WEEK 30 of the 2024/25 Elite Ice Hockey League season and it’s an early start to the action with a midweek trip to Belfast to meet the Giants in the game postponed earlier this year due to the storm. A return to the SSE Arena kicks off the weekend before the Sheffield Steelers visit the Auld Barn on Sunday evening.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26th BELFAST GIANTS v FIFE FLYERS @ SSE ARENA – FACE OFF 7.00pm
SATURDAY MARCH 29th BELFAST GIANTS v FIFE FLYERS @ SSE ARENA – FACE OFF 7.00pm
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The two teams met less than a fortnight ago with the Giants claiming a narrow win at Fife Ice Arena. The following night the Giants visited the Braehead Clan and eked out a point in a 2-1 shootout Loss. Last weekend they visited the Cardiff Devils an in a strong third period comeback managed to take the game beyond regulation before losing out in the shootout. The following night back on home ice the Giants handily disposed of the Giants to return back to the top of the standings. The Giants have four of their remaining five games at the SSE.
Last League Visit to Giants
Overall Away League Record Against Giants
P 29 W 3 L 26 F 59 A 149
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The Giants will be looking to extend their winning sequence against the Flyers this season and potentially complete a clean sweep in all 6 matches.
There are potential goal milestones for both teams with the Flyers needing two more goals for 200 and the Giants seven more for 400 goals in all EIHL competitions between the two excluding shootouts.
Massimo Carozza will be looking to keep his scoring streak going against the Giants as he has goals in the last 4 meetings with them. It is the joint best run with Derek Roehl of scoring for a Flyers player against the Giants in all EIHL competitions.
JJ Piccinich is the Giants top scorer against the Flyers this season with 7 goals whilst Massimo Carozza leads the way for the Flyers in these games with 4 goals.
18 different Giants players have found the net against the Flyers this season with 11 different Flyers on target in the games played so far.
The Giants lead all teams with 10 shutouts this season.
The Giants average of 40.77 shots on goal per game across all EIHL competitions this season is most of all teams.
The Giants have conceded the fewest goals this season across all EIHL competitions with an average per game of 2.23.
SUNDAY MARCH 30th FIFE FLYERS v SHEFFIELD STEELERS @ FIFE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 5.15pm
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The Flyers last meet the Steelers in mid-February when they were on the wrong end of a lopsided Sheffield win. The following weekend the Steelers last in a 3-2 shootout on home ice against the Panthers before reversing that score line the next night at the Spectrum against the Flames. A heavy midweek defeat in Cardiff was followed up by another humbling as the Coventry Blaze came into the Utilita Arena to shut the Steelers out whilst scoring six in the process which so far is the biggest defeat on the season for the Yorkshire side. 24 hours later and the Steelers rebounded with an emphatic 10-4 win on Tayside against the Stars but once again were defeated by bitter rivals Nottingham in a shootout in their next outing. Their next three games were all on home ice and resulted in one goals wins as they saw off the Glasgow Clan, Guildford Flames and Cardiff Devils. Last weekend they started on the road in Glasgow where they handed the Clan their heaviest defeat of the season with a 10-2 score line. The following night back on home ice the Steelers saw off the Manchester Storm. Ahead of their visit to Fife the Steelers were at home to the Dundee Stars.
Last League Visit from Steelers
Overall League Home Record Against Steelers
P 32 W 9 L 23 F 78 A 118
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The Flyers will be looking to make it back to back home wins against the Steelers for only the second time in all EIHL competitions with the last time being in 2017.
The Steelers have outscored the Flyers 28-9 in their five meetings so far this season.
13 different Steelers players have found the net against the Flyers this season with 6 different Flyers finding the net in the five games.
Mark Simpson and Mikko Juusola with 5 goals each have top scored for the Steelers against the Flyers so far this season whilst Phélix Martineau leads for the Flyers with 3 goals.
On special teams the Steelers are 4 for 15 and the Flyers 4 for 9 on the power play in the games between them this season.
The Steelers have scored 4 of the 7 total penalty shot goals across all EIHL competitions this season.
The Steelers lead all teams for empty net goals scored with 14 this season.
The Steelers have scored the most goals per game across all EIHL competitions this season with a 3.9 average.
