New head coach, same high expectations for the Woodstock Navy Vets. Article content

“The sky is the limit,” Justin Elms said. “We’ve fallen short of winning the division for so long, but we’re really dialing into it and understanding that’s what we’re striving for.” Article content Article content

Elms is in his 13th consecutive season with the Provincial Junior Hockey League club. He spent six of them as a player and then moved behind the bench to join Darren Young’s staff as an assistant coach in 2019-20.

The new role requires more phone calls, Elms joked, but there’s also more freedom to put his stamp on the team after a second-round loss to New Hamburg last season.

“When I was a player near the end of my career, (coaching is) the kind of stuff I knew I wanted to do,” he said. “

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