Road win puts Stars into playoffs

Photo: Struan Davie

Dundee Stars got the win they needed to book their place in the 2024 Playoffs, and they did it on the road in front of a sold-out Fife Ice Arena. The result saw the Stars go above the Flyers in the final standings.

Having lost out to the Flyers on home ice the night before, the Stars wasted no time in getting into a lead. Ryan Valentini opened the scoring at 2:19 after Spencer Haas wormed his way through the Flyers’ defence to get through on Owen who made the initial stop.

An odd-man rush saw Anthony Rinaldi let an excellent wrist shot fly into the top corner of Owen's net to double the visitors' lead 4:09 into period two. 3:13 before the the buzzer, Rinaldi broke down the wing and deked Owen to make it 3-0.

On an evening where the Flyers struggled to generate much offense, and when they did Lucas Brine was at times unplayable, it took a penalty shot awarded for the young Stars goalie throwing his stick to break his shutout - Troy Lajeunesse converted with 15:06 to play in the final period to make it a two-goal game.

Fife pulled Owen for the extra skate with 1:57 to play, but Brendan Harms settled the game on the empty net 50 seconds later to book his team's place in the post-season.