Invicta Dynamos lose in sudden-death shootout against Solent Devils in NIHL South Division 1 after a 7-5 win over Oxford City Stars – reaction from head coach Karl Lennon

There was a thrilling finish as Invicta Dynamos returned to home ice on Sunday.

Following on from their 7-5 away win at Oxford City Stars on Saturday, the Mos looked to be on course for a maximum point haul as they led Solent Devils 4-3 on Sunday, only to concede a late fourth and then lose in a sudden-death shootout.

Three points wasn’t to be sniffed at but head coach Karl Lennon knew they could well have had all four from the weekend.

Commenting on Sunday’s game, Lennon said: “We were in a pretty good space with a few minutes left to play, gave away a silly goal from an unforced error and that put us in a difficult spot at the end of the game.

“We had better chances than they did in over-time as well, we just couldn’t make it happen. There were 20 odd shots in the shootout, we went two down very quickly and then they missed a few, we scored two of ours to take it through to sudden death and then it’s just a roulette isn’t it? They got it done and we didn’t.

“We’ve picked up three points from four, that’s good, but it could have been four.

“The importance of Sunday is that Solent are now equal on points with us, ahead on head-to-heads and they have two games in hand, they are in a better position than we are, but across the weekend we clawed a point on Chelmsford and Slough who both dropped points, so there are some positives to take.”

Sunday’s match in Gillingham had seen Tom Soar open the scoring only for Solent to reply with two of their own. Towards the end of the first period Stanislav Lascek squared it up again at 2-2.

Lennon felt his team were playing into Solent’s hands during the second period, with the visitors dictating the pace of the game. Ruskin Springer-Hughes netted for the Mos but the Devils answered