVILS @ FIFE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 7.15pm
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It was late November the last time the Devils clashed with the Flyers and following their win over Fife the then league leaders hosted Sheffield the following midweek and recorded a convincing 6-3 win after scoring the first 6 goals. The following Saturday it was another half dozen for the Devils as they shut out the Storm in Manchester before next night defeating the visiting Guildford Flames 4-1. The Devils then hit a three game skid where they picked up two points in home losses beyond regulation against the Giants and Storm and also lost in Nottingham. A 5-2 win in Dundee was followed by a thumping 5-1 win at the Vindico Arena against the Sheffield Steelers before Christmas. On Boxing Day the Devils went downed 5-2 in Coventry before ending the year with a pair of home wins, 3-2 against Blaze and 5-1 against the Flames. Guildford exacted revenge on New Years Day with a 5-3 win in Surrey and then at the weekend the Devils were stunned as Dundee Stars left with both points in a 4-2 win in Cardiff Bay. At home again the following night the Panthers were downed 3-2 before Cardiff eked out a couple of one goal wins in Glasgow and Manchester. Last weekend the Devils were in Continental Cup action and became the second UK side to win the competition when they topped the table on home ice. The first game of this weekend is the match against Flyers before the Devils host the now league leaders Belfast Giants on Sunday evening.
Last League Visit from Devils
Overall League Home Record Against Devils
P 31 W 9 L 22 F 80 A 111
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This will be the Flyers 400th game at home in all EIHL competitions.
The Flyers are on a three game home losing streak against the Devils who have also won the last three consecutive games against the Flyers.
9 different Devils have found the net against the Flyers this season with 6 different Flyers finding the net in those three games.
Cole Sanford and Zach O’Brien with 3 goals each have top scored for the Devils who have scored five in each of the three games against the Flyers. Lucas Chiodo has a couple of goals in those games for the Flyers.
The Devils and Giants remain the only two teams who have yet to be shut out this season in all EIHL competitions.
The Devils average the second most shots on goal across all competitions so far this term at 36.83 per games which compares to 28.36 for the Flyers average.
The Devils and Giants both have the shortest winless streaks at two games across all competitions this season.
The Devils have scored the most goals from forwards at even strength of all teams in all EIHL competitions this season.
