Invicta Dynamos | |
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2016–17 Invicta Dynamos season | |
City | Gillingham, Kent |
League | NIHL South Division 1 |
Founded | 1997 |
Home arena | Silver Blades Ice Rink, Gillingham |
Colours |
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Head coach | Kevin Parrish |
Captain | Callum Fowler |
Affiliates | Invicta Mustangs |
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Invicta Dynamos are the senior 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.
The club was founded in 1997 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 Romford (now London) Raiders 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 the Streatham Redskins due to the geographical proximity of the two clubs. Another rivalry has emerged in recent years with the Wightlink Raiders due to a number of feisty and sometimes controversial encounters between the two teams.
English Division 1 Southern Champions
EPIHL Champions
EPIHL Playoff Champions
ENIHL Southern Champions
ENIHL Southern Playoff Champions