Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
New men shine their losing run
KITMART Dundee Stars will face their biggest rivals once again tomorrow as they look to complete backto-back wins against Fife Flyers after a dominant 5-2 victory over them last night.
Stars will head to Kirkcaldy with winning on their minds again as they continue to plot their escape from the foot of the Elite League table.
After snapping a nine-game losing run at Dundee Ice Arena last night, Stars are now just four points adrift of ninth-placed Manchester Storm and seven behind Flyers, who occupy the last play-off spot.
With a two-for-two record in Fife this season, Stars are hopeful of finding further success on the road against their arch enemies.
Last night, the Dundee side claimed their first win of December and their two latest recruits stood out in their Tayside derby debuts.
Alex Schoenborn netted his first goal for the club after 10 minutes as he deflected a shot past Fife keeper Adam Morrison.
However, Flyers tied the game five minutes later as Carlo Finucci banked a shot off Paul Crowder to put the puck in the net.
In the final minute of the second period, Dundee retook their lead as their other new addition, Matt Carter, scored his first goal by flicking a shot that was partially saved before going in off the skate of Crowder.
Todd Dutiaume’s men tied the game once again in the 43rd minute as Mike Cazzola redirected a shot through the five-hole of Dundee goalie Alex Leclerc. After that, the home side fought off a long period of pressure before Schoenborn netted his second as he finished off a good move by Egils Kalns on 47 minutes.
Brett Stovin made it 4-2 with another deflected effort in the 53rd minute before Anthony Beauregard’s last-minute emptynet goal sealed the win for Omar Pacha’s men.
Speaking after the match, the
Stars head coach was relieved to finally get the win his team desperately needed.
Pacha said: “I think the whole club needed that.
“Sometimes it is hard to be down like we were in the last few weeks but I really liked our effort tonight.
“At times we were really, really dominant but we didn’t make any critical mistakes which is the one thing I have been critical of in the past.