Vets remain in 1st place despite weekend split !!

The Navy Vets remain in 1st place despite a loss Saturday night that broke their 12-game points streak when they got some help from Paris who beat Wellesley …

FRI:
Cooper Vickerman had 3 goals for his 1st hattrick as a Vet and assisted on the other 2 goals to lead the Vets to 5-2 win in Tavistock on Friday night …
Carson Littlejohn had a goal & an assist and Owen Ireton scored the other Vets goal … Charley Barnes also chipped in a pair of assists …
Kobe Nadalin made 43 saves to record his 5th win of the season …

SAT:
The Navy Vets suffered a 3-1 loss to New Hamburg at Southwood on Saturday night …
the loss ends the 12-game point streak the Vets had going with a 10-0-1-1 record …
Rookie defenceman Ethan Markle scored his 1st junior goal for the Vets only goal in the game …
Tyler Bouck made 27 saves in taking only his 4th regulation time loss of the season …
the Firebirds held the Vets off balance most of the night not allowing the high-powered offence of the Vets to get going …
leading scorer Cooper Vickerman was missing from the Vets lineup …
the Vets powerplay also allowed 2 shorthanded goals that sealed the team’s fate …

NOTES:
the Vets remain in 1st place on a 16-5-3-1 record … they are 2 points ahead of 2nd place Wellesley but the Applejacks have 1 game in hand on the Vets …

Vickerman leads the division in scoring with 23 games and 25 assists … Ireton is right behind him with 20 goals and 23 assists …
Bouck leads the division with 11 wins and 3 shutouts while rookie teammate Kobe Nadalin leads all goalies with a 1.96 GAA and .951 SV% …
Barnes leads all division defencemen in scoring with 12 goals and 18 assists …

UPCOMING GAMES:
the Vets are on the road next weekend when they play in New Hamburg on Friday night and Paris on Saturday night …

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