It was a great start to the weekend for Invicta Dynamos as they secured victory on the road at Bracknell.

Included in the line-up was the returning Callum Fowler, whilst missing players included all three Wootton brothers.

Bracknell started with aggression, led by one time Dynamo Brad Watchorn who put a nasty looking challenge into Elliott Dewey within two minutes that went unnoticed. Home netminder Danny Milton looked on edge during the first period, choosing to parry shots from Nicky Lewis and Ondrej Zosiak rather than catch.

Bracknell took the lead against the run of play on 14:07, Tom Fisher hitting a shot from distance that hit the boot of an incoming player and changed direction and flew past Damien King who had no chance. The lead lasted barely two minutes, Conor Redmond passing possession of the puck from the middle of the pad to Jacob Ranson who skated towards Danny Milton and shot past his right side to equalise.

Damien King had to be alert early in the second period, saving from the feet of Josh Martin when it looked like Bracknell would edge in front once again. With Callum Fowler starting to find more space, Brad Watchorn took matters into his own hands by cross checking Fowler to the head and getting to sit a total of twelve minutes in the penalty box as a result. Despite hammering shots at Danny Milton during the powerplay, the Bracknell netminder kept the scoreline unchanged with Osman and Fowler both going close.

The mounting Invicta pressure reaped reward finally on 27:56, Callum Fowler lurking around the goalmouth with the puck and then providing an open invitation for Steve Osman to tap the puck into the net for a 2-1 lead. Invicta failed to take any more advantage during the remainder of the second period and it was in fact Damien King who ended-up being the busier netminder, saving twice from Danny Hughes.

With only a 2-1 advantage going into the last period Invicta started the brighter. First Steve Osman fired wide after linking-up with Fowler and then Conor Redmond had a shot saved by Milton. Bracknell’s Greg Chambers was sinbinned on 45 minutes for cross checking and would see his actions get punished even further with Invicta scoring from the resulting powerplay – Arran Strawson running the puck up the left channel before squaring across Conor Redmond to nab the puck past Milton for 3-1 to Invicta.

Seconds later the home team reduced the deficit to 3-2 through Danny Hughes, Chambers claiming an assist.

Knowing the next goal would be crucial for either team, it was the away side who grabbed it – Josh Condren following up a rebounded Nicky Lewis shot on 49:15 to put Invicta 4-3 into the lead, Condren hitting the ice following his shot and celebrating with his colleagues.

Condren would then sit in the penalty box for holding on 52 minutes, which Bracknell took full advantage of to score through Brad Watchorn, Greg Chambers and Danny Hughes both claiming assists in the build-up.

A tough final five minutes had Josh Condren once again going close on 57 minutes and a late Ondrej Zosiak penalty on 59:50 gave Invicta a 6 on 4 skaters situation to defend after Bracknell pulled Milton from his net – but Invicta held firm to secure two vital points.

Man of the match for Invicta went to Conor Redmond for his goal and two assists, Damien King ended the night with a 90.32% save percentage.