Flyers’ woes continue with third straight loss

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Flyers’ disappointing run of form continued last night as they slipped to their third straight Elite League defeat.

The Kirkcaldy club were beaten 5-2 at second-bottom Milton Keynes after slipping 3-0 behind after 28 minutes.

Kevin King opened the scoring shorthanded and unassisted after four minutes and Alex Forbes made it 2-0 five minutes later.

Jonathan Boxill increased the agony for Flyers with a third after 28 minutes but only 47 seconds later Charley Mosey was set up by Shayne Stockton and Chase Schaber to give the visitors a lifeline.

The joy was short-lived as King’s second hit the rigging seven minutes later and Denny Kearney made it 5-1 after 41 minutes.

Carlo Finucci scored a second for Flyers with less than 10 minutes left.

The Kirkcaldy club were outshot 36-23 and can now concentrate on the visit of bottom markers Edinburgh Capitals tomorrow when they will look to snap their three-game losing streak.

Flyers lost 5-2 to Manchester Storm on Saturday despite leading 2-0 after nine minutes.

Chase Schaber and Jim Jorgensen put Fife ahead only for Ciaran Long to kickstart the Storm goal blitz.

Further goals followed from Mike Hammond (2), Declan Balmer and Dallas Ehrhardt.

Dundee Stars last night earned a playoff lifeline with a 9-4 victory at bottom club Edinburgh, who skidded to their fourth straight reverse.

The Tayside team now move on to 42 points from 47 games and trail Scottish rivals Braehead Clan, who are eighth, and ninth-placed Coventry Blaze by three points with games in hand.

The sides were level at 1-1 after the opening session before Stars pulled away.

Brian Hart opened the scoring after three minutes but Capitals levelled through Sergei Banashkov.

Stars then hit three unanswered goals.

Player-coach Omar Pacha put them 2-1 ahead after 55 seconds of the middle session.

Anthony Mastrodicasa made it 3-1 two minutes later and Lukas Lundvald Nielsen claimed the fourth after 25 minutes.

Ainars Podzins got one back five minutes later but Neilsen’s unassisted strike with less than two minutes left made it 5-2 at the end of the period.

A Jimmy Jensen double increased Stars’ lead but Kirkcaldy-born Calum Robertson reduced the deficit.

Jordan Cownie and Marc-Olivier Mimar completed Dundee’s scoring before Robertson claimed his second for the home side with less than three minutes left.