Vets win the pennant !!

Cooper Vickerman scored twice and Tyler Bouck made 24 saves as the Vets clinched 1st place with a 4-0 win over Hespeler at Southwood on Friday night …
Carson Littlejohn and Charley Barnes scored powerplay goals in the 3rd period to seal the victory …
Vickerman also had an assist to go along with his pair of goals …
Owen Ireton added to his division scoring lead with 2 assists and Kyle Arthur also had 2 assists …
Bouck’s shutout was his division-leading and team record-tying 5th of the season …

with the win the Vets won the Doherty Division Regular Season Championship for the 2nd time in 4 seasons …
they now have a record of 28-8-4-1 and still have a 5-point lead over the Tavistock Braves who only have 2 games remaining …

Ireton leads the division scoring race with 33 goals and 39 assists … he leads Yann Raskin of Tavistock by 4 points and teammate Vickerman by 6 points …
Barnes leads all defencemen in scoring with 22 goals and 35 assists …
Bouck remains tied with Blake Richard of Tavistock with 16 wins and leads with the 5 shutouts … teammate Kobe Nadalin is tops with 2.04 GAA and a .945 SV % …

over 500 fans attended the game on Fan Appreciation Night … they were witnesses to our pregame Overagers Recognition Ceremony that celebrated the junior hockey careers of our 5 graduating players – Owen Ireton, Charley Barnes, Brodie Kearns, Tyler Bouck, and captain Jordan Thomson …

the Vets host Paris at Southwood on Monday afternoon for Family Day … we should top the 10000 fans regular season attendance mark for the 4th straight season !!
there is a free “Skate with the Vets” following the game …
it will be the regular season finale … playoffs will start against Dorchester later in the week with the schedule TBA soon …