Vets open Finals Monday night in New Hamburg !!

The Navy Vets advanced to the PJHL Doherty Division Championship Series on Friday night with a 4-1 victory over Norwich Merchants at Southwood Arena in Game#5 of their SF series with almost 1500 fans attending …

The Vets will now meet the New Hamburg Firebirds in the Finals .. NH eliminated Hespeler Shamrocks also in 5 games in their SF series …

It will be a battle of the top 2 teams all season … New Hamburg finished 1st 3 points ahead of the 2nd place Vets …

The Vets won 4 of the 7 games with the Firebirds this season … but NH won the last 2.

The Vets are led by Davin Gray the Doherty Scoring Champion and runnerup Nolan Brett … as well as Tyler Bouck who was statistically the best goalie in the division this season leading in GAA , SV% , SO and 2nd in Wins …

The Firebirds are led by former Vet goalie Graeme Noye who led the division in Wins and was part of a tandem that had the best GAA in the division … as well as Owen Fischer who finished 3rd in scoring and the division top defenceman Tyler Reid.

The series opens Monday night at the Wilmot Recreation Complex in New Hamburg @ 7:30pm …

game#2 goes on Friday afternoon at Southwood Arena in Woodstock @ 1:45pm …