On Friday night……
Manchester Storm 5 Fife Flyers 1 – Elite League
The Flyers have now lost on their last 3 visits to the Storm who also made it back to back wins in a season against Fife for the first time since 2023/24.
Congratulations to Garet Hunt on his first goal for the Flyers.
Congratulations to Ben Brown who played his 100th game in all EIHL competitions with 52 appearances for Stars and 48 for Flyers.
The 20 shots by Flyers is the fewest given up by Storm in a game this season.
Storm made it 8 games in a row with a powerplay goal which is best of all teams so far this season.
Shane Owen made his 359th appearance for the Flyers which took him past Jamie Wilson into 5th most games played in the EIHL for the club.
Ian Scheid skated to a team high 30.11 time on ice for a game this season.
It was the first time in 6 games that the Flyers were a negative at the face off dot.
That concludes the action for the month of October so time to recap the Flyers fortunes in that month during their EIHL era:
On Saturday night……
Fife Flyers 0 Glasgow Clan 5 – Challenge Cup
The Clan remained perfect on the season against the Flyers with their 4th consecutive win.
This was the first time the Clan have shutout the Flyers on their home ice in Challenge Cup play and the second time in all EIHL competitions.
It’s the 23rd time the Flyers have been blanked at home in the EIHL era.
Clan went a 9th consecutive game without scoring on the powerplay.
So that’s another Challenge Cup campaign in the books, below is the Flyers summary by season in the competition:
On Sunday night……
Fife Flyers 1 Sheffield Steelers 2 Overtime – Elite League
The Flyers are now 34 and 38 all-time in all EIHL competitions in overtime games and 2 and 3 against the Steelers.
The Flyers goal ended their scoreless streak at 138 minutes and 54 seconds which is their longest drought of the season.
It was the first time in the last 15 games that the Flyers had played a game where they were never behind and only the 3rd time that has been the case this season.
The game completed the Flyers only 3 in 3 nights schedule this season, the 21st time in their EIHL era they have had such a schedule with the results summarised below:
IN PICTURES
Pic Credits – Jillian McFarlane and Derek Young
FLYERS BY NUMBERS
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