Navy Vets take commanding series lead

Woodstock can clinch the first-round series with a win on home ice Friday. (Bill Polzin photo)

Lee Griffi, Editor

Woodstock may have lost game one in its Provincial Junior Hockey League series with Paris, but they roared back with three straight wins to set up a potential series win on home ice Friday.

Tate McKenna, Logan Pace-Roth, and Brodie Kearns each scored and Tyler Bouck made 30 saves as the Vets beat Paris 3-1 at Southwood Arena on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 series lead in their Doherty Division quarterfinal. Davin Gray didn’t hit the scoresheet but played in his 150th game as a Navy Vet as Woodstock built a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes.

Tyler Bouck made 37 saves for his 50th career win in Paris on Saturday night in a 4-1 Navy Vets win. Woodstock led 4-0 after two periods on goals from Charley Barnes, Chris Coulter, Lucas Balanca and Diego Sabino. The Vets were 2 for 7 on the powerplay while the Titans went 0 for 9 with the man advantage.

Woodstock won game two in the series by a 4-1 count after dropping game one 6-5 in overtime, a game where they blew a 5-1 lead. Paris rallied back with four goals in a 12-minute span of the third period.

The Vets can wrap up the series on Friday night when they host the Titans at Southwood Arena. Game time is 7:45.