Fife Flyers 5-3 Hull Stingrays
The Hull Stingrays were tonight unable to follow up on form that had seen them claim ten points from an available 12 and defeat the Nottingham Panthers 7-5 the night before as they were defeated in regulation time for the first time in seven games, losing 5-3 to the Fife Flyers in Kirkcaldy.
After a goalless first period the sides traded early second period goals through Bobby Chaumont and the in-form Guillaume Doucet.
The Flyers then took complete control of the tie as Chaumont completed with hat-trick with two markers either side of a Jordan Fulton goal to open up a comprehensive 4-1 lead after 31 minutes.
Jereme Tendler netted on the powerplay less than two minutes later to narrow the deficit heading into the final period before captain Jeff Smith recorded his first goal of the year in the third to lessen the deficit further with 12 minutes remaining.
However, for the second time in two games the understrength Stingrays - who were still without Matty Davies, Tom Squires and Sam Towner - ran out of steam in towards the end of the third period and were unable to find the all important tying goal.
The home side would eventually seal the win with an empty net goal from Derek Roehl with three seconds remaining.
The Hull Stingrays were tonight unable to follow up on form that had seen them claim ten points from an available 12 and defeat the Nottingham Panthers 7-5 the night before as they were defeated in regulation time for the first time in seven games, losing 5-3 to the Fife Flyers in Kirkcaldy.
After a goalless first period the sides traded early second period goals through Bobby Chaumont and the in-form Guillaume Doucet.
The Flyers then took complete control of the tie as Chaumont completed with hat-trick with two markers either side of a Jordan Fulton goal to open up a comprehensive 4-1 lead after 31 minutes.
Jereme Tendler netted on the powerplay less than two minutes later to narrow the deficit heading into the final period before captain Jeff Smith recorded his first goal of the year in the third to lessen the deficit further with 12 minutes remaining.
However, for the second time in two games the understrength Stingrays - who were still without Matty Davies, Tom Squires and Sam Towner - ran out of steam in towards the end of the third period and were unable to find the all important tying goal.
The home side would eventually seal the win with an empty net goal from Derek Roehl with three seconds remaining.
