OT winner earns Flyers vital two points

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Teemu Pulkkinen tipped Troy Lajeunesse's one-timer past Tyler Beskorowany in overtime earn Fife Flyers a vital two points in the race for a playoff place. 2,009 fans saw it happen at the Fife Ice Arena.

Goals ten minutes apart over the opening two periods put the Giants two ahead in Kirkcaldy, but they were pegged back by the middle of the second. Josh Roach fed Ben Lake for an excellent finish at 10:58 to put the Giants ahead, followed at 20:57 by the same combination doubling the visitors' lead 57 seconds into period two.

It was then the Troy Lajeunesse show as the Flyers got level. He scored the Flyers' first of the night form the slot, before sniping from the faceoff circle, 30 seconds apart to have the Flyers level by 31:09. Daniel Tedesco took advantage of a Max Humitz Holding minor to put the Giants back ahead at 32:13. 

Fife had multiple chances to level on the powerplay, but the Giants entered the final five minutes of regulation ahead. Eventually, a loose puck in front of Tyler Beskorowany was neatly tucked home by Vitalijs Pavlovs to level the game with only 4:43 to play.  Jacob Friend shot the puck out of bounds with 2:57 left, but some excellent saves from Beskorowany, especially off Colin Shirley, kept the game level. Both sides took a point as overtime followed.

Tedesco had no complaints over his Tripping penalty in OT, and that led to the Flyers winner - patient passing allowed Kevin Wehrs to tee up Lajeunesse for the winner, with a tip in front from Pulkkinen winning it for the Flyers at 62:42.