2019–20 Invicta Dynamos season

The 2019–20 season is the Dynamos 23rd season of operation. They are once again competing in the NIHL South Division 1

Invicta Dynamos
City	Gillingham, Kent
League	NIHL South Division 1
Founded	1997
Home arena	Planet Ice, Gillingham
Colors	Home:                Away:
Owner(s)	Kevin & Sarah Parrish
Head coach	Anthony Leone (Player Coach)
Captain	Ryan Giles
Affiliates	Invicta Mustangs

The off-season saw a few changes behind the scenes at Invicta, the first big shake-up for the team.

Long-time owners, Andy & Jackie Mason, stepped aside from the club.[1]
Head Coach, Kevin Parrish, along with his wife, Sarah Parrish, took over day to day running of the club.[2]
Anthony Leone steps up into a Player/Head Coach role.[3]
The club announce a new logo and new look, the #DarkHorseDynasty.[4]

2019-20 player stats

As of 27 January 2020, including Challenge & Cup games.

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Appearances	Shots Against	Goals Against	SV%
30		Owen Rider	5	81	7	91.36%
31		Zachary Grandy-Smith	21	756	84	88.89%
35*		John Dibble	8	317	40	87.38%

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Appearances	Goals	Assists	PIM
2		Gregor McAllan	11	0	0	2
11		Henry Aiken	28	1	9	66
24		Mark Williams	3	0	0	0
40		Joe Stephenson	25	0	6	12
49		Dale Buckland	22	0	5	104
61		Arran Strawson	23	6	18	22
65		Ryan Morgan	28	1	4	10
87		Harrison Lillis 'A'	24	2	5	65
90		Ryan Giles 'C'	27	2	6	52

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Appearances	Goals	Assists	PIM
9		Brandon Webster	21	6	7	34
14		Kieron Jones	20	1	2	0
16		Luke Thirkettle	27	3	5	4
17		Jake Stedman	28	7	14	24
18		Conor Redmond	28	4	6	8
20		Tom Davis	27	12	18	34
22		Owen Dell	26	13	6	14
29		Anthony Leone	26	24	17	30
44		Elliot Farrell	28	10	16	57
88		Juraj Huska 'A'	20	23	21	18
92*		Filip Sedivy	18	4	12	22
92*		Tomas Banovsky	8	8	6	6

• John Dibble requested his release from the club on 1 November 2019
• Filip Sedivy was released by the club on 24 November 2019
• Tomas Banovsky was signed by the club on 13 December 2019

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Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on 29 July 2019.[6]

2019-20 preseason game log: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Man of the Match	Record	Recap
1	7 September	Slough Jets	9–1	Invicta		Elliot Farrell	0–1–0	L1
2	8 September	Invicta	4–6	Slough Jets		Brandon Webster	0–2–0	L2
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

NIHL South Division 1

The regular season schedule was released on 29 July 2019.[7]

Teams will play each other four times on a two at home and two away basis for a total of 36 league fixtures.
The team finishing in first place after 36 games will be crowned NIHL South Division 1 champions 2019/20.

2019–20 game log - Overall: 13-9-2
September: 3–0–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Man of the Match Record (W-L-OL) Pts Recap 1 15 September Invicta 5-4 Junior Raiders IHC Jake Stedman 1-0-0 2 W1 2 21 September Junior Raiders IHC 4-5 Invicta Owen Dell 2-0-0 4 W2 3 22 September Invicta 4-5 Slough Jets #1 John Dibble 2-0-1 5 OL1 4 29 September Invicta 6-3 Milton Keynes Thunder Filip Sedivy 3-0-1 7 W1
October: 2–2–1 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Man of the Match Record (W-L-OL) Pts Recap 5 5 October Solent Devils 4-3 Invicta #1 John Dibble 3-0-2 8 OL1 6 6 October Invicta 7-9 Bracknell Hornets Juraj Huska 3-1-2 8 L1 7 12 October Slough Jets 2-5 Invicta Juraj Huska 4-1-2 10 W1 8 26 October Milton Keynes Thunder 2-4 Invicta Elliot Farrell 5-1-2 12 W2 9 27 October Invicta 4-6 Chelmsford Chieftains Elliot Farrell 5-2-2 12 L1
November: 1–3–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Man of the Match Record (W-L-OL) Pts Recap 10 3 November Invicta 1-3 Solent Devils Owen Dell 5-3-2 12 L2 11 9 November Streatham IHC 13-3 Invicta Owen Rider 5-4-2 12 L3 12 16 November Cardiff Fire 5-11 Invicta Owen Rider 6-4-2 14 W1 13 17 November Chelmsford Chieftains 8-2 Invicta Owen Rider 6-5-2 14 L1
December: 1–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Man of the Match Record (W-L-OL) Pts Recap 14 2 December Invicta 2-5 Oxford City Stars Elliot Farrell 6-6-2 14 L2 15 6 December Invicta 6-2 Cardiff Fire Anthony Leone 7-6-2 16 W1 16 8 December Oxford City Stars 5-2 Invicta Jake Stedman 7-7-2 16 L1 17 10 December Junior Raiders IHC 5-4 Invicta Elliot Farrell 7-8-2 16 L2 18 12 December Invicta 0-5 Streatham IHC Tomas Banovsky 7-9-2 16 L3
January: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Man of the Match Record (W-L-OL) Pts Recap 19 11 January Slough Jets 1-5 Invicta Dale Buckland 8-9-2 18 W1 20 12 January Invicta 8-4 Junior Raiders IHC Tomas Banovsky 9-9-2 20 W2 21 18 January Bracknell Hornets 3-5 Invicta Juraj Huska 10-9-2 22 W3 22 19 January Invicta 12-1 Milton Keynes Thunder Henry Aiken 11-9-2 24 W4 23 25 January Cardiff Fire 5-11 Invicta Tomas Banovsky 12-9-2 26 W5 24 26 January Invicta 11-2 Oxford City Stars Conor Redmond 13-9-2 28 W6
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Man of the Match Record (W-L-OL) Pts Recap 25 1 February Streatham IHC Invicta 26 2 February Invicta Slough Jets 27 8 February Bracknell Hornets Invicta 28 9 February Invicta Cardiff Fire 29 22 February Invicta Chelmsford Chieftains 30 23 February Chelmsford Chieftains Invicta 31 29 February Solent Devils Invicta
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Man of the Match Record (W-L-OL) Pts Recap 32 1 March Invicta Streatham IHC 33 7 March Invicta Solent Devils 34 8 March Milton Keynes Thunder Invicta 35 15 March Oxford City Stars Invicta 36 29 March Invicta Bracknell Hornets
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

2019-20 League Standings

Correct as of 27 January 2020[8]

Standings
Position	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PIM	GF	GA	Pts
1	Streatham IHC	22	21	1	0	569	147	35	42
2	Solent Devils	22	18	2	2	494	113	59	38
3	Chelmsford Chieftains	24	17	4	3	428	133	71	37
4	Invicta Dynamos	24	13	9	2	533	126	106	28
5	Slough Jets	21	11	8	2	226	90	85	24
6	Bracknell Hornets	25	12	13	0	538	111	114	24
7	Oxford City Stars	23	10	13	0	451	91	114	20
8	Raiders IHC 2	25	10	15	0	403	133	139	20
9	Cardiff Fire	26	5	21	0	545	78	172	10
10	Milton Keynes Thunder	22	0	21	1	595	34	161	1

NIHL Southern Cup

The NIHL Southern Cup schedule was released on 29 July 2019.[9]

Teams will play each other twice on a one at home and one away basis for a total of 4 round robin fixtures.
The top two placed teams in the group will then progress to a two legged final also played on a one at home and one away basis over the weekend of 15 and 16 February.
The winner of the two legged final will be crowned NIHL Southern Cup Champions 2019/20.

2019-20 NIHL Southern Cup game log: 1–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Man of the Match	Record	Pts	Recap
1	28 September	Streatham IHC	7-4	Invicta		Anthony Leone	0-1-0	0	L1
2	13 October	Invicta	9-1	Haringey Huskies		Juraj Huska	1-1-0	2	W1
3	10 November	Invicta	1-5	Streatham IHC			1-2-0	2	L1
4	30 November	Haringey Huskies	7-4	Invicta		Conor Redmond	1-3-0	2	L2
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

References

1. "STATEMENT: Mason family to pass on the torch". Invicta Dynamos. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
2. "Parrish to step down after 15 seasons". Invicta Dynamos. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
3. "Mos name Leone as new player/coach". Invicta Dynamos. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
4. "Welcome to the Dark Horse Dynasty!". Invicta Dynamos. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
5. "All Competition Stats – 2019/20". Invicta Dynamos. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
6. "Fixtures released for 2019/20 campaign". Invicta Dynamos. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
7. "Fixtures released for 2019/20 campaign". Invicta Dynamos. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
8. "NIHL South 1 (Britton)". EIHA Official. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
9. "Fixtures released for 2019/20 campaign". Invicta Dynamos. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

External links

• Official website