Navy Vets drop only weekend game to Merchants

Lee Griffi, Editor

The Woodstock Navy Vets travelled to Norwich last Friday night and lost a 5-2 decision to the Doherty Division’s top team in front of nearly 500 fans.

Aaron Bullock gave the visitors a 1-0 lead with his second of the season on a powerplay setup from Charley Barnes and Kyle Caron. Norwich tied it up three minutes later and scored the game’s next three goals before Woodstock’s Nolan Brett earned his eighth of the season with assists going to Davin Gray and Matthew Meyer to cut the lead to 4-2. The Merchants would add an empty-net marker with just over two minutes remaining in the third period.

The Navy Vets had their chances as the Norwich took two 5-minute majors in the third, one for boarding and the other for head contact, but Woodstock couldn’t capitalize and was 1 for 7 with the man advantage on the night.

Notes…Davin Gray continues to lead the division in scoring with 16 goals and 35 points…Woodstock won six of their 10 games in November…the team travels to Paris on Saturday for its only game of the weekend and has two games the following weekend against Dorchester and Paris.