26 Dec 2023, 17:00 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena |
Fife Flyers | 2-4 | Dundee Stars |
Periods: Shots: | 1-0 (8-14) | 0-2 (18-8) | 1-2 (9-9) | Total: 35-31 |
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Referees: Brown/Rodger  |  Spectators: 1480 |
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Goals and assists
Dundee Stars recorded a win over Scottish rivals Fife Flyers in Kirkcaldy on Boxing Day with a 4-2 victory.
Andy
Little, making his first start in the Flyers net of the season, pulled
off an early double save to keep the scores level as the Stars had the
better of the opening phases. It took a moment of brilliance to break
the deadlock, and that came from Kyle Osterberg who broke down the wing
before cutting inside and beating Kevin Carr short side to put the
Flyers ahead with what would be the only goal of the opening period.
Dundee
levelled early in period two. Just 81 seconds had been played when
Carter Johnson beat Little as the Flyers defense stopped for an offside
whistle that never came. Eight minutes later, Ryan Valentini finished an
odd-man rush to put the Stars ahead.
Fife's failure to convert
on the powerplay haunted them for a second straight game as they were
unable to make any use of a Sean Allen major penalty for Checking from
behind. Kevin Carr did pull off an excellent glove save from Troy
Lajeunesse on the weak side to keep his side ahead.
Carr was
again called into action four minutes into the third with an excellent
double-pad stack. Anthony Rinaldi beat Little off a Carter Johnson
faceoff win to put the Stars 3-1 ahead and give the Flyers an even
harder task than they started the period with. However, Max Humitz
pulled one back with 11 minutes remaining to give the home side some
life but a powerplay one-timer from Brett Beaudoin put the Stars back
two ahead with 6:57 to play.
Little was pulled late on to give the
Flyers a 6-on-5 advantage, but they failed to trouble Carr and the
Stars held on for the 4-2 win.