Clan take OT win after Fife battle again

Glasgow Clan logged their first win in virtually a month as they snapped a shedding streak with an additional time victory over Fife Flyers at Braehead Area on Friday evening. The Flyers fought again from three down and compelled additional time with a last-minute equaliser to deservedly take some extent.

Glasgow obtained off to an ideal begin, leaping out to a 2-0 lead due to objectives from Deven Sideroff and Austin Mitchell-King, who scored his second EIHL purpose. Clan carried the play by means of the opening body, outshooting Fife 18-10.

“We felt like this was a must-win recreation for us,” defined Clan defenceman Steven Seigo. “We’ve been on a little bit of a skid currently and so this recreation was a testomony to seeing what sort of a bunch we’ve within the room. I like the way in which we got here out and the way we began.”

The center interval was a special-teams battle, with Fife taking a string of penalties earlier than Glasgow prolonged their result in 3-0 on a power-play purpose from Jason Fram. Momentum then shifted because the Flyers struck twice on the person benefit by means of Ethan Somoza, earlier than Logan Neilson fired a one-timer previous Sami Aittokallio quick facet to make it a one-goal recreation by 35:44.

Fife accomplished the comeback 1:47 into interval three by means of former Clan ahead Keaton Jameson. The sport stayed tied for beneath 4 minutes till Seigo restored the Clan lead with slightly below quarter-hour to play. Neilson hit the crossbar because the Flyers virtually tied the sport shorthanded, whereas Somoza almost redirected a Giordano Finoro move previous Aittokallio moments later.

“We had some lulls in our recreation there like we’ve been having up to now few weeks,” admitted Seigo. “However we caught collectively, and it confirmed what sort of a bunch we’ve to come back out on prime on this recreation.”

The Flyers lastly levelled the sport with 52 seconds remaining. Jameson gained an offensive zone faceoff and Josh Winquist fired the puck previous Aittokallio to make it 4-4. Brady Threat virtually gained it for the Clan within the dying seconds, however Shane Owen held agency.

With the scores tied after 60 minutes, the groups headed to additional time with Clan holding a 54-31 shot benefit. Simply 36 seconds into the additional interval, a superb stretch move from Seigo despatched Brett Neumann in alone to beat Owen five-hole and seal the victory for Glasgow.

The groups meet once more in Fife on Saturday evening. “It’s one other must-win recreation for us. We’ll strategy it the identical means we did in the present day and wish to get a very good outcome,” concluded Seigo.

Picture: Al Goold

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