BIG pair of games for Vets !!

The Navy Vets have 2 BIG games this weekend against New Hamburg Firebirds that could really change the complexion of the very tight Doherty Standings race by the end of the weekend …

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the weekend starts on Thursday night when the Vets travel to New Hamburg … NH won the first game of the season between the teams at the Wilmot Rec Centre 5-3 back on Sep 20 …
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then on Sunday night the Vets host the Firebirds at Southwood Arena in a return match for Oxford United Way Awareness night … the Vets won the last game between the teams at Southwood 6-4 on Oct 26 …

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the Vets are the hottest team in the Doherty Division on a 3-game winning streak after a sweep of Hespeler & Paris this past weekend and have won 9 of their last 11 games …
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the Firebirds are coming off of a 3-2 loss at home to Norwich Merchants last Saturday and have lost 2 of their last 3 games …

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the Vets sit in 4th place with a 11-4-0-1 record but just 1 point back of both the Firebirds and Wellesley Applejacks who are tied for 2nd/3rd … the Applejacks are idle this weekend …
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the 1st place Merchants are just 3 points ahead of the Vets and host Dorchester on Friday night in their only game this weekend …
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the Firebirds also host Hespeler on Saturday night …

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Davin Gray is tied for the Doherty Division scoring lead with 12 goals and 13 assists … Nolan Brett & Lucas Balanca are also in top 10 scoring leaders …
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Tyler Bouck leads the Doherty Division with 8 wins and is in the top 3 in all key Doherty Division goalie categories with 2.07 GAA, .942 SV%, 1 Shutout, and a .800 WPCT ..
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Charley Barnes leads the division in defencemen scoring with 14 points … Logan Pace-Roth is 3rd …
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Gavin Birmingham is 9th among rookie scorers with 9 points …
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Vets are 2nd in the PJHL in attendance with an average of 618 fans per game thru their 1st 9 home games ..