CZECH ice hockey veteran Milan Figala's five-star show on Fife Flyers'
blue line was a revelation to everyone -- including the man who gambled
by picking him.
The former World Championship silver medallist -- signed for two weeks
from first-division outfit Aviemore to help the Fifers' injury crisis --
turned the clock back and was a major factor in Flyers earning two
points at Peterborough on Sunday after their defeat at Bracknell 24
hours before.
An action replay this weekend could prompt the Kirkcaldy club to
rethink their plans and offer the 37-year-old defenceman a passport back
to the big time.
Figala -- out of the top flight for four seasons before the weekend
trip -- won the admiration of Flyers' coach Jim Lynch.
Modest tough-guy Figala -- who picked up five stitches -- shrugged
aside the plaudits and said: ''I tried my best. I enjoyed the weekend
and although I've been out of the top level for four years I train every
week and am fit.''
With Figala, veteran skipper Gordon Latto restored to blue line duty,
and newcomer Bob Giffen beginning to find his form, Flyers move forward
to this weekend's league jousts at home to Welsh wizards Cardiff and
away to Humberside with renewed confidence. Fixtures:
Saturday: Heineken Premier division -- Fife v Cardiff; Billingham v
Humberside; Nottingham v Whitley. First division -- Ayr v Romford;
Basingstoke v Slough; Swindon v Telford; Milton Keynes v Lee Valley;
Medway v Sheffield.
Sunday: Premier division -- Murrayfield v Cardiff; Whitley v
Peterborough; Durham v Billingham; Humberside v Fife; Bracknell v
Nottingham. First division -- Romford v Basingstoke; Lee Valley v
Medway; Slough v Milton Keynes.
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