21 Jan 2024, 16:00 | Regular season | Sheffield Arena |
Sheffield Steelers | 6-4 | Fife Flyers |
Periods: Shots: | 3-1 (18-8) | 2-2 (18-8) | 1-1 (10-6) | Total: 46-22 |
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Referees: Brown/Good  |  Spectators: 6647 |
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Goals and assists
Sheffield Steelers avenged their 2-1 loss in Kirkcaldy with a 6-4 win over Fife Flyers on Sunday afternoon.
It
was an all-action first period with more goals in those 20 minutes than
the teams had combined for on Saturday night in Kirkcaldy. Daniel
Ciampini put the Steelers ahead after only 19 seconds, but they were
pegged back by Max Humitz just ten seconds later as both teams came out
of the blocks fast.
Mark Simpson batted a loose puck behind Kevin
Lindskoug at 6:13, but the Flyers challenged for Goaltender Interference
- a review they lost and were handed a bench minor because of. That
decision came back to haunt them when Mikko Juusola made it 3-1 some 83
seconds later.
John Nicholls added another powerplay marker 1:16
into period two to give the hosts a 42 lead, but Troy Lajeunesse
converted a penalty shot at 22:53 to make it a two-goal game again. The
Flyers then pulled the game back to 4-3 through Brady Pouteau still with
less than five second-period minutes played. However, the Flyers were
punished by a Ciampini shorthanded goal with 3:55 left in the period to
find themselves two behind heading into the third.
Sheffield saw
their lead cut back down to a goal by Vitalijs Pavlovs 80 seconds into
period three, but the home side got their two-goal cushion back through
Patrick Watling at 50:19. Lindskoug was pulled with 1:46 to play, but
they couldn't find another goal to make things interesting and the
Steelers took the 6-4 win.