Stars urged to learn from errors

Dundee Stars coach Omar Pacha is looking for more from his side when Edinburgh Capitals visit Dundee Ice Arena tomorrow.

Pacha was pleased with his players in the penalty shoot-out loss to the Murrayfield men on Sunday and said: “In a shootout anything can happen.”

He is looking to see his newlook squad move forward again and added: “The result is not everything as long as we make progress as a squad and as long as we learn from our mistakes.”

Pacha admitted that his side made errors in the 3-2 shootout success over Belfast Giants on Saturday and in the joust in Edinburgh.

However, he added: “Saturday was a competitive game and so was Sunday and that’s what I was looking for this early in the season.

“We had two competitive games in two nights and that was good.

“We’ll have two-game weekends on a number of occasions this season so it was also good to see how they performed.

“Mistakes happen in the first weekend of the season but I enjoy working with this group and look forward to developing them in the weeks to come.”

Meanwhile, Fife Flyers head coach Todd Dutiaume continues to assert that his squad are a “work in progress”.

They have completed four pre-season games, winning two and losing two, and Dutiaume said: “You cannot take nights off in this league as teams will punish you.”

Flyers are in action this weekend when they square-up to Stars on Saturday (2pm) in the Scottish Elite Cup.

Capitals host Braehead Clan at 5.30pm in the other semi.