It was a defeat on the road for the Dynamos in their penultimate league fixture in what turned out to be a feisty but end to end game.

Invicta lined-up minus the services of Mark Lee, Callum Fowler and Frankie Harvey which meant that Harrison Lillis stepped-up to the first line to partner Arran Strawson at the back with Adam McNicoll switching to play as a forward.

Play was barely a minute old when an Invicta break led by Michal Oravec resulted in a loose pass giving Streatham possession to break and score through Sean Scarbrough on 58 seconds, assists coming from Callum Best and Adam Wood.

Streatham netminder Will Sanderson had a fairly quiet ten minutes before finally being tested by Juraj Huska. Further chances fell to Michal Oravec, Nicky Lewis and Andy Smith as the Dynamos tried to get level before the end of the first period but with 7 seconds of the period remaining Dominic Hopkins sent Jakub Klima free to spin his defender and score off the post to give the home side a two goal lead at the break.

The second period started with Adam McNicoll hitting the Streatham goal frame on 21 minutes with Will Sanderson beaten. Streatham’s game plan included an action to hustle and provoke the Dynamos imports and it came off on 21:47 when Juraj Huska finally reacted and dropped the gloves with Jack Tarczycki. The fight produced more shirt pulling than punches at first, with punches being traded as the pair hit the ice and got 2+2 penalty minutes each for roughing.

The scoreline was soon 3-0 to Streatham on 29:47 when Sean Scarbrough doubled his account with a shot that hit the bar and bounced down with referee Blaine Evans awarding the goal.  Invicta needed some magic and that finally came from the hard working Michal Oravec.

The ex-Streatham forward was found in his own defending zone by Anthony Leone and Nicky Lewis and carried the puck all the way to Will Sanderson’s goal having beaten a couple of players to score on  33:44.

More trouble soon erupted on 35 minutes. With Stewart Tait targeting Juraj Huska tempers started to get heated which Harrison Lillis stepping-up to protect his forward.

Streatham’s Jack Tarczycki left his own bench to get involved with Lillis and Tarczycki dropping the gloves. Lillis started with throwing more punches than Tarczycki but Lillis then hit the ice first before receiving three additional punches to face after he landed.

Lillis would play no further part in the match due to the extent of the facial injuries. Penalties were handed to Lillis, 2+2+2 for roughing and Jack Tarczycki 2+2 for roughing and game+2+2 for leaving the players bench.

With a powerplay advantage, the Dynamos took their chance to score on 36:06 through Michal Oravec again, assisted by Arran Strawson as the Dynamos grew more confident to getting the scores back level.

Mark McGill produced an outstanding save to deny Jakub Klima shortly before the Dynamos levelled at 3-3 when Anthony Leone prodded home a cutback from Michal Oravec on 41:11.

Will Sanderson saved Juraj Huska and Adam McNicoll before Streatham regained the lead on 43:33 via Joe Johnston after Steven Fisher had broken-up a Dynamos attack. 4-3 was soon 4-4 however with Andy Smith equalising on 48:28 after good build-up play from Juraj Huska and Adam McNicoll.

On 50:09 Jakub Klima broke clear and seemed destined to score before Arran Strawson committed a foul to give Klima a penalty shot – which was missed. Not long afterwards, Callum Best gave Streatham a 5-4 lead on 50:52 with Scarbrough claiming the assist.

Invicta came close to getting level again on 51:36 but Sanderson blocked a couple of shots. Steven Fisher then finished Invicta off with two goals (57:06 & 59:08) to finish the scores at 7-4 and give Invicta their first defeat against Streatham this season.

Man of the match awards went to Michal Oravec and Will Sanderson.