Awards
Woodstock: Kyle Walker (Allstar Team)
New Hamburg: none
2019 QF vs New Hamburg
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The Series
Game #1
The Navy Vets lost a close one 4-3 in New Hamburg in Game 1 of their QF series on Friday night ...
The Vets got down 2-0 after the 1st period ... but then they scored 3 goals in 1 minute 10 seconds midway thru the 2nd period to take a 3-2 lead into the 3rd period ..
a fluke goal midway thru the 3rd period tied it for New Hamburg and then they scored what proved to be the winner just over 2 minutes later ...
the Vets pulled their goalie and buzzed the Firebirds net in the waning seconds but couldn't get the equalizer ....
Chris Thompson, Jacob Rooke, and Nathan Thibodeau with his 1st against his former team scored for the Navy Vets ... Justin Elms had 2 assists ...
Keaghan Brett was strong in the Vets net making 28 saves ...
Game 2 goes on Saturday night at Southwood Arena @ 7:45pm ...
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Game #2
The Navy Vets played their best game in a long time ... and at the right time too ... as they dominated the New Hamburg Firebirds from the opening whistle and skated to a 5-2 win at Southwood Arena on Saturday night in Game 2 of their PJHL Doherty Division QF series ...
the victory evens the series at 1-1 ...
Noah Burns opened the scoring just over 2 minutes into the game and Peter Cascagnette made it 2-0 for the Vets late in the 1st period ...
New Hamburg scored the only goal of the 2nd period ...
but early in the 3rd period Kyle Walker took charge for the Vets scoring twice and setting up another by Austin Sine within a span of just over 3 minutes as the Vets pulled away from the Firebirds ...
the Navy Vets powerplay came to life in this game and went 3 for 3 ...
Keaghan Brett made several outstanding saves in the 1st 2 periods of his 24 total to keep New Hamburg at bay until the Vets offence could take over in the 3rd period ...
Vandendool had 2 assists ...
Game 3 goes on Friday night Feb.08 in New Hamburg ...
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Game #3
The Navy Vets came up short 2-1 in New Hamburg on Friday night in Game#3 of their QF series ...
the Firebirds now lead the series 2-1 ...
Kyle Walker scored the only Vets goal early in the 2nd period on the powerplay to tie the game at the time ...
Keaghan Brett made 22 saves in the Vet net ...
Game#4 goes on Saturday night at Southwood Arena @ 7:45pm ...
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Game #4
So far it has been a home team's series ...
the Navy Vets bounced back from a tight 2-1 loss on Friday night in New Hamburg to even up their QF series at 2-games apiece with a convincing 4-2 victory at Southwood Arena on Saturday night ...
Kyle Walker was the instigator from the start ... beautifully setting up Trent Lamarche with the opening goal 13 minutes into the 1st period then breaking in around the defence to beat the Firebirds goalie just 3 minutes later to give the Vets a 2-0 lead at the end of the opening period ...
the Vets continued the push with a goal by Austin Sine just 15 seconds into the 2nd period ...
New Hamburg scored twice within 2 minutes midway thru the 2nd period to bring the game close ...
but defenceman Peter Cascagnette restored the Vets 2-goal lead with a terrific solo play just 5 minutes into the 3rd ...
from there Vets goalie Keaghan Brett shut the door and made 16 saves in the game for his 2nd win of the series ...
the series shifts to New Hamburg on Monday night Feb.11 for Game #5 and returns to Southwood Arena next Friday night Feb.15 for Game #6 ...
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Game #5
the Navy Vets now face elimination after dropping Game #5 in their PJHL-Doherty Division QF with New Hamburg 3-2 in New Hamburg on Monday night ...
Kyle Walker has been a force for the Vets all playoffs and once again got them off to a great start scoring twice in the 1st period ...
but New Hamburg fought back with one goal in the 2nd period and then tying the game early in the 3rd period ...
veteran Firebird Tyler Randerson scored the winning goal at the midway point of the 3rd period and the Vets could not muster the equalizer despite being all around the net for the final couple of minutes with a powerplay and their goalie on the bench for an extra attacker ...
Keaghan Brett continued his strong playoffs making 28 saves ...
the Vets will try to stave off elimination and force Game #7 when they host the Firebirds for Game #6 on Friday night at Southwood Arena ...
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Game #6
The Navy Vets put up a gutsy effort but fell 4-3 to the New Hamburg Firebirds at Southwood Arena on Friday night and were eliminated in their PJHL Doherty Division QF series 4-2 ...
New Hamburg jumped out to a 3-0 lead but the Vets never gave up ...
Lucas Psenicka deflected a Jacob Rooke shot with just 36 seconds left in the 2nd period to put the Vets on the board and give them momentum going into the 3rd period ...
Rooke scored himself midway thru the 3rd on the powerplay to pull the Vets within 1 goal ..
the Firebirds restored their 2-goal lead just over a minute later ...
but the Vets put on a gutsy effort and Quinton Stronach who had a strong series against his former team was finally rewarded when he scored with just under 4 minutes left ... that set the stage for a big push ...
the Vets pulled goaltender Keaghan Brett with just over a minute left and then when New Hamburg took a penalty had a short 2-man advantage ... they buzzed all around the Firebirds net but were not able to get the equalizer ...
the series was very entertaining and hard-fought ... the teams were very evenly matched even though the separation in the final standings - NH #2 and Vets #7 ...
the Navy Vets outscored the Firebirds 18-17 in the series with 4 of the 6 games decided by 1 goal ...
Kyle Walker was the scoring star of the series for the Vets with 6 goals and 3 assists in the 6 games ...
Brett was outstanding in the Vets net making 144 saves in the 6 games ...
