Game detail: 20 Jan 2024, Fife Flyers - Sheffield Steelers

20 Jan 2024, 19:15 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena

Fife Flyers

2-1

Sheffield Steelers

Periods:
Shots:

1-0
(17-19)

Total: 17-19

Referees: Craig/Rodger | Spectators: 1483

08:25	\|	home	\|	\|	1-0	\|	Casey Gilling (Lucas Chiodo)
51:04	\|	home	\|	\|	2-0	\|	Drake Pilon (Troy Lajeunesse, Kyle Osterberg)
55:39	\|	away	\|	\|	2-1	\|	Mark Simpson (Kevin Tansey, Daniel Ciampini)

Fife Flyers

Sheffield Steelers

Name		G		A		PIM
Lucas Chiodo	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Johan Eriksson	\|		\|		\|		\|
Sean Giles	\|		\|		\|		\|
Casey Gilling	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Max Humitz	\|		\|		\|		\|
Brodie Kay	\|		\|		\|		\|
Troy Lajeunesse	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Kyle Osterberg	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Vitalijs Pavlovs	\|		\|		\|		\|
Drake Pilon	\|	1	\|		\|	2	\|
Brady Pouteau	\|		\|		\|		\|
Teemu Pulkkinen	\|		\|		\|		\|
Collin Shirley	\|		\|		\|		\|
James Spence	\|		\|		\|		\|
Kevin Wehrs	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		G		A		PIM
Scott Allen	\|		\|	0	\|		\|
Mitchell Balmas	\|		\|		\|		\|
Daniel Ciampini	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Dominic Cormier	\|		\|		\|		\|
Brien Diffley	\|		\|		\|		\|
Robert Dowd	\|		\|		\|		\|
Sam Jones	\|		\|		\|		\|
Mikko Juusola	\|		\|		\|		\|
Brett Neumann	\|		\|		\|		\|
Niklas Nevalainen	\|		\|		\|		\|
Josh Nicholls	\|		\|		\|		\|
Colton Saucerman	\|		\|		\|		\|
Cole Shudra	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Mark Simpson	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Kevin Tansey	\|	0	\|	1	\|		\|
Marc-Olivier Vallerand	\|		\|		\|		\|
Patrick Watling	\|		\|		\|		\|

Fife Flyers

Sheffield Steelers

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Kevin Lindskoug	\|	52	\|	1	\|	60:00	\|	98.08
Andrew Little	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Matthew Greenfield	\|	34	\|	2	\|	58:20	\|	94.12
Angus Laing	\|		\|		\|		\|

Fife Flyers ended Sheffield Steelers' unbeaten road record with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the league leaders in Kirkcaldy on Saturday night.

Casey Gilling knocked in a rebound from a Lucas Chiodo shot to put the home side ahead with 8:25 played at Fife Ice Arena. , and despite facing 35 shots through two periods Kevin Lindskoug kept the visitors out to keep the Flyers ahead by one through 40 minutes.

Inside the final ten minutes of the game, the Flyers broke 2-on-1 and a wonderful lifted pass from Troy Lajeunesse found the on-rushing Drake Pillon to beat Matt Greenfield and double the Flyers' lead with 9:56 remaining. Kevin Tansey hit back for the Steelers at 55:39 and despite 1:40 of 6-on-5 to finish the game the Steelers were unable to find an equaliser.

It was the Flyers' first league win over the Steelers since early 2022.