Derry need to net an extra formula to take the next step
Derry scored an average of 1-17 per game in the last two seasons
Derry couldn't get the late goal to save them in the 2019 NHL Final defeat to Wicklow at Inniskeen (Pic Glenn Murphy)
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It took an eternity for John McEvoy to emerge from the losing Derry dressing room after their championship exit to Offaly.
Minutes earlier, a knock on the Páirc Esler dressing room door, by an impatient Offaly official to return a previously swapped Derry jersey wasn't well received. Inside, an important post-season debrief was unfolding. One of those 'regroup for next year' or 'thanks for the effort, but I'm stepping down' type discussions.