Big battle Friday to close 2024 !!

The Navy Vets travel down the road for a big “Battle of Hwy 59” game against the Norwich Merchants on Friday night at Nor-Del Arena …
the Vets sit in 3rd place with a 19-8-0-1 record …
a Vets victory will bring them to within 3 points of 1st place Norwich and New Hamburg who are tied at the top … a Merchants win would move them into sole possession of 1st place by 2 points over New Hamburg and drop the Vets 7 points back of 1st place and 5 points out of 2nd place …
the game will close out the 2024 portion of the Doherty Division schedule …
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Davin Gray of the Vets leads the Doherty Division in scoring with 18 goals and 21 assists just 1 point ahead of Brandon Balazs of Norwich …
Joel Storoschuk of Norwich leads the division with 19 goals and Nolan Brett of the Vets leads with 24 assists …
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Tyler Bouck of the Vets leads the Doherty Division with a .933 SV% … Nick Barker of Norwich leads with 13 wins and a 2.12 GAA …
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Charley Barnes of the Vets leads the division in defencemen scoring with 21 points on 10 goals and 11 assists …
Jacob Feijo of Norwich is 5th with 17 points …
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Tate McKenna of the Vets is 8th among rookie scorers with 12 points … Tyler McDole is 2nd with 21 points …
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the Vets are 4th in the PJHL in attendance with 7611 fans in 14 home games for an average of 544 fans per game …
Norwich has an average of 369 fans per game thru their first 14 home games …