The Flyers and Clan met again for the second time in four days and the Flyers were looking to avenge their heavy defeat at Braehead Arena on Wednesday night. The visitors welcomed back Patrick Kyte from injury but were without Kieran Craig who had two of their goals in midweek. Also missing were James Spence, Aiden Wilson and Cameron Kenny with Shane Owen starting in net. The Clan started Lucas Brine in net and scratched Landon Bow. They added Felix Pare back into the lineup but were still without the injured Nick Prkusic and the scratched Reece Kelly.

Owen made the first save of the game in the opening minute when he gloved a Rylan Schwartz shot. Clan were dominant with possession in the Fife zone in the opening three minutes but to the most the Flyers kept them to the outside and Owen wasn’t overly troubled. The home side did however make the breakthrough in the 4^th minute after the Flyers turned the puck over at the blueline and Liam Finlay darted in on Owen to go around the keeper and slot into the net. In the 5^th minute Brine made his first stop when he shut down Charles-Antoine Paiement on the short side. Owen made a solid save in the 10^th minute when he got a pad on a close in redirect and a minute later the first power play of the game went the way of the Flyers as Matt Stief was called for hooking. The Flyers couldn’t get the puck set up in the Clan zone who completed the kill without giving up a shot. In the 13^th minute Michael Cichy from the high slot forced  a save from Brine. A minute later and the Clan goalie was in action again when he made a shoulder save at his near post to deny Paiement. Owen then made a toe save on a Cole Ully effort in the 15^th minute. The Fife keeper made a very good stop in the 16^th minute when he got across his goal to make a sprawling save to keep McLellan out. Soon after Owen was again in action making another smart save on Schwartz from the slot. The sides traded a sequence of chances in the 16^th minute when Phélix Martineau forced a glove save from Brine before Owen denied McLellan who skated in behind the Fife defence. Matt Berry saw his shot from the circles saved by the pads of Owen in the 18^th minute and in the final few seconds of the period Brine made a kick save to keep Martineau off the board.

Owen swallowed a blue line shot from Schwartz in the second minute of the middle period. In the 23^rd minute a give and go between Keaton Jameson and Deven Sideroff saw the later denied by a kick save by Owen. Moments later Brine held on to a Paiement effort after some good set up play. In the 26^th minute the home side doubled their lead when Schwartz was left all alone in front of Owen and his back hand found some space under the goalies pad to put the puck into  the net. In the 28^th minute Mitchell Heard tried a wraparound that Owen got his pad to and as the puck broke to Sideroff Owen made an unbelievable blocker save as the puck was destined for the top corner of the net. The play was reviewed at the next stoppage of play but clearly had not crossed the line. In the 31^st minute Finlay broke up the ice but Owen flashed the leather to deny him. A minute later a shot rebounded off Owen and hit Tyler Heidt and almost rolled back into the net but was scrambled clear. The Flyers were under constant pressure at this stage and Owen made a blocker save on Heard and was happy to scramble the puck away seconds later. The momentum that Clan had paid off with a third goal in the 36^th minute when Owen made an initial save but Stief at the side of the net banked the puck home off the prone goalie. Owen made another solid save in the 37^th minute when he stopped Sideroff from close range. Brine made a blocker save on Ryan Foss in the 38^th minute before Felix Pare was binned with a minute left for a slash. The Flyers didn’t get anything set up before the interval buzzer.

The Clan completed the penalty kill to start the final period and added another goal in the 42^nd minute when Heard collected the puck on  the centre line and skated through the Flyers players unchallenged to flick the puck over Owen and into the net. In the 43^rd minute Lucas Chiodo saw his snap shot kicked away by Brine. The Clan remained in full control of the game and although they continued to get more shots on the Flyers net there were few that troubled Owen. In the 51^st minute Steven Seigo skated down the slot but Owen was out at the top of his crease to take the angle away and going the other way Ryan Foss carried the puck into the Clan zone but couldn’t get enough on his shot to trouble Brine. Flyers were back on the power play but once again the Clan had a comfortable kill without giving up a shot on Brine. Owen was again in fine form in the 53^rd minute when he shut down Ully coming in from the slot. In the 55^th minute the Flyers won the puck back in the Clan zone and Chiodo tried to stuff it past Brine at his post but the Clan goalie stopped the puck underneath his pads. The home side got a chance with the man advantage in the 57^th minute when Heidt was called for a trip. Owen made a good save from McLellan as he got a shot away from close range. Owen then made another save and the rebound fell to Finlay who couldn’t hit the gaping net as the Flyers completed the kill and the Clan saw out the rest of the time on the clock

Pic Credits – Glasgow Clan

Fife Flyers are next at home on  Sunday 9th February when they entertain the Dundee Stars – tickets can be bought online here:  Tickets – Fife Flyers or look out on social media channels for box office opening times.