Streatham came up short against top of the table Invicta Dynamos as they lost 6-2 in front of the biggest crowd of the season at the Streatham Ice Arena.
Both sides were at full strength for a game that was eagerly anticipated by both sets of supporters. It took nine minutes for Invicta to break the deadlock as Andy Smith laid the 
puck off to Callum Fowler on the right wing and he jinked past his marker and slid the puck under Will Sanderson to score.
This prompted hysteria in the Mo’s fans gathered in the far corner of the rink as they unveiled banners celebrating Smith’s 1000th point for the club.
Streatham came back at the visitors straight away and Mark Lee denied Callum Best from close range. The home support were on their feet thirty seconds later, as Jakub Klima pounced quickest in front of goal to finish a rebound from another Lee save, this time from Steven Fisher.
Streatham had a breakaway three minutes before the buzzer as Louis Lockwood broke free of the Invicta defense but Lee denied him. Dom Hopkins was then inches from scoring from the point as Lee’s butt end did him a favour to divert the puck over the bar.
The end of the period finished in controversial fashion as a melee began in front of the Invicta bench with the two man system eventually giving Billy Phillips a 2+10 misconduct and Jack Tarczycki assessed a two minute roughing call.
Early penalty trouble in the second proved to be Streatham’s downfall as Jurak Huska found his spot beautifully from the point with a slapshot on the blue line.
Four minutes later it was deja-vu as the Slovak hit his second of the game from virtually the same spot, again on the powerplay.
Streatham then had two great chances to score but could find no way past Lee, as he denied Tarczycki with a show-reel glove save, and then Steven Fisher with a leg pad block at the far post.
It was 4-1 shortly afterwards as Anthony Leone broke free as the Streatham defense continued to struggle clearing the puck from their zone.
A double minor on Billy Phillips again gave Streatham a chance to get back into the game, and when Nicky Lewis was also sent to the bin, Streatham took a gamble.
After a time-out call, Streatham coach Warren Rost pulled his goalie for the extra skater and a 6 on 3 advantage, but disaster struck as Arran Strawson picked up the puck behind his goal and cleared the zone only to see the puck loop up in the air and bounce down the full length of the ice and into the goal.
It was a hammer blow to Streatham who were starting to wonder if it was perhaps not their night.
Streatham started the third well again but it was a familiar story every time they got near goal as Lee continued his masterclass of netminding.
With nine minutes gone he was finally beaten as Adam Wood skated hard down the left wing and threaded through a magnificent pass to Callum Best who tipped the puck through Lee’s legs to give Streatham a glimmer of hope.
This hope was extinguished with eight minutes to go as the puck bounced cruelly over a Streatham defensemans stick and was latched on to by who else but Huska, who skated in on Sanderson and placed the puck into the bottom corner of the net.
A 6-2 scoreline was not what Streatham were hoping for but with three more league games to play against the Mo’s before the end of the season, this is perhaps not the final word on the matter.
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