WEEK 3 of the 2025/26 Elite Ice Hockey League season and it’s a Scottish Derby doubleheader as the Flyers and Dundee Stars meet in back to back games. The Flyers have their first Saturday night home game of the season before making their second trip to Dundee Ice Arena in Challenge Cup action this season.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27th FIFE FLYERS v DUNDEE STARS @ FIFE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 7.00pm
Introducing the opposition …
The Dundee Stars roll into Fife Ice Arena for the first of this weekend’s back to back matches having made a solid start to the campaign. Indeed they top their group by a point over the Belfast Giants against whom they have already notched up two wins. They have played five games which is one more than the Giants but have taken points in all but one of those which was of course the Flyers shutout win 10 days ago at the Dundee Ice Arena. Stars games have produced plenty of goals scored with an aggregate of 41 to average a little more than 8 per game. The Stars 23 goals scored averages out at 4.6 per game and is the best scoring rate of all teams so far this season.
Last Challenge Cup Visit from Stars
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Pic Credits – Jillian McFarlane and Derek Young
Overall Home Challenge Cup Record Against Stars
P 16 W 8 D 1 L 7 F 55 A 49
Number Crunching
The Flyers will be looking to snap a 4 game losing streak at Fife Ice Arena against the Stars which is the Tayside teams best sequence on the road against the Flyers in all EIHL Competitions.
The last Flyers win at home against the Stars was almost a year to the day when they won 4-1 on 28th September in the Challenge Cup thanks to a double from Daniel Krenzelok and counters from Drake Pilon and Phelix Martineau.
All-time at home against the Stars in all EIHL competitions the Flyers are one win behind their rivals with a record of 30-31 and 1 tie.
Top point scorers so far this season for the Stars with 7 points is Adam Almquist, Hampus Olsson and Matt Berry – the scoring leader for the Flyers with 6 points is Josh Winquist.
On the road this season the Stars have a plus 3 goals scored differential whilst the Flyers at home have a minus 4 goals scored differential.
At home the Flyers shots on goal differential is minus 32 whilst for the Stars on the road their shots differential is minus 25.
Coming into the weekend Spencer Naas has the Stars active goals streak with goals in the last 2 games.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28th DUNDEE STARS v FIFE FLYERS @ DUNDEE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 5.00pm
Introducing the opposition – One to Watch!
Heading into the weekend the Stars have three players on 7 points who lead the way in club scoring this season. One of those is Benjamin Almquist. The 25-year-old forward spent the past season with two clubs as he started his campaign off in Norway with Lillehammer and there he was teammates with another new Stars recruit, Jackson Desouza. Appearing in 39 Norwegian topflight games, Almquist scored 10 goals and assisted 25 times before transferring to Cardiff Devils in February, where he would go on to feature 13 times for Pete Russell’s side, contributing four points. Born in Victoria, Minnesota, the American has also played five years of NCAA hockey as he began his collegiate career within his home state at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and after three seasons with the Bulldogs, he switched to play his final two years with the University of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves. Between 2019 and 2024, Almquist played in over 100 NCAA matches, accumulating 57 points (23G, 34A) and he also won a NCHC Conference title in his final year with the Bulldogs. Ben, who stands at 6-foot tall, also played a few seasons in the United States Hockey League and North American Hockey League after rising through the Minnesota High School League with Holy Family Catholic School – a team he would captain in his senior year and he finished his high school career with 157 points from 114 appearances across five seasons.
Last Challenge Cup Visit to Stars
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Pic Credits – Derek Black
Overall Challenge Cup Away Record Against Stars
P 17 W 5 D 1 L 7 OTL/SOL 4 F 38 A 50
Number Crunching
The Stars have a 58.7 percent win record against the Flyers on home ice in all EIHL competitions with 37-25 record and 1 tie.
2021/22 season was the last time the Flyers last managed to record back to back wins at Dundee Ice Arena although they have a pair of wins since then across the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons.
On the road this season the Flyers have a minus 6 goals scored differential whilst the Stars at home have a plus 3 goals differential.
At home the Stars shots on goal differential is minus 10 whilst for the Flyers on the road their shots differential is minus 42.
On the road the Flyers are 0 for 10 on the powerplay whilst the Stars are a perfect 8 for 8 on the penalty kill on home ice.
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