Vets extend 1st place lead !!

The Navy Vets increased their 1st place lead with 2 weekend wins …

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FRI:
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 …

SAT:
The Navy Vets exploded for 3 goals early in the final period to open up a lead and didn’t look back as they went on to win 6-3 in Paris on Saturday night …
Tate McKenna and Charley Barnes each scored twice for the Vets … Owen Ireton and Cooper Vickerman had the others …
Vickerman added 2 assists as did Rashaad Eichenberg …
Tyler Bouck made 41 saves for his 12th win of the season …

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NOTES:
the Vets sit in 1st place with an 18-5-3-1 record 4 points up on Wellesley … the Applejacks have 1 game in hand on the Vets …
the Vets have 10 wins, 1 loss, 1 OTL, & 1 SOL in their last 13 games …
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Vickerman increased his division scoring lead to 5 points over teammate Owen Ireton … Vickerman has 24 goals and 27 assists while Ireton has 22 goals and 24 assists …
Barnes leads all defencemen in scoring and is also in the top 5 division leaders with 15 goals and 20 assists …
Bouck leads the division with 12 wins and 3 shutouts while rookie teammate Kobe Nadalin leads all goalies with a 1.86 GAA and .951 SV% …

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UPCOMING GAMES:
the Vets will host Dorchester next Friday night at Southwood in their final home game prior to the holiday break …

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