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Junior C Vets in fourth place

Friday (June 6) night's Junior C game in Shelburne was a comeback effort for the Vets after going down three goals in the first period to the Fergus Thistles then coming back to tie the game at four in the second.

“We had a bit of a slow start. The boys were a little sleepy coming into the first period,” said coach Sean McCallum. “The second period they came around.”

The squad tied it up but then came up short in the third frame when the Fergus squad went ahead on two goals including one hard shot that ricocheted off a Shelburne player and went into the net.

“We got run down in the third period,” McCallum said. “They got us on a fast break. Their fast break was killing us. We weren't getting guys on their men fast enough off the bench. They popped in two goals on us that way in the third period. I think that last one went off our defenceman's chest.”

It was the second game in as many nights for the Vets. On Thursday (June 5) they made the trek to Hamilton to face the Bengals and left the floor with a 9–9 tie after both teams scored a single in the overtime period. The Vets were leading 2–1 at the end of the first period, they trailed 5–3 at the end of the second frame. Shelburne scored five goals in the final frame to make it an 8–8 game when the buzzer sounded and the squads returned for the overtime period. The game also produced a season ending injury for a Vets defenceman who suffered a clean break on his wrist after cross-checking a Hamilton player.

After the weekend the Vets are in fourth place in the West Division of the OJCLL with 9 points and a 4–3–1 record. Wilmot is leading the division with 16 points and two losses.

The Vets will be back in action at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex in Shelburne this Friday, June 13, to host Halton Hills. Game time is 8p.m.

By Brian Lockhart

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