Invicta Dynamos

Invicta Dynamos
City	Gillingham, Kent
League	National Ice Hockey League
Division	Division One South
Founded	1997
Home arena	Planet Ice, Gillingham Capacity: 1,200
Colours	White, Blue & Red
Owner(s)	Kevin & Sarah Parrish
Head coach	Karl Lennon
Captain	Aaron Connolly
Website	Invicta Dynamos

The Invicta Dynamos are the senior, semi-professional, ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent. The season runs from September to April. They usually play their home games on a Sunday at 17:15. They share their home with the Invicta Mustangs whose colours are blue, white, grey and red.

History

The club was founded in 1997 by David Hodge replacing the Medway Bears as the senior team based at the Ice Bowl. The club originally competed in the EPIHL until the 2003/4 season when the club dropped down to the ENIHL due to a lack of sponsorship. Invicta is one of the larger clubs at this level and has enjoyed a period of sustained success including winning the ENIHL Grand Slam in 2005/6. The most successful season in the Dynamos history came in the 2001/02 season when they were the champions of the EPIHL, winning the league and playoffs and losing the cup final to local rivals the Romford Raiders.

The club's fiercest rivalry has traditionally been with the Raiders IHC and to a slightly lesser extent the Chelmsford Chieftains, with the Dynamos competing in the same league as the two Essex clubs for its first six seasons. However more recently a healthy rivalry has developed with Streatham IHC due to the geographical proximity of the two clubs.

Club roster 2022-23

(*) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import)

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
30		Owen Rider		(2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 (age 22)	England	2018 from Invicta U18	22/23
31		Harvey Bryden		2004 (age 18)	England	2022 from Invicta U18	22/23
42		Tyler de la Bertouche	L	(2005-11-15) 15 November 2005 (age 20)	London, England	2022 from Peterborough Phantoms	Two-Way

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
2		Gregor McAllan		(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 22)	England	2019 from Invicta Mustangs	22/23
16		Brandon Chard		2006 (age 16)	England	2022 from Invicta U18	22/23
40		Joe Stephenson		(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 27)	Farnborough, England	2022 from Guildford Phoenix	22/23
46		Matthew Bell		(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 21)	England	2022 from Invicta Mustangs	Two-Way
49		Billy Woods		(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 24)	England	2021 from Invicta U18	22/23
54		Taylor Chard		2004 (age 18)	England	2021 from Invicta U18	22/23
61		Arran Strawson	R	(1987-06-11) 11 June 1987 (age 38)	Sheffield, England	2012 from Wightlink Raiders	22/23
87		Harrison Lillis	R	(1993-10-17) 17 October 1993 (age 32)	Chatham, England	2014-15 from Streatham Redskins	22/23

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
3		Ruskin Hughes	R	(1997-06-16) 16 June 1997 (age 28)	London, England	2022 from Sheffield Scimitars	22/23
17		Stanislav Lašček*	L	(1986-01-17) 17 January 1986 (age 39)	Martin, Slovakia	2022 from Chelmsford Chieftains	22/23
20		Thomas Davis	R	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 35)	Chelmsford, England	2019 from Oxford City Stars	22/23
22		Edward Stedman		(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 22)	Gillingham, England	2022 from Invicta Mustangs	Two-Way
71		Tom Long	R	(1984-12-15) 15 December 1984 (age 41)	Colchester, England	2022	22/23
77		Richard Harris		(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 29)	England	2022 from Invicta Mustangs	22/23
79		Tom Soar	R	(1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 (age 33)	Nottingham, England	2022 from Solihull Barons	22/23
81		Louis Colvin	L	(1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 26)	England	2022	22/23
88		Juraj Húska*	R	(1982-02-06) 6 February 1982 (age 43)	Zvolen, Slovakia	2019 from Raiders IHC	22/23

Team Staff
No.	Nat.	Name	Acquired	Role	Place of birth	Joined From
		Karl Lennon	2022/23	Head Coach	Chatham, England
77		Richard Harris	2022/23	Conditioning Coach	England
		Kevin Parrish	2019/20	Owner	Guildford, England

2021/22 Outgoing

Outgoing
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For
9		Brandon Webster		(2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 25)	Basildon, England	Chelmsford Chieftains, NIHL 1
11		Henry Aiken	L	(1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 30)	Winchester, England	Streatham IHC, NIHL 1
12		Karl Lennon	R	(1983-07-29) 29 July 1983 (age 42)	Chatham, England	Retired
14		Tom Ralph	R	(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 32)	Hull, England	Bristol Pitbulls, NIHL National
16		Luke Thirkettle		(1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 (age 26)	England	Invicta Mustangs, NIHL 2
22		Mason Webster	R	(1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 31)	Basildon, England	Chelmsford Chieftains, NIHL 1
29		Anthony Leone	L	(1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 42)	London, England	Retired
51		Ashley Jackson	L	(1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 (age 38)	Tunbridge Wells, England	Raiders IHC, NIHL National

Top 5 All-time points scorers

As of 07/07/19

Source: ^[1]

Name	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Andy Smith	426	528	511	1039
Elliott Andrews	370	263	342	605
Callum Fowler	270	239	356	595
A.J. Smith	276	138	234	372
Matthew Beveridge	140	150	182	332

Club Honours

Source: ^[2]

1997-98

English Division 1 Southern Champions

2001-02

EPIHL Champions
EPIHL Playoff Champions

2002-03

ENIHL Southern Champions
ENIHL Southern Playoff Champions

2003-04

ENIHL Southern Champions
ENIHL Southern Playoff Champions
Kent & Essex Cup Champions

2004-05

ENIHL Southern Champions

2005-06

ENIHL Southern Champions
ENIHL National Champions
ENIHL Playoff Champions
ENIHL Cup Champions

2006-07

ENIHL Southern (Conference B) Champions

2007-08

ENIHL Southern Champions
ENIHL National Champions

2009-10

ENIHL Southern Champions

2014-15

NIHL Southern Cup Champions

Other Ice Hockey teams based in Gillingham

• Invicta Dynamics (Ladies)
• Invicta Mustangs (Second senior team)
• Invicta Colts (Under 18's)
• Invicta Junior Dynamos (Under 16's)
• Invicta Dynamites (Under 14's)
• Invicta Devils (Under 12's)
• Invicta Imps (Under 10's)
• Invicta Knights (Recreational)
• Medway Madness (Recreational)
• Medway Eagles (Beginner Recreational)
• Medway Marauders (Recreational)
• Kent Knights (University)

References

1. "All-Time Stats". invictadynamos.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
2. "Club Honours". Invictadynamos.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

External links

• Official website