Invicta Dynamos beat Chelmsford Chieftains 8-3 in Gillingham a day after 10-3 loss to Streatham in NIHL South Division 1

Invicta Dynamos completed a clean sweep against the Chelmsford Chieftains in the league on Sunday.

An 8-3 home success make it four wins from four for the Mos against a side who they will come up against in the final of Southern Cup at the end of next month (March 25/26).

Coach Karl Lennon knows the mini-series win will have no bearing on the cup final but was happy with the confidence-booster ahead of a free weekend.

He said: “For us to get a clean sweep on them is fantastic, I’m really happy with that, it doesn’t mean anything if you don’t do the business against other teams but at least it gives you some confidence.

“Going into that final it will make no difference, they could show up and do the business. We take confidence from it but we don’t take complacency.”

Harry Blake scored first on Sunday at Planet Ice and although the Chiefs rallied with two of their own the Mos led 3-2 at the close of an end-to-end first period.

The Mos added another in the second period as things began to get heated. A lively third period, which included fights and confrontations, saw the Gillingham side take the win.

“It was quite a feisty game,” Lennon said. “We haven’t had scraps in our rink for a little while, which the fans enjoyed! It is something we have managed to avoid this season, which has been good, but this weekend seemed to be full of them but it happens in hockey. There had been a build-up of tension in that rivalry that has come across the last few months, playing against each other regularly, and it was somewhat inevitable.”

Sunday’s win followed a tough Saturday against the defending champions Streatham, beating the Mos 10-3. In contrast to the Invicta-Chieftains series, it’s three defeats from three so far for the