WEEK 22 of the 2024/25 Elite Ice Hockey League season and the Flyers return to play following the storm interruptions last weekend which forced the postponement of both of their scheduled games. They start with a home meeting against the league leading Belfast Giants on Saturday night before travelling to the Midlands on Sunday to meet the Coventry Blaze.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1st FIFE FLYERS v BELFAST GIANTS @ FIFE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 7.15pm
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Following their meeting with the Flyers the weekend before Christmas the Giants then met the Clan in Glasgow on Boxing Day where they suffered their joint highest defeat on the season so far as the home side won 5-1. Two days later and the Giants reversed their fortunes on home ice with the Clan going down 4-1. The Dundee Stars provided the opponents in the final two games of 2024 and following a 5-2 win at the SEE the Giants made it back to back wins when they won 4-3 at Dundee Ice Arena on Hogmanay. It was to be a rocky start to 2025 for the Giants as they went down 5-3 on home ice to the Sheffield Steelers and then coughed up a point as they lost 3-2 in a shootout in the Midlands against the Coventry Blaze. The Nottingham Panthers visited Belfast for a two game weekend and were shutout 2-0 by the Giants in the first game who then followed up with a 4-2 win. The following weekend it was another home doubleheader for the Giants as they saw off the Steelers 4-2 and the Manchester Storm by the odd goal in five. A midweek visit to Surrey yielded two points in a 5-2 win against the Guildford Flames before a further four points were hoovered up last weekend with a shootout win at the SSE against the Coventry Blaze and a statement 4-1 win against the second placed Cardiff Devils in Wales. The Giants head to Tayside to play the Dundee Stars following their meeting with the Flyers.
Last League Visit from Giants
Overall Home League Record Against Giants
P 31 W 9 L 21 F 78 A 111
Number Crunching
This will be the Flyers 800th game in all EIHL competitions and their 400th game at home in all EIHL competitions.
The Flyers have dropped their last three games at home against the Giants and have been outscored 3-18 in the process.
Phélix Martineau has three goals in the meetings with the Giants this season whilst Mark Cooper and Pierre-Olivier Morin with four each lead the way for the Giants against the Flyers.
The Giants have 15 different scorers in their games against Flyers this season and the Flyers have 7 different scorers against Giants.
The Giants are looking to extend their winning streak to 8 games which would be a season high for them.
The Giants lead all teams with 7 shutouts across all EIHL competitions this season.
The Flyers with 10 have fewest goals from the blueline in all competitions this season, the Giants lead all teams with 30 goals from their defence.
Coming into the weekend there is quite the symmetry in Giants scoring as they have 56 goals in all three regulation periods across all EIHL competitions.
Giants 3.93 goals scored per game average leads all teams as does their average of 2.25 goals conceded per game.
The Giants also have the most shots for and least shots against average per game of all 10 teams.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2nd COVENTRY BLAZE v FIFE FLYERS @ SKYDOME ARENA – FACE OFF 5.30pm
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Coventry and Flyers last met on the first weekend of 2025 and the following night the Blaze made it a four point weekend as they overcame the visiting Belfast Giants 3-2 in a shootout. The following weekend the Blaze started in Sheffield where they were shutout 5-0 by the Steelers before they picked up a comfortable 5-1 win against the Manchester Storm at the Skydome the following night. A 2-1 reverse in Nottingham was then followed by a 3-2 overtime win against the visiting Guildford Flames. Last weekend the Blaze made it three consecutive games beyond regulation as they were downed in Belfast 3-2 in a shootout before overcoming the Dundee Stars at the Skydome by a similar scoreline but this time the points were decided in overtime. In midweek the Blaze hosted the Guildford Flames who produced a strong third period to score five unanswered goals and claim a 6-3 win. Ahead of their meeting with the Flyers they visited the Storm in Manchester.
Last League Visit to Blaze
Overall League Away Record Against Blaze
P 30 W 9 L 21 F 75 A 128
Number Crunching
The Flyers have lost all three meetings this season against the Blaze and have been outscored 4-19 during those games.
The last meeting in the Midlands stands as the biggest win for the Blaze this season.
Michael Cichy has two goals in the meetings with the Blaze this season whilst Nick Seitz and Chase Regush with four each lead the way for the Blaze against the Flyers.
Ten different Blaze players have found the net against the Flyers this season with three different Flyers finding the net in those three games.
The Blaze have had 11 games decided beyond regulation in all EIHL competitions which is the most of all teams. They are 6 and 5 in those games.
Only the Flyers forwards have scored fewer even strength goals than the Blaze forwards across all EIHL competition this season. The Blaze forwards lead all teams with power play goals scored this season in all games.
The Blaze have scored the second most shorthanded goals this season with 8 but have also conceded 6 which is joint most.
