It was the heaviest defeat of the season so far for the Invicta Dynamos as they left Peterborough Phantoms empty handed with a 13-1 thumping.

Although Kevin Parrish was able to bring back import forward Edmund Piacka and netminder Conor Morris from illness and injury he still had to make-do with 4 players in Ondrej Zosiak, Arran Strawson, Harrison Lillis and Owen Dell.

Adam Long started in the Dynamos net and was kept busy early into the game, in particular when the Dynamos had to kill a Piacka penalty for hooking on 2:16. The away side were successful in returning to full strength and rode their luck when the Phantoms hit the post in the 4^th minute. Then on 5:02 Matt Foord was caught slashing and the Dynamos were again defending a powerplay but on this occasion they fell 1-0 behind on 6:38 – Tom Norton smashing the puck home from the blue line assisted by Ales Padelek and Glenn Billing. A 2^nd goal followed on 9:48 – Harry Ferguson sweeping ahead of his marker to beat Long with Corey McEwan and Petr Stepanek playing roles in the build-up. Robert Ferrara gave the Mos their first powerplay on 15:59 for holding with Brandon Miles having the best opportunity within those two minutes when he beat netminder Marr in a race for the puck but his poke sailed just wide.

The 19^th minute was a nightmare for the Dynamos. Firstly Andy Munroe was sent to the penalty box on a 2+10 minute charge for boarding with the Phantoms also James Ferrara also sitting for 2 minutes for roughing. 36 seconds later disaster struck for the Dynamos with their coach Kevin Parrish ejected from the bench on a game penalty for abuse to the official (Belfitt). The Mos only registered two shots on goal in the period, with the Phantoms firing 16 on Adam Long.

Only 20 seconds into the 2^nd period was enough for the Phantoms to go 3-0 up on the powerplay – Petr Stepanek scoring unassisted. A 4^th Phantoms goal was stuck on 8:16 with Stepanek again on the scoresheet – Harry Ferguson with the crucial pass. It only took a further two minutes for the home side to strike goal number 5 with Nathan Long, brother of Dynamos’ netminder Adam striking into the net assisted by James Ferrara and Glenn Billing. With the scoreline comfortable for the Phantoms they switched netminder with Ryan Bainborough stepping into the action. Dynamos import sat his second spell in the penalty box in the 31^st minute for roughing and the Phantoms made the Dynamos pay for that with a powerplay goal on 32:16 through James Ferrara with Nathan Pollard and Glenn Billing creating the opening for the strike. In the 34^th minute the Dynamos had a powerplay of their own with Will Wildon sitting two minutes on a roughing penalty but despite plenty of pressure by the Kent side the Phantoms were defending well even though for the last 22 seconds of the Wildon penalty James White was also penalised for holding giving the Mos a 5 on 3 man advantage. As soon as the Phantoms returned to 4 skaters they scored on the shorthand from James Ferrara for 7-0 on 37:05.

Things failed to improve in the third period with the away fans having to sit through a further 6 Phantoms goals with Nathan Pollard grabbing goal 8 on 41:35. That was enough for the Dynamos to change netminder and Conor Morris thrown into the action. Edmund Piacka scored a consolation goal for 8-1 on 45:09 assisted by Martins Susters but the damage was already done. Goals by James White (9-1 on 47:59), Will Weldon (10-1 on 51:58), Glenn Billing (11-1 on 53:47 and 12-1 on 56:26) and Corey McEwan for 13-1 added to the woes. The round-off a disappointing night and one to forget for the Mos, netminder was ejected from the game on a 10+ game penalty for abuse of the official on 57:36.

Referee: R. Belfitt; Linesmen: F. S-Cunningham, P. O’Neill

Points

Phantoms: T. Norton 1+2, S. Robson 0+2, N. Pollard 1+2, J. White 1+1, H. Ferguson 1+3, J. Ferrara 2+3, W. Weldon 1+2, P. Stepanek 2+1, C. McEwan 1+3, G. Billing 2+3, A. Padelek 0+3, N. Long 1+0

Dynamos: E. Piacka 1+0, M. Susters 0+1

Netminders

1. Marr save percentage – 100% (5 shots/0 goals)
2. Bainborough save percentage – 90.00% (10 shots/1 goal)
3. Long save percentage – 81:40% (43 shots/8 goals)
4. Morris save percentage – 82.76% (29 shots/5 goals)

PIMS

Phantoms – 10

Dynamos – 78

Man of the match

MK Thunder—H. Ferguson

Dynamos – R. Morgan

Picture supplied by Nicola Allen.