A busy period for the Invicta Dynamos provides an opportunity to rein in those teams above them in NIHL South Division 1.

Fourth-placed Mos have at least two games in hand over those teams higher up in the table and they’ve got 10 league games to play between now and the end-of-year break.

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A big challenge awaits this weekend when they head to Chelmsford Chieftains on Saturday before a home game against Solent Devils on Sunday, two teams sitting either side of them in the current standings.

“This month will be pivotal to us,” said their head coach Karl Lennon.

“We play two games a weekend, every weekend, we have eight in the month of November and that is huge for us, then that carries on through in December.

“We are going to have a really busy schedule for the next few weeks but that is when we can start to claw back and gain ground on those teams. It is in our hands.

“We have as good a record as anyone in the division currently and we have to do what they have done already, which is to get those wins.”

First up is a trip to face the Chiefs, a team who they have enjoyed the upper-hand over in recent times.

Both sides suffered at the hands of Streatham last weekend, with the Mos losing 8-3 last Saturday.

Lennon said: “We have got a big long standing rivalry now in these last few seasons, they have improved their roster, bringing in a super experienced player from the league above which will make a difference to them.

“We are going to be up against it in their rink but we have to take confidence from the performance we had against them in the last 10 fixtures and use it to our advantage, it is a rink we seem to be competent in playing in, which is good, and I can’t wait, I am looking forward to it and the boys are too.”

The Mos had a mixed weekend just gone as they beat high-flying Slough Jets 8-6 in the Southern Cup at home on Sunday.

Solent Devils visit Gillingham this Sunday (5.45pm).

Lennon said: “We really want the win that we didn’t get down in Solent in the first game of the season, where for parts of it we were the very dominant team but just let ourselves down a little bit on that day.

“It was that first game of the season syndrome where we just didn’t really find our feet very quickly in a difficult place to play.

“They come to us, a different rink, a different proposition and we will be looking to avenge that first loss of the year and again.

“For us now, it is about getting points on the board. We need to get as many points as we can as quickly as we can.”

Top defender Dan Scott has been struggling with a foot injury which he picked up in the win over the Jets, taking a blow from the puck.

“He was an absolute machine to play through the pain,” said the coach.

“He soldiered on and played through the pain and was pivotal in getting us the result on Sunday with his experience and his composure.”

Experienced forward Oli Bronnimann, meanwhile, is a doubt with a groin injury.