Navy Vets roll into finals !!

Owen Ireton & Kyle Arthur scored hattricks to lead the Vets to a resounding 10-5 victory in Norwich on Tuesday night to advance to the Doherty Division Championship Series …
with the win the Vets took the Division SF series against their arch-rival Norwich Merchants 4-2 in what was the final matchup between the teams …
the Finals will be a matchup between the top 2 seeds as the #1 Vets will meet the #2 Tavistock Braves in another “Battle of Hwy59” …
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Carson Littlejohn added 2 goals while singles went to Connor Stanley and Cooper Vickerman …
Tyler Bouck made 23 saves for the win …
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the Vets exploded for 4 goals in the 1st period and added 2 more before the 2nd period was a minute old to take what proved to be an insurmountable 6-0 lead …
the Merchants soon scored 3 quick ones in about 90 seconds to try to get back in the game …
but Littlejohn scored twice in 4 minutes late in the middle frame to squash the comeback attempt …
the 3rd period got a little fiesty with the game out of reach … the Merchants took 60 minutes in penalties in the final period while the Vets received 31 minutes …
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the Championship Series opens up with Game #1 at Southwood Arena on Friday March 20 @ 7:45pm … the remaining schedule is still to be determined and will be announced soon …