{"id":15806,"date":"2016-11-16T17:31:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T22:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=15806"},"modified":"2016-11-23T18:25:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T23:25:00","slug":"toronto-patriots-claw-back-in-third-period-against-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/toronto-patriots-claw-back-in-third-period-against-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Patriots claw back in third period against Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

A third period breakdown left the Aurora Tigers with just one of a possible two points against the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots on Sunday.
\nWith the Tigers up 4 \u2013 1 heading into the final frame, three straight Toronto goals sent the teams into overtime, before Toronto scored shorthanded just three minutes in.
\nIt was Toronto that opened the scoring early in the game, with Eric Erimita tipping in a shot from the point by Daniel Caravaggio past goaltender Jake Sabourin.
\nAurora countered shortly after with Luca Esposito, sending home a wrist shot from the shot, after a centering pass by Tyler Davis to tie the game.
\nA 5-on-3 powerplay late in the first period saw some nice passing back and forth between James Thomson and Louis Vlahakis, before Thomson ripped it in from the point to take the lead just thirteen seconds before intermission.
\nAurora scored the only two goals of the second period just thirty seconds apart, making it a 3 \u2013 1 game on a goal from Kyle Berry before Konner McMillan made it 4 \u2013 1 on a cut to the middle while outwaiting the Toronto goaltender.
\nAll three Toronto third period goals came in the final half of the period, with Erimita converting on the powerplay to cut the deficit to two with eight minutes remaining.
\nLee Lapid followed up a few minutes later on a rebound, while Sabourin stood no chance on a powerplay marker with under two minutes to go that saw him screened by a handful of players.
\nErimita completed the hat trick on a shorthanded break in the extra frame that caught the Tigers defense flatfooted, beating Sabourin over his blocker to take the game and complete the comeback.
\nIt was Aurora\u2019s second game in a row to require extra time, after falling to the Pickering Panthers in double overtime on Friday.
\nMelconian scored twice in the 5 \u2013 4 loss on the road, which was ended just seven seconds into the second extra frame by Adam Wheaton.
\nFriday\u2019s loss would especially sting the Tigers, who after a rare win the week prior sat just one point back of Pickering in the basement of the OJHL\u2019s North division.
\nAs it stands, Aurora holds a record of 3-20-0-4, remaining one point back of Pickering, although having played four more games.
\nThe Tigers are ahead of only the Milton Icehawks (3-17-1-0) in the entire OJHL.
\nThis week\u2019s schedule does not get any easier for the Tigers, who face one of the league\u2019s top teams in the Trenton Golden Hawks (19-3-1) on the road on Friday. Aurora is yet to win away from the Aurora Community Centre this season.
\nSunday\u2019s weekly matchup features the Tigers hosting the Golden Hawks in the back end of a home-and-home series. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
\nFor stats, schedules, and more information, visit www.auroratigers.pointstreaksites.com.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A third period breakdown left the Aurora Tigers with just one of a possible two points against the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-17-04.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-46W","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 12:37:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}