Devils tamed by fired-up Flyers

Fife Flyers head for Belfast Giants on Friday with confidence boosted after snapping a six-game losing streak in the Elite League with a victory over high-flyers Cardiff Devils despite being outshot.

The Kirkcaldy club won 4-1 against a side second-top of the ten-strong table after claiming the first session 2-0. The sides drew the middle stanza and Fife edged the third 1-0 but they still remain bottom of the table with 16 points from 20 games.

Dundee Stars slipped to second bottom after the weekend and they have 17 points from 19 starts but a disappointing low attendance of 925 fans inside The Fife Ice Arena saw their favourites claim an early lead, Max Humitz netting after 3min 32sec with Collin Shirley setting up the chance.

It was 2-0 in the 15th minute when Casey Gilling netted after being set up by Vitalijs Pavlovs.

Devils, who are second top of the division, replied through Ben Davies after 33 minutes but Shirley turned from being a creator into scorer for Fife’s third one minute from the second break, Teemu Pulkkinen assisting.

And it became 4-1 after 45 minutes when Kyle Osterberg netted short-handed while Fife had Stephen Desrocher in the sin bin for holding.

LIBRARY PICTURE: Fife v Dundee in the Elite League. Picture Jillian McFarlane