Ice hockey – no let-up for struggling Capitals

Elite League: Edinburgh Capitals 5, Fife Flyers 8; Braehead Clan 3, Manchester Storm 3 (after overtime); Dundee Stars 9, Milton Keynes Lightning 4

Chase Schaber and Shayne Stockton both netted doubles as Fife Flyers skated to an 8-5 victory at bottom club Edinburgh Capitals.

Carlo Finucci was also influential with a goal and three assists and Jim Jorgensen claimed three assists in the comfortable win.

Fife won the first two periods 3-1 but lost the third to battling Capitals 3-2. Dylan Anderson was the home side’s top marksman with two goals.

Elsewhere, Luke Moffatt claimed the game winner near the end of overtime as Manchester Storm edged Braehead Clan 3-2.

Dane Byers opened the scoring for Storm after nine minutes and Michal Gutwald levelled six minutes later.

Linden Springer put Storm ahead again after 35 minutes only for Robert Lepine to level seven minutes later.

That set up a tense final period but Moffatt unassisted earned the points for Ryan Finnerty’s men with 4min 41sec of the five-minute overtime period having elapsed.

Play-off chasing Dundee Stars bounced back after a home defeat on Saturday to beat Milton Keynes Lightning 9-4 at The Dundee Ice Arena.

Coach Oman Pacha demanded a top performance and they delivered in style outshooting Milton Keynes Lightning 19-33.

This was despite suffering an early shock against the second-bottom English side.

Home fans were stunned when Milton Keynes took a 2-0 lead at the end of the first session.

But Lukas Lundvald Nielsen and Marc-Olivier Mimar both hit doubles as the battling Tayside team earned two vital points by winning the second period 6-1 and the third 3-1.