21 Dec 2024, 19:15 | Regular season | Fife Ice Arena |
Fife Flyers | 1-6 | Belfast Giants |
Periods: Shots: | 1-1 (7-19) | 0-4 (4-16) | 0-1 (3-14) | Total: 14-49 |
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Referees: #19 Steve Brown, #42 Hollie Neenan  |  Spectators: 1002 |
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Goals and assists
Belfast Giants kept up the chase in second in the Elite League table with two points in a 6-1 win over Fife Flyers in Kirkcaldy.
The
Flyers, who lost Drake Pilon in the week, handed debuts to two-way
players Joshua Saunders, Owen Dell and Rhys Edwards as they rolled 11
forwards for the first time in several weeks.
Pierre-Oliiver Morin
opened the scoring at 4:36 with a rap-in off a rebound from an Elijiah
Barriga shot to put the visitors ahead, but Fife were level by 12:34
when Ryan Foss's throw to the net deflected in off Massimo Carozza's
skate at the top of the crease.
A mike Lee snap-shot from the
point put the Giants back ahead 5:17 into period two, and within seven
minutes the visitors were 5-1 up.
Scott Conway was credited with
the goal at 28:19 that came back off the glass bhind the net and hit a
Flyers defenseman to find its way into the net, while Karl Boudrais took
Bo Hanson's excellent pass up the middle and beat Owen at 28:40.
Ben Lake made it 5-1 with a one-timer from the far post at 32:18.
Morin bookended the scoring with the final goal of the game at 56:27.