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Junior C Vets move to playoffs The recent humidity that has been hovering over the region for the last few days worked its way indoors during the Shelburne Junior C Vets final regular season home game. In fact the game was called early in third period with the Halton Hills Bulldogs leading 10–4 over the Vets when the referees decided the floor had become too slippery to continue the game. With one game left on the schedule it was a wise decision to pack it in rather than risk injury going into the playoffs. “The floor is just too greasy, it's un-playable, it's unsafe,” said Vets coach Mark Early. “It's unsafe for the players out there. They're (the Bulldogs) are done their regular season tonight, we've got one more game, there's no sense in having someone injured right before the playoffs.” The Vets were down by seven at the start of the third period after the Halton squad scored five unanswered goals in the second half of the second period. Shelburne had good early success in the second on goals from Tyler Shepherd and a pair from Tyler Greer but the Bulldogs showed why they are a first place team and turned up the pressure to expand their lead. “We played well in the second period,” Early said. “It was 5–3 at one point, before they got five goals. It was mostly mental lapses. We weren't ready to start the play on the refs call. They're (the Bulldogs) are very good and very quick on the transition and we weren't ready for it. But we won the third,” Early joked at the fact that the Vets scored the only goal from Jeff Brett before the game was called. The final playoffs berth haven't been decided but the final game against Mimico. “We're playing tomorrow night (July 8) for the seventh place spot. Right now were six points up on the eighth and ninth place teams. We're playing Mimico and that's one of the teams that's trying to catch up to us so it's a big game for us to put us solidly in that seventh position.” As it stands now the Vets will meet Hamilton on the first round of the playoffs. Currently Halton Hills is in the number one spot in both the West Division and the league with 24 points followed in the West by Hamilton with 20 points. Clarington is the over all second place team followed by Cornwall. We'll update the playoff schedule as soon as it becomes available. By Brian Lockhart |
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