Invicta Dynamos head coach Kevin Parrish welcomes break from action
Joe Johnston, who scored
four times for Dynamos against Peterborough Picture: David
Trevallion
Invicta Dynamos head coach Kevin
Parrish is hoping that having a free weekend will prove a timely
break for his players.
Leaders Dynamos suffered only their
third ENIHL Division 1 defeat of the season last Saturday in a 5-1
drubbing at Bracknell Hornets.
Although they crushed bottom club
Peterborough 14-1 a day later, Parrish admitted: "It’s probably a
good thing that we haven’t got a game this weekend because it will
give the boys the chance to go away and re-energise.
"Then, we can go back to the
drawing board at training next Tuesday."
Last Saturday was the second time
Invicta had been beaten at third-placed Hornets this season, with
their only other defeat coming at second-placed Cardiff and Parrish
added: "We do seem to have a bit of a problem when we play the
other top teams on the road.
"I don’t know whether it’s down to
the pressure but it’s something we need to address."
Parrish could not blame injury
problems for the Bracknell defeat as his side were at full-strength
and they took the lead in the first period through Peter
Vaisanen.
But after that it was all downhill
as the Hornets proved more clinical in front of goal.
Peterborough offered much less
resistance on Sunday, when man-of-the- match Joe Johnston led the
way with four goals as Dynamos took their goal tally in four
matches against the Islanders this season to 52.
Parrish said: "I got the response I
was looking for, although to be honest I would rather have been
playing Bracknell again so that we could have got Saturday’s result
out of the system. But we are still five points clear at the top
and I’m not pushing any panic buttons yet."
Dynamos return to action with an
away game against the Oxford Stars on Saturday, February 13. The
following day they face Wightlink Raiders at the Gillingham Ice
Bowl.
Thursday, February 04 2010