18 Nov 2023, 19:00 | Regular season | SkyDome Arena |
Coventry Blaze | 3-4 OT | Fife Flyers |
Periods: Shots: | 1-1 ( - ) | 1-0 ( - ) | 2-1 ( - ) | 0-1 ( - ) |
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Referees: Rose/Hollie Neenan  |  Spectators: 1622 |
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Goals and assists
Troy Lajeunesse tied the game with 1.9 seconds remaining and Collin
Shirley hit the overtime winner as Fife Flyers scored three straight
goals to come from 3-1 down and beat Coventry Blaze 4-3 OT at the
Skydome.
It took Coventry just 20 seconds to go ahead on home ice
against the Flyers through JD Dudek, who came from behind Shane Owen's
net into the slot and fired high past the Fife goalie. The visitors
levelled shorthanded when the returning Teemu Pulkinen's pass across the
slot landed perfectly on Ben Hawerchuk's stick to fire past Taran Kozun
at 14:14.
Danny Kristo scored the only goal of period two with a
lovely deke and wrist shot high into Owen's net, giving the Blaze the
lead back at 37:11. Alessio Luciani extended that at 46:34 with a.
bizarre goal that seemed to be thrown into the net by a Fife defenseman
trying to clear the puck.
The Flyers were back in things inside
the final nine minutes through Johan Eriksson at 51:03, although the
Blaze should have put the game to bed with a couple of chances in the
closing stages. A defensive zone restart with 10 seconds left looked to
have finished the Flyers off, but they won the faceoff and moved the
puck quickly up ice leading to Troy Lajeunesse wristing home off a
Collin Shirley pass with 1.9 seconds remaining.
Shirley then hit the overtime winner 15:54 into the bonus period to round off a memorable Flyers comeback.