Summary of a terrific Navy Vets season !!

2025-26 Doherty Division Regular Season Champions & Doherty Division Championship Series finalists …
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The Vets had a terrific season winning the Doherty Division Regular Season Pennant for the 2nd time in 4 seasons …
And they bounced back twice in the Doherty Division Championship Series to force the series to go to the 7-game limit before losing by the slimmist of margins 4-3 …
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 29 wins, 8 losses, 4 overtime losses, 1 shootout loss
FINISH: 1st place
PLAYOFFS: Beat Dorchester in QF 4-0 , Beat Norwich in SF 4-2 , Lost in Final to Tavistock 4-3
GM: Darren Young
HEAD COACH: Justin Elms (14 games) & Adam Wallace (28 games)
CAPTAIN: Jordan Thomson
LEADING SCORER: Owen Ireton (75 PTS)
TOP GOALIE: Tyler Bouck (17 W)
LEAGUE AWARDS: Cooper Vickerman (Sep Player of Month), Owen Ireton (Top Scorer & MVP) , Charley Barnes (Top Defenceman – 2nd year in a row) , Tyler Bouck (Top Goalie) , Kobe Nadalin (Top Rookie) , Bouck & Nadalin (Best Team GAA) , Kobe Nadalin (PJHL best SV%) , Cooper Vickerman (Playoffs Top Scorer)
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The Vets recorded at least 29 wins for just the 7th time in the team’s 59-year history.
They had a 5-game win streak twice during the season and once to start the playoffs … and lost more than 2 in a row only once when they lost 4 consecutive games early in the season.
They attracted over 19000 regular season & playoffs fans for only the 2nd time in team history.
Owen Ireton became only the 16th player in team history to score 99 points (reg.season & playoffs) in a season.
Ireton and Cooper Vickerman both scored over 30 goals.
Charley Barnes became only the 3rd regular defenceman in team history to score 20 goals in a season and 4th to record 50 points.
Tyler Bouck became the Vets career leader (reg.season & playoffs) in all 4 main goalie categories – 129 games, 79 wins, 16 shutouts, and 18 assists.
Nolan Brett reached the 200 career games and 100 career goals plateaus … moving into the team’s top 20 all-time leaders lists in career goals (102), career assists (146), and career points (248).
Jordan Thomson played in his 200th career game while Rhylan Warford played his 150th career game … Connor Stanley, Brodie Kearns, Tyler Bouck, Charley Barnes, and Tate McKenna all played their 100th career game.
Adam Wallace moved into 6th place all-time for games coached (150) and coaching wins (77).
6 players made their junior debuts this season with the Vets and became regulars with the team – Will McGregor, Colin Shaw, Ethan Markle, and Kobe Nadalin … while 2 APs from last season became regulars this season, Kingston McPherson and Austin Doolittle … although Doolittle was later released and Shaw was released to an AP … other APs who made their 1st appearances during the season with the team were Josh Cook, Parker Finbow, Nyle Diefenbacher, and Ashton Yallup.
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the game marked the end of an era with the Navy Vets organization as the franchise will be an expansion team in the GOHL (JrB) next season as they enter their 60th Anniversary Season !!
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