Fife Flyers 1 - 6 Excel Hull Stingrays
In their first visit to Kirkcaldy in more than six years, the Excel Hull Stingrays tonight made it three consecutive Elite League victories and 15 goals in two games with a comprehensive 6-1 victory over the Fife Flyers.
Hoping to build off their first two consecutive wins of the year in Dundee and at home to Braehead, the Stingrays got off to the worst possible start, conceding to a Mike Hamilton goal after less than two minutes.
Oozing confidence offensively having hit Braehead for nine in midweek, the Stingrays replied convincingly with three first period goals from Dominic Osman - his seventh of the season - defenceman Dmitri Rodin and Derek Campbell - shorthanded.
A second goal of the night from Osman and a Jason Silverthorn goal - which, together with his earlier two assists put his points tally to ten in the last three games - then gave the Rays a 5-1 lead heading into the final stanza.
Frantisek Bakrlik added his first of the night and second shorthanded goal in two games six minutes into the third to end the scoring in favour of the visiting Rays, putting their win streak at three.
Sylvain Cloutier's Stingrays now return home for a Sunday evening fixture against a Belfast side that tonight beat the Nottingham Panthers by three goals to two, as the Rays hope to make it four wins in a row.
In their first visit to Kirkcaldy in more than six years, the Excel Hull Stingrays tonight made it three consecutive Elite League victories and 15 goals in two games with a comprehensive 6-1 victory over the Fife Flyers.
Hoping to build off their first two consecutive wins of the year in Dundee and at home to Braehead, the Stingrays got off to the worst possible start, conceding to a Mike Hamilton goal after less than two minutes.
Oozing confidence offensively having hit Braehead for nine in midweek, the Stingrays replied convincingly with three first period goals from Dominic Osman - his seventh of the season - defenceman Dmitri Rodin and Derek Campbell - shorthanded.
A second goal of the night from Osman and a Jason Silverthorn goal - which, together with his earlier two assists put his points tally to ten in the last three games - then gave the Rays a 5-1 lead heading into the final stanza.
Frantisek Bakrlik added his first of the night and second shorthanded goal in two games six minutes into the third to end the scoring in favour of the visiting Rays, putting their win streak at three.
Sylvain Cloutier's Stingrays now return home for a Sunday evening fixture against a Belfast side that tonight beat the Nottingham Panthers by three goals to two, as the Rays hope to make it four wins in a row.
