Game detail: 27 Feb 2019, Fife Flyers - Belfast Giants

27 Feb 2019, 19:30 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena

Fife Flyers

1-3

Belfast Giants

Periods:
Shots:

0-1
(12-10)

0-0
(11-8)

1-2
(9-10)

Total: 32-28

Referees: Blake Copeland/Pavel Halas | Spectators: 1005

14:19	\|	away	\|		\|	0-1	\|	Dustin Johner (Colin Shields, Kyle Baun)
49:14	\|	home	\|		\|	1-1	\|	Brett Bulmer (Ričards Birziņš, Mike Cazzola)
57:09	\|	away	\|	PPG	\|	1-2	\|	Darcy Murphy (David Rutherford, Dustin Johner)
59:08	\|	away	\|	EN	\|	1-3	\|	Darcy Murphy (Blair Riley, Kyle Baun)

Fife Flyers

Belfast Giants

Name		G		A		PIM
Marcus Basara	\|		\|		\|		\|
Joe Basaraba	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ričards Birziņš	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|
Evan Bloodoff	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jordan Buesa	\|		\|		\|		\|
Brett Bulmer	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Mike Cazzola	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Reece Cochrane	\|		\|		\|		\|
Carlo Finucci	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Danick Gauthier	\|		\|		\|		\|
James Isaacs	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Bari McKenzie	\|		\|		\|		\|
Craig Moore	\|		\|		\|		\|
Rick Pinkston	\|		\|		\|		\|
Calum Robertson	\|		\|		\|		\|
Chase Schaber	\|		\|		\|		\|
Chad Smith	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		G		A		PIM
Kyle Baun	\|		\|	2	\|		\|
Jonathan Boxill	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jonathan Ferland	\|		\|		\|		\|
Mark Garside	\|		\|		\|	4	\|
Chris Higgins	\|		\|		\|		\|
Lewis Hook	\|		\|		\|		\|
Dustin Johner	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|
Curtis Leonard	\|		\|		\|		\|
Kendall McFaull	\|		\|		\|		\|
Darcy Murphy	\|	2	\|		\|		\|
Kevin Raine	\|		\|		\|		\|
Blair Riley	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Josh Roach	\|		\|		\|		\|
David Rutherford	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Colin Shields	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Jordan Smotherman	\|		\|		\|		\|
Paul Swindlehurst	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jim Vandermeer	\|		\|		\|	2	\|

Fife Flyers

Belfast Giants

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Andrew Little	\|		\|		\|		\|
Shane Owen	\|	32	\|	2	\|	59:48	\|	93.75

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Tyler Beskorowany	\|	27	\|	1	\|	60:00	\|	96.30
Stephen Murphy	\|		\|		\|		\|

The live FreeSports game was a thoroughly tight affair throughout as Belfast left Kirkcaldy with a narrow in.

The opening period was end to end stuff, but it ended with the Giants ahead – Dustin Johner’s deflected shot from the slot opened the scoring with 14:19 played.

With 11:49 to go, Brett Bulmer was able to deke past some stick checks and then fire into Beskorowany’s net – knocking the water bottle up to tie the game at one each.

A late slashing penalty on Richards Birzins gave the Giants a chance to re-gain the lead that they didn’t waste – 2:51 to go when Darcy Murphy’s wicked wrist-shot gave Owens no chance. The Flyers pulled Owen late on in favour of the extra attacker, but the gamble backfired as Murphy struck again with 52 seconds left to seal the win.

This keeps Belfast at the top of the Eihl.