Barnes leads Vets to comeback win !!

Charley Barnes set up the game-tying goal and scored the winner to lead the Vets to a 2-1 win in New Hamburg on Friday night …
Barnes and Owen Ireton “played catch” near the blueline before Ireton blasted a shot past the Firebirds goalie for a powerplay goal in the last minute of the 2nd period that tied the game …
then in the 1st minute of the 3rd period Ireton forced a turnover in the Firebirds end and Connor Stanley sent a pass back to the point to Barnes who moved into the slot and fired a shot past the netminder for what proved to be the winning goal …
Kobe Nadalin made 22 saves for his 6th win of the season …
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Cooper Vickerman despite being held pointless maintained his division scoring lead with 23 goals and 25 assists for a 4-point lead over teammate Ireton who has 21 goals and 23 assists …
Nadalin lowered his division-leading GAA to 1.86 and kept his SV% at a division-leading .951 as well …
the Vets are on a streak of 9 wins 1 loss 1 OTL 1 SOL in their last 12 games and now have a 4 point lead over 2nd place Wellesley after getting some help from rival Norwich who beat the Applejacks on Friday night … Wellesley does hold a game in hand on the Vets …
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the Vets travel to Paris on Saturday night to meet the 7th place Titans …