REPORT: Glasgow Clan 6 Fife Flyers 7 (After overtime)

Report by Sam Scouller; photos by Al Goold

Aspray Glasgow West sponsored Glasgow Clan battled against the Fife Flyers, but came up short in the end with a 7-6 overtime loss.

Clan captain Dyson Stevenson and Fife’s Drake Pilon got the game off to a raucous start as they dropped the gloves to fight at centre ice just 90 seconds after faceoff.

Robert Lachowicz didn’t take long to bag the opening goal of the game shortly after when he shot the puck into the roof of the net from deep in the slot.

Gary Haden doubled Clan’s lead shortly after during a a five-on-three powerplay when he released a wrist shot from the hash marks and it sailed past Shane Owen.

Collin Shirley then put the Flyers back to within a one-goal margin when Lucas Chiodo threaded a pass through to him on a breakaway and he slotted it into the Clan net.

Luke Lynch completed a slick move to lay on Phillipe Sanche for a backdoor tap-in which he dispatched coolly to reinstate a two-goal advantage for the hosts.

Jonas Emmerdahl and Aleski Makela combined to level the scoring before the end of the first period though as they each bagged a goal for the Flyers.

The goals kept coming in the second period as Lynch put the Clan back into the lead with a rocket of a slap shot from the top of the circle.

Johan Eriksson then equalised for Fife with a fourth goal for the visitors when he slid the puck past Karjalainen at the back post.

Haden quickly had the Clan in front once again though when he poked a first time shot through Owen’s five hole.

The Flyers’ netminder proved his worth shortly after though when he burst off his line to poke check the puck clear on a two-on-one move led by Sanche and Jordan Cownie.

In the third period, Kyle Osterberg got the Flyers back on level terms just eight seconds after puck drop when he sniped it into the top corner.

Matt Barry put the Clan ahead with a backdoor finish on the powerplay with just four minutes to go, but Troy Lajeunesse equalised for Fife to send the game to overtime.

The Clan carried a powerplay into extra period and struck the frame of the net but couldn’t produce the two points as Lucas Chiodo scored to take the win for Fife.