Fife Flyers logged their first win of the new season with an emphatic 4–0 road victory over Scottish rivals Dundee Stars.
Goaltender Shane Owen turned aside all 32 shots he faced to record the season’s first shutout.
“It was awesome, I thought we battled for sixty minutes, and got the little things right,” began Owen. “We got pucks out, got pucks deep and it was a gutty performance.”
A scoreless opening period saw both sides trade high-quality scoring chances, with both netminders tested throughout. Fife began the game controlling the pace, but Dundee wrestled back momentum and generated pressure of their own. Ben Brown’s breakaway was the visitors’ best early chance, while a Stars powerplay was neutralised by the Flyers’ penalty kill to keep the score 0–0 at the first intermission.
The deadlock was broken just over a minute into the second period when Josh Winquist slotted a loose puck past Jarrett Fiske at 21:08, after Mason Alderson used his skill to get behind the Stars’ defence. Fife doubled their lead at 31:24, taking advantage of a bouncing puck and firing past Fiske to make it 2–0.
Dundee threatened to respond, but the Flyers stayed in control heading into the third. Ryan Nicholson added a third at 44:18, finding space in the Stars’ zone and firing from the high slot. Ian Scheid hit a post before Winquist netted his second of the night at 53:10, redirecting Andrew McLean’s pass in close to complete the 4–0 scoreline.
Dundee struggled to create late opportunities, with Owen standing tall to seal the Flyers’ first victory of the 2025/26 season.
“It’s big, we felt it coming,” added Owen on the team’s first win of the season. “We’ve been doing the little things right, working hard in practice and it’s paid off.”
Photo: Derek Black
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