Fife Flyers logged their first league win of the season with a 6–5 overtime victory in Manchester against the Storm.
The Flyers opened the scoring at 10:40 through Andrew McLean, but were pegged back at 16:09 when Brady Gilmour tipped a shot past Shane Owen. The play went to review for a possible high stick, but with Storm’s video-review equipment failing, the call on the ice stood.
Stephen Johnson put Manchester ahead 48 seconds into period two before an altercation between Dante Hannoun and Garet Hunt resulted in Hunt being ejected. Keaton Jamieson equalised shorthanded at 29:57 when he broke clear and squeezed the puck under Evan Weninger. Johnson restored Storm’s lead at 31:20, but only 36 seconds later Jamieson struck again shorthanded to level the game once more.
New signing Anton Karlsson put Fife back in front 3:26 into the third period, and Johan Porsberger extended the advantage with a finish from a tight angle with 8:21 left. Hannoun pulled one back for Storm with 3:13 remaining, and after a Manchester timeout at 56:33 Weninger was pulled for the extra skater. Gilmour tied the game just 13 seconds later.
In overtime, Ethan Somoza won a faceoff cleanly, setting up Giordano Finoro to step in and fire past Weninger to secure a long-awaited league win for the Flyers.
Photo: Dean Woolley
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