Invicta Dynamos head to Streatham after weekend double against Chelmsford Chieftains

Invicta Dynamos ended last weekend’s action on a high with an over-time winner against Chelmsford Chieftains scored by a debutant.

Regan O’Neil stepped into the Dynamos team on Saturday and picked up the man-of-the-match award in a narrow Southern Cup defeat against the Chieftains before hitting the winning goal in the NIHL South Division 1 fixture against the same opposition on the Sunday.

O’Neil is expected to be back with the Invicta Mustangs this weekend but head coach Karl Lennon was grateful for his involvement over the past weekend. The Dynamos were missing Aaron Strawson to illness, while Tom Soar is out with a collarbone injury and Ruskin Springer-Hughes has a hand fracture.

“The guys who stepped up to the roster had a great weekend, they filled the spaces really well,” said the coach, who was back on the ice himself in Sunday’s game.

“Regan was outstanding both days, he had a Gordie Howe hat-trick on Saturday [a goal, an assist and a fight] and won on all levels, then on Sunday he got the overtime winner!

“He plays for the Mustangs on a full-time basis, they didn’t have a game so he could play both games for us at the weekend which was very fortuitous, and he did great. It was incredible.”

O’Neil’s winner came 26 seconds into overtime after Sunday's game had finished 5-5.

Young netminder Tyler De La Bertouche, who is just 16 and on a two-way deal with Peterborough Phantoms, played on Sunday and pulled off a great save moments before the Mos won it.

“He was immaculate the whole game,” said the coach. “Very good for someone so young and he made a big save right at the start before we broke down the other end and Regan put it in the top corner and the game was done.”

Prior to that, goals had been scored by Richard