Invicta Dynamos fell to an eighth consecutive defeat as Milton Keynes Thunder took the 4-3 win on Sunday evening.

Dynamos were missing Ondrej Zosiak and Conor Morris due to injury, Edmund Piacka due to illness and Harrison Lillis because of a four game suspension. But added defenceman Ryan Giles to the team. The visitors missed Jamie Line, Oliver Lord and Tom Annetts but add Sean Norris and Sam Talbot.

The opening minutes of the first period saw both teams fighting for dominance but the Dynamos took control of the play with hits on the Thunder players.

Adam Long made saves from Grant McPherson and Rio Grinell-Parke. MK netminder Jordan Lawday was pressured by Arran Strawson and Martin Susters.

The first goal of the game came from Ross Bowers (unassisted) who shot on the Invicta net after a turnover in the neutral zone.

Tom Carlon looked to score the second goal for the visitors but Long met him halfway and threw himself in the way.

Thunder quickly made the score 2-0 as Tomas Rubes shot the puck into the back of the Invicta net.

 

The second period mirrored the first as both teams used physical methods to pry the puck from the other. Trevor Leblanc made the score 3-0 two minutes into the period as the puck hit the cross bar on the attack and bounced into the net.

Dynamos were two men down as Ryan Morgan was sent to the penalty box for tripping followed by Ryan Giles for a late hit.

Long lost his stick as he tried to defend from five Thunder players. Thunder thought they had scored but the ref wiped the goal. Dynamos survived the 5 on 3 without allowing anymore goals.

Lawday received a two minute delay of game penalty as he covered the puck outside the goal crease.

Dynamos took the opportunity and pinned Thunder down in their end. Anthony Leone rammed the puck past Lawday putting the Dynamos on the score board. The rink erupted as the Dynamos and the fans celebrate the first goal.

Two minutes later Martin Susters scored low on Lawday which closed the gap to 3-2.

Dynamos were on a roll as Callum Best was given time to shoot and tied the game at 34:19.

 

The last period became more violent than the last as both teams were at each other’s ankles with slashes and hits against the boards trying to take the lead.

Long was given a slashing penalty even though he took an injury (sat by Joe Allen). Invicta managed to kill the penalty and called for a timeout.

Lawday and Long were both pressured in the remaining few minutes of the game as both teams tried to score.

With 23 seconds left to play Thunder player Tomas Rubes shot the puck past Long’s shoulder which won them the game 4-3.

 

Dynamos battled hard and fast but were not able to gain any points as Milton Keynes Thunder took home the win.

 

 

Invicta: Anthony Leone 1+1, Callum Best 1+0, Martin Susters 1+0, Andy Munroe 0+1, Ryan Morgan 0+1, Louis Colvin 0+1, Ryan Giles 0+1

 

Thunder: Tomas Rubes 2+0, Ross Bowers 1+0, Trevor Leblanc 1+0, Michael Stratford 0+1, Rio Grinell-Parke 0+1