Elite League play-off, quarter-final: Fife Flyers 1, Manchester Storm 4 (Saturday); Manchester Storm 1, Fife Flyers 5 (Sunday). Fife win 5-6 on aggregate after sudden death overtime.
Carlo Finucci said he did not want to suffer the same agony a second time round after Fife Flyers crashed out of the Elite League play-off quarter-finals last season.
And the 31-year-old Canadian winger came up trumps with a goal only 47 seconds into sudden-death overtime to take the Kirkcaldy club to the semi-finals for the third time.
Fired-up Flyers battled back from a three-goal deficit after the first-leg in their own building to book their place in at Nottingham on Saturday.
Fife were facing elimination after the 4-1 defeat but responded positively at The Storm Shelter after coach Todd Dutiaume set his men a target.
It was simple, win every period in Manchester. And the coach said every one of his players believed the tie was not over.
Fire-up Fife led 3-0 after 31 minutes before Storm opened their account and Liam Heelis took the tie into sudden death overtime.
Then Finucci took command to confirm Scottish presence in the finals weekend.
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