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«The Flyers»
Todd Dutiaume played for the Fife Flyers and then coached them for twenty-five years, alongside that of Mark Morrison, who was named Player and Coach of the Year in 1996–97.
The Flyers took the ice for the first time on 1 October 1938, against the Dundee Tigers, with Norman McQuade scoring the club's first goal and Les Lovell Snr wearing the captain's armband. That fixture has never really stopped: Dundee's successors, the Dundee Stars, remain the opponent Fife supporters mark on the calendar before any other, in what is still called the Tayside Derby.
Titles followed across decades and across leagues that no longer exist under those names — Scottish League championships from the 1940s through to 2007, Northern League and Scottish Cup wins stacked up through the 1990s and 2000s, a run that also brought the British Championship and BHL Playoffs in the mid-1980s. The club joined the Elite Ice Hockey League in 2011, stepping into the place vacated by the Newcastle Vipers, and reached a Challenge Cup final as recently as 2022–23, losing out to the Belfast Giants.
The 2024–25 season gave the Flyers little to work with, a last-place finish with five wins from the campaign, and Tom Coolen's spell as head coach ended that December. Tim Wallace has since been named head coach and general manager for 2026–27, taking on a team still playing in front of Kirkcaldy crowds at the Fife Ice Arena and looking to turn last season's results around.
Latest results
All matches| 13 Sep | Challenge Cup |
Dundee
A
|
4:1 | W |
| 12 Sep | Challenge Cup |
Glasgow
H
|
3:4 | L |
| 28 Aug | Club Friendly |
Kyiv Capitals
H
|
6:5 | W |
| 5 Apr | Elite League |
Dundee
A
|
2:1 | W |
| 4 Apr | Elite League |
Dundee
H
|
3:2 | W |
| 28 Mar | Elite League |
Coventry
H
|
3:5 | L |
Standing
Challenge CupGroup stage · Group B
| # | Team | M | W | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Belfast
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 7:3 | 0 |
| 2 |
Fife
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 7:5 | 0 |
| 3 |
Glasgow
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 6:6 | 0 |
| 4 |
Dundee
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 2:8 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 328| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 328 | 164 | 164 |
| Scored | 792 | 448 | 344 |
| Conceded | 1364 | 614 | 750 |
| Scored per game | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Conceded per game | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| Difference | −572 | −166 | −406 |
Fixtures of Fife
Honours of Fife
- Scottish Cup 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 11
- Northern League 1977, 1978, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 8
- Scottish League / Scottish National League 1940, 1949, 1950, 1964, 1991, 1996, 2006, 2007 8
- Autumn Cup 1950, 1972, 1975, 1976, 2005, 2008 6
- British Championship / Grand Slam 1977, 1978, 1985 3
- British National League 2000, 2004 2
- Celtic League Cup 2009, 2010 2
- British Hockey League Playoffs 1985 1
- Scottish Premier Hockey League 2008 1