2020 SF vs TAVISTOCK

Navy Vets (24-12-2-2, 214 GF 119 GA , 5-5-0 in last 10 games) , beat Paris in QF 4-3
Tavistock (30-6-3-1, 240 GF 92 GA , 9-1 in last 10 games) , beat Burford in QF 4-0

Tavistock won the season series 5-0 , outscoring Navy Vets 27-14
     10/04/19    Woodstock 4 at Tavistock 6   (Gerth 1G-3A, Walker 3G)
     11/22/19    Woodstock 3 at Tavistock 6   (Donat 2G)
     11/29/19    Tavistock 6 at Woodstock 2   (Gerth & Vulgan 1G-2A, Tuori 2G)
     01/03/20    Woodstock 2 at Tavistock 5   (Gerth 2G)
     01/28/20    Tavistock 4 at Woodstock 3 OT (Vulgan 2G, Rooke 2G)

Leading Scorers (regular season)
Navy Vets: Kyle Walker 28G-36A-64P , Jacob Rooke 26G-36A-62P
Tavistock: Drew Gerth 33G-34A-67P , Thomas Haffner 16G-47A-63P

Top Goaltender (regular season)
Navy Vets: Graeme Noye 10W-2SO-2.57GAA-.915SV% , Keaghan Brett 14W-3SO-2.98GAA-.910SV%
Tavistock: Carter Roth 15W-1SO-2.11GAA-.938SV%, Jensen Van Boekel 15W-5SO-2.41GAA-.919SV%

Special Teams (regular season)
Navy Vets: PP – 25.67% (2ND) , PK – 84.95% (3RD)
Tavistock: PP – 26.73% (1ST),  PK – 85.21% (2ND)

Hottest Players (QF scoring)
Navy Vets: Kyle Walker 2G-7A-9P
Tavistock: Drew Gerth 4G-3A-7P

Leading Scorers (head-to-head)
Navy Vets: Kyle Walker 3G-4A , Jacob Rooke 2G-5A , Eric Tuori 4G-1A
Tavistock: Drew Gerth 4G-8A , Thomas Haffner 2G 10A , Patrick Vulgan 4G-5A

Leading Goalies (head-to-head)
Navy Vets: Keaghan Brett 3L-99SV-12GA , Graeme Noye 2L-63SV,8GA
Tavistock: Jensen Van Boekel 3W-103SV-9GA , Carter Roth 2W-65SV-5GA

Special Teams (head-to-head)
Navy Vets: PP – 6 for 25 (24.0%)
Tavistock: PP – 10 for 27 (37.0%)

Other Key Players
Navy Vets: Reade MacInnis (D) , Kurtis Christo (F), Trent Lamarche (F)
Tavistock: Brody Oliver (D), Josh Helgerman (F), Justin Labrie (F)

Player Awards
Navy Vets: Kyle Walker (OCT Forward of Month , Annual Allstar Team) , Reade MacInnis (DEC Defenceman of Month , Annual Allstar Team) , Jacob Rooke (JAN Forward of Month)

Tavistock: Thomas Haffner (OCT Defenceman of Month , Annual Best Defenceman , Annual Allstar Defenceman) , Carter Roth/Jensen Van Boekel (Annual Top Goalie) , Carter Roth (NOV Goalie of Month , DEC Goalie of Month , Annual Rookie of Year) , Tanner Johnson (Annual Most Sportsmanlike) , Dan Kalbfleisch (Annual Coach of Year)

Past Playoff Meetings
2018 – Tavistock won PJHL Doherty SF 4-0

Recent Navy Vets Playoffs
2020 – won QF vs Paris 4-3
2019 – lost QF to New Hamburg 4-2
2018 – won QF vs Norwich 4-2 , lost SF to Tavistock 4-0
2017 - lost QF to Wellesley 4-2
2016 – lost QF to Paris 4-2
2015 – lost QF to Paris 4-3

Recent Tavistock Playoffs
2020 – won QF vs Burford 4-0
2019 – won QF vs Delhi 4-0 , won SF vs Paris 4-3 , lost F to Wellesley 4-1
2018 - won QF vs New Hamburg 4-1 , won SF vs Woodstock 4-0 , won F vs Ayr 4-3 , lost OHA QF to Grimsby 4-0
2017 – lost QF to Paris 4-3
2016 – lost QF to Wellesley 4-1
2015 – lost QF to New Hamburg 4-1
 

Series Schedule
Game#1 - Fri, Feb 28 @ 7:30 pm at Tavistock
Game#2 - Sat, Feb 29 @ 7:45 pm at Woodstock
Game#3 - Mon, Mar 02 @ 8:00 pm at Tavistock
Game#4 - Tue, Mar 03 @ 7:45 pm at Woodstock
Game#5 - Fri, Mar 06 @ 7:30 pm at Tavistock  * if necessary
Game#6 - Sat, Mar 07 @ 7:45 pm at Woodstock  * if necessary
Game#7 - Mon, Mar 09 @ 7:00 pm at Tavistock  * if necessary.

Game #1

the Navy Vets were beaten 8-2 in Tavistock on Friday night in the opener of their PJHL Doherty Division SFseries ...

Max Racicot and Trent Lamarche scored the Vets goals ... Josh Helgerman had a hattrick for the Braves ...

Keaghan Brett and Graeme Noye made a combined 52 saves in the Vets net ...

Game #2 goes on Saturday night at Southwood Arena @ 7:45pm ....

HIGHLITES

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Game #2

the Navy Vets battled back to tie the game late only to lose a 3-2 heartbreaker to Tavistock on a deflection in the last minute of regulation ...

The Braves now lead the Doherty Division SF series 2-0 ...

after a scoreless 1st period Tavistock got 2 quick goals within 30 seconds early in the 2nd period to open up a lead ...

however late in the middle frame the Vets hottest scorer Max Racicot got his 4th goal in the last 3 games to close the lead to 2-1 heading into the 3rd period ...

after some great play by both goalies in the 3rd period the Vets captain Kyle Walker tied it with just over 5 minutes to play ...

and the game look headed for overtime until Drew Gerth got his stick on a point shot with 28 seconds left to give the Braves the victory ...

Keaghan Brett made 26 saves for the Vets while they pummeled Tavistock goalie Carter Roth with 52 shots ...

Game #3 in the series goes in Tavistock on Monday night at 8pm with Game #4 back at Southwood Arena on Tuesday night ...

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Game #3

the Navy Vets played a great game but came up short as they fell 2-0 to the Braves in Tavistock on Monday night in Game #3 of their PJHL Doherty SF series ...

they now face elimination on Tuesday night at Southwood Arena in Game #4 as Tavistock leads the series 3-0 ...

after a scoreless 1st period the Braves scored twice late in the 2nd period on 2 different powerplays and were able to hold off the Vets the rest of the way ...

Keaghan Brett made 41 saves in the Vets net ...

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Game #4

when Navy Vets overage captain Kyle Walker scored with 58 seconds left, and their goalie on the bench for an extra attacker, to tie the game the fans at Southwood on Tuesday night erupted !!!

but in a crushing turn of events Tavistock defenceman Thomas Haffner scored on a point shot with just 16 seconds left to give the Braves a 4-3 victory in Game #4 of their PJHL-Doherty Division SF thus eliminating the Vets in 4 games to finish their season ...

the Braves now advance to their 3rd straight Division Championship Series against the winner of the other SF series between Wellesley and Ayr that the Applejacks currently lead 3-2 ...

overage defenceman Noah Burns opened the scoring for the Vets early in the game ... after Tavistock tied it midway thru the period Walker scored his 1st goal of the game late in the period to give the Vets a 2-1 lead heading into the 2nd period ...

Tavistock tied the game in the 2nd period and the game headed to the final period tied 2-2 ...

the Braves went ahead midway thru the 3rd period ... that set up the final minute wild finish ...

the 3 Navy Vet overagers spear-headed the team's battle throughout the game ... Walker with 2 goals , Burns with the other , and defenceman Chris Thompson setting up the 2nd goal ... unfortunately the other overager All-Star defenceman Reade MacInnis missed the entire playoffs after breaking his foot blocking a shot in the 2nd to last regular season game ironically against these same Tavistock Braves ...

Keaghan Brett made 28 saves in the Vets net ...

the estimated 435 fans on Tuesday night put the Vets attendance over the 14000 mark for the season for the 2nd time in 3 seasons ...

the Navy Vets would like to thank all the fans for your support throughout the season !!

we would also like to thank all the media outlets for your great coverage all year !!

HIGHLITES