WEEK 25 of the 2024/25 Elite Ice Hockey League season and the Flyers start on the road in midweek when they make a final visit for the season to the Sheffield Steelers. They are back down the M6 on Saturday as they visit the Manchester Storm for the final time this season before the Glasgow Clan come into Fife Ice Arena on Sunday night for their final meeting with the Flyers this term.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19th SHEFFIELD STEELERS v FIFE FLYERS @ UTILITA ARENA – FACE OFF 7.00pm
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The Flyers last met the Steelers in mid-January. The following weekend the Sheffield travelled to Glasgow and won 3-1 before heading over the Irish Sea for a meeting with the Giants the following night which the home team won 4-2. The Steelers returned home the following Saturday when they defeated the Manchester Storm before travelling to meet the Guildford Flames who inflicted the Yorkshire team’s heaviest defeat so far of the season when they lost 6-2 at the Spectrum. Into February and the Steelers won 5-2 in Glasgow before shutting out the Cardiff Devils 3-0 at the Utilita Arena in what was a dress rehearsal for the teams meeting in one of the Challenge Cup Semi-finals. The Steelers took the first leg at home 5-3 but the following week they Devils overcame the deficit to progress to the final with a 7-6 aggregate win. Back to league business and a 3-1 win in Manchester was followed by a 3-2 defeat in overtime to the Blaze at the Skydome. Last weekend the Steelers recorded two 5-2 wins with a road success in Guildford followed by them overturning a two goal deficit with five unanswered goals in the final period when they hosted the Belfast Giants to keep the title run in very much open.
Last League Visit to Steelers
Overall Away League Record Against Steelers
P 28 W 3 L 25 F 58 A 141
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The Flyers have gone 18 games without a win against the Steelers in Sheffield.
During hat time the Steelers have outscored the Flyers 95-28.
The last time the Flyers win in Sheffield was 17th October 2018 when goals from Brett Bulmer, Evan Bloodoff and Paul Crowder secured a 3-1 win.
Mark Simpson is the Steelers top scorer against the Flyers this season with 4 goals whilst Phélix Martineau leads the way for the Flyers in these games with 3 goals.
12 different Steelers have found the net against the Flyers this season with 5 different Flyers finding the net in the four games played so far.
The Steelers with 14 empty net goals scored lead all teams.
The Steelers are second only to the Giants for most goals scored per game average with 3.84.
With an average of 30.64 shots per game given up the Steelers have conceded the second fewest.
The Steelers all-time top scorer with 30 goals against the Flyers is Robert Dowd – he will be looking for one more goal to overtake Steve Nemeth as the Steelers all-time leading scorer.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22nd MANCHESTER STORM v FIFE FLYERS @ PLANET ICE ALTRINCHAM – FACE OFF 7.00pm
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The Flyers and Storm last met in mid-January which was the Flyers last win coming into this week’s action. The following night the Storm travelled to Belfast where they narrowly lost 3-2. A trip to play the Steelers followed which ended in another defeat before the next night the Nottingham Panthers visited Altrincham and shut out the home side 4-0 to extend Manchester’s losing streak to a season high six games. February started with the Blaze visiting the Storm Shelter and a 5-2 win got the Storm off the ‘schneid’ before they followed that up the next night with a 3-2 overtime win in Glasgow. The following weekend it was a pair of 3-1 reversals as they lost at home to the Sheffield Steelers and then on the road against the Belfast Giants. Last weekend in Dundee they let a lead slip late before losing 4-3 to the Stars but the next night stunned the Cardiff Devils in Wales with a 5-3 win. In midweek the Storm travel to Manchester before hosting the Flyers and they finish February with a trip to play the Nottingham Panthers.
Last League Visit to Storm
Overall Away League Record Against Storm
P 28 W 3 L 25 F 58 A 141
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The Flyers won on their last visit to Planet Ice Altrincham and will be looking to equal their best winning sequence of 2 games on Storm’s home ice which has been achieved twice before in 2016 and 2022.
Loren Ulett is the Storm’s top scorer against the Flyers this season with 5 goals whilst Phélix Martineau leads the way for the Flyers in these games with 4 goals.
9 different Storm players have found the net against the Flyers this season with 9 different Flyers also finding the net in the four games played so far.
Including shootout goals the teams are tied with 180 goals in their meetings across all EIHL competitions and both teams have also had 76 different scorers in these games.
The Flyers and Storm are the only teams yet to record a shutout this season.
The Storm have given up 6 shorthanded goals this season which is second most.
The Storm and Flyers have given up the most average shots per game across all EIHL competitions this term.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23rd FIFE FLYERS v GLASGO CLAN @ FIFE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 5.15pm
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The Clan met the Flyers at the start of the month and since then have put a winning streak together. The following night the Clan travelled to the Motorpoint Arena and handed the inform Panthers a 3-2 shootout loss. Last weekend they hosted the Guildford Flames and were 4-2 winners before travelling to Tayside and taking both points in a 4-3 overtime decision against the Stars. Before heading to Fife the Clan are due to meet the Manchester Storm at Braehead on Wednesday evening before hosting the Coventry Blaze on Saturday night.
Last League Visit from Clan
Overall League Home Record Against Clan
P 31 W 9 L 22 F 80 A 111
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The Flyers will be looking to avoid a fourth consecutive home defeat against the Clan which would be the Glasgow sides best sequence of results at Kirkcaldy since 2018 and ties their all-time best run.
A Clan win would extend their winning streak against the Flyers to 9 games overall and that would be a new record for them against the Flyers in all EIHL competitions.
The Clan have outscored the Flyers 23-50 in all games this season.
17 different Clan players have found the net against the Flyers this season with 10 different Flyers finding the net in the nine games.
Cole Ully with 8 goals has top scored for the Clan against the Flyers so far this season whilst Phélix Martineau has 5 goals for the Flyers in those nine games.
The Clan have conceded 11 empty net goals which is most this season.
The Clan have 9 shorthanded goals on the season which most of all teams.
The Clan have the second most average shots on goal per game at 36.16
Clan have conceded 46 percent of their goals in the third period which is highest of all teams.
