Flyers vs Blaze and in the Opening Weekend

Coventry Blaze’s visit marks the second time in the Elite League that the Flyers have started their campaign with double header against the West Midlands team. The first time was in Fife’s inaugural season – 2011/12 – this would see a 2-0 defeat at Fife Ice Arena before a humbling 9-0 defeat the following night at the SkyDome Arena. This still stands as the longest period that Flyers went without scoring, indeed they would not score until the second period of their third game a drought that lasted 142 minutes. These scoring problems are very much a thing of the past with Flyers scoring 22 goals against the Blaze in the last two seasons, culminating in a remarkable 7-4 victory where Todd Dutiaume’s men scored an incredible 5 goals in just nine and a half third period minutes. Since the inception of the conference system Fife boasted a 3-4-0-1 record against Coventry, a record that played a huge part in Fife’s playoff qualification in both seasons.

Fife have a 2-4-0 record in opening weekends in the Elite League, scoring a total of 9 goals in these 6 games. Our best result came in the opening night of the 2012/13 season where Flyers won 2-0 against the Edinburgh Capitals, marking the first of 3 shutouts that the Flyers have had in the Elite era.