FIFE Flyers have shelved plans to bring a second import player to Kirkcaldy after league bosses backed down over plans to allow two imports per team.
At a meeting between Scottish Premier Hockey League clubs last Thursday it was decided that teams with two imports cannot ice both — unless the opposition also has two imports in its roster.
With league rivals Dundee Stars and Edinburgh Capitals al
ready having iced two imports this season, Fife were expected to follow suit but that may no longer be the case.
Player-coach Todd Dutiaume took his team to Dundee on Sunday and secured a 6-1 victory, with Stars unable to ice both imports due to the new rules.
Dutiaume told SportsPress: "Signing another import has been put on the back burner for now.
"If the league had decided two imports was what it wanted we'd have respected that but we have a good team so unless something comes up, we don't need to make a move."
Flyers returned home after seven months on the road with a 4-2 victory over Whitley Bay on Saturday, but it was Sunday's extraordinary match in Dundee that stole the headlines.
Eight players were thrown out of the game for misconduct in a heated final period and Dutiaume was less than happy with Dundee's role in the melee.
"Once we went 4-1 up they lost the plot," the Flyers boss said. "If Dundee would play hockey for the full 60 minutes the result might be more in doubt in the closing stages.
"It was the same old story from them. A lot of our guys got jumped but the ref handled it very well.
"A couple of good fights in hockey are exciting but when you're directly sending guys out to fight it's either out of frustration or because you've lost control. I just hope this season comes down to playing hockey rather than that every week."
This Saturday, former Flyers star Bobby Haig brings his Paisley Pirates team to Fife Ice Arena, complete with new signings Gavin Holmes and Chris Linton.
Both players left Dutiaume's squad in order to get more ice time at Braehead.
Dutiaume explained: "We have a very good team so it's very difficult to get a game with us.
"It just goes to show that if a guy wants to stay in hockey, there is place to go."
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