Elite League: Manchester Storm 3, Dundee Stars 1; Challenge Cup: Fife Flyers 2, Glasgow Clan 3

Glasgow Clan bounced back from two Challenge cup defeats to Dundee Stars to edge Fife Flyers 3-2 at Kirkcaldy.

Zach Fitzgerald’s men led 2-0 at the second break and 3-0 after 43 minutes thanks to goals from Mathieu Roy, Chad Rau and Scott Tanski.

Fife hit back with two goals in 1min 23sec deep into the final session from Danick Gauthier and debutant Tim Crowder, both on the power play.

But the Fifers were unable to add to their total as they slipped to a disappointing home defeat.
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lsewhere, Elgin Pearce, the Elite League Player of the Week, scored Dundee Stars’ consolation was the Tayside team were edged 3-1 at Manchester Storm in their opening Elite League clash.

A double from Tyson Fawcett and a single from Cameron Critchlow did the damage.

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