Elite League: Fife Flyers 1, Sheffield Steelers 4; Belfast Giants 5, Glasgow Clan 1.
Fife Flyers bid to earn a weekend win double failed when they were beaten 4-1 at The Fife Ice Arena by Sheffield Steelers.
The home side outshot the high-flying Yorkshire combine 34-30 and were level at 1-1 after the opening session, but a single in the middle period followed by two inside the final two minutes meant the points returned south of the Border.
On Saturday, Fife shocked Belfast Giants 4-3 in overtime in the Challenge Cup in Northern Ireland, but it took Steelers only 2min 47sec to open their account at Kirkcaldy through Mark Simpson.
Just over two minutes later, Lucas Chiodo (pictured courtesy of the Elite League) was set up by Ryan Foss for the equaliser on the power play with Patrick Watling called for high sticking.
Shane Owen, Flyers’ netminder, was beaten for a second time after 23min 15sec by Cole Shudra and the scoreline stayed that way until 58min 08sec when Maxim Golod scored a third for the visitors.
Fife withdrew Owen to have six skaters and the gamble failed to pay off as Simpson added his second and Steelers’ fourth into the empty net with 56sec remaining.
Elsewhere, Belfast Giants beat Glasgow Clan 5-1 also in the Elite League.
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