The Navy Vets are off to the best start in at least 15 seasons ...
and one of the best starts in team history ...
their 17-2-0-1 record has them in 1st place at the halfway mark ...
and in the midst of an 8-game winning streak ...
2017-18 Season 1st Half Highlites
Navy Vets name Matt Paton new head coach
The Navy Vets named Woodstock native Matt Paton as their head coach for the 2017-18 season ...
Vets sign 2 new players
The Navy Vets signed 2 Woodstock natives from the Junior B ranks ...
Kyle Walker from Brantford and Justin Vandendool from St.Marys ...
 Kyle Walker |
 Justin Vandendool |
Vets name 4-year veteran captain
The Navy Vets named 4-year rugged defenceman Cam Leslie as their captain ...
5-year veteran Justin Elms and perennial top scorer Dylan Wettlaufer were among 4 players named as assistant captains ...
 Cam Leslie |
 Justin Elms |
 Dylan Wettlaufer |
Vets go thru exhibition games unbeaten
The Navy Vets won all 6 pre-season games ... beating Aylmer, Dorchester, and Port Stanley in home-and-home series ...
Largest crowd in years at home opener
A great crowd of 1510 fans, their largest in over a decade, came to cheer on the Vets at Southwood Arena on Sep.15
for their annual Free Home Opener !!!
Dylan Wettlaufer had a hat-trick as the Vets began the season on the right foot with a 4-2 win over Wellesley !!!
Vets spoil rival Merchants party
The Navy Vets fresh off a big opening night win travelled down the road to meet the arch-rival Merchants in Norwich ...
newcomer Kyle Walker took control of the game in the 3rd period by setting up the team's 1st goal
and then scoring a natural hat-trick
as the Vets spoiled the Merchants 50th Anniversary Season opener !!!
Vets open season with 3 straight wins
The Navy Vets started the season with a 3-0 record for the 1st time in over a decade ...
a close 4-2 loss in Ayr ended the streak ...
Heartbreaking loss spurs winning streak
The Navy Vets lost a heartbreaker 1-0 to Ayr with 10 seconds left in the OT period at Southwood on Oct.06 ...
that seemed to charge up the team, and especially Justin Elms, as it went on a streak of 5 straight wins ...
beginning with a win in Paris the following night on 2 3rd period goals,
an OT win at home over Paris on a goal by Elms,
a win in Wellesley with Mike Harrison getting 2nd shutout in the 3 games he had played,
an OT win in Tavistock with Elms getting the last minute tying goal and another OT winner,
and a win at home over Norwich with Elms getting yet another game winning goal with 6 minutes left ...
Vets offence explodes
Following their worst outing of the season so far, an embarrassing 5-2 loss at home to Tavistock,
the Vets had their biggest offensive output in 10 years with a 12-2 drubbing of the Bulldogs in Burford ...
Justin Elms continued his surge with a hat-trick and veteran Austin Richardson netted a hat-trick as well ...
Winning streak pushes Vets to the top at the halfway point
The 12-2 blowout win in Burford started the Vets on their current streak of 8 consecutive wins
that has pushed them into 1st place at the top of the PJHL Doherty Division standings ...
including an OT win at home over New Hamburg with Kyle Walker getting the winner with 13 seconds left,
a 6-2 win in Tavistock in probably their best game of the season so far,
and 3 straight road wins ending with a comeback win in Paris to close out the 1st half of the season ...
8th straight win, a 5-4 victory in Paris, boosts Vets into 1st place
Some Stats for 1st 20 games
INDIVIDUAL:
Most Points - Kyle Walker (30)
Most Goals - Justin Elms (14)
Most Assists - Kyle Walker (17)
Most PIM - Cam Leslie (32)
Most PPG - Austin Sine (6)
Most GWG - Justin Elms & Austin Sine (4)
Most Points by Rookie - Lucas Psenicka & Josh Wright (13)
Most Shutouts - Mike Harrison (2)
Longest Point Scoring Streak - Justin Elms (8) * current *
Hattricks - Dylan Wettlaufer, Kyle Walker, Austin Richardson, Justin Elms
OT goals - Justin Elms (2) , Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker is 10th in division scoring ... while Justin Elms, Dylan Wettlaufer, and Austin Sine join him in Top 25 ...
Mike Harrison leads the division in goaltending with 1.75 GAA while Keaghan Brett is 4th in GAA & 2nd with 11 wins ,,,
Chris Nauts is 4th in division scoring among defencemen ...
Lucas Psenicka is 8th in division rookie scoring ...
Josh Wright is 9th in division rookie scoring and 2nd among rookie defencemen ...
Kurtis Christo scored his 1st goal as a Vet after 26 games last season & 12 this season, fittingly against his former Burford team ...
Lucas Psenicka, Troy Vandenbussche, and Connor Dick all scored their 1st junior goal ...
TEAM:
Wins - 17 (most in division tied with Ayr)
Road Wins - 10 (most in division)
Winning Streak - 8 (2nd longest in division) * current *
Road Winning Streak - 9 (longest in division) * current *
Goals Against - 45 (fewest in division)
PIM - 252 (fewest in division)
PK % - 87.95 (2nd in division)
Attendance - 592 avg. (best in division and 2nd best in PJHL)
Misc Notes
Mike Harrison now has 6 career shutouts with the Vets, most of any Vets goalie since 1990 ...
the OT goals by Justin Elms gave them 3 career, tied with Dylan Wettlaufer for most by any player since 2005 ...
the hattrick by Justin Elms gives him 3 career, tied with Kevin Lanni for most by any player since 2005 ...
current 8-game winning streak ties (with 2014 team) longest streak since 2003 ...
12 goals in Burford on Oct.28 is most in a game since 2008 ...
