The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Flyers make capital in Edinburgh clashes
Ice Hockey: Valiant display by Dundee Stars but nothing to show for their efforts
Fife Flyers last night completed an Elite League weekend win double over bottom club Edinburgh Capitals.
The Kirkcaldy club skated to a 5-1 success at Murrayfield after their 6-2 success at Rosslyn Street on Saturday.
Flyers broke the deadlock after 17 minutes through Carlo Finucci but Capitals skipper Michael D’Orazio levelled on the power play eight minutes later.
Charlie Mosey put the visitors ahead just over a minute later and Fife finished off the home side with three goals in six, third period minutes through Finucci, Evan Bloodoff and Peter LeBlanc.
A day earlier Danick Gauthier and Shayne Stockton both netted doubles for the home side, with Finucci and Bloodoff grabbing the others.
Nikita Kolesnikovs netted both goals for the Capitals.
Omar Pacha took his Dundee Stars side to Ice Arena Wales for the first time since he took the reins in the summer, as they looked to repeat last month’s huge win over the Devils.
Dundee played well in the opening five minutes and didn’t give up any real chances as they clogged up the Devils’ shooting lanes.
The home side came with real pace at the Dundee defence as they searched for the game’s first goal.
Layne Ulmer duly obliged on 10 minutes when he received a pass through the middle, as he went clean through the defence before going fivehole on Fullerton.
Dundee held off continued pressure from Devils but a delayed penalty gave Andrew Lord’s men the extra skater, which led to a pass in front for Andrew Hotham, who sent it home in the 15th minute, doubling the home side’s lead.
A high-sticking call against Bryce Reddick sent Dundee on the game’s first powerplay and after a well worked play in the Devils’ end, a pass across the crease in the 19th minute hit the skate of Brian Hart and was redirected into the net.
In the second period, a fast-paced wraparound from Joey Haddad was too quick for Fullerton to stop as Devils’ lead was extended to 3-1 on 34 minutes.
Stars had hope late on when Joey De Concilys found the net firing it in short side, making it 3-2 with four minutes to go. Cardiff picked up a powerplay to kill off any momentum Dundee had picked up, as Taylor Dickin was penalised for boarding. Stars killed off the penalty but could not find the crucial goal to secure a point.
The game ended with Cardiff scraping past Stars after a valiant effort from Omar Pacha’s men who just fell short in the Welsh capital.
A day earlier Stars slipped to their fourth straight Elite League defeat when they were beaten 7-3 at in-form Guildford Flames.
Ben Davies (2), Calle Ackered, Ian Watters, Kruise Reddick, Rhett Rachinski and Brett Ferguson were on target for the home side, with Macolm Gould and Gabriel Levesque netting for Dundee.