Saturday, 13 September 2014

#flyersfacts - Flyers against Sheffield and Opening Weekend Scoring

The double header with the Sheffield Steelers this weekend will be the 15th and 16th meetings between the two teams in the history of the Elite League. In the last 3 seasons, Flyers hold a 2-11-0-1 record against the Steelmen. In these games Flyers have scored a total of 28 goals, the first of these goals was scored by Chris Wands in December 2011. Kris Hogg has scored more goals against the Steelers than any other Flyers player - scoring 4 in the 2012/13 season including a match-winning hat-trick in October 2012. Both Bobby Chaumont and Toms Hartmanis have 6 points against them and if Flyers are to be successful expect Chaumont to add to that total.

Last weekend saw the start of the new season. Although both games ended in defeat, a number of positives can be taken from them. Jordan Fulton scored the first goal of the campaign, following in the footsteps of Mike Hamilton, Derek Keller and Tim Hartung. With Fulton scoring 26 goals last season, one has to hope that this is the first of many for our very own number 26.

The visit of Coventry to the Fife Ice Arena last weekend was the 100th home game in all competitions (league, cup, playoffs and friendlies) for the Flyers in the Elite League era. So far, the Flyers have a 50-40-0-10 record in these games – a stark contrast to their away form, where in 91 games they have a 19-67-1-4 record.


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